Freedom's Journal Vol. 1

1 . i 1 ' " RIGHTEOUSNESS

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IN preWnting our first number to our Pa-
trooywe tW.all the diffidence of persons en-
tiring" upon a new and uitned line' of busi-
ness.. BtttanwmentVreflectioa uponthe no-'
We-, objects, which wo h^ve in view by the

f ' publication of this Journal' ; the expediency of

j' ife appearance at this time, when s$ many
schemes aire in action concerning our people

■ — encourage us to come boldly before an en-
lightened publick. For we believe, that a pa-

. per devoted to the dissemination of useful
knowledge among our brjetbren, and to their
moral and religious improvement, must meet
with the cordial approbation of every friend

I ^humimity. - ' /,j

The peculiarities cf this Journal, render it
important that we. ahould advertise to the
world the motives by whic we are actuated,
and the objects which we contemplate.

We wish to plead our own cause, Too
long- have others spoken for us. Too long
has the publick been deceived by inisrepre«
■entations, in things which concern us dearly,
though in the estimation of some mere tri*
• iles ; for though there are many in society
■who exercise '■ towards U3 benevolent feel-
ings; still (with sorrpw we confess it) there
are others who make it their business to en-
l&^eupon the least trifle', which tends to the
discredit of any person of colour ; and pro-

; jounce anathemas and denounce our whole

^. body fo>f the misconduct of this guilty one.
P^ c *v^f^^Stfd ^hat- there/ fafahy-iM6tai>«e3 j-oft
vice feinting Ma, but we avow tnat it 13 because
no one has taught its subjects to be virtuous :
aaa'ny instances of poverty, because no suffi-
cient efforts accommodated tointads contrac
ted by slavery, and deprived Of early educa-
tion have been made, to "teach them how to
husband their hard earnings, and to secure to
themselves comforts. \-

Education being an object of the highest
importance to the welfare of Society, we shall
endeavour to present just and (adequate views
of it, and to urge upon our brethren the neces-
sity and expediency of training their children,
while young, to habits of industry, and tH us
forming them for becoming useful members of
society. It ia surely time that we should awake
from this lethargy of years, and make a con-
centrated effort for the education of our youjth.
We form a spoke in the human wheel, ancj it
is necCBiiary that we should understand our
pendence on the different parts; and theirs jon
us, in order to perform our part with propri-
ety, 'v.;'. !

Though not desirous ^dictating, we shall
feel it our incumbent duty to dwell occasion-
ally upon the general principles and ruleslof
economy. The world ha3 grown too enlight-
. eiied, to eciiiiiote any man's character by his
personal appearance. Though all men ac-
knowledge the excellency of Franklin's max-
ims, yet comparatively few practise, upon
them;. We may deplore iwhen it is too late ;
the neglect of these self-evident truths, but ii
avails hill e to mourn. Ours will be the task
of admonishing our brethrenon these poiujjs.

The civil rights of a people being of the
greatest value, it shall, ever be our duty ito
vindicate : our brethren,! when 'oppressed',
and to lay the case before 'the publick. We
shall : &lso urge .upon |Duriftrethren to (who are
. quailed by the laws of t&e. different states}
tho expediency of using jtheir elective fran-
chise ; and of making an independent use
of the same. We wish them not to become
the tools of party, j

And ai much Ujne -is frequently ,-lpstj ami
wrong prin^|ple8 instilled, by the. pe'rusaljof '

works of trivial importance, we shall consider
it a part of our duty to recommend to ohr young
readers, Such authors as will not only; enlarge
their sto^k of useful kjaowledge, bui such as
will also serve to stimulate them to higher at-
tainments ih< science. i -.!■'■
W f e trust also, , that through the [columns
of the EREEnoM'si Journal; n>any practi-
cal pieces, ||having for their bases,; the im-
provement of our brethren, wilj be presented
to tfct^m^ifroni the pens of many of our respect-
ed friends, who have kindly promised! their as-
sistance.

It is our earnest wish to make our Journal
a medium of intercourse between oui breth-
ren in the different states off this great con-
federacy : that through its columns ap expres-
sion of Our sentiments, on many interesting
subjects which concern us, may be offered to
the publick: that plans which apparently are-
beneficial may be candidly discussed and pro-
perly weighed; if worthy, receive our cordial
approbation;: if not, our marked disapproba-
tion. . | ' .

Useful knowledge! of every kind, and every
thing that relates to (Africa, shall find a ready
admission into our columns ; and as that vast
continent becomes daily more known, we trust
that many things will come to light, proving
that the natives of 'it' are neither so; ignorant
nor stupid as they! have , generally been sup-
posed to be. i

And while these! important subjects shall
occupy the columns of the Freedom's; Jour-
^fe-w*Vw©«M--^ .ouz

iren who are! still in the iron fetters of
bondage. They are our kindred by all the
ties of nature; and though but little enn be
effected by us, still let our svmpathies be
poured forth, and Our prayers in their behalf,
ascend to Him who is able to succour them.
- From the press and the pulpit we have suf-
fered much by beiij^ incorrectly represented.
Mem whom we equally love and admire have
not hesitated to represent us disadvantage-
ously, without becoming personally acquaint-
ed with the tfue state of things, nor discern-
ing betiveen virtue' and vice among us. The
virtuous! part of our people feel themselves
sorely aggrieved tinder the existing state, of
things-i-they are riot appreciated.

Our vices and our degradation are ever ar-
rayed against us, but our Virtues are passed
by unnoticed. And what is still more lament-
able, our friends, to whom- we concede all the
principles of humanity and religion, from these
very causes seem to have fallen intjo the cur-
rent of popular feeling and are imperceptibly
floating on the stream— actually living in the
practice of prejudice, while they »jbjure it in
theory/ and feel ii not in their hearts*- Is it
not very desirable that such should know 'more
of our actual condition, and of pur efforts and
feelings! that in forming or advocating plans
for our; amelioration, they may do it moie un-
derstartdjngly ? ; In the spirit of candor and
humility! we intend by a simple representation
of facts ' to lay ouir case before the publick,
with a view to arrest the 'progress of preju-
dice, ; and to shield [Ourselves against the con-
sequent evils. >-yi$jk wish 46 conciliate all and
to irritate none, yet. we must be firm and un-;
wavering in our principles,; and persevering
in our efforts. ■ ■ ' ;

If ignorance, poverty and degradation have
hiUiertoibeei our unhappy lot ; ha|;the 'Eter-
nal decree goqo forth, that our fac^^al^e,
are to remain in ^ttiia Estate, While knojipP]^
and civilization are shedding their jenUwsnitfg
rays over the rest j>f the human family ?j Th«|
■recent Itravels of Denham and Clipperton ir
the interior of Africa, and the interesting
. . •'!• . • /•. ■ ■'. . '.-i;- - ."'

narrative which tWy]i,ve pttolished; the estab<
lishroent of the, relpubllc of Hayti after years of
sah^uiriary wa^a'rej ftsj siibse^uent progress
in all the arts' |?lf ^ivilizatiou ; and the ad-
vanceWnt t 0f)i^mt;i^eias : ti(i' $outh America,
where despotism hai gifen place to free gov-
ernments,' and'"^.^^^'^^^^ our brethren
now.fjli imp^'rtai|t ; |ttil andVmillitary stations,
'prove the cont^ar^. * , ' j '

The interesting j fact' that tljrere are five
hundred THousfi'n' free pcrsonb of col-
our, one half ofj : ^hom. might peruse, and
the whole be benefitted by ilhe publication of
the Journal; that In6! publication, as yet, has
been devoted excMnve'ly to ^heir improve-
ment—that many, sele'ctiona from : approved
standard authorsUvhich are within the reach
;of fe'wj :: moy occaste^aH^ he made— and tnore
important still, thatltliis jlarge body of our cit-
izens have no public cjhannel— all serve to
prove the real necessity, at present, for the
appearance of the Pfrkedom's Jurnal.

It shall ever bej our! desire so to conduct the
editorial department <of our paper as to give
offence to none of our patrons as nothing is
farther from us than to make it the advocate
of any partial vic^ws, either in politics or reli-
gion. What feW days we can number, have
been devoted to the improvement of bur breth-
ren ; and it is oiir earnest Wish that the re-
mainder may be spent in the same (delightful
service. .;' • ,

In conclusion, wha;:ever concerns us as a
people, will evei* fihi a ready admusion into
.0e. J!£Rej:»j^ with,
all the principal news of the day) ,

And while efrery thing in .our power shall
be performed to support the chracter of our
Journal, we would respectfully invite our nu-
merous friends to assist by their communica-
tions; and.our coloured brethren to strengthen
our hands by their subscriptions, as our labour
is one of common cause, and worthy of their
consideration and support; And we do most
earnestly solicit the latter, that if at any time
.we shonld seem to be zealous, oi too pointed
in the inculcation of any important lesson,
they will remember) that they are equally in-
terested in the cause in which we are enga-
ged, and attribute; our zeal to the peculiari-
ties of our situation, and our earnest ehga-
gedness jn their well-being. ■;

THE EDITORS.

From the. Liverpool Mercury.
MEMOIRS OF C APT. PAUL CUFFEE.

" On the first of the present month, of Au-
gust, l^llj a yessei arrived at Liverpool, with
a cargo from Sierra Leone ; the owner, mas-
ter, mate, and whole Crow of which are free
blacks. The ma3ter t wiio/is also owner, is
the son of an American s ave, and is said to
be very well skilled both in trade and naviga-
tion, as well as to be of a very pious and mo-
ral cbaraciter. It must have been a strange
and an animating/ spectacle to see this free
and enlightened '/African, entering as an in-
dependent trader . with his black, /crew i into
that port, which was so. lately the nidus of the
slave trade. — Edinburgh ftevitio for August,
181J. / • . ■ •■' . ;| \' ..

We are happy- in having an opportunity of
confirming the above account,. and at the Same
time of laying ^mfie our ijOaders an authen-
tic nienioir of Capt jPai^ : Cuffee> thgnikster
and ov^ner of the vessel above, alluded toj who
sailed 1 from |his^pprt on the. 20th ulti with a li-
cence from the' Itritish Government, to prose-
cute hiisi intended voyage to Sierra Leone.— *
The father . ofjPaul , Cuffee was a natiye of
Africa,— whence he walE(^^u^t^^:f(layo.
into Massachusetts. He was there purchased
by a person : named Slocum, and remained in
slavery a very' considerable portion of his life
He was named Cu|ffeeV but as it is usual iq
those parts, took the; name of Slocua^ais ex-
prewiung to whom fya belonged. Like many

of his countrymen ho possessed • .m^id Ar '
superior to hts condition ; although he wm
diligent in thb business of his master, arid
faithful jtb his interest, yet by,great industry
and 'economy, lie was enabled to purchase hit ',
personal liberty. At the time the remains of
several thdiaij tribes, who originally possess-
ed the right of soil* resided in Massacb^sett*.
Cuffee became acquainted with a woman de-
scended from W of those tribes, named Ruth
Moses, and married her. He continupd^in
habits of industry and frugality, and sojori af ?
terwards purchased a farm of 100 acres jit the 1 :
point in Massachusetts. ,. '.

Cuffee and lRuth had a family of tenj chil-
dren. The three eldest sons, pavidy !Jotta» -
than, and John, are farmers in'thte neigibbor-
hood, of West] Point ; filling respectable- situ< *
ations in society, and. endowed with #0<w
tellcctual capacities^ They are all marnfli^l,
and have families to whom they are, gi'fing . /
good educations. Of tix daughters four are
respectably married, while twe remaiVl single - v /,;
Paul was born on the Island of Cutterliumijf ■
ker, one of th'e Elizabeth Islands, near New-/-'
Bedford, in the year 1759^wheh he ; wae
about fourteen years of age, his, father died,
leaving! a considerable property inland | but.
which, being at that tune unproductive, afford- -
ed but little provision for his numerous fami-
ly, and thus the care of supporting his moth-
er and sisters' devolved upon his brothers! arid -
himself. At this time Paul conceivedjtljat
commerce furnished to industry more ample -
rewards than! agriculture, and he was con-
scious that he possessed qualities which un-
ftlef, proper culture, would, enable him to^pur- '
sue commercial employments with prospect? ! '
of success— -lie therefore entered at the age //
of sixteen, asja common hand on board jbf a ' '
vessel destined to the bay ; od Mexico, on a i
whaling voyage. His second voyage w^3 to •
the West Indies', but on' his third he was f cap r •.
turpd J?Y a/Brjtisli ship during; the" Amencan';;
war, abouftSjTyearr/^
detention as aj prisoner, at New-York, hoi was \
permitted to re cum hoine to Westport, where '< '*
owing to the unfortunate 'continuance; of! libs- :
tili'tics he spent about two years in his -agri--;
cultural pursuits. During this; interval Paul ' ■
and his' brother John ; Cuffee, were called 1 on •
by the collector of the district, in which they ,
resided, for the paymefnt of a personal tax. it : ;
appeared to them, thalt, by the laws and .co'n- ';
stitution of Massachusetts, taxation ana the / :
whole rights ;of citizenship were united! If
the laws demanded of them the paj'ment of '
the personal taxes, the same laws must ncbes-
sarily ind copstitutionally invest them with -
the right of representing and bemg repre^
sented in the state legislature. RiH they; had ; :
never been considered as entitled to the priVr 1/
ilege of voting at elections, nor of being elecw|V
ted to places of trust and honor. Under thesa//
circumstanced they refused payment of tho/. ':
demands. The collector resorted to. the force !
of the laws, and after many delays- an'df de-^ / f
tentions, Paul! and his brbhterde^^a-Hinb^t I *
prudent to silence them by paying tho de-t.^j
mands \ but they resolved, if it wiBre'p03SiblQ|[;*
to obtain the rights v/hich they believ.ed;t" "
connected with taxation. They pr^sentl
respectful petition to the state leg^la|u^<
From sOme individuals it met with a waring;, . ,
and almost indignant opposition^ A consiide*vjl
rable majority was, however, favorable to^...
their object. They perceived the ■ prp^rietyr: i |
and justice, of the petition, ; and^ with' an tipn-'
orable ^nagnahlmity^irL defiance of the p^ejurj)!
dice ofithejimesrthey passed a ! law rerfier-/^
ing di'ffee peralbns of color liable to ta^Bd^P

according to tho established ratio, forlvj;hitepl

. [\ ting tliem all the 'privilegoa>
longing; to the otiier;citizens. j This was ayia^|?|

equally; honorable tb'the petitioners and thefl
legislature— -a| day which ought to . be grat^ u J!

always^ bo united with' its recoil^ctibn.
] . To he CjpHnuefy j

Common Schools /m NEW^-YoR&.-^ij iaW'i
pears from tb ) report of the Superirifen^enti^
•of Common SibooVintbestate of New^rk^l
presented I^:^^tfl^h>"|House o^ A^e^l
bly, that of t|ie T^I^wns, and wards in U^l /f
State, 721 have . maae v ; returns acqordinf
law: That ii thesd to,ww; there •;.are : fll|fi
school distrids, and of courae tho same n
ber of school. ;. y^of. whi^ ,
have be^en recjeiy«%Tiiajt$41 wwscho<^i?' I

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Fit! EDOM'S JOURNAL.

tricts have been formed during the year 1826,
and that this number which have made returns
excels thai of the last year by 428; Thaj in
the 7544 districts reported, there are 411,152
children between the ages of 5. arid 15, and
that irt the common sehools of .'the same dis-
, tricts 431,601 children have been taught du-
ring the year 1826, the general average hav-
ing been about eight months, The sum of
$185,964 has been paid to the various districts
• during the year ; of. which $80,000 wdre from
the state treasury, $94,-244 by a direct; tax up-
on the citizens of the respective towns, and
$1 1,731 from local funds belonging to j several
counties. These returns show an increase
of 15,566 of the children between five
and fifteen ; and the number of children
taught in the common, schools, has
creased 18,803 sine ? the last annual report
By the returns of 1816, it appears that the
number of children between 5 and 15 was 36,-
348 more than the number instructed in that
year in the common schools ; in the year 1826,
the number between 5 and 15 is 16,S00 less
than the number taught ; making a difference
in favor of those instructed, of more than 50,
000.— M Y. Observer.

Deaf and DuMB.-r-From the 8th. Annual
"Report of^he New-York Asylum for the
Deaf and Dumb, submitted last week to the
Legislature, it appears that the receipts du-
ring the year 1826 (including $4868 37 cents
in the treasury at the beginning of the year,)
amount to $16,068' 74 : and the expenditures
during the same-*pcriod, to $8476 34 ; leaving
a balance of $7592 40, which had heeii dispo-
sed of as follows:— -$2260 in the Savings
i Bank, $3000 in the Asylum fund, and $2332
■ 40 in the hands of the treasurer.

The present number of pupils is 64, of which
;■ 31 are state pupils, 1 charity, 7 pay Pupils, 3
i part pay, and 7 of the Female Association.—
: At the date of the last report there Were 56
: 'pupil?. The average number has beenabout
j 60. During the year, 23 have been received,
1 and 15 dismissed. The whole number of pu-
! pils received the last 8 years, 'is 177— dischar-
ged 113.— Jo.

REV. ABRAHAM THOMPSON.
Wq publish this extract, because Mr.
Thompson's whole life was honorable to his
profession, and creditable to his brethren of
color, and because he was generally known
land esteemed by our patrons. We have the
farther pleasure of promising our readers a
biographical sketch of this worthy Divine,
from the same pen. Such men as Mr.Tnoivip-
son should not soon be forgotten. The piety,
usefulness aniLpropriety which characterised
his life, should excite us to emulate his char-
acter.

EXTRACT.

"To die and waste away is the lot of every
t child of Adam. One event happeneth to them
all — the strong man as well as the feeble. —
His strength 'affords no protection from the
stroke of death, or the corruption of the grave.
Yea, even good men, those who are the most
usefu| to their fellow-creatures, the prophets
of theVLord; and the ministers of his word,
all diefand waste away. All of every rank
and condition must sink in death, and waste
away in the grave. In the height of his
strength, his beauty his usefulness and honor,
when all admire him, and he is tempted to
feel himself some great one ; God says " dust
i&wu art, and unto dust thou shalt return" * *
iljMscending gradually to * the .tomb, his
strength w ithers, his desire .fails ; his flesh
consumes, he wastes away till death has but
little to do to. complete his work. In this way
?did he accomplish the overthrow of oir la-,
mented brother. I remember him when he
was in the full vigor of manhood. His nerves
were strong, his Hmbs active, Ws spirit manly.
Often wheiia little boy have I. sat by his side,
listening with thrilling interest while he re-
counted the hardships and dangers, which he
had passed, through in different parts of the
•world. Kis fortitude inspired me with admi-
ration, and his success with transports of joy.
It wa=; highly interesting to hear him tell what
he haf! = een, and 'what ho had suffered, and
how he overcame. • I wish I could repeat his
history, it would be an interesting work ; but
then, it would lose hmf Is interest- To hear it
rightly it should rov e from his own lips; for
very few men I assi-re-you, could -tellwhaj they
had experienced betterihiznbrotherThompsom
He wa3 -possessed of a natural eloquence,
which, art might improve, but could not pro-
duce. But, to oiir point. Possessed of a sound
constitution and a vigorous mind, our brother
Thompson! pi omised .-to wear well, and did
M»ear well.; B;it still the seeds of mortality
: were within hitm . -As . lie grew old, he grew
v iafirm. Death approached . him, sending is

his harbinger, one idleness after another, to
remove |he stays ofi life, and indermihe His
frame, until tie tfooiM Chouse tottering over
the brink of a p^'eciwee. i;ThiilS;for a number
of week^:he'Liviu.Jun%i^d.^r^Vii£ while His
relatives; and friend^- were calculating every
day upon his endyiand ; then by removing the
last prop, the earthli^ house of ais tabernacle
fell speedily into the] grave.

" Man wasteth awtiy and die'th." And here
we cannot help noticing, how wonderfully his;
mind was sustained junder the fuilure or' his
bodily powers* Th at *dieur fulness, that iff*-
bility, that readiness ;to converse, particularly
On religious, subjects,! which so,eminently dis-
tinguished him in health, were manifested by
him during the whole course: of his illness ;
even in the moments; when his body was rack-
ed with acute- pain ; jy-ea, even in the agonies
of death. The sufferings of his body were
great, but his spirit was firm and unshaken.
He was very much the same oif his sick and
dying bed, that he was . in health : composed
and cheerful, smiling Under Wine, smiling
even in death. Instea^of torturing his at-
tendants, and visitors, with eomplaints 'and
murmurings, he comforjtd them by assuran-
ces, that he was resigned- jto the will 'of God,
and. that he had a good hope through grace,,
of future and eternal blessedness. " My bo-
dy," (he observed to ine, on [the afternoon
previous: to his death,/ " my body is full of
pain, butmy soul is hjappy." I saw his coun-
tenance light up with a smile jand ray heart
responded,. let me die the death of the right-
eous, and let my lasteitd be like his." .But
I must not longer dwell ttpon jhis dying' ex-
pressions and dying conduct, lept I should be
considered as removing my neighbors' land
mark, and trespassing upon his field. I leave
these things, therefore, to those who are to
notice his death from the pulpit; where so fre-
quently he delivered the truths of the gospel.
One, remark, hoivever, I will take the liberty
to add ; that that smile which sjo distinguish-
ed him in health, and was exhibited to every
one who visited his sick bed, (was retained
so long that every one who viewed him after
death .* said the soul that inhabited this taber-
nacle left it rejoicing. . j

' MISSIONS TO AFRICA.
In a late number of this paper, we men-
tioned the painful fact, that luring the year
preceding the last Report of tho Church Mis-
sionary Society, no less than, seun of its Mis-
sionaries in West Africa had )een removed
by death.' From a letter recejijtly addressed
to Bishop White of Pennsylvania, by. the Cor-
responding Secretary of that Society, it ap-
pears that they are now- turning their atten-
tion to. the United States for a supply of Mis-
sionaries for these stations ; anjl to people of
color, as being .less exposed than other per-
sons to suffer from the insalubrity of the cli-
mate. We copy the letter from the Church
Register at Philadelphia :

New- York Observer.

•with the design, we shalibe glad to have your
full and free sentiments.

I am, Dea^Sir,- faithfully yours.
S EDWARD BICKEftSTBTH.

' Sec, C M, Society.
Rt. Rev. Bishop White, fyc. Zfc. tfc,

Cast of Gilbert Hdrton.yVe stated a few days
ago that the committee to whom Col. Ward's
resolution waa referred, had made a report-
not, however, against the unconstitutional sei-
zure and imprisonment of free men of color
at the South* but onljrln favor of exonerating
thetn from the payment of the expenses of
such illegal imprisonment. Wonderful gen-
erosity for " the only free people on earth J"
The chairman of the committee was| a Mr.
Powell, of Virginia ; and we observed [that he
saved himself much labor in the investigation
by patching up a report from the editof ial.col-
umns- of the New-York Enquirer— nbt even
stopping long enough to clothe, the Islavish
ideas of our neighbor in another phraseology.
This shows that the Enquirer stands well with
the slave-holdiug representatives, and it also
shows that they are hard pushed for argu-
ments to sustain themselves. The. constitu-
ents of Mr. Powell ought to call a public
meetings and tender the Enquirer a vote of
thanks for helping their representative to a
report. — JV. Y. Spec.

KIDNAPPING.

,We insert the. following narrative,' hoping
that it may meet the eye of Woplfolk, or

.. some other slave dealer or betrayer, who
has accustomed himselfto severing the teu-
dorest ties and inflicting the deepest wounds
with brutal insensibility.
We should prefer the approbation of con-
science, and of God, which attends the lau-
dable efforts of the Mayor and Common
Council of Phfiadelphfa, rather than the
heart of the slave dealer, with the wealth of
the Indies.

WEAR'S" DAVIS.

A true Slory.
On the evening of August 25, 1812, a poor,
yet interesting young woman, with an infant,
about six weeks old, in her arms, came with a-
pass-billet, to remain all night at the Grey-'
hound irin, at Folkingham, in Lincolnshire.—
Apparently sinking with hunger and fatigue,
ahe unobtrusively seated herself bytlie kitch-
en fire, to give that sustenance to her baby of
hich she appeared in equal want herself. Si-

Church Missionary House,
London, pet. 25, 1826.
Mv dear Sir — The .committee of the
Church Missionary Society having lost many
valuable lives in Africa, have turned their at-
tention to a supply of Teachers; better fitted
than Europeans to encounter the insalubrity
of its climate. They have been strongly re-
commended to endeavor to procure persons of
•color for this service ; and have been led to
suppose .that there*,niay.<b«/ nanny such in A-
meri.ca, who have, the requisite' piety, talent
and knowledge to fit them for such an office.

Their duty would be the religious instruc-
tion of the liberated Africans cbngregated in
Sierra Leone, from all parts of Africa. For
this purpose,' the person. to be employed must
be well acquainted with the English language,
and able to read,. write, and spejik it correct-
ly.. They must alspi possess" a, good knowl-
edge of the Holy Scriptures, jind cordially
approve of the articles and Liturgy of the
Church of England,.ahd be.yp.yiipg.to conform
to tnem in their whole conduct. 1 13ut the most
important qualification for this iferVice, is, in-
telligent, decided, and matured judgment, and
a heart devoted to God, clearlfy holding the
doctrines pe'culiar to the Gospel, and long-
ing to make them known as .widely as' possi-
ble. . i - ; '

We shall be much obliged if yqu will in-
form us, whether there- be in your knowledge,
any persons of this description, Ayho would bej
willing to devote themselvefc wholly to labor
in- Africa to diffuse the Gospel, I.

It might not probably be difficult for such
persons to obtain ordination from the -bishop
of the sister church; in America, before they
left America; ! ;

Such persons should pledge themsielves tp
submit to the. directions of the society, as to
the stations in which ithey may labojr, and their
general, conduct. i <

The remuneration ; for their services would
be sufficient Tor. their comfortable support ;
^ut on this .poiptj and any other connected

lently 'shrinking from observation, she neither
solicited nor obtained the notice of any one.
The sons of intemperate mirth never ceased
their riotous tumult, nor relaxed their hilarity
to sooth her sorrows. The bustling servants
brushed past without regarding her, and the
rustic politician continued to spell over again
the thrice conned paper, without casting his
eyes upon her.

There is, however,, an eye that never slum
bers, there is an ear that is ever open.to the
supplication of the afflicted, and there is a
hand which is ever ready to be stretched out
to succor and support them in their necessi-
ties. .

That eye now beheld her unobtruded .sor-
rows, that fear was listening to her silent pray-
ers, and that hand was supporting her appa-
rently sinking frame, and preparing for her
the cup of consolation. l!ers \va3 indeed a
tale of many sorrows ! — This, the following
slight sketch of her story, previous to her ar-
rival at Folkingham will serve to evince :~
Her name was Mary Davis ; she resided with
her husband and one child, a boy about seven
3 r ears of age, in the city of Westminster. Her
husband, who is a private in the 2d regiment
of foot guards, was compelled to leave her in
the beginning of the above year, to accom-
pany the regiment io fight the battles of his
Country, under the gallant and victorious Wel-
lington. Impelled by poverty and maternal
affection, poor Mary was under the necessity
Of leaving her darling boy, now her only re-
maining comfort, tq the care of strangers,
■whilst she went out to wash for his maintain-
ahce and her own.

She, however, repined.not ; her toil was les-
sened, and her cares were enlivened by the
reflection that she could, after the labours of
the day, return to h'er beloved boy, gaze on
the reflected features of his father,* give him
smile for smile, pfess him to her maternal bo-
som, join him in his sports, enlighten his un-
derstanding, and 'teach him to [know, to fear,
and to love his t God. With these, delightful
enjoyments, even the poor, laboring, widowed
Mary could uptbe.termed unhappy,; but these
were the only sweet ingredients in her cup
of bitter sorrows. • ■ Let those, then, who have
feeling hearts, and know the force of parental
affection when .confined to one ebject, judge,
if they can, what must be the agonies of poor
Mary| when, on returning from her daily. task,
only eight days after the departure of her

husband, she learned that the woman (if si
deserves that name) in whose, care she hp
lefVljerijJirljng boy,, had absconded with hi
nob$ly ijciieW whither. Now then- she mig!
br te rifled uphappy,) for hope itself cop!
•8careely1 find admitUnco to her boaOm, so ei
tirely wils it occupied by affliction and despon
dehcy. - >

Soon after the event, she was informed thai
it was discovered ..ihai the wrptch who ha^
stolon her ohyj wa£ a native of Leeds/ This
truly to*, those \yho jbask in sunshine, wouh ;
appear a feewe; ray, yet this on. Mary's mid
night gloom,shed a glimmering cheering lighf
This, faint as it was aroused and animated lie
soul ; it Seemed to her as sent in mercy to di
rect her to her son, and she lost no time in ta
king the path to which it pointed. Five week
after the birth of h^r child, did she set out i:
herweakstate, wit! out money, on foot, to car >
ry her infant nearly 400 miles, (thither an'' 1
back again,) on a road t(nd to-a place wit! ?
•vhich she was totally unacquainted.

And yet, with all ,hese aggravating circuro - .
stancps, poof Mary was," in reality, perhtjp
less miserable than many, even of the soni
anil daughters of hfHue lite. So little doe* •
happiness depend upon e.yterrinj circumstan-
ces; so comparatively impartially has Get
distributed good and evil ainong his creatures,
even in/ this life, thiat tl'.e jmostrniserable are
not without their consolations, nor the most
prosperous without their sorrows. Labor and
sorrow are the lot of humanity, and they (must , '
'bo unhappy indeed who, from a mixed compa- ^
ny, cannot select those with whom they would 1*
be unwilling to exchange situations. So, perr
haps thought poor Mary, as she sat by the side
of the kitchen fire of 'tho nn at Folkingham, ;
regarding with looks of attention and pity two
poor chimney-sweeper's boys, who wero eat-
ing their frugal supper before' the same fire.
They had been sent for from a distance, to
sweep some chimneys early in the morning,
and were how taking their scaiity ? -meal, be-
fore they retired to obtain, by a few hours
sleep, a short respite from tlieir sufferings. Ma4
ry long viewed them attentively ; perhaps the
sufferings of her lost boy might be. connected
with the commiseration which she felt for ,
these poor oppressed children, however, that
might be, she continued to gaze upon them,
till "the younger, who sat with his back towards
her, ' jrned his sooty faceJand fixing his eyes .
upon her; regarded her lor a few seconds T;
with attention, then springing up, he exclaini- i<
ed, "My mother! that's niy- mother !" a|d in ■ J
an instant was in her arrnsf- The affecti<mTft^ vr
and astonished Mary, on hearing his voice, in
atnoment recognised her boy, aqd'claspecj him
to her bosom ; but she cou|ld not speak, till a
flood of tears having relieved -her almost
bursting heart, she gave utterance to her feel- •
ings. ' . > . I

After the confusion and the agitating sensa-
tion, which this unexpected rencontre had oc-:
casioned amongst both actors and spectators
were. in some degree subsided, the master of
the boy, who was present, was particularly
questioned how he came by him. His account
was as follows — lie was walking on his busi-
ness, in tho neighbourhood of Sieaford, wliere
he resides, when he met a ragged woman with
a little boy whom she- was beating most un-
mercifully. On inquiry, she lold him that she
" was in great distress, that she had a long way
to go, and that she did not know hew to get
along with him. * This lwd; to further conver- v
sation, which ended in herj offering to sell the ' 4
boy to him. as. an-- apprentice; for two guiueasi. '•*•
The bargain 'was soonstrack^a'ud the lad was
regularly bound, the woman making oath to
his being her own son. TJjere did net appear
to be any reason for questioning the account i
of the master, especially ab it was eorrobora- &
ted by the boy, with this addition, that the wo- P
man was beating him so unmercifully,, as she • ■
had frequently done beforej, because. he would
not call her mother. |

. The story soon became generally known in f
the place and through tub exertions of Mr. ?
Wellbourne arid others, a subscription was ■
raised for poor Mary and jthe little chimney
sweeper, who was soon cleaned,, clothed, ana
transformed into a very difivirent looking little

beinac :~ ' •' - ! £

° | ,

" And restored to his mother, no longer needs •

creep |
Through lanes, , courts, and; alleys, a poor Jitt^e ■ i

After they had stopped for some time L . ^

rest and refresh themselves, the "iother v an'd"« 4

son had places jtakeu for them Jn the coach to I

proceed. to London. Thither they departed, ' '|

with hearto overflowing wi h gratitude both to , U

their heavenly and earthly benefactors. ' ! t

EFFECT OF SIG^T USPON A PERSON ?
BORN BLIND,; C. r .!i 1
The operatoi-, Br. Grant, having observed '
e eyes of hi$ - patient, a.hd ' convincing! his >ti
relatives .andfr en % that it/w^s highly pro?- • M
able he could remove the obstacle which prl- '
vented his sight; all his acqliaintance, who
had any curiosity to be prepentj when one of 1 *'

FREEDOM S JOURNAL,

full ago and understanding was to receive a
new !3euse, qsseinbled themselves on this oc-
casion 5. but. wore desired to preserve pVbfomr.i
sihwe'in case sight was restored, in, order to
leOho .pa'iojit. make his own observations
without the advantag* of discovering his
friends by the f r voices. Among many others,
the mother, brethren, sister^ and a young la-
dy for wliorti he had formed particulars attach-
ment, were present. The operation was per-
formed with great fk01, bo that sight was ln-
•tantly produced. \ - .

v When the patient first received the davvn
1 of light, there appeared such an ecstacy in
\his action, that he seemed ready to swoon a-
way in tlie : surprise of joy and fonder. The
surgeon stood before him with his instruments
in his hands. The patient observed hitn from
head^ to foot, and the"n observed himself as
care.fy.lly, and comparing the doctor to him-
• ; self, he observed both their hands were ex-
.; actly alike, except .tho instruments which he
took forV part of the doctor's hands, When
he had continued in this amazement for sev-
eral mimitW, hie mother could no longer bear
the agjtatitni of so many passions as thronged
upon hor, but. fell upon his nejc'k, crying out,
my son, ray sou ! The young gentleman knew
her voice, and Could say no more than " Oh
me! are you my .dear mother ?" and fainted.
On his recovery, he heard the voice of his fe-
male friend, whiehMiad a surprising effect up
on him. Having called her to him, he appear-
ed to view her u ith admiration and delight,
and asked her what had been done td him ?
"Whither," said he '^am J crried ? Is all
this about me, the thing\which I have heard
so often of? Is this seeing? Were you al-
ways thus happy, when you were so glad to
see each other r Where is fom who used to
lead me ? But mcihinks I could now go any
where without him." \

He attempted to walk alone'* but seemed
terrified. When they saw this difficulty, they
told him that, till he became better^ acquaint-
ed with his being, he must let the servant still
lead him. The boy being presented to him,
he was asked what sort oi: a creatu/e he took
him to be b'- lore he had seen him? Fie an-
swered. " be believed he wa? not so la'rg^e as
himself, but that he was the same sort of a
creature." \
The rumor cf thi3 sudden change mnde all
the neighbors throng to sec him. As he saw
tie crowds gathering, he asked his physician
" how many in all were to be seen?" His
physician rii pi ied r A 4 that it would be very pro-
per for him t n return lo his late condition, and
suffer liis eyes to be covered for a few days,
until they should receive strength, or they
would lo.se the power of affording him that
wonderful transport he wu? in." With much
reluctance he wa3 prevailed upon to have his
eyes covered, in which condition they kept
him in a dark room, till it was proper to let
'the organ receive its objects without any fur
ther precaution. After several days it was
thought proper to unbind his head, and the
. young lady to whom he was attached "was
instructed to perforin thi.s kind office, in order
to endear her still more to him, by so intCrod-
tinr a circumstance ; and that she might mo-
derate iiis ecstacies, by the persuasions of a
voice which had so much power over him as
her's ever had. When she began to take off
the bandage from his eyes, she said, " tell me
in what manner that love you have always
professed for me, entered your heart, for its
usual admittance is through the eyes !"

Vie answered, " dear Lydia, if by seeing I
am no more to distinguish the stop of her I
love, when she approaches me,' but to change
the sweet and frequent pleasure for such an
amazement as I experienced the little time I
lately saw ; or if I am to have any thing be-
sides which may take from me the sense I
have of what appeared most pleasing to me
at that time, (which apparition it seems was
you.) pull out these eyes before they lead me
to be ungrateful to you, or undo myself. I
wish for them but to see you ; pluck them from
their sockets, if they are to make me forget

that; great gndd will result to the .People of - was made not only between tho part allotted to;
Colour by the i publication of the ' Faiti slaves and that for free people,* but also between,
nouls Jnir ; Ru-*£ t\t\m\»nimA nh/in i th« nrinl the bimal pkoe for the whites and thai, for tho

free coloured people. By ah order of the! Govern-;
or's this lut -distinction is abolished, and the bod-
ies of free persons of colour .mayndw repose among ,
.those of their white brethren. The ColonialDn- i
partniont and the Governor are * entitjledjto credit
for breaking down (these distinctions,! which only
servo to irritate a claw of persons whojsoaftbetions

dom |s t ToiyuNAi\*' conducted upon i the prin|
Ciples sot forth in che prospectus. t • • ;i !

Resolved, . That in the opinion of this meet*
ing, the enter pri e is one of a liiudabloina-'
ture,; reflecting great credit upon trie projec-
tors, jand well wofthy'of our couutenauce^ahd

support. * ■''."' V ]

Reiolvtd, Th^t we freely and voluntarily itvis of importance to conciliate. MrjPojvors, tin
agree to give, it pur aid and support, and teniae Protector of Slavcsj had commenced ihe';duiies of
our utmost exertions' to; increase its patronH-fl^'oflicb. . • .j '
age. ■:'■.[• , It is slated that ; the Spanish troops qncamped

Voted, That a copy of these", proceedings, on '^ he , f - ont j? r9 . ^ro kept under the

i . . . • <<. . • i" ,i . i i mnut «itrifif. <lwniolinn.' inul tlmt orders havo been

who niay pass the
ungues, into tho in-

, „ , _ , • . , . - ■ , . *»...»» vt-Sbain. ' It ijt also 'asserted that Spain will

lished in the first Lumber of the said journal, [declare war against lEngland the moment the Bri
JAMES GQXJVD, Chairman, tish troops should vdolate the Spanish territory.

man
tors of

f tho » Mc'Alom # Journal," to, be pub- , t „rior of Spain. \Itik also asserted tl

Georgb B. Holmes, Secretary.

NEW-YORK, MARCH 16.

By ajate arrival fro^i Port-au-Prince, we
learn that the Haytiens are patiently waithig
for advices from France, as it regards their
late decree concerning the' admission ^pf
French vessels upon the payment of ,'hal;
duties. They are willing to fulfil 'their 1 ' late
treaty, provided the French desist from in-
sisting upon half duties.

The Haytiens, in declaring their indepen-
dence, and their determination to maintain it,
have done so in the face of the universe.
They have erected the standard of liberty,
and the scenes of Moscow must be repeated
ere it falls. * Though desirous of conciliating
all nations, ■' yet they fear none ; and eo far
from being on the eve of a revolution, never,
were all parties more united and determined
to support their hard-earned liberty.

Some few weeks since, it was circulated in
many of the papers oi the day, that General
iV^agn ;, the present governor of Cape Hayti-
enliad resigned, from a dissatisfaction wi^h
the twisting State of things on the islan|aV-
We can^asaure our readers that the general
is too great a patriot ever to desert his coun-
try, while x his services are so eminently use-
ful as they are at present.

As. the. relations between Hayti. and this
country are beco ming daily more interesting,
it is highly important that wo have correct
information concerning the state of affairs
there. Our readers may depend on our col-
umns, as we shall never^ insert any news
whatever, of a doubtful nature, concerning
that island. \

We caution the dissatisfiedVid envious in
this country, who are continually • forging
" Mews from Hayti," to desist from their un-
manly attacks uppn a brave and hospitable
people. Were our readers as well acquainted

The Paris Etoilo of the 31st states, in a post-
script, that Count Villi* -Plor. had written to the
Commandant of Ciudad llodritfo, that he had re-
ceived positive orders from the ^Portuguese gov-
ernment not to pass Iho frontiers.

Ti^e weather had poen excessively cold in some
parts' of France. At Lyons, on the 24th the ther-
mbmeter was 13 decrees below zero ! At Cadiz,
alt»6, tho weather had been severe, apd caused an
increase of deaths from pulmonary complaints.-
•The newTurkishj army was tilling up vc^y ra-
pidly by recruits from Asia. A register of the
Turks at Constantinople had been commenced,
for the purpose of comprising them' in a conscrip-
tion^

The Duke of Wellington succeeds the Duke of
Yojk-in \t|^e command of tiie army ^ and has an-
nounced his intention of retaining the whole of tho
Duke's Official establishment.

Tho latest advices from Portugal arO to the 13th
Jan. The British troops are represented as being
hated by tho lower classes, and have bee u coldly
reoeived by the upper ranks.

Many broils bad occurred between the British
soldiers and tho Portuguese, arid ten of tho former
had been asnassinaled.'. These occurrences are at-;
tribnted to broils in tho wino houses; Where; a-
bottle of. excellent wine may bo had for 3 ponce,
it is to b<i expected that it will be drank by every
body. To re'mody the evil however> 'the Brkisy
omoera have directed each soldier to have a pint. of
wino with his dinner , ',

yiffuan Disco oenYj.— His Majesty's sloop Red-
wing, which has arrived' at Spithcad, from tho
C'.»iisl9 of Africa, brings inteiligenceVthat Captain
Clapper ton, had arrived at tiie residence of Suita'n
tioolim, at Siichatoo, and had been well received.
Dr. Dixon had arrived at. Vours, live days distant
from the Soolima country, Capt. CiappertoiV would
immediately proceed to Timbuctoo, to bo llierc
'fiiti^illby Dr.. Dixon, and they, would then make
heir best towards .the ulterior objects of their
journey.

The British Parliament assembled on the 8th of
February. Tho topic of interes' is the corn lawsi
which was to cpme bejore Parliament on the tilth
Of February. .Mr. Cauning is rapidly recovering
from his indisposition. The Duke of Sussex who
has been dangerously ill has been pronounced by
his physicians convalescent.

It is* stated that the Earl of V/estmoreland and
Mr. Robinson are about to retire from the Cabi-
net.

with their motives for venting their spleen as.
we 'are,- they would give as little credit to

their fabrications.

Lydia; delighted these assurances,

withdrew the bandage, and gave him light to
hia inexpressible joy and satisfaction.

In ail 'his conversation with her, he tnani
fested but faint ideas of any thing which had
not been received at the ear.

At a resectable Meeting of the People of Co-
loiVr of the city of ftostom.held at the house
of Air; David >V alker, on Monday evening
20th n)t. for the purpose of taking in to- con"
si deration the expediency of giving aid and
support t<> the " Frekoom's Journal ;"
Jamks| Coulp was called to the chair,
and George B. HoimiIs appointed Secre-
tary. |

The object for which the meeting was con-
vened having been stated by the chairman ;
and the meetm" addressed by Messrs. WpJ*
ker, Bro|/n, Hilton, and Rev. Thomas, Paul,
in behall] of th« ! said object: ■

Or, mdiion, Resolved, That in the opinion
of this meeting, there is reason to believe

DOMESTIC AEJfS.
Loss of the Lady Mams,- -Tho ship. Lady Ad-
ams, Capt. Tobey, of this port, sailed hence on a
whaling voyage to the Pacific Ocean, about live
years since.' bhe was spoken in July, ltf^3, on the
coast of Japan, with 100U barrels of oil ; since
which no authentic accounts have been obtained
from her. She has long been given up as lost :
but all conjectures as to the manner of her de-
struction, er the fate of her crew (16 in nu)nbor)
havo hitherto been involved in doubt and perplex-
ity. This suspense is however removed by the
melancholy relation given.below.

Capt. Maxey of the late ship Factor of Nan-
tucket, informs that while on the coast of Japan,
he spoke an English whaler, tiiat had on a previ-
ous voyage been in company with the Lady Ad-
ams.

The English Captain plated- that he was on
board the L. A. winch sailed taster than his own
ship, and agreed at night to run two or three miles
to Joeward, to' spread the chance for whales mo
next day Y which he accordingly did, and hove too
abpnj midnight. That he was soon airier called on
deck, and observed a large tire to windward, «n the
supposed direction of the L»dy Adams. That ho
immediately made sail, and boat to windward,
though it was so rugged and boisterous that ii«
could carry no more than close-reefed topsails. —
That tho hre suddenly' disappeared about 4 o'clock
in the morning ; and the English ship continued
to boat to windward the following day, but eaw no
, i,^„,„ t 4 ■ more of tho Lady Adams ! it is~thoreforo conclu-

lectum made o Ui part oi me j dcd tbat Ulb uhmrtul)ate shi took „ re while the
nd the rest ol the kingdom, to... , lilI1# wftro onga , red m fryil ^ out oi j } and that all
,,on > ^Mijcd.p0fi«M« > d l-'jYaiUtteiee; Juquirer. ■ '■■
"" A letter from Liberia, Dec. 4th| received at the
southwaid, states that the pirate whoi robbed Capt.
Clough, of Portland, and Walsirain, of .Baltimore,
as noticed some time since, lias been taken, With
(i'2'.i slaves, by an English frigate and carried into
riierra r L*:ane.

. Fire.— -On the 5th inst. about noori, a fire broke
out in one of the range of tour story brick stores
on the east side 0' lU'aiden-lane, between Pearl
and Gold-street, occupied by Messrs; J ( ohn Bowen
& co. The building was partly destroyed, togeth-
„. . .,«,,, . . er with a coiwiderable portion of ! the valuable

-*ree people o wnatever co.uur, a>e to be trea^ : fltock of Dr •, Good8 it contttined . [We regret to-
edali.ee ay Lhat othcbr.; Another disimcuon ^ncn , adt t that two of the firemen, Mr. Dkvid Raymer,
snowed mwngt, tt ejealuus reelings ul £1,0 while. and Mr . Fr , llC1 , Jo8 n wv f} . JJg^y imured
ol the colony; aa« . «Jw W aooi^ea. In the ai^- b tUo m or . tae U0W H ,4 us to cause their death,
tribution ot a public bumi ground, a separation ^ c6l(ient bould uot p033ibl y h'av^ occurred

FOREIGN JYEJFS.
Reformation continues in Ireland at a rapid
pacu. 6ui> persons ihavo abjured Jfopery in Cavan
since Octooer lastl A society is forming under
the patronage of Ijord iMunham for luitner pro-
moting rtjiormation. •

A monument will be erected to the memory of
the DuKe of iork by public subscription.

The following ij* posted at Lloyds: — ' The
IVasscner,. Dutch 7f, bound to Batata with troops
is totally lost on the coast of jdoilanu. Tiie Wa-
terloo Was lost at "the same iime,atso bound to Jia-
tavia. j

A branch of the' Apostolic Junta is said to sit
nightly in Eis'bon,' and to ciintri'oute its subscrip- '■
tion to tiie grand collection made on the part of tne '
Ci uirch m Spain, aid the rest of the kingdom, to,
resist tiie constitution.

The i^ritisn trooj s already in. Portugal amount'
to iioxni. Tnesd will be sent into tne disturocd dis-;
tricts in-tnree divisjons.

Prince 'l'aheyian l -has been violently assaulted
by a ruliian named ivlaubreuii, who fclru&i Ami se-
veral violent blows.' 'i'ne Prince, howevoi .reouvc
ered alter having bi en bleu.

The i^erbice paptrs coiitain a notification from
Governor Beard, a job. siting' certain " uistmct'ions
wmcn a previous or ieii df i'/ilt) Jiad required to oe
uiade between the white and tree -coloured people',,
by the : Under tfiierit:', in the execution ol ins duty
— i* ree people oi whatever coiuur^.a>e to be trea^'

had the ladder* been sufficiently, long to roach
Move the eaveii of the hou#e. A» ladder .are bflUJii
similarly tsituated/we take this opportunity to catt-
Han firemen and other*,' against the recurrence «1
an evil so easily remedied. .

A ftmjly in the village of Rochester a few dayi
since, cam4 very near fosmg their lives by eating
the root of " th| pigcoh begry or poke weed," mi*
taking it for horsoiradish i •

Inqmst.-^ Yesterday an ^nqilest wa« h«ld oyef
.the body i of a female infant, by .Prince Snow, Jr.^
coroner, for th<e county. pi S'.ifHdk. It appeared!,
by the evidence before, the inquest, that foil* |->ne||.
were ^;en between tho hbursrof 6 and 7;X. M, on]
Wedntwdayj, digging near one. of the willow trees ail
.tho bottom jof tho commm>; a gentlomanf ordered, i
liis man servant to go to the spot for the pdrposer!:
of ascertaining w|iiit their object was. He acr'-
oordingly w|eut, and discovered a rbugh made box,
buried about six or eight inches deep, which con-
tained the body of a new born child, and informa-
tion was mnolo to the proper authority' Verdict,
that it came to its death by cause unknown to the'
jurors.!— Host. ''pour.

. On tho ot^i ult; the body of Mr. Joel Judkine, of I
Sharoii, Ct. wajj found hanging inAifs barn. Ver- j
diet of; the Jury, that ho came to his death by hit •
own vtiluutaTy act. Mr. J. was a respectable man f
in good circ imstances. ;.'

On Thursday the 2'M iilt. the dwelling, house of
Stephen Rathbone, of Sahsbury, Ct. was tfcrtiroy-
ed by fire, ah.d two ( of his children, aged 3 and 5
years, were ponsuiried in the flames. The build-
ing is supposed tb. have been set on fire' with tha
intent. to destroy! tlio family, and Henry Hawyer,
the suspected incendiary, was on Wednesday 'last
committed to prison in this town, to await atrial
in August nfext. j'

The dwelling hoase of Alfred Gates, , Esq. of
Muttanawcock, was destroyed by fire a Week or
two since, with its contents. Two children, one
aged 14 and the other 6 years, perished in tho
flames, and t|lie father narrowly escaped a similar
fate. 3 ' . \ - ' > :

The House of Delegates of Virginia has passed -
a vote repcajling the law cond'eninnigij to; slavery,
persons of colour for certain offences. \ .

A brute- iq human shape, was arrested last week
in Philadelphia for cruelty to a liorse, in making
him draw tbree cords of pine wood, for a wager.

The first njumber of a new paper, called 'f Tho
Morning Chronicle," was published in this city on
the first inst. by Messrs. Baldwin, iRoberti, Brook*
and Lavyson.; . ; •• -

A beggar in Philadelphia lately attempted to
rob a gentleman while the latter was in the act of
giving him alms. Such a rogue deslerveB the in-
dependence of states prison.

ColonizatIion' 'SociTbt'v.-— ;Tn the House, on Sa-
turday last, Gen.';Mercer, from the select cortiinit-
tce, to whom 1 were referred the memorials of the-
American Cqlonieation-Socioty, an^ iof-aundry ci«- -
tizens of the United States, praying foj the aid of
Cr>ngress in jcolonizihg the free People of Colour
of the United States in Africa, together with "the
resolutions olj the stales of Delaware and Kentuc-
ky, recommending to, the favourable, regard, of
Congress the prayer of the memorialists, made a
report thereon,' favourable to the views of tiie me-'
mbrialists, -bit recommending that the subject be
postponed until the next session of congress- The
report was ordered to be printed, 71 to 40. k : '
Sikura Lkone — Some faint idea of the «al8-
brity of the western coast of Africa may be ob-.
tained from the fact, that the whole number of .
persons sent out there from England iri the years
between 24thiSepL 1821, and 34th Dec. l$2o, wa»
1G12— of these 929 died, 42 were killed in battle, ;
and :^sent home as invalids ! Since 1325 the rV?i
vages have gone on in an augmented ratio. < Yvif I
This is a parti of the world, to which oiir philant
thropists wish to deport the unhappy blacks of the ;
United States! The British government begins -to >
see- the folly of its keeping up these African esta-
blishments. Col. Denham, the African traveller, .
is now oh a ybyage of inspection, and is to make \
a report on the state and prospects of these Colo- - ;
nies. — JV. Y: Enquirer.

A fellow has been sentenced to the state prhvia
in this city for the third time, for a period of five .
years, making! at the end of that time, only twenty ^
days of liberty in eighteen years.

Captain Joseph Patterson, of the sloop Lad/ •
Tompkins, which sailed from Washington, (N. J )
on the 2dlh uit. fell overboard at the mouth of th
river Raritan,! and was drowned.

Ann VV. Cheeny, of Onondaga county, has rC
covered six Ijundred dollars of Samuel R^i^tv.
thewsj for a breach of marriage promise. He\hjti
viaitod her asj a suitor for eight' years, and it it>
said he is worth from 25,000 to 3.0,000. dollarsl j'

A new steahi boat, to ply.between 'this city. and
Albany, to be called the Hugh Maxwell, will bo
launched hva few days;

The funeral of the two unfortunate firemen yn\yy
were killed atjthe recent conflagration in Maided
lane, took place onj Sunday, and was attended^/
the membersjof the various lire companies of thV
city, as. well a j..those of Brooklyn. The fire^H .x.
wore crape on the. left arm, and the baiio^: .v
which were ct rried in "procession, were dressed m;
modrning. Hn honour the Mayor, the 'Hecoru^jr;"
Shoritf, and the Aldermen of the ctiy, togutht'r
with the l''ire Wardens, and many citizens atui -
ded the funejaL \ An appropriate discourse] wi.a"
delivered on the occason by the Rev. >

; .Fire at No^roiK.— A fire brake out at N ; '
foLt oh the mbriiing of the 9th instant, which
troyed property to the amount of near.^OOPj e
iars. Anions the: nuineroua buildings de«tr<;_
Was Chrisi 's churo^'. Between forty and ^fittj
milles ; were tendered houseless ' ^louses
burning in'-- se\i e^' ili^e^ii/i^4r]ters 'at v th«^ ^i^i<
time. ' £ he heirs of David -tatterson; and VV>/j.;
Herron, and B Pollard only are njentioncd i
ferers.— Morn. Chron. • - . -

DOM'S JOURNAL.

li

THE AFRICAN CHIEF.

B;t BRYAKT..

Chain'd in the market plade he stood,

A man of giaht frame,
Amid the gathering multitude,

That shrunk Sear his'

AU stern of look and strong of limb,
His dark eye on the grojund—

And silently they gaz'd on|him,
As on a hon bound.

.Vainly, -but well, that chiejrhad fought,
. . He was a captive now ;
Yet pride, that fortune humbles not,
Was written on his brow.

jo 150m wore,
" brave ;
before,

arid

The scare his dark broad
Showed warrior true ai
A Prince among his tribe
. Ho could not be a slave

Then to his conquerors hjs spake
" My brother is a King
. Undo this necklace from J
And take this bracelet

my neck,

brig ;

And send me where my brother reigns,

And I will fill thy hands
With store of ivory from the plains,
And gold dust from the sands. 1 '

" Not for thy ivory nor thy gold

Will I unbind thy chain ,
That bloody hand shall never hold
The battle spear again.

A prico thy nation never gave

Shall yet he paid for thee ;
For thou shalt be the Christian'* slate,
In lands beyond 'the sea."

Then wept the warrior chief, and bade

To shred his locks away,
And, one by one, each heavy braid

Before the victor lay. -

Thick were the platted locks, and long,

And deftly hidden there
Shone many a wedge of gold among

The dark and crisped hair.

" Look, feast thy greedy eye with gold,

Long kept for sorest need ;
Take it— thou askest sums untold —

And say that I arn freed.

Take it — my wife, the long, long day

Weepa.by the: cocoa tree,
And my young children leave their phty, .

And ask in vain for me."

" I take thy gold — but I have made

Thy fetters fast and strong,
And ween that by the cocoa shade

Thy wife will wail thee long."

Strong was the agony that ^shook

The captive's frame to hear,
And the proud meaning of his look,

Was changed to mortal fear.

His heart was broken — craz'd his brain —

At once his eye grew wild,
He struggled fi>rc»dy with his chain,

Whispered, and wept, and smiled :

Yet; wore not long those fatal bands,

And once at shin of ci ty,
They drove him forth upon the sands,

The foul hyena's pre v ;

EFFECTS OF SLAVERY.
From the N. Y. Chrisuon Advocate.

. ^ 'Mr. Editor, — A few days since the follow-
ing fact which occurred si.: or eight weeks

ago, on S n circuit, was related to me. It

took hold of thy feelings in a very peculiar
manner, and excited within my bosom a great-
er detestation of slave dealing as well as of
those who engage in this nefarious practice,
than 1 ever realized boforc. I leel in my own
mind that such individuals are unworthy of a
place in society, and should be treated by ev-
ery philanthropist with cold neglect. The
ears of God are open to the cries of the hun-
dreds whom they have torn from the society

; of those who rendered life agreeable to them.
How great and tremendous then will that ac-
count be which shall be summed up against
them in the day of eternity.
: 7 « Omega."

few, weeks smce,»there was a 3ale of the
: effects' of the late iDr. Iff**** H**"**. Anion,? ,
other things were several slaves. One of
them, a man nanied William, was a member

of tho Methodist Episcopal church at the

on this circuit. As far a3 I can ascertain, he
•was a very pious, humble Christian, -and use-
ful among the people of Jtie own color, by hol-
ding meetings and occasionally- exhorting
them. - Among those preseht.at this sale '-was
: a Mr. W. from a neighboring city, a man who
I am told, does nothing for a livciiaopd but- go
^ about to purchase! negljbes, and ernplby.oihera
•to do so. To thtsf detestable person was poor
William knocked; off, for about §305. Wtib*^
■■■ tho man was igoing to quit the place, he order- '
. ed William to stretch out hi/ bauds in order

to be tied. He rather shrunk from! this,
every honest roan would do : however with
much piety and resignation, he submitted. —
Then it was that his colored, friends begun to
weep bitterly: William tiirned his attention
to them, and with a becoming dignity and
Christian fortitude, which melj.ed the hearts
of all present, but the hard and seared one of
his purchaser, said " Don't ciy for irie ; Qod
is every where.". This so affected those
around, that a Mr. S *» ** offered Mr.-W 4 *^
$400 for tho man. But he refused itj and poor
William was driven off. Where he! now is I
know not; but I think it more than 'probable,
that he is far, very far from his native place,
as I am informed that the same man, a short
time after, put four or seven waggon loads of
slaves on board a vessel, which has already
sailed from B*****e. Poor William! my
heart feels for you more particularly, when I
think that you may falPiuto the hands of some
hard, tyrannical master ; but fear not, your
'* God is every where and you shall feel the
truth of that promise given to the disciples of
Jesus, " Lo lam with you always, even to Iht
end ' of the world ." '

VARIETIES.
Advantage of Choosing a Wife by Proxy. —
Among other observations, we took: occasion
to inquire, whether the practice of the elclers
and eldresses(of the sect of the Moravians) in
selecting a partner for.a young man who wish-
ed to marry, was not sometimes attended With
serious inconveniences. But they seemed to
have no doubt, that this regulation ( produced
more happy marriages, than would be effected
by leaving the parties to choose for them-
selves. A lively and sensible person, with
whose conversation we were particularly
pleased, took occasion to .give us his own ex-
perience on the subject. lie expressed him-
self to the following effect. " When I wished
to change my situation in life, I applied to one
of our. elders, and communicated the matter
.to him. He asked me whether I ha>d any par-
ticular young woman in view ; I jreplied in
the negative, and that I wished my superiors
to choose for me. Pleased with my answer,
•and the confidence reposed in them,. he assu-
red me that the greatest care should be taken
to select for me a partner, who- would be, in
every respect, proper for ine. The elders and
eldresscs consulted together; and, after a
suitable time, fixed on a young woman^vhbse
disposition and qualifications were porrespoTJ-
denf to my own, and which they thpught were
adapted to make me happy. We Were intro-
duced to ea-h olher iu the presence of our
superiors. The interview was favorable : we
became mutually attached; and in a. short
time we were married. ; The event has per-
fectly answered our most sanguine; hopes, I
probably should not have chosen so. happily,
if left to decide for myself; but I am certain
I could not have made a better choice." - He
concluded his observations with a i degree of
animation and satisfaction, which j precluded
all doubt of the truth of hi3 assertious.-^-vWe-
moiVs of Lindl'S!/ Murray,

The Egg Trade. — Few people; have. ,-any
idea ol the extent to which the trade in Eggs
is carried on, as an article of export and .im-
port. A friend of ours recently j conversed
with an Irish gentleman in this towjn, who had (
come here for the purpose of selling some of
that " surplus produce" of giain ivhiblt; ( .;a«V
cording to one of our statesmen, U the cause
of Irish starvation, and who is 0.U0 engaged
in the egg- traffic. < lie stated to bur friend
that he generally ships from ten to fifteen
crates per week of this " merchandise" from
Dublin.- to Liverpool, each crate containing
7000 eggB- - The trade in this article has
greatly increased, it see;n3, within thei last
two or three years : and in the last year -tW'C
have been sent from Dublin to Ijnglrjid not
! ess than 100 crates, or 7410,009 eg£s per week!
Liverpool and Manchester, particularly /the
hitter, r.re great -consumers of thjs article.-
The general price in Dublin is fijm shiUingJ
per Hundred, but the hundred, it ihustbe re-
membered, is calculated accordingly a sort of
Irish arithmetic, and in plain Englijsb amounts
to 124 ; the odds being probably a sort of al-
lowance for breakage aud chaneo of over-
keeping. It thus appears that; I400fc»*per
week, or something better than 71W001. per
annum, is. expended in Dublin in eggs for ex-
portation alone ! It Would not bd i vi^X ffiaf
metier to calculate the number of eggs Con-
sumed in Dublin itself, seeing that goon Ca-
tholics look upon egg-eating as fasting, .and.
taking into consideration the number of Cath-
olics, and the quantum of fast days, which
their church enjoins. The eggs are collected
from the country all round N Dubljm? but are
principally brought from the province of Con-
naught,- where, probably the housewives are
more expert in the rearing of fow.lsjtban iu
any other part. There is also a considerable
trade in this article from Belfast,
are packed in straw, which is laid
at the bottom of the. crate ; upon

and so oh until the crate is filled. But these
eggs are not all consumed in Manchester and
Liverpool ; the latter supplies Birmingham,
and tbJi former sends to the " hard-fisted ar-
tisans of Sheffield" a portion of Conhaught's
*' surplus' produce.— -Aewrftfi Chronicle,

Chinese Fashion**.— It is well known,
that in China a ridiculous custom prevails, of
rendering the feet of their females so small,
that they can With difficulty support their bo-
dies. This is deemed a principal -part of their
beauty; and no swathing or compression is
omitted, when they are young, to give them
this fancied accomplishment. Every, woman
of fashion, and every woman who wishes to
be reckoned handsome, must have her feet
so small, that they could easily enter the shoe
of a child of six years of age. The great toe
is the only one left to act with freedom ; the
rest arc doubled down under the foot, in their
tenderest infancy, and restrained by tight
bandages, till they unite with and are buried
in the solo. I have inspected a model of a
Chinese lady's foot, exactly of this descrip-
tion, which I waa assured was taken from life.
The length was only two inches and . three-
fourths ; the breadth of the base of the heel
seven-eighths of an inch i the breadth of the
broadest part of the foot, one and one-fourth
of an inch ; and the diameter of the ankle,
three inches above the heel, one and seven-
eighths of an inch. Gehtil assures us, that
the women, in the northern parts of China,
employ every drt to diminish their eyes. For
this purpose, the girls, instructed by their
mothers,, extend their eye- lids continually,
with the view of making" their eyes oblong
and small. These properties, in the estima-
tion of the Chinese, when joined to a flat
nose, and large, open, pendulous ears, con-
stitute the perfection of buauty. — Dicks. Phil
of Religion.

A widow, of the name of Rugg, having ta-
ken Sir Charles Price for her second hus-
band, and being asked by a friend how she
liked the charge, replied, " O, I have sold my
old Rugg for & good Price."

Tnb'.cggs,
a foott tbick
this is pla-
ced a. "layer of eggs, then a' layer of straw,

DIEDi-In this city, on Friday tho 2d inst. Mr
Peter Lawrence, aged 39 years.

On Saturday the 3d inst. Mr. John B. Mitchell,
aged 28 years.

On tho third inst. Mra. Betsey Madison, aged
about 40 years.

* MARINE LIST.

ARRIVED, March 9.
Ships Queen Mab, Butman, from Havrp, sailed
Jan. 17, with dry goods, specie, &c. Envoy), Whea-
ton ,19 days from Savannah, with cotton, Commo-
dore Perry, Thorp,- 7 days .'.rom Charleston, cotton
and rice — Barque Four Sons, Adams, 16 days frn,
St. Croix, (went end) with sugar and rum. — Brigs,
G-en. Cotlm, Collin, Johnson, 7 days An St. Johns,
N. B. with pla'wter. Belvidere, Vose, 20 days from
Mobile, with cotton. Ivanhoe, Tinkhnm, GO ds ftn
Palermo., with oranges and lemons. William Penn,
Tuppor, 20 ds fm Mobile, with cotton. Pheasant,
Bailey; 11 ds f n Savannah, with cotton.

: March 12.

Ship*, Aurora, Taubman, 30 ds fin Liverpool,
with eartheuwar/3, &c. Courier, Benjamin, frn do.
salt and dry goods. Dublin Packet, Newcomb, 52
ds f-n Havre, with ballast. James Monroe, Skid-
more, 34 da fm Havre, with ballast. ■ Minerva, Wal-
lace, 47'dsif/n Glasgow, ballast and dry goods. Ju-
riipar, Clark, 15 ds fin St. Croix, with sugar and
rum. — Brig Betsy, Akurland, lf»G ds fm Sweden,
with "coals! &c. Tampico, Palmer, 20 ds fm Pu-
erto BabelJo, with steel, fustic, hides, &c.

March 13.

Ships, Frances, Fosdick, 21 ds fin New Orleans
talli uotton, surar, &c. Henry Hill, Post, 19 ds
f:n Mobile with cotton. Louisa Matilda, Wood, 6
da fm Savannah, with cotton, &c. Brigs Charlotte
Lathrop, 19 ds fm Ncw-Orlean3, with siig^ar, mo-
lasses, <fcc. Leader/ Cogens, 25 dfi.fm Mobile, with
cotton, staves, &e. Beaver, Spurling, 24 ds fm do.
wile cotton.' Elizabeth^ Whitmore,(i dB fm Savan-
nah, with cotton. Georgo, Seofi«ld, 5 days from
Chavtcstvn^ with cotton, rice, &c. — Schooners,
Exchange, Scrxboner, 2S ds lin Maracaibo with
coffee, &c. Hssnry Kicks, 40 ds fm St. C.-oix, with
rum. Horatio, Trov/ bridge, .24 d3 fm Mata Mores,
with specie, hides, <£e. Oregon, Baker, 10 ds'ftn
Savannah with cotion. Glide, Gibba, 6 ds fm
Charleston, -with cotton, rico, £x.

March 14.

Shhj Robert Fulton, Britton, fm Liverpool, sail-
ed' Feb. 9th,' with dry goods. — .ISrijj North Caroli-
na, below.

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,
Under St. Philip's Clvurch, is now ready for the
admission; of Pupils. •

IN this school will be taught READING, WRI-
TING, ARITHMETIC, ENGLISH' GRAM-.
MAR, GEOGRAPHY; with the uso of Maps
and Globes, aid HISTORY. ..^
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.

Reference .-*-Rev. Peter Williams, Kov. James
Varick, ttev. S. E; Corriuih, Kev. Benjamin Paul,
Rev. William Miller.
New -York, March 14.. 1

. i paor-o«AX.s ron t\jn.musa
\ The FREEDOMS JQlfitML.
'■ '. . pmo<n»j5CT[it. r ■

As ; •ducation U what rendert civilized man iu-

Eorioij to tho savage: ts the diMemimtion of
noWiedge it continually progrewing among all
othdr classes in the community : we deem it ex-
pedient to establish a paper, 'and brtag into ope-
ration all tho meant with which our benevolent
CiuUtor has endowed' ue, 'for .tbjo mora], reli-
gipii»i ciVil and Ijterary improvement of our inju-
red race. Experience teachft* na that the Preee is
the most economical and; convenient method by
which this object is to be obtained.; / '. "
' Dajly slandered, we think that .there ought to
be some channel of communication between iis
and the public: through which a single voice
may be heard, ta defence ot Jive hundred thousand
free people of colour. For often has- injustice
hecn heaped upon us, when our ority defence was
an appeal to the Almighty: but we believe thet
the time has now arrived, when the calumnies of
ounenemies should be refuted byj forcible argu-
menty. ' j

Believing that all men are equal j by nature^ we
indulge the pleasing anticipation, that as the .
means of knowledge are more extensively diffused
arnon^our people, their condition become im-
proved, not only in their daily walk' and conver-
tion, but in their domestic economy. '■;

Our columns shall ever be open jto'sj temperate
discussion of interesting subjects. But in respect
to matters of religion, while we cone ode to them :
their full importance,. and Bha'I occasionally intro-
duce articles of this general chara|ctcr, we would
not be the advocates of any particular sect or
party. i.

In the discussion of political subjects, we' shall
over rogard tho. constitution of thd United. States
as our polar Btar. Pledged to no party, we shall
endeavour to urge our brethren tojuse their right
to the elective franchise as free citizens. It shall
never be our object to court controversy, though
we must at all times consider ourselves as cham-
pions in defence .of oppressed hunianity.

As the diffusion of knowledge, and raising our
community into respectability, are the principal
motives which influence us in our! present under-
taking, we hope our hands will be upheld by all
our brethren and friends. • i .

SAMUEL E. CORNISH,
JOHN B. RUSSWURM,

Editors and' Proprietors.

Recommendations.
The following Testimonials in favour of - the gen-
tlemen who propose a- paper in this .city, more '
especially adapted to the wants and; circumstan-
ces of coloured people, have been handed to' us
for publication : wo insert theai the more rea-
dily, because we bolievo them to bo justly meri-
ted. — New- York' Observer* ! ; -
From the Rev., Samcri. H. Coxj Pastor of tha
• : Lai-lit-streft Church* Ne% York. ,

Being v;ell acquainted with the Rev. Samuel E.
.Cornish, and having vood evidence of the charac-
ter of his colleague, John B. Rud»wurm,.A. B. ; ■
and Lhcy having become co-oJitors. of a weekly pa-
per, designed chiefly for tho reading of their col-
oured brethren ; I am freo to express my confi-
desnce in the promiue of their cntcrprize, and in the
relative competency with which iis concerns will
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I am acquainted with the Editors, and consider
thorn very. competent to the. undertaking of the
proposad wdrk : they aro well knojvn' in this' city
as respected and valuable cithions.l

THOMAS*EDDY.

New-York, 1st mo. 17, 1827. '

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[VOL. I. No.. 2.

MEMOIRS OP CAPT. PAUL CLFFEE.

At this time, being about twerity-Veara-of
agd/hie thought himself sufficiently skill
enter into business on his own account,
laid before his brother David, a plan for open
ine a commercial intercourse with the state
of Connecticut. His brother was pleased with
the! prospect), they $oUt *n open boat and^piro^
ceejded to sea. Here fpr the first time his
brother found nmrself exposed to the perils of
the' ocean, and the hazard of a predatory war-
fat i which was carried oh by the Refugees,
Thpy had not travelled many leagues before
Ids [brother's fears began to multiply and mag-
nify its dangers ; his courage sank and he re-
solved to return. This disappointment was a
severe trial to. a, young man of Paul's adven
tiirous and intrepid spirit, but he was affec-
tionate and many years younger than his bro-
ther, and was obliged to submit to his deter-
mination. Paul returned, to his farm and la-
bored diligently revolving new scenes of com-
mercial enterprise. He again collected the
materials for another effort and made the at-
tempt. He went to sea, and lost all the little
treasure, which, by the sweat of his brow he
had gathered. Paul however seems to have
possessed that active courage which ,is the ofjf-
spf iuir of a mind" satisfied of the practicabil-
ity of" its. plans, and conscious of its power, to
accovr- lii-h its purpose. lie therefore reso-
lutely determined to persevere in the road
which he had marked out for himself. The
necessitv of aiding his' mother and her family,
was a constant and strong excitement to re
nejw.his efforts. His friends were not sutfi-
' cient to procure a boat, but in order to obvi-
ate this difficulty he set himself earnestly to
work, and with his own hands formed and
completed a boa» from keel to gunwale. This
vessel v as without a deck, but he had been
on! a whaling voyage and was therefore per-
fectly skilled in its management. Having
lathed his boat into the . ocean, and when
steering fo/ one of the Elizabeth Islands to
consultwjth his brother on his future plan, he
was discovered by one of the Refugee
ra<e>, who chased and seized both hinfaho" hi3
vessel; robbed of every thing, he returned
home penny! ess, but without. sinking under
Vis dtscouragenipnts. Thus circumstanced 1 ,
he applied to his brother David, who, though
deterred by the want of success which , had
hitherto attended .Paul's attempts, yet acqui-
esced in his proposal to build another beat if
he : would furnish the materials. This being
accomplished, the respectability of Paul Cuf-
fee's character at this time, procured Jiim suf-
ficient credit to enable him to purchase a car-
go* He* proceeded to 'Nantucket and on the
voyage was ag .in chased by refugee Pirates,
but escaped them by night coming on.. He
however struck upon a rock on one of the E-
lizabeth Islands', and so far injured his boat
as; to render it necessary, for him; to return
to 'Westport ,to refit; v.liich being a;com-
pHshei: he ogain pet out for Nantucket, wJrire
hi arrived in safely, but did nofrdispose of his
cargo to advantage. .He af erwurds under-
. took a similar voyage with better success, but
as he was returning home he again fell in the
hands of the Pirates and was deprived of his
all J excepted,* boat/whfeh they permitted him
to take, not however, withd&tkliis having re-
ceived much persona) injury andill treatment
from theni.

Under such numerous and untoward discom-
fitures, the courage of m< si persons would
have failed, but Paul's disposition was not of
that yielding nature. Me possessed the. in

so well skilled in figures, that he was able ;to
solve all the rulesjof arithmetical calculation,.
He then i applied himself to navigation, .in
which by ithe assistance of a friend-he matfe
a rapid progress, ab (I found himself able to
engage ii| nautical 'and • commercial underta-
kings of great extent. .

To be Continued, ' •

flexible spirit of perseverance and firumtfSs. of
nrind wljich entitled 'hun tora more sqclapsfui
issbe of|hi3 eudeaVor^s, and| he faelieveu^hile
hejmaintained integrity of heart and conduct
bo I might hu <ibly hope? for the protection of
j J ; kidepce. Under thefcje impressions he pre-
j'.i^ed for another voyage ;. in his open boat
w; ;h a Ismail cargo, he again directed his'
co .' . v > towards the Island of Nantucket. The
wetUrr;; was favorable- and Jie arrived safely
at the d:.-: lined port,. and disposed of his. little
ca/jgo to vantage. The profits of this Voyr
ag4» strengthening' the confidence of his
fn jnds, enabled -libit still further to enlarge
h is i plans. . ' ' .

At the time of his father's decease, Paul
not received the behests. of education,!
scarcely knew tile letters of the alpha-
bet. But tli is bisad Vantage! he obviated by
jhis assiduity, antf-at the period of his mar-
riage could not only read and wr:te. but was

From the Christian Spectator.
PEOPLE OP COLOUR.
The many recent 1 movements jin behalf of
the children of Afrifca, jgive strong indications
that better times arc approaching for that por-
tion of the human I amity. There are man r
topics of diecussion respecting our ; owh col
oured people, which ought to occupy a larger
share than they' do of the public attention. —
Every American ought to feel that slavery is
the opprobrium of the name of liberty. 1 It is.
" personal slavery, in ^omparisoh of which,"
said Mr. Fox, " political slavery, much as I
hate it, is a bare metaphor." The; condition
and prospects, and duties of the whites, ought
to be topics of interesting iuqiiiry to every
benevolent mind. The welfure, of four mill-
ions of people, connected with this subject,
and the danger wbicfr njay finallyjaccrue', even
to our free institutions,; call for the deep con-
sideration of our statesmen. The heart' of
the Christian philantjhre-pist is pained when he
looks back on the past. His soul sinks vvith-
in him, as he contemplates the future. The
subject is one, which, [in my view, .requires
immediate and thqrougp investigation. This"
is not only on the ground that slavery is an
evil, a gi eat abomination, and one which is
continually becoming more dreadful ; but the
inherent danger is rendered imminent by the
measures which arej gjoing on in the British
nation. Their slave population is in the im-
mediate neighborhood] of our own. -They
speak the saute language. The- intercourse
'hi easy, constant, aaid unavoidable.

Measures are beifuiji bjr which every slave
in the- British dominions mil soon be free. —
The philanthropists who procured the aboli-
tion of the slave trade in Great Britain, have
formed a Society! for the ''mitigation and
gradual-abolition orj slavery, throughout the
British dominions. They have acted from a
principle of enlightened benevolence they
jiave takein their resolution, and will .never
give over- until the 'thing is' accomplished.—
They havfe brought ihe subject before' Parlia-
ment. .The King and Parliament have sanc-
tioned with an unanimous voice the\principle,
" that it is expedient to adopt effectual and
decisive measures, for amelioraiing^the con-
dition of the slave population, and tee' prepare
them for a participation in those civil rights
and privileges, whi^h .'are enjoyed by other
classes of his majesty's subjects." When
jthis is accomplished] as it will be, and all the
colored population \n the West Indios comn
10 enjoy the " civil rights and Wiieges of
his majesty ! s other subjects," T ask pTajiily,
what wiil be the condition of. the southern
States ? . Who will, say that a war oil exter-
mination will not ehsuei in wliicH the African.

slavei

Comp. Exod.

. K of :6h.e. amither. V. 42. __„ r ,

xxi. miwp'Deui Jcxm 7. See Neh. V. 5, 9.
Neither has Chriatiaiiity inter/eted iri this re-

spect ^ .abolish slavery. Paul

has given di-

rections ifor the mutual deportment of mas-
ters apd servants, or slaves, as they were in
those- days.* ,

l * fljjffi«ntk*<ny three dffvtjrtl times the
slave^^ubjection to Christ, the apostle miti-
igatod the evils of jlavery ; f<|r he showed
that both the command and the obedience
were limited by the law of Christ." — M
Knight. |

Our own laws'rec.ognisfc invdluhtary servi-
tude, whenever the public 'good, and the in^
terest ef the individual require it. Such is
substantially the case of minors^, of idiots, of
spendthrifts, of drunkards. The right of per-
sonal liberty* therefore, is uot ohc which may
be lawfully vindicated at all hazards' . Salus
populifSupnma lex. The public good, the in-
terest of all classes, both whites and blacks.
it, the supreme law. Slaves have no more an
abstract absolute right to risejarid kill their
masters, and involve the whole community in
destruction, than the son or tihe apprentice
has to revolt i from the control) under which
the laws have j placed him. Th]c very- idea is
most preposterous, that a part of the commu-
nity have a jjight, which they may assert to
the destruction of the peace and happiness of
the whole.. The right of the rhaster. there-
fore, to the services of his -filaVe, may be, as

Serfect, as to [the services of his apprentice,
hit this rights depends in either case, wholly
on the assumed fact, that in existing circum-
stances the piiblic good requires Ithe existence'
of servitude. It is a mere creature of society,
and is-whollyuhdef thetontrolofthe laws. The
legislature have a perfect right to ■ interfere:
whonever the .'public gopil^requires, to modify
or e.veu destroy the relation, ajnd ma^G the
slave partiaiw4>r eutirely free. iWtifrduisttr**
right does hot; depend at all upon the fact thai
he has 6oug7t/jhis slave, or that the slave wa.-,
born of parerits under his control. I quote
the words of Afr. Buxton, the gentleman who
brought forward the motion on the subject, in
the British Parliament. " Herb is a Certain-
valuable commodity, and here aJo t\yo claim-
ants, a white plan, anil a b.tack|inan. Now,

cause may excite as much sympathy and. as
liberal contributions in England and in the

West Indies, 'as the 1 jreek ciiiUse' hns done in
this country,? Can any man look calmly at
such a sitiiatiqn ? i •

But no calamity Was ever avoided by "shut-
ting our eyes. The precipice is p:one the loss
steep to him who rushes Mindfolded to its
bnnk. Neither is tl ie e|vil increased by l'ookr
ing it steadily in the face. It is (the part of a-
manly courage, *6 1 >ok at danger calmly, tb
survey it jin all its magnitude, land thbn to
seek for. k way of escape;"; It argues weak-
ness, to stand lamenting' over a'calamity as
inevitablo^ w?hen we pu| ht to be taking meaS-.
ures to alleviate j andj re nove it.

Our southern brethren are- ^xtteedingly un-
willing toibe reminded of their Idanger • but
it is the part of true kinitlness,,to [consult their
welfare rhther than.- their feelings; Lef the
alarm then be continually sounded. The Bri-
tish slavcsvwiil soon I e free cilizer.s. Deslrucr
tion a waits us, unl e as •Ispmethin % !effebtual is
done. Something n ust be, .done : .

The right of pets mjl liberty is notj |n all;
circumstanceB, an aisomtt right,.! If it were
so, slavery Wonl.d he' r erihave beejn recognised
in the word'; of^iGod . , lYet it w is permitted
and regulated, iii ! tiie laws given hy God 'him-
elf. Levi. xxvl5i44, ! 45. ! The pii y resltfiction
was, |hat i the Jews should jioj make bond

what is the co'mmodityj in dispute ? The body
bf the .'black linan^ The white hian says; ' it
is mine :' and the black man saysi, * it is mine.'
Now the question, is, If eviry |nan had Kis
own, to whomjwdiild the black b^ody belong?
The claim of the' black mart to his own body,
is just this—nature gave itto him. He holds
it by the grant of Gdcl. That 'compputid of
bone and' muscles, is his by tlije moat irre-
proachable of Jail titled—a title which admits
not what every other species of titles admits
— a suspicion of violence, or fraud, or irregu-'
larity. Will a|riy iiian suspect, tilat he played
the knave, and purjoiriad his limbs ? I do not
mean to. say, the blacw is not a thief ; but he
must be a very Subtle thief indeed^ if he' stole
even so, much as . his own little finger. At
least, you mlt admit tbis^-the black has
pretty good prima facia claim to jhis own per-
son. It' any trian thinks he has a better, the
burden ■ of prcjof is on him. Then we .come
to the' claim of the white man. What is the.
foundation of your right ? You received him
from your ' fattier. Very good ! ! ifour ; father
bought Him from a tr4der, at the Kingston
slar.e market: {and thajt trader bbug;iit'him pf
a man l'nerchaht in Africa. So far, you. are
quite safe ! " Hciw did : the man' r lerch^iit ac-
quire him ? He stale him ! The very root of
your claim is rbbbery-, \jiolence; inconceivable
wickedness;. Vourpufe title rests oii these
sacred fomidatjions ! If your slav^ came| direct
from - Africa, iydui- right to him lis absolutely
nothing. But^ouj- claim to;the jchild liorn .in
Jamaica, is (if ]f n|ay use the ekpresspn) ic
still less. The!»e\V'bor|n infant ijas dope, can
have done, nothing to f irfeit his right to free-
iTom. And tp t«(lk about rights, JOfeticej equity,
knd law, as cbpnecteu vith s"lav.dry,,is to talk
^ownrrghr noppnke, But Wheii I say, that
the planter has no claii 1 against ; the slave, I
do 'Pot say, that the - banter has no = claim;
against 1 ^the ; British ni tion." Mr. William'
Smiilr,'andt'hei! of the mrliamentary orators,,
said] " As long -as we s iffer ourselves, or apyi
perspn' br per^ons con lec.ted with ue or; de-
pendent upon tie;, to apsrehend that It .•^('ppa-j
sible to hdld the same inconditmnal proj^rty^
in their fellow peri, t*9 n any ot^ei specieg of]
pro^uctioh ; urjtil -his impious opimon, des-
tructive of all the distil Qtiona wwch the Al-i

mighty .has ei^ablished between man aiuf.
brute, 'is so^ completely removed that not %/
trace of it shall remaiir, the.rjia>ch of ameljp^
ration in the condition of the 'blacks will'be
slow indeed." ' ■

Eph. v. i

-S. I Cor.viL21,S&
'■^b«'eon^€di0

rnp.M zioji's ,HEnAr.o.

A FRAGMENT.

In one of those delightful autumnal .eve-
nings, in the morith of October, when the ce-
lestial heavoiiB appear in all their splendor
and magnificepcb, when each 'star sparkles
with new beatity, and glitters with increased
brilliancy ; while the lovely moon in the (ef-
fulgent brightness, looks down upon the fa-
ded beauties <j>f the earth, darting its luciaV
beams, unobstructed, through the leafless'
branches of the late deeply-shaded forest;
amid all the loveliness of such a scene, the' 7
mind became strangelymelancholy and soutfht
with.eagernes^ to find relief and repose within ;
the peaceful shades, and.retired walks of Soli-
tude. On such an evening I was led to revisit
a favorite spot; Although shof-t its distance,
frotn the busy haunts of men, yet it was a calm
retreat, were my disappointed and disquieted^
soul might, for a moment find a shelter and;
be at rest. Being- on an eminence* that brer-
lookcd the city, the scene that presented it-
self to me was beautiful bevond descrip.tion.-
All around looked lovely ancT seemed, tranquil.
The landsc^p^ that stretched! itself on one-
side, though lW summer beauties had all fa-
ded, yet methought there was a loveliness
that- spread around; a beautiful t ; roild lustre . •
that! gave a char'i to every object, that virauld; .
vie, if not surpass^ the boaited scenery, of .k i
-lou'dless summer ieveritug. . While I lurtehe^ t
a.'the gentle imurmurin^s of the autumpal i
reeie, and, td the rustlmg bf| the withered ;
leaf^as it floated by me on the moon'beamsj! it
»vas to my ears sweet as the . notes that aire •. :
warbled forth by the feat hered songsters,
when first chaunted to hail the coming .,
spring. ■ .... ,[.. ',■'... ;\ ',.

The city, f with her stately domes and eleva- .
ted spires, lay before me, reflecting beautifully
on its thousand splendid edjfices the moon's
pure rays, while the. din and noise of itsthiplt; ;
.and busy population-rthe sounds of. sweet v
music echoing along i'ts - . streets— i-apd the * ,
bursts of laughter; and merriment , pealing:,
through its spacious/ halls, were all scatterM •
upon the wings of the wind, ere they ^ould
break upon the deathlike stillness that;su|r-
rounjded my peaceful andMopeiy retreat : j ; yet'
I vie'wed the c ty with a degrde of pleasure,
with' a deep foeljng of veneration, unk'no^h V
to me before. A^l was so siioht— all looked
so' fair and loydy j while the heavens seemed ;
to ! ie smiling' v ith! joy at the same,' apparently
happy scene. Methought . it was a- place fit-
ted" fpr the 1 abode - of virtue and religion ^'
where all werb happy, all were friends,-^
Where all the 'corrupt and turbulent passions : >
of other men, li ad jnever ruffled : their peaceful :;
bosnins ; but v fheis harmony, and gep4 will
were fondly ch'erbhed in eyery brejfetii Whlif ; • .
the s|tupendou ; : wbr'ks of the Ctjb^tbr,' : Is' ,; ^i:i;i'!.'
hibited in the v'an^gated and d^li^ht^l vieVi '
of nature, ^iiid iu'the more ^ieva^ 's^.su^T i '
lime jappearande df the stirry heaven, spread
over their head, w.Hh the care of a kindrPro- ; :
videncei bv'er i IT tihe immensity of his woVkt r
these should ki ndle in Wery breast the i md^tjr
profejiind adora,tioh and hea rtfelt gratitude ito/ ■
that Being v/hc created and sustains aU in th«iX- :
exercise 'of hi: t omBipoteht power, Combin^d^;
with |all th'o tenderness of the fond and-e'very : ; •
watchful parer t.

to eilj6ylhe~fe j)Tproc.ating snwft
L*"^**^*. But libw was • my '
iibw did ihy boeom heave^ wh<

ie^ofthe lovely;
how was my heart pained-** . ,
my bojaom heave, when, as I uncon- -
scionsly turned to meet h'eT smilin| Ace, X [ j
heheid. hw'^a^tipti seat. ; Ah ! it was thien'-thd^l;

" b i! so lately witnessedppasseA 1 i.
lemajreview. The sick ehsi^;;
>r« m«- 1 ihe groans W the
m burst upoa my «4iV
realitiet ? ' ^3Phe ptl«, . .

affecting
'befor;e--ifle : iii : i'«
ber> opened" b
last dying sdi
withtKeFirV
■li&lefe

-mm

the nkii
oiir.racj

lpniti

Wm

W WlicH, ewtai led
iprocessiorijMitfoJlowsl^

1 rites j>erf^iMd^

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., ... w

upon the cold bosom of the silent tomb— all true dignity, and real and durn^e 'honour. —

4 ■ ,
WW-

3DOMI

cauie rushing upon my memory, and instantly While in hnalth and vigor, hid body ii the
changed 5 myldfteiy musings to' the most imel^vAveli^adapted organ of- a spirit ejaergotic and
ancholy grief. Thus th* scene around which : sublime. Its motions! are the instantaneous
I had just view id with enthusiastic delight, in result of the good pleasure of its^noWe iiha-.
a moment lost. its beauties. Again I faintly ; bitant, Its lirnbs flexible, yet strong; its
turned my head, to view the lovely landscape ; features variable, and beaming with intelli-
and read engraven upon its leafless branches, : gence and love ; its voice irianly, yet sw*et ;
that like the'grjeen leaf that so ^aily flutters its step firm* yet graceful—all announce him
in the summer breeze, and' at the! approach of - of the kindred of angels. • j >'- : ' 7
autumn, witbeijs, decays, and is sjeen no more j Look at that body,: when become the vic-
forever^BO isl the fate of nianlj -He comes f timof inteihperance-^tliat bloated and pam-
unon the stage of life, ] and, hopie's delusive ; pered or pale, , ati'd -emaciated^ -and feeble
vision^ lead hiin through its different stages' { body, decrcpid with premature old oge !—
almost insensibly. He is just permitted, per- ; Listen to that tremulous voice, and hearken
hapsj 16 taste U»e .'sweets and endearments of ! to the message it bears. Has th&t body an
* friendship around the social fireside of his ha- ! immortal tenant ? Does that yoSce! announce
tive home, or afoong the chosen' band of his : a mind soaring as capacious ? "Scraps of de-
bosom companions, when the cares and disap- 1 eayed intelligence compose aill its scanty
pointments of the world perplex his soul, and gleamings. No bold original c onception stands
he begins to-feel himself a wretched wander- ' forth, like the fabled progeny 1 of ilupifer, in
er from J)is long lost home ; then quits the panoply of proof ; no ; continuous flow of en-

scene and soon sinks into the abyss of obliv-
ion. • * :

Again I looked and viewed the city ; but
lis domes and spires appeared like so many
monuments raised to the hiemorjrof the dejid.
Its quiet and lovely appearance was but the
deceptive glare of a fine and cheated fancy }
foruowi, instead of the sound of music, ijjhe.
terrible blasphemy of the profane ami Iic^n-?
tioue— instead |of the sounds of merriment-
and laughter, the groans. and lanientationd f 'of
the weak and (jying.came sounding upon jny
astonished ears^ with a convincing proof that
degradation anjd misery had v in many of jits
x)nce peaceful homes, taken tlie place of Vir-
tue and ireligiori ; while murmuring and dis-
content rankJed.in every bosom. S. N.

•■; . ' INTEMPERANCE.
We extract! the following excellent
rnarks upon intemperance, from a sermon de-
livered by the iltev. Dr. Jenks, before the
. Massachusetts Society, for |he Suppression of
Intemperance, at their annual meeting, June
1st, 182L-WV&. Philanthropist.

Most persons Jseem not aware of the fact,
that 4 | ardent spirits, instead of affording
strength; to the body, increase the evils they
are intended to relieve." They give not
nourishmejnti but excessive stimulus to the
system. And their stimulus is but transient,
and soon yields to languor./ A West India
physician declares, in regard to their fancied
indispensablenes3 ' in hot countries, that
*' those who drink nothing but water, or make
it their principal drink, v.tq little affected by
the climate, anil can . undeTgo the greatest
fatigue without inconvenience, and are nevei
subject to | troublesome or dangerous disea-
ses." As respects cold countries, " warm
dresses," we are told from high medical au
thority, li a plentiful meal just before exposure
to the cold, and! eating occasionally any cor-
dial fodd^ is a much more durable method of
preserving the heat of the body."

How important, then, that accurate infor-
mation be obtained and circulated respecting
the needlessness of ardent spirits as cordials.
The intemperate fly to them for exhileratiOn
_ and strength, 'they find them the polluted
fountain Of melancholy, debility, diseases,
and death.

That ardent spirits are capable of producing
effects thej most i deleterious, i3 well known.
In the county of;Worcester, a l*»d, of the age
of thirteen, accompanied his father's work-
men to the field. The heat of the day was
great, and being -fatigued and thirsty, he took
up the wooden vessel which contained their
liquor, arid applypn^ his mouth to its aperture,
swallowed! a very large draught, apparently
without perceiving his mistake, lie soon be-
came insejnsiblej Methods of resuscitation,
-w-ere employed, ,dnd especially cpveriug' his
Dpdy 'Wi^h] earth ; but vitality was gone.—
Had the wiood en ' vessel contained! laudanum,
.mercury,, ot an) poisonous solution, .whose
name conveys its real character, pnd bids us
at, once to beware, its contents would have
been guarded v^ith careful , anxiety. And
■were the effects bf ardent spirits thus imrne-
• " -diatcly, perceived, they. would be far less
. dangerous! to th^ community.; But their ten
, thousand annual yictiirus are not immolated at
astroko* [Theyjoftein linger out a wretched
existence of in faipy and disease.

The, moral faculties and intellectual pow-'
ers^are blunted bjy excess in the use of ardent
spirits. On a proposition, the : truth, of which
is so obvious, itjwere' useless to dwell, but
that it may serve] to impress upon our minds
the necessity of caution at an ear-

The beaut,
perception
i not the 'die

and hearts,
ly period.

_ In the p<j>wer of reasoning, we justly glory.

r 0 f hj|a ! fprm, the accurjacy of his
and fcjeenness of his sensation, are
ing.uishing characitefistics of man;
Tjiat be rhfy advance eternally to knowledge

rapturing eloquence, f chaining the attention j
but richly rewarding it. Like, a .crane or a
swallotf, so doth he. chatter. All the 'liner feel-
ings, the delicate sensibilities of nature/the
treasures of memory and imagination, the
elasticity and buoyaucy of thought, the con-
scious delight of existence—are all. vanished.
In their stead is a doom unsightly, lamentable
void, or fatuity and madness. Such' a latter
end, how deserving* of serious consideration !

It is a fact, stated on the proper official au-
thority, that, during ;; the lasf year, of 8/ pa-
tients admitted into ; the Hospital for the In-
sane, at- .New.- York, the insanity of was
caused by the intemperate use of arjlent spi-
rits." ! J '

That the moral, feelings .suffor, as well as
the powers of intellect, is but too abundantly
evident. One of the, greatest men of our age
or of preceding times, has justly said that the
drunkard is the iijos't. selfish beting in the uui-
. verse. He has no seiiae of moiiesty, ahamc or
disgrace, -lie has no sense of duty, no sym-
pathy of affection with his father or mother,
his brother or sister, his friend, or neighbor,
his. wife or children ; no^ reverence for his
God ; no sense of futurity in this wOrid or the
other — all is swallowed up in tiip mad seliish
joy of the moment." . Two instancies, which
occurred within my own personal) knowledge,
shall be adduced, in additiou to the crowds of
evidence: already collected.

I kne\v a fatiiei% wiio' doated on. his chil-
dren. He was regular: apparently, in his ha-
bits, tenber, perhaps to excess,- in His affec-
tions, prbviuent, in regard to his family, re-
spectful in public worship. 15ut he fell into
habits of intemperance. In one of tnc parox-
ysms of his disease, this once tender father
pursued his own son with an uplifted axe in
his hands, and would have put an end to his
life, had he not been forcibly prevented.

During the wihte'r session of the General
Court, and just after leaving the chamber of
the Supreme Executive, where it happened to
be my duty to attend, 1 was called by a rag-
ged, shivering boy, whose sobs and] tears al-
most prevented my understanding hhn to visit
his mother. His father, he told meJhad split
open her head with a stick cf woodj, and she
was not expected to live. Shocked' andj full
of horror, I followed him. On entering the
place, I found the woman in a crib Jbrrued of
rough boards nailed against the wall in the
depth of poverty and distress. ^Never bo-
fore was I so struck, with the coijditidn jof
mankind. Scarcely could I realise, while
standing in the cold mud of that wretched ca-
bin, that 1 was in the same town,, in which !
had been just officiating before the. Throne of
Grace. The jvoiuan Could speak, j She told
me that she had .begged; wood to make her
anil. her child comtortsible— that heij husband
nsisted on taking some of it to a neijghboring
grocery to buy rum — that she could' not con-
sent, aud resisted ; and that then she received
the wound in her head from his -hand ! He
died, not long after, a victim of. his intemper-
ance. ; i ;

And are such scends among us ? Do they
not cast a gloom over all the'splejndour of our
dwellings, the reputation of our Jcivil institu-*
tionsi the sanctity of dur temples, the veneir-.
able rites of religion i * -At this 'j late day of
boasted improvements, it were \vise, in view
of such instances of crime— which our prisons
and our courts of- justice could swell into a
long catalogue— to re ;al to mind the awful
language of Jehovah, $mlII I not vwit for these
things'/ Shall not ray soul be aiehged ori.such
a nation as this $ 1

.be further remarkod, that of ithe j reat num- pooplo, and the duellint, without punishment or
ber of children who are aljvays in the House, Bhame, i« suffered tp pour contempt on God, and

fcarce an instance occurs of oie-ba ing placet i-
there, who has not been ijeducod to that nor
ddssity^by the" ihtomperarico tithe} of one or
both of its parents,

ORIGINAL COMMtJmCAl

For the Fueedqm's Jouknat
Any thin^r relating to Phillis Whi (atly, who
by her writings has reflected fajpnou • upon our
name and ; chdraCter;.and dembnstrited to an
unbelieVihgworld that geniiiB dwells not alone
" in skins 6f whitis'h hue," jwill not surely be
deemed ' uniritef eating by thej read ors of the
Preedom's Journal. In the following short
and imperfect account of her file, ;ho writer
is chiefly indebted to a notic£ in (the Abbe
Gregoire's work.

, Phillis JVhcatly, like thousand i of poor
Afric'8 sons and daughters, ! was torn from
the land of her nativity and brought to this
country in 17G1, when she, w^s scld to Mr.
John Wheatly of Boiston.; She was then
about seven or eight yca^s did, and being
much liked by her master, sh'ej was soopi ena-
bled to read and. write English. Her apti-
tude forlearning-wassodndiscciveve 1 andche-

'IOMS.

Remarkable Fads. ~*lt appears] from an: of-
ficiul staismom, t!»at of the 623adiilt persons
admitted into' 'use Baltimore Alnb-ihouse du-
ring the year ending April, ]l8^ five; hundred
and fifty-four vve/e positively, ascertainerito
have been reduced to -jthe -necessity ;of being
placed there by , i DRojfKE««MjS • :ftWf1

.arid it i3

and wisdoij? ; that he may bear ; the impress . believed that . a* considerable portion of I the
|oTiis Jfakjer and Lord, in the featiiies of his remaining 6^, were, likewise reduced to 'the
" ^oul r - nnd^displaV the evidence of Itheir, like-| same necessity, either Iremotely Or directly b : v.
■j. \ eps in active benevolenc«^this ! is manly, the same cause : in addition to which it could

rished by the family, who freed her from the
drudgery and cares of the hpusphoh.J and thus
gave her opportunities for pursuing her stu-
dies. . Burning- with zeal to improve herself
in all useful knowledge) she began the study
of the Latin' language, In which she soon be-
came proficient; ' .

It 'was in 1772, being therein her nineteenth
year, that she gave to the: public her volume
of* poems, chiefly on moral and 1 religious sub-
jects. It was a matter . ofjivohder and ania/er
tnent in those days, that the briiin of an Afri-
can slave should bo capacious enough to har-j
bor an idea, and most of all td express it in
poetry. Accordingly there we're not wanting
those who. stoutly denied the authenticity of
the. poems ; but' the declaration of h«5r i master
and the governor, and licutiRnant governor of
the province, together withiotHer names high
in the estimation of the people of Boston, soon
silence 1 their objections. 1 ^

Of the merit of her poetry, the public, who
are the only judges, have a'rebilv judged fa J
yoralily. ' And notwihs'landing 1 the sneers of
those u-lio think that fleecy lock.* and black'
comple:-;io'i), are suflicic;:t to forfeit nature's
claim, her poo'nis have passed through several
e'lition.s, both iri this country and in England.!
We are tempto;! to make a shoi-t extract fro ml
the vprses o:it!ie death of an iiifnui., which is:
superifii' to much of the obimary stuff, pub-!
iislied from time to lime i:i bur newspapers. !

Thy drend nJtondants' all-idesfrcying' power, i
HurricicS tiip iuiitntto his uiortid hi.»U;\
Couldsf. thou unpitying close those radiant eyes ?
Or faii'ci his artless beauties t.o surprise ?
Could not his innocence thy stroko control ?—
Thy purpose shako, and sot'tenj all thy soul ?
The' blooming babo with siiades! of death o'er

spread? ■.
No nioro shall smile, no more shall raise itc head ;
Buthke a branch that from the irfee :.s .torn,
Falls prostrate, wither'd, languid,; ard forlorn.

stjun^our^natioual ich«ractft4 T with (he blood of

murdor.^V'. Y. Mhr., J

NEW- YORK, MARCH 23.

One more extract,
the niorning.

It is from her hymn to

" Aurora, hail, and all the thousar^j dyes,
Which duck tby progress through the vaulted

skies. i i

The rjiorn awakes, and wide extends her rays,
On ey'ry leaf the gentle zephyr plays,
Harmonious lays the feather'di racje resume,
Dart the bright eye and shake the painted plume."

. I close this article with regret. Of domes-
tic, happiness, that boon of Heaven, poor Phil-
lis enjoyed bnt little, 'j

Shortly after her' freedom was given her,
she married a man known byt the name of
Doctor Peter. He. possessed talent: and stu-
died tho law, in the practice of| which he ac-
quired both a ; reputation and a; fortune. He
saw his wife's ignorance of ,the management
Of a family, and. would make no| allowance for
her manner of education. Hisjcontinued re T
^roaches and ill treatment vyeighed down her
spirits, and she died of- a broken heard in her
twenty- eighth year., 1 ;

She was of amiable, dispositioin,. great sens-
ibility, and v/ithal r there is such an. air' of pie-. S
ty through all her writings jas. jwoul^ ..lead, us j
to hope she was a true possessor of the " pearl I
aboye; all price." > j. J / J.

Gov. Butler, of Vermont, who iri also a minister 1
of the; Gospel,' in his proclamation sotting apart
the fourt'h of..Apiil, as' a'day ^f Inirailiatbrr and
prayer, enurnt-ratos atnonjr.othdr ciuses of inoum-'
ing and repchtance the f'uUbwiijg : j

Lot jus mournj (he sav») that ulpon our nation,
proverbial for civil t as "-for religious Jibprtj^, guilt

L At ' 1 ' ' ';aud..^ong

ract . ' Let
hmris nitvj a

murderous custom, by which numbers ' of v duablo
^jtiieiis ar?_ almost .evbry yeaf seiit!to ah>i tiniely
grave j 1 is still : tb|cratcd' in' the] soli'tiiiients of the

- We. take this eajfly oppiirtunity of making, ,
onr grateful ackuowlodgriient to the Editors
of the different Publications, who have had
the goodness to notice our paper. •

• _j : ' j

CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPY.
From ajjighly respectab e source, we learn
that GsrrBt Smith, Esq lire of Peterboro > ,
N. Y. has the design of establishing, during
the enduing season, a Seminary for the edu-
cation of pious and prdmising. young men of
Colour, who are desirous of qualifying them^-
selves for the Gospel Ministry.

In pursuance of thi3 object, he is desirous
of obtaining information, 'in answer to the
following queries. Are there any young men
of suitable qualifications? What are their
s ? Where do they (reside ? What is
their ago? Arc they single L-ien ? What is
their charactei ? Are they professors of re-
ligion ? What is their des-ire in regard to ed-
ucation ? ;

We hope our bre'tlireri *.vill properly esti-
mate this benevolent design. We can assure
them, that Mr. Smith,' who lis a gentleman of
independent fortune and liberal education
fools justly that something; must be done in
behalf of our injured poop'le!; and like an-
other Bkrf EZETvbo is willing to devote his life
and fortune for their improvement.

The.liberal bequest of the 1 3»ite x^biel Smithy '.
Esq. of Boston, towards the support of the '
African School in tljiat city, has already en-
deared the. name of Smith jto every descend-
ant of Africa; and we trust. the design of-
Gerret S^aiTH, Esq. will render it still more
gene ally known and 'reverenced.

We feel it a duty tolebtain further informa-
tion upon this subject for Jhq satisfaction of
our numerous readers : in ths meantime, we ■
hope our most promising votuig m.^ willtiiink
much upon this pleasing infoviidba.

he wclirbeing of
t. 'this Anumber of

Anxiously solicitous for I
our brethren, we cannot put.
our Jourrial into their hand^, without ofleriug
some important thoughts for their considera-
tion and practice. • \

Born in this Republican country, constitu-
ting one of its constituent ipArts'; Jattachod to - -
iU climate and" soilfwe feel interested in the ^
improyeinent of .all its parts more especially
that to which we immediate y belong. \

Our situation is one of eq ial responsibility .'.
and interest: the further decrease of preju-
dice, and the amelioration of the condition oV-
thousands of our brethren; who are yet iU\
bondage, greatly depend onjour conduct. ; It \
is for us to convince thes World by :uniforin \ ■
propriety of conduct, industry and economy, \
that we are' worthy of esteem arid'' patronage.. \
But to obtain whichjwe must use. all diligence, v
to form to ourselves a virtuo island intelligent •
character. This will disarrrj' prejudice of tho :
weapons if has too sucicessfally used against '
us ; and; it will also strengthen the hands • of j
our friends in their efforts in our behalf. '

It .is our duty and; privilege, by the faithy
ful improvement of all the advantages which
we possess, to convince, a Religious and Re- ,
publican nation; of the importance arid policy . • ,
of raising us in the 'scale of being. It be- : ' j
comes us, therefore 1 , neW to. jnsglect any of

means of education within ithe;. reach of* ^
.ourselves o'r childten. •'' •

As to indus^ and iia^an^ld'.-teconoiny, .' ' '
they carry thoif own reward, [and- arej hon-.
ourable |n every) capacity of^ lifo. ; And jf /
ever any^people h«d :-i:oMfon'.t4-' acjh'ono-to^ain'.
fU«o v; p^ci^ri'r'w''W-''^ people ; -for

none have been kept so Wg.> thejear:
none havo suffered so much from the hand ?
of !* people professing the christian flattie

Tl^e injuries done ;jus haye been unprovolced;, writer oil the l^tte^ from which, the above ac
and iiuraerous. Humanity sickens at the more ' :J ' 1 ! ! - -

rental of them.- ■

¥et these considerations, instead of discou,-
raging, should ratjier excite us to vigorous
efforts in all the djjpartrrients of life. Prom
the present aspect of things, we may reason-
. ably cherish -the pleasing hope, that as' the
means of education and comforts are increa-
sed, our condition will become more, improved
in:a!l particulars. ■ - . '

'There are many grievances which we have
to encounter, and ivhich the pubii<S*k can re-
move without any ' sacrifice on their' part ;
while at the same tfrae the removal of them,
would to us, be of the highest importance.
And as the public k become acquainted with
these cireumstaneeMve are encouraged in
believing that they! will take pleasure in re-
moving them, and granting us n«w facilities.
It! wilt be our constant endeavpi^to expose
• oiir disadvantages, and appeal to their better
judgment and feelings.

jMeanwhile, we deem it important that th
conduct and efforts of our brethren should
correspond with the dictates of wisdom and
duty. Let all our mechanics be punctual in
their business and : engagements.; followinj
the example of some among us, who have
distinguished. themselves; and whose con
duct, and character have ever Conduced to
the honour and praise of their brethren.

Such aa fill domestic capacities, should en-
deavour to emulate the character and attain
to the honour and confidence of Eliezer the
servant of Abraham.

To conclude, we should rejoice to see all
our bre'hreh, whether engaged in sacred or
secular employment?, exercising more than
ordinary prudence and -industry.

of fionj. tjaltlug y vantage of the circuqistancb,
had' tttkpn,' tfte flejijl: with great forced And- it
was fearpoVthe. tinted would be expolleq-frQin
ihat island, L »; JM?lo Lko.Q ml. j»o.ti!i-. . o|>a.ervos. the"
writer of the J ptter| from which, the above ac-'
count isj derived, *\ what troops are coming
from Europe, but if five or six tho'naand men
do notatfrlve in a few weeks, twenty thousand
will not' say^ llava;, ibr every -mile th'e insur-
gents ddvanco, their strength increases."

We learn from Capt. Joublanc, of the Sohr.
L'OfistelieVwho arrived yestesday in 15 days
from - Port-au-Prince, that - all- was 7 tranquii
there vvrhen he, sailjad.' Several English and
French Frigates were in the. Harbor'. By a
Proclamation of tlie President and Senate of
97 th Feb. the duty heretofore existing on
produce fof every description, exported in ves-
sels of all nations \yas repealed. The import
duty remains unchanged.— M.' Chronicle,

Sugar from Jflleqt. — A Mr. Wimmel, of
Berlin, Prussia, (a} brewer,) has discovered a
■method \of obtaining twenty pounds of good
chrystali/.ed sugar , from a Prussian bushel
(about 93 pounds) of wheat. The Pari§ pa-
pers consider the

discovery of immense im-
portance, j" Mr. wimmel has applied to the

French goVermnen

t for a patent.

■ Through' the po"iit3ne.?.i of a friend, we
have been favore:! .vim th-J following attract
from a letter, received by the arrival of the j-^i
Haytien schr. L'Oiisteiie, Ctipt. Joublane, d:t-

We havo boen favored, so.ys.tho National Intel-
ligencer, with tho perusal of a letter from Gene-
ral ii.i Faykttk, to a gentleman in this city, dated
1st Jan. Ih27, from --which we translate tho follow-
ing extract : j ■ , •
: " . I am occupying jmyself now, more than ever
in Agriculture, and! the arrangement of my re-
treat, particularly iujimproymg my iitrm, which is
a very line one. entertain many friends ; and
it is a great piesurelto us to roceivy 'the visits of
American!;. It is also with pain, that we have seen
adopted in this respect, a kmd of discretion, which
is mo much the more, ill-placed, as, in iny contid«nce
hi our American i'riejnds, 1 am without ceremony
towards, them, and \ change, none of my ordinary
habits.

it is to me a pleasing thought, that my house,
under 'the mvocatioju of the dag of iho United
States, [is regardeu jas thoir Home. 1 was much,
'loved to perceive, u few days since, in the Amc-
:a.n papers, a letter written, no doubt with .good
intentions, and m the most friendly style, but in
wlueh, besides some : inaccuracies of htllo impor-
tance, tho opinion is; expressed, that 1 am tormen'
u; pecuniary demands cm tue dart of tnuel-
iVoin)he United! States — winch, i assure you,
great?, error." !

The news from Greece is of of a more encour-
ig nature." The ^government, had Veen reor-
ihod 'at sL^nvi. Al.auns nad pteu ordi-re.o there
i in tins iieilas, to receive tiie orders of Uie g jvern-;

j — Li consequence or tne success ot iCarais-

ted r'ort-au-Prince, MarciiT,T32?'. « As fot U a k in Auiea, me wnble-of N;*ruiern Gceece, as
remahia ! as i ui-ruj. ;pyia> <i.nd Volo, liau taken up arms,
ana iiedschid ir'uciia. cuulinUeU inact:vc Tue lia-
vatian' oiacers at iWapoh, nad organized -a i'rank
curps. At vJoiistaiitinopJe a new c'unypiiucy lia.i
ocen aisuoveied, and several of the -teiiders in it
were seixeJ in the Uigiit, and iini:ieu:'au*Iy .execu-

iiews we have none ; e\ery thin^
quite tranOjUii. pnr .government have cosiije
to a conclusion to demand no nioro exportd-
tion duties; t'icruforo coR'ee, mahogany anjd
all other production* of the country will in-fu-
ture be free. It i.3 indeed a wise plan to. pre-
vent the avarice .and, duplicity of the white
French; and it will I hope, stimulate trade."

—

FOREIGN NEWS.

On the night of the 25th Dec. an attack
was maae on the house of the Wesleyan Mis-
sionaiy and his fa nily, at Montego Bay, by
some unknown persons, who lired muskelis
into the house. at the \vord of command, with
a resolute intention of killing the imnates.-j-
The court of quarter sessions,, which had th|e
matter befo.re them, were unable to fix on an-y
individual. The assailants advanced four o'r
live times on dilferent sides, aimed deliberate-
ly -it the doors and windows; and^ regularljy
obeyed the word of command : " make ready" ;'
present I lire l" Air. Crofts produced, to th'e
Court, 7 bullets,. taken from different parts of
the house, in the presence of many witnesses ;
anu another personjproducpd the ramrod of |a
trooper T s carbine.— -Falmouth vajter. !

Bisartrous intelligetae from Bntdvia, islqnd
of Java.— About the 1st of October, a battje
took place between the Dutch force; com-
manded by Gen. Van Ujsen, (who h? secon'd
in command, and next to Gen. De Cock,' v/lio.
jft Lieutenant; Governor and Commander in
Chief,) and the, insurgents, commanded by
Djupo Nagorp, in person, and we lament to
adfi, that the Dutch forces were totally anni-
. lijiated,' arid the General only saved his life
by hiding himself. He returned to Sania-
Jrang without a single follower. The battle
!w«-.a fought between Solo and Samarang ; the
greatest consternation prevailed at the lftter.
place. When the account came away; every
exertion was making for the removal off prb-
jperty; Palarnbang, on the coast of fcJurirjiitra,'
whic'li cost the Dutch so rrfuch blood 1 and
treasure, is again in the hands of tlie natives.
The Dutch hid withdrawn a great part bf
their forces from ihe Celebes ; and the <juee|n

I'n3 Eiht.ir.s oftlie iioston Daily Advertiser and
Pa'.ikt, nave received by a late arrival, their lilts
oi i aris papers to Teb. io, containing London'
dai< ri 10 tn^ rJin. 'J no project for a law relative
to tne p ;hce. oi tnc press was still under discis-
sion in lac Ciiuii;oer oi Deputies, its -features
have been hiaieriuliy! soiceneu by the amendment.-
made by the OepolinjB, and it was supposed that
tue jjovernmcnt wumd withdraw it.

DOMESTIC XEWS.

Fire in BaUimord — On Sunday it firo broko out
ip Worth iioward-stlreetf near franklin, in ii<dii-
moreV occupied by Mr. Henry Webb, which was
entiiely consumed. , Tyvo of the liremen, Messrs. i
Robert Aorfis, ahd'iirahson ore spoaon in tne •
papers as being brghly intrepid and ; useful in
chtc^mg tue, progress of the liames,j 'and 'who in
their successful atteijupts were miracdl'ously. saved
from destruction, wiien part of the building fell—
at'which tinie, MrJ knipp". a baker^ahd^Mr. Han-
kin, a stone ; cutter] were crushed , to death, and
their mangled cdrseji -.werb atterwards drawn from
tiie ruiiis.-; Severeilrkher ;peopJo-weee mjuredrbut-
ndt. seriously j from Clie number of pcbple who were
passing ihrough the house about the, time- it fell,
fears are enWtampd that ..tho destruction of life
is greater th»n has yet been ascertained.
" 'pit.. Vv'ebblwas insured' $10,000; on his stock,
and tho owner of. tho warehouses >Vas insured. —
M. Chrori. ' >.■■:■

The great*- tunnel' of 'the • PenAsjIlvahia' ••Unioa
Canal, iiea v r Lebanon, has been coh pleted. It is
ihe largest ih'thd fihitHd States j'bbing 17 feet 0
inches Wide, '12 in ^height, and bOO feet long — all
the way through s'olid rock... i "

G. W/ Steele, of the schporter Ht rden, of Port-
land, Capt. Davis, has'lbeen comniliteil to prison
ni.'Lpato'n, on a . charge , of cruelly oeat'ihg Allen
Cooper, a coloured: hiany on board lljat Vessel.''- Se-
veral persons testified that they coubled seventy.-
four lashes..' C6op]er ! s bacK wasNacerated in'a
ihost /sbockiipg. manner. ; Steele isTo be tried this
month. I ■ , -' ' ' I

Stc*m-£oat burm —The Mobil*!/ Commercittl
Advertiser . Oi'Hhe 27th ult. says, " xjh?' steam-boat
fialize, ■'; irom TuRtatora, mth a cargp' bf three
hundred bales of cotton, arriwt' '-iibijlj'&birttn^,
and whilst: coining to along side the .jwhirf she was
discovered to be onj fire; Tliie ; pais$6ngc*B'jujnptd

ori' iihoro, arid 'aftor saving about 2]i0 bales, it \yas'
foiihu tria't tho- firo could not bu |ot OftdOr, Htid
th : e' boat ' Was t oVcd to ! f he oppbsi te Tsido of t hV rb'
ve^; ; thid is how burning.-- StateSindh. *

sideni his! issuotl his Proclaiiiation, 'closing b'n'r
ports- to the' donimdre'e' of the BriliWi West Itid'M
ports agrenably to t.hd act of March 1st, IcQ-i.—
Congress having failed to pa^s any laV upon th
subject at tho last session, tho President telt that
under the act of 182:i. no other coufso was left for
him to pursue. " That law, it woijild seem/ does
not authorize tho President to issue ins procjarna-.
tion £q take eftect prospectively'.: bull such^ steps
■will of course he taken . by tlic .'B^ipujiVcl as can'-
dSiir and equity require, m regard -jo suo'h yftssdli
as are how in pbrt, or may arrive in i!'»C l^uit'dd
Stittfes without having received previous know-
ledge of the President's Proclamation." — Com.
Mv. . ' v

The PiUsburgh Gazette, says the ^team-boat
Lady Waahingion performed a trip from that
city to Nasliville. Tenn. and returned, in less than
It days ; going in that time 2»i00 ran%s.

Fire .' — A fire was discovered abojut hfilf past 2
o'clock on Thursday morning, by the watchman,
in a stable in Fourth-street* noar the Wasliingtoh
parado ground, owned by Capt. OJiver Champlin;
and occupied by Charles S. Warnoif, proprietor of
ofte of tho Broadway accommodatioh sta'gep. Tiie
building and. its contents, the Broadway stage,
and two ilourhs were completely' . destroyed.—
Thero were five horses- in Jhe stabU, ail of which
perished ; the names having made such progress
betote- tho" alarm was given, that when the door
was broken oP'in to rescue the poor animals, they
weredi BCO verod lying on the floor, in tho last ago-
-.nics of death. ' • ; '

Christopher McGorem, a man apparently near
GO years of age, has been convicted of a rapQ eom-
mitted o- 1 his .own daughter, about jl7. His Hon
the Recorder dwelt at some length upon- tho ag-
gravated circumstances of the case, and the en-
ormity of the incest, as the prisoner's wife- had
been dead only about seven weeks, j The prisoner
was sentenced to the state prison one year solita-
ry confinement," and ati hard labour jor 'thc re-
mainder of his natural life. preserved a
brazen countenance, and . seemed ho way affected
by the sentence.^ AI. Chron.

J\'ew Paper.-- A new paper has been established
at Rochester, to be devoted entirely tb the publi-
cation of matters connected with the Morgan
business.

Anothjcr fire broke out on- Friday morning,
about 2 o'clock, in tho upper parti of tho house
occupied by G. Westbrook, in Laurens-street, op-
posite the La Fayotto Theatie, which partially
consumed that and the adjoining house, occupied
by John Sncdecor, both porter houses.

Widely Report of Deaths.
\ The City Inspector reports (he djeath of 03 per-
sons during the week ending on ! Saturday, the
17th instant, viz : 23 men, 20 wom-n. 27boy#, and
21 girls. Of whom 28 were of or junder .the age
of 1 year, 7 between 1 and 2, 5 between 3 and 5,
(i between 5 and 10, 4 between 10 and 20, lb' be-
tween 20 and 30, 12 between 30 and 40, 8 between
40 and 50,- 3 between 50 and GO. 2 between 60 and
70. 3 between 70 arid 80, and 1 between SO and 00,
Diseases. — Asthma 1 burned 1, compression of
the brain 1; eimsumption 13, convulsions 5, cramp
in th.e stomach 1, diarrhoe 2, dropsy S, drowned
!, dy^uitery 2, crysipulas 1, fever ii, fever typhus
1, infkunihatibn oftlie bowcls-l, hives 5, innam.
of clie>yi G, intemperance 4, measles 7, peripneu-
mony 4; small-pox 7, syphilis 1, . tabes mcsenteri-
ca 3, whooping cough J . • ■

GEO. CUMING, Ciiy Inspector.

POSTSCRIPT.
■ By the arrival of the packet 6hi|> Jarrics Crop-
per, Liverpool dates to i the lotli" Feb. have bceu
receivedj but' from the 1 lateness 5 of the hour, we
can make but few extract?.' Something further
howevor,>may be expected in our n |xt.

Letters from Marseilles, of- tho 3d inst. HveVe
y terday received. They state; t wt business' is
\ r,' brisk there, notwithstanding! ti e opinion that
all chance of war had ceased; Latge sales of Oil
had taken place, : in consequence of the odyices
from Naples, of the almost total Diiluro of the
crop of .01iyes. Cotton> after .baring been. ex-,
tremely 'dull for a lon g perio d, appeared at last to
draw the'aTfiffin^ ' ~

I Brighton, tub- 12— The King has experienced' a
slight accession of the gout in ode hand, but is.
getting, over jit. In other respects. his-Jiealth ils
excellent. Mr. Canning' is much icttcr, and big
■grad.uaj recovery is" lodk'cd forward w .with confi-
dence.-; '■■ y . : .
' Lord; Liverpool his moved in the tJo'ut 'e of Lords
ah address of condolence to the K ng oh account
of the Duko of 'York's death. 1 "
London, February U; 1£27.
:' Parliamcatr^aBsembied on Thursday, but no
business of any importance has' vet come on.;, a
Roman Catholic Petition was , presented - to the
{louse of L9ids(, ; by Lord Clifdo.n,i- who made a
speech. upon thu occasion,' which prpves. his Lord-
ship, to bo ve ! ry inuch in' the diirtf ^as to popular
•iVieiing uponitiip Popery quostjoh^out of doors, it
never; was no- Wrong j and within : doors, seldom
stronger. '' . • ! -.' .

-Sir Ffartcii Burdctt, notwithstandihg: his con-
finehit'ht to Ji^6. bed in AVorcesterkhire, gave no-
tice.df a mot on on the same subj ept, ana- moved:
■a- hall \»f tlie ; louse for the 22d ina ant:.. - , , ( -.
f In the jiotjsejB of Lords and CoipnW«j notices
were given by the Earl, of Ljverpool Mr,
iPeei; bf'mo ions fof Addfcsaes of 'Condolence to'
His Majesty. ! -

MARRfED-~dii W«inwMlay evening last, by , ; \
the Rev. Dr. Btaulh'ffaaY m'"''«enry #tofert8, lp4>
Va..to'Mrp. Elizabeth Dixon, of this city! .." ! / '.

- DiKD—On -Wednesdayithe J4th_insL. WiHi'im— ;
Jackson, aged 7 years ; and oh the i&h' inist. ,
Nelson Jackson, aged 3 y ears-rsons of h. ni 3&* '
bella Jackson. They, both wore buried in the same : ;
tolfiri. " , ... /" • - j

On Saturday. 17th irist. Mary . Loiiisi, only :
daughter of Thomas Wales^ ngeef 13 moritfni. j .

( JNIIUMANIT^. ' . ; '

i Fro?p iht *\etv- York : Ob$nverJ\ .
: 'DIED— In thisiCity, oh ^ the 3d inst. Mrij. Betsey
Madison, ti ^ woman of colour, -'after a lingetiifg ahd i-
dkir^Mmr •iak.n^ta c'sbs^jMiEiite^n mo^ths/oa-' i::

casioned, it is supposed, by |.ho, iuhumap ttre'at- v
thent she received on her passage fipm ' ^iew Or-
leans' to lliis city. Sho is the pcrkoh ojf whom i|
some account was-given in this napeii.about a. year V-
since, uiider the head of V, The Injured Africans.'*
Having jbeen borh a slayo, and passing throngJ) i ;
the hands of several masters, '.she fipally purcha- ; ',"
scd her own freedom, and then that of a |»ious f«»|4
male: friend, who Afterwards- accompanied her to ' i
this city. She died in triumph, leaning on, th* ;
arm ol that Savibar Whom'^she^had I6r many I
years professed to f love. A short' time baforo he^• i
deatJi, she repeated with much animation, • • - :.'

Salvation \ 0 the joyful sound, ( " ' t
'Tis plOajsiire to' ihy ektii, •

A eoveroigh balm foV evdry wound)' \
A cordial for my fears. f j

; ; REMARKS. . \ -A

We cannot insert this instance of bruelty, :
without hoping; that more .comfortabl^ preci-
sions may be jriade for cbldureS '"tr^vibll^rs,;
than they have 1 hitherto enjoyed. The" pro-;
priefcora and captains of steam boats and pack*
ets, certainly . have. misjudged publicjk senti-
ment and feeling in their treatment of them. :
Polished Kepublicans do not delight in ih|us- .;
tice and cruelty, and certainly, the conduct
of officers of steam boati and packets; ' to
coloured people, .ha3 been cruel in the ex->
tretne. A true history of the treatrien.t re-
ceived by many of the virtuous and, deserving
among us, would be 'disgraceful' to oflr coun-
try; and, we helieve,.it \\6uld' extort, jfi'ohvan
enlightened couimunity ? £t burst of disappror
bation and contempt. \ !

We make these reni^fk^ with the purest
motives, trusting that ;h^tihie has jebme in
whicli humanity and publick sentiujien^jvill ,
not suffer the health and lives ot\deltcate ; fe-*
males and infants, to be so unfeelWly expo-
sed. . , . \! >.;';

We are hap'py to say that while tjh^ese je-
marks are genbtal," there are some httaoUYi-'-i

exceptional in which the cji^racjterV aril
conduct of proprietors and< olfipersiare wor- j
thy of our consideration and esteem. ' •; A \'. !

MAiliNE; LIST. | ' '\

arrived;

Fri'. ajji March 16. ;
Schooner Perseverance^At water, 5U ds tm" *ib •(
ralter, with raisins, lead, «2fcc. • '

! • Saturday, 17.:"

Ship Couiiorj Thompson, fm Belfast,! sailed th^ i 1
the IbI of January, with linens, whiskdV,.<Scc
! ling Susan' and Sarah, .25 ds fua; -Orleans,- with
cotton. > • - - . | ,

■ - Monday^ 19. ~
Ships, Hamilton, Bunker, from Liverpool, sail'4
2th Feb, : London Cbeves, liaker, 20, ds ''fib'&t.^
Thomas, with , sugar/mdigo^ Six;. • Agnes, Jqhuik : :
t'»u, -*0 ds fin Si.- Tiibmas',' with coffee, sdgVr,' ^ic'.X
Ujrigs, Hannah & illuabeth, Reliugj, Z> 4s Jm\
Tampico, with iogwpod, &c. T : Pauhha,fAdami|j2^i
ds fin NeV/'-Orleansj with sugar," iicc. ': 1 Atlantic^
Lawson, GO ds fhi Dundee, with dry goods': 'ijisfr®
caiooea, Price, jiifom 'Rio; Janeiro: AiesMfe^jer^
iiawes, GO ds fui Oibraltar, with'lea.d,'fruit.4^wine^'i
iSew- i prk,>Frebinan,'ll ds'fni Port'&uiPktfiwiUi^

j'i fm MatauzM!. with sugar, &c. : Suwi
ralii- Waidrlio!iiB'eVi2o ' oTtitt' .Orleans^ ^witn'co'uohj'^
sugar und iholiisstja;: Forester, VVhcatllind, 13' ds ^
ful Orleans, With 'cotton 1 ahd.tObaccoV' Orbit, H'a'ri^
ilihgj 25 dsfm'Mobild, with cb{toh,"o&l -

■i'f . Tdvkdy,*);:' il

Ship Don Quixette,''-CId'rkVS$, d» f^' 'HSvW^^
-Brig t-'ioronzo,-' ^iursdeii^ e0 : djs tm'ALondorrpfwital
dry goods, iron!, ;icc,-—BaVque lirtbill'd/jHaVen^i^l
ds tin i\'ew-Orljt!aiis, ; whh cotton, »fcc; \ !'• • > - V
>\ [■ ■'■ ■ h r rMcs(ia$ 21, ...
Brigs, Hyperipin, Oray, 4». toi liai^burg,^itii|^
niaiie,, skips) Aj^.|> Howard) DemiugV jcW ds tipntj
Madeira, with ^irie.^S<^oinrier^ . Vfnyy : Qvii>ir Ji,k ~ i a

25 ds fm Jiiquempi, witi coffee
brig Enterprise ;iijd\Ne^y6.rji:^

Ships, Prenidopt; Halsey, S-tb f|u
v.itUVoUon and tee* Emperor, Bennett 4
SavaAJiah,'withctaKo^
fm Matdhxas, md CbarlebtooVG M tnj.i.Uw T*tt
plate,- with mhmm f eoife^&ft;.: VoWni,' I
im Messina, wjUil wine, -trust ktzi ■, ra^* • Jt ra
De^^Kt^?ia-diyi^^.^4^ W\th tnigo> , j
itc.rr-Schohnor 4j»U^>t: * "

'Uemmgo city, with. |(

WJ.WMl"

freedoms journal.

STANZAS.

BT Hr.irnr nmilk.

*' Man giVeth up the ghoBt, and icher'e is he ?"\
Job, c. 14, v. 10. i
j And where is he ? not by the side

Whose every won* he lov'd to tend ; .
Sot on those ivallios wand'ring wide,

Where, sweetly lost, he oil would wend :
That form belov'd he marks no more,

Those scenes admired no more shall see, -
Those scenes are lovely as before,
I And she fair — but where is he ?

I &>> no, the radiance is not dim

j That. used 'to gild his favlrite hill, .

The pleasureis that were dear to him,
I Are dear tb life find nature still ;
j And yet his home is not as fair,
Neglected 'must his gardens be,
The JiPes droop and wither there,
' And seem to whisper—" where is he ?"

i . His was the pomp, the crowded hu.ll,

But where is now the proud display ;
i - His— -riches, honors, pleasures, alf

Desire could frame, but where aro they ?
And hc-i— as some tall rock that stands

Protected l>y the circling sea —
Surrounded by admiring bands^
Seera'd proudly strong — and where is he ?

The church-yard bears an added stone,

The fire-sitjle shews a vacant chair ;
Here Sadness dwells and weeps alone,

And Death displays. his banner there :
The life is o'er, the breath has fled,

And what has been, no more shall be, •
The well-known form, the welcome tread,

Oh where are they — and where is he ?

BY A LATE PRINCESS.

Unthinking, idle, wild, and young,. -,
I laugh 'd, andjdane'd, and talk'd and sung,
And, proud of. health, of freedom vain, °
Dreampt not of sorrow,'care, or pain ;
- Concluding irt' those hours of glee,
That ? all the world was made lor me. •'

\ But, when the days of trial cime,
When sickness shook this trembling frame,
When Folly sjgay pursuits were o'er,
! . And I could dance and sing no more,
It then occurred how sad 'twould be
Were this wofld only made for me.

1 Amelia.

THE ROSE [WITHOUT A THORN;

BV -nAJilEL COPSEV.

All earthly good sliill blends itself with. harm :
jRoses have thorns y a storm succeeds the calm ;
I Joy* have their sorrows, laughter has its tears,
Sweets have their bitter drops, and hopes their
| • • fear*; " j

Day has its night, the sun its gloomy cloud,
The dimpled 3mile; its sigh, and life its shroud.
One rose, howe'er,j without a thorn is here,
It« beauty unalloyed, without compeer;
Thee., flowr, 1 hail !< of Eden's blest retreats
The only one to tell of Eden's sweetp.
Fair emblem thou; of heav'ns high bliss, where

reign j
Joys without sorrnjw, pleasures without pain ;
Smiles without sighs, a day that knows no night ,
A sun that fears no clouds t' eclipse its light-
Love's sparkling eye is never dimm'd with te^rs ;
Andpeace immortal reigns unniix'd with fears.

VARIETIES.

Animal anii Vegetable Diet. — The, inhabit-
ants of the northern extremities of Europe
t |and Asia, the Esquimaux, and the people of
f iTerra e*el Fiiego, live entirely on flesh, and
' jthat often raw, and yet in strength,' jsi/o, and
jcourage, are, far inferior to the restiof man-
||kind. This proves that animal dietj does' not
ijjnecessarily confej* moral and physical energy.
^'jAgain, vegeta' --hi diet is' not connected with
weakness and cowardice. The Greeks and
Romans subsisted chiefly on vegetable pre 7
potations, at ia pelfiod when their viilour apd
energy rendered} them the terror and admi-
ration of gurroiiii<jling nations. The Irish and
.Scotch, who are j not weaker than ourselves,
live chiefly on i vegetable aliment. The
Swedes under Gustavus and Charles were
iierbiverous and invincible. Tlie Blacks, dis-
tinguished for all kinds of physical energy,
live chiefly in the! same way : and t!0 do the
Sou^h Sea. Islanders, whose agility and
strength were found infinitely to surpass
those of the istoutest sailors. On the other
hand, th'e debilitating effects of animal food
ate altogether without foundation ;! there is
not a vestige of "evidence that any period ever
existed when the jsvhojc human race abstained
^pnj"fleBn, apd lived in a; state of perfect" in-
BC»c«?nce arid .'profound repose. This #ol$en
ijev* jof "owniacuiaie .virtue; ia but the {creation
pf poetical rattcy, or the offspring of the heat-,
twain* of| some visionary enthusiasts. That
use wf animal food is consistent [with the
iife* *aWgy ookh of mind and body, is pro-
'ty t»e ix^rienc^ of-ievery individual.—

' W'UM I/ I: '..-V,

But all history testifies on thisslibject with & I Un accomplished Rogue.— the annals pf entry
voice from! which there is no ippesl. The lifting present bo parallel to j the following, corn-
myriads of Hindoos who subsist U vegetable! wttnlc * to . d to ;m, tp put other* on their guard

..... . « i° i ■ k i art ft mat oimilni* imnnnti*h* 'A rrnn(l*nt«n livihir

dist are held in subjection by a jfew hundred
Europeans. When the ancient I Lomans aban-
doned this vegetable diet,they did not decline
in moral and physical energy, or in political
power. Ldok at the diet ofr'that nation,
which has produced some of the most illus-
trious names in the records of the human
race, whether in literature, science, political,
civil, or military eminence : th(f country of
Shakspearei Newton, Locke, ' aud Milton/—-
Wiith such examples before usL it is mori-

against similar impolriti»ri* A gentleman, firing
in tho lower part of Broadway, near ihe Bowlinr
Green j with Bis lady and a ; friend Staying witr
them, called at their next door neighbbr* last eve-
ning, to spend a sociablo lioujr at a small musical
party.' At about 10 o'clock, a delightifiifccavatina
was interrupted by a whisper | that the gentleman
had just kicked a thief out of! the entry On in-
quiry, i,t turned out, thai aboui nine o'dlock, a man
rang tho bell, (the outside doojr b«ing locked,) and
announced thathe calltjd for the ladies] living next
door, (mentioning their namesbiwlth a carriago by
their 'appointment. 'The hour j being early, and not

2Su^fl?S5ffiw SSljf t0 ^""V ihe ^"BipjtheW^ntsallow-
productiv*.of any detrimental qffect on the I od hi „* l0 wait in the entry/ arid entered with him
developemeiit and powers ofthe jhuman nund intu & soc i a ble cliit-chat. He stated that he lived
and body.^j-Gfrt^fft'* Translation of Cuvter's , w uh the family for whom he called, aid appeared
Animal Kingdom, to know all about them, butj complained of the
-. ! llow wages he received > and threatened to leave

ddvertisirig.— The classical ancients had j ^"ovm sent in 'for one of the ladicl who cam*
white walls ion purpose for inscri btions in red | to hirn in the entry, and told her, ho Had the car-
chalk, like 0Ur handbills, of which the gates ! r i a g e ready, but knowing thatja carriage had not
of Pompeii 'offer spec iiiiens. Plutarch men- ! . been ordered, she thought she had been 1 sent for.
tions expedients similar to our hand-bills used ! by mistake, and said nothing about it. My gentle-
by tradesmen to procure custom. Houses man still kept his post in thejentry unsuspected',
were let by writing 1 over the aooi;, lnd cajolod one ot tho maids lout of a brass jing

1 and a glass of winu and wateri

Watching his opportunity when the backs of all
French Nationality.— The Abbe Rayhal were turned upon him, ho folded very neatly over
came, with spme Frenchmen of rank, to see ? 1,18 arm a gfnUemans overcoat, and takmg up a
« o . : , k;n rnL„„ '■ cano i Wttfi quietly walking ofF; but luckily, one ot

n.e at btrawberry-hill. They were standing ; tKo ludieg ^ th / ll0U8e \ sin ^ lhrou h t ,f - entr

at a window^ looking at the prospect to the c ht him in the fact, amfccouragoously detained
Thames, which they found flat,| and oneoftj um until she called in the aid of the gentlemen,
them said in: French, not thinking that I and . Being caught, his pockets were searched and no-
Mr. Churchill overheard them, " jEverv thing , thing else being found on him, he was well basti-
in England only serves to recommend France nadoed and gently kicked out into tho middle of the
to us the more." Mr. Churchill instantl* . streei.

stepped up, and said, " Gentlemen, when the ' ^Yhen the ladies looked.for their hats and shawls
Uherokees were in this country they could ' to 8° aw& y> behold it was found that they had lur-
* - ■** * • * ned out my gentleman with a lady's long black

merino shawl stuffed away in his hat, which un-
luckily they had omitted searching.— Statesman

eat nothing but train-oil." — Walpole.

$\ Divine Worship. — Wlm Archbishop Fe-
nelon was almoner to Louis XIV., his Ma-
jesty was astonished one Sunday to find, in-

LOTS WANTED.
TWO LOTS, or the rear of two lots, whero
there is any convenient communication with thu

:Dr. Parfs fitsl wife. — When Parr who had

s^ad ofthe usual crowded congregation only 8lreut are * mtoA for ^ crtction of a Presb
himself and his attendants, the priest and the ; terian Cjlurch The localfon njUflt b< betwe / n
other officers of the chapel—" What is the iteed and Spring, Hudson and Orange streets.—
meaning of this," said the King. . The prelate One lot within the above bounds, fib feet or more,
answered, " I caused it to be given out that ; Uy 76, would answer

your Majesty did not attend chape* to-day, in! Inquire of S. E. Cornish, No. 5, Varick-street,
order that you might see who came here to M»»-v«ri, m.»i, qh
worship God, and who to flatter the King." „.„,,.,,..„

SOMETHING TO BE SAVED !
CHARLES MORTIMER,
Rkspectkulli iiiloruis nis customers, and
been under-master at Harrow, applied for the ; the |)ublick in general, that he has opened, and
liead-mastership of Norwich school, which j expects to continue, his Shop, at Churdt-strect;
was m the gift of-the Corporation, he was toJd ) vhl i re, L h « will make ami repair Shoes and Boots,
that it- was _ essentially necessary that the . best i,,amier ' at t,lc ^^»S "dueed pri-

master shoultl be a married man. In this dif-
ficulty Parr instantly wrote to his fripnd
Jones, afterwards Sir William Jonea, urging
hirn with all possible diligence to look out for
a wife for him, and to forward her by an ear-
ly opportunity. The commission was .faitfi-

Neto Boots, - - $6 00
Soling and heeling Boots, ; - 1 . 00
Sonng Boots, - - 0 75
Footing Boots, - 3 50

N. B. He also informs )iis. gentlemen custom-

fully executed^ and Mrs. Parr duly arrived af " s « thathe wiH giye.new Boots and Shoes in ex-
Norwich 1-Ne.MontMy MagaA. . ' i?&A^r&

French Qu{ickery.~T\ie ingenuity of En-
glish quackeiiy stares us in the face in every
newspaper, - : apd is notorious to all the world ;
but we doubtj whether our continental neigh-
bours are not eapable of giving useful lessons
even to our most skilful protestors ef the art/
All Paris is acquainted with the anecdote of,
the present Baron Portal, who, when the'

v at his Shop, V'6 Church-
street, will be immediately attended to.
New-'x ork, March S2iV

SGHOOJu,

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,
Under St. Philip s Church, is now ready for the
admission of Pupils.

sphere of hi^ practice was very confined,: IN this school will be taught IlJSADi'NG, WRI-

hired men\to

inock violently at th

tels in Fauxllodrg St. Germain, and 1 inquire MAR, CjrEOGRAPfiY; with the use of Maps
if Dr. PortaiNlid not. live there, as the Prin- ; Globus, and HISTORY. /
cess A. or"the>Cou.ntess B . requited his im- Terms from two to four dollars per quarter,
mediate attendance. The inhabitants of the! Reference:— Rev. Peter Williams, Itev. James
great hotels, hearing so many inquiries for ; Vurick, Rev. S: E,. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul, :
the doctor, conceived that he lr ust be the , Rev. William Miller.

physician employed Njy all the dintin^tiished
families of th 3 capital^sand sent for him too ;
in this manner the doctor got ihtb extensive
and excellent practice, and became physician
to the King, and a Baron, * ? 5 "

pository.

mis»d them ilieir lives on condition they dis-
covered the contriver of the plot. " I am tiiat.
person," exclaimed' the intrepid CeryaiiteSi
Save my corhpariibns, and let iiie perish."-^
The Dey,* struck with his noble jonfession,
spared his life, allowed Ihm to be ransomed,

With character, incident,, pleasanti y, an'd hu-i
inon r, without any; alloy of vulgar ty, obscer
nity, or. irreligion, which is heldin idnuratipn
throughout the civilised i^oVld, ste 'vedjn.the
midst of a' high reputation, and iiic d in peioUi

rsorosAf s foa rvnuimno

Tht FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

KROSI-HCTUS;. ,

As. education is what render* civilized mm su-
perior to the. savage: a* the dissemination of
Jcnowledge is continually progressing among all
other classes in the community : i we deem it ex-
pedient to: establish a paper, and bring i^to ope-
ration all tho means with which! our. benevolent
Creator ha*' endowed us, for ihe moral,' rcli-
g.ipus, civil and literary! improvenient of our inju-
red race. Experience teaches us that the Press i*
the most economical and ooBveniiont method by'
which this object is to be obtained. '

Daily slandered, wo jthink that there ought to
be' some channel of commtinicat'ori betwe.en us
and the public : through- which! a single voice
may be heard, in defence.ot/u^ At ndred thousand
free ptoplt of eolmir. For often has injustice
ihecn heaped upon us, when our only defence was .
an appeal to tho Ai.miohty: but we believe that
tho time has now arrived, when the. calumnies of.
our enoraies should be refuted by forcible argu-
ments. ;

Believing that all men are equal by nature, we
indulge tho pleasing, anticipation, that as th»
means of knowledge are more ektehsively diffused,
'among our people, their conditidn will become im-
proved, not only in their daily walk and- conver-
tion, but in their. domestic economy.

Our columns shall ever bo open.to a temperate
discussion of interesting subjects. | But in respect •.
|to matters of^eligion, while wf concede t'6-tnVm
their full importance, and shall occasionally intro-
duce articles of this general character, we would
not be the advocates of any particular sect or
party. "
] In the discussion of political subjects, we* shall
[ever regard the constitution of the United State*
as our polar, star. Pledged to ho party, we shall
endeavour to urge our brethren^ to use their right
,o tho elective franchise as free' citizens. It shall
never be our objtfcf to cnurt controversy,, though
we must at all times consider ourselves atf cham-
lious in dei'ence of oppressed humanity.

As the diffusion of knowledge, and raising our
commimily into respectability,- are:' the principal,
motives which influence u» in our present under"-
laking, we hope our hands will be upheld by all'
our brethren and friends..

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.
I JOHN B. RUSSWURM,'

j Editors and Proprietors.

Eecommcndalioks. , u
The following Testimonials in favour of^the gen-
I tlemen who propose a paper ,«n this <<\iy\ more
. ! especiady adapted to the wants and circuinstan-
| cps otVcoIoured people, have been handed- to. uV
foT publication : wo insert them it hfe more rea-
I dily, becauso we believe tbem : to bcjustly meri-
ted. — jXcw- York Observer. ,
I'rorn the Rev. Samckl H. Cox, Pastojr'of the
Laight-street Church, NeW: York.
Being well acquainted with the l^ev. Samuel E.
Cornish, and having good evidei^ci5|of the charac-
ter of his colleague, John B. Ijihsswurm, A.^B. ;
arid they hnving become co-editors of a weekly pa-
per, designed chiefly <br the reading of their col-
oured brethren ; I am free to' express my confi-
dence in the promise of their entjerpriza, and in the
relative competency with which its! concerns will
be conducted. New-York, Jani 17, 1627.

• I am acquainted with the Editorsl and consider
them very competent to the undertaking of the
proposed work: they are well known in' this city
as respected and valuable citizens, j

i THOMAS EDDY,
New-York', 1st mo. 17, 1827.

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he concerted a plan to free himse] f and\ti«ir-j to tlni Hudson river passes through the tract, o/
teen fellow-etifterers. One of thlm traXorr. l>ening.a direct nayigatiwi Jo Na*p,^ork.ci.ty.,Tlfo
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, Mr. Reuben llubyy Portland,' Maine:

<• David Wdlkcrj- Boston. ( '
Rev. Thomas (Paul, do. , -
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" George O, Willis, ProVidoiice, R. L ^
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[V6l. L Nof S.

MEMOIRS OF CAPT. PAUL CIJPFEE.

Being now mastejr of a small; covered boat
c|f about 12 tons burthen, he hired a person to
njssist as a seaman-, and made many advanta-
geous voyages to different parts of the state
of Connecticut and .When about 25 years old
iharried a native of the country, a descendant
of the tribe tonvhich his mother belonged.4-
Jfor some time after i his marriage he attended
chiefly to his agricultural concerns, but from
aju increase of *amily he at length deemed it
\ necessary to pursue his cqmjnercisl plans
ibore extensivciyj than he had before done.-f-.
1 lie arranged his affairs for a new expedition
-rind hired a small house on West-Port river
which he removeid his family. A boat of
18 tons was npw prcicured in which ho sailed
to the banks of St. teebrge in quest of Cod-
fish and returned hnjme with a valuable cargo,
'jbitis important advehture was the foundation
ojf an extensive & profitable fishing establish-
ment from Westport rivbr, which continued
tor a considerable time ^rid was the source
of an honest and comfortable living to many
of the inhabitants of that district,
j At this pe.iod Paul formed a connexion
with his brother-in-law Michael Warner, who
. had several sons well qualified for tyie sea ser-
vice, four of whom have since laudably rilled
responsible situations as Captains and first
mates. A vessel of 25' tons was built:, ahd
ip two voyages to the Straits of Belisle apd
Newfoundland he met with such successes
ejnabled him, in conjunction with another per-
son, to build , another, vessel of 41 tons bur-
den, in which he made "^several profitable
voyages. Paul had experienced too many
disadvantages ofi his very limited education,
and he reso'lved, as; far; as it was practicable,
to relieve hie' eijilcren from, similar embar-
rassments. T3ie! neighborhood had neither a
tutor nor a scj.-ool-hni'.se... ; Many of the citi-
zens were desirous that a^school-house should
' bis '£» -&\X'L- -J.-il-aai i 707 ' Paul' yroyj*Q&\ a
meeting of the inhabitants for the purpose lof
making such arrangements as should accom-
plish the desired object. The collision ;of
opinion respecting nfp-.ic and place occasioned
the meeting to separate without coming td a
conclusion ; several meetings of the same na-
ture wore field, but all were unsuccessful Jin
their issue; Perceiving that all efforts to pro-
cure' a nnicn of sentiment were fruitless,
Paul set himself to work in 'earnest and ha<| a
suitable house built on his own ground, which
he freely gave up, to the use of the public,
and t.iie sc hool was open to all who pleased to
shrin* their children; How gratifying to hu-
manity is tit 13 anecdote ! and wiio that justly
appreciates the human character would not
• prefer Paul Cuffec, the oifepring of an Affi-
*:nn ..slave, to the proud es'i statesman, that
ever dealt out destruction among mankind ?
— About this time Paul proceeded on a wha-
ling voyage to. the straits of Belisle, whejre
he found four other vessels completely equip-,
ppd with boats and harpoons, for catching
wjhatPaul discovered that he had not made
proper preparations for the business, having
"upiy ten hands on board and. two boats one ;oT
Which was old a and almost useless. W hen
the masters of "the other' vessels found -His
dt nation they 'withdrew from the customary
practice of such voyages and refused - to -mate
with his crew. In 'this emergency, :Puul re-
solved to prosecute his undertaking alone till
at length two othef masters thought it most
ph'dent to accede to the usual practices aB
t-^ieyr apprehended, his crew, by their igno-
rance, might alar'ni' and drive the Whales
from their reach and thus defeat their voya-
ges. During the setfscjn they - took seven
Shales ; the "circumstances' which had taken
pjace roused the ambition of Paul, and his
cew ; they were diligent, and enterprising
aid had the honor of filling six of the seven
i\ hales-; two of these fell by Paul's own
Jiands. /1

"' • (To be Continued.)

: PFOPLE Ol> COLOUR. •• ' ' •
I have had .three- objects in view in thus
;/into t.Ke exaiijih ation of the nature of

(i very, as ?j legal j institution. Jn the fir,a
ace. I wislf it to appear that the 7 1 elation ■
ween the master and slave if/ a proper
Eiii-ject of legislation;,: ■ I-t-.k a conventional
rht, ant! depends jehtirely upon the laws.~—
; the laws create it. . they may- 'modify,, cn-
•ge,'' 'restrain, or [ destroy, it, without any
other limitation thafc !s imposed by the genb-

ral good. It is tiDt so much a right of pro-
perty, aa it is a legal relation ; .aBd^it ought
torbe treated' as such. ..,-'.

The second object was, to relieve slave-
holders from a charge, or an apprehension of
criminality, where in fact, there is po . offence;
There can. be no palliation for the conduct of
those who first brought the curse, of slavery
upon poor Africa and poor America too. —
But the body of the present • generation are
not liable to this charge.' ^Posterity ate not
answerable for the sins pf;{.tpit fathers, un-
less they approve their deeae.-v. They found
the blacks among them, in a 'degraded state,
incapable either of appreciating or enjoying
liberty. They havft, therefore,' nothing, to
answer for ori thife score, because they have
no other altctnati/e,. a« present, but to keep
them in subjection. There* is nothing so de-
structive to the 'moral sense, as to be forced,-
by our principles, to the acknowledgment of
guilt, in that; which we at the same, time be-
lieve to be absolutely, unavoidable, and in
which, therefore] it' is impossible, really to
feel , self-reproach. Our southern brethren
have high ideas of liberty. '.

There is nothing so calculated to make
men restive under'command, as a habit and
love of commanding others. Upon their own
principles, they h^ve been- forced to acknow-
ledge even the existence of slavery, in any
shape, as criminal. They: , have therefore
concluded that as heavy a curse hung over
the present generation for continuing slave-
ry, even w hen it; is plainly unavoidable, as
over the last for introducing it. The conse-
quence has been, that .those who seriously
bewailed the evil, have folded their arms in
despair ; and those who regarded only their
own gratification, expecting to boar the curse
at any rate, have taken the desperate reso-
lution, " Let us cat and drink, for to-mor-
row we die." But the principle is pre.poster-
ous, ar.d the "conclusion incorrect: A Chris*
tian may hold slaves, and exact- their servi-
ced, without dny occasion to , feel- a pang of
self-reproach merely on account of his holding
slaves.

The third object aimed at,-.wns to fasten the
charge of criminality -on the very spot where
such a- charge will lie : and where it ought to
be ; felt ; and where alone ^formation is prac-
ticable. There are no duties, without cor-
responding rights, and no rights without cor-
responding duties. While it is the duty- of
thk slave to submit himself to his own master,
soilong as the laws of his country make him
a slave, it is his right to be protected, by \the
laws, in. the enjoyment of life, health, chastity*
good name, and every, blessing -which .he can
enjoy consistently with the public Welfare. —
And on the other hand, mastery and legisla-
tors should feel, that subjection itself, in the
best circumstances, hi a sufficient calamity ;
and that the -yoke j ought to he made as light
asipossible. Christianity enforces this dic-
tate of sound reason.* " Thoirshalt love thy
neighbor as thyself," is as much the law be-
twjeen master and slave, as between any .other
members of the human family. This is so ob-
vious, as to appear almost like a truism. And,
yet -this is tlr very tiling that has always been
lost . sight of, among .slave-holders. It has
been wholly disregarded, in our own nation.
Here is the point to be debated, and settled.
This is the ground for fastening the charge
upon our whole .nation. The law of God re-
quires that all thq provision should be made
by Jaw which the public weLure will admit,
for tha protection and improvement of colored
subjects, a? well as white subjects.. And this
has not been done. 1 We cannot. free ourselves
frdn.i i his charge, by "pointing to the comfort-
able mud . or even brick cabins, the warm jack-
ets' and shoes, and the abundance of corn and
salt, with which the slaves are furrjished.-—
W,e are travelling' out of the record, iby com-
paring their situation W regards ;f]c>od and
lodging, labour a id health, with, that of the
labouring peasant y-' in the . old, despotisms, of
Europe. , We do abt answer , to this indict-
nidnt^ unless we c ither plead, guilty, of show
tipit pur laws, our c ustomsu our modes of think-
ing and acting. rq< ogj;i:'.e the limnariity pf the
blue ks. We miis! . show that! their rights are
acknowledged, .'. 1 heir. . protection i secured,
their welfare prbirioted ; ahd that, jin-'every'
pa [ticulsr.; oxcepti itg'that of involuiVtary-.se'r-,
vitude and Its nccc. tsary attendant?, they stand
uphxt the .-arne- groimd with ..'their mastets,.—
V"! - .-- this is clone* \ ■ J i.tll feel no guilt on
tjitj subject. . V^e- sifair,fe^r,^0;'^iyh|e y$i\gk-

ance. , We 'may hope to enjoy the fa'YO| of
our mercifiiji heavenly Father. But this is
not done, ; I think t may. venture tb assert,
that . most of the Hlave-holding: states,
neither .tho. |awSj f nor public opinion, secure
to the slaves any of the privileges of huma-
nity. Nctbing more i3 done for them, in kind,
tli an is dpft'el-ror' the domestic bbasts ; and Hp-,
thiiig more fin degree, except . as they are a
more'v^lu^ble'species of property, and are fe-
co'g^^sod^to' some extent, as ^ possessing ra-
tional facilities. Let the contrary be shown..
I say that of all that kind of provision, which
goes to purify and elevate the character, and
to create inithe subject affection and confi-
dence- towards-the govOrnmant, every trace
and track is; completely excluded. The cul-
ture of their minds, the preservation of their
morals, ( their instruction in tjie oiily religion
which can make them good servants, lyjppy
neighhdfs, .and.hopeful heirs of eternal life,
everything of 1 the kind is guarded against,
by the laws at least, even more studiously
than the abuse of their persons, and the de-
struction of- their 'lives. Whatever, is at-
tempted for their improvement, is done by in-
dividual effort, and in direct violation of the
laws. Here is our guilt; put full, dark, un-
mitigated guilt. It is the g'uijit oftour nation.
We m the non-slave holding states, do not
feel it as we ought. But we cannot wash our
bands, until we can safely declare, that we
have done every" thing we can, by public and
private efforts, tb remove the injustice. We
have not done this. Comparatively speaking,
not'hing has been done. The Colonization
Society has indeed made a beginning, and
done as well as could be expected. But I
ask, how long it will probably be, before that
institution cjan dispose of 30,000 blacks in a
year, whiclj is only the present annual in-
crease ? Uiitil they can do this, the number
must bp|co.uitjnnally increasing. Indeed, I do
list htn^8^ ;£ rjur soiitherri brethreii,lh''geht , rah'
intend -tip db any thing more than to provide
a sort of safely valv, by t!iis Society,, to servo,
as an outlet'for their free blacks "and supernu-
meraries. In our country, acts of the legis-
lature are, to be taken as to the expression of
the public feeling, on all great subjects.—
Towards the blacks, the language of each
successive legislature has been, Our fathers
made your yoke heavy, but we will add there
to ; onr fathers chasiised you with whips, but
we will 1 chastise yon! with scorpions." Some-
thing must be done, to avert the fearful con-
sequences. •' ;

1 Wo cannot expect; any efficient measures
to he adopted spontaneously in the slave- hold-
ing states. The natural effects of slavery,,
upon the 'moralsjindustryjpopiilationjStrcngtli,
and elevation of character,' of.a state, arp so
destructive, ; and it prodtices so much vexation,
trouble and danger ; the necessity of it is so
very questionable.; and its advantages arb so
trifling, coitipn red with its evils, that wc
should naturally expect that th'ose who are
embarrassed with it would be solicitous about
nothing els^,. than how to'be delivered from
the^curse. .But it is not so. The people are
sb wedded to their habits, and so fond of ex-
ercising unlimited power l and so many of
their comforts seem to depend upon slavery,
that we cease to wonder, at, not finding any
thing' done by them towards improvement. J
quote the language of Mr. CJjfrksoh, the great
friend of the blacks. " Their prejudices
against the slaves are too great to allow them
to become either impartial or willing'- actors,
in the case. ' The term slave being, synoni-
mous According-tb their estimation apd usage,
with the term brute, they have fixed a stigma
upon their blacks, such "as we w-ho live in
Europe could not have conceived, unless we
had irrefragable evidence upon the point.—
What eyils has not this cruel association qf
terms produced ? The West Indian master
looks down upon- his slave with disdain. ; -lie
hates the; sight, of his features, and of his co-
lor j nay,;he marks' with distinctive opprbbtH
um-tlib very blood in his veins, att'aiihing. dif-
ferej.jt names, of more or less infanryvto those
who have it in thorn, according to the qpan-
tity: which thisy ha.Ve of it, in ^cDsequenee pf
their pedigree, or of their greatcr or less; de-
gre^ Of"; consanguinity' with the .whites.-.—.
Horice the West In,<jiap feels an unwillingness,
tp elevaie the c'ouditiop.of the black,: or to do
any thing for him as." a human being. : , I have
no doubt, that (his prejudicft has been one of
the great causes, why the improvement of
pur-slave population iy /at^ has been ab ldri^

retarded ; and that th,e Sahib prejudice tfjJt ?
cbptindo to! have a similar op'oratiori, so long .'■
as ; it sha^ll dofttinue to eiist. Not tjfvit iher^ \
ari warWrJg % mbn of. hiiipanity amiohg bur
West Indian legislators; "• Their hhnliri|g.ji =

discornabje 1 enough- when it isito be app; _
toithe idhMs ■■} but such is the' system of ^tyf >!
very, an'ti the degradatioh fttta'chpd tdadavelry^ %
that their lliiraanity si^tpito be lost 6/r gohpj '
wlicn.ttfia to be -applied te the Hacks. ; Not/;|
again tb|at there are wzmm^ ineri of serwfe
aftiong the same body: They are shrewtf,
and clever ! enough in the affairs oflife^ ^ wliera^
they maintain an intercourse with the <oXtf|g^:.;
but in their intercourse ;witll the blacks thfefr
sense abpejirs to be shrivelled and not bf it^t
ordinary size. Look >at ! tHje.-f awi .of thpir •
mikihg, as far as the blacks are concerned,,
an'd they are a collection of ; any thing ■ butr-^. .
wisdomj"f j If these remarks are not : applti .
cable to 1 the 1 slave laws of* bur own states, lei "
the contrary be shown. ' ' ' ' ; '

* Sec Ep. vi. 5^9. Col. iii.22. iv. 1. y
f " Thoughts on the neceeatty of improving the i
condition ot| the ^hlves, &c. with - a. view to their
ultimate erniincipation;" p. 10, 1 f . •','

(To be Continued.) - , . .

CUR|E FOR DRUNKENNESS. ; '
In spe,ak!ing^ on a fofmer occasion, of the)
remedy Ufo
Chambers

. ihteriipera'nce proposed by S>fh \
of this city, we expressed ourselveia il j
with a cibn^iderable degree of caution, fa it
is a subject of great importance to the com> ■
m,unity, and one on which they, ought to be
explicitly and" accdrately iuforined, we have "
■^-•.p fl | gt - W eek spent^more thiin owe
in making a personal investigation
where the remedy has been .
nto the nature 'of- the medicine, |in [%
coining to a- full and sAti^fac lory :
''#fe«'.?©^H^f^Sfik3^<^^^
the seqisel.— .V. T. 0>a.

tV'that pro-

within the
whole day
into cases
plied, and :
the hope of
cer;clusioii
be seen- in

The renledy is not the same with
posed by Dr. Loiseaii of New-Orleans: or, if
it is, the coincide'nee is unknown to Dr. Chain-'
bcrs. They have had no manner of inter-
course on' the subjec t, and are ^entire* stran-
gers to eucli other. . Dr. C. has been in'pc&
session bfjthe secjot, in its essential prin^U
pies, for a number of years..

The mejucihe i6 taken in liquor -.—that of
which the Ipatient is most fond, is usually pro^|
iejcred. It is not unpleasant to the taste $ a*
we have ascertained from those who have ta*
ken it, o.nd still more accurately, from having?
tai ted it ourselves. •!.....

'.n its bpjeration it is powerful, hut not dan-
gerous. It usually operates as a cathartic,'
an 1 also as f an emetic ; but not always in hpjth
renpects-.i ( In all cases nausea is, produced.!.^ ;

There are three riiouifiqations of the inedi!^
cii e ; adapted to the peculiar habits ;of the
pa icht , a^d inveteracy of the disease. ' Ofj
co irse it in important, in making applicatipn
foi peraonb at a distance^, to state these pajr^,
ticulars as definitely as possible. In the mild4,
es form, .we are toid. by Dr. C. that it .fails, [o^
cu ring in about four cases out of twenty :. ' Re-?
so] t is then had to the other modifications; ,
« ..n almost every, instance, more than one.;
do;e is necessary.' The greatest! nuinbe'r bfv
do ies which have becju taken in ' any ; caie-
wi: ich we jhave: "examined, is, seven or .eigbAi/i
Tl e cure ijs generally complete in the courgi^
of i single! week. ... . .- '

'. lefore . being mingled with the liqubty. inj,>
wl ich it is to be takeii,,the inedhiine ^ subs^^
in two fbi ihs—as a liquid^ and. as, a pqw$. „
The, former is of a red color, the latter of rt(i'
lig it bro.wp, In this form, it can he fpr^aro^r
ed throhg.lt the Post . 0^ce> .in lettets-^pntaife
ihf the proper direction's. ' , ' '.: >•

* Jr. C. hbs had the, generosity to oflfr ii to^
tht poor of this rity \mo\ are unable tp inaketi
an ' coihpensation.. gratis. To ptlier8;tho pric^
is not extravagant iCohsideririg ^ tb.e nature i ofi
th( .Ircniedy ,' ahd. is yaribcl in somb fnea9i|r^
!ac< :brdihg" to the circumslances of the .iricli-^
jVUpal. •' . ; ■'

i has al ready bopn applied in a large nji^
be • -of cases ; in only two of which,: fio .fa'nfli^f
known to Dr. C. has'it'faileil of e^ctin^fa.^
u e, unloi e prematurely relinquished/ , \'.'\
' We havi conversed with two rosppc tabled
sjentlemeii j entirelyi.'dislpterested, who haif j
hk \ oppbr! tixutty to Witness its effects on %
lai|ge humj^^oHnd»'v. ; d,uals, ar?(l }i i^ilifeir

cfded opiniio'n.ti^t'if ls« area! remedy,
'febveral ^rsblniHf goM^i^riip

hsociei^

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tad wk) had beep supposed to be .'perfectly
tdmpej'ftte, have availed themselvejs of the
Medicine, dome, of them are knojwh to be
cured,' and others; have never reported their
cases to Dr. p. In general he is ignorant of
4heir names, and, as is proper, observes entire
jsecreBy whei!e it jis otherwise. We hovever
learnejd froml another person, that.ohe of the
number was a venerable member of the So-
jciety |>f i JPriends | he stated that his princi-
ples \ enjoinejfl the| strictest temperance, but
thatihe had 'unfortunately contractedja; fond-
noss' for ardent srjirits,of which, if itl \yas pos-
sible, he wished to be cured. He lis now as
tempeiratel as his principles .require and that
not oy constraint, ]1 ut* ofchoice.

We called lastj < veek upon a man about 40
years of age emb oyed iu a distillery, who
pad taken the met icinc- six or seven weeks
previous, r A shor time before applying to
Dr. C.i heihad been dismissed from, his em-
ployment for intb nperance. Being asked
whether he had 'j drank any thing" since he
took the medicine, he answered " No." He
•was asked ^whethe ■ he abstained on the prin-
ciple c^f self-denjajl, or because he bad lost |
i his appetite for j -dent spirits: ho replied,
that he had no desire for such liquors. He
| was asked if his ap )etite for food had increas-
ed ; he said it had always beongoodl He
! was asked if he b ilieved himself finally cu-
red : he said he ha 1 no doubt of it.
i A baibier, about 30 years old, had been in^
j habits of intemperance for three or four years.
! The last thing at Wight and. first ih the morn-
ing, was rum. Wnen' he found he had be-
come a drunkard, he was often tenipted^ he
said, to " go and drown himself in the Hud-
son but was prevented by. an unseen hand."
He at length heajrd of Dr. C?s. remedy, and
in; mediately made! use of it, This was at
least ten w eeks ago. lie- has drank but one
•gla. j s since, and that as a . medicine, in a se-
vere attack by anj acute disease.

A young man, about 19 years of age, had
been addictedto intemperance from childhood.!
To nse the language of a brother-in-law, he!
was " clear gone." He had become fa bur-:
den to himself, tojhis friends, and to society."!
When other means failed, he would sell his)
i clothe i for liquor J To the remark, that with;
such habits he cohld not have lived but a tew'
years, it was replied b\ a near relative, " he
Would not have lived a* fortnight." It is 'two.
months i-ime he took the meuicine ; ond that},
only four times. He has not tasted of ardent
.8pmU since. His appetite for food has re?
'turned,— his constitution is renovated, — aoq
j he fulfils the duties of his calling as regular^
ly. as faithfully. ai|"d with as much correctness!
fs any oilier mari. 'The evening before w<f
called, one of his old friends persuaded him 1
into a uramrshopi and tried every mtans td
induce him to drink, but without, success. i
A man who had been intemperate from thdj
age of 23 to 50, at an expense' of $o0 a year
for liquor, took the- medicine about four weeks;
since, and is now completely temperate. He!
Says he has no ddsire for ardent spirits. He;
is strong and vigorous as. in his youth. His'
nerves, which before could only be quietod;
l»y two or three glasses, are now tranquil 1
without any stimulant. To a question on this
point, he replied, stretching out his hand and
arm with perfect steadinesc, *' see that!"
. But the most extraordinary case which we
met with, was that of a journeyman printer.
'He had been educated a drunkaru. In his
,boy hood, his father, now in the grave by in
temperance, used to lead him about to taverns
fand ' porter-houses^, and after drinking him?
jself, to give of tlfti same poison to his little
sson. Under thos'e circumstances it is not
Estrange if, at thejage of 17, he was a Confir-
jxhed drunkard. e is no\v 30. In the course
of these thirteen yehr3 of debauchery, he has
been twice a lunatic — has been once carried
to the hospital — hks had two fits, and one con-
vulsion— has been 1 often found deajl drunk in
the streets, and carried hom£ or- to the watch-
house — has frequently lost his hat and shoes
—has abused his jndther^-in short has. been
a drunkard of the; very worst character. A
quart of. spirits a day, was for him but a mod-
erate portion. He would often get up nights
to slake his insatiible appetite for rum. This
man resorted o pr. -Chambers about -eight;
weeks ago— took nis medicines seven times
r--and drank ho ardent" spirits since, nor had
apy desire for it. j Peace is now restored in
that nefore disorgahi/.ed family; and his wid-
owed mother is rejoicing and bies*ifig God for
this unexpected "deliverance.; Vfe Ought,
however to add, tljia.t having. taken the medi-
cine in spirits, he is still fond of strong heer:
but is fully satisfied that by treating his ap-
pietite in tiii same ! manner as the other ithe
riesult will be the ganie. He is determined to
try the experimerjtJ , I

In making most jojf these inquiries, we were i
tccompanied. by the 1 Rev. Louis Dwight, ;ofi
Bbston, and are authorised to Bay tHat lie con-
ijbrs in the above j sjtate nenf. I As to the efii-
icy of the remedy for, a tim€ t there can be
long those who jiave examined ttie subject,

but one opinion* Whetliervtlie relish for ar- /their1ich(K)lbbbk,vthqir houses and^clmtches'are
dent spirits will hep ennanent, cah be better rurnifohd with Bibles, and if they travel but a few
determined & year or two hence. But even if Mh^ from hohio, their Bible is always their com-
it should cohtm^^ mnb country

eralof the above caselare of so loW a stand- wh«ro I fiavo travoUed have! seen the people so

ing,) would it net be weirwonhfer^a^! $:^m^l%:X^^

drunkard, the disgrace and ruin of his family ; b / thoi ? big0 { ted custom of going to church on
and. the destroyer ot his own soul, {to take this : Sundays, they save the wages which they cam
medicine thus often, for tin? sake of being . through the week, which in other conntries that I
healtliy, vigprous, rational and terhperate ? Is have visited is generally spent by ^mechanics and

it not as wise to spend $20 . a yejar and be a
man, as $50! and be a^beast ?

other young men in taverns and. frolic on Sundays}
and ot all -.the foreigners who land on our shores,
none aro so much 'sought after for servanda, and to
fill places where trust is reposed as the Scotch j
In the ndmber of the Loridon j Quarterly you raroly fin^l them in taverns/the watch-house,
Review just received, some. ainusipg extracts j alms-house, bridewell, or state-prison. Now says
are made from 'V'Hurwtz's- -Hebrew lTdles," ho, if the Bible is so bad 'a! book, those who use it
selected from the writings of the i ncient He- most would be : the worst of people, but the reverse
brew sages, 1 The following spesimens are J ■» tho case - •■ This w * 8 a Sor ^ of argumdnt Paine
given x— Trenton Emp. I j was not prepared tp answer, and a historical fact

**/ r c which couldi not tje denied— bo without; saying a

" Compelled by, violent persecu ion to quit ! word, he lifteda candle from the tableland talked
his native land, Rabbi Akiba wandered over . up stairs; his disciples slipped out one by oho,
barren wastes and dreary desertsJ ^His wjhole . *»d left the speaker add T. to enjoy the scene,
equipage consisted of a lamp, wh Ob t he fesed | . ■ : „ , , • , , ,

to light at nig ht, in order to study Ithe law ; a i TcMco.-Were it possible for a being who had
cock, which served him insteadjof a watch, resided upon , our ^lobe, to visit the inhabitant, of

to announce to him the rising dawn ; and an
ass, on whiqh he-rode.. '...'.

" The suii was gradually sinking beneath
the : homon,'jhight was fast approajchiug; and
the poor wahderer knew not where to rest his
weary limbsi Fatigued and almost exhaust-
ed he* came] at last near a village. He was
glad to fmd| it inhabited, thinking, where hu-
man beings ; dwelt, there dwelt also humanity
and compassion ; but he was mistaken. He
asked for a ! night's lodging ; it was refused.
Not one of its inhospitable inhabitants would
accommodate him. He was therefore obli-
ged to seekishelter in a neighboring wood. —
*• It is hard '(said lie) not to find aj hospitable
roof to protect me against the inclemency of
the wealher| j but God is just, and u hulevtr he
does is for tht best." He seated himself be-
neath the tree , lighted his lamp ai^d began to
read the*Lau>. Ho had scarcely read a chap-
ter, when a violent storm extinguished the
light. " What!" exclaimed he, "Jmtfet I not
be permitted to pursue my favorite study ?—
But God is just, and iv/tatcvcr he does is for
fa best " |

H^e stretched himself on the bare earth,
willing, if possible, to have a few hours' sleep.
He had scarcely closed his eye's; whjen a fierce
wulf came and killed .the cock — yV.hat new
misfortune is. this'?" ejaculated the astonish-
ed Akiba — My vigilant companion is gone !
Who, then, will henceforth awaken me to the
study of the law But, God is just t Ac knows
hst what is good for us poor mortals!" Scarce -
ly had he fijushed the sentence, when a terri-
ble lion came and devoured the ass< " What
is to be done now ? exclaimed the lonely
wanderer, ''• My ass and my cock are gone-
all is gone ! But praised be the Loir.t, ivhqtev-
ever, he does is for the best." He! passed a
sleepless night, and early in the morning, went
to the village to see whether he could pro-
cure a horse, or any beast of burden, to ena-
ble him to pursue his journey. But.what was
his surprise, not to find a < single individual
alive! ; j ^

It appears that a band of robbers had en-
tered the village during the nighti killed its
inhabitants, and plundered their houses. As
soon as Akiba had sufficiently recovered from
the amazement into which this wonderful oc-
currence hkd thrown hiin, he lifted up lJis
voice andj exclaimed, "vThou-. gjreat God,
the God ofl Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,- now I
know by Experience, that poor mortal men
are short sighted and blind ; often! consider-
ing as eyils, : what is intended for (heir pres-
ervation ! |But thou alone art just!, and kind
and merciftill Had not the hard-hearted peo-
ple driven nje by their s inhospitality from the
village, I shbuld .assuredly haye sheared their
fate. ; Had not the wind, extinguished my
lamp,- the robbers would have 'been drawn to
the spot, and have murdered me; ^perceive
also that it was thy mercy which' deprived me
of my two companions that they might hot,
by their noise, give notice to the banditti
Iwhe^e I was'. Praised, , then, be thy name for
everfand ever I"

a planet, "whero . Reason governed, and tell them
that a vile weed was in general use among che in-
habitants of the globe it had left, which afforded
no nourishment— that this weed "was cultivated
with groat care^that itiwas an imjiortant article
of comniorce- r that the want of it produced real
misery— that its taste was extremely nauseous,
that it was unfriendly to health and morals', and
that its use was attended with considerable less
of time and property, the account would be
thought, incredible'; and . tht! author, of if would
probably : be excluded from society, for relating a
story of so improbable a nature. In no one view
is it possible to contemplate the creature man in a
more absurd and ridiculous light, than in his at-
tachment to tobacco; — Dr. Rush.

education fcWdnlV gorier J ; and even this
objection will b£ 6venfun|lly.remoteil. It is

obvious that not! ihg '\f
exiilt us in the cslilnation i
the acquisition of liter4ry 1

With regard to the lnjek t
ty on our part,, wl ich is tlx
if instead of lavia hiiiff ou r scanty earnings
upon balls, theatrical, aaid numerous other '
trivial anmse*ment j; they V
laudably a))proprh fed,,o.ui? o
enoJbJed'ib acquiru those rj
ihg, %o essentially necessary to their further
advancement.

The present remarks are designed as in-
troductory to a i lore ger eral view of the
-ubjefct.

PHIL. VNTHROPOS.

otter calculated, to
df the world; thin
knowledge*
of pecuniary abili-
i)o often the plea,

vero properly and
offspring would be
jdiments of learn-

MEW-YOXK, MARCH 30.

As many «»f our sql >scribers. have not

received their last nurhb<
sickness of one of our
would confer a f ivour by
our Office,

owing to the
carriers ; all such
giving- notice at

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION.

FOR TnE FKFF.OOM S JOURNAL.

EDUCATION.

• No. I.

Taking a view of the condition of the peo- .
pie of colour 6f this country, the writer is led feel compelleu to

Pn the 23d instjmt, " Tie African Associ-
ation Tor Mutual Relief," celebrated their
seventeenth anniversary in Zion Church.

The members of the i>r toklyn Wool man,
Union, Clarkson., and Will erforce Societies,
honoured the ceh bration ty appearing with
their, difl'ei cut Standards and Badges.

Prayers were ofbred to the throne of Grace,
by the Rev. Messrs. Miller md/Rush, and ad-
dresses delivered, Dnthe occasion, by Messrs.
Robert Wiiiiunis i nd PrincD Loveridge,^

We approve so iiighly of Societies for. Mu-
tual Reiiet and instruction that we; almost

From tiis helplbas stute
from tne many mi iioriunes
which ne is liable m his h

to offer a few (remarks on tiie vast importance
of education to the people in question. The
deplorable effects of ignorance' are every
where visible among us; and while they

ought to be viewed as a matter of ueep hu- almost mtaiit state in his ol
miliation, we have left to us a source -t f mexr | evnient that the Creator ne ver design^u tnat
pressible gra^Uicatiqii, that the period in , MAN should exist mdepenjieiidy oi his iel-
which we were utterly debarred access to tne ^ ^ ¥e cortai'my indications of

Anecdote of Tlurmas Paine.— One very warm
evening, about, twenty years ajgo, passing the house-
where Thomas boarded, the lower w indow was
open, and seeing him sitting close,by, and being on
speaking terms,! stepped in for a habf ] lour's chatj
seven or eight of his x friends were also present,
iwhose doubts and ibis own, he was laboring to re-
move by a long talk about the story of Jjo'shha com*,
manding the sun and moon ^to stand stilly &c.., and
concluded by dendunciug the Bible as he worst of
books and that, it had occasioned more mischief
and bloodshed than any book ever' p inted^-and
was believed only by fools and designing knaves,
ice. Here paused, and while he wap^epleriish-
; ing the tumblur with' his favorite brandy and wa-
ter, a person] who f afterwards found was an in-
truder, l»ke,myself, asked\Mr. Paino if he ever was
in Scotland.^ the* answer was, yt's. 8p havff, I
been, continues the speaker; and the Scotch alro:
the greatest bigots withithe Bible J ev«t met-rrrit is

avenues of literature and science,- has been,
lost amid the multiplied occurrences of time ;
and an era of comparativ e joy and glory, nas
in the all: wise dispeusaiioiii* of Oivme Provi-
dence, dawned upon us,' prolfering the bles-
sing of intellectual cultivation.'

It would be futile to call up proof} when
we propose the general idea, tnat some de-
gree of mental improvement js not <jniy ad-
vaiitageous, but highly essential to a commu-.
nity. ; This is a maxim conceded by every
penetrating .inind. But the point at which we^
would -arrive, is not to he eivpressed in gener-
al terms: we must explicitly -Specify |that the
attainments to which we have referehce, are
in an. exalted stnse t necessary to the people of
colour. It may be, and has been ur^ed that
our complexion presents an inseparable bar-
rier to any very material improvement of our
condition in this country or in any white com-
munity. This is a position, howeyej-, which
we ore of opinion, cannot be maintained upon
very,! tenable grounds ; and which, [did we
deem it necessary, we feel prepared to dis-
prove. ! . M

Is it asked, What avails it, that we 'educate
our '.children, seeing that having bestowed
every attention in^ our power to meet this end
we 'find them exclud >d from patronage suited
to their attainments ' . I answer, Perseveie in
your \effbxts, and when our too long neglected
race f < 'shall nave become proportionally iiixe :i-
gent |and informed v* ith the white.comffjunity,
prejudice + w ill and must sink into insignifi-
cance and give placi to liberality and impar-
tiality. Besides, si ppose it were probable,
that in order'to obt tin subsistence 'and com-
forts in respectable vocations, it would be
necessary that we should remove to some
other regi6n'(and this Is a point wriicli we will
not i,n any mbasijro c6ncede)'WOuld the ob-
ject be then gaine^^j_Far from it. Can we
trae^ an example in- any^country, where the
usage is other wise /than to devolve trusts of
impoi"tance ; upon It bet 1 most judicious and in-
telligent? Tp b4 fit subjects' then-of emi-
gration, coloui-^atid^;; or any othe r f'1pblf]Sc^
change, inthis or any other country^ the prime
prerequisite is education. '
We grant nowj, that the colour of the skin

stance of a colour id man, a nativd of ^his
c otintry , possessed of qualifications ri'ecessary
to bis conducting |i set of books. But,; let

lifer a fe

v remarks,
during infancy—
and accidenca to-
.anhood — from his
;i age- - it must «e

Oiieriijtly been uis-
i oi tno objecv-'of
state man never
ual relief . H is
that we bejjold

a more civiiued s ,ate ; -tor tiiougn men ih a
state of nature, iiiay often : be compelled by
circumotances tourm associations ior mutual
defence, yet thesis have g
soivetl upon tne attuniiuei
tiieir formation.' In Uiis
dreams oi 'societies ior inu
wiin pleasuro, luerelore,
among our brotu.] en, ao ujany societies on
tuese principles.

Couid we out have a I true estimate of-
the good which tiiey ha|e done, and' are
now dohig ; of tJ ie decrease Of our pooi in
tne aimtihouse oi tne many poor widows and
orphans who have ueen cheered m,tiieir days
of adversity, by the aid af^rded from such ^
we might then htfe some faint idea of the
great blessing which they| have been to. us.

'But 'as guardia: is for th^ public welfare of
our brethren, we 1 eel it our imperious duty to
enter our protest against all public proces-
sioiis. No good ct ,n possibly arise from them
but. on. the contrar t much loV of time and ex-
pense. The brai l of" raaijy a sensible man
has often been so intoxicated oh these occu-
sions, that it req aired qne week or more to:
convince -him Oiat he was still an inhabitant
of this world of c ares i and 6 perplexities, and
that he had certai l duties,
to perlorm, which society 1
pect fr&nhim aj c ne qf its

The rules of pn priety, pjudence andecoiS*
bmy certainly re pure that' we do nothing,
which may be displeasing
at large. /'Wje hi ve man;

this City, but! can

professions have {.dded aiiy
fear, and we "mar, almost

they have not, bu

minish it.

candid coiisiderati on of our
not to injure! the, feelings
from us in opinion

( however humble,)
iad a right to ex-
:he rubers.

;;othe community '
warm friends in.

we supp )se these publick

But while we < ffer these remarks to

to our. list ?. We
assert positively,

hii^e- iT.HiWtSfaded to di-

he

brethren, \ye wash-
of any who dif^fr

I

New

=4

\Vrtcian Bo&-dur blue* population 4ire t ni-
g-io theljoromplt cause of Orecian liberty.
- " African Grecian BaUtt took place in
v-Vork on Thursday evening the; 6th irist.'
Tickets sold fori 'three . dollars, admitting i
gentleman and fjvn ladies. Upwards.of (500
gentlemen and ladies of colour were [pres-
ent, dancing quadrilles: to an excellent 4^ol-
OuVed band of 'musicians. ' The ' ladies 1 were
drjessed in ell the! gaiety that New-York can
'{{(tost. The corapiriy broke up about G o^blocJf
in the morning. | . j

i As the above communication is circulating
through' the country, we deem it*our duty to
lay before the publick a correct statement of

facts.

;j That any connexion existed between |thej
jhinager, Mr. Thomas Downing, and ;the
<£reek Committee we deny : for does notjthe
absurdity of the object as stated above, (im-
mediately appear] to every reflecting mihjd—
th|it any portion df our community, who jure
even more oppressed, degraded, ignorant hnd
popr, should be raising cout'ributions'forjthe
Greeks, (however deserving) while thousands
of our own brethren linger out a life of lidpe-
bondage ; in comparison to which 1'urkrv
is!) despotism is nothing. j
. Truth, however, compels us to acknowledge
that *Ae price of tcikds for the admission of one
^ehiltman and two ladies was three dottais, and
ado that the company danced to rather a late
hour in the morning. . As for the dancing of
qijfidriUts, and the dresses of the ladies, hav-
ing no knowledge of the former, and but ( lit-
tle taste concerning the iatter, we cannot
Co;:itraJict-the learned writer, llu't we oeny
that one third part of the number above ku-
teu, was present ; for obvious reasons which
must convince the most distant of our friends
— Uie ske of the -nail, whic: cannot' possibly
accommodate more j;han ^UO. For public, bat-
isuttion, and to gratify our own curiosity j we
liuve taken tuy uoubie ot enquiring ; and we
learmtiiat liie whole number was loii.

Vv'e make these; remarks mereiy'to give a
true statement to tlie public, that they may
Vjc'lronTUiiB, b~w many c* tho'li.^e 'have here-
tuiore been befoie Xhein, and wnat allowances
ou^ht in all cases to be made upon many arti-
cles winch daily appear j. much to our uisad-
vamugel . .

Aware that much of the prejudice, and
mai'.y oi the' msuuvaatages' wineu w e laiiuur
linuer, die the result 01 incorrect repfesoh'tu-
tion , we feel it our duty careiuiiy to exam-
ine:, witu a view to correct, every miso'taie-
ment which tenet, to the injury o*' out uiein-
ren. in the performance oi mis duiy; iar ue
it li urn us to censure, or. wise to excite ^un-
pleasant ieeiing in any -individual agahi3i ; .the
wortny authors oi sucii prociiiciions. As to
the purity of their motives we nave no uouot;

secrot of amelioration ; this is wha^ the; word
of God, reason; hvjmauity and i^Hcy- require':
this would rather? deserve, tile name of an
atonement; to N Afj:ica, for the many wrongs
done her, than any thing that has heretofore
taken placo. To |do this, is, but "to love mer-
cy and deal justly, 1 " and we, do hot think, \ye
are asking too much of good men, when \ye
require them to pursue these grand objects of
exhortation and promise. IvVhatever may be
the prejudice against our colour, we think it
but reasonable to open . to us facilities to edu-
cation and comforts.

With respect to: the Kev. gentleman's esti-
mation of the condition and character of thk
coloured population of our towns and cities;,
we can assure him that it is"the most uncha-
ritable and'ihaceurate We have ever seen, or
heard of. There certainly is not oi^ie; fourth
of our people, who justly Come under the
character set forth in -all those strong epi-
thets made use of on that occasion.

I trust the following official statement from
the annual census of our city alms house, will
correct the views of the Rev. gentleman, and
tire public generally, in reference to the Con-
dition of the coloured- population.

NUMBERS OF PAUPERS.

White* Men, 4G'& -Coloured Men, 17

Whito.Wpinen, 462—: — ColouredWomen, 43

White Boys, 308 Coloured Boys, 14

-White Girls, Coloured Gills, 7

TotalofVVhites,13Ul

Allowing that there are 100,000- of; the
white population, and 15,000 of the coloured,
which we think -as nearly correct as possi
ble ; it gives one coloured pauper to every
185, and one white pauper to every 115, leav
ing the aclvantage'vastly oh our side. About,
the same calcitia-ion will hold good, taking
the state of New- York and all the Eastern
states. In point of industry and comforts the
people of colour cannot suffer by a compari-
son with the lower classeg of the whites.

Let it furMier be t.iken into the account,
that the white man possesses all the advanta-
ges, to education and competency, while the
coloured maniias scarcely any. The white
man may pursue the most lucrative occupa-
tion;?, while the* coloured man i3 confined to
that which is least profitable,

As it regards their moral character, we
' hazard the assertion that the same calcula-
tions would hold good, if crime be taken in
the depravity and viciousness of its character.
Take the white man's in its -aggregate, also
the coloured man's, and see if the scale does
not preponderate to our advantage, notwith
' standing instances of crime are in a greater
proportion among us.

! The coloured man's offence, three times
out of four, grows out of the circumstances

The Pri«c o ' PJatzfeld, Minister Plenipotonfcrr
the Kim* of Prussia at {he Court of Austria

rone roumj 1 his body, jmddritho amuj,: arid a v !iook--'
in liis jolbtjipa ; they wont on board and. iudied the. of

roasAin of tfii««o proceedincs ; Steolu answered that died at "Vioin a^'Fob. ii, afler a.short illness ' fit.
Cooper hftaijoen dtftectedliri stealings niM -tryiny:' : jhad' lMwm coii lobmed' to death, in 1800, by a military
to stoat j'.he thun bad Cobper lowered tfo that ho 'cominiasion, >ut was pardoned on 'the intercession
could staiid on tip too, and ltt'{)t him .in' that situa- Oi' his wif«^. ty Napoleon,
tion ten or fifteen nhnutotf, then h«d him; ,„},•':.„ „ t,i

raised iugain, and finally tjed him with] his back ^ t Z 1 1 r? ffc ^^^^C^JS'K 9 '
to thVStlin, while tho-Captainwus scntfor ; the fi J fi™ Cook,

sailor returned, not having aeon the Cofudn^nd ; u> 1,0 faU H°y«n«* all bor faouUies, v . ,
Steele put Cooper into tho cabin, while himself' I . : , - # • v -'

wont after the captain, ordoriiig the jsailor, if West India ; Ecclesiastical E$taMiskwtnt.<~~
Cooper offered to, couie out of -thu cabiij, to beat Tl e British West Indies are divided into uvo
Ins brains out with a handspike. . Stoelo came -didccses'—J imaica and fiarbadoos with thne
back, wont into the cabin,, called a sailof down to j jC eward Iskrtds. Each of these hti/e now
help him, and h&d tho door locked^ Witnesses a jtydent Bishop and deacons, &c. ' j •
could hear all the conversation. that took place in j atmiica -1 aivided into 21 parishes which '
the cabin, and heard Steole order Cooper .to take C0 ], U i n 335 Unr» «i avaa - n kLoio^L

oifhis/ciothes,. saying ho should receive jthree do- , 01 r»,.-.'J*;.« 01 ~u. - i on ■ i "t * •
zen i-lashes. . One' of the witnesses laid himself ar \ f C »*T»> ? 2 ^ h , U 0 r ^ 8 an< ^ 20 S* a H"
down at the door to hear inoro distinctly, and with wl ich will seat about 12,000 souls. Be. de*
a knife marked on the floor for .«vofy blow ; Coop- thtae, there are- 30 places of vvorstop onlthe"
er, after receiving seventy-four blows, was order- isl md, not oi the established church. j
od to put on his°cloihes, and being rather bIow, Jarbadoeii and the twelve islands inclujdei
Steele gave him twelve or fourteen more'. in the samt diocese, have 41 churchesi 10
. Upon Capper's crying'out, . they supposed one chipels, 43 clergy, 40 catechists and ; teach-
of tho persons put their hand over his mouth, tel- ern, 28 Pars >nage ho isds, and . 19 school fou-
ling him to ; hold his tongue. They then lot him set. x f.
out of the cabin and he went off, but was so weak ff hese establishments are cotnparatiyeiy
that he came noar lalling overboard, the; blood, at now and if. maintained in the spirit of ithO
the time flowing- from his body. G teat Founder of Chriatiafifty, will be
Mr. Pierce, the constable, examined: tbn botly . ne ntly usefiiU' We may well rejoice in! all

:d|.

605 slaves. It has 21 Rectora,

wherever it had struck- He had seen persons ««fightenedjeffort, scarcely any thing will be \
whipped at the public ivhippiiig-post, but never attempted fYm&sshj by any denomirtatiOh of
anv thing so. horrible as this. Cooper was cook Christians, for the melioration of the state of
of "the vessel lying directly at the stern of the the thousands and millions of mankind, who
Harden. . ~ are yet in bondage to their fellow creatures,

Steele produced no witnesses in his own behalf, ; I :■'!

denied thai he boat the man, but allowed that he j j MARRTFD
did raise him Tip, The attorney of thceommon-! U ^ „ i , T T , . 7 J, ,„ r . n .
rr . , „ , . wealth submitted <ho case without argument, and ' the £ Ir ' Y. ar ^, k ' J?- William Patr

■Total of Colo.ured,6l the j ury > in a few inoinents> brouo-ht in a verdict terson, to Miss Cynthia Clarborne, of this city.
— - n " A iA — of guilty. A ° I . i , —

Steele has been sentenced to six months impri- 1 i __L . ^,?'^T^ , J ~, » , A -

sonment in the common jail, to pay a fine of one P n the 22d.in.st, Mr: John Charjes, aged 27.
hundred dollurs, and costs of prosecution. j ^Cm the 23d ul.st. Mr. Joseph Wyckoff, aged

• : ' I On Fridak the 23d of March, Henry B. M

Ii has become our painful duty to record another £l tho f 7' ^^V" Wi Anthony, aged

steam-boat disaster, aud-anolher. sacrifice of hu; 7- Months arid fifteen days. .
man life, tho boiler, of the stoam-boat bliver .J n »oston, very suddenly on the 25th ult.
Elsworth, which plies -between this city aiid Hart- -Mr. Alexander Thompson, aged 35.
ford, exploded — or rather, in steam boat phraseo- *
logy, tho collapse flue burst— on Thursday even-
ing, at half past 7 o'clock, seven miles from Say-
brook j on the passage to Kow-York. Mr. Henry
C. Porter, ibf Hartford,' who Was one of the pas-

it .s the means wlncn aie maue use ot m tne of hi > COIiditionj while the white mogt
prosecuiionot their plans, which are objec-j generaU ^ ig preineditated and vicioug>
Uouable and incorrect. j Thereforej if raore of our peoplG) in propor .

We proceed by noticing a few ideas tncui-; tion> , mve unhapp Uy become the tenants of
cated in a sermon preacneu some time ago in j ^ afld .^ nitentariejf it do ^ not prove them

Mewark, ^N. J.) in benalf oi the American
Colonisation bocipty, in which the JAev*
-Speaker, Asks what are tne advantages of
emancipation to; the ptippie 01 colour wniie
rthey remain in this country ?'■' And then re-
plies, " Let the condition^ of our free colour-
ed population anord the answer; Of these,

more subject to crime, or their characters
inoie debased.

(To he Continued.) 1

From the Albany papers we learn that the
Executive of the. State has offered a. reward

it is supposed, that there about three hun-.of on . 'thousand dollars for the discovery of
hundred thousanu. iiow many of tnese have ^ Morgan, if alive, and (if murdered) two thou-'
attainea to even a respectable standing in j sand dollars for the discovery of the offender
society.'' Take a town 'that ' contains nun- : or offenders^ and a free pardon to any accom

drees, or a city that contains thousands of
•these unfortunate beih'gs, and witii tne ex-
ception of a : pidus tew, turee fourths at least
axe proverbmily idle, ignorant and depraved.
Vk.it our jails and penitentiaries, *nd you |Wili
find them crowded With coloured convicts^
Beyond a doubt their moral character is iai

plice who shall make a full discovery of the
offender or offenders. - ■

DOMESTIC *\EWS.
From the Boston Courier of Friday
MUNICIPAL COURT—.tfarcA Term.

, - j ■ ■ - ., Yesterday came on the trial of Gaor^o W.

more debased than any part oi toe white po- gteelc> mari Qor,| fof an. assault on Alien Cooper,
'puliation."- In answer to the first inquiry of klso a mariner, [on the 23d February last. The

the Rev. gentleman, we can assure him that ^ 9au | t . was : e ? ™\ 'b^rd the schr, Harden,

. i. ' then lying at Haqcc ck's Wharf.

to| emancipate, enlighten and elevate the co- : Hiram Earchcr a jid Elias Durget severally t'es
Ibi'ired population of the countrv, is the true tifi9d <nit on tho W afo^.*.*^. they, went dowh
' " ^thawharf^ and descried .Cooper hanging, : with a

MARINE LIST.
ARRIVED,-

. . . . , t , ■ , ,. , , Friday, Mar"k.23.

sengers, has called on us, and communicated the" {Ships, Jamjes Cropper.Graham, from Liverpool,
following particulars-: sailed J 6 Feb 1 . ; Cadmus, Allyn, from Havre. sail-

Seven of the. passengers aud three of tho crew ed 17 Feb. ; South Carolina Packet, Cartwright.
wore scalded. One of the latter, named Andruss, 21 days from 'St. Croix, with sugar and rum
died in in a few hours, and was buried yesterday, , 3rigs Johri, London, Pow, 2*) days from Guia-
a'Saybrook. na P. II. with sugar and coffee ; Francis. Spear,

The Rev. Dr. Spring, of this city, with Mr. frcm Vera Cj-uz, Teft> Feb with cochineal and
Stephen Lock\vood,6ne of the elders of his church, specie ; ltiiindeer, Knight, 55 days from Bordeaui
was on board, returning from. Hartford, whither wi -h brandy,] <fcc.

they, had been to attend tho installation of tho Schooners Albany Packet, Bowen, 16 days fm.
brother of Dr. S. over i the third congregational Xi iiaca with [dye stuffs ; Robert V. Hay ne, John""
church in Hartford. We regret to state that. Mr soA, $2 days from Liguira, with coffee, &c. : Ori-
L. a most estimable man is . badly— nay danger- ly «on, Small, tid days from Fence, P. R; with
ously 3caldad. He was in thr act of lnspitacion, sugar, &c. ! ' - '

at the moment, and it is feared that the lungs 1 j Saturday MarchSA

are injured. Dr. Spring Remains with Mr. L. and ; h r i gSj As^ph, Shaw, 24 days tfom Port Omc
will arrive , in the Macdonough tomorrow morning, (Spanish Mime) with mahogany, logwood, &c :
by which boat the Oliver Ellsworth is to be tow- Manner, Aipesburg, 55. days from Gibraltar with
ed to this city. . wine. . • !

Mr. P.:nfield, the Engineer, who "belongs in j * \ Mnn,f*,i Af,.»^'

thij city, was bidly scaldM.-Thc stowarfof tUo ■. L hi Bri ^ ht0D Sobot, S &£*»n«d%
boatw <d» amoijg tho scaldod-both oi whom F I ,£,h drf good*, ii* I Melaothon, Lloyd, f&
have arrived m the WBraaoh, which was sent c l narv „ n> tf^n with ikte : La FaVetto i'arr

—00m, Jiav. ^ • stjne, &c. j Haiinah, Trowbridge, irom St Eusta

. , o. . . : tia, sailed 1st March with sugar, &a. — •

A gentleman of our acquaintance m pass- : jSchoorierl Milo, Clark. li> da a from St Croix
g. the vacant lot, in Broome near Laurens- with mm .and sugar ; Liberty , Rieyero, il days
street,, on /Saturday night, about* 12 o'clock, frr m Havana, , with coffee, and sugar tj VViljiaaii
was knocked down by a villain with the ob- Mirtiu, jiu c ays from Maracaibo wjth fustic, <ibf
vioua ( intention of robbery or. murder. No f«<>> &c. ; ..Vr'est Indian/ '^ryan^^'ldays'from'^af-
words passed, and the gentleman was unsus- nmca wittl rum, &c. r •!• "

piclous of an attack, although he heard foot- ■ ■ „ ) 1 'l^esday, March 27. ,

steps behind him, until a blow from - a club r iSmps,Fa(itor, I-loyd, fropi London, and 4d dayi
fel'ed him to the eanh, the fellow escaped.-^- Wltl i copper, fnerchandize, &o^

Persons should be -cautious in the neighbor- ^ f a P olid « ^

hood of the La Fayette theatre.-^ Chron^^^^'^

JW^-Last evening, between 31 and n'^ n ^^^^° m Pbarleston-w^
o'clock, a fire broke out in the grocery-store liriga, Sia GulJ, Blydenburgh. 40 days' front

of Mr, LopeV situated at tne corner of : Lisbon with salt, ' wino md' specieTita 'bTi^Kate?
flroome-street and the Bowery, which was .. Webb, 2< d^ya from Tr^idad in Ballast,--
entirely consumed, together w.ith iho three pchoonerr Genoral /aickson, Rujdd, 28 dayk,, ijiat
adjoinihW frame building, and a thr'ee story P< ru wty cocoa, &c. . a . . '.-.'^
brick houpsc wa:s materially injured. -r-Ib j „ . . . ^.J '. Wednesday; March 2^5

•f- ?_ J (Brigs, Pilgrim," Kmg,(fe days from SicUy.wi*

John dmith, the well known Slave dealer' LTii^'' :,W*. m ' < i Io * ,iu ! d ' Lee ' 4l> days fr 1 -^
has been confined, some time in thegaol of ! S \-JL^S}L^

cbusetts, to the arr ount of $80,000-and not cha „ ic , Woodbury, ^ days W Pone? (-fc «.
being able to find sureties lias been in clqae w th sugar ind coflec— ..- , ;

confinement, On tl e 7thj a desperate attempt ; ' f Tliursday. J^ch^^M

was made tojliberate him by 4 men, who suc- '. . Brigs, "Charles A'lnbarger;' • 8tLi^e,KM&*f$f
ceeded in entering the prison by fahe- keys, . Mir^eilleii " • " " • 1

.here, however, they were caught by the 1« '

ir t seiU^s, with merchandize j.'.-'-Btjaoia.^ ::Jf>ai«(ifcji

, ,— r j v v» Uj5ll , tfr "^i - da y* lTO n '^t n ^^VU'ii^i^d f 'h»deV^«i

keeper, and placed under- lock and key them- S „ ^ciioohei Hope-^.Ha#wah 4 Chaiio, 14- dayi fol
,.^i..^_ • j - * r 1 p jrt au rrince with coffee.

selves.

FREEDOM'S JQLRNAL.

From *he.4^cnton Emporivvi<

.<• THE FLOWER OF FRIENDSHIP."

iln early youth I niiijsffl a flower,
v Of sweet perfunio and lovely. hue,
i A "favorite in my blooming bower,
Warnvad by Iho sun| refreshed by Bhowcr, ^

Securely there it grew

.Jf-ffladness filled my youthful breast,

More bright its bpautieg shone ■,
It seemed to hail tpte joyful guest,
And by . its sweet pcjr.mmc 1 confessed,

' l|t liv^id for me ajlone

•/

| When sorrow's adverse hour was mine,

I sought its bloo'riji in vain,
\ No brightness on itij stem could find ,
In sympathetic grief it pined, i
I For ; .FrUiidship \/fa8 its name.

! ^0 that thVgem to me so dear,
* ~ Still blessed me with. its ray, [
"I saw a fearful-form appear— -
:In Vain my interposing care,
It bore my prize away.

And now, though other flowers arc near,

Vain is their bloom for mo,.'
Their gay luxuriance mocks my tear,
Than leafless shrubj their tints more drear,

Dear plant, since: reft of thee.

, O death-rhow well thou know'st to aim,

Thy 6ure directed dart,
Toward those most we love, or M— —
With smiles of love could bless again,

This desolated heart. ELI/A.

GREECE.

Land of heroes and of sages,
Waking from thy sleep of ages,
Rouse thee ! r tis po hour for slumber,
Foes, as ocean's sands in number,
Gird thee. 'Tis not now the Asian
Gives thy fields to desolation ;
, 'Tis notsnoW the archer Mede,
Rushing as before — to bleed !
'Tis not now the Persian's car
Ghtters in the ranks of war :—
They can waste thy fields no longor ;
But a prouder foo. and stronger,
Battles round cacjh leaguer 'd wall,
Striving fierce to Work thy fall. ...
Wake thee, to the hour of" danger !
Turn thee on the! tyrant stranger,
And for ever tear; thy name
From the burning page of shame.
Bid thy. sons remember well
From what height their country foil !
What the splendors once that crown'd her
When the nations bow'd around her !
When on red Plattea's plain ' -
Persia's myriads fought in vain ;
Down Asopus' waters roll'd
Host on host ; and arms of gold,
Shield' and spear, and bow and quiver,
Mingled in the blood-stain'd river,
With the. dead, where lord and slave
Floated down the |f same red wave.
Such. 'before her sons betray'd'her,
Was the doom slid gave the invader !

SEA-SHOilE STANZAS.

BY BARRY "CORNWALL.

M*thinks I fain would; lie by the lone sea,
And hear the waters their music weave!
Methinks it were a pleasant thing to grieve,
So that our sorrows might companioned be
By that 6trange harmony.
Of winds and, billows, jand the living sound
Sent down from heavjen when the. thunder speaks
' jjnto the listening shares and torrent creeks,
When the swoll'n seb. doth strive to burst its
bound !

Methinks, when tempests come and kiss the ocean.
Until the vast and terrible billows wake,
3 see the writhing of that curled snake
Which men of old believed, and my emotion
Warreth within 'me.aiM the fable reigns
prod of my fancy, and jmy curdling veins
po homage to the serpent old
Which clasped the great world in its fold,
lAnd brooded over earth and the unknown sea,
fLike endless, restless'/ drear eternity.

L , ' . — „ ,,

VARIETIES.

rfneasy Way to Secure Dead Bodies in- their
Graves — As soon as the- corpse is deposited in the
rravc, let a. truss of long wheaien straw be opened
rid distributed in layers, equally as maybe,
pith. 'every layer of earth, ui:til the whole is rilled
t p. ( By .mis method.- the corpse will be elTociuaHy
cured ;'.aa it is ceriain the longest night will not.
ord.time sufficient to empty the. grave, though
|ll the common implements of digging be used for
jfaat purpose. .'

t-jg^tiroated consumption of jwheat and other
Htdri tn.il>? United Kingdom,; in one year, six
inthjg «> ne w° Dtn J 0ne tind per day. &c

A Year . . ...
Six Months
Three Months
Six 'Week* . .
One Month . ,
Two Weeks'.
One' Week . .
Quo Day . , .

Wheat
<l»«f v .

ia,oooiflbo-

. 6,000,000
, 3,000,000
, i ,500,000
. 1,000,000
. oOO.OOl)
. 1/50,000
. 35,744

r3

Other Cfrqi
<tRS.

36,000,000 „
18,000.000- M
0,000,000
4,500,000
3,000,000
1,500,000
r 750,000
• 107^143

Mai.

■18,000,000
84.000,000
12,000,000
GjOOOjOOd
4,000,000
2,000,000
1.000,000
149,857

A Polish J<j/rc— During the 1 reign of Stanislaus,
Poniotowsky, a petty noble having. refiscd lb re-
sign to Coupt Thisehhahs his small estate, tho
count invited him to ' dinner ^as if desire U6 of ami?
cably adjusting the affair/, and whUaL.thc knight,
in the pride of his heart at sujch une.*p£(!ted honor,
assiduously plied the bottle, live count despatched,
some hundreds of peasants w ith axesyploughs, arid'
waggons, ordering the village/ which. fee nsisted on-
ly of a few woodtni bmldingfy to be^piBed down,''
the materials carried a\vay,tirjd the plo lgh passed
over the ground which the village ha< occupied.
This was accordingly done 1 , The nojleman, 6o
bis return home in the evening, could rjnd [neither
road, house, nor village. The master q|hd his ser-
vant were alike bowildcred,. and knew njot whether
they were dreaming, or had lost the power of' dis-
crimination, but tnoiiv surprise and agony were
deemed so truly humorous; that the whole court
was delighted with the joke.- — Ncale's \Travcls.

Rare Instance of Self-devotion. — A igentlcman
of the name of Mackenzie happened to be in a ! ca-
bin with Prince Charles Edward, when they were
suddenly surrounded by a detachment of English
troops, advancing from every point. • Cjharlos was
then asleep, and was awakened to he informed of
his inevitable danger " Then wq must die," said
he, •" like b'li-.vs men, with swords in our hands."
" No, Prince," said Mackenzie, " resources, still,
remain. I will take your name and face, one of
the detachments. 1 know what my fa^.o will be ;
but whilst I keep.it employed, your Rbynl High-,
ncss, will have lime to escape." Mackenzie rushed
forward, sword in bond, against a detdebment of
fifty men ; and as he fell covered with wounds, he
exclaimed,' " You hard killed your Priiicc." His
head was- cut off, and carried without d^lay, to the
Duke of Cumberland. Exulting ih hisi prize, the
Duke set oft" next day for London, with the head
packed up in his chaise. And the belief that the
Prince was dead, not only relaxed for a time the
diligence of his pursuers, but even suspended the
work of havoc anil desolation against the unfortu-
nate Highlanders. At length, after wandering
from place to place in various disguises, often
lodging in caves and woods, destitute or the com-
mon necessaries of life, Charles embarked on board
a privateer, sent from France to receive him, and
landed safely at Morlaix, in Brotagne.-i-6'rctf«77's
History of Scotland.

Curious Love Letter. — A young woman had
lived servant at a respectable farm house, at .the

village of L , in Northamptonshire, whose

sweetheart was- an honest rustic of the same place,
but whom, cruel 'fate had destined to remove to a
distant part of 'the ""country, which, instead of di-
minishing, only served to increase their mutual
regard. They were now : of course, obliged to
have resort to correspondence, but, alas! how
was" this to he carried on? for poor Mary could
not write. But it whs no.t long before she receiv-
ed a letter from William, in which he declared
the increased ardor ofrhis love, and implored her
to marry. She was now compelled tjo have re-
course to a conf denlial female friend to; assist her
in reading the -letter and who readily offered to
write an answer ; - but no, Mary could not even to
her friend impart the .main s&crot, and declined
the proffered service ; yet as true love is seldom
at a loss for the means of invention, Mary adopted
the following concise method :— Having procured
a sheet of writing paper, with the end of a burnt
stick from oft* tlr-i hearth she formed the little top
i, and inclosed a srfiall piece of sheep's wool, which
comprised Mary's significant answer, " I'wool." —
Her friend wrote the superscription, and the letter
was sent off, post haste ; it was well understood,
and received with as much real pleasure -as any
bdlcs Icltrc could have been. Banns were soon
after published, and they were married with as lit-
tle delay: as possible. .

• Th\rth

It is * f]|ct Inot. gen b rally known, tliut tliip
amount of cx|)!brtB it $nX\sh nrodncb to the
N»W States of America a«a Brazili tacectfa
the. amount of. 'exports to the United fcJtato.*.

A Cottage buik.for Thirty Shillings.— -We find
the following suggestion 'in, a pamphlet, which
has -just been published by Mr. James Miller, ;of
Glasgow it is, perhaps^, • worth- attending to :— f ;

Suppose clay 6an be ' got close' by where you''
mean to build, work the clay well r then put it i'nto
wooden moulds, the same as bricks, when the
walls are at their required height, :bore thp, out-
side of the walls full of little .holes about/thp ; sizfl
of your little finger } when this is done, 'have rea-
dy a mixture of smithy ashes, lima,- apd sandj. let
these ingredients be well wrought with . water,
then plaster the i outside <j>f your, walls with this,
mixture j in a short time it will be as hard as
some stones, and wilUresist frpst ind water, and
stand one hundred years: i A man can wheel from
the' pit, clay for 4,000 backs iri a day, SsA-dHio

4,000. in 'three days, fcfe.— rLirae for building 4,000
when it can be. got reasonable, llis.-^Total, 11 lOs.
Eight of ten thousand brieks^viU build a neat and v
commodious cottage, With four .apartment*. If
it is in 'a part of the countr^ iwhere wood and la-
bour are cheap,: it can be t»iBHt.at little, more. than
half of my estimated pricp," 1 . ..;

NOTICE.
PROPRIETORS of CIRCtlLATl^G LI-
BRARIES can have their Books and outstatiding
Debts. eollTOtodj uppn very moderate terinp. M.
B. Subscription* to all Ppriodicalij received and
procured, by [

■ GEORE VV. E VERITT, General Jigtnt,
. ! , Catharine-street,'

OBX3AP di.67HXX7a STO!\B ; ,

'Mi. • S18r Soiith ' Sixth-street, Philadelphia.,
THE Subscriber respectfully returns his
sincere thanks jto his friends and the public in
general, for, their favor and patronage. Ho
informs them, tjhat ho continues to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE
WEARING APPAREL ofsuperior (mality, both
new and spcond-handed, where customers will be
accommodated at the cheapest rati), and in hand-
some sstyk. He also informs' Families and jirivato
Gentlemen, who have 'second-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price, and
ready sale for their goofTs, by applying to
J ' DANIEL PETERSON,

Xo. 218, South Scc.ond-st. I'hUadclphia.
N. B. Tayloring carried on in its various
branches, and on tho cheapest terms.

""CASH FOR CAST OFF CLOTHES.

WANTED to purchase a la'vgo' quantity
of cast off Clothes, for which the highest price
will.be given by THOMAS L. JENNINGS, N>.
.1-10 Nassau-st., formerly No. (i4 ; who has con-
stantly on hand at the above place, a general as-
sortment of second hand clqthes, at tho lowest
prices for cash. j

N.'B. Those persons who wish to dispose of
clothes, Will please to send their address us above,
or send their articles before sun-set.

LOTS WANTED.

TWO LOTS, or the rear' of two lots, where
there is any convenient communication with the
street, are wanted, for the erection of a Presby-
terian Church The location must bo between
Reed and Spring, Hudson and Orange streets. —
One lot within the above bounds, 2b feet or more,
by 75, would answer -

Inquire of S. E. Conxisu, No. 5, Vanck-streel.
New-York, March 20.

SOMETHING TO BE SAVED!
■ CHARLES MORTIMER,
Respectfully informs his customers, and
the pu brick in general, that he has opened,, and
expects to continue, Ins Shop, at '.i',) Church-street;
where he will make and repair Shoes and Boots,
in the best manner, at the following reduced pri-
ces :

Mw Boots, - $0 00

Soling atid keeling Boots, - .1 00 '' ■;
Soling fipols, - - 0 75
Footing 'Boots, - - 3 50
N. B. He also informs his gentlemen custom-
ers, that ho will'give now Boots- nnd Shoes," in ex-
change, or he will give his Work for second-handed
Boots. All orders l<jft at his Shop, 1)3 Church-
street, will bo immediately attended to.
New- York, March SO. 2

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,
Under St. Philip's Church, is tmw ready for the

admission of Pupils.
IN this school will be taught. RE A DIN G, WRI-
TING, arithmetic; English gram-
mar, GEOGRAPHY; with the use of Maps
and Globes, and HISTORY.

Terms from two to.four. dollars per quarter.
v Reference. — Rev, Peter Williams,. Rev. James
.Varick, Rev. S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul,
Rev. William Miller.

New-York,^ March 14. 1

: IjAND FOR SALE, .

THB :BUbscrib^r is, authorised ^to offer to Iris
coloured brethren. 2,000 Acr^s of excellent L^nd,
at; less than one half itis value, provided they will
take, measures. to settle, or have it settled, bV eo-
joured farmers; The land is ih the state of New-
York^ within;70 iniics of the city : its location is
delightful, bejjrg on the banks of the Delaware,
river, ,with an, ppeii jhavigation to the city of Phi-
ladnlphia. Tlie-canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hxidsbn river passes through the tract; o- v
pening a direct navigation to New»i r ork city.' The
. passage to either, city. may. bo. niad e in - one d ay or
less. 'The land is of -the best quality,, and well
[timbered. • •'' • - '

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MEMOIRS OP, CAPT. PAUL CUFPEE.

He returned home in due season heavily
freighted with oil and hone and arrived in.
the autumn of 1798 being then about bit 34th
jear.— -He went to Philadelphia to dispose of
his cargo—His pecuniar v. cirfcurastance* were
by tilts tinie in a nourishing train. Whemin
Philadelphia he purchased iron necessary for
Sofa end other Wor^»*i^tte>^r*S^^
of CO or tons, and soon ifter his return, to
Westport the keel of a new! vessel was laid,
' InllTyS his schooner of t*9 tons burthen was
launched and called 41 the Ranger." Paul
possessed: two small fishing boats, but his
money was exhausted, andjthe cargo for hia
new vessel would require a {considerable sum
beyond his present stock. jHe now sold his
two boats and was enabled to place on board
his schooner a cargo valued at 2000 dollars :
with this he sailed to Norfolk, on the Chesa-
peake Bay and there learned that a very plen-
tiful crop of Indian Corn had been gathered
that year on the eastern shore of Maryland,
and that he could pre cure a schooner load for
a low price at Vienna on the Nanticoke river.
Thither he sailed, but .on his arrival the peo-
ple were filled with astonishment and alarm.
A vessel owned and commanded by a black
m'an, and manned with a crew of the same
complexion, was unprecedented and surpri-
sing. The white inhabitants were struck
with apprehension of the injurious effects
which circumstances would have on the minds
of their slaves, suspecting that he wished se-
cretly to kindle the spirit of rebellion and ex-
cite k destructive revolt among them? Under
tho?e notions several persons associated them-
selves for the purpose of preventing Paul
from entering- his vessel or remainine among
them. On examination his paoers proved to
be correct and the Custom House officers
could not legally refuse the entry of his vee-
pql. Paul coo»bUfced.prudence with rasols»tron
and on this occasion conducted himself with
candor, modesty and firmness. His crew
behaved riot only inoffensively, but with a
conciliating propriety. In a few days the
inimical association vanished and the inha-
bitasts treated him and his crew with respect
and <even kindness. Many of the principal
people visited his vessel and in consequence
of the pressing invitation of one of them Paul
dined with his family in the town. In three
weeks, Paul sold his canjo, and received into
his schooner 3000 bushels of Indian corn. —
With this he returned to Westport where
that article was in great demand ; his cargo
sold rapidly and yielded him a profit of 1000
dollars. lie- unloaded his vessel, sailed for
Norfolk, sold his 'cargo »nd look in another,
which on his return proved as profitable as
his brst voyage. The home market was now
amply supplied with corn and it became nev
cessary to seek a different employment for
Lis vessel he sailed to Passamaquoddy in
search of a cargo! When he arrived in the
river, James Brian, a merchant of Wilming-
ton (Delaware State) made him a liberal offer
for his vessel to . carry a load of Gypsum. —
Paul thought the proposed price for the
freight would equal the profits of any other
business and embraced the terms. He took
on board the proposed cargo and proceeded
to Washington. Since that period some of
the vessels in which Paul is concerned have
annually made one or fcwo voyages to the
same port. During the year 1757 after his
return home, Paul purchased the house in
which his family resided and the adjbining
farm. For the farm and its improvements he
paid $3500 and placed it under the manage-
ment of his brother who w a Parroei.
(To be Continued.)

tures in its bottom and sides ; so that the lazy

Idlers^— The Hollanders, in the early age
<tf their Republick, considered idle persons as
politically criminal, and punished idleness sb
a crime against the commonwealth. Those
who had no visible means of an honest liveli-
hood, were called before the magistracy to
give an account of how they get their livmg;
and if they were Unable to render a satisfacto-
ry explanation onthis point, tb^ey were put to
labor. Those thrifty Hollanders are said to
fcave employed the following singular expe-
dient. They constructed a kind of a box suf-.
ficierjtly large for a mart to- stand upright in
arid exercise his bodily faculties. In the in-
terior of it was a pump. The vagrant or
i ;!er was put into this box, which was so
j -: ced in the liquid element, that the water
pushed into it constantly) through the aper-

rownjog,

said, was foundlp be an infallible cure for
the disease, insomuch that no person was
ever known to work at it the secohd/time.~-
Brit/ Retfiorker.

PEOPLE OF COLOUR.
Every attempt at a thorough discussion of
this subject has always been met with a cry
of danger. " You will excite, the slaves to
insurrection,'' say they. .But I ask if there
is now no danger? If every slave owner feels
as safe when he goes to bed as if he were
surrounded by a free peasantry ? If not, what
mean those pistols under his pillow, aud that
loaded rifle over it ? Arid is there even now
no small degree of danger, what will ^be the
case, when the slaves in the West Indies and
the Spanish states, become all free citizens ?
On the subject of danger, I am happy again'
to avail myself of the language of Mr. Bux-
ton. " I do not mean to say, that there are
not very great perils connected with the pre-
sent state of the VVest Indies. On the con-
trary, I am quite sure—as sure as it is possi-
ble for any man injthe house or in the coun-
try to be— that thejre.is imminesat peril it the
present moment ; and that (hat peril >ill in-
crease, unless our [system be altered. Fori-
know wherever there is oppression, there is
danger — wherever there is slavery there is
great danger— dahger, in proportion, to the
degree of suffering. But the^questipn is, how
that danger is to Be avoided.*; I answer, that
it is to be avoided jby that spirit of humanity
which has avoided! it in other place's—by do-
ing justice to thosje whom we now oppress-
by giving liberty for slavery, happiness for
misery. But eveii supposing the danger, of
;ivingto be as great a# the danger df with-
loiding ; there may be danger in moving, and
danger in standing still— danger in proceed-
ing, and danger ingoing nothing : then, I ask
the house, and I ask it seriously— whether it
is not better toinc'ur peril for justice and hu-
manity, for freedom, and for the sake of giving
happiness to millions hitherto oppressed ; or,
whether it be better to incur peril for slavery,
cruelty, and injustice, for the sake of destroy-
ing the happiness J of those wretched beings,
upon #om we have already showered every
species of calamity ? I know there is' danger.
Danger .! , why ? because the few inflict, and
the multitude suffer gross injustice. But T
confess it does appear to ine to be the most
extraordinary of fall arguments, to contend
that the danger arises not from slavery itself,
but from the discussion of slavery in this
house. What, then, does the slave require
any hint from us that he is a slave, and that
slavery is of all conditions the most' miserable?
Why, sir, he hears this ; he sees it ; he feels
it too, in all around him. He sees his harsh
uncompensated labour ; he hears the crack
of the whip ; he feels, he writhes under the
lash. Does not this betray the secret? This
is no flattery ; th^se are counsellors which
feelingly persuade him what.he is. He sees
the mother of his jchildren stripped naked be-
fore the gang of j male negroes, and flogged
unmercifully ; • hs| sees bis children sent to
market to be soldi at the best price they, will
fetch ; be sees irj himself, not a man, but a
thing ; by West Indian law, a chattel, an im-
plement of husbandry, a machine to produce
sugar, a beast of burden. And will any man
toll me, that the black, with all this staring
him in the face, and flashing in his eyes,
whether he rises in the morning or goes to
bed at night, nevor dreams that therejs injus-
tice in such treatment, till he sits down to. the
perusal of an English newspaper, and there
learns, to his astonishment, that there are,
enthusiasts in England, who from the bottom
of their hearts deplore, and even more than
they deplore, abhpr all Wc^slayery •! There
are such enthusiasts ; lam one of them j and
while we breatlie, we will never abandon
the cause, till that thing, that chattel, is rein-
stated in all the privileges of man.""

It is. of no uee now, for any of us to declaim
about the danger of the discussion. We can-
not help it if we would. ' It: is begun out of
our reach in the British Parliament, by men
who- spurn iall control but that of Christian
principle, and 'who v;iir continue it, until the
enormity, of ;tbe evil is fully searched but
andumde knownj until the evil .itself isittUy
and forever destroyed. The thing will be

ddne> It ]peii<g&nly will. Look at.it a moment.

The 'ffljfi. that notliing effectual' iias hitherto
beeC4one by taw for*the jnitigatiori of its
evM«i^arrants us in the ■uapoaition that no-
tUmiplll be done, if those concerned are
* ?it ,iJC nmselves. There' seemB to be a sort
about it Slavery, as it actually
^ as it will probably always continue
ibiah passions remain the same, . it.
"/twice "cursed," in him who suffers and him
who, inflicts it. We had many exhibitions of
>it«;character, during the late ardour .hi. be!
half. of the Greeks.' It would be instructive
to. tike any of the addresses, speeches, or re-
solutions made oh that occasion,, and to see
how many of the most odious features of Tur-
kjjii slavery may be fairly , matched in this
ftm and enlightened country. Some of them
mf be rendered stronger in degree, by the
ferity of the Turkish character* And .there
isilome difference in the i detail. For. instance,
tliere is not the same " uncertainty" to the
bnck as to the Greek slave, " whether he
shall enjoy ihe earnings of his own industry ;
for the black must labour continually, with
the full knowledge that he shall not enjoy
them'. He has not even the poor hope of the
.wretched Greek to animate him in his toils.
There are not wanting instances, where mas-
ters have held out to their blacks the hope of
freedom as an incitement to industry ; and
then, when the poor slave* by the labour of
his nights and holidays, had saved the sum re-
quired to buy- him free, he has found that i! all
the earnings of a slave belong to his master^"
and he is still as far from freedom as, over.—
The'law is so. He lias no redress'. Jt may
not be so frequent an occurrence, as in Tur-
key, but it is not owing .to any tow. that it is
not. There is another difference. Says Mr,
Webster in.his speech, " In the whole worid
.no such oppression is felt as that which has,
pushed down the wrdtched,. Greeks. Irvln-
dia, to be Bure, itie bad enough in principle ;
but in the actual feeling of oppression, it is
not to be. compared. 1 here the oppressed
natives are themselves as barbarous, as their
oppressors; but *;ere have been seven mil-
lions of civilized', enlightened, Christian
men, trampled into the very earth, century
after century by a barbarous^ pillaging, re-
lentless soldiery. The world has. no such
misery to show.". True, we" have only two
millions, not "civilized, enlightened, nor
Christian." Though living a hundred yea'r»»
in the inidst of a " civilized, enlightened, and
Christian" land, they are still a barbarous,
ignorant, and heathen race, and without any
fair proipect of ever being otherwise. How
ever, gratifying to our ft clings it may be to
see " a people of intelligence, iugenuity, re-
fiiierrfen't, spirit, and enterprise" thus oppres-
sed, Task if it is not equally ubhorrent to our
moral principles, that a people claiming this
character Tor themselves, should for so many
ages act the part of oppressors ? And that
they should purposely and of design, keep
two millions of their fellow-men in the Very
lowest state of degradation ?. Who that
-knows th'e pleasures of intellectual improve-
ment arid refined society, and the delights of
domestic happiness, would consent to give
them up, even if enjoyed in Turkish bondage ?
What generous mind would not rather be
the Greek than the black ? And so far as
the laws have effect, the black is as absolute-
ly su^efcted to tb caprice of his master,
whetlet actuated uy passion or by Just» as
tb'e (fceek. Public opinion may- indeed ope-
rate U some extent in the more populous and
refinei districts, but there is abundant evi-
dence yto show, that in many parts of the
sl»v,e territories, the despotism is exercised
as absolutely ns in Turkey. Lord Althorpe y
in the debate before referred to, said, " The
honorable member for Sandwich has stated
broadly and has quoted various documents to
prove itj that the slave is perfectly contented
and happy. If we look only to the clothing
and fobV allowed to' these unfortunate beings,
it is enough to couvince any reasonable man,
witiiout further investigation, of the necessity
ofaa alteration in the present system ; and
it is idl4 to the last degree, to talk qf the
happinei and coirifort enjoyed by them. Biit
it is said 'that some of thpse happy slaves are
so conscbus • of their bliss, that they have
even refuWdto Uke advantage of an offer of
libeity, and have preferred to live and die; in
slavery. If the object were tb prove the jow
state tb which as moral creatures, these' be-
ing* hare been reduced) nothing could be

strolnger thin this single statement. Goe4
God fcan it be i/nagiried for a moment, that
a-'-inan, -pimmiig the. ..leaat-^ Murtible of the
syaipathiesj and/afffections of his , species,
should, prefer to doum himself without re-
morse, to Slavery for life J that he should
doofc his cljildren after him, from generation
to generation, to be born, to live, and die, in
the]benda^akv^^-- fhrt^
evejr his sorfs to tbeilash of- the slave-driver,
and expose his daughters to the will and pow-

say can rat

?1 task-roaater ?. If a'ay. thjo^ I
ie feelings of indignation anduejr*
, - -east, it; would be the knowledge
of such- a fact as this."

Said Mr. Brougham, on the same occasion^
u Irj Jamaica too, I am told all! is perfect'; and
that the black, who must be allowed*to be the
best judge of his own, happiness, is perfectly
coritented ■with' hia lot — so well contented
that be wbjuld not change it! But,unfortti-
nately' for this assertion, it spears from, con-
sulting a single page of the Jainaica gazettes,
that it cannot be supported^ Ii is cuiioua^o
observe the broad and most uitequivociil con-
tradiction given by . thesi gajzttttes to this
grave statement of the Jamaica assembly—
fori it thencje appears tnat man jf, of the blacks
have shown a most pointed desire to change .
th<Jir happy situation. In a single page of '
these gazettes, there are no less than fifty
" Ijiunaways,?'— persons quitting this eriviar
ble situation, not only with a certainty of 'itta-
ny privations, but at the risk of all the severe 1
penalties' Much attach to their crhne^' \»
Such are the views and feelings of some
of .the mo^i enlightened, philanthropists in the
wdrldi Ana sontethjihg will certainly be, ddne
in jthefcas^ The thought is not to be eridu-
rejl for a imonient, that the present state of
things should last always. . It, would se'env
almost like an imputation upon Divinis Provi* 'i
depee-to believe that he had suffered two
millions of (his creatures to become so involv-
ed! in calamity that there was no! possibility ,.;
of a rescue^. If God is just, aome^iing will be
dope. It wilPbe done with our consent er
aojainst it ' ;! by/our efforfs^or in s^ite of them,. .
The decree is past, and it hastens to its ac-
complishment.

it cannot be believed that while 1 all the.rest.
of mankind are advancing in the niareh of im-
prpvemeriti two millions of the face in. free
America, ihall be left in irretrievable degra- ■■■
-datipn.. The foundations of rights! ^ arid duties
are becoming known. And have ; the Trtacks
nejither duties npr rights? The; Christian;
sees with delight the efforts that are made to
diffuse the Wcispel of life among the heathen.
And shall the blacks be the only heathen ? —
Tjie philanthropist fondly believes that the :
character of man is rising, swelling^ bursting "i
its ancient limits and the bonds with which
despotism had sought to confine it. Shall .thek ? £
divine principle remain stationary only among. ?
American ijlaves ? Despotic power is gradu- , : t
ally yielding to tl-e influence, of public opin T
ioji. The old monarchies and aristocracies^ ;
where the many labor for the few, and gor
vejrnment is administered for the benefit of •
rujlew and pot of sitbiects, are trembling and
tpttering to their fall Witness the anxiety
of the Holy Alliance to repress every thing;
like revolutionary principles, and every thing'
that goejir to promote general improvisment"
arid elevation of character^ But they will
net be sttccessful. Every friend of freedom:
fejels that they cannot succeed. . There' is a ; ;
law of nature against them; An impulse has v;
been given to the minds of men which id ii/?
resistible. And shall the laws of nature be
suspended pnjiy iti the freest country . on the
gljobe ? Can we believe that God regards
slavery here w ; th so favorable an . eye, that )
he will repeal that law by which lie has made
provision for the renovation of this miserable^

be continued;)

jeitius of Universal Emancipation,
Education ftnd Bmevoleni. Society)

wbrld ?

From the
•African

' C^Uicoike.— We the pepphs of colour^ Of
, je town i )f Chilicothe, having for a Ipng^
tijne ^.ked - around us . with heart rendiagv
sensations, upon the ignorant cpndiUon| ^
\v;iich our chiidren-iare gr^w^'iip'.; . and)Jhe'-^

ing- sensibl > that it is in"a- great measure W-^
ta the wanu of a jreligibus edupationj that Boj|
many devis tions from .the p^aths of rectitudei|
both in our families and in aociety in gemral'.
aie committed ; have thought p^pey |to7t^n%
ourselves, into a soc^etyVi for ^ the : putp^eT^ 1 -"
fa}r aait k\ in our power, of die|et#*»^'

•vnt|

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14

moral gloom, and prepar* our chifcUien wiffi

dignity and pi^priet^tb'-r-pas*'- thf bugh thU
vicissituues of Life.
At a meeting held on- Monday ^evening,

February 20th, 182/4 on motion, Mr. Lewis
Woodson was called to the chahy and Mr.:
Wm.\pailey appointed secretary. After the;
bye-laws and 'constitution were read and
adopted, it-wasjltesolved, that the Rev Wil-
liam tiraham^eliver an address to the soci-
ety on the second Monday of April, at the
Presbyterian Church,' at 11 o'clock, A. Al. at
which time there will be a collection lifted to
aid the society to carry the above 'ladlable
object into operation— where the citi/ens of
Chilicethe, both white and coloured, are re-
spectfully invited to attbnd ; and all others
who may feel jdisposcd to aid us in such a
laudable object.

: LEWIS WOODSON, Chairman,
WiiiLi am Ef ailev, Secretary.

THE DEAN JpP BADAJOZ.— A^TALE^
Frpiri tht Abbt Blanchet.
The Dean of the cathedral of Badajoz was
more learned jthah all the doctors of Sala-
manca, Coimbrja, and AlciilA* united.- He
derstood all languages, living and dead, and
was perfect master of every science, divine
and human, except that, unfortunately, he had
no knowledge pf magic, and Was inconsolable
when he refiectedonhis ignorance in^ that sub-
lime airt. lie was told, that a very able magi-
cian resided in the suburbs of Tqledo,_-na-

^med Don Torrjibio. Immediately he saddled
• hi^mile/de parted for Toledo, and alighted at

.-' the door of bo very superb .dwelling, the ha-
bitation of that great man.

" Most reverend magician," said he, ad-
dressing himself to the sage, I am the
Dean of Badajoz. >The learned men of Spain
all allow me their superior, but' I am come to
request from ypii a far greater honour — that
of becoming ybur pupil. Deign to initiate me
in the mysteries of your art, arid .doubt not
.. but you shall feceive a grateful acknowledg-
ment,; suitable' to the : benefit conferred and
your own. extraordinary merit."
-Don Torribip was , not very po.ite, though

: he valued himself on being intimately ac-

' ^uain.ted with the best company in belli. He
told the- I>ean ? he was ; welcome to seek
elsewhere for a master in; magic, for that, for
. his part, he was weary of an occupation which
produced nothing but compliments and pro-
mises, and that he would, not dishonour the
occult sciences by prostituting them to the
ungrateful.

"To the -ungrateful*"; cried the Dean;
"has then the great Don 'Torribio. met with
persona who have proved ungrateful ? and can
he so far mistake me as to rank me with such

: monsters ?" He then repeated all the maxims
and apophthegms which he had read on the
subject of gratitude, arid every refined senti-
ment his memory could furnishi

In short, he talked so well, that the conju-
ror, after having considered a moment, con
fesaed he eould refuse nothing to a man of.
such abilities, and so. ready at pertinent quo-
tations. "Jacintha," paid he, calling . to his
old Woman, ( r * lay! down two partridges to the
fire ; I hope my friend the Dean will, do me

. t the hono ir to sup with me to-night." . At
the same time he takes him by the hand, arid

; leads him into h|s cabinet ; there he touches
his forehead, | muttering; three mysterious

_ words, which I mUst request the r ?adea not
io forget,- Ortkbplan, Pisiafriti, On agriouf;
then, without further preparation, he began
to explain, witli . all possible perspeeuity, the
' introductory ejements of his profound sci-
ence.?' . ; "|

His. new disciple listened with an attention
which scarcely permitted him to breathe,
when, on a 'sudden, Jacintha enters, followed/
by a little manj' in monstrous boots, and coy,- ;
ered with mud .*p to the neck, who desired
to speak with the Dean oh Very important
business. , " , . / •.' /

This was. tl e postillion ; of his unclfei the
Bishop. of Bajadoz, who had been sent express
after ihini, arid had gallopped quite to Toledo

• before he JbouluV overtake j hinv He ' caimefto
bring him jnfor nation thatj isoriie horirs. after
Lisr depaVtrire, his (Jra'ce had bep^ akacked
by so violent an apoplexy, thait ; the most
terrible cor.seq jences wbfe to be' apprehend-
ed. The Dean lea'rtily cursed (inwardly that
is, and so as to occasion" ho scandal )'at once
the disorder,. ; he p|a tie lit, arid >be courier,

; s \vho. had.certai lly all three /Chosen tbe'ihost
\impertinent tine possihla'- :y He dismissed the
' pqstiiiii n, telli ig hip to make haste back to
Bajiido'r., whither he would presently follow
him. After which, he returned to> his lesson
v a« if there wer 3 no s)ich things as either un-

• cles or apoplex es. ; . .'

A few davs after, he again received . news
V from , Bajado but such as was . well worth
. ihearirigr The principal, chapter:' and two old
-crfhoris came tol.iriforjn the Dean that his uri^
f cfc> the right reverend bishop, had been taken

to; hetyekto rec#* th* t*fr&$m» piety „
alRd tn&t jWe chapclr, ciirionioallpmlijemblsd,
hadi ehosjen him to fill the vacant bishopric,
and ,bum,bly^equ^d^he woujd con#o.le,,by,
his presence) the afflicted chitroh of Bajadbis,
now, become his spiritual bride.
! Don Torribio 1 , who 1 wo 9 present at 'this ha*
rangue of the deputies, endeavoured to derive
advantage j.from what he- had learned, and,
taking aside the new^ bishop, after having
paid 'i him a >w*eU- turned compliment - on.; big;
prbmdtmn,; 'proceeded W: irifirm'hiiri tfia't-'h^
had a son, named Benjamin, possessed of
rhuc h ingenuity a"rid k gobd^inclittatipii^but in
Whom he •b ad : never perceived either taste or
talents for the occult sciences, lie had [ there- 1
forei! ho; said,' advis0d.|i,m to turrihis^bug)Ht»
toivarda jthe'eh^rchi and ha'd now, he thariKed
Heavenj jthb sottisfactipn to hear him coiiimen-
^ed as orio of the most ' deserving- divines
among all the clergy of Toledp. . He there-
fore took the liberty, most humbly to w^uesi
his. grace to bestow on Don Be'n^anriri the
dennery of Bajadoz, Whicli 'he 'coiill^rioi^
tairt together' with hi's ibishopricii * .

" l am] very ririfortiinate,!! 1 replied the pre-
latejapparently somewhat embarrassed Y " you
wilier hope, do rue' the ju'stice to belieyej'that
nothing bould give me so great a pleasurje-'as
to. oblige] you in every respect. /But the truth
is, Ilhavo a cousin, to whom 7 am hWir^ah old
ecclesiastic, who \b good for nothing but to
be a;dean ; and if I do riot bestow ori^ m
preferment, I must embroil iriyself with my
fa|nily, \/hich would be; far from T agreeable.
But," continued he,; in an* affectionate man-,
nor, " Will you riot ac'cdriapariy me4;0 Bajados ?
Cari yoii hi so cruel ! as id ftrsf^ ;pne jtist at
the ; moment when it is. in my power to be of
service to you ? Be persuaded,; my jionoured
master ; j we will. go together ; ; think of riptli-
ing but the in iprovoment' of yjbur Cpupi^,- arid
leTve me to provide for Don Benjamin ; rior
do'ubt but, sooner or later, I will do inpre for
hint than' you expect. - A paltry deanery, in
■this remotest part of Estreiuadura, is not a
benefice suitable to the son of such' a man as
yqurseifi" .

jThejcanon law would, no doubt; have con-
strued this offer Of the prelate's into simony.
Tjie proposal, however, was accepted ; nor
was arty jscruple made by either of these two
very; intelligent, persons. Don; Torribia fol-
lowed liip illustrious pupil to Bajadps. . where
he Lad • an !el%a(n^ 'apartrbeht a'ssijgn'ed .h'im in
the i ■ 'episcojJ.4l : |alace, and was treated With
;he Utmqst respect by 'aH the diocese, as the
favourite of his 'grace, anil: a,;kmd of grand
vicar. ; : ; ' ;' "

tlridcr; the tuition. of so able a master the
bishop of Bajadoz made a rppid progress in
the foecult sciences. At first, he gave him-
self up to them with an ardour which might
appear excessive ; bpy this . intemperance
gr^ew, by degrees, more moderate, and he
pursued ithem « With so much prudence th at
his magical studies rij&ver interfered w,ith the
dijties of his diocese^ He was ]well convin-
ced of the truth of/a maxim, very .'important
toj be r'eineriibered' by ecclesiastics,' whether
addicted! to sorcery, of only .phflWophersand
' aomiWrs;.of;|iife^ature,^Th^t' it ii]iioVe«^<Jiont'.
to! ; assist at lO'lrried nocturnal i meetings, or
adorn the mind with the embellisHineritB of
human scierice ; but that 1 it. is 1 also the duty
of divines to point out to oth'ers^the way to
heaven; ;and plant, in 'the miridslbf their hear-
ers, wholesbme: doctrine and Christian mo-
rality. '' '■";■;';''' ' ' .

Reg'uliting his : ^conduct by these comrriend-
able prir ciplesy |he learned .prelate ? was':cele-
brated .tjir;Qughout : Glif istendbiri jfjof; his merit
and /pie and .'nrb

pbe'tfed such a n! hbhori ; to:t^e ; archbishoprick
of Cbmi ostella.
' .[ ; ; (To .Be Continued.)

AFRICA.
A singular superstition of the Ppytvtgai .
one of th|} strbngbst incentives to 4i«coveiries> and

hp blierllio long miVlaidj' artd hmi to life christian
w orld, '•wdsWe of the great dKjec ts| of $1 their ex- .
peditlofi^if ftubfr every^ navigator 6n !leatii>g } F,bi:|«^

fi\f was^fuVnished- by his '•' sover ei|H^tHjpartii;u v
Lr irijunbtibOfl tb lobk fbr his a'ugu*t pMi*in fes-
ter John 1 ] vfTheyiwera thereforer^er* careful, • to
makb|en^hinesafiiiiefliiti^
atid l^ammg that fa^in the interior wke theigreat
cities of Timbuctoo and Jenne, tliey sent aiabassv
dbw to the eiriperors. ^Jiifprturiat jlt^-,the;pjijr|kic-;.
ularo of these^nterestirig journies piab in hittr
tiJnoiB wolhavc so" often vainly i'ttei
were .not recordefli or arb'hioulderi

times be have «o often vainly attested tqrepfeat
were notlrecord'edi or are inoulderih'f in the^jwl-
01& archi^s-'bfPoTtugal.' All tlialf- vfe BnNfe :l&artit r
*J7- .ij> it. ; «'*tii,Kii-. i,w<iW^' •■■ iw<ia't -river- (.tne'
fialhabltapiB

irW thwri ' ^ that^th^now'df a
Niger,y" near t!io»e cities 5 /that ; rr . . ,
wfere of ^lighter cbibrand strict

^oora^. ; Mjd>hat^6n«^l/emrt^^

fdssed th t san>e raiij)

;|ajUori'T,ehew^;i] '

doubling

flu pro'

»dHopft;fritJ»*i!^i 91

Repertory.

U tracef^of'Chris'Uanfiy.^^. ..^th^ safifeci ;

Mb way of Raisingiht Wind.— A few days
sinoc^ a, yOurig girj^ ^near Gloucester, in the
prospect of marriage* beiug unable to find
mon^ijf.J^ PriTchase ber we'ddinjtf clothes, ac-
tually 1 submitted to- iho ' painfuFopeiratibri of
having seven of her teeth drawn* for which
qhe jeceiyed fivd/ guineas, and afterwards
provided the necessary articles.

Ha

; ORIGINAL COMWMCATIOjyS.
! fob the raEEpjoM^Si journal;
, ''; • ' EDUCATION.

,;• , ^ No/ir. vj. '..', ;- ■ '.

.' A* subject so important as this, merits^thO
devotion c"

[ , FOR TMjE ^'RtEDOId'S JOVMlAt.

IIAYTI EN RE VOLiUTION.

Th9 last half century will ever be .regarded
as a period in t jhich changes the most inter-
esting, and occurrence's the most remarka-
ble in the history Of man have happened.—
And'thfc revolulionof St. Domingo,,which de-
veloped the ! res oiirces arid aroused ,the erier-

f ieS/Ofa people deemed but a step above the
rute, creation, is hot the least remarkable
and interesting,
}' Fifty years s go, wlien the flame of civil
and religious liberty was first kindled in this
country, . and spread too noori across, tlid A,t-

ect so important as this, merits i the iahtic.—wh^ of all the gifted souls that'gehi-
of much time to reAding^nd 't$ec- ^ y g niarshalled u id'oy. its skndard; ;> wbuld iiave

tion. But <the multiplied avocations of the" Sdict^d suclv kn eyW Did; : the^mighty :
writer preclude; the former- and . acarcoly .al- '*•■> •■ -w- v n.i. l . i^\.^M.%.'.h a ^.r„jr.

ln<« lUn Uifnn ! 'n^M-iiiB hniif r%*r%Cn***' linn

low. the latter. 'To be brifef, ' therefore, upon
the point, we urge that' th.e;;coloUr[ed people
.place their children in jsuch schools as ;their :
circumstances vvill admit. '■
- v Those, vvhp from their earnings and econo-
my can devote from eight to; tweritV-four dol-
lars per annum, bave it in their pbvyer to- con-
ifer upon their progeiiy, a blessirigi for which
Itlieir riiemory shall ever be cherisheld in gra te-
ful and affectioriate remembrance. I Not only
soj* they' will' have acquitted them of a
trust, reposed' in them by th'e 'Cjreator, who
will awaitf to therri a desert adequate to the
performance. . And those, who frohi the niir-
rbwness of their pecuniary resources, are un-
able to meet the end in;the piannjer a ;ove sta-
ted, should make it a duty to avail themselves!
of the privilege affordea them in free-schbbls.
Hundreds of children daily paradlethe streets,
to the disgrace of theirjparents and the mor-
tification of our reflecting brethire^; who, if
their parents were to place unddr the tuition
of 'someapprbved teacher, mightlpbssibly be-
come ornamental td society, aria glorious to
our race; ! j .

The evils accruing to;our whole 'j;omm unity,
from the loose and depraved habits of many
of the rising generation are inc alculable. A
heart influenced by pMlanthroj>y|, [sickens at
the' bare conception of the horrorj In their
•present parental government, which indeed is
no government at all, the youths to whom we
refer, are permitted to : wander from st/eet to
street, to indulge 1 in evory specijjs "of juve-
nile dissipation, arid to irribibe habits, the most
perniciqris to tlieir future interests, and de-
structive of every moral' arid social obliga-
tion. As they advance in years, they are less
disposed to inddstry in the pursuit of any vb?
cation in which tliey nVay be placed ;' they are'
uriU8ed"to aspire after elevation dfjeoridition ;,
and consequently Continue during' a watch-
ed' existence, ignorant, poor arid .contempti-
ble. . ; ' : ' ! j
- . Copteniplate for a moment, th;ej loathsome
sot, the base swindler, the, crafty gambler, the
unfeeling and murderous instrumerit of a kid-
napper, the miserable inmate of an jalinshouse
Or,p>isori, affording the enemies of our face
arguni^nts/ to prbv^ the iriutilityj of. an ame-
lioratibn bf bur political exikencej! Do you
not behold the children of our affections be-,
coming, thrbugh .Ourpwn rie'glec ( ^ the instru -
ments. of; pur pro^tratlbn ? ' Do ybu not con-
sider them the;mearis of binding^together .the
fetters of our eilslaved brethren ? ■ Who can
in retrpspect'glanco' at the abasement of our
colour/ or who 6a,n in^iitjcipktio*' caliiiJy loo'd
at the days to which 'we a'ppronchj without
concluding that' a vigorous effort shbiild.be
niade for the intellectual culture of the riling
geneVatibrt ?. ' : '' " *-;;• . ' •• j ', .-' ' ''r\
When' your . children shall have entered

sch ool of acknowledge d merit, Cohtinue tlicm
Urider auspices' sp favourable.^ Thby/c^in gain
nothirig^ By •thb^evfrequent bhangejs^for' wnicli
y$u en.teirtain ' so;, great a' preOiIi

aVofir?& |dovote another hour
future dav. ..; \

phiLaNthropos.

spirit of Burke, vhen he beheldirihisi fi riunds „
eye" all the h Errors that afterwards befell
poor Franco, ;ot could . the ." prophetic ken"
of Fox foretell this anonmly of nature ? The
man who could think il possible ' thSt , the de -
graded African slave, would take up arms in
defence of hif birthright and ' spend liie
heart's bipod for its 'possession, would have
been regarded is a madman., and his rerlet-
tipns branded.a 1 the dreams, b'f a visibnary . ;

But times haxe changed. We have seen
the establishrne it of an indeperide'nt /nation *.
by men of . our own. colour ; the world has
seen it ; and iiv success and. durability, are
now placed -bey irid doub'v. There is some-
thing in the firm establishment- of a free go-
vernment by these who but' lately were in the
bonds of slavery that. krike3 us as manifest-
ing in a peculiar degree the interposition of
Divine Provider ce.

The comment ementof the revolution of St.
Doming'' wa3 ooked upon with horror by
men in all parts of thb world. It was thought "
so unnatural a ;rime, that slaves should rise
against their nn sters, that their downfall was
earnestly desire 1 and frequently prayed for.
by every one. Other revolutions have, hap-
pened. 5 other g< vernments haye'been formed,
but under far different auspices. The Ame-
rican revolutibr which first led the way in
asserting the gnat.' principles of liberty, waa 7
haijod with erit lusiasm by thb.wise and the'
good. - It found advocates eyen in England,
against whose Oppression they were' contend-
ing. The Fren ;h revolution tod, ere it acted
those; deod^ of terror and madness which will
not soon be fbi gotten, had; supporters and
weli-wishejrs in every heart, except those .
whose feelings ivere blunted ^in-thre' service
of a cold arid chilling despotism. But the re-
volution 01 St.' Domingo, Which taught the
world that the African, though- trodden down
in the dUstj by fcjie^foot^pf the oppressor^ yet
had not entirel] lost the finer sensibilities of
iris nature, land s till possessed the proper spi-
rit and feelings, of.- 'a, map— no one wished it .
ivell — no feryen ; . prayer was put up for ita
success— npne bid it " God gipeed." In their
glorious care^ alotie and unaided; save. by .
the arm of jHisi whois ever ready to protect
the oppressed, ;he Hay tiens withstood the
power of the gr !atest\ monarch that ever sat
upon a.throne. So tru<? is it; that " the race
is nq f always, to the 8\\>ift,\hor the battle to
the^trbng.7 , . \

When we relect upbri the condition of
those men ' who bade defianOo to ;the chosen '
troops of Na'pole on, comma\ided by v ope of his
bravest geribrab -we are struck withastonish- ,
ment; and admir'atiori;' Most, of their leaders
were of littlo;e'-1.i I'cftti^n-^ Millljess ->ekperi-
ence in military affai./,, and 1 \nb.\j expert in
the Use: of the me . ahd :thd 'apade^ than In-
8Wor<l or levelling a hiusket But
the becaswk calMd.foijth theiK hidderipowbrs;
The cause for : w;hich r they ' fbugnt developed
, ?. Kflft,^ ■»x ■■iUu^ ^ossessor.r— • .

talents' . unknown ♦ before':*tO' , <ltbe''

y<?u :* entertain ' koi cVeat a predih sctiori : they , . ,. • . .t ";v:r- r".r7™;-v
wil over,uul!fbe losers. %4t noiybur pre-' ^ n ^ d s °°»? aa ^ . standard, wits raided and the
po^ssipba iri l«ur^f i a^

- i^u,: .jii.Jii^«.^"J4i ^-i-L was struckj : tho isands a!rOse f of young, and,

bond and f iree, eafifer 'j'to • expose their *'

you asWe ouiv irioiiVeW^aclrit your^hU- ! l tru ^ k ' thousands drose' of
drenru'ndei 5 hi^! tuitiopV judge oi[liis qu'alifi- okl — bt 1 ' 1 ^er lto'^e

r -- : — ^. — , op ,juage ojh nis uuaiin-.; r. . v - . t r - {"~~.~*- -

Rations :tb ; tea^h, ' arid let ; the sidbdn which ,;llves andj»qpeit« in defgnc^ pfwbat^tp ^
t^enta'pWpbndera^ fteof >ry nian sbdjddtbf! dearer than.lite itself

which ypu^decid^'v It!if^ot J ^ i struggle of ; libei|ty ; against slavery 5 -'^-^^

i&hobll -against darkness

cannot last long

flight
And thb*

thatlhepirefe :
conceded.' : In this, Sas.wellas- in! jtlfer pur- , against'' fearful >dd. } ,?' {being opposed; bV^the J
ufts, you may expect to^conie' in contact with- Wbrof the.^r<!r^h army,) yet such success ■:■
Quackery/' Carefully attend V'Uie adkncemenl ' attended, them noble ;that in a short

s of ypurpiul^teril^knbfe " "

t ypurohildrerilri knowledge ; wa^

prbg^aiia^easiona^ the, island. ;: Ot the . fifteen ; thousa. Q ;d, ,troipfi

Tnmauou to >hi :«;oilig'«nt among' our .»nuh A ' J ; ,oh Napoleon lhad deemed suffiqient to

reiiv/ ; :Be;mbt^sj)lb^

W*ikid m discipline-it is essentiifl^ and will t ] orned totell hn;n f tht '

m

, By, reducing the foregoing to pr; ctice, ycu
will uitiinatoly^perceivc, that yod, yo ur prd-
geny, a»d; o^r!Who]e^ac6Vwili.l|j^
ced:ina;Htib^
expectation, ^ . .

...... . je"ne^a[dif.tliei«l.

disaster.. Disea; ^vftftimfeeiKW* *word<le-\
atroyed one aftei anothei, till ^aJ^ Lecferc \
'himself, fell in -the land ;,ovc«r;, which, fa the
proud exultation of hfc:(jeai't ! he had fonlly
noped to rule. « Tnus ) perished the French
"my, and y$o pe rish every attempt against
the.Iipertiegof aponke^ . ; ,• " I.

4 APRIL 6.

MUTABILITY, OP HUMAN AFFAIRS.

During a recent visit to the Egyptian MunV
my, iny thoughts were insensibly carried bacjk
. to former times, when Egypt was in her splen-
' dor,' and the only seat of chivalry, sciencte,
arts; and civilization. As a descendant of
Cusji, I could not but mourn over her present
degradation, while reflecting upon the muta-
bility of human affairs, and upon the present
condition of a people, who, for more than oije
thousand years, were the moat civilized arid
enlightened. • ' . !

. My heart sickened as I pondered upon the
:pictjure which niyimaginatron had drawn.Jr-
Like Marius surveying the ruins of Carthage,
I wept over the fallen state of my people,—
Wherefore is it, that a gloom pervades the
mind, while reflecting upon the ages which
have .passeds and which, like the " baseless
fabrick of a vision," have scarcely left a
wreck behind them ? But such applies net to
Egypt: for her obelisks and pyramids, which
attest her greatness still remain, amid the
graftdeur of the desert, full of magnificence
~and ! death, at once a trophy and a tomb, TJiit
her kings, to preserve whose bodies fromsac-
rilogioua hands, they were erected, whore
are they? Have they not been, torn from
their " vaulted sepulchres,?' and exhibited to
a gazing World ? Have not they too been bought
and sold? Methinks, the lesson to be derived
from this, should warn other potentates, who
are lavishing the hard earnings of their indus-
trious subjects upon their costly mausoleums',
of the vanity of their labours. The admira-
ble command of our Lord to one of his disci- .
plus, who was desirous of going to bury his.
father, " let the dead bury their dead," should
convince us that it matters little, where this
corruptible body is laid, after the immortal
spirit has once lefY it'; and that nothing which
we can do, caivreach its ear in the dull man-
sions of the tomb.

In reflecting on these interesting but
mournful truths ; the changes which had ta-
ken place within the last^fifty years, were
also presented to my view. On an ideal- map
of the Western continent, I beheld in many
parts, villages, towns and cities, arisen and
arising, where thirty years ^ago, nought but
the footsteps of the savage had ever disturb-
ed the: deep solitude of the forest," or cha-
sed the " wild deer from his covert." In the
old i world, the changes which have taken
place, are awfully instructive. In many parts
-we behold the lenient policy which swayed
the ' government of Napoleon (compelled to
give place to the misrule of former days. In
France, the house of Bourbon, after having
been exiles for twenty years, are restored to
the throne of their ancestors. But the mighty^
Kuler-, whose wOrd was law over the greater
part of Europe; " who was gentle in the
manner, but vigorous in the deed," where lies
he ?. On the rocky shores of sea-girt St. Hel-
ena!!

History informs us that Cush aftd Menea
(the! Misriam of scripture) were the.sons . of
Ham. The former is supposed to have set-
tled in the Arabic Nome, near the Red- Sea,
in Lower Egypt; whence his descendants
spread over the southern regions of Asia,
along the Persian Gulph, and the easterly
partis of Africa,, on the western borders of the
Red Sea ; and the lattpr, the Northerly parts
of Africa, including Upper arid Lower Egypt
and'Barbary.

Mankind generaMy allow that all nations
are indebted to the. Egyptians for the intro-
duction of the airts and sciences ; but they are
not Willing to -acknowledge that the Egyp*
tiaus bore any: resemblance to the present
race of Africans ; though 'Herodotus, " the
father of history," expressly declares that the',
" Eg^ptislnB.hadj black skins and frizzed hair.'/

FREEDOM S £ OlJliNAL.

All we kn*>w of| Ethiopia^ •trin$thtiw ua in I the *tiintfwi They ; inadb him and bia son

: 4 v ' iM. l Oi.j v„ J propiue'aecr.MyiWi oath, tied their hands behind
the belief, that it was .ewly inhabited by * ,^ h#m> and than robbed thoin ofa hor*a and train
people, whdse manners and customs hearty with iwhich they took ,off their booty. , The tehi
resembled those of the Egyptians. Many of fo «^ «• next day at Laprairie.

their divinities >vere the same ; -they had th e Deliberate Hanging.— A man iri New Hamp
same ordera^priesthdOd'ancl religious. cere- shire >tely i hwiffc^Jiiniaolf. aftpi making his pr«

■'»•• , xv.it. ! i - . : pactions with inuch sang froid: : . Ha .Wok a boo

monies : they made; use of the. same charac;- j J J#of fl[U ;t0 . ft ^bS^Hhi'brpko it y to anoth;
tejs in writing: their dress was alike : and 'er'a and swingled it ;'to a third'* and made a ropo
the regal sceptre in jboth countries was in the H 9 then wont home and hanged himself.

form of a plough. Of dieir philosophy little
is known ; their wise men,'like those of the
Indiana, were called Gymnosophists : they
discharged the ; sacted i\tncti6na x like Egyp-
tian priests ; had ^heir distinct colleges and
classes of disciples ; taught their dogmas, in
obscure and mythological language; and were
remarkable for their contempt of deathV Oth-
er writers of V later date than Hefodotus,-
have asserted, that the resemblance [between]
the two nationals it regarded "their jfeatiires,
was as striking,, as their doctrines were simi-
lar. I The celebrated Mr. Salt, in his tralvels j
in Abyssinia, discoverediseveral monumental
"remains, the hieroglyphics on [which bare a
strong resemblance ito those engraved on the
sarcophagi of Egyptian mummhjs.

(To be Continued.),*

NEW ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES.
M -Mqryland, Virginia, the Disfyict of Colum-
';\ bfayfyc. - ? ■ V. ■ • i

Within the space jof about three weeks, ac-
counts have been Received, at the office of
the Genius of Universal Emancipation,' of the
formation of TWELVE new [ associations^
upon the plan of the Anti-Slavery Society of
Maryland. They are severaljy located as
follows :-r-At Washington . City, District of
Columbia; — Alexandria, do : .— Leesburg, Lou-
don c'oimty, Virginia—^Waterfcird, d,o. do. —
Winchester, Frederick county ^do.--Apple
pye Ridge, do. do.— Brucetow.n,|do. do.— Har-
per's Ferry, . Jefferson County, do. — in the
neighborhood of poplar Springs^ , Maryland—
At the Union Factory, near Eljicbtt's Mills,
do.— In the neighborhood of Bflle-Air, Har-
ford county, do.— an£at Sraithfij dd, Jefferson
county, Ohio. '

Floatingjlsland. — The last number of SilliriianV
Journal contains an account of a floating, island
containing > nearly half an .acre of land/ in pond
or small lake,- in N^'wbu'i i yp6rtj Mass.- It is' cover
«d with the shrub m\w ( dog- wood, none, of which
grows upon the shores of the lake. - There an-
trees :threo feet "in circumference upqh the island.

' The Corporation <of Milledgevillfl,. G«o. lays a
tax of $25 upon every free pormm of coldur,. com-
ing into that town, with ah iatentioi of working
therein. : 1 \ :

;. , ,Mrc\—A" fito broko -out last evening about 9 o'
o^Ofk, in a building '. iu.G'r^urid-Bt.. , noxt, to th» cor*
ner of Wooste.r-«t. which was ontireiy destroyed.
'The Public School adjoining, and the, houso on
the corner ot % \Vdoater-ai. were considerably inju-'
red.

at thl* last adtiUa firom London. Th<» il)n««a &
fh'cto diatlHgi|iihitd > and ; leading men had eauaed
treaVpsnie in tha Slock, m|rkot, and the fund*
Jad fallen 2 per ealrtt: 1 ! ■•'

D OMESTIC NEWS.

Eire,.—k fire broke jout about 4 o'clock yester-
day morning in Mulberry-st. which destroyed three
buildings in that, and two in CriWst.' Among
the number destroyed is' the shop bjf the Rev. Mr.
Dut^on. j j

We learn that thej law v/luch authorized the
immediate sale out of the State <f Maryland, of
coloured persons convicted of pet y criminal of-
fences, lias, to the honour of lira . State, and? in
accordance to the feelings of the times been re-
pealed. |

Bhssivgs of Slavery l^-- Mr. Jonn Hamlin of
Lanesborouffh .county] Va. was. murdered on tlie
Otli ult.' by his slaves. ; Seventeen | of thiim bava
been committed to the county. Jaij to await t'heh".
trial. !■'..' ; J

Distressing. Accident. — As the Philadelphia and :
Nett^-Ydtk Union Line |of Stages were passing from
Trenton to New-Brunswick on Saturday the 3lst
ult. a well dressed gentlemanly looking young inii-
latto man,, who \yas ; a passenger in poach No. 3,was'
precipitated fwri) the box, on which the driver sat,'
to i%Q gronnd, the wHecle of thej coach ran oyer
his ' left arm from. .hia|elb6w to: hijs shoulder, and
then over one side of his head. He was : taken up
by the passengers perfectly lifeless, after the dri-
ver had;drive 5 or o rods from hiliij, . He was theh;
carried by tho stage (to cKingston, a distance .of
about two miles, and tjherei loft.— Paul. D.'Mv.

The African Observer.— ^Enoch ticwis a member
f»f the Society of Frierids, prop^se^to. comn\e;iOBj
in Philadelphia, under this:iitle, ja'morithiy p
odical,— to' comprise Sketches of I theVbiatqry .' of
Africa, the progress of! geographicfil.dlscbvery, tha ;
history, character, incidents, ^aiid Extent of' slave-'
ry, ancient arid mOdbijn. tho >intefnjftl;8la'V t e trade"
within the United StaWa^tha'kw^f^^^eB in
relation to slaveryiblographicdrtbtices of negroes
who have been < istirigjuiahed forjtheir talents or
virtue; plans for Improyirig the ^'onditiph'of slaves
in .the •United, States, l&Ci '&o. 'Tho Prospectus
is drawn up with miich| >abili^yj arid oxhibit» evi-
dence of a well- liBcij>iine<J v rhind. .- Eabhi number
of the' work is to .c6ntain42^yO v page^pricc §2 ;
per annum. It is expected the f«st nutabef will
be published in April 'riexti^-JV'.'' r| Ol/si ■ 1 *

B)'\recent regutatioris at Matanias, no colourad
man, a passenger, isalioWed to 'land, 'or remain at
that place, withojut special pernai^sion frops the

Governor.-'- ■■ .■ ! ['..

A very bold robbery ]vas.committed-in Montf
a. week pr two a^oj by five men, one of whoni had:
obtained permi^sionrto' sleep in th
Bertrand,; and; let ~ hw'accdmpUceriitt a t- night.'—
•jhey hold anVax»i tp^he throat w;the master of
the house ; and robbed him of various articles, to

Petersburg, (Va.) Match 30.
' Wo are informed by letters from Lunenburg
County, ''that the: trial of the seventuon slaves,
charged wath the murder of their master, Mr, John
Hanuin, tjooH place on Wednesday, tho 2jst inVt.
when nine of the most guilty wero condemned to
be huiig.on the ^7tb of April, though two of thi'a
number were recommended to .Executive mercy
op. account of their youth. The principal .witness
was a man who bore a part in the, transac
tion, but who, it seems Was induced to assist in
consequence of tha ihreats of the others. The
nine slaves ordered for execution, were appraised
at $3,3-00. • ' '•'

Patterson, N. J. lMarch 27.
Fire /—About 11 o'clock, A M. on Monday last
the roof of the Refortncd Dutch Chufcli in this
town^' was discovered to be on fire. ' Tho wind at
the time was 'pretty high, from the south-west,
and before the. engines could arrive, the' roof ha'd,
become almost an entire sheet o/ flame ; and so
rapid was the progress of the destructive element,
that in ]q*b than half an hour the whole wood
Work af the building became a heap of smoking
ruins. ••
, A burning flake, carried by the wind from the
church, lodged on the thatched roof of the barn
belonging to Garabrant Van Houten, Esq. several
hundred yardB distant, which was also sntirely
consumed.

. .The fireis supposed to havo originated from the
carelesspess of some person .shooting, the wadding
having lodged on the roof and communicated to
the shingles. -r ■ . .

. FOREIGN NEWS:
i British Claims on Spain. — We understand that
the arrangement with Spain for the settlement of
tjhej British claims was finally agreed to in Paris,
on the 14th inst. Ii willbe efRKsted by an* issue of
3,000,000^. sterling bearing interest at the rate of
5 per cent; per annum, payable half-yearly in Lon-
don. iThq debentures are to ^ be delivered. in two*
months from the .date of the agreement, or aooner
if ihoy can be prepared. It is material to atate,
for 'he information of the public, who are extreme
ly liable to be misled oh this point, that this ar-
rangement has nothing whatever, to do with the
boi^dsof the Cortes, but relates solely, to bona fide
losses of property unjustly sustained by British
subjects, by soizure, capture, or otherwise, by the
Spanish authgrities, during the progress of the war
vyith the American colonies which has ended in
establishing their, independence. ; .

| ■Jforihern Expedition.— The Hocia, CaptaitfPar-
ry,| intended for a voyage of . discovery to Spitz-
.bergen, is. completely fitted. Several vblocipides
are taken on board. '^When the Peruvians firit saw
a Spaniard on horseback, their consternation was
excessive j this no doubt will be thV ejl'ectjwhen
the Esquimaux bohold an Englishman on a' velo-
cipede.. . :; . ■' ;•

Extract of abetter dated, Laguayrj, loth Fab.
j :| . . , 1837, received, at Baltimore. •
:!| fVWe had a tremendpus sliock of an earthquake
;dk tho morning of the 2d inst. ) I was aieaily
1b.ro wn out from my cot ; the sensation when !
Jtrst aWQke was similar to that of being tossnd by
•Bie back of a person, placed beneath a bed- ■ I was
ipt ipng in gotting into one of the windows j
:0ir v old houso made; a noise something like the
aurhing;pf a spruce. wood fire j I thought it would
d*me down— the shock was nrbceeded by aft aw^-.
M; rumbling, and followed W a rushing t^ound
lile.that of a heavy gust, although tho air was
qijite. still, j It is th« -heaviest isjiock, whicli has
bwn felt since 1812, when Caraccas and Laguay-
ruwc'ro kid in ruins , however, ao material injury
h'W'iUeen' sustained. 4 nunibe^ of peqplo were
tlttown from their cpts, - ahd' tw'osraall hpuses; were
qtthenzed in Caraccas/' ^ 1 . ,

ho ship Octavia which arrived at Boston frorii
Mwbooli j sailed ci> the. .morning of the 2iat of
Fieliriitary, ■ Letter* jdatcd the i20th announce tho
is^eteaad da^geroiis situation of Lord Liverpool.'
On : l'%f 18th his Lordship had: a severe attack o>:
tha jaily land apoplexy /froni which he was not
expected. Ui xacf ver. AJr. Canning continued --ilj-

IS

T ie latest Account. from London, received
iy ti ie Live.pp'61 papers, is to Saturday eve-
•img,- February lti^— when the newa waa re-- '
ieiv )d in 'London, . that. Lord Liverpoo^had
beer a ttacked with acrioiw ihdispoiition, they '
rodiiced aehdible effect on the- money; mar- .
ket; The ; acJcdUr)t circulated in the city of
she nature of Lord Liverpool's iltaes* \$, that
ie \>|a8 c attackpd oh the morning ;of ithe 17th
itb'.a paralytic stroke, and his head was .
*ens bly affected by it; " | ,

Latest from Portugal.— A letter written fnT'
med ately beft re the departure ot thje steam-,
boat from LiaBon, dated the 7th inst. states r
An exprea 4 ! lUd"jUst now arrived from Gen.
tfubbs, at Qpo'rto ;— the rebels are dlefeated,;
they, have tost their baggage ^hd are -fly iog
\n ail 'diVectidij^,- - , Th / eVr ; ep,prt8:a>eV;.^*t it i«r
a last effort, 1 and that the number* did not
exce ed i,500 men, I !

Or Thursday, Colonel Purden arfiyed at
the Colonial Office, :in ] Downing-street, in a
chaise and four, having landed, on thejcoaat of
Qorn wall, bringing ' despatches with an ac-
count of the death of the King of the Ashan-
teos, in consequence of four .Svounds !t his ma-
jesty received) in the celebrated battlo in^
whic! i Goi. Pujden distinguished himself, as \.
commander of the British forces. •

i MARRIED, V ■
On Wednesday , the 28th ult. by tke Rev.
Bish( j. Varick, Mr. John Gardner, jto Misf
Anne Smith ens|: J '

In [Albany, on the 25th ulti by the Rev. Dr;
Ches er; Mr. Michael Dbuge of this. city, to
Miss Susan Anios, of Albap'y/ ■ {.

DIED, '

On Monday, 3d inst. Phebe Jane, daughter
of Mt. John Util.ey ; aged 14 months.

• Jb27.
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10

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13

Saturdays
Sunday ..........

Monday;....;. ..

Tuesday.,...':...
Wednesday, .
Thursday, j ,
Friduy, . .

ALMANAC

Sufi
Rises.

Sun :'|
Sets.'.

5 86

6 25

6 35

6 27

5 33

6 27
6 28

6 32

5 34

6^

5 29

C 31

. 5 28

6 32

PhasxS.

If

' MARINE LIST. '

ARRIVED, i
Friday, March 30, jl827.
Shi p Maria,'- Black, ; 100 days from jCahton
with teas-; Trident," Swain, 38 days from" LU <.
yerpo )1 with sal^,. coal, jSfcc. - •;.!

. Saturday, March 30.
Shi 5 Belle, McKown, 15 days froEp New-
Orlea as.' Schooner Splendid, Drew, 14 days :
from Tarapico with pimento, m^rch[aridi?e,
and'S)ecie; - ■ •'■'• . ■•*•'■• .

;■]'■■ ' . .Monday A^rU % *

Ship Atlantic, Fordic, 40 days from Belfast,
with merchandise, i Brigs, Alexander! Chan-
dler, 't5 days from Lisbon with wine and.aalt ;
libpe'j Halsey7 , 60' days from Lbboh with salt. 1
. " Tuesday, Aprti 3.

B. Whip, Lord Gambia, Taylor, 47 days from
Newcastle, Iing 4 with glass, &c". < Sqhooner
Reho!)oth, Ellis, 16 days from- Porto pavelld
with indigo, coffee, 1 &c. V F .

Wednesday, April 4.
. Ship Six Brothers, Williams, 4l dais from
Bordeaux with Brandy, wine,. &c. b\. Briga
Francjes Ann, Perkins, 37 days from Montejo
Bay ; Hector, Webster, frooi Dundeje^witK
cottbr bagging; hheni i&c"; brig Ocean,
Kidd, from Dundee, and 25 days from Payal
with dry goods ; : .Br. brig ; British ["King,
Young, 73 days fr^m Dundee with- coal, ^dty
:pode. &c. . - -\.: :' 'j ; / :■

U • ■ . • i Thursday^ April 5.
Brij ra T Fancy, Macy/ from Rio Janeiro, sail-
ed 14 h Feb. j with lepffee ; Pizarro, , Perkins,/
17. cjoys fro^PiihbeY P. R. Aviih sugar and
,cpffe!c ; Elizabeth-&> Ann, Perkins, -JO day*''
'from' Port au Prince; with coffee ; Aurora,
Nye, '^ daysifrom^eseina, and 40 fram Gib-
ral.tajr with.frijiitl. Itiiinstone, &c. Scb'oohers^
Mary, Cha.d.wicMS days from Poini Petre
(Guad.) with; nibla:ssea ; Couductor, . Cotton,
14 d»s from St, Croix, with rrim andjt^gaij
•Br. sic ibOner NSw Times, Clark^ 8 da ya troirt-
Behmida in ballastj 1 ; '•-'••"

f TKcj l"ubl?c^f ^e'sfwtftiUjrmfe that
the Mamhersa of the AFRICAN If ARMONIC'

, ... , .... _ ila^eVhijt^ . ,

. Dob a will be dperfed at half past. six', Shd per* s
fdrraanoo commfinc« at half ,past : seven' o'eloe^ '
preaiidly. .-Tickalti^ 2%««*ytfaa cants. • - -
■ yjt iCOp A. STAN SV Junl'V'ocaT Oonducitw-

J6

posmnr.

THE BIBLE.

By the Author of ? Loisure Hoars it Sw.'

' This is a true saying, end* Korthy of all atcep*
tation.

This little Book I'd rather own,
Than ell the gold and; genu
, Th»t■•e , •rinf^I^oa■ixhi , Co«ere■l^one-~ i,
Than all their diadems :
Nay, were the seas one chrysolite,
• The earth a golden ball,
And diamonds aU the stars of night,
! This Book were worth them aD.

How baleful to Ambition's eye*

His Wood-iWrang spoil* roust gleam,
When death'i nplffted hand is nigh,

His life— f vanish'd dream ; .
Then hear hiin, with his gasping breath,

For one poor moment crave— 1
Fool ! would'st thou stay the arm of death t

Aik of thy gold to eave !

Ko> no, the soul ne'er found relief

In glittering hoards of wealth ;
Gems dazzle not the ey* of grief,

Gold cannot purchase health :
But here a blessed balm appears,

To heal the deepest wo ; t
And he that; seeks his Book in tears, ,

His tears shall cease to flow.'

Here Ho who died on Calvary's tree,

Hath made that promise blest,
" Yeheavy laden, come to me,

And I wilt give you rest ;
A bruised reed I will not break,

A' contrite heart despise ;
* My burden's light, and all who take

My yoke, shall win the skies."

* FROM TH* CRYSTAf. ItUlfTXlt.

THERE WAS A TIME I NEV^ER SIGHED.

" Did not I weep- for hiifr- that toas in trouble ? x
was not my soul grieved for .the poor?"

There was a day I never sigh'd ;
• There was a time I gladly sung :
Oh.how I wish that. I had died,
When mind was pure and form was young.

If I were well, a father stoop 'd,
Above my bed, to bless my sleep ;

If I Were ill, a mother droop 'd,
And left my couch to think and weep.

My playmates were as brothers tried ;

Yes, winter days had sunshine then ;
I could not tell why people -sigh'd;

Nor feel the cares of busy men.

Friends I havp had, as kind and brave

As everjdaared a pliant soul :
But now, aSection's foe, the grave,

Has made the floods of sorrow roll.

. And I have lost my tide, my time ;
Cast off the 1 robe of innocence;
Have nurtur'd pride; encourag'd crime ;
- Ah ! flung away.my best defence.

Repentance hangs upon my heart ;
' Sweet thoughts for all are in ray mind ;
I would not throw a venom 'd dart—
O no ! I never was unkind !

. Yet, when my stream of tearsi* wide,
My willew'd harp to thip Is strung :
" O, how I wish that I bad died,
When min£ was pure find form was young."

G. E. E.

VABEBTXES.

Anecdote oflthe Rev. 8. Wesley.— Mr. Wesley
had a clerk, who believed the rector, his master,
to be the. greatest man ip the^parish, if hot in the
county ; and hiiiw-lf to be the ttbxtto him in worth
and importance!. He had the advantage and priv-
ilege of wearing out Mr. Wesley's cast-off clothes
and* wigs, for the latter of which his head was far
too small. The rector finding him particularly
vain -of one of those canonical substitutes for
hair which . he had lately . received, formed the
design to mortify him injhejpresence of that con-;
gregation before wliich John wished to appear in
every, respect ■ what he thought himself One
morning before church time Mr W; said, "John,
I shall preach on a particular subject to-day ; and
shall choose my own psalm, of which I shall give-
the first line, sjid you shalji proceed as usual."— -
John was pleajjed->nd service went, forward as it
was wonf to do, till' theyjearae to th* singing,
when Mr.; Wesley gave out the following .line : —

H Like to an owl in ivy bush."
Thiswas song— and the following line, John peep-
iug'Ssut of the huge" canonical wig, in which his
bead, was half lost, ghve out with an audible voice
and appropriate connecting twang—

u That rueful thing am I !" "
The whole oongre-iation; struck with John's ap- — ~- ~

■££Z»T** id ftlt Am) simUitude, and burst * *!Pf*H. I0 ^^^^^L^^
SlTl^touSter. The rector was plowed; for yon mow good; th« all

Joh n* was morti fied and his self-conceit to
Thj/ii the siims nian, wlw when King
returned to London, aft er soma of his exp
gave out in HepWbrth church— Lot ns sing tsf,
praise and glory of God, a hymn of my , X1 "*" —
pos]ng |— ;. * ;■ V,'

'* King. William i has^co^e hottie, conae^
King William home is come, .,»
Therefore let us together sing .,b
The hymn that's .tmVHdMfi«m. v , /

{Clark '* Memoirs of ' the Wcslsy Famty.

A MoraOan ' EstahUshinent.-A went- to. .vi
Moravian Kstsblishment in the town ; Of. gar^pta.,
Opposite the inn formerly sto^d a house con(
ing eighty bachelors, and hear it one containing:
eighty spinsters. The houso of the former w "
been burnt down ; that of the latter/has escau _
The females divide their own dwelling with {the
men/ till theirs is rebuilt; When a bacheldr is
tired of a. life of celibacy* ha goes next door,
chooses one out of the eighty , spinsters, andnti' '
her his wife. The pair become members 'of
general oetamunity, and 'keep a houis for'18
selves. The vacancies/are rifled up by the * ..
dren of those Who had once bee* ihraatrs of these
mansions of single blessedness. I was highlygrai*
ified With my visit to this human: hive.!; Every
thing was in the-heatest order ; the sisters as they
are called, with their little caps, and uniform dress
reminded me 7 of our fair Quakers The female
children we're reading awl writing; the young
women were, engaged in domestic employ ments.—
The old maids, for there were a few, 'were- occu-
pied in knitting and needle-work: All were busy
,at the occupation best adapted to their peculiar
habits and talents. Nor wero the brothers idle ;
here were shoemakers, .'tailors, weavers,' printers,,
and book-binders. I was shown a fine collection
ot the serpents and the reptiles' of Southern Rus-
sia. I saw also j a large collection of antiquities,
found in the neighborhood, Which proves the for-
mer existence of an ancient city on this spot.—
Ktpptl'i i Journey from India to fqngland?

'.Died ; at Parsonbury, parish of Plumbland. on
the ^th ult. Elizabeth Smith, late, of - Widtbn,
aged 86 years. . Her husbarid^died about four tear*
ago, at the age of 94. Their marriage was rather
a singular one. He was a tailor, by trade, [ and
about the age of 46, went into a harvost field i;t
the above parish, where a number of women Were
shearing, and proposing himself for a husband to
an/ one who would accept of him, and giving^tjhem
a quarter of an hour to consider of it. His/late
wife immediately .looked up, and said '" I'll pave
thee." " Vara weel, my lass ; , then to-morrow
merit is our wedding morn." In this respect he
was as good a* N his word : for ' tho very next morn
they were yic&'—CarlisU Patriot.- I

Dr. Von Iflland, in his writings, relates a (very
extraordinary case of the sagacity of a No_wfouha-
land dog :^" While'in practice at Quebec", a large
dog, bleeding profusely from, the right leg, attrac-
ted the attention of one of my' students ;— by' stro-
king the dog on the head and back, he was coaxed
into the 'surgery, where, on examination, I found
an artery and the tendons completely divided: . I
ordered the ' poor animal to be firmly secured i bv
v/hich. means a ligature was applied to the bleedr
ing vessel, and alter shaving the hair surrounding
the wound j I applied adhesive plasters; and brojight
the edges together, (leaving a small aperture for
the ligature,) coveredvWith a linen bandage. j Af-.
ter the operation he was set at liberty; but to my
great surprise the next morning the dog was ope of
ray earliest patients^-the bandage appeared to bo
undisturbed ; I, however, removed it for the pur-
pose of examining the state of the wound, and as
tbe strips, of plaster seemed to be in the adhfsiye
state I had applied them the day before, they wore
allowed to remain. On the [third day the saga-
cious animal made his appearance— he was thfen of
Course considered as ' an out door patient, I *'»•
■t'ogniia, and impatiently (by iiis gestures) Wait-
ed his turn to meet the attention or my assistants
to dress anew his wdunds ; ; to which he most
gently submitted, licking, during the- whole time
of the operation, the "hands of the operator.! He
continued punctually to visit my surgery every
morning at the same hour until cured, which jl bf?
lieve was not less than fifteen days. . I found
time after that the dog belonged to a respe*"
butcher in St. John's suburbs ; and to prpi
gratitude of that animal, . I roust say, that
time,Aad»oc^asi6h to pass his master's hr*
was hnpossible to avoid the extreme care
fondness whichsbe displayed by his alert,
and jumping, and even foil owing methi ^
my visits to all tljo patients I: then had under toy
card in both suburbs, and then following uiiwhe
saw me safely in niy own. lodgings, when f 1 "
mediately departed for hid ijnasjer's ' I
what U more extraocdiharyi! aU the enticing
resorted to by the students and myself,
could prevail upon the .dog to enter the sun
after he was disfmsed ds cured.''— London /

yVb. 218, Sffuth Sixth-duet, Pbiladetpkuu

THE SubBcriber rwnWtfully returita hit
sincere 4hanks to his friends' and the public m
general, for their ' tVror and patronage/ H«
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assortment of Gsntlemen'sj READY-MADE
WEARl M3 APPAREL of superior quality, both
new and' second-handed, where Customers will be
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some style. He also informs Faniilies and private.
Gentlemen, who have sosond-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with j a good price, and
ready sale for their goods, by
• "" TJA^'

ANIELlVETETlSON,
M; ?I8, South* Second-it. Mhiladelphia.
: iSf; B. Tavloritog'; carried ion in it*, various
branches, and on the cheapest terms!

Mr. Memethif s~-A. lady very mjucli afih»
ncrvotis icompUtufts, went toL.eonsuIt the
ted surgeon Abernethy; The rough and.
manner in* which he wtechiscd hor so' .dtf'
sed the fair one's weak spirits; that she was
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usual foe into his hand, ia the ^ forin^ -.-of M\
and a shilling; ?Mr. Abernethjr pocket**
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'Vsj>*ttse;it-'eyery dayW

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I looioi at tht

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Inquire of S. E. Cornish, No. 5j Varick-street.
New-York, March 20.

SOMETHING TO BE SAVED!
CHARLES MORTIMER,
Respectfully informs his customers, arid
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• Sating Boots, - - 0 75
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n N.' B. He also informs his gentlemen custom-
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change, or ho will give his Work for secbnd-jianded
Boots. All orders left at his' Shop, 93 Church-
street, will, be. immediately attended to.
Nsw r Yofk, March 20. ' 2

SOBOOIi,

For Colwtrtd Oiildren of both Sexet,
t/nder St. Philip's Church, is now. ready for the

. . admission of Pupils. r ,
IN this school will be taught READING, WRI-
TINGS ARITHMETIC, ENGLISH GRAM-
MAR, GEOGRAPHY; with th) use iorT Maps
and Globes, and' HISTORY.

Terms from two to four dollars per quarter. 9
' Reference.-— Rev. Peter Williams, Rev. James'
Varick, Rev, S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul,
Rev. William Miller.
New- York, March 14. 1

LAND FOR SALE, V
^ THE iubsoriber is authorised to offer to his
e*lo«ired*brethren,.2,Q00 Acres df excellent Lako,
af less 'than one half its valued provided' they will
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured .fanners. The land is in the slate ot New-
York, within 70 miles of the city ': its location is
delightful, beitig on the banks of the Delaware
river, with. an open navigation to the citvof Phi-
ladelphia. The oaaal lesiding from the Delawafe.
to .the Hudson rim passes through the tract, ©-
pening/a direct navigation to New^York city. The

Cassage to either city may be made in one day or
issV. : the land is of the best quality, and well
timbered. ... >

er hopes that some of his or eth-
pitaJists, will at least, invest 500 or
1 these lands. To such he Will take
iy, this land can be'purchased tor
8re, (by coloured men,) though it
has been sellinig; for f25. He also takes the liberty
to ohsenre UiaTthe , purchase will, be - safe and ad-
viuttageous^ aaid bethinks such a. settlement, form-
ed by oaloured (amilics, would . bo conducive of
mochiioed .'■: With Uii» object: m viewhe '..will- in-
vast 600 dollars in the purchase

-'I SAM^L^CORNISH:
Nsw-to^k, March 20. . j
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memoirs!, op capt. paul cCppbje;

By judicious plans, arid diligence in their
oxeeutiotf. Paul gradually increased hi* pro-
perty, and by his integrity and consistency, of
conduct, has gained, the esteem arid regard
of hiY fellow citkens. tin iho year 1800, hej

building an* equipping 4 bng of 162 ion*
^urthen, which portion he "still holds. One
fourth belongs to Vis brother; and the other
fourth is owned bjy persons not related to his
family. This vessel is commanded by .Thp-l
mas Wainer, Paiil Cuflfee's nephew,, whqse
talents and character are perfectly adequate
to such a situation. The ship Aloha of 2,J8
tons, carpenter's] measure, of which Paul.
Dwn3 three: fourths, was built in 1806 ; of this:
yessel he was the] commander, the rest of the
crew consisted of] seven men of. color. The
ship has performed a voyage under his com-
inaod from Wilmington to Savannah, from
thenoe to Gottenburg, and thenCe to Phila-
delphia.

: After Paul's return in 1806, the brig Tra ;
veller, of 100 tons' burthen was built at West-
port, of one halfjof which 'he is . the owner.
After this period, Pad being extensively
bngaged in his mercantile and a^ricultu*
iral pursuits resided 1 at Westport. ■* For sev-
eral years previous to this, Paul had turn-
ed his attention, to t he colony of Sierra Leona
and was induced to believe from the commu-
nications from/ hjurope and* other sources,
that his endeavours to contribute to itc wel-
fare, and/tkat of llis fellow men, might not b~-
ineffectual. Unjler those impressions he
sailed for Sierra Leoua iathe commencement
bf in the brig Traveller, bis nephew

Thomas Wairier being the" captain. He ar-
rived there after two months passage, and re

'pfh^^A^caLn ^^^ik^^li^^^}*^!^-
rievolent designs, applied for and obtained a
libense, which, bejing forwarded to Paul Cuf-
fe, induced Hirn to come to thi.s country with
a catgo of African' produce ; for the" more eff
feclual prohiotionjpf his primary intention, he
left his nephew Thomas Wainer in the v colo-
ny, and with the same disinterested views,
brought with him! Aaron Richards, a native
of Sierra LeonaJ with a view of educating
him, and particularly of instructing him in
the art of navigation. • >.
i. From the exertions of one individual, how-
ever ardently engaged, we ought not to form
too high expectations, but from the little in-
formation we have obtained of his endeavors
amongst the Colonists of Sierra Leoria/ and
the open reception which he met with among
tbem, there are strong grounds' of hope Mai
fee. has not sowri the seeds of improvement
upon an unfruitful soil.

He arrixed here a few weeks since in the
brigTraveller, (consigned to W. arid R. Rath-
hone,) navigated jby eight ! men of color and
an apprentice boy; and it is but justice to
the crew, to observe that ; during their stay,
they were remarkable for their, good conduct,
and, proper behaviour, &n<d that the* greatest
cordiality appears to prevail among ' them.
Siince Paul CuffoVs^ arrival ; he ;has been
twice in London, the second . time at the ri-
dbest of the board of the African Institution,
■who were desiVdiis of ^ cpnsulting with hirn as
|tp the best means' ofr carrying/ their benfeyo-
" Tent vie ws respecting. Africa into effect ; .
From' the pre^ejpng memoir, the reader
iust have become acquainted with the . pro-
minent feature of Paul CuffeVs character.
A sound onderstinding, united with energy^
and perseverance,, leerni to \have rendered.
hw capable of surmounting difficulties which
would have /discouraged an ordinary mind,
whilst the failures which have attended his
well concerted plans have rather resulted
from casualties than from error in judgment.
JJorn under peculiar disadyantages,\deprived
of the benefits of early education, andJiislmc*
ridiau spent in toil and- viciBsitude*,\he| has
struggled under disadvantages which have
iseldom occurred in the' career of any infcUvid-r
ual. --Yet under pressure of these difficultjeB;
he seemed to have fostered dispositibhe^bjf
iniirid which qualify him for any station* in Iffe;
in which he may be introduced. Hi* person
is tall, welj formed, and athletic ; his deport^
ment conc|liaUng,yefcidignified and serious^. 1
His prudence strengthened l»y a paternal
cere and example, no doubt guarded him in
his youth When exposed tu di|aolute cora^ny,'
■\Vhich unavoidably attends a sea-faring l.llfej.

whilst religion influencing his 1 mind-by its*e^
cret guidance m jsUent reflation; has in ads
yanced manhood added to the brightness of
his character/; and instituted. 1 and; confirmed;
his disposition' w practicable^ good. ••.
' On' being questioned some years since, re*;
■peeiing the religious profession of hie p4<
Tbntt an^ hjnwjf; ; j^gg ^^j^j^Sff^

members of ahy pci%^ but they ifolid
the Quaker meeling," arid 1 as tcrPaul's reli

obi, .and the relations vastly more compliea-
itod, when all kho black* in the West Indies
become free citi/.ens. . .Cemplairit is already
made, that runaway slaves find means of join-
ing the emigrants to'JIayti, and Congress is
balled upon to interpose the national arm for
ihe preservation of this species of property. I
' ret, that While the .interests of a hundred

ity, compared; with their state a few years
go, should receive, not more indeed than

gion, he has walked in the steps of his fa^'itheir dtie, but a very marked attention in the
ther, arid iswiliiig to ,gfive . the right hand of- innugural discourse, of our new President,,

■ .there should riot have been some slight alluf;

sion to the interest*. of ii$o miUions of QMt fej-,
low-subjecta, more wronged,- more degraded,
arid 1 more hopeless of relief from '.any quarter

fellowship to thit people vho walk nigh to
God, called the children bl \light. '

He lias sin^e made application and been
redeived into membership with the Society
of Friends. 1 - ;

Liverpool, Oct. 4, 1812.

PEOjPLE OF COLOUR.
, (Continued.)
! Such then is the iinporta ic<3 of olir enqui^
ries respecting the extirpt tiiri of slavery.tr-
PhilanthrOpy has| been put .xff for many years
with fair speeches, and pat: letic lamentations
-over the evils of! slavery, a id; the difficulty "of
applying a remedy. It is time to do sorne-
thing ; neither can the urgency of the c'ase' be*'
satisfied with ' aqy half-Way ^ measures. We
jnay as well look this siibjec fairly in the face,
and make up our riiirids ;tK it] the i' jpbint to hei
aimed ;at is the entire and speedy dbolttuin pj.
slavery. Fori whether .we choose it or notj
the ihmg Will be ;done. And; we must adapt
our rneastire^io meet the c xigency, whicK;^'
a preseirig^one. We cam :ot go . about and
about the point. We hayo : loitithie to\yfC$$^
Natives'. We 'must adopt s6m!e rrit-tr.'t*f /for
the very speedy accomplish heji!* of the o
The Colonization Society, c xcellehf

a^too ^eble ; i^u^*po^ rs? : * The seeds
revolution, as the despots if Europe would
say, or in American language',, the principles
of freedom, are too rapid in [their growth, aiid
too much cherished by. the. circumstances of
the present .day,; and too qbick and irresisti-
ble' in tbeir dperations, to wait for the driz-
iling process of trahspprti: ig| two millions of
people across; the : Atlantic; i Emancipation'
must take. place on tkt spot where slavery exists.
Nothing short of this will meet the exigency;
and we shall only be throwing 'dust in each
other's ey>s, if we talk of my thing short of
this. - We may inquire and debate, and exer-
cise all the wisdom we- have , about the details
of the modejri which it is tq bb done, but the
thing to be do'iie is incapable jbf alteration or
debate) It ca'u rieither he divided nor shnii-
iied. It is just brie simple 1 liik.g, and is to bo
taken so, as much as a d^cl iration of war.—
We need all the wisdom, and the concentrated
energy- of thejjwhole riatiori'j to (jyercbrne the'
Fdifficulties in the-casev Hut -Where the case
is so. desperate^ difiiculties sihbuld 6nly"-stimui
lite to more extraofdihary ^fforts. '
- I gladly leave it to wiser heads, than mine
to mature a plan for this pui pose, ; I will only
with modesty show iny opin oh in -regard to a
few- particulars^ which 1 deem important to
be kept ih vie wl

1; It must bb 1 made * national business.—
The whole natibri' :share iri the-disgrace of
^layery/ in^the giiilt bf¥ihti oducing and per-;
petuaurig it, arid in the darifier which threap
ens «ur !rreeihstitutibris, ;bi r national um<^
arid our fnendly intercburie jwith other na-;
tibns.;' Every >oliticiari ae( is tliat the only
point; ^ of danger^ to Our duiitri! is in the exis-
tence of slavery. Wise men aire exceedingly
apprehensive that ' * permi merit division of
views arid interests will a irie between the
slave-holding o^tlienbrirsia refolding statesl;
And thrt stfuice ofjU leelii g: will be cbhti'n-;
ually; growing wbrse.xa* the effect of slavery
upon our foreign relatione, and our national
prosperity becotneai more - apparent. It 'Hll
be increased tbojby the irite nperate madne&s
♦f those who ujihold the slave system. The
nation cannot bekr every thi ug. and if the in-
dignation of the people sl-oulc compel oar gci
yemment to wiUicrav? ibei pro.ection, aud
giv^ notice that the ajaveaU tes are tb .be left
to themselves; I tiremblefor tie contrquenctf.
The abolition of klayery. ovgbfto fee • pau^aV
*l buaicess too, iibm jU'bear^g.npon oat $»«
.eign relations. W? it® not [jr'jst through wilfa
' le cohfiicting|cwi]owi t»rwiftg!out dfxii'I'law;

fr. The bysipeftf of deUuung Britiah citi-
xens under the ajave laws, js^ Bjot 'settled, The

but the national gpyernrneriKi The President
under whose kdministratiori effective meas-
ures shall be tiken for the, abolition of slave-
ry, will deaerye the namb of having accom-
plished a work of the greatest difficulty, and
haviiig deliyerjed his country from the great-
est calamity, and' seoured the highest claim
upon the gratitn de of posterity. The atten-
tion of President Adam^mightwel! be direcw
; ted to it, as the noblest;bbject of ambition that
he can' set beforejiim'fat' the commencement
.of his official tje.rm. . If any thing can be done
under the coijititutibri a* it now is, let it be
done : and if not let the^onstitution be amen-
dedi :. :j ; v

2. The idea of emancipating all the slaves
in i; the UnitexliStates by purchase, must be
iwholly scoute$. There is no reason in the
world why the slave-holders should be hired
to be ju'strl have before attempted to show
that the r^atibh of master and slave is whol-
ly a creature ;of the laws.. "The law anthori-
.zed it upon th? supposHien that it was for the
public gobdj that is, for the good of both mag-
"1 slave, j This Mr. 'Clark son hds fully

In his " Thoughts," before referred to, p. -16,
37, he proves that both Elfcabeth and Loiiis
.XIII. wore made to believe that it was for
the interest off the Africans to be brought to
America, " that they might be r cc nverted to
Christianity." If now -it can be. made to ap-
pear, it cbrij most manifestly^ thit it is-not
for the public good that the relation-should be
continued, but that th e in te rests : of the whole
community^ rijasters.' and i slavesjjwhites and
'Hlajcks f '.;'r^quirp;: its abolition, the sovereign
power of tile' nation has a right to say that it
ishall cease." Ijf it be aaid' that tho natibn has
no.right to interfere in the private concerns
Of individuals, 1 1 .answer^ that Congress did;
by the restrictii'e system assume the right of
legislating for [the interests of the merchants,
against ^ their Wishes ; aiid I belieye thot all,
partiesj hdweyer they m^y differ ori the ques-
tion of expediency, are now satisfied of the
ngW of Congress ito do as they did in that
;case. .They have ari equal right to legislate
within constitutional limita for the benefit of
the planters, J against their wishes; I shall
here be told of yested rights t which the plan-
ter has, as he says, to property which he ac-
quired under existing Jaws,;and which cannot
be^justly taken fromShira by a new legisla-
tive enactment.; llut docs not every change
of public- poliby alter . the value of property,
arid ; often destroy it ? Did our merchants
ever ask pay far their vessels which rotted! at
their Wharves under the restrictive system ?'
%i ;mahnia^tbrersfbr iheir establishmenti

p le df political txptdieney which would ari-
t totif.9 the eifpeSdiUire of aire* handre* jot
thousand niiHibiw' for this objects j it would
indeed be tfib dictates louttd pbjicrtoi con-
s ift the present inter esta of the plabtett an* :
i» conciliate their feelings as itttch aarp<
We. But n>
f 'blinge wi

But neithe/ t>rb«ents bteresl^rior warim.
ngi wiff i^Wbyi^/« coritjntMitfq* oi tbm
I imi uori jj'pfc; ; Jhrtri1ii(<i)Ljrti<it .fir inrfir
)V law ror emancipatiBg oor ail

f ey a

w¥er«
of the*
tb b# -
free«

they are. If they eatf be remoye d
>yntry it is well. But the: first tal
c MsMered is, that they riutat and

' From, the Massachusetts AOrW:
SATURDAY pwm4.
How seldom one thinks of himself
isy world as it. revolves in its ceaj

tljiinga of fa^bri ' *ii$\$p$a»;W- ti

f<Jr e"tho Viiiim-^thftiwjl^ ■ bf

r^Me^AoWnorrbwr all
of life] and yet we never pause to n
ojirsclves. • ; . < r ' . : . " '
It. has been said, that all are selfish
abd y«it .no remark wm «v«r more. onjuiC;
v ill adduce for example yonr brightest Mf«: .
pi* genius— one who has the Pr^etbean spawt in.
his soul, who looks upon thf» landscape luid h>vje«
it— Who see* virtue and talls; prostrate at its ihrine

oil account of his igno^ancej tbw'Ae chHetiM.
Wlio breaks a Iess^moral tie. i So genioa, '* which A
knows the right and yet. th«wrpng pur^OJsei" kr.1
Ttcious! when corafmred 1 witbfolJjv ^ ;/ . . ^ ' . - i
How few of the fiivbred torts of t*}eat act «p t» j
their (high vocation. In all arts, in; -all Jc*e^cea,1
genius lHto a cbraet, is ever eccentric^ .apd its ir-/'
rWulf^rity, cbmparatively sp«a^
can it be reduced to conai^ency / can;edocatioft:
iikMl mind bejlod to fcrfupt the pla^ morality of an.
(on wit yeoman ? ' r ^. ^ ' iP*f-\- ! "

w^?SLey?!3
plfoye' ai
day Evenin<

ling should recal oae fffomtlw troables.
ahd outward assaults of the Workf to a» hawaxi
himself, his conduit, his Jo-

cpmmuuication with 1^.^. — , — . — —
cjition|as to here arid hereaftor. It shbuU be^liktf
the cottage of the loyer and-the laborer— ^ should
sit' do\va be»|de the fireside of his own heart, call
alound him his cliildren,; which v are bis thoughts^

JLa UkUL .1.— -•*' ■- ■!'--•-*- *^ 1*1--.'—

a(id with them enter into judgmehtaa to [the' past^-
id -fiibm, this, calculate upon (better things to Je>
irfornied iri thefiiture. 1 Men read hhKbry to ba

which became jwbrse than worthless to theni
at the return pf ipeace ?. And is .slavery "such

ehipf

vested right wliich cannot be ^controlled by, ;
tlie public interest v If ^b slave-)iold«rclaimb
,any{i ight exce >tipg one which-the Jaws have
given, and whiehftbey therefore may rescind
1 put him, to the proof.; And 1 trace his titlb
pack,' either to its origiipaKfrarid and. violence
Afri4a,;or to the] birth of hw^slaya in 3\mb-
rica. The former ia given up. Aud as to
the ilatter; I aak if there! ia any principle of
natural right- f which ««fyf that this, child
Ishould be subjec^edf be iad m posterity for
eijer, to the " ' ' ' ' *" ^" ' ' *

another, and

Arbitrary will an d tyranny, of
4bre?rer to the candition of a
beean«« j by mere j accident and by no;
r will of hi" own, he waa born of a
person who had been; previously in? Uw^cbn-'

iariU or.m

ditiflri of a elaye J** Clarkson, p. 14. And if
liniioti ii not bound in justice to buy these-
rbea from iheir maatbn in ordttr to nwkt

fwihUof conuc|^iUb'tS ! 3Uym numer- th«fc free,' moit ce tainly <-}xc» *4 aoprinc

jformed ofihe past— they gravely calcojate ftona
» rediction what may ensue from the jun^t of ti»
p resent political world-r-and yet forgel, j(o kok a*
t; te past of then" own livesf and to 2>aw a y^roj«
s !ot>e; of their future existence, even bobo eairth<
1 he world i^selfish, it is said— and y^tribW htOa;
b * man's life is. devoted to niniself;.^ ^^T^eitif,^
that ambitioiv claims a part^the love of distmer
tion, of pleaswe, of ease ate cr^itors whiik^
laim-morej— bat recall aelnshneia;f.,.wn^cfc

hese outward objectSj an*^bich rt- ;
v settlement of onr wjth^eor^

„ . -^ca{'n^ ; ^part-vm' the .•dr.ama-' of txistoijtee^

a jd i^i ubtrieid bej^re theforum. of eon^eaot., •
Ho^v seldom do we strive tohe aoquainlej .vftUa

o ir conduct4-aJl unnoticed as W«
■Of dtath. " '

Is^here io 'rcmedy-r-lejt; each Saturday se| to
ii dgment^pbri tbe^OTiwdayMf ^W^- a
!i tthiiib^tS b^aeyo^
•nitbned and prayed "

^IIE DEAN OF BADAJOZ.-T-A TAI.R '
frcW.the Abbs: Bxaiccu*^ !: •
t (Concluded.) %
The peorile and! clergy of .|fei^^..%mig>
ek as may be supposed, an .mm%, by, wlucii. •
tl ey were deprived t 9f »o, worthy a pastor;
rid thecaijfona of thte-/ cithedtal,; to testify
El eir resp^t,.ui]iarii£(ibualy , corifctrad on kiut
* e right o£ nominating sit, iucce«*et»

Don, Tor Jtbio : die not neglect so alluring
opportuniiv; to provide for h»*^k ' He J
q letted tljd biahoptib of the new ttcM^
ahilwas refdaed who all mmg®Oite$A i
1 e had» he|aaid, the great** Koaetfl .
h a old, master, and wm both ierry an4
njed' it was not in' Mi power, to , grantja
appeared to /very/ti triflt ; bnW in
TerdiqVnd de ^lieos^M!
bid asked this same buho|^ fcrhit
4b ? arid tijough he hpA smm m
b eman, he had, he said, some seci
a it, and, what wi» mr*?m,
M >a»;to him v ; jrvnattimf"
t» We duty, to < prefer an bit .
h|m ooe i hot thai be ou|ht not; U

18

\ Tfiged at thiepx^pf of hhl justice as he. might

:''''iW'Ctthi'Amvea^wiiich it certainly would be

tKe Very firsllo^rtunity.j
1 "This anecdote concerning the ancient ob*
ligations of thp archbishop the magician had
the goodness to believe ; and rejoiced, as
much w he was! able,' that his interests were
: MM:rific;^d.to..tho>le .of -Don Ferdyiahd,

Nothing, therefore, thought of but
; preparations for their departure to Compos-
s UUa, where they; were uojw to.reaide ; tboujgji
■■; ., these were scarcely worth the trouble, eon-
1} sidering the sharjt time th!ey were destined to
£ ?, remain there ) h>x, at tha : jend of a fe w months
; one of the Popq's chapiperlai'ns, arrived, who
brought the archbishop a cardinal's cap, with,
ii an epistle, conceived , in the most respectful
terms, in: which his holiness invited him to
r assist, by his Counsel, in' the government of
i. '••..tier Christian ■« tn'orld ; permitting him at the
i same time, to dispose of his mitre in favor s of
whom he pleased. . ' .

, Don Torribip was not atCompostella when
the courier of | the holy ;fathcr arrived. , He
-;:-;- had been' to^eq 1 his. son, who still .'.continued
a priest in a small parish at Toledo;. but lie
presently returned, and j was not out to the
> trou2)le.of asking for. the; vacant ar ihbishOp-
j iic >: The^ prelate rah to meet him with open
j . arms;' \ ' !' :

/'My dear master" said he, " I' have two
i pieces of good iriews to relate at once# Your
| ..disciple is created . a cardinal, and your son
j " shall— shortly be advanced to the same dig*-
i city. I had ir| tended, in the meantime^ to
j have bestqwed On him the archbishopric of
: ^ Compostella ; but, unfortunately fort him, or
^ rather for me, my mother, whom we .left at
' ; S^dajoz, has, diiring your absence, written
to me a cruel letter, by which all my mea-
sures havo been disconcerted. She will not
". he pacified unless I appoint for my successor
the archdeacon of my former church, Don
Pablos de SSaljazar, her intimate friend and
' /Confessor. Shejtells me, it will occasion her
death, if she shjcjuld not be able to obta'in.pre
ferment for her dear father in God'; and !
have no doubt but what she says is true. Ima-
gine* yourself in my place, my dear master.
.'Shall I be the dea'h of my niother ?"

D6h Torrlbio| Was aot a person who would
incite or urge bis friend; to be guilty of par-
- ricide ;. nor did! he indulge, .himself in the
least resentmejnt against the mother of the
prelate. '.•;•• [ ,

• To say . the tnjith, however, this mother he
talked of was a jgoo'd Icird of woman nearly
superannuated] jwho lived quietly with her
eat and maid-sbrvani, and scarcely knew the
name of her ckmiessor. Was 'it likely then
■ that she had procured Don Pablos his arch*
bishopric ? Was it not far more probable that
he was indqbtejd for it to a Gallician lady, his'
cousin, a young widow, at once devout. and
handsome, in wposej "company his grace the
. archbishop had! (frequently been edified during
his residence atj Compostella ? Be it as it may
Don Torribio fpf lowed his eminence to Rome.
Scarcely had hp arrived in that city, before
... the pope died, j it is easy to imagine the con-
sequence of this event. ; The conclave met.
• All the voices of the sacred college were
unanimous in i^LVor of ' the 'Spanish cardinal.
Behold bimj therefore^ ;pope| ,

Immodiatelyj/sfter the ceremonies of his
. exaltation, Doiji Torribio] admitted to a secret
J audience, wept with joy while he kissed the
feet of his'deajr pupil; whom lie saw fill with

MM

bo much' dignity the pontifical throne. lie
modestly /represented his long and faithful
service^ He-jieminded his holiness of his

- promises, those inviolable promises, which he
had rcne wed tj efore he entered the conclave.
•'. lie hinted at the hat which the had quitted on
f receiving the tiara ; but, instead of demand-
ing that hat for Don ! Benjamin, hc 'fi|nishe^-
with most exemplary moderation, by renoun-
cing every ambitious hope. lie and his son,
| he said* would both esteem themselves too
! happyfif hishpiineais would bestow on themy
• together .withj his benediction, the smallest-
temporal benefit ; such as an. annuity for life,
suf&cient for the few wants of an ecciesias/-
' $ieanda philosopher. • - m '• ■

'During thiaj haranffiiie the sovereign ppn-
*" tiff consideredjwithin himself how to dispose
of his preceptor. -He reflected thnt he was! no
longer, very neceasary \ that he already knew
morO of magio than was sufficient io: ajiopc :
/that ' it . must be- highly hnproper' for-him to
'' appear at the nocturnal assemblies of Sorce-
h' ters, tvld assist at tlieirjihdecent ceremonies.
';■ jVfter, weighing every eireniiistance, •his hO-
3iness concluded; thai Do-rt-Torribio w*^ 'not
only a uselessj but a xrdublepome -dependant ;
itnd, this point decided, j he was ino lon^er in
4dubt what answer to return. Accordingly,
^replied ii(tKe following words : u We hayc
! Se^ediwithcioncern,tKat ; u^ pretext of
^ iuMvatmg the occqlt sciences^ 'you maintain
r& horrible intercourse with the spirit of dark-
I iie«s and deceit ; whebfore we exhort you

t\4 ftiher^tol expiate ^our crime by a ^epeh-
(it^ro#rtionable to its..oiionnity* More^
f^&$yr£ ef oln-ybu »to!depart'fr6m-the.t«m-;i--

; ■ 'I I " /

tories of the church- tvlthin thre'i dayi
pain of being delivered; over, w; the secuUt
arm, anjjlta ^^nero'ilets ; 'rlame3^ ' \" ' '

Don Torribio, without being disconcerted,
immediately, repeated mlbud.tho ih:

rious words - which the reader '
to.reroembors| ajhd, gp«ig4o.the*
out, wich^ali h^s |fbrceV ; <* Jocintl

jro^mystei
ere desired
|indow,«riod
la, you need

spit but one partridge!! for my frtend the Dean
,wnrnotisup,.h'oi'ejtq-ri%tft^^ thiiwas »Wn :
Mcrbolt to the imaginary' pope, |He inimedi-
a.telyArec^vtt.rea frym a 'uindiofi trance, into
which he hnd^been thrown by the three ma-
gic words, : when ithey 'were ^ratipronouiiced;'
and perceived that,' instead of being in^the
Vatican, he wafiStill at Toledo, liri the closet
of Don, .Torribiii) j andisaw by thel clock 'tit was
not vet a complete hour; since ;hje ■first enter-
ed the futal cabinet, where he had beep en-
tertained with such jpleasant ; dreamf. In that
short time : ,he bad ^mia^ine-dihimself a jnagi-;
cian, a-bishrjp,! ^:n archbishbp^ a card^ij|$
pope ' y and at . last he found h<)^as-
dupe *nd a knave; All ; was illpsion, exefflf
the proofs he had ' givei of his ^deceitfuiner 1 '-
and evil heart. { He instantly departed, w.itl
out speaking, a ! word, and, finding his mplerj
where" he had. left her, returneq to. Badajo:'.,;
without having mado the smallest progressi
in the sublime science .in whicli he had pro :
posed to become, ah adept.

ORIGINAL COMMVmCATIOX.

rOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURIfAJ.i

EDUCATION.
H No. III.
It is a given point, that the hunan mindxle-
void of culture J is incapable of sharing in.the
great affairs ofj the. world, or of. enjoy inff in
its own refiections that, saiisfaction which: is
in no small mejisure' conducivo to its well-be''
^n?. . - . jV [ •: .. ' ' • ■ L . . '.

The doctrine, that By the sweat of the
brow,' s'Jall majn 'eat -of the. fruit Of .the earth,
implies, that except man sjiali the earth
and sow the seed, it will hot be : productivc of
those .fruits' so'jessetttiaJ to his subsistence.—
And our own experience may hove taught us,
tliat uncultivated land, however favourably
located, never yields to the proprietor * s o-
great a revenue, as'! it necessarily dioes after
cultivation; . The work? of nature,! in some,
features or other bear . resemblance to One'
another: Accordingly, the miiid votj naatt; '*"'
its ; .unpolished .'and, 'riido siatje^ rpseo*
ground unimproved by a process of agricultu-
ral labour ; but when : disciplined b^ a good
education is alike beaut iful \|*|th -that same
ground, tilled and cultured hyj the hii's'batid-.
man. .... ' - - " . «' , - - * i

It is easy. t^.aocount for tic. grovelling
and selfish habits, ao prevalent among us.
when we reflccjt that.we are, as.^a mass desti-
tute Of educatioiii ; it is of rave instance,, that
the principle of | benevolence ^rs conspicuous
in rrn iiidividuajl or community uninfluenced
by the light of science. On tire contrary, it
is to bo remarked j that; iWier^yer darkness
enyckipes the mind* wo, fad rvih desiring to
livo J'on hithself alorie ; and exiAibitingj a selfr
ishness the jino^t sordid; lib. japwears ;-,to- aim at
defeating one 'of the grand designs of the
constitution of! the social, order/ (

If in a darkdnd batbaro
to moye o,ut of] the sphere of 8cif-16ve, itolend
a helping hand to assuage il\6 sorrow^ or
to' alleviate th>.;distress of his fellow, we may
extenuate, the:fault; ; in consideij^tion that the
light of his, original was .pbscured. But the
night isfari^pmi } the day has j dawned. Ih
that nins maij read, and $&udyjaring wan
need not e«v ; , j i'-'i.

O'ur' brethren; who have attjained" mature
age, are bereft 'of a covert) to shield, tht'iri
from the in|putation of iisJlessnesa to so great
a matter as edudatiop. The mjiB8,: : U ,is. true,
have unfortunately been deprived of parties,
pation in literary studios,, at thajt eeasou wherf (
the mind, is pliable . and exonerated fr:dh|
cares., , And wlhe,n,#e't%k : e intoiyiew, the toar|
row Compass of their means, and in general,
the drudgery of .their, several , vocations, wo
concluile -that .U^

cy in literature ;and BciehceJ is to them,. quite
gone. •These! advantages, w.4 expect they
will confer upon their children.; Still* we dp
not- concede, : that they;. may npt make somfe
Improvements j from the /sources 'yet/ within
their'provincei ... r . ; -. •;. ^ .

We therefore hold' up to yiewi^bbatn
schools, for the instruction of those who .may
be unacquainted with thp art of reaeing.. Iu
these schools many who havo entered Uiera
in exitiro,. ignorance of the first principles pj
our vernacular, tongue, have.; attained supl;
proficiency, as now to be capable pf reading
.•c6iaip>ihe¥wib^^^im«l^:. English suthqrs. ^t .
thereforerth»;wereaU that could be urged in
recommendation of attendance on schools ot
this nature by, adults, it should weigh mtich
with such of our brethren, to whom wo here
have refeience.. Takingjt fq panted,, th a
a just sense of.]Q»e importance; it this scq«>«
tion is cherished by , most of homi wd oon

rate aa a preventive to the. a^loptioii of so
• laliilWrm^

infatuated a« to desire Ope accojrnpliihment of
W*0 t without at ;on0e perceiving that the

• Another source, of improvement accessible Descended from the same great progeni-
tb adhltsV « that, toibe obtairjptHn Schbola of tqr ; settled oh 1th s borders of the Red 'Sea,

BcriptionMn ^peratL, among, ojur brethren of ! water with Lheir bre hren,' the Egyp-
this city, -ahd if ^ tiaus ; the Ethiopians mut t have been mfe-

thejr ; 0^vyn:^peri^^|nd m have | T i or to the most extravagait opinions enter-

hhvp ipdustriously ^cquirod ; at one and the intellectual mfenpnty of ;-th< African race, to
same timeVsu^^ degenera;tdi so soon ! rom their original

to others, froui th^ Bame commbh fountain.— statc>

•aise feom the ^comnton level, those, who/ may course between the two natwns, not- only, froitt^
iaeiy devo^o/^^ponWn!. % of- .th^ir-'timiB to so / the favourable po8ttiop<of he two k^ngdonp^ ' .

' ' but also from the historic al fact, thai in tlfe;:^>

shomehtbus.a subje! .

We may> advaiicei|ftrtpther stpp iri knowv
ledge, by : -IleadingMn4 a^«<%>«» as well as
by cot versing; in tile social circle, upon such
topics as are '• itptr^c.Ciye. ;W4; : |)nofi£abl.e.™
What form; shall, we; . suppose | socipty; would
assume,; if instead of perusing.; those authors
in which arc/portrayed noble sentiments.; dig-
nified feelings, bri^ht: : exalnpleV 6f fortitude
under depression, . n and. perse verarlce in advo-
cating virtue, mfttiwnd it.- larff«.' Were to de-
vote their time to fflvolity^or idleness- ? The
icy hand of. uiisfoftune may j.rjjss /heavily,
the shafts'of calumny may bo. aimed, pity and
compassion, may desert, but the man of read-
ing, amid all this, tfnto ward scene, may^ find
comfoj't and consolatipu from his books.—
Wtiiy, however, !>ve 'urge the uecessity^of
redding, \ve also'warn pur brethren to be ju-
dicious in , the seleotiorl of the works tjiey pe\
ruse. ! In geherai,^work3 of fiction mislead 1
the mind riot previously fortified ; and so' far
from .imparting sol id !adYantagc, th ey lead jth e
reader to make ' calculations which are slen-
/der as the spider's weli, deceptive as the ig 7
■nis fatuus, retarding t he mind from making
substcntial progress, /arid obstructing . the

prosperity of our ifac/ei;
. ..'Pursuing, the course 'marked out, we shall
have remarked, j that selfishness abdicates its
thrbn ) to benevolence ; envy yielding to plea-
sure it' each other's prosperity ; diacbrd and
.faction, fleeihg^jpacorand harmony and uria- 5
himiV; r 'occupying thei r ground,; and ignoranco
and Impression, vanishing belb|r'e' science and
equal ty. f t . • '

. ' Within the limits of our observation and
reading, we haVevnoiiped that the (individuals
who 1 ave attended most to the subject of edu-
cation, have in; general become respectable,
and sometimes wealthy ; and that those/who
have neglected itj'ha|fe.lived in obscurity and
sqhk into contempt/ .
' But for the light of science, some of the'
most essential properties of | nature, would
huve been conceaUd ; while, cheered by its
i;ays, we sh'ull . behold among, other conse-
quences, a people; tenacious of their liberty j
the storm of passion, allayed, when it may
have been, excite d, and. the slave raised to a
level with his master/' • '•'-•

The welfare of. . generations yet unborn,
should influence • us to emulate those great
loaders, by whdke exertions, jthe $un of -sci-
ence beamed upobj and influenced (to reform-
ation Rome) Greece, Britain,; and even this
western world. / v i

Years of toil must.mark our lives, if we are
.solicitous of being U3eful. . /And; we, have
this, among other 'consideration's 'it?, incite; us
to action t ^-that i t will ^be grateful to bur jpos-
teiity to, be, enabled to 8ay,~We honouriand,
revere the memory of '-our'fs,ih4r^.»';wh,o\l|iaye- :
for, generation^ slept and moiit^eredinto dust,-
as the instrumehls.of projlucmg; this general
emancipation aippijg men. ~ W\\ will con vey.
ito future /ages theirldeeds of worth and vir-.
tub, inscribed pn^ ^^ mbnumental marblq !

This is to w i:i an eventful crisis.'. . A prisis, :
because /atfairs wear ari: aspect extremely
gloomyVahdi apppar iin some/oij their lines.to
be about ^^heir • height. ■ An . eventful, crisis,
because we are convinced, that, isomechihg
must be done in. the way of educatioh-r-and
that it must be ; i work of 1 purj low n. llet us,
therefore;, riot. prove ;ohrselyes^roisantiiropes y
but united fahd firmj let us girdj ourselves and
vigorously engage, each one jjih.-'Kfo sphere,
for the promotion pf our^.d^a^t rhierests.
, With these thoughts, we conclude our es-
say.! , , : PHILANTH^OPOS. :

Goxi a minister! of -the Methqdist Episcopal
jChii!r>ch»' died inr Suffolk county, VirginiSj on
i t6th ulu ■ Xn his will he h»de ? provision

never existed but -
latter always j>re-

to Africa' during !

live with. hini ; and

year 3277, A. M BocchoVis, king of Egypt,
was overthrown and suiscc sded by. ^abaccon,
an Ethiopian priroe; wlijdi i suppose'd to have
been the So of ti e ^cnpti res. ,Wc are fur?
ther informed^ th it Th|ira< a, who succeeded
and" reigned duri lg eighte m yearsj and upon
whose decease, tie throne reverted to the an.- *
cient Egyptian line of kin js, wa.<? alsb i.n E-
thiopian. The nore we investigate,' themore'
are we inclined o believe that there cqnld
not possibly have been any »reat diffprcncS as
to' thd state of tl ip arts a id sciences in the
two kingdoms; ; md as to the difi'erence of '
features, wl o has the presump' ( fion to say that
it was greai.er th in that existing between us
Nand tho present race, of Arabs, who are also
generally allowe 1 to be descended from Cus'h,
ouVvgreat progen tor.

'. .It\is,'l conceiv ?, generally known that the
first great tnonaichy of Assyria was founded,
as werelikewise the Repaj/liCs of Sidon, T3're r
and- GarUiagej 1 y the. descendants of Ham ; ;
and also that the chief nations, of 1 Africa, with
whom the ^Romi ms had any intercourse, be-
sides the ;Egyp iahs,, ^'er.e the ji^umldians, >
Mauri tanirins^and the Gcetuli. Between them
and the EthiOpi^s, there ]
little-intercourse^ fori the ]
served their lib jrty, and independence 1 . Jh
confirmation of which, we . find their queen
Candace spoken of in^the days of the Apos!-'
sties, when the , Roman power, was -at its ■■
greatest heigiit, arid thOsnations abovc\allu-
ded to," had bee'e rhe provinces of the emWre.
I^rom this it.miistbo evident"; that b^ut a sh\ait -"
part of Africa could have beVn kiio.wn. to the
ancieiit Greeks and llomans\ for that spirit
of conquest whi ch Med Alexander to weep\
because he liad not other woridsXto conquer, \
and j|ilius Cesar t6 contest with \he 'barba- \
rous tribes of Bitain, (,frpm. whomXhe could
expect nothing I ut the inere honour,y
have promote d/t !ie fortner^o have Crossed the'
burning sands o * Zah'ara, ;bven to the far-fa-
med city of TiiribuCtpo ; ahd the latter^in- 1
-stead of the voh ptuous arms\of Gleopatrvto
have marched I: is; victorious legions : (or by
the Red Sea to hive cpasted).\nt6- EthiOpiVv
and added , to hia present list, thevnames^of a \
few more cities plundered and' bnrnt, k fe iv
more; tHousahds Blain, and ( left to whiten na-
ture's face. '; '- V'V. ' .,. .

But^o'f what complexion were the originai
settlers of Egypt; and Ethiopia ? Was it
white or black ? I humbly conceive neither,
but gather ^ the copperT^oiciur Of our Aborigir
nes. To prove which,, vve ha^ve only W ob- !
serve tlte effects ; of climate upon the •prekem</ /
races of men. We have befor^stated'that the\
ttvo races were biack, while the present/race \
of A"Kbs, who must be- descendants of Gush
or :;>.ones, rema.in to thisj day,; a copper col-
oured r,ac6. How is this tb be explained P.are/ i
we to Buppose that, the jprdsent rape of Arabs
havo degenerated, while tho- original black
colpur 'has remained gc^dp^^roM the cirbum-
8tan'c^..thatl : bl^k "is cbnj&ied/exdlasiveiy to '
hot climates ; while -th}* coppe'rcdiouV^ see ji
in different quarters of the globe, 'even: in, the '
more temperate' parti of {the hot*, frdm> thb'
. . fact'that a colbhy of Portugnese who settled
^ S «: y ° j •»*.; ««t : »f1 AfHc^, 4ie; . litU« over »

m

<t tAf were hardly to *« dbtingawkod from
the lurrounding Mtyei,. wo conceive that t&£
i4fdcate« of a superior and an inferior ;: r*ee,'
! must bring forward more proofs in ' suppbr|t of
theij Utopian^theory. yPKnjr aaciijtoi the co-
lour of the African* to the ardor Of the sun
in that climate. For he says lib. % cap. ,78,
u Etihiopae t icini sideris vapore torreri, ad-
/ustbqde singes gigni, barba £t caipillo vitirja-
to, ron est dubium." 4
■■/ B it who can convince ua that iJie intellec-
tual powers, of man are inferior, hecause.na-
*ureVGod has tinged his complexion with a
' darier hue ?; The doctrine is contrary to all
the evidences we have of the creation. But'
what are the strong argument* adduced by
the advocates of 'this/system ? The people
of colour arei ignorant and degraded— noth
ing :an ever be made of them— God formed
them to i3erve their fairer brethren— endowed
them with faculties litUe superior to the
tribo of Ourang Outangs. They want all the
finer feelings of men— are an insensible and
ungrateful race— and to render these preju-
dice 3 still stronger, the craniologist exclaims,
their retreating foreheads evidently denote-
then i another race, something between man
,_and the brute creation !

O i, that another Soiomon might arise in
this age of enlightened reason, and convince
"the" vorld, that our people naturally, ar<? not
tcorse than oilier men—that we are ignorant
and degraded, because none have extended to<
wan's us a faint glimmering of that light
which is daily shed over the rest oj the commu-
nity- -that tap want the finer feelings^ because
like kke precious ore in nature** bosom, they
have never been called into action— that we
are widenUy insensible and ungrateful, ber
causi prejudice and' custom have rievcr placed
itsiv. situations to manifest these virtues, and
to cxJtibit to the world, Uiat the Parent of Ml
nevt - intended that the original nature of one
man should difer from that of another. v

But what is the colour of a " man's skin in
com >ariaori to his moral and intellectual
worth in society ? Were the question asked
of u any who look down upon a man because
his complexion happens to be darker than
their own, kOw few could give a satisfactory
jeasm for their prejudice. When w.c-reilect
the. seat of colour, which is. called the
mucosum is in a thin mucous stratum, in-
terposed between the cuticle or dead surface
of the body and the true skin, is what con-
tains throughout its substance a black pigment
■which gxvts a colour to tKeskin, while the cuti-
cle a id cutis deviate but little in all men, where
is the intelligent .and reasonable man who
will boast ojf his superior intellectual" natural
powers, because we have never been, placed
in siluaiions for intellectual improvement!
(To be continued.)

that
rclt

CONTINUED.PROM.NO. 3;, „
" But in tracing the causes of their degra-
■datit n, unto us belong shame and . confusion
of f< ce.. They have the . name of Freemen,
but O how few- of the blessings of liberty.
The / arc emancipated but' not elevated. The
line between them and us is as strongly mar-
ked as ever. Almost every thing in their
condition conspires to keep them in moral
and •( intellectual bondage. The avenuea to
places of profiler ojf honour, are, for the
' most part' closed against them.. They: can
engj.ge in no branch of mechanical or mer-r
cantile business, in which they will not' be
com polled to feel daily ra mortifying inferior-
ity to the whites engaged in the same pur-
suits .'• They mus^ have their own bdlour as-
sociated with them in their employments' pr
havef no associates. What society of m«r-.
charts or mechanics would receive into their
num ier coloured freemenj however respecta-
able and give them all the privilege of follow
citizms?, And what ' motives are presented
totiiem to induce them to obtain a high de-
gree of moral excel!ence. M
i In making this extract we ; have three '0^-
.jectd in view; viz. 1st, The extenuation of

cod, and one of a more serious

the extract in No. p 8diy- f i uxpos*' the
disadvantages imposed uhon^our brethren hf
unwarrantable prejui lice and^ly/Tofiotici!
the ohimericai : barjn< nrs, , (to out fan proveraent
In this icountryj, too often conceded by bur
friends and advocate by- Ar ft regard; the .first
object, we are pleased with the the candid
acknowledgments of the reverend j rentlepian.
Effects in.such; cases should $1 wiy s be view
ed in! connexion wit! their causes. Alan is a
pporjicreature of ambition;*,

and Js it respdets' th I nWcbamcaJ, mercantile;
and professional diss dvan'tages of our bretb^
renin tins LAND of FREEDOM, we cannot
thins/ on them; but \* ith emotions of the ten-
dered; and most puinfuljkind. The oppres-
sion pf Jews and 6reekV in Eutop i, and J Aai
/in trjese particulars i will 1 bear no < omparison
with jours. ' To supp'e'ss genius' and indft.stry
is impolitic and cr u d.. We. woul 1> not exa-
mine! thi9 Btibject, but With a vie w to elicit
reflection— it mustib 6 equally 'disaj reeable; to
the oppreisor and the oppressed. From the
force 'of habit, many of the good ar d wise are
givinfc countenance ;o systems .df -injustice at
whicH. their feelings would rpvpH; ; i^ould they
reflect oh them.

It -ik a lamentable truth! that trbffi, . the me-
chanical advantages of the country, prejudice
has ting been ondi i&vpnng to e: eclude 'the,
virtuoiis and industr ous man of co .our. Such
is the present state of things, tlia ; whatever
qualifications our soj.s may possess, if we of-
fer them to a respectable -mechanlci we are;
met Wiith the unreasonable reply, t rat my ap-
prentijses are not willing; 1 to worJ with col-
ourediboys. And ws feel almost « shamed to;
tell, that in this land of freedom, j jurneymen
in most of the arts:- have: combined together
not toi work with :he man. of colour, whatever
may be his' character and qualifications^ This
is an evil tliat ; tho publick can renove with
out arty 8acrinG^oiit heir part; it roqyi'res but
to be frowned upoji 1 rid it ceases to exist, and
surely: the communit)is iAterested in the moral
character and su.cce s\ul industry of every,
part. Good morab a nong^he humblest, con-
duce to the respecta jility ofthe^ w jiole body,
and -wealth held by any|of its members in-
creases the revenue of tlie Whole. S B jt it has
been said what can be dohe ? It is he fault of
the' journeymen or boys, and not c f the ma.3- :
ters. ; We answer, . let ejnplpyers, in all ca*-
ses, but do as interest leads them, when
journeymen, unreasonably; require^ an advance
of wages, and let \ ood : men ^but discounte-
nance the evil, and there will be no further
cause of fcomplaint. ^
In reference to n ercantile pursuits, take
from us mecham^ali4 va ptages ; and you 'de-
prived us of mercantile means.. We speak
generally, most rules admitting 1 |of ■ excep-
tions. ; Th ere is yet another evil to be notU;

nature/: The

professional disadvantages of o ir f eople are

great, 1 ; $hd never was^ there f a

greater Want

of professional skilli zeal and iritegi ity among
any people, than ambhg Us.' 'go sf y . nothing
about'.'the difficulties of our admission into
professional schools,' and 'the want; >f patron-
age by secular menVwe' l wiii merely gla,nce at
tlie. deficiency of the 'rtjjeans .of] ^ i^eful'nesa
among our clerical brethren; Tfcen * are more
than two millions of coloured in i jhabitants

in this country, whose

very great ; thousands of them are
the; want'

•eligfoujj

in this christian land,' for
and that too, in parts where there tihere is hp
political reason why the gospel sho jld not be
preached to them. And whilp tho church is
doing so much fo/ heathen abroady i nere is nd
efficient means made ^ use jaf| for thei; 'improve-
ment and salvation. Our. few qualified imih-
if ters, who alone are full]r adapted to the sit-
uation of our people, being mosliy liien of
families, have to pursue secular employments'
for their support, our breihren not bjeihg able
to afibrd. them a comfortajble'livinjg. I ' We' are

p^rishingi
of visiojv;

But in conclusion, two «annot buiiCXprdss
oat ^eep'rbgret, that so many of. our advo-
cate«l ahoold (all ir^to Mich gr'i,evous efrprs.—
Froih'tho foUgoins; extract, th* reverend
gchtlbmaii draw* tho' folloiving conclusion .*—
« UisliJ human nature is. T.adicaliy changed,
they (will ; never': alltain or" participate.in the
privileges pf Arhcrjcan freemen. * * ** Re-
maining, herej thoy must continue Ignoran(r
degraded and deprbveu.'' Tho inenication
auph^ideas is exce'ejd in'gly wrong. To concede
m ftwck to prejudiep is tojdeify tt. There is a'
just?<Jod whd^ ^ reigns^ and- who is jealoua 1 ? o/f
h*ia. Authority and glory'j and we are told.Lby.
himtliat ." the kind's heart i> in the hands; of
the Lord ; as the rivers of wafej he turnetn
it wliithersoever he^yi^T
tp diBcourage "the ^nevolent Vand huinanejini
teiij^Torts to improve' our condition. Equity
aio-'iifa'uth are oh their side, and th,ey^iin|ijst
eVeii'tUally predominate': and eyen^if "they
should npt, we have, no right to coraprpmlse.
However invpteraie. prejudice may; be, "it is
still an 'evil, - and jvVe.sboulaV be as justifia-
bJe in paying that, drunkenness, , sabbath-
breaking and profane swearing exist, and !we
will compromise with them in our religious
efforts, asi to say it; in the case Of prejudice.
The sentiments advanced, by the reverend
speaker are calculated to discourage bjoth
our- people and our! friends; in all theii lauda-
ble efiorts j they' are the very strong hbldi^ qf
.slavery'jiti^ d^pm^ton: .. • ... .' v ' v t : .

Bjit persuade an individual that he. will ne-
ver obtnin the object of his desire, and you
have prevented him from making lawful ef-
forts. There certainly is no reason -why the
free population of this country should remain
ignorant and depraved. We jiave the means
of education and morality to considSrable ex-
tent j many of* bur youth are in excellent
schools and some of our young men in the
first colleges of the country upon the whple,
our inoral character as a body is rising. And
we think it highly important that every means
should be made Use of that will have any ten^
denciy to improve \tlie condition of our people.
Thisi iB the land of our nativity,* and wo hive,
clairns on it3 inhabitants,- which ought not to
be gainsayed or neglected. Whatever niay
be. iihe_ success of the ^colonization socipty,
there is rib prdbabiHty-Hh at there ever, will[ be
time in. which 'the coloured population of
"the country; will not exceed two millions.—
Somiethin^TOore efljisidnt than hitherto should
be done for our much injured and long he-
glected people. Itj. is high time for chnstians
to discard i the . idea that ^nothing eiTcctudlly,
can be dorte for our people while remaiaing in
this .country. "The time is hastening wHen
ou< publick functionaries and the clergy will
have to act, talk and preachj in ikvour' of
LIBjSRTY, int(ig true sense' of. the termi or
sink under': the frowns Of a generous, enlight-
ened, and '.disapprobating Republick of Free-,
men.;" The plausibility>f their present^cpri-
ducti'is fast losing ground, and will soon be
in a ^espicable;ahd di3gustihg^rainority,• ex-
ploded by a majority of the good and enlight-
ened of the states/ as' anti-christian and dHtia
repuHican. - :

i . SUMMARY.

ibfrxcan Observer.— -Through the politeness
of the Editor, -we 1 hav e Teceived the' iirst nUm-
ber <>f the ;" African ' Observer." From the
npa^;apj}earance^pf ;; \vork, and a hasty
glance at the contents wo feel war'raritcd in
recbnimentlihg it ' to 'the ' patronage of our
brethren.' ; The object of the p'ubTicatmri^ isj
fifop^'l ; -.the editorial remarks and the, selpc
tion.) display judgment;' and : from jfhp spe'ci '
men Ibefor e us we augur mu'cli success . tp khe
worlj:. ' ' . ,» ' ' : " ' , 1 "; :

Tfte Afrisan Observer is published mbnth-

vingi

JSeci

Instif

mine rs^unib:
pprobati<|n,

je thpy
nvcittxth

of
char

der
'colov
tho f>
love;
•loo
thos^
our
siveljy
bene:'

Tl,e

Institution
5. .« No lej
sV^unietj \-%

u n,_.wo : notice the foU pwmg
lepoiiu shall be received from
accompanied Mf a oorttfc«W • .
i ffpni^tboae under wltott) -
w ind no a^sits shall bt
rtdncis) rtcmidifain per*«fn$ if !
Wor derM p^ittliMhifo^

■pat auccess in tbOir labon of
iK attpbfohed, however^ that a
:kin^;'sho^4^ r M^UM; for

to w|bjn it jnigM ^.exten-

o 5 K

We

ty of this
who staM
irotbrejn,

/ useful^ ... ,

lit from its establishment

unto whom it wight , .
i ire.^c^|^froto^e^^j^^

report
tnittfie, in favi
i5 on the
-street;

bf

of $

thon/-

the Common Council Com-
ir bf reniittinl an ai#ess ment
Abyssinihn B; Churchy in An-
beeta. accepted, .

lis

Fc

ur cases
Circuit Court
verdicts

whicB

reco

b y ,

want
riagc,
Hi
his
burgJ
with
walki
note

of slander.. were. Irie^ at the
of 'Otsego *couhty, ; N* ;j Y^ in
to the amount of $4,000 were
'ered. O ne of these cases was brought
female agaipst another tor implying*,
of chastity; whereby she lost a mar-

Verdidt, $1200.
•am W. Li idsey, n. convict recently affectf
e^cap^ from i yrcstcrn pehit^ntiary, xieirPitU

by cohveWihc 1 a peWter spbbn into- a k«r t
ivhich hp u ilocked hif prison. doort, and than

d off-Jeai

, . ing| his key, and the ftlfewing :

o the ktseriers; '.-'...I \

irtygi W, Lindsey's eorrtplimfcnW to th«£rst'
I bcond keepers ; of the Pfinitentiary, informs *"
tjthat he ha* proceeded to Wa«birigt<i» city,i
in . or lor to .obtain a PaUtU '&i. ; an;'dd'V!f4jUe« •
trick: ■' \ * " '- 1 I- .

and

them.

Th^ Member* of the AFRICAN MUTUAL
ItELffEir SOCIETY; are hereby notified that

there],
Kv
44,

>wiri; bp o|n extra meeting, on Monday
t,! April 16tli; in their Hajl, No.

In

Mr.
Potto

'Q next,' April
grange-street. 1 / ;
By order of tho President,

W. L. NICHOLAS, Secretary. .
12th, 1^27.; J

NOTICE.
Annual jCortferencb Of the ASBURY
T IEXION, under the 1 superintendence of
Rev. Bishdp ;Millprl will take 1 place'
% ; twenty\first iiistafit, • at the ' Asbury
h,' in ^ ^hzabeth-str^bt, city of j Newr

•hackers of 'the \ Connexion are requested to "
A^f- York, April 12, 18»7:

i ; MARRIED^
philadqlphia) on; the 4th ; inst by T^Jt '
Cprnish, $t. Jacob Sharp toMiss Cathar »c

. April

Th 3 auuua.^

CONNEXION,!
the lie
on tq.e
Chui
York
Pr
attend

ly, by Mr. Edoch Lewis, No, 21, Powell^t.
Philadelphia, ; at $'Z per •nnuaii ^ payable in ad^
Vance. . ' ' • ■■ <

~, : We are sorry- to state that the young rpart
of colour who .^a^/tbrpwnCfrom the-dri'veif a
w^\!{of.j?^^^-)'&i^^. ,'of . tlje' j's'tearabpat

acquainted with severaWhose edudation^U^^ is
lents and piety, wouldVjosaentialli eorvice- *» c * dead ; . iUm8 ^ 0wn '
able to our brethren; could they bujt bc«ip4*" Vfrginian ^Benevoknce,^Among tho arti-
ported in -the-^nuustry^-' :| * ? • ' cles jfbr thf government of fthv Riclauoiid ^

; PIED; . .• •

he Ij. S. Marine Hospital; Charlestown,
Mr. William Pierce; of Salem, a|ed 2«.
Philadelphia; ^ on Saturday the 7th inst.
r or J. Jphnson, daughter of Mr. Richard
Joljinson, aged 9,.[ . ; ; _ )■

<*ned in Savannah harbour, t^om on
the Brig Ge : o>'ge,'-of this' port, Mr.
Green. ' •' 7 • ' • ■ "*•, '. ' 1

In
Mass,

In
Elear
B.

Dn iw
board
Jamdii

a;
ITT
14
15

RfL.

10 .*J
17-

18 /;

19

iduy, i . !..;..
,turda'y>...L..
m day .[.J;...'
onday.i\...h\,
3 uesdtiy:\..l.. t
IVednesdhy] '
T 'tursdafy

■ Suk . iSo» ; . Moon'o i
Rises., iSets. PHAsks.

5 23
5 27
5 26
5.24
5 23
5 24

F8 ;.3'3,
C 34

; C 38
.iS 40

mm

AllINE LIST. .
"ARRIVED, •
! - , Friddw, April* Q, 1827. ;
.„ Niagara, Brcm*n, 6 days from Charleston,
jnercimndiao and producq> ; Brig ^ignal,
■d, 13 dajta ; frOm St.'; .Cioix^^

$hi
with
Shopa

sugar. ,

Saturday} April?.
gcbboiicr'Rebbcca-IIyer, ^kidmore, .12 days fin
tholomem, with stigir andimolasseii. : '
- " : | m^^Mr^ ^

Shapmut, Coles, 33 days from Mtranham,
from; Balem.i with hides and. balsam capiviY
Schob^erl^ Maria Ann, Broker, from Cb«f res,
]uemel; 17 dayi [from Itho ^latter place >with
ind dyewjood, Switt; Swift, 22 day* from
* , with coffee^ indigo, .Ac. ; Rosa-i^Btopra,
15 dayjs fVom tio city of St; Doroinfo,
md hidiw } Garland, W^lsfaVil
It. Cioix, with{ru'm'and;so^:-vr; : ; ■ -,,!. ■
J • Tuesday, April. 10/
Sloop of] war, Lexington,' m
~" : and; 8lday« faotn Havaima.': ' :

St.Ba

'Brig
and 5:

via Ja
coffee
Lagoiia,
Everett,
witli
days

fiom

u. q.

Mat)

phrate j, >Sijaith, [froni _Bango|r

Oalhot

ind Lwidiend otl^larch^ w
MoJitk; C days frW C"

march mdiae.
daysfjom

i, Muhtpr 6 days fibm Cbi
idiae.lBrigs^'VUls^se^
m Atix jCayes/ with collar

j»W t i n j W t n» in Auwrn trmn. Ml

mm F|ankhn,i Vy tng^lp days ^afo^ .

^ugarj Ac. Schr,, Leonora, 8 4s:
4rith mahogany. .' '■'■'■.■'%»

'■York; pko#t,fsa
ry;|opds.

coffee,
'Bart;

. Mi

withe

tfen.

with a igar.

«0j ;

; By
iThere is *

A.bri:
As if a

Just
And birds,

Are ghufsi
Had never

Softly

The
So low w>j

They '
Arid, oh
Ton loft;
. Asrflhe
Had never

lull

And in a

Her owi
A rosy * it

Hor infe
And made
And over 1
With leok: i
• His form

JPOJBl'KT.

EMBLEMS,
life Rev, Henry Stebhing. ,
freshness in the air,
in tho sky,
■n sun waa there, ;
■throned on high;
md flowery and. mountoin-streahw,
' i his infant b^ams,
_ if the Winttir'* breath'
blown the blkWt of death.

igbttess
-nev-b
seraph

along. the •ilent ■ea ,
lift t« win g'd breeze* creep,
calmi, so tranquilly,
the waves asleep ;
j. gladly on the tide .
lofty vessel seem* to>ide,
■* talmfy-hcavingsail ,<
met a sterner gale.

s nail,

sweet covert nigh, '
y o\\ns band* have made,
hath laughingly *./
it brother laid ; : )
of fresh Spring flowers his bed,
L im her veil hath Bprtead,
as if forever thero i ._. .
s ttould bfoom as young and fair.

>• Asd shall tWo pass away, and bo

A wreck of what they were, — _
Shall bird*, and flowers, and earth, and sea,

And yoif proud ship; and boy so fair,
Be blasted with the tempest's rnge,
Or worn vf itb poverty and age,
Till all of life and hope shall seem
A heart -deceiving, fevfirish dream !

Yes ! — and 'tis but few years we need,

~ With retrospective eye, .
in. their Wpcated tale to read

Our owh home's history :
We knowjtheir end—to us. to all — '
They are but blossoms, and they fall;
But yet ylung life, the sun, the bowers
. Are -sweeties they were always ours :

For they dre emblems to the heart
I Of things it cannot sua, —
jmbleras jvhich have theit counterpart
In heaven s eternity ;
And though their day bd "short, or done
With our last hours and setting sun,
They are within their moment's flight,
Whit theie shall be for ever bright !

A-.

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A. '

Q

A.

Q.
A.

■ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

BT 3. WONTGOMERV.

Flowe s, wherefore do ye bfoom ?
We strew thy pathway to the tomb.

Stars., wherefore do ye rise ?
To lig it. thy spirit to the skies. .

Fair n oon, why dqst thou wane ?
That ] may wax again.

Q sun , what | makes thy beams so bright ? . y
The Word that said—'* Let there be Tight."

Time, whither dost thou flee ?
I trav< 1 to eternity.

-Eternity, what art thou, say ?
I jvas,. un, will be ever-more, to-day.

Natum, whence sprang thy glorious frame ?
My >M tker called me and I ca rue-
Winds
Thou

Ocean
Then

h whence and whither do ye blow ?
■must be tf born again," to know.;.

what rules thy swell and fall ?
ighi of Him that ruleth all.

Plkflet s,. what guides you in your course ?
Unseeif, unfeltj unfailing force.

Q.
A.

Q
A.

A.

Q

A.

. Q. G:grarc, where is thy victory ?
[ A. Ask f Jim who rose. again fi^om me.

Q.'O death, where ends thy strife?
A. In eve 1

what is thy breath ?

O life |

A vopi up, vanishing in death.

. o-fe

and n^mele: s
played land
assisting us
•nga jihg to
of alt the tu< ides
s* rvingl friqnds.
i?

recently a
eral*r|$a:fc
s* fit; m*lad:
twxietyiof b
ifl'+Tk this ca
fruit and Hy
Toyagesiox a
No; But thej

tiie

s$m «M*f a
mating

C^QSseJbe
they coosi<
irp^its-^1 hi
fcuuj btujial,
. did uot,!'of C(
/- tili.iiw lnnthjd;

lasting life.

—Innumerable are the little offices
i favors by a which friendship is dis-
friends attached. Som% show it by
with the means of living, • Others by
protect our memories when dead, but
• A — of evincing kindness and •? pre-
j winch we neve heard of, the W.
most , singular. A gentleman has
%r^ved 1'rora a West India island, who
England in weak health. His pre*
and probable fate were the object of
s remaihinV friends.- What did they
9 I Did they not put on board fresh
stock fortius sustenance. during the
physician to take change of his health?
sy quietly shipped for use a cask of
►ffin. Apprehending that be. might
passiige, and that he would ntot
ir of shark 8 to " be his monument,"
dtjrately pro vided for . keeping, him M
* i should Jreaeh land and obtain Chris :
The object of theixv.kbi4'-'MUeit\i<l«
'' is, know the inlenjlip t n of his friends
perfectly restored to 'healilij and
^ejtttoi to bettex account. • - .

m JOimNAL.

Tkovjrhtt —Yor myself I «ia pass by the ioiib
of a niai wtthsomeWbit

but when I survey ths grave of a fWale,a sigh

'ittfbHtnitlUv- ,#i«awji'4^^- Witti,jtti4- v Mf, mm.
of woman, I'tiiMto^iT^^;:!^^
Ucate aJSjotion; Ithhijit; of UtfM ibi
bashful virgin, with ajreM ipaikli
rimsoned with each jimr

of h ir

heart ; as tHe kind ud;|a^ ^
in tho- exercise of ks'r domestic . duties j a» ll it.
chaste and virtuoua mstronf iired with ihe folH ii
of the world, - and prejfNuiog for that grave in to
which she must so soon descend. Oh ! thsra
some' hing ; in oontempUting (he oharaoter of
woman, that raises ^the sduffar above the vulg ir
leMof society. She Sui foriaieid to adorn and h x-
mar|ize mankind, to sooth his cares, and strew His
path with. flower* In the hour of distress ahe is
the rock on which he leans for isupport, and when
ftti calls him from existence, her tears bedew his
grave. Can I look, down on hnr tomb without,
emotion ? Man has .always justice done to his
memory-r-woman '.. never. The pa ges ■ of history:
lie open to the one ; but the meek and unobtrusive
excellencies ofthe other sleep with her unnoticed
in the grave, j In hec may \bAVjk;ib^ncJ^kt^|us :
of the 'poet, With the virtues of the »ac« t the «nc^
gy of the man, with ihe tender softness ;df the
woman. She too may hav.ej pawed unheeded
along the sterile pathway of be,r existence, and
felt for others as I now feel for iher/'

Squirrels.-*- It is a curious circumstance, and not
generally known, that most of those oaks which
aro called spontaneous, are planted by the squir-
rel. This little animal has performed the most
essential service; to the British* navy t A gentle-
man, walking one day, in the woods belonging to
the Duko of; Bcauforl:, near Troy Houso, in the
county of Monmouth, his attention was divtrted
by a squirrel, which sat very coinpoBedly upon the
ground, lie stopped to observe! his motions) in a
few moments tiie squirrel darted to the top of a
tree, beneath which he had bejen sitting. In an
instant ho was down with an jwiorn in hTs 'mouth,
and after digging a small hole he stooped down
and deposited the acorn j then covering, it, darted
up the tree again. ; • In a moment was down with
another, which he buried in like manner. This he
oontinued to do as long as the observer thought
proper to watch him. The industry of this little
a.iiinal is directed to the purpose of securing him
against want in the wihttr ; and it is probable that
h s memory is 'not ^sufficiently ! retentive.to enable
bim 'to remember thii spot hi which he deposits
every.acorh ; the industrious little fellow, no doubt
loses a few overy year ; those few spring up and
are destined th supply the place of the parent tree.
Thus ( is Britain, in somn measure, indebted to the
industry and bad momory of a squirrel, for her
pride, her glory, and her. very existence,— Edin.
£v. CbuT.

T/u Hypotlwndriac' Cured.-f'A gentleman la-
boring Under, a very singular Species of mental
delusion,, .ariaing from hypochondria, fancied .jthat
he had a bottle growing at the end of his nose, nor
could all *,he reasoning of his friends convince hihi
to the contrary, aHhough on all other points, he
was perfectly; rational. Medical skill was equally
baffled in attempting to cure^his extraordinary ab-
erration of intellect : at length One practitioner
beiiig informed of the cas", riesblvod to adopt a
different treatment. ; Acc^ordmgly, oh being intro-
duced to the patient, he exclaimed----" How won-
derful ! I never beheld such a sight before ! — why
you have a great bottle hanging from your nose J"
u That I certainly j. have,' 1 reqlied the. hypochon?
driac, " yet would yeu believe it, you are the only
person who will credit it— every one else maintains,
that if is a mere whim of my own." ; c ;Well,"
cried the doctor, " at least .w,e Will soon havo it
off." So saying , he seized; hold 'of the patient's
nose with one hand, while, with the other, ie gaVe
him such a tremendous box en the e&r, that he was
completely ' Stunned for " some I seconds.; Then
adroitly slipping a bottle out of his pocket that ho
had brought with him fori that purpose,; he. ex-
claimed, " I have . knocked I it clean off ! see^ here
it ikl" The patient expressed himseif overjoyed
that the operation had : bejen {so , speedily accom-
plisjhed, declared that he Was perfectly cured, ex-
tolled the doctor for his miraculous skill, and ever
after kept the bottle as a memento ;of his former
disease, and as ;an oculan; demonstration of the
case to all wh,o might question; its reality..

gracious apojog j forths delay of hit
in which tho tardy candidate re-
, jthe utmost gravity, that both him-
e fish had come ui iiifBdent time to get

* - ! . ■ NOTICE. ■'\\

} - ?E qPRiETdjRS of cikcvhAnm U

BRABJES can have thsir Books and outstanding

, 0 »wmnj{

M>. 218, SoutJi Sixth-stritt) PhUadelphw.

, THE Subscriber respect ully returns his
sincere thanks to his frien^r uad the public in
general, for their favor and patronage. He
informs thcira, that he contihu s to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READY*MADE
WfiARiNG APPAREL of superior quality j both
new and second-handed, where customers will 'bo
accommodated at thij cheapest rate^and in haiid-
sdme style! He also informs FamiliSsahd private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed Glotlung for
sale, that they wfll meet with a good price, and
ready aalo for their goods, W a^^ingto .

. 1)AN1EI* PETERSON,
:j\fa. .218, 'South Si^k-st. Philadelphia,

N. 'B. ' Tayloring; carried on "in its various
branches, and on the cheapest torms,

CASH FOR ©ACT OFFOLOTHE0.

WANTED to purchasp a. Fargo quantity
of east off : Clothes, for which the highest price
will be given by THOMAS L. JENNINGS, No.
110 Nassau-st., > formerly No. 64 ; who has con- r
stantly^on hand at: the above; place, a general as-
sortment . of second . hand , qlothcsj at tho lowest
prices for cash; ' / - j '

N. B. Those persons who wish to dispose of
clothes, will please to send their address as above,
or send their ar ticles before sah-set.

LOTS WANTED.
, TWO LOTS, or the rear of two Jots, where
there is any convenient communication with the
street, are wanted, for- the; erection of "a.Presby-
terian ChUrdh Tho Jqcatkm must be. between
Reed and 'Spring,' Hudson and Orange streets.—
One lot within the above bounds, 25 feet or more,
by 75, would answer ■ . .|

Ihquiro of) S. E. Conxisii, No. 6, Ya»"'ck-Blrcet."
' Nw-York, March. 20. j

Elzevir used to employ women to correct the
press, and he assigned as his reason, that thsy
kept their. eyesloR-themitter befbr«4h^J||j|
that; as they understood nothing abosit It; their
Whole mind was- Occupied in taking' care that
there were rip omissions ; but 1 , that when he em-
ployed Greek ai^ T^tin, scholars to perform; the
sanie duty, thoy attended to the merits of the
work, and did hot attend to the matter before
their eyes.- . ' ;

A PAvsicwn^A certain physifeiah> when he
visited his rich and luxurious patients, ,,al ways
went intu their kitchens, and sliopk hands' with
their cooks; ; " My good fri*}hq^,'^said Mi ? X owe
you much, for 1 you confer ^ gieht favors upon me.
Your skill; your ingenious,, and palatable art of
pxfiso^ing,iehablej|^s m^«i>l^
carriages f without your assistance we sh^uW go
on foot and be starvea"

" Cttrtcat Purinin^On the day previous' to a
very ; .*eeeiit; ; brdi0it»n,- the ; *coaeh, diC mt^mm,
m half an hour after tbv usual time." In the
-oaph, however, w'eie two very important articles,

«* in the shape -of^ deacon, (who ought toJiave
mad* his appearance long befbfe,) and a. fish for
the bishop's ordination dwner. ; Tbe youhg cler-
gjvxsA t^ceiveU, a scyeje t*WBWi «f W 0 ^*

C SOMETHING. TO BE S4FE1) ! !

n CHARLES IttpIlTmEH,

RES^ECTruxLy informs hiS/Customera, and.
the publick<n general, that he Ivas opened, and
expects to continue, his Shbp^at 93 C'kurch-street;
where he will. make and .repair Shoes and Boots,
in the best manner, "tit the following reduced pri-
ces: . ■ / _
New Boots, / -
Soling and. keeling Boots,

ranrofAtf tei
TKt FREEDOM! S JO

As edoeatic n ii whatSSLv el
porter to, Ihe savage j ' : m;;^
knewledg e is sontini
other classes i n the conttMttity : ,
pe^dient to ee abhsh a poper f and ,|iriii|
ration all tHe| mejitis w(l[

Daily slanoV red,' we think that i there bd|
be some . char nel of commohication betw'
and; the pubic.: through which. a singli
may be heard, in defence ot jivj hundred th
free people qf. colour. ] J For ofleii . has injusiUe'I
heen heajied \ pbn us, ifhen o^r odjly defen««^is^
an appeal to tbe ALttiqitTv: but we, believe thit-
the time has now arrived, when: the calqWhisi^
our enemies ibould be refuted byjfOTc%Jf iug^i
monts. , ■ ..j s : i. , . ■■

Believing t) ikt all men are cqual ] by naU
indulge" the rfeasigg |ahtictpatio«, ; tha#
means of knoi 'ledge are uvofe extensively -JSi^^
among our people, their cbndttion will t^cetne Mp.^
proved, (not * o lly-iri; their '* daily/walkj wad e^itw#
tion, but in th eir domestic eotraomy*. . < v < ' '

Our iolumi is shall eyer be open to a tenil T .
discussion of i nt'eresting subjects. |Btut jini resps|£|S
to matters of religion; While we c'qn'eede to them
their full imp( rtance, and shall occiuiionally intro-
duce articles )f this general ^character, we would; .
not be the. a tvocatcs jof any particular sect or^
party. ■ .!,!;' . .. - j : • , ;.^

'In the) disci ssioo of political subjects, we shall t
evcr'rej ard fie cbnstilUjtibn of the; United States
as our | olar s ,ar. Pledged to rib party, we shall f|
endoavcur to irge i our-breth/en to.juse their rifht f
to the ejlectiye franch ise j as freo citizens. It shall '
mivcr honour ibject to fepurt controversy, though
we must at al times consider il^rselves as, cham-/
pipris in defence of oppressed humanity. -

As. the difRisiohjbf knowledge, and raising our
community into roapectjibility, are the principal
motives which influence usin our present under-
takhig, wq hope our hahds'will be upheld by air'
our brethren and friends.

r SAMUEL --.Ei CORNISH,
JOHN B. RUSSWURMV

Editors and Proprietor's,

Soling Boots,
Footing/Booi

$6 00
- 1 00
0 75
3 .50

ig/Bdots, -
N.-B. He also informs his gentlemen custom-
er^, that he will give new Boots and Shoos, in ox-
change^or he willgivo bis work for second-handod
Boots. 7 All orders left at his Shop, 93 ehurch-
streetj will be immediately attended to-
New-York, March 20. 2

S0B(QdX.,

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,
TJndor St. Philip's Churoh. is now ready for the

. • admission, of Pupils.

■IN this school will be taught READING, WRI-
TING,^ ARITHMETiO, ENGLISH ' GRAM-
MAR, . GEOGRAPHY; with the use of Maps
and Globes, and HISTORY. ,
Terms from two to'four dollars per quarter.

RefeT^ee.-^^y y ,YoieT Williams, Rev. James
Yarick, Rev. S. E. ! €orni8h, : Rev. Benjamin Paul.
Rev. William Miller?
New-York, March 14.. • . 1'

LAND FOR SALE.

THE subscriBer is authorised; 'to offer to his
coloured tfrethr<mj 2,00p Acres of exiselient Laud,
at less thin one half its value, provided :, they will
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured farmers. ; The land is.in'the state of/New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful; being oh.the ; bank» of the Delaware
river r ;wttt-:a;h\qp^h, navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia;. The' canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o-,
peninga diMct navigation to New ^York; city. The
passage t&efyher ^ day or

less. The land f is of the best quality,' and' well
timbered.* ;.

The fubscriber. hopes that some of his breth-
ren, who* are capitaliists, wilj at least invest 500 or
1,000 dollars, in these lahds; To such he will take
the liberty to say, this land ca^be purchased for
5 dollars the acrej, fbv coloured men,) though it,
'has been selling for f25/ 1 He also takes the liberty:
l*Absqrv*tbat^

vantagepiis, ahdj.he thinks sUch^a settlenient^fdrnW
ed by coloured, families,, would bb'conducive/Of
hiii'ch good : With this object in view be will in-
vest 5W dollars in the purchase < '■.■:}■■'■■■■
; - SAMUEL E. CORNISH,

Ncw-Ybrky-March-20.:'-'

N. B. (>mmimicatjon« oh the subj'oet,
Witt bg rejeeived tu^ ftttc^ tpk. ,: : r

Recoiiivtendations. .
The following Testimonials in fixyour of . the.gcn-
tlcuien whe piopoae a paper in this city, more;
especially adapted tatjae wants a^nd circumstan-
ces of c.oloured peophj, havb been landed tb us
for publicat ion : we iriscrt them the more rea-
dily j because we believe them tojbe justly uieri;
Icdf—Jfcwr York Observer.: <f- . ■>
From the -11. sv. SAiiu>;i. H. Cox; Pastor of the
Laight-street Churbh, New York.
Being well acquainted with j the Ber. Samuel E.
Cornisih, and ttaving good evidpnee of the charac-
ter of his cyllbagutf, John B. Russwiirm, A. ,B i ;
and thoy having become jco-edi tors, 'of a weekly pa-
per, designed chiefly for tbfe reading of their col- ^
ourod brethrtn i I ( am -free to express my. donfi-
donee in the promise of their (liter prize, and in the
relative comp itency with which its concerns will
be conducted. New- York, Jan. 17,, J827. ,

1 am acquainted with the EditorsJand consider .
them Very coinpetetit 4 fb the undertaking of tho<
proposed worl :(: they are well knoWp in this city
as icspected and valuable citixensi ' ;

• : THOMAS EDDY.

jNcw-York, 1st mo. 17,^827.

! . To our Subscribers. , ;

j Those of ci r subscribers who have not paidtheS
amount of th bit subscriptions, ar^e informed that?;
wje shall exp set they will do so as early as they t
possibly can. '. ;;[•■'; . . \ ' ■ ■ ; '''

! Subscriber who have not received the first
number of th s Journal,: will- please tp. give early \
information sjt o'pr v office... i } [

Letters arid CbmmdnWations intended for pub\v
hcatibn, must ;be ^pest iflaitf, arid .addf ussed to thai
" Editors of' he ^reed ( om's Journal." r ,, -

Advertipere ents inse^ed by the month, qu*rter,1:
or year at a. rieasonable fate. ' ;. '. •] ; ' " \W

The >REEDOin?Sl.JOi7B l NiAl4,
Is published < very FitinAYi at No. 6,YariokTstreft| !
. , New-York. ! ■ •
The price s ti|*ex ^ottAas [a v|a^ payi
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subscribing, : 50, will be received. . ;
, 13* No su wenptioh will be roceived for a lea
term than O^e Yea/. f-| < .-.if
4 - j Agents vfhftvprocure j ftDi j paji>fo^»ve snbserj-
bars, are eritiklcd to a 1 sixth copjy gratis, for oaw

must ha post ^«id;

\ ;.-;. ^U.t-HOAieSD. AQVflTS,

Caiyhi Stock aridgo, Esq. N^thXarmoaUi, Mau»%
, , Mr. Reu >en Ruby, Portland, Me. ' *
V DavdWdker, Boston.!, ■
Rev. Th >mas paulJ do. . :]
Mr, Johi i;Rem6rid,] Salem; Mass.
" Geo rge 0. Willis, Pxovidende, R: L mm
/•: , Jfs* j Ro^ger^|New:'tioWon,-gohm
. «•; .FrBi,cis\WeibiVFhU^ep
'f Step hen 8ni^hVColun^a, f e^ ,'"
■ I Mess»s. t. Gooley ^ Ohs. Hickett, Ballim
; Mr, Mi > W. PrM Wssbij&toh, UlrCU
' R«»- Na haniel PauL,Albany. -
Mr. Thcbdore S.i«W/ight, P&iceton; N. J
•f ^WMCowA,New;B>!d^wiek,'.NJ. M
Rev. B F. Bngk», NewattTN; { .i : j
Mr, W. R^.Gi^dmeri^ert-iU-Pria^ "

'■•I

R 1 G H T E O 0 S N'fc'S S B X A L T E T H A N A T I O N."

CORNISH <fe RUSSWURM,
Editors & Proprietors.

From tl e Chrietian Spectator.
1 PEOPLE OF COLOUR.

[. It will not do to trust this, business to
j the generosity,, or the justice, or the love of
| liberty, of the slive-holders. I respect those
;.|fabhle^»aiitiea'.as much as. any majk, ( N.0ne.
is more olive t( tho splendid exhibitions of
them which have been made by oitr southern
brethren, in Uidir public and private; deport-
- ' ment. Eut these principles are not, and ne-
ver will be competent to the effect. The ex-
periment has be i n fully tried, and has totally
; failed. Mr. Jefferson, in his letter to Gov.
Coles, Aug. 25, 1814, says, that in the time
of the revolution, he soon saw that nothing
was to bo hopeti from those who were in the
fulness of age vhen ihe revolution beg-in.-r
Nursed and clucated in the daily h,abit of
seeing the degraded -'.condition, both bodily*
and mental, of tjhose unfortunate beings, but
not re«le< ting tl^at that degradation was very
much the work ofthemselv.es and their- fa-
thers, few minds have yet doubted but that
they are as legitimate subjects of property as
their horses or cattle." ; But." I-.had always
hoped that the \bunger generation, receiving
their earlv impressions after the flame of li-
berty had been kin-Ued in every breast, and.
ha<ij becume, as t were, the.'.itil spirit of eve-
ry lAmerican, the 'generous tomperamehl of
' youth, analogous to the d' ; om.>i-. of bt.ir blood,
andj ob_ove the suggestion.? of avcY»:e, Would
havfe syaipathi c- • with-oppression, wherever
fm.nU. " am! pi o\jed their love of liberty, be-
yorjd their shar^ of it." Yet' he it 1 compelled
after, -a tapsc of nearly .foriy years.,
' Vti'uV solitary om welcome vou e is ti»e first

thu
I

me brought bis sc.inti to wry ear? : as i. 1

vc c

t CM; ill:

thy uiifuvorsb'te
of t ir.ancips.tioi
tin "

■». a? a

have been acco
beity was at its

the geuRf a' • dlence t
subject; fts w-licatiwr • n
:6tve!'v Is * ' :.i v *

than in any other circumstances. They stifle
their sense of right and wrong. ; They whol-
ly rorget. the justice and overruling power of
divine Providence. 1 History, is full of exam--
pies to this point; The conduct ofthe.uKK
na'rcha of contirientai Europe^ ialari Opposite
one^ititey^

went of knowledge ; to prevent the/.esta'i
blishment of schools for teaching the lower
classes to read and write,., lest, they should
become too, sensible of their own power ; to
destroy every association, even of a religious
or literary or social kind, lest the -'people,
should And out the efficacy of the principle of
combination, as a political, engine ; to shut
out even the pure light of -the gospel, as it
shines on the, pages of the Bible, uriadultera-
ted by priestcraft, lest their poor slaves 'should
find out their rights and their wrongs, , and
dare to assert the privilege of rational beings,
to think and act for.- themselves. Tho -same
principle of love of power, must be called in
to account for conduct among ourselves so
strikingly similar ; as we see in the '.feelings
excited by 'the Missouri question, in the 'mea-
sures which were adopted in consequence of
the.Cha/leston insurrection, in the excessive'
heat produced by Judge Johnson's decision
-jgainst the constitutionality, -..of those mea-
sures, and in the .cohiempt -.with which the
Ohio {.-ro position*'; were, treated in the - legis-
latures of South Cdroiilia and' Georgia.

fib- iri 'Continued'.} ."'

ix\G N ANIM IT Y. . ,

iota ToYra. .inflamed
i : =;io?i, sent ail
.ialoiTs, requi-
oboH«»n faith: ,

shij dished when tjv.- me of
} height. Bat when an object
I ends upon mere fec-iog; the. lapse of tioj'
s it daily more iiope!eri3L The frost of
; avon •e-hap, nok, H least, frozen the whole
current of^gemtjrous affections.' And in ad-
dition, many biycumstuijoes contribute
striiugi hen 'the belief, that the determination
to maintain slavery at all ha/.ards, has become
ex? operated to $ sort of desperatien,'jlike that
or he Holy Alliance in favor . of despotism.
The enthusiasm of liberty has given place' to
th< enthpsjasiu jof slavery. ' And though " the
ho u of emancipation is advancing,-' but no-
thi ig hits yet fcccjn' done to meet it. Their eyes
ha' e they closed, that they should not see.''.
W ; will try to jiccount for this upon rational
principles." j \ .

There is nothing of which men aTe gene-
rally so unwilling to give, up 'a part in order
to secure the whole, as they are of power. — .
Tlie, merchant j freely pays out a part of his
profits to effect insurance. The .sick man
su units toja present reduction of health to se-
cu e its final restoration. Tbe diseased part
, of the body is amputated to save the restW
- Ndy, we even (give up a large portion of our
41a :ural libertj'| for the sake of additional ? se-
cu ity to t|ie remainder. But power is dear-
er ithan. property, limW, liberty, or eveh life.

, cannot! recdllect a single instance, in the
history ofj Grejcian, Roinan, British, or even
Aiierican;libei|ty, ,in which men .have volun-
tarily surrendered any part of their power
_ov;r others, from a discreet regard .to: the
preservation of the . remainder. There' is not,
thit L know, a single example of power given
upl without constraint. It ha3 always- been
taken. From jhe days of king John, it has' al-
ways been abridged by eompulsioni and not
otherwiseL Tliere seems; to! be a aort of fa
tuity accoppaxiying the love of power. . Men,
wip have;a laj-ge share of discretion about
Mher things, deem . to lose it all, when inking
measures for the presei vntiofi of their power/
They lose sighjt of all the lessons taught by
hibtory and experience. They forgot the
wjifonn laws of the human mind, that wh^n
; orice the jBamejof liberty isifeindled, it must
burn ; thajt the light of knojwl^dge is * a ri r
jshjig light, 8hi|niug more atid more ' unto- jthe %
perfect day/' ;and that IvhehHinen^are once:
at* upon any object, oppoaUi,6n only makes
thbm more resolute, and may drive them into
further extremes. In thus striving, to pr«-
*ejrve their present power in its full , extent,'
W*t ^fcjel p^wer and forjet rigl»t," more,

'Spearjnto your heart/Vreturned Abdulkader,
'with' 'great firmness, " and I know that a sim-
ilar faty awaits me.?' u Not ao^' said Darnel,
f il :raykpQ\xr is, inileed, red with the blood of
yourgubje.cts fdain in battle, and' I.cpula now
give it a deeper stain, by dipping it in your
'ntf'n ; feittbis wifuld not build up iny.'towus.;
nor prihg'to life the thousand's' who foil' in the
' woo 'l8;-; . T ; will not, therefore; kill you.ift cotd'
blood, but I" will retain you ^as rriy slavo v .until
I ^erc^ive thit your' presence in your own.
kihgdoihi will bejno.longer dangerous t,6 your
neighbors, and then l will Consider of the: pro-
per way. of diapdsing of you." Abdulkader,
was .accordingly i retained, \aud. worked [ as a
slave,' for three riiontha;' at the end of which;
period,- Darnel listened; to . the solicita,tiohs> of
the inhabitants at Fd6l\ Torra, and restored
to them their king.-~Park's Ttpvels, chafr. 25.

one
not
use.
that
wlic

who was too weak to govern, ' and could
ive long. The cardinals, out of contempt, r
to call lthn the. Jiss qf ]La Mdrca 'j. so'
their : astonishment \yas inexpressible,
n he throw dff his^sgdise. WjiHe tli^y

th>? preoonce of D-'imel, a,\sd ar.no ir/-;ed tw
pbiHMure of hi's sovereign, ho ordered the
Buahreena to present the emblems of their
mission. The two. knives wove accordingly
laiil before Darnel, and the embassador ex-
plained himself as follows: " With this knifo
Abdulkader will condescend to -shave the
head of Darnel, if Darnel will embrace the
Mahomedah faith ; and with this other knife', _

Abdulkader will cut the throat of Darnel, if : 'at sevefral disputations, and acquired aconsi-

AMBITION
Or tiik Rrit op Pops Sii^Tits V.
One of the most extraordinary instances of
ambition and- hypocrisy in; the...his\ory yf the
world is exhibited iv the rise,of pi)pe Sextus
V. and; the manner, of his elevation to the. pa-
pal chair. •• ' . ' a \ :•: . .

He was born of poor parents, in tho\nftfrcli
of Auconai' at a village balled L«. Gro^Ki, in
the lorfishipT.of Montaltp. 1 His.fiith'er v Fran-r
cis Peretti, who | was a comm$piplq^glwzn A
could not afford; to.givey-him an^ educattpn,
and, when he wds nine years old; hired him
out to one of hisjneighbdurs to look,' after ; ;ii\s
sheep and hog.3 ., He did not long continue
in this occupation ; for, being .desired by a\
Franciscan friar^ .Who . had lo3t his way, to
siiow him the roi^d to Ascoli, he desertei. 1 hi3
liogs, = antl ran before him to the town. The
friar, after he , had found his. road again,* de-
sired hhn l.-^everii times tu return ; -boi-- trjb
i>oy refusing- to leave him, he at length asjted
m:u if. he would lake upon, him the habit of
i i order, which : he described as" very aus-
ere : to which tlie boy replied that he would'
. ( illingly suifer the pains of purgatory if he
bouldte made a scholar, lie was according-
ly received, with the consent of his parents,
into ^the conyefnt of Franciscans at 'Ascoli,
where he made a [surprising progpess/in learn-
ing. In his thirteenth year h assumed thc
habit of that order, but still -retained his own
name, Felix, lie soph distinguished^hiinself

Dame} refuses to embrh*ce it: take your
choice." Darnel coolly told the ambassador,
that he had no choice to make : he neither
chose : to have his head shaved or his throat
cut ; and with, this answer the ambassador
was civilly dismissed

Abdulkader took his measures accordingly
ahd,>with a powerful army invaded Darnel's
country. The inhabitants :of the towns and
villages filled up their wells, destroyed their
provisions, :c»rrie.d off their effects, and aban-
doned t\ieir dwellings, as he approached. By
this -raqan^dils .was led on from place to place,
till ^6;'n'a^:^anced three days' journey into
the: icoui|try. of- the Jaloffs. He, had indeed,
met witB^no; opposition 'but his army had
suffered 'so* much from the scarcity of water,
that several of his men had died by the why.
This induced him to direct his 'march towards
a watering place in .th e, woods, where his men
having quericlied ; th'eir thirst, and being ove'r*
come, witJi fatigufe, ,,lay down . carelessly to
sleeep among the jjushes. In. this situation
they were', attacked by Dam'el before > day
break, and completely rdttted. Many of them
were trampled to death as they lay asltep, by
the Jaloff horsos ; ; others- were killed ,in at-
tempting: to make their escape ; and a still
greater ;! number \vefe taken prisoners. ; - A-
tnong. the latter wasJAHblk^d6r--|himself i ^'.
This ambitious, or rather fradtic prince, who,
but -a month before, had sent the threatening
.message to, PameK was now led into his pres-
ence as a miserable captive,. The behaviour<
of Parael, on this occasion, id never meiitionr;
ed by the singing' meri^ but in terms of the

extraordinary in an African .prince, : that this
reader may find it' difficult to/give credit to
tthe recital; s When' iiis ro/aj( prisoner was
hrought before hinji in irons, and thrown upon
the ground, the magnanimous Darnel, instead
of putting .his foot, upon liis neck, ted stab-
bing him with his spear Itisei^i^ifijav^^:
in suc^cases^ addressed him as follows ; .^ Ab-
*''■-*"**, answ«t me this question'. If tha
of ijvar ,h«4 placed me in your sitil-;.
tion, and ypu in nuiie, how would you Jiitft
lotted me?" - "I Woidd :&Te tfirwl my,

• i^L:-, ..-"...J

derable reputation as a preacher, but at the
same time raised himself many enemies by
his impetuous disposition. He early disco-
vered, a great ambition, and though lie w s
hated by his brother monks, yet by his abili-
ties he acquired the esteem of Cardinal Carpi,
by whose, interest he obtained several pro-
motions ; and having ingratiated himself with
father GiusiHerijjafterwards'Pius V. and with
the Aolonni family, he obtained the office of
inquisitor-general at Venice, where, by his
overbearing behaviour, he so greatly offend-
ed the seriate, that on the death of Paul IV.
he was obliged to consult his safety by flight.
However, on the election of Pius II. he re-
turned to that city ; but at last, being appre-
hensive: of the resentment of the senate
he provided a gondola,' by which he ipade
his escape in the > night. "At his return to'
Rome be wa6 made consulter of the Ihqui
sition, and soon after went- with the legate
Cathpagnon, it's chaplain, to Spain. While he
• was' in that kingdom, his friend Ghisilieri be
ing; chosen pope; he \y as created general of
f jbis ' order, afterwards bishop of St. Agatha,
and atlast a Cardinal ; and to enable him to
su pport liis dignity, tb e pope assigned him n.
pynsionj and, besides, made him a present of
a.cohsiderablesumofmohey.^ •

Upon hia promotion to the sacred college,
which' happened, in tlie 40th year of. his age,
lie) quite al tered ' h i»'.i^a^ner'-i'()l;* ; life ; and, to
conceal his T aspirini* yiews,:: affected a total
disregard of all wbrld.y^ursuits, and became,
.hujmbie ! meok, ;patient^ pnd; • affable which ;
mask of hypocrisy he xvore with great perse-
verance fifteen yeats|; He- led a retired life,
exercised . himself irrr works of pietyj spent
miich- df his time m ^
sOj<iom appeared at tho consiifeiries, and- du-
rihg the last three years of the pontificate of
Gregory affected to be very infirm, so tbat be
was oiben saluted in a hiannor that would not
.Have been very agreeable to any one else,
! f* God help you,, poor, old m*n,: you have; al-
most \un your race !'*:

: To UMfjrtifice.he owed bis prpmotion^ for
the cOiucIave being divided between opposfte
ftfyfcn, 1 U waa Bg reed apoavby >oth^ tlept

cur«i

witl

the

up}

ho'l

b'eh

caih

S: : iJlSg1

were crowding towards Eini to congratulato
* * lie sat Coughing and weeping as |f same -
t misfortune had i&efallon him "\ 1 r;ut he* 1-
no sooner : perceive'd,| qn the scrutiny, .that
there was a sufficient'iiumber of votes! to se-
his - election^ than he threw his staffj
which he used to 'support himself, into
middle of the' ehap'6l,-;'*tffetsfie:d^m^elf t
md appeared taller jby. almost a foot than!
ad done for : seveTal-yea.rs^ .--Tfiisl' - 1
iviour alarming the cardinal "dfcan, he "
_..bd out,'-!" Stay udittle, there'Js a mistake
in the scrutiny :" but Montalto, vVitri a stern :
look, boliJJjrr aiiswered^^jN^rei-is-rib-- mis- \
take and;: immetjiately began hinjself th|^ ; i
Tc^JDeutii, i'h suoh a'strqng; ^and audible^vbicei'r " ;
that the.whole conclavei were at first struck ■
durr b, but at i length accompanied h im in a -
tarn i and sj>iritlesa marijier, v After thehymni -
the inaster of the .ceremonies asked- him^ ec- '
core ing'to fprm, 1 " Whether he was pleased
to accept the papacy ?" To which he replied, -
somewhat aharpiy, " It is impjsrtine^:t^|i»k
whether I will accept of what J nave already 1
acci pted. > However, uj^satafy any 5 ■crupJe
that may- arise, I tell you t accept it with
grei t pleasure, and wbuld accept another, if.
I co ild get it ; for I find myself strong enough,
by I le divine aesistaqce.vto manage two -pa- l
pacies."_ While the cardinals were : putting ;
on i is pontifical robes, • he stretcheu -Outbis \

ywhioh one i of them, said in a farriijiar way^ " I
perceive, holy, father, the " pontificate. is 'a
sovt reign . medicine, a since it can restore
youl h and hjjalth to; old sick ^cardinals/?;; To.'
which he replied, .in a grave and maiestiol
mariner, " So I find it.' : After cardinal-Far-;
nese had performed the ceremony of the ado-
ration , he said to him ' " Your holiness seems .
quit i a different sort of a man from what you
was a few hours, ago*" — " Yes," said- he ; I .,
was then looking for the kevs of paradise,
whioh obliged me to stopp. a littie ; but now '
I hate found them, it is time to look upward,^
as. I am arrived at the summit of all human

irlory, arid can climb no higher in this:?vprld. ? ? ;

In his passage from the iConclave to St, Pe-
ter's, the people, who at! firsts would not be- ,
lievo that he was the same porson with'the
old decrepit cardinal Montalto, cried out, ;
" Long live the pope /" arid" added, according;
to custom,- ^PltiXti, ho]?.. fi'th*r } nhntxi and ,
justice /" To which he replied* " Pray to God;
for plenty ^ind I will give you justice."

Soon afterf his coronation, he sent for bis
sister Camilla, with her daughter, two grand;
sons, and her niece, • the-, daughter of his de— '
ceas;ed brother, who,- upon their approach to :
Rome, were mot by three cardinals,' who '
dressed them in magnif2eent,habits, and con-; 1
due jed them; to the Vatican. But Sixtus dis-
daining in such a trifling 'matter to be obli- '^i
ged to .'the cardinals, pretended not to know
his tliswr till she,; had resumed her former
dress ; then he received her kindly, arid -dd-:
clar id that nobody should make a princes^
of h ?r but himself. He assigned .herra con-
side rable revenue, and gave her one- of hia" '
pala 3es v fo^ her rcsidenco, at the same time -
advising heir to; conduct herself with , that
sob*- r. niodesty which becarrie the meanness <
of 1 er- birth, and the gravity -of those^whb^l
wen > related to.the |)apal chair :': heicoViferi^d^
the lignity of a cardinal on the eldest of her||
grai dsons, Alexander Peretti, who was theft'; $
aboi t eighteen ■ £.ears of t^ge^
disti nguisbed himself by 'his^ learnmg and #
abilities. The king of Spain andrthe'grandll
dukj} of Tuscany offered 1 to confer titles of i
honor on his , sister, ^'hichvSixtus refosed'i
however, he, expressed his,aat'iaflc;te'--wi^-
the jehaviour of the Venetians, whw ordered^
pubi ic rejoicings; upon his ; exuijta^wi»|iami »l4?"

miUed-ithe famUy of Eer^tti :to the h^onrc.
nobility in tlieir. state; being afraid of his re-
sentment for their, treatment of lu^ia^aair;^
he v ras inquUitbr at Veriteei s - , '"'
; (To bo Coined.),' ~

Biring children up in learning and obedi«
ence, yet without outir^d sererity. Pi * *
then openly, reprshehdthem aecretly, ,
theii good countenance and convent
tent nee accwdingt t*> 16* ability ; t„_
thy life will *eem their bond* ind%
portion ^ th^o ■hail leaYe them at thy;'"'
Ihej •' will thank death fbj aad Mi

.4.1

FItEEpOM'S JOURNAL.

From the C hiistian. Watchman.

j, , HAYTI, NO I .

j .;. From the -Scrap lho& ofknfricanua.

As many of ouf New England friends bd-
;jfi»»ve,' and practise the °-> self-evident truths,
||; lhat all men :.ar $ created emal, that they
i« ; e endowed by tieir Creator, with Certain
inalienable rights; that ; amc rig these, are
wfe, liberty^ and tie pursuit of happiness
f erhaps a few linis on the past and present
c ondition of a people, who have bravely burst
;ti sunder the galliiig chains of slavery, may
be interesting to s >me of your] readers.
, -Hayti. we* the. second land [discovered by
Columbus in 1492. It is 1 CO leagues from JJ.
to W. and from (80 to 70, from N. to S. It'
Was called Hayti by the Aborigines, frdm the
meaning' of the word*/which signifies high or
inoUntainous— Esp igriola, by j Columbus, in
honor of the kirigc om . by which he was em-
ployed. ;

1 At the period of its discovery, it contained
" five kingdoms, wil h a population which Lai?
Casas much overrates at;3j000,<j)00; probably,
about one million. In extent,! it is next to
Cuba, containing J 16,000 squaije miles of ter-
ritory; but from the fertility of its soil ; its
varied productions , its salubrity of climate ';
its advantageous situation forjcommerce ; it
lias commonly beep . styled " the Queen of the
Antilles."

- The natives appi k ared an unbffending race
of men. They, u the simple innocence of
nature, were "entirely naked. I Their long
black hair floated on their shoUldcrs^of was
bound in tresses aidund their heads^-Though
not tall they were well shaped a^d active.—
Their complexion vas of a dusky copper co-
lour their features dugu]ar, Wither than dis-
agreeable ; their a spect gentle |and timid'.
\ The plenty of gold ..among the. natives, of
the true value, of vhich they appeared igrio*
rant, induced Colu nbus to be very desirous of
knowing from what quarter they procured
the precious metal He was successful. They
concurred in poin ing to the jmountains of
. Ciboa, which were farther towards the East.
Eastward he shapejd his coursc-j-for whatfare
the dangers of uiiknown shorbs, of hidden
rocics and quicksands, to men] in pursuit of
gold ? The quantity found on the surface of
these mountains by the exr.lorjmg party led
tJolumbus to belioje, thatHayti was the an-
cient landjbf iQphir, whero the (ships of king
Solomon went in search of gold. This opin
ion gained considerable ground among the
wise men of the age. j
■ . After having impressed upon the minds of
the natives, some idea of the power, riches
and extent of the Spanish Monarchy ; of the
destructive nature of their ca'nnon, of the
sharpness of their swords, and [the operation
ofstheir cross-bows; after having confirmed
them in their belief ; that the Spaniards were
a superior order of beings just de&cended from
the etheral skies ; Columbus (towards the
close of 1492, having appointed 38 of his- peo-
ple to remain on the island,and ftjrnished them
Svith every thing necessary for [their subsis-
tence arid' defence, departed -; and steering
easterly discovered, and , gave name to most
of the harbors in the north part of the isl-
and, i

it is not our object to follow (|olumbus. It
sufficeth our purpose, to observe, that upon

considered by far the most valuable of the An
tillcs. The population in 1794, amounting to
upward? of 000,000, and the annuaf produce
to more than $25,000,0<)b. ■

HIGHWAYS AND BYE WAY&'
We are ell oh journey. The world
through which we are passing is inispme re-

as they go-^-and there are very few of all the
host of travellers who do not occasionally
stop at some or another of them — and conse-
quently pay more or less to the tdll-gatber-
ers.j Pay more or less, I say ; because there
is a great 'variety,- as well in the amount as in v
the kind of toll exacted at:the diffbreriti ^top-
ping pjacesl ■ . ,i

Pride and Fashion take-heavy toll's of the
purse. Many a 'mart has become^a 'beggar by
paying at their gates : the ordinary fees they
charge are heavy, and the road they traVel is
none of the best. /
..Pleasure offers a very, smooth j delightful
road in . the oiitset^vsiie tempts the traveller
with very fair premises, and wins thousands
— but she taxes'withoiit mercy — like an art-
ful robber, she allures till she "gets her victim
in her power, and then strips him of his health
and mpney— and turns him off, a miserable
object.- into the worst and most rugged road
of life; ;•
/ Intemperance plays the p*rt oft' a sturdy,
villain— he's the very worst toll-gatherer on
the road — for he not only gets fronj , his- cus-

lotyirig c , resolution, whicji was unanimously,
adopted.', .•' • • ''■■-.;

Resolved, That whereas slavery by the
laws of this state ia ABOLISHED on the 4th
day of, July : next, we deem jt/a. duty to. ex-
press our gratitude to Almighty God, and our
public benefactors, by puSlicly celebrating
tlie same. /-
On motion of Mr. , Lewis Topp,
Resolved, That whereas tho<;4th day of

dence of this country is recognized by the
White 'ci^iiensj We! deem it proper to cele-
brate the 5th. j

. QnT motion of Mi'. Benjamin Lattimore, jun.
.Resolved, That a committee of arrangement^
Consisting of twelve, be appointed to make'
the necessary preparations for the occasion —
Whereupon the following : persons were ap
pointed.

• Adam Blake, Thomas Alcott, Richard
•Thompson, William Hyres, Robert Harrison,
Benjamin Lattimore, Jr. John Jackson, "Asher
Root, Anthony Olcott, Daniel Maynard, Pe-
ter Hallenbeck, Henry Jackson.

Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be signed by the chairman and sec-
retary, and that they be published in' two of
the public journals of this city.

BBsVi J. LATTIMORE,^eo. C/l'n,
Anthony Olcott, Sec'ry. t

THE REVOLT 1"N TEXAS.
From all we can gather concerning the
revolt in the Mexican Province of Texas, it
appears, to.have been occasioned by the new

tomers their money and the ir health, but he ' f w PfoIiibiUnff the importation of slaves into
robs them offteir very brains. The 1 men you i th « Mexican dominions j or as some accounts
meetin the road, rag^d and ruinboV in fine I T^^^^^L^T,

and fortune, are. his visitors.
And so I might

And so I might go on enumerating many ; * t w "-" "

others, who gather toll of the unwary, Accf- \ ^nassmg great fortunes by
dents sometimes happen, it is true, along thej" 6 ^ «»* traffic of slaves,

his return in 1493, he found not fane of his in-
fant colony alive. They had all been cut off.
by the natives. Their rapacity und insolence
had driven the natives, gentle and timid as
they were, to desperation : their gold, their
women, and their provisions had all been the
prey of these licentious oppressors. Tbey
err, who think, that man Will bdar every in-
jsult with patience. \ ' ■ t

The Spaniards after having exterminated
the natives of St. Domingo, 'and stained the
^European name by the mostatreeipus avarice
and , cruelty, enjoyed this important colony
without molestation for more than a century.
At last, about 1630, a handful of ^rench, Eng-
lish, and other Europeans, came and forced
them to fight in its defence. Iiif spite of the
nimbers of the first conquerors of America,
■mad, their efforts during 50 yeajrs; in* spite
lesren of their successes, ; which sometiiipes
%eemed to have Annihilated their enemies
forever, they were it last forced [to divide-the
' land with them, i , \

The French part of the island, wais first
;tled by the above mentioned party, (form-
r called -Bucaniers) and placed under the
ernment of King Lewis in Il664fiby one
. qiietf a celebrated leader < f theirs : he
appointed^ Goyernor. ; Four years after,
wis succeeded jby Dogeron de-ta Boise,
o appears to ha^e possessed great influ-
je over hig half-civiiiiied subjp :ts : encour-
ing them to depend rnore upon the cultiva-
a; of •.JI^fL^ilv than upon their former pirai*
j|]'couriie. For bis abilities in the field and
i§ttloil-, ' French writers , h?ive conferred upon
^J^'-ilidjwrfble • title of. Fo«iider<of their
T<Miy. The colony French cooti noed \nc~eti-
aBd.w6alth ? an<linl788,w^s j

slave-holders from the United States, win
had gone thither with the expectation of
means of the si
and now finding

road, but those who do- not get through at: thei . r f craft m dan^-r, resolved, m the true
least tolerably well you may be sure tohav6 j S P IM J of Governor Troup, to set up a govern-
seen stopping at some of thise places. Thel n,e , n ! of ™ n > which theyccalled the Re-
plain common sense men, who travel straight \ P ubllc . °^ Fr . edoi ; 1H A- ?°- W lt h fPP- e ?^» ^ iat
forward, get through, the journey without ■ the neighboring Indmns, on whose aid they^

much difficulty.

This being the state of things, it becomes
every one, in the' outset, if he intends to make

had* mainly relied for the accomplishment of
their purposes, nearly-all took sides with the
Mexicans. Being thus left to their own re-

a comfortable journey, to take care what kind ' 8 ?" rces ' - a " d ^ nabl ! t0 tl C °K w !* h tbe tr ^' ,s
n f ^ nnn „ „ a > a L ! „ f ;th \v a or- f rt :eent agamt them By the Mexican govern

of company he gets in with. We ar% apt. to ;

ment, the^e advocates for the liberty of en-

do a good deal as our companions do. — stop i , • ' , » 4 . - -

where they step, artd pay toll where they pay. i ^ ln S ^Jiers found p lonty^of busmess upon
Ten chances tb one, then, but our choice ™ ^* X /^

thiq nRrtirnlar rWi^pa niir fafP • or dispersed. No other result could have

„ e m „ B „L„ ftV/> J^,.: : m ' fa „+ I'd of the revolt is such as has. been suggested,

IsTrave^^^ «-d by the friends of

mark the good -or ill that is produced by ev- : K e "V in ? fr ? edom *
ery course of life, see how those' who do well '
manaire, and trace the course of all evil to

its origin in conduct. Thus you will miffo
yourself roaster of the information 1 most ne-
cessary to regulate your own conduct. There
is no .difficulty in working .things right, if f y ou
know, how— by these means you learn.— 2V.
Emporium.

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
We most cheerfully give place to the fol-
lowing proceedings of a ^meeting of the. men
of colour in this jcity. They are creditable
to them, and honourable to netnory of those
who took early, steps to' put a final end to
slavery in this state. We are told that the
meeting was numerously attended, and its
proceedings conducted with the utmost de-
corum. We will embrace ihis occasion to
say,tbat the African chuich, under the charge,
of the Rev. Mr. Paul, a . highly respectable
and pious man of colour,/ has been of great
utility in improving the morals and; conduct
of that class of the community, whichv has'
been but too long neglected. To prepare;
men for the rational enjoyment . of ' liberty j
their minds' must be enlightened _ toja jtist;
sertse of the'ir own rights and : the "duties'
which they owe to the community. This has;
been the great object ©f the pastor of the
Afriban church, and-we congratulate him oh;
hie jsuccDss which ha3 attended his endea-j
yours. ' . ••

At a meeting of the people of colour, , of the,
oity of Albany, held at the African meet-;
ing-h6use,i March 27, 1827* for the purpose!
of taking into consideration the expediency;
of celebrating! the abolition of slavery in!
the aJate of New-York, which is to Ukej
place on the 4th;day^of July, 1827, , BeDja-j
min La.ttimore, Sen, Was called to /the.
chair, ano; Anthony Olcott appointed Sec-

ThVRer^MW Pairl then rose and delivered
ashprt but 1 pertinent addresi, in' which. he
icdntraated the pi^ent atate and prospects.of
the people of co1o»intBr those of our forefa-
thers; pointed outT'the dtity of gratitude
which we owe to lAlmigbty God as thej Au-
thor [thereof : and our kinrd bepefactors u
^he ikstruttien^ of. the M«s*ing« wp enjoy, 1
and urged jtbe ^necewtty of » virtuous cour»4
of conduct as the only sure pledge of their
Seing per^tpaud, a^d tbeg- ^fferedthe f^

The truth is, the new Republics of North
and South America have set ub an example
on the subject of slavery, which we should do
well to imitate, under such modifications as
dur peculiar circumstances render necessary*
If we remember right, the last slave in Co-,
lombia is to be emancipated within the pre-
sent year. Peru has essentially lightened
the burdens which for centuries had oppress-
the poor Indians ; and Mexico evinces,, by
her; decision in enforcing the, law in behalf
of enslaved Africans, that she is determined
not to bo behind her sister Republics inthis
cause of justice, humanity and religion.

Meanwhile the United 1 States, where the
torch of liberty was first kindled, -~-rthe' Uni-
ted States, who claim to be the freest and
happiest people on the face of the; earth; are-
cherishing in their, bosom nearly 9,000,000 of
wretched slaves, and as a nation, • ares doing
nothing to mjtigate the evil ! — A*. l r . Ob\

The " African Improvement Society of New-
Haven," for the improvement of the moral, Intel-
l«ctual,and religious condition of the African pop-

but from .what fobsen at ion ■ wo have made; it it
not so much the colour mi the character Which
tbey so generally poi tem, thAt Cau<eS the ofdium.
Let them learn 'usofu J •c^enC'ei, and useful trades,
which very few pt thfem do at present ; let|them
pay their debti, or rather keep out of debt ; let
them in all respects eqdal ithe whites, nay^ sur-
pass them if tlicy cai i, in point of -character and
information and their coloW 'will no longed bo a
mark of reproach. If we go farther j and suppose
that at g'omo future time, these sons of Africa
shall surpass us in intellectual and moral refine'
ment, who shall say that the sable hue of the'skin,
will not then boaotne as honourable, as it is now
disgraceful ?— Conn Jour.
EF Remarks in oi r next.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION.

FOR THE FREEDOM S JOURNAL.

DONT CARRY YOUR HEAD TOO HIGH,
*• Nb'», my boy,'.' mid my poor old graridfa-
ther td 1 me one day, (he Is dead now, rt !rest
and bless liim,") *« Ned^ my boy, mind and
don't carry your hea,i too high."' I was quite
young then, and did not at the time know
what the old gentleman meant : but I never
forgot bis words, t nd a life of observation
has fully convinced mie of their truth. The
years of my boyhooi flew rapidly away, land
the more busy onet of manhood succeeded.
Yet amid all the fur and frolic of you<h, that
Season pi real enjoyment, when the whole
heart is glad, and the head is full of nothing
but sport and merriment} the words of my
grandfather, every r ow and then, would conic
acroes my mind, (tor t carry yonth^ad too high.
In the co.irso o; tiioe, the associates of my
yout^i became sealed men^ and took to them-

selves help-mates.

and' was well to do

And then it was, I disco-

vered the meaning of my grand-father's say-

ick Thompson; <me of my school fellows,
was as nice a cobler, as ever put awl into his
hands. He had a g >od shop, plenty of work,

in the , world.; But then

Dick took it into his head, 'twas a low busi-

ulatibn.or>bis city, held a meeting on Friday , eve-
ninglast, at wie . North, Church, in company

'■with

a large^ collection of citizens, when the following
resolution WaB unanimously adapted, no on6s ob-
jecting; ' " I

".. Jiesohed, That the object of the AfricanVIm-
provcmCht Society is fully approved by this riicbt-
ing. and that it is deemed worthy of the, united p'a-
trphage of-rthp citizens of New-'Hyen. 1 '
t The meeting- was addressed in a v vbry able: and
interesting manner by Rev. S. S. Jooelyn, Prof.
Silliman, Rev. S. Merwin, Rev. S. E. D wight.' and
Prof N. W. Taylor. ' L '

VThe nuinlber of . free people of color in this city
is estimated at eight hundred ; among the Vrliole
of which we can recollect but five or six individu-
als who haye aceunm]ated property to iuiy con-
siderable amopht r notwithstanding. tbey h'av* ever
jry facility for acquiring and holding it in comjmon,
with our citizens at large, lliat they need all the
irapivyeaaent which, this society has in wu&r, . do
one civi deny , that they are susceptible jof jt ie
equally ^ertiin. It is believed that the ben^roient
exertions vvhich so dbtinfo(sh:the aie in which
W« live, cdu.M not b»4i4tt«r directed, than iniuaist.
ing in tbe recOfyery of this numerous clWof peb r
; |ito.'ftom'-tltoir>^etent ; iUie of- ileMditiosi.' '.-

.Whether or not Jhtey are capabhi of !a degree of
inteJlecttial im|
salves/ is forej L
thjsy c*n be yartl^
dition, is' UBquertionablei • Much
taehiatf odium to them ©a mcoupt their wloux ;

capabln of | a degree of
equal to that of bur-
' ' • ' That

ign to the present subject. That
tly exalted trrtra their present eon-
wtionable; • Much is said about at-

hess for a fine fellbw like him, to be every
day measuring the length and breadth of a
man's foot. Sp he broke up his shop, sold
his tools, attended the auction of a shoe-mer-
chant, bought all hisjstock, and set up a large /
shoo-store." Dick was no mora cobler nowf
he got him a sign, and the following words
painted on it, in large gilt letters: — ■ /'

RICHARD THOMPSON, Shoe-JHtrcliaiit.

Two or three .manths after'1 went into
Dick's store, when a man ujith a lo'ng pole
came in, tipped Dick on the shoulder, seized
every thing in his store, and carried him
off to jail. So ihoight I. this is what my
grandfather "meant, when he v said, rfbn'f cdrry
your head too high. \ J

. Tom Parker was another kchoolmate ' of
niine. After he left school, his father bemijid
him to a barber.' H a master took ajiking to
Tom, as he was a smart active lad, ^ave him
his shop and alibis c istom. Tom now^began
to feel like "other rich menj and every donar
in his pocket addec an inch to. his conse-
quence. It was not it all proper for a marr^f
Mr. Thomas Parker's wealtlv to be doing |np- <
thing else all the days of his life, bat holding '
nieirs noses. PuhJ 'twas shameful. ; ^o.

way ^ent Tom's rc xOrs, down fell'; the bar-
ber's pole, and. in it i stead was seen a large
fancy store;, He wa,s now in his gloryj- artd
he could beeeen daily, dealing out spices and •
perfumery to ladies jind^fine.geritlemeri, Who'
of course gave him >lenty of smilers andjlit-'
tie cash. And who cannot live oh ladie^ r
smiles ?-— so thought poor! Tom. It was food
for his mind, meat f< r his body, and cash' for
his pocket. ; But quajrter day came.and went,
and still Tom got nothing but— ladies' smiles.
He sent in bills; the ladies, sweet creatures;
gave him smiles, the gentlemen, promises.-W
Tom 'owed money,; Ih&tiifo ofr payment waS -
near, but he h,ad net the where withal. ;He_ \
made bv^er his good i to [ins creditors, aiid
" shut up shop. >r I inet him the other day, *
his face was lean and thin, his clothes shabtfy

and ragged. He wi s employed as jourrieyV
man by j a barber ii| the; neighborhood.!
thought iof my grandfather,--<fon'< (jorry tiour-- >

head tw high- ^
. Cha/i^s Smith wii i mf bosom companion.
We had (Stuck together in many a boy's fro-
lic^ and our attachment grew ; with bur yfjiff.
He bad served bis ! t ime as a cabinet unUr,
and his ifather - dyih f Sdon after he came of
age^ left , him in; the? possession of haBdsbme
property; He opened a shop of his own, and
such *ai his attenti<)|a to iis busi^e^ tliat.
he sbon^adagrfeatriin;- Iia ahbrti ftw jofat \
men ev^r began life with fairer prospdets ot \
-making the descent into the vale of (if«;
amooth und easy. H » married a girt offr>a^ ' '
beauty and many accomplishment kh* -
covild sing, play muiiic^ aiwI.a ; ai»c#A Tb jth*
Ji^ht.of hw, love he determined that; shfr
•hpald want nothing wb1cftim>neVesidt1 ,f jfi^
eyre, an/ she like-otJtef young ladttfa wanted '
e very i thing that mi ney would mtrchasjfi.^-.

llM^^MMlU tj^iwiMi item

F»Rgp09l?S JOURNAL.

and triangle} and forthwith Mrs. Charles
Smith's was laid littoe as unfashionable, an)
one v^tib a dwim and triangle. waB put in its
\ gtead [at the petty dost of $50g. ■, Then Miss
Collins bad a beaut jful harp, and she should
so like* to play on<one, besides it rooked so
pretty to lean on a Jiarj). and toudfi the strings
With, the end of one's fingers ; O dear me,
Mr. Smith, do get! me a harp ; won't you
ioay love ? Charles {was not the man to . with-
stand the entreaties of his pretty witef so
gpt her a harp andja master to give lessons,
Thus things ; went on, and what with the pi-
ano, harp, and dancing umster, French teach-i
er, &c. &c. Charlesl purse was drained pretty
low. Per pie begai to talk of the extrava-
gance of Mrs. Smith.-^they wondered at^the
imprudence of MrJ Smith. His customers,
dropped oif one by! one. Want .of business
produced shortness bf cash, thisagain'prqdu-
ced shortness of cbedit. In short, Charles
Smith! Was a rninetj man. He saw his foilyl
when it was too latej, and in a fit of delirium
put an end to his life. Poor fellow, he suffer-
ed his wife to carry Her head too high. NED.

MEW-YORK, APRIL 90.

flr/* City Sunscai bers, who intend chang-
ing their places of retidence t wili. confer a favor
by calling at our OJjice, and notifying us of
the -fame.

We avail ourselves of this early opportuni-
ty to return our th inks to the Editor of the
New-York Enquirer, for his judicious and
timely remarks on tlie celebration of the Ab-
olition of Slavery in this state. A subject so
important shall be attended to in due season.
We further take the liberty of correcting the
mistake he labors under, respecting the re-
solves of our brethren in Albany- Their cel-
ebra&Dfc is to take place on the 5th of July

, and not on the 4th, jas stated in the Enqui-

■ Jrer- |

MUTABILITY OP HUMAN AFFAIRS.

The ancient Ethiopians were considered as
a blameless race, worshipping the Gods, do-
ing no evil, exercising fortitude, and despi-
sing death :— '■

<* The sire of gods and all the ethereal train .
Ob the warm limits of 1 the farthest main, j
Now mix with mortals;, nor disdain to grace

The feasts of Ethiopia
Twelve days the ;po we

a s blameless race ;
j-s indulge the genial rite
Returning -with the twjelfth revolving light."

Believing that wej have sufficiently proved
to the satisfaction • of every - unprejudiced
mind, that the Egyptians and Ethiopians" were
of one colour, and possessed a striking' simi
larity.of features ; were equally civilized and
had the, same rites of religious worship, we
now turn our immediate attention hot only to
the mutability which has attended the for
. tunes of their descendants, but other nations
also, _

If we except 130 ^ears under the Persian
yoke and 294 under the! Macedonian, the
kingdom of Egypt continued an independent
government until th$ time of the second Tri-
umvirs, when the disastrous battle of Acti-
um,.(m which Anthony lost all the laurels ac-
quired during a whole life,) reduced, it from;
ha former splendor ti a province of the Ro-
man. Empire, underj Augustus. Since that
period, iEgypt has. continually decreased in
population, wealth aiid civilization ; and had

( -not her stately.' monpments stood unshaken
amid the convulsioris which have Since rent

' the world; as little perhaps would have' been
knows- concerning her; as little sympathy
Would have been feltj for her oppressed and
degraded children, as' for poor Ethiopia's. —
For the present; descendants of the ancient
Egyptians are an ill-ldokfn^ and slovenly peo-

i pie immersed in ignorance and sloth, and pre*.

• tenting to the. eye of jthe observer a verystri?
king contrast of features from any of the spe-*

\ cimens which have reached us of ^eir ancesr
tors. ' • '

But.Ejgypt and Ethiopia are not the only
Vrngdonis where we behold the effects of th e
;^tabity oif buraan "fcfiair& $J}C ex§psjVe

Empire of Macedon's'pror^d kidj j, has pawed
into other'rhands and .eyenv Grei we, ^heraelf,
bovft before the proud f ceptrew themr^Qni.
■ OI|, that anothei Leonidas n ight irile id
this her time ! of n'eedj and dri e the flag of
the iCrescent ^ftom the second and of frfee'
dom, arts and refinement. >Awaki, ye Greeks,
think on the spirit of.your " aniient sires
like them, let youfe■-b)r^aii^Vtie , op^ wed as ram-
parts indefence of -your countrj ^s soil ; Uke
them, die all freemen, and l&e not to'witWss
the despotism of your oppireSsoris ! 1
. Time has hot spared even ith]»oriaI Rome,
but she and her conquests, wh eh compre-
hended 1 the greater part of the or *ilized. world
at that period have changed niasteri. . All
that remains of her and . them cah £ive /but a
faint idea of the one,,pr ihardly co nvince us. of
the truth of the other. Popish writers would'
feign convince -us .that the sceptr j of the Ce-
sars had passed into their hands'- —that Italy ,
the native ! country of all that is stupendous,
great or beautiful, either in anci in't or mod-
ern times is theirs'—but ,0, Kcf.ifr ; unlike is
Rome in the ninqteenth^entury, io the Rome
of the .Scipiog and the Cesars i But while she
remains, like her coliseum, after hiavihjjr pas-
sed successively into the hands of the He-
ruli, the Ostrogoths .andthe Lbni bards, until
the final dissolution of the West< rn Empi re,
in 774, by -Chaj lewagne; Constaii ;inople, her
sister; for whose prosperity the mc st christian
Emperor Cons l antine was so soicitous, 1 has
had her share of adversity ; her holy temples
erected to -the worship of God, have 1 been
profaned with Mahomedan rite i, and the
haughty Turk reigns Over her provinces.—,
And while the ancient' mistress o ' the world
has sunk comparatively into .in6] e insignifi-
cance, a new r val has arjjseri, wh< se i;ame at
the period to v rhich we refer, w» :s scarcely
known ; and he - natives considered as a fierce
and uncohqaen ble nddy of bar^
fleets now cotfer every seaj and hfir- bold and
adventurous sons every clime.

Jf we reflect upon the present condition of
Russia; which before the ! time of Peter tlie
Great Was har ily. considered as a civilized
power ; who. th in would have believed that
in the 19th con :ury she Wohld have hel<l the
preponderating balance which she now does,
in the politics of Europe, i Spain in the loss
of her Sooth American possessions 'has taken
a retrograde ste p^her cruel policy 'in their go-
:Verameht^thVdesr^tism s ^hicli has ruled licr
cpurt, and tire neglect of her. own fruitful
soil, have ^mjet itHeir^rnerited reward, and we

be, , the casual observation of the passing trs-
velifr ha*-iofken recorded, ' What' though}
Ui0 iiroud Turk lords it over ancient Greece^
raifd would exercise a conquerors' ^ power over
{jie^fijir aqna and daughters* yet hny& '-they,
^e^iretded like our brethren f What though
Mr. E. may assert, that 'our brethren in the
?S6uth : who aie still in bondage, are better
:prpyided for, and more comfortable than \the
peasantry in some parts of Europe, do not
daily facts eviderfce the contrary ? v Do they
'not shew that many goorf men through a de-
sire 'io^I^^e^arty'^assert ' tilings which their
cocJer judgment .disapproves. Look at Rus-
sia, or Poland in their former dark state, - or
at the' -feudaliiinies of other kingdoms' ; can
they be .com p&Ved to the happy and enviable
tot of niany 'ofipur -brethren ? . And as human
affairs are continually revolving, who will
predict that the day may noWome when our
people shall be duly considered in tlie scale
of nations, ajnd respected Accordingly. We
are no, enthiisiasts^but it must certainly be
considered uacjorhmohly miraculous that mu
tability should- att^iid. all other nations.

We are. infqrpied. that the gospel was first
received in tb|^burning sands ;of Africa with
great eagerness. " African Christians soon
formed p'nejJSlthe principal members of the
primitive Ch^pi., During, the course of the
3d century^pey were animated by. the. zeal
of Tertullianf 'td ivected by the abilities of
Cyprian and Ori gen, and adorned by the elo-
quence of Lactantius.^ But where^ are their
descendants to be found ? Is * it not time to
enquire after- the descendants of men who
have hazarded their lives to preserve the
faith of the Gospel pure andlunadulterated ?"

rejoice;atj!^^
AnJ;.thoU|gh^

jur.pedp-etj as a" body, 'more

partic,tdarlyj 'have to lament the changes
"'.icM&'br

... brought is into such contempt
aiidijegradatioi ; ye' wc are not so 'selfish
•.akt5? m'purr) at,t le i r prbvement of other na-
tions ; .4&$ t&$g feat 'progress which man has.
wadj^iii?^*^i< %ledg'e 6f his natural rights
apd privil'eg|st| tyith which the; .despotic will
df the lmwoairich' ias' no right to ifiterfere, and-
for which after having this .due "estimate of
their imporlanc(^ he has been (and we trust
ever 1 >vill be) will i.ng tO devote his.life to main-
tain them untracmieWed aii|d free. - ' .

; As it regards the condition of our people,
h^w 'painful soever the subject bay be' to bur
feelings,' we fee] it our duty to touch- upon it.'
Tojus the subjec: is ever an'jinpleasant one
to. think upon , 1 ut without .'feelings of ani-
moaity, desirous of doing . all Hhe possible
gOoo we can, in our daylaipd generation, and
relying firmly up an the j.ifs^ice of a nghteo.us^
God,| we c bejie v^ that ajfairer , day is:y e^: to
da^n upon our io iging eyeai ' When this will
e^ we cannbtlel ':\iut!^^Iiexe:jthat.*a few 1

VVe havB received by the last mail the New
Harmony Gfaett© of March 7th. - It is --entirely
aUehUas.to any rupture in the society there, and,
co^ain^Uu^v^BW^^

nar and selected matter,, to show tlie, advantage of
the new " Social System," the r d.sadvahtage y of
. matrimony, hints on conversation, oh material in-
stritclidn, on the generosity and wisdom of ack-
nowledging error, &c— nor ! do we perceive the
lea^t indication of any' thing having, ruffled tlie
surface of affairs there up to the date above men-
tioned.— j\at. Inttlligencer. ■

kingplar.—-We iearn that Col.. William Frost,
of this [ village, while cutting^ and packing the pork
of a.,h6g, a few; days sjnee, discovered, completely
enclosed in : the flesh) near the fore ehpulder, a
la'ge jack knife— the - blade eitended. The flesh
about the knife appeared perfectly : sound and na-
tural. ;.

The length of the knife wasisHc[and a half in-
ches, and its weight 2 1-2 ounces. 1 It must have
been swallowed (perhaps an attempt to. equal the
feats of some modern English knife : eaters;-) a con-
siderable time previous ; and' the blade being sharp
and pointed, found it* wav to the : piace above" sla-
ted .r— Livingston JoU7'nat. . .-

.It, is stated as a remarkable fact, ; that in the vil-
lage of Rochestor, N. Y. in a population of 8000,
there is not an adult & native of the village i The
oldest person inow livJhg (vho wap; born there,' is
not seventeen years of age. The progress of this
settlement altogether is tinexampiedr,

Leioiatotoji, Perm. March 29.
■flfefnendbiis^Stdrm of Wind.— On Tuesday night:
Jast, ; this borough and its vicinity was visited "by
one of the moat fearful storms of wiiid, ever ex-*
perie'need iu this eecjion of the state. Its effects
aiiithe time w<5re truly appaiiinc;. Three of four
'house's were jcompicte]y , < unroofed: ; sheds and sta>
bles blowjn dowp, gi^le ends : and windows blown;
in , Almost every house has suffered rnore or less,
the west jend of the town looks like'a wreck The
dwelling, house now occupied by the Rev. Mr. Pig-
got was completely unroofed, and part of the chini-
ney - blown down : fortunately no person was so-
riously- injured!. '; ,,

! ; Wb hear that ihi stone barn of Thomas ,Mitcn-
ell was in part blown down, and four cattle and orfi
young horse killed .—^Juniata Gaielie. '

vTh^ Wiita'ture t' ^iabairfa have 'enacted| ttat,

znro, ^o«finem«ntipr inveigling ;,of. any 'P^mfMlf': '
bo a frlony, and pUnlshtii it hy ismtjkeni^ mW^ ^
statu r risoh at hard) %,n^ r 1^i ; ^n ; ;th>«« ','

nof jnpre than fourteen yea|*-{- ( '^d.ai} s u
after t lie fact to ahr a ucn felohv, to ifnp.r'
in tlie state prison for ^despitnan thire^ _ f .
than : iiic yeirs. \A:da^n^id>^eh[!^t^i f \p
'fihemt nt, kldniippinW^,ji*Uine4:'by .dU^eW'.of\ -■'
threat is doeoicd to w np'connokit, and agauM* tfce\
will oij the pc/ibn cbhfined, ; !^.]^Jtfi^; 1 <?4?;' f .'; \

Rolit. Watson, Esq/of Alontreal whiltf (let-
ting m his own house i^*cdmpari^w^
Riev. tfathie8onj was^inhumanlyjrfir^/m^
and mortally wounded on ihe e.veiihg of 30th
ult. by some dastardly vilkin.i *£hfi murder/,
erj'sto<)d ; oh|y-.abouti^y i w^ii /ftpq^Hit.- i
pectihg victim. ' ' ■ ' -f . ' . • ' , ,
ThepCity^3pect6r;rs$

of col >ur who was thrown^; frd^ f ^Dne of^tfce \
stages betw.een. this city (ajiiidy-Pjby^is'C.^/ : .
t r a dip i e d i n the Tren fori pap^w.fl it appears;
that brings quite iritp^

the- . 'river, while passing ^.break at the brbW; j ■
of a .1 ill, lie 'was thro wiv' ir<ftn his. iefatJand; .;"':
Had hi r arm broken, by a simp'^

The ^^society for theLimpr^oveitoelatbfservaftte
held t(ieir sr eond, anniversf^jy, .on the I6th .

Premiums to ihp |nan%er ;of ; 47 . and
amounting to upwards of 500 dblla'. >vereldW.
tribute 3. A large Octavo; Bible hahdsoinely
bound with an inscriptioij .upon^ the covert :
was added to each prernj.um. ; - •• ,

Seve n persons were arrested on 7th ibsti, ■•.(:.
charged wifjji passing ccjiipt^rfeit raonejr.-r
They Constituted' a gangi $10 bills, of tJie '
N e w.b t rg bank were found'! m ttjieir possessipijk .

Mr. |)avid Need ham of; Lynn,' 'Mass. \
lately killed by' a : maniac of^hejname s of Pac-
ker with whom he was at work; in the woodsy :

The fioble j bridge across the| Kennebec at
Augusta, Me. was destroyed en the 3d jest
The br dge was roofed; $00. feet long, and .
cost $J !5,000; The fire i? belieyed to have
been th e work of an incendiary. ■■ - J

NOTICE,

bo held hn Monday evening' jhext, v at half paidt'^
o 'clock precisely j at! th e Mutual Relief Hall : in
Orange- street. 1 ' • '

WM.; HAMILTON, > >
THOS. Lr JENtymS, } Committee.
PETER BANE,- . i j

MARRIED, ' |'s : , :
On.thb 15tH in3t..by r the . Rev; Dr.: Mattlrewi, / .
Mr. MARK J. JORDAN to Miss CATHERINE^
BLOOM, of Kent, eoriri. i ' / • ' a

By tin Rev. B. Paul,' Mr. Thomas Smith to
Miss Na icy Lawrence. • ■■■

died,

In Newark, N. J. on the 10th inst. Mr. Thomas
Thompsi n, aged 65.

In this city, on the 12th inst. Rachel, daugh'ar
of Mr. T lomas Thompson, aged 2!years, 4 moa./ '■■ .'
On the) loth ipst. Mr. Geo? Sweetser,' aged 45. »

1827. .
APR L. '
9A{Fridiy,.. . .
21| Satu day.:....,
22 Sunt ay . vj..„
23: Mont<uy...L:
24\'Tuesdaij.;J<,...

25 Wednesday,

26 Thursday r .

nomy in our ■ expimditure.s $nd by atowjng to
the- world, that it is our $xed de^rinu^tii^
to puUo shame ti e unguarded and ( ^iU«
pressiona of our i nemies • ; .* - ' ^r^.^"-
That as * b^iy j-.w* are jas degraded ih oii^!
ny |>ajrti of this hkppy laxid'af^Wican —

for tlie purposes of sale ofjmrbi 4 "ft,,.

- •■ ^ ■•• ; ". 1 :-~ .-; y'uVj

8upti^iti^—A man in Phib^alph"^: who was
severely, injured a.few .^ays §i»^?M: stepping in-
( tb a ^ttle, of ' boiling l^ ^ aMbmttted to the
qaie of a 'pret««>de4 inecr^|uwieri;Wh6 performedv
f aon^c.se'Mi|^ iiMam^lPlj^M myl&jjm
ilia, without taking any ratibnaf measures for hia
* .Faith in/such* p^ra9tt|^-^to:eiis" :
-"- extent at tba i»e*nt d»y.

tttae of the whole* tfi. N«Uon in the
:tat9 v tlie eoiiald^ratidn of ; the bill ^
twitf; '"A ;siu^titute 'offciired'by the"
Qj^Che judiciary; Was adoptadi; [It ad*
(or th« fllegal aad fiwciWa seU

^ndon^ith
wen^ltjdsys

Sun

Sux

Rises.--

Sets.

5 1ft

6

41

' 6 m

6

42

5 37

6

43-

5. 16

6

44

•••5 14

6

46

5 131

G

•47

■. 5 12

6

48.

.. Moon's
PhasUj.

MARINE LlfeT/

ARRIVED, ' '

Friday, April 13, 1827. -
Brigs, 1 llizabjeth, 1$ days from 8i. Johns* in ! ' ^
ballast j (toiifupia, Riley, 75 days' from LUboi^
jvtth'>fr«i ; Good Return, Bliss/ 15 days fftm V
Pbrt-au-P cin'ce, ; ; with 'coffee, . • ' j^tti^w^'i " .
Waterman, 11 days from St^ Crdijc, Bass. End!:
with rum md sugar. " l ' ^ •" ' ' • ; - - '- : '
SatfadayiApriti*

bip, S jpeiidir, Doirdall, jlli days :fl^ Ca»i
. with teas. Brig White Oak^N0ye% 51d^«
|rom Mea ina, and jiT from Gibraltar,: with iGrutt^ :
Ac. Sch<b6ner|Element, Stinson, 14 days, from ^
St, Croix; With rum and sugar!; Br. Schrr#ritioau ■'
10 days tr< m Turks Island, ^m£'J<iim\Q^ ii
cy Adams 13 days from Port^u-Prmc*,Vi^ e^r >

fw, sec. , | . ^ * t , v;

B r igBa»ker HiH, 20 da'yalftow' ^rtfci^», Z .
with fusti^ j.Br; Brig Rover,] Brownlaw, 8 d«/t \~% ^
from Bermuda, with molaaaeaf.' - '

Ship Qt litmli^'D*^*'^^'^^^
St

Ship I^o lisa, Reevca, fSrorn
Brig Hera) d, Ripley, fro* {F, Ik)

gar, Ac. ' . | ».*' 1 \i'''i< ' >.

Thuhf^AprQlfi.

Hayju>n _
from Port*)

24

FREEfedMS JOURNAL^

i

POETRY.

• THE AFRICAN'S LAMENT FOR
MUNGO PARK.

..' ' 1- j '

Where the wild Joliba '

Rolls his deep water?,
Sate |at their ev'ening toil . i

Afric'6 dark daughters; |
Where the thick Mangroves ,

Btaad shadows were flinging,
Each o'er her lone loom .- , \ ■

Bent mournfully singing— j
" Alas! for the white man ! o'er deserts a ran-

[ ger, ; \
No'mortf shall we welcome the white-bqsom'd
stranger ! j

2.

" Through the deep forest

Fierce Hons are prowling ; j
'Mid thickets entangling

Hyenas are howling
There should he wander, ,
, Where danger lurks ever j
To his home, where the sun sets,

Return shall he never.
Ala's! for the white man! o'er deserts, a ran -
g er >

No more shall we welcome the white bosom'd
stranger !

" The hands of> the Moor

In his wrath dp they bind him ?
Oh.! seal'd is his doom !

If the savage Moor' find him,
More fierce than hyenas, ' ;

Through darkness advancing,
Is th.: curse of the Moor,

And his eyes, fiery^glancing 1 ' ' '
Alas ! for the white map ! o'er deserts a ran-
ger,

No more shall. we welcome the white bosom'd
stranger! ,

<( A voice from the desert !

My wilds do not hold him ;
Pale thirst dotli not rack,

Nor the sand storm infold him.
The death-gale pass'd by,

Awl his breath fail'd to smother,
/ ytt ne'er shall he wake

To the voice of his mother !

for the white man! o'er deserts a ran-

las!

No more shall we welcome the white bosom'd
stranger,

5.

0 loved of the Lotus
Thy waters adorning,

Pour, Joliba ! pour

1 liy full streams to the morning !
The Halcyon may fly i'

To thy wave as her pillow ;
But wo to the white man,

Who trusts in thy billow !
Alas I for the white man 1 o'er deserts a ran*

ger, • ]

No' more shall we welcome the white bosom'd
stranger !

' 0.
" He launch'd his light bark,

Our fond warnings despising,
Arid sailed to the land :

Where the day beams are rising.
His' wife from her bower I

May look forth in ht-r' sorrow,
But he shall ne'er come

To her hope of to-morrow !
Alas! for the^ white man;! o'er , deserts a ran-
ger, '
No more shall we welcome the white bosom'd
stranger !" P. M. J.

SckoolmasUrs. — %k An igfnorant schoolmas-
ter fs a nuisance to society ; he can instruct
. no one ; the inju'ry he doest to the youth cpra-
init^ed to his care, is beyond calculation ;. the
money expended is worse! than lost, and the
time occupied can never be; recalled j the
youthful bind in the mean tirpe remainB like
a bud in tbo winter j unexpanded and locked.
The. mode and manner of jinstruction, is alto-
gether, dilfejent at the pre$'enfcday,from what
it .had been.. Improvements are making in
the sciences! as well as inj the arts ;' and why
should we not keep pace v^ith them ; our'cliil*
dren must be educated iri order to be useful,
and it is our duty and interest to adopt the
wisest and best means in j our power to bring
about an objiect so desirable. , ,See to it then,
*hat your school instructors are well educa-
tedjnoral men ; apt to te^ch and of regular
habits, if . faithful in their employment, re-
ward thp\ri Hbef ally— encourage .them in well
be ^always careful to TBiipport them
in. the nedewary di&ipline of the school— by
bo doing t£*. prosperity and happiness of your
children wiH be greatly nromoted, and your
well eirecte^'^ffortsf and exertien crowiied
with unlimited euccess.'M

The Painsville (Ohio) TeWraph says, that at
the late term of the'' 'Court bf Common Plata of
Tortag e county, Col. George Darrow/ wu found

guilty of counterfeiting, i nd sontenced ! to the
eniteritiary for five years, The Quarterly Re-
viewers bayo laughed, apt lnjtietly, atbtir fond*
ness for military titles, and ma'de themselvps mer-
ry with the idea that our stages are drifen, and
our taverns kept by <Genert Is and Colonelpi. They
may now add, that our penitentiaries aro not
without their proportions o ? titled conviptjs.

DELICATIV py RSIMONY.

While ,a, large and' fash

pnablo party in a town

in this county were sometine since regaling them-
selves with tea and colfei,. a young: lady, (who
was seated next to a Dow iger of immense prop-
erty but extremely -penuricuo i habits) started. from
her seat, exclaiming, in terror, that tlie'fe w.as .a
viper under the chair ! On' examinations howev-
er, it proved to be an eel. The appearance of ah
eel, however,, was as extra nrdihary in , a tea-room
as a viper. After consider ible'cohfusioh, 1 the stin-
gy Dowager above allud id to, ekclaitned, " an
eel! and pray who is frigl tened at! ah eel.?— Poor
harmless thing, it has cj awled from my pocket,
where I have plenty more. As I. was coming up
the street to tea, a womai passed me with eels,
and as they lboked very : lice, I thought 1 woold
buy a few for supper ; nsi . was. late, I did not like
to return homo with them ; and. as I. thought if I
left them with the worniui she would cheat mein
the weight, V put them ibto my pockot : so pray
give me that poor thing again, that I maj put it
to its companions. The parsimonious Dowager
forthwith pocketed her sli >pery treasure.

Female Temper.. — It is! particularly necessary
for girls to acquire commjtnd.of their temper, be-
cause much of the effect of their powers of rea-
soning and of their wit, when theKgrow up, de-
pend upon the gentleness and gooMnumour with
which they conduct themselves, yj^j woman who
would attempt to thunder) with her tongue, would
not find, her eloquence increase her domestic hap-
piness. W e do not wisW that women should im-
plicitly yieid their better judgment to their fathers
and husbands, but let thijm support the cause of
reason with all the graces of female gentleness.

A' man, in a furious passion, is terrible to his
enemies; but a woman,|ina passion, ia disguat-
ing to her friends; she loses all that respect duo
to her sex, and she has not masculine strength
arid courage to enforce any other kind 'of respect.
These, circumstances should bo considered by
those Who advise that no difference should be
made in the education of the two sexes.

The happiness and ihflience of women, both as
wives and mothers, and ndeed, in every relation
so much depends on the temper, that it ought to
bhs most carefully cuki va ed. Wo should not suf-
fer girls to imagine thai they can balance ill-hu-
mour by some good qua ity or accomplishment ;
because, in fact, there is none which can supply
the want of tenderness in the female sex.

Population of J?o»te f ~-The end of 1825, it
was 138,7130 inhabitants^ of which 1,486 were
Priest* ; %CAj2 Monk*; 1,502 Nuns ; 2,00^
poor in the Hospitals ;' 1,020 prisoners. For
10 years past, the number .of criminal aud
condemned persons, was about 1,100 a year.

South American Toilet, — Whild I was sit-
ting on a horse's head, writing by the bla'/.e-
of the fire, I- saw two girls dressing for the
■ ball. They were standing near a streum of
' water, which w as, running, at tho back of the
! hut. Af\er' washing- their faces, they put v on
• their gown. and . then twisting up their hair in
f a very pretty simple way, they picked, by the
; light of the moon, some yellow flowers which
: ..were growing near them., These they put
! fresh into their hair, and when this eirnple
'toilette was completed, they looked as interr
eating aritf as nicely dressed, as if" the car-
: riage was to have called for them at 11 o'-
clock and in a few minutes, when I return-
ed to the ball, I was happy to see them each .
with n partner.-f-Tftarf'tf Rough Notes;

Inscripiion at .Igra —

is written in large characters on the principal- gati
of the City of Agra, in Hindustan. " In the- frsl

year of King Mief, 2000

the magistrates, by mutual consent. The Empe-

ror learning tli

ber of marriages at
number of ad iriteries iri<
Were burnt lor poisoning
were burnt for killing
of t he furniture broken

fhe fidlowing inscription

couple were divorced by

indignant, that he abol-

ished divorcemotit. Th» following year the num-

ra diminished 3000 — tiie
teased 7000—301) women
their husbands — 7u men
oir wives — and the value
and destroyed was/three.

millions' of Rupees. The thnperor iM-cslablish'ed
the law of divorce.'' — // din Jcurtml.

Jonas JIirmvaj/.—T
way, who M was remar
meagre habit, meetiiji,
seemed inclined to te
made a full stop, saying
you have drank alittj
says the drunken man,
ten a little too little."

hp famous Jonas Han-
table for his spare and
g a drunken man. who
upvthe, whole way,
gj why friend, I think
too much"— " and I,"
" think you have ea-

Oliver Cromwell. — Such was the fanaticism
of this great man, that he had several pieces

of artillery With this
to, " Lord open thou
shall jshow forth thy fjraise

Geographical Noii
discovered on the W>
miles i N; E. of Leete
rutses) composed of 1
in en inhabit a high n
of stone, and flocks,

quaint and itnpious jnot-
thy lips, and our mouth

.. Mr. Campbell has
est side of Africa; 60
people, (the Ma-
3,000 individuals— ^these
ountain, they haveiwalls
and melt their'iron and
eopper; their language is that of the inhabi-
tants of Leeteku; 1 /

\ Caricature at Bh ittpore.— The Calcutta
Gazette gives ran account orthe manner in i
which the Burmans 't muse themselves at thej
oxpense of, the E/iglish. On the defeat of
Lord Lake,, when he attacked the fortress of
Bburtpore, a pretty i igenious carricature was
mddef representihg't ie Euiopeans at the mo-;
inent'df attack; thbl Hng in ohe hand theiri
s\v6rd8, : Which thV^ ljraftdish in the air, and in
to other a^nottle *M brandy, in which they
take j W ■ , draughta. The artillery of
Bhuripore!inak> grejit ravage?, and the heads
of the Europeaiw are seen flying off in all,
directions; biBt thejir arms remain always
extended; holding the botUe 1 ,of brandy.— :
Bhuftpore has iince heen.taken by'tne Brtt-,
ish ; the tieasur«VfMnd there are eetbit^ted
at 90 lacs, betides ttate and ^yrelrf^-fher^
was^a^io- taken a Copptr Gimj^j WPtt^g
m lba. whicli will be sent to England. t •!

" JOHN SICKELS, Jr.,
100 C/mjielst.,
Oftx-rs for sale a general assortment
of DRUGS and MEDICINES on
the most reasonable terms."

Families supplied with genuine ar-
ticles and particular and personal at-
tention . given to Physician's prescrip-
tions.

Approved Medicines which are celebrated for
the cure of mosl^. diseases to which the human
frame is liable, prepared and sold by the Subscri-
ber, at the. Corner pf Anthony and 'Chapel-streets.

iN.- B. Medical advice given gratLi.

A^.17, f JkS7 JOHN SICKELS, Jb

OKSAP O LOTHllfa STOHE $

vVo. 218, South. SixtlMred', Philadelphia. .;

THE .Subscriber respectfully returns hi»
sincere thanks to his friiends and, the public in
general, for thf ir favor and patronage. Jlo ;
informs them, tint ho coatinuos to keep, a large' '
assortment of tycbtletiien'a REAI>Y-MADE'
WEARING APFjARElj of superior quality, both
now and second-)} mded, where custohiers will be \
accommodated. ai the cheapest rate, ind in hand-'
some style.. .' He i lso informs. Families and 'private • :
Gentlemen, who have Becond-handcd Ciothbig for,V
.sale, that they will meet With a goocl price, and
ready sale for the r goods, by applying to

> BA?HE^ .PETERSON,
JVo. 216 , Sovth S^th-st. Philadelphia.
N. Ji. Tayloring carrfc'i'i- on in! its various
tho cheapest terms, i

branches, and on

NOTICE.
PROPRIETORS of CrRCULATlNG LI-
BRARIES can h ivd their Bo6ks and outstanding
Debts collected ipon v t ory moderate terms; fT.

B. Subscriptions
procured by *

GEO RE W

to all "Periodicals received and

EVERITT, General JJgent,'
33 Cdlhariiic-.sireet.

LOTS WANTED.

or thb Tear of two lots, where
there is. any convenient communication with the
street, are wanted, for' the erection : of a Presby-
terian Church The location must be between
Read and Sprinq v lludson and Orange- streets. —
One lot within tlie above bounds, 25 feet or more^
by 7b, would ajisWcr

Inquire of S. F f Chrmsii, No. 6, Varick -street. >
• New-York, fljlarch 20.

» BEAUTY Ji.VD - FCOAOAJV."
UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND

JOHN H. SMITH,
No'. 122 North-Third : st. (above Race,) Phi-
ladelphia,

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
neral, tbat heutill continues at the above place
the Scouring and DreBsmuf of Gentlemen's Coats,
Pantaloons, &c. on a diilerent plun from that of
the Dyers, having a composition for so doing,
which 'enables him. to dress Clothes so as to leave
their appearance equal to now. He restores
Seams*, &c. to their- original colour when worn
white/and will wavrant them to wear three months
after, dressing, and then can be re-dressed. Also,
Ladies]! Habits and Merino shawls, in the neatest
manner and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms. Being legally bred to the business,
and possessing a competent knowledge of Dresa
ing and Clonning Cloths by Steam Spovnivv;
which is the only complete manner of effectually
removing the stain.- caused from grease, tar,
paints, &?. he needs only a trial/to afford him'uh
opportunity of giving . satisfaction.

N. B. J. S. constantly keeps on hand New and
Second handed Clothes of every description, which
he assures the public' will be sold as low, if not'
lower than at any other establishment in the Uni-
ted States for cash or barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase would find it much to their interest to
cull as above, arid examine for themselves

0"Fhe highest price .given for Gentlemen's
clothes ! ♦'

KT TAILORING WORK carried on, and
Clothes repaired. — New Cuffs, Colia.r-s.and Buttons
put on, if requisite. Ho. keeps on hand, - Cloth.
Velvet, and Silli of all colours, for doing up same!

April 20, 1*27. //.._.

SOMETHING TO BE SAV$D!

„ CSiiATRttas m^XT MBS,
Rksi'sctfullv informs his customers, and
the publick in general, that he has opened, and
exj)ects to continue, his Shop,dt ^'3 Church-street}
where ho will m ike and repair Shofw and Boots,,
in the best manner, at the following reduced pri-
ces : ■ 1 •

Neiv Boots, - - 00;
Soling aha heeling Boots, - \ i 00
Soling Boi ts,

Footing B wts, - - :i SO
N. B. U<-,a!so, inform;* bh £ •'.•<,-/<",/ c«»'tom-

ers, that he will

change, or. he wilt gh/e h'.-.- v. j<>r .iccond-h^no'ed

Boots. All ordeis left at his jf.i'Citurch-

street,' will bc-unmedia*.-.!',-
Wow-York, Mc rcji a0.

CASH tfpR O&ff Q&®T&1i2$<

. WANTED to purbhase a largo- quantity
of cast off Clothes, for which thejmghest price
will be given by THOMAS L. JENNINGS,. No.
J10 Nassau-st., ; fori)ierly No. G4 j Sv^io has con-
stantly on hand at thXabove place,, a general as-
sortment of seeond hdnd clothes', at. the lowest
prices for cash. \ :

N. B. Those persons who wish to dispose of
clothes, will- please to send their addrees as above,
or send their articles before suhrset.

LAND FOR SAJLE..

THE subscriber is authorised tb offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres, of excellent Lano,
at less than one half its value,' provided they Will
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured farmers;' The land is in the state of New-
York, within 7p miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being on the . banks of the Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the' city of Phi-
ladelphia. Thk canal leading from the Delaware
to "the, Hudson' river passes through the tract, o-
poning '"a direcf navigation to New-York city. The
passage tp either city may be mad^e in one day or
lesa. '" Theilan<i is of the best quality, arid well
timbered. i

The ?ubscri^e'r hopes that pome of his breth-
ron,- who are.cjxpitalists, 'will at* f least invert 500 or
1,000 dollar's, , in th'eso lands. Tolsuch he; will take
ti^e liberty fdjiayi this land can be purchased for
5 dollari the icre, (by coloured men,) though it
harbeen selling for $25. Ho also takes the liberty
to observe ibat, the purchase will b* safe and adr
^ta^ecm9,ankl he thinks such a settlement, form-
ad by coloured families; would be conducive of
'hiu£hgood : T^itb this objecti in view he will , in-
reai 5W) dollars in the purchase •

'I.- SAMUEL E. CORNISH. ,
; ; Naw-York, March 20. :> 1". v.v I

: N.'B. Communicationsion the subject, pott paid\
will be receivH and' attended to.

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,
Under St. Philip s Church, is now ready for the
n't mission of Pupils.
IN th s schotvl will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,, '•
ENGLIS H GRAMMAR, GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use" of
Mapsand Globes, and
HISTORY.

Terras from two to four dollars per quarter.

Reference.— Bex. Peter Williams*. Rev. James
E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul,;

Varick, Rev, S.
Rev. Williahi M

New-York, Mirch. 14

Is published eve

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C. Slockbr dge, Ym> NorthYarmouth, Mai««. 4k
Mr,. Reuboi. Ruby 'j Portland, Me!.. ii
". David Walker] Boston. ; : «

Rev. Thonjas Paul, do. ■ •* . t'

Mr.. John Reinpnd! Salem, Massi .
" Georgji C. Willis,. Providence, ft. I. 1
• " Isaac Rddgersj New London! Conn. - V H
" Franci^yVobb, Philadelphia.! > ?
" Stephi n Sniitb, Columbia; Penn.. %i
.Messrs. R.jCooIey ^kChs. Hackett, Baltimorf ; %
Mr. John yf. Prout, Washington, D. C. .

Rev, Nath iniel jPayl, Albany^. , .
Mr. Thebd ore S. Wright; Princeton, N. J. Vf
" Jamei'Cbw'cs^Ne^-BrunswIckjN Si'/
Rev. B. F Hughfs,; Newarkj N;;' J. ^
Mr. W..R .Garduier, Portiau^Princei'liaytl'

R I G H.TE.OU S N jB'SSt. E X^IjT E T II A NATIO N."

/ -\. : , - :lT . - — - — -

CORNISH & RUSSWURM, >
Ed^ors &, Proprietors. ^. )

2« »#v *V-

power to oppress. And so it has been in all
revolutions where the struggle, was between
liboMaijd. despotic pow*r. The character
of t(je;> African is Constitutionally mild, and
.ge^fje^ and*., affectiojiate, unless, goaded to
.madness hy:interniiu:ible oppression. There
is thbreloto i<K-uliar reason -to hopafor a fa-

■tnK&i™WHffimf\W*.'i and decision. The pr<>-
jcet of^radualjy ■extirpatlt:? slavery, by cut
ting 'jojT: the, supplies, thht.j^ by Ji&eratintr
anJ'H'emoving.all w'liir jijejjonii, irf V»o alow.
Hd>VjCan you liberate, ':md' educate',' and ex-
patriate 00,000, or 70,00!), annually? Erne-
ciallj!(ho\v can. you educate them for freemen
while their, fathers. are slaves ? How will you
prevent frauds, and crimen, a ad kidnapping,
and all the inconveniences whicn now spri •$>•
from the mixture of slaves and free tut grot* >'
Tosay all in one word, the measures to l,o
taken mnst be aimed at the root. The rome
dy must go to the seat of -the disease ' The
provisions to be made most be universally ap-
plicable to the whole body, of the slaved,
must be uniform to all, mint be speedy and
effectual in their operation to abolish slavery,
and roust make 'all possible provision to save
the interests and ..feelings Of the planters,
which is consistent with the main object. The
slaves must be immediately recognised as hu
man beings, hy the laws. Their persons, and
their rights must be protected. Provision
must »be made to establish marriage among
them. They must be admitted, under some
restrictions, to testily as witnesses, liable
howeyer, like other witnesses, to have their
credibility impeached. In all lawsuits where
one of the parties it a black, a jury must bo
made <up, de medietate lingua, as the lawyers
say, that is, one half of each description. The
slave must be subjected to the laws alone,
and. Wholly freed from the arbitrary power of
hij master. He may become a copy-holder,

From the Christian Spectator.
PEOPLE *)F COLOUR.
• ; (Concluded.) . ,

f 4; A sense of their own interest in the
southern planters, is not; to be trusted wM
this' business. Mr. M'Duffie, of South Caro-
' Una, in a speech in Congress, Jan. 17, 3 825,
took occasion to observe of the condition of
the : so^ther^.-s^te^ .lVln, no part of Europe;
W'0 -^M***-' *he Wainc; indications of "decay/
Deserted villages, houses falling to ruin, im-
poverished lands thrown out of cultivation,"
$tc. He charges it to the rage for emigra-
tion^ But the question recurs, Whence the
rage for emigration ? Why does not emigra^
tion produce the $ame effect in the northern
and middle states ? The only answer is " Sla-
very." It curses every thing which it touch-
es. It sheds a blight over all the departments
of national prosperity. It'* curses ihe city"
with danger: and ^destruction, "and the field"
w»Ui.sloth and bad management ; " the bas-
ket" with negligence, "and the store" with
■waste. It is a? " cursing, vexation, and re-
buke, in all that men set their hand to, for to
do." It deludes!men with the appearance of
enormous profits! arfd brings tlnm into babifs
of Jxtravaganse £ .but it baffles all human cul-
. cuiation.by its risks and its unbounded, ex-
pensiveness. Accordingly, the great body
of planters have always been in debt. One
of the evils of slavery, in a busines point of
view, is that it contains no possible provision
for contingencies. It is always worked upon
the high pressure plan, and as high as it will
possibly bear. There is besides only one way
of operating. That is by fear. The freeman,
who has ari interest in his labor, will turn out
freely for extra-work on an emergency, be
will put to more strength,",and employ the
resources of his jingenuity, to accomplish an
object. The slave is a mere machine, to be
worked only by main force : or rather, there
is in slavery a .cimsfant, vexatious, opposition
foibe accomplishment oi business. The ob-
ject of a freemajn always is, to do the most
work with the fewest possible strokes ; of the
slave, to employ the "most labor in doing the
least possible work ; of the freeman to find
ways in which expense ' may be - prevented,
and of the slave to find ways in which econo-
my can be prevented ; of the freeman to en-
large his comforts and improve his condition,
and of the slave to lay all possible obstruc-
tions in way of any improvement.' Planters
have often said that nothing has vexed them
more than .the opposition of the slaves to eve-
ry mcasure^of improvement, whether the ob
ject was. economy, saving of labour, or in-
crease of comfdrt. Economy apd slavery,
improvement- arid slavery are universally
antipodes. And there can be no perma-
nent prosperity where there is ao econo-
my. Slaves will Jnot plough their ground, nor
use animal labor,! if they -can help it, nor try
to do any thingj to the. best advantage; nor
consent to have their clothing made, or then;
food provided, or; their houses made comfor-
table, like white jpeople. The picture drawn
by Mr. M'D. will} be growing darker and dar-
ker, so long as slavery shall continue. And
yet I never expect that the planters will see
what it is that mars their prosperity. Slave-
holders never have seen their true interest in
'•any measure wjifere . slavery . is concerned.
The abolition of j the slave-trade is a case in
point. We know that all the weight of West
India influence was employed in contending
against that measure, from first to last. And
yet no measure ^ver contributed so immedi-
ately to the advantage of West India proprie-
tors. It is a strong case to prove, that men at
a distance a.e in' this particular business the
best judges. They can htife att thefacts be-
fore them, can look at the negroes as human
beings,- have no love of power to surrender or
to gratify, can seje the force of mathematical
demonstration, and the evidence of actual ex-
periment, proving thaif Slavery is prejudicial
to prosperity, and can thus judge of what is
for the true interest of planters, Cbetter than
the planters can for' themselves.

5. It is of no use to wait untihtJbeTiJegriJe's
tire fit ,o be freemen. Nothing buCfreedoni
itself will fit a mi.n to be free. No other con-
dition will draw florth the energies of hk mind.
In no other condition does experience autho-
rise us to expect that he will' ever he allowed
the means and opportunitje^pjf^nprovemerit.
Increases litferty has been the cause rather'
than the effect of ' any , very considerable mo-
ral and intellectual 'imprbyemenlt. The he-:
groes, jit is.said, are nplLfitfor; freemen. So

,-j j- — , WIUP UIJI1U U3 -IA/ VUk UUJI"CI, UUt r " T £ .».v»j »" vyj/j

v will fin^^agjrravateJhc.dieWe^ time, under

--- L — ' ^rther increase, are two millions proper regulations. But the boon of freedbi

the London Courier says the Grejeks are
not .'capable of being free.. . And. ^so the
same ingenious Editor said of the Spanish
provinces,;:./ Yet they are' 'all free. So the
prince^ofv# c Holy Alliance say to their dp-
pfesse'd 'wbje'cts. Yet We all bel eye , that
they will so.cn be free, fit , or\not fit.,' So has
every writer and !spe<rker;alw^s said o^thie
.negroes i'T iat hn>V bvn t,U« UngMtJe of the
advocates oi privileged orderk, itV all n'tfes.
It is the pleri ^yith wjneh every' effort of phi-
lanthropy' or justice has ; been pu.t'off these
forty years, in regard to the southerji slaves;-
And t in all 1 hnt time, not a sjngle. thing hds'
been done, escapt: b'y individuals at the risk
of a prosecution, towardn rendering them. fit.
I wish this itea to becdme very -distinct', that
nothing is dAing to prepare the negroes for
freedom. A id nothing ever -will be, , with the*
consent of. ihe owners, or without; it, until
they ;are'fr?e Tiie unfitness ^consists in their
degradation, rathe/ than in their ignorance.
Aud that will remain until they . are free-. It
is in the nature of things impracticable to
elevate '(he ciaracter of men who are looked
upon and habitually treated as. an inferior and
degraded claus of the community. Mankind
always act precisely up (to their condition,
and not beyond it. jj

0. No ]jrqj< ct ' for pi eventing the ^increase,
of the nu^ber is equal'to Ine exigency. The
Editor of the New- York' Observer some time
uince proposed to restrain the increase, by
confining the slaves to the same plantations.
To! say nothir g of the impracticability of the
mensure itsel ', it would not have the design-
ed effect, because it would Btill leave the ne-
gro wholly free from that anxiety about the
mejms of subsistence, which is the greatest
cause of retai *ding population. And besides,
I wjish to repeal it, all palliatives are Ipke opi-
um in a fever ; they will produce a tempora-
ry relief, and [thus blind us to our danger, but

" wei
this
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tv nb

i/OCt

prevent any fiirtlier increase, .... „

of human beings nothing to be thought of?
Thb blow mm t be aimed ai the root. \ A plan
must be adopted, whose (direct object and evi-
dent tendency shall bo to obliterate Slavery,
and even the name of it, from ouristatute
botjk. Would God it could be obliterated from
our history ae easy !

7. Mr. Jefferson, in his letter before' quoted
says, " the ide a of-emancipating the whole at
once, the old 8s well as the young, and; retain-
ing, them here, is of those only who have not
thej guide of knowledge and experienc^." At
the risk of tlis heavy charge, and Without
the least pretc nsion to " knowledge or exf e-
rience," except what is derived from .a limited
acquaintance with history, I will undertake
to say, that the facts are all the oth^r way.
In every insta ice recorded, of the emancipa-
tion of bondman who bore. a very large pro-
portion to the whole population, the cimnnci-
patjibn-.. has .been instantaneous, or nearly so.
I exclude -th« emancipation of slaves in the •
northern, and middle 'States, because they
bear no proportion to the- frce citizens. The
man who only drinks drams^ may perhaps
control his: appetite, so as to leave it off by de-
grees. The drunkard must break off at once,
or not at all. It will cost him a good deal of
self-denial, to restrain; his appetite, *an d • may
possibly, at fir it, bring on dyspepsia or |Cholic.
But it is the 6 jiniOn of all medical men, cor-
roborated by [the experience of Hbe! small
nurjiber who have tried it^ that the pains of
abstinence and temperance are »ever mortal.
To [continue i a his present course ia certain
death. Th e c ase of giving up slavery is pre-
cisely parallel It must be no small sacrifice
of feeling to the planters, to treat .those as
mep, whom th ey have always treated as but
a higher order of brutes. So great a change,
ifl the mode. >f /doing business, must be at-
tended With s >me loss, much inoonveniencej'
a period 6f g meral .suspense, during which
all the energies, of the . body politic are em-
ployed upon; a single point, and. probably the
ruin of those who have tod much obstinacy^ ,
or tjoo'littleiju Igment to conform to the new
jBtate of thijpgi . Biit to go on in the nresfmt
Course ip cirtkiti ruin to ihe whole, I appeal '
then to Sierra Leone, jto Hay ti, to Colombia,
and say that s aves haVe been liberated, in so
great number r as, to form the mass of the
popkilation, 'pa rticularly - in : Haytf ; and that
the difficultie; i - and ; dangers of the process
have always i risen, not fr^m the turbnlerifce
apd disorderj of -.the liberated slaves, bit! from
tbekexatious, urireason'able'.conduc t of their
meters, struggling to retain or -recover their -«

an,d civi* righto must be held out to hirnj to
bej attained upon the easy terms, of industry,
good management, and moral deportment.

S. F. D.

THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM,
An old clock that had stood for fifty years
in a farmer's kitchen without giving its owner
any cause of -complaint, early one summe r's
morning, before the family was stirring, sud-
denly stopped.

Upon this, the dial-plate, fif we may credit
the fable,) changed countenance with alarm :
the hands made an inefficient effort ttf con-
tinue their coujse : the wheels remained mo-
tionless with surprise ; the weights hung
speechless ; each member felt disposed to
lay the blame on the others. At length the
dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the
cause of the stagnation ; when hands, wheels,
weights, with one voice, protested their in-
nocence. But now a faint tick was heard
below,; from the pendulum, who thus spoke:—
{ { I confess myself to be the sole cause of
the present-stoppage : and am willing, fur jiie
general satisfaction, to assign my reasons. —
The truth isj that I am tired of ticking." Up
ou hearing this, the Old clock became so enra-
ged that it was on the .point qf striking.

" Lai-y wire J" exclaimed the ^dial-plate,
holding up its liands.

" Vdry gpod!" replied, the pendulum, " it
is vastly easy for you, Mistress Dial, who
have always, as every body knows, set your-
self up! above me, it is vastly easy for you, 1
gay, to [accuse other people of laziness ! Yon
who haVve had nothing to do all the days of
your life but to stare people in the face, and
amuse] yourself with watching a|l that goes
on in the kitchen !. Think, I beseech you,
hoi«* y^)u would like to be shut up for life in
da''' ' ' * ' * « ■■ — ■

Ti e mihu^j* hdrid,.^ beibgiquiek at figwrw
fhon ly repliejd. " oighty-six thousand; fonr
hundred timi%."

Exactly ;'so, ,, replied Jhe pendulum t—
'— ' 1, l appeal to. you \11, if the thought of
was k not enough to. fatigue one ? and
I begaii ,^/nipltiply the strokw of one

wonder if Ifelt discouraged : at the pros-
so after u great deal of reasdning and ,
hesitation, thinks I to my^lf I'll stop;'? ' . v
: The dial could scarcely keep its Counte-
nance during this harangue but,' resuming
ita gravity, th us replied :-~

' : i^ear Mr. i'ehduluni. I ain really astonish-
ed that su.;h a useful, industrious person air
yoursplf fjiiouid have been overcome by. thii
siivhlen .sti^goiition. It fs true yod have done
a great deal of work in your time. .. So we
have-jtil, and are likely to r!o ; and, although
this ipy faUji'iie us to .think': of, the question!
letner. it will fatigue us to do : would
io*vv, Ao ma the fiv'our. to 'giV-e about. r
do;.en' strokes, to illustrate my £rgu-

this da|rk closet, and wag backwards and for-
wards,! year after year, as 1 1 do." .:_
-. " As to that,'* said the dial, " is 'there h&t
a wind'ow jnyour houso f on purposefqr you to
look through ?'» - ,' , ' ^ '

- ; " Po!r all that," resumed the pendulum, " it
is.veryj dark here :. and although there is a
windoWj l dare not stop, even tor an instant,
to. lodkj^ut.; : Besides, I am really weary of
my -.liftjlj ^ anjij, if you please^ I'll tell you haw
I took this disgust at my employ ineiitr- -Thii
mornipg i Hajppened to be calculating how
marty.Mnies I should have to tick in the course
only 6^

some of you; abpve there oan give
act sum*" . '"■ ,

: ' "■■'■ vA:--.

von.
•if Ji.-.If
iuont P

Tho pendnlmn coinp^ie.d, and ticked six
times; at its usual pase :: '^Now,", resumed
the diiil.' may 1 be allowed' 'to inquire, if that,
exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable
to yoii ?" /

'* Not in the least," replied the pendulum ; .
*• it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor
of sixtiy, but of millions." /•

" v P r y good," replied the dial : " but recol-
lect thjat -although you may thtnk of a million
stroke^ in aninstantiyou are required to execute
but onje ; .and that however often you may^
hereafter have to swing,, a moment will al-
ways be given - you to swing in." .

" That consideration staggers me, I con-
fess," said the pendulum.

" Then I hope," resumed the dial plate,
" we shalfallim'me^iately return to^cuiiLdjify^,.
fdrth>' maids will he in bed till noOn if we
stand idling thus." ' -

" Uj)on this, the weights, who had never"
been accused of light conduct, used all their
infiuerice in urging him to proccjsd : when as
with one consent the wheels began to turn,;
the hands began to move, the pendulum ber :
gan to; wag, and, to its credit,, ticked as loud
as ever : while a beam of |lie rising sun that
streamed through a hole in the kitchen shut-,
ter, shining full upon the dial-plate, it. bright-
ened \rp as if nothing had been the matter.

When the farmer came jelown to breakfast
that m|orning, upon looking at the. clock he
declared that his watch had gained half an.
hour in the night.

I ' MORAL.
' It is said by a 4 celebrated modern writer^;
" take ( Care of the minutes, and the hours will.'
take care of themselves." This is an admira-
ble hint ; and might be very seasonably re- •
collect id when we begin to be " weary in weft"
doing, 1 from the thought of haviiig -.a! great
deal tc dp.. The present-is all we have to>
manag. s : the p^ast is irrecoverable ; the future
is uncertain ;,nor is it fair to burden brie ;moV.,
ment with the weight of the next. . Sdfiicvent
unto the moment is the trouble thereof ;j If we
had to walk a hundred niiles, we. still Jieed
set one step at a time, and! this process con-
tinued would infallibly, bring us to our' j our-
ney's end. Fatigue generaUv. begin8,iand is
always increased by calculating in a rpiaute'
the 'exertion of Hours. '

Thus, in looking forward to future life, lfet .
us recollect that: we* have not to sustain all its
toils, to endure, all its. sufferings, of encounter
all its crosses at once. One moment comes
laden with its own little burden) then flies,
and js Succeeded by -another njo heavier than
the la'^t; if one could ; be sustained^BO-^^
another, and another. ' . /

Even in looking forward to a single day^ the
spirit- rnay sometimes faint from ah anticipa? .
tion' of the duties, thejlabours, the trials to
temper and; patience that may be expected. :
Now this is 'unjustly laying the bunion of . '
many thousand moments; upbn - we^ Lot ahjf '
one.reeolye tb do fight w
do as, i§ can, and.if he were; ^ live. to the a^e -.
of Methuselah, he would neyef err. But the
icommo verror is, to resolve to act right lo-
fyiorroiq or next iimt/huX mw* just Iktf once,

we mut t go-on. the same^as i>ver. :

It s,6( imr^I^rtb\io''n9hi-^iliatr^^tbji9
to-day, merely because we'lbrget that, when
to-rnori oW boraes/ then jwHl;he now. Thus
life passes, foiih many 4 ~in resolutions for the-
jfu'tuj/twhich the present never ftu^ilflv v

FREEDOM S JOURNAL

It is not thus vpiih those, tyho, '? by paMnt
continuance in well doing, sfcek for glory, and
honour, and Immortality day by day , mi-
nute by minute, they execute the, appointed
task to Which the requisite measure of time
and strength is proportioned : and thus, hav-
ing worked while it was called day, they at
length test from their Ubourd, and their
« works follow them." .

Let us then, " whatever! our hands find to
do, do it with all our might, recollecting^
that now is the proper and the accepted tune

AMBITION:

ORi'lHE KlSE OF POPK SlXTUS V.

v (Concluded.)
■ When Sixtus in his youth resided at Mace r
rata, he went one day to a] shoemaker's shop
to buy a paiT of shoes. After some dispute
about the price, the shoemaker; told him he
would take no more than seven julios. orthree
shillings and sixpence. Montalto . one red
him six: julios, which was! all the money he
had, and said, ;< Perhaps I shall be able to
give you the seventh some tune or other. —
« Some time or other !" replied the shoema-
ker; bht when wiU thaVbe;? when you come,
to bepope?"— "Yes^saidMontalto, "that
I will with all my, heart, -jind pay youjnter-
est for your money too."— j" VV ell, tMfl* an-
. severed the shoemaker" since I sef you are
not .without hopes of being pope, you shall
even have them upon those terms." Montalto
having^' asked him his name, and rioted the
transaction in* his diary, * fter his promotion
/sent to Maeerata, to know if the shoemaker
/was alive; and being informed that ; he wASj
ordered the governor of that place to send
him directly to Rome, guarded by one of his
officers. The poor shoemakerwas extremely
frightened, and having entirely forgot the
transaction with the young friar, which had
happened forty fears before, began to recall
to his mind all the sins that ho had committed
in his life, considering for which of them he
could - be cited to appear before his holi-
ness. _ Upon his arrival at Rome Sixtus
asked him if he had ever seen him at Ma-,
cerata ? The shoemaker, trembling, told
him no. The pope again ajjked him if he ever
remembered to have sold ipair Of shoes to a
youn" friar, and to have givenlnpi credit for
a julio ; but he protesting that he knew noth-
ing at all of the matter, Sixtus related to him
the agreement they had formerly made, and
ordered his steward to pay him the julio, with
the interest for forty years, which amounted
to two juiios mere. The shoemaker went
away very much dissatisfied, loudly complain-
in^ to^every one he aiet, that the pope had
put himUo the expense, of forty crowns,
to come from Macerata to. Rome to receive
three julios. 'Sixtus being informed of his
behaviour by his spies, ordered him to return,
and demanded of him if he had a son. The
uhoemaker answering — " Yes, and^that he
was an honest priest, of the order of Servi ,»
the pope sent for him to Rome, and. before
the departure of his father, conferred on hun
a bishoprkrin the kingdom of Naples.

^3ut he served an Augustine -monk, called
father .Salviati, still better, and this story n
more humourous than the former. In lob4,
Montalto left tiie general chapter of his or
der at Florence, without the leave of his su
perior, who sent orders to al 1 the convents
that worei under him on the road from that
city, to stop the fugitive. Montalto was aware
of this, and therefore lie. lodged in no house
belonging to his own order. He lay one mgjit
in a small convent of Augustines. wlu?re fa-
ther Salviati, then a young man, was. prior—
He treated the stranger with groat civility,
and the nex: morning lent him four crowns on
his note, which, however, Montalto gave him
in a fictitious hand and a counterfeited name.
Sixtus when he became , pope, on meeting
with this circumstance in his journal, ordered
the general of the Augustines to send fatner
Salviati to Rome, as he . wanted to speak to
bin. The prior at that time was engaged in
a- contest ; with his bishop, and the prelate had
made a' complaint against him to the congre -
gation of cardinal*. .The general thought
that 'his holiness had sent for Salviati to re>
Timarid him upon this account ; and what con-
firmed him in his opinion! was the grave man-
ner in which the pope communicated his or-
ders. Accordingly, that lie might give com-
_. l :^..,t;«,?LY» ; «Ja nr<Wa't.ha.t 'Salvia-

that it was the affair between him and the
bishop that the popo meant, began to make
the best defence ho could. His. holiness, who
hadr -never heard any thing of the matter re-
plied—" I am sure you aVe in the wrong, and,
have been wanting in respect to your bishop,
who is a man of worth;, but it was another
business that I sent -lor you about: you are
accused of misemploying . the revenues ot
your conyent,iand I must call you to account
for it." Salviati began now. to . pluck up his
spirits, as the was conscious that an inquiry
into this part of his conduct would be to his
credit. He replied tothe pope, thai " lie sub-
mitted freely to any punishment his. holiness
should inflict, if any mal-administratipn of
the society's revenue should be proved against
him." Sixtus answered, ' have a care what
you say ;/for I have m iiiy hand proofs suffi-
cient^ convince you." .Salviati being well
assured of his imioconce^ shrugged up bis
shoulders, and was silent while the pope went
on : "'Is it not true, that in 1564, when you was
prior, a Franciscan monk lodged at yourTiouse,
to whom you gave four crowns? and should you
1 desire to know, have disposed of the public
money so?" Salviati no\v recollecting Mie
tiling, but not imagining that Sixtus was the
man he had lent the money, to, said, " it 1?
true, most holy .father, and I should have let
him .have mdraif he had asked it, bec ause he
looked like an honest man ; but I have sinco
found him a cheating rogue, for having signed
a name, whereby I have never been able to dis-
cover him or to get the money." At this the

Front thrClmstiah Watchman
HAYTI, NO. II.

pretended news
private views.

was fabricated to further his,
By it, the intendantiwas re-

called with blan e and ignominy ; his enemies

pope fell a laughing, and . said, « Don t trou-
ble 'yourself about looking after him any far-
ther, as "you will not find him ; but he order-
ed me to pay the debt, and return you thanks.
Are you not satisfied with my taking his
place, and becoming- your debtor ? By this
time Salviati began to think that his holiness
bore some resemblance to the man ' whom he
had called a cheat, and though the last words
were encouraging enough,' yet the poor man
fwas sadly disturbed how to excuse the affront
?he had put upon him. Sixtus, however, did
not leave him in suspense, but said, »« It's time
now to give you mv thanks, as I am the broth-
er you were so kind to : and, as you gave me
half your cell, it is but reasonable that I
should give you a lodging." Accordingly lie
gave him handsome apartments in his palace,
and some time afterwards promoted h.mvto a
considerable, bishopric, which occasioned the
following sarcasm of Pasquin* " Bishoprics
are now four crowns a-piece." ■

Dick tub Ge.vti.emak.— Dicky Dash was
born in the midst of a fine, fat, fertile country
of the west, where there were plenty ot po-
tatoes, cabbage and corn—but no gentlemen.
Dicky had small hands, a thin face, an idle
disposition, and a busby head. Dicky said he
was a gentleman. The Squire looked from
top to toe of Dicky, and said " he was a gen-
tleman." The Doctor feJt ins pulse, and said
" Dicky's a gentleman." The Lawyer cross-
examined him, and said " Dicky s a gen le-
man." This being ascertained ^beyond a
doubt, Dicky immediately lucked the pota-
toes from him-tossed away the + cabbages-
and gave the plough over to satan. Dicky
put a new shirt into his pocket, jumped on
board the steamboat, and hollowed out to the
captain to start away his nine inchfcs or etearff
for the city. After the puffing and blowing
of a night and* day, Dick was landed at Court,
land-street wharf He jumped ashore, rub-
bed up his whiskers, and became in a' trice a
rrentleman clerk in a splendid store for the
ladies in Broadway. He was in pain to show
off the gentleman, - but his employer was a
close fellow, and made him stick to the shop.
Dick had a mortal antipathy to sticking He
rWtfie prodigious handbill that is pasted up
on the front of the theatre, and sighed and
swore, and sighed and 'je wore m vain. He
saw the dashy blades roll .down to, Union
course in the racing season, and a most bit
his fingers Off that he could not crack a whip
too. Dick tossed ahd tumbled m his bed at
night-flattered and coaxed the old dads .thro'
the day-arid at last was set lip as a-gentl?-
man merchant in ; Pearl-street with his door
all hung round with shawls, and hislwmdows
shining like a rainbow in fancy colours. Now
was the time for Dick to show off the gentle-
man, and show it off he did v?ith avengeance.
He got a horse-then a saddles-then vvent to

he races. He pepped . into, the .theatre-
lolled iat the opera-subscribed to a concert.

howSalviati was taken Jo Rome by ouder of
the pope, was wonderfully pleased, and talked
in this high strain ■ to hii chapter : « 'Tis ne-
cessary," says he, « todiortjfy these^nsolent
monks, that they may lo|am the respect, due
to their prelates." i „

As soon as Salviati came to Rome, he was,
brought iiuto the presence. of the pope, who
began to interrogate him very severely upon.
is%ondnct in his.office.i Satrjati, cppcluding

From the Scrap-Book of Africanus.
Of the causes which led to a final change
in the political and moral state of Hayti, my
limited knowledge allows me to offer but a
few remarks. Can we be astonished, that
the flame 6f liberty, after burning so intensely
in the mother country— after levelling all
distinction^ of rank— should reach her colo-
nies-and there, eradicate the unnatural con-
nexion of master and slave ? Surely not. It
is in the irresistible course of events, that all
men who have been deprived of their liberty,
shall recover this precious portion of their
indefeasible inheritance. If is in vain to stem
the current : degraded man will rise in his
native majesty^ andXclaim his rights. We
may delay the. evils of insurrections and rev-
olutions ; but like the eruptions of Vesuvius,
they will burst forth more, awfully amid the
horrors of midnight : and w.o to every hand
within the reach of its lava, wherever Slave-
ry is tolerated ! _

I have nothing more to offer concerning
the Spanish part ; as it neither retarded nor
accelerated the: important events of whicn 1
am treating. It is enough to remark that the
Spaniards claimed and partly occupied the
East and South! parts of the island ; and. the
French' the remainder. The French part
was divided into three sections, under the ad-
ministration of a Governor and Intendant.—
There were three classes in society, whites
or Colonists, People of Colour atuV Slaves.

The Colonists were neither all good, nor
all bad men. tfhey neither excelled in virtue,
nor exceeded in wickedness, others in a like
situation. If many, by their cruelties, lust
and revenge, were a disgrace to human na-
ture ; we are proud to recollect, that there
were honourable exceptions. Man is a frail
creature. If many commit crimes m the face
of the law with all its sanctions, how much
moro"wiil they transgress, who have nothing
to restrain 'them, but their own frills ?
■•' The free people of colour were treated as
slaves by the Colonial Government— they
were forbidden to hold any public trust or
employment— they -were not allowed to defen*
themselves against the personal assaults of
the Colonists. They could not enter the
priesthood, nor any of the professions. The
courts of judicature dispensed not to them,
justice ahd equality. There is a point at
which oppression sometimes arrives, when
forbearance under it ceases to be a virtue ;
who will deny ithat the tyranny of the Colo-
nists, had not ai rived at this point ? The peo-
ple of colour had not deserved the name of
men, bad they tamely submitted.

I can but just glance at the Slaves. I will
not affirm that their situation was worse than
their brethren in the south ; but say the best
you can, of Slavery, it is still a curse ; and the
blessing of Heaven. will never rest upon the
soil, . = watered by the tears of oppressed hu-
manity. We are zealous in the cause of the
oppressedvGreeks, and the feeling is honora-
ble. We reprobate the illiberal despotism
that presses down its yoke on the necks of
the unfortunate Spaniards, and it is a gener-
ous indignation. But what is political thral-
dom even to a foreign power^what are. the
civil and military despotisms in their worst
forms known )n Europe, in comparison to
Siavery ? When I reflect on the many cruel-
ties inflicted by man. on his African brother,
my indignation is roused— my mind becomes
confused— my ! hand trembles, and refuses to
record my passing thoughts. Africa! Afri-
ca! ill fated country ! What 'mind can con-
ceive — what tongue.expre3S — what,pen'pour-
tray thy bleeding wrongs ? . .

." Not Milton's pen, nor Shak*peare'a tragic lyre,
Not Homer's flame, nor Pope's poetic fire jj
To eount thy wrongs, demands immortal tongues,
A throat of brass, and adamantine lungs."

y- Scarcely was the taking of the Bastilej by
the mob on the l4th of July, 1789,i with its
demolition on jthe following day, fuiown at
Cape Haytien,' by the arrival of a vessel from
Nantes,! than the ^Revolutionary ferment be-
gan. The National cockade was on. Tbose
without! were publickly insulted. Nothing
was th$ theme but liberty. Every one de-
claimed jwith bitterness ag«inst privileges,
prejudices and ' despotism. It was the uni-
versal wish that none should exist in Hayti.
Committees were established in all the larger
towns. In vail) the constituted authorities
tried to resist' the ^ferment-i-all were carried)
away by it. An individual arriving at this
moment of excitation from Port au Prince,

gher stations. Notwithstand-
ing the Tmproba nlity of the statement, all be-

were raised to b

lieved ; and. so plectrifying were its effects,
that even the pbrsonal friends of the Inten-
dant were mennjeed and insulted by the pop-
ulace.

ORIGLYdi COMMUNICATIONS.

R TUlj FREEDOM S JO.UHIfAL.

On Sunday the &h inst. a Sermon was preach-
ed by the lit 1 . Rev. Bishop Hobart, and a
collection m-lde in St. Philip's Church, :
for the "Auxiliary New-YoTk ^Bible and
Common Prayer Book Society." /The
amount collected, was $35 64.

As the Sunday schools, and indigent mem^- '
bers of this Church, had 'been gratuitously-
supplied by this|Society, with Bibles and Com-
mon Prayer Books; for a number of years; the
congregation fe t it their duty to offer a Coir
lection in aid pf its funds. The amount,
though srhall, wjas received by the managers,
with such peculiar pleasure, ' that they imme-
diately passed the following resolutions, and
forwarded a copy of them tothe Vestry of the .
Church, accompanied with the elegant dona-
tion therein mentioned.

"At a meeting; of the .board of managers
" of the New- York Auxiliary Bible and Com-
" mon Prayer Book Society, held on Thursday
" the 12th of Aprilj 1837. The following res-
" olutions were Dassed."

" Iiesolved, That, this board are particular-
" ly gratified, by the contribution to our funds,
"made by the congregation^ of St. Philip's
" Church ; and that in token of the high sense
" entertained of its liberality, this Board will
"present in the name of this Society, for. the
" use of the chancel of that Church, two ele-
" gant bound copies, of Megarey's Octavo edi-
" tion ofthe Book of Common Prayer."

"Iiesolved, Tjhat the agent bp, and is here-
" by requested to procure^ said copies, and to
" have inserted [on |the cover thereof, the fol-
lowing inscription, viz :

« The Aux. If. Y. B. & CP. B. Society.
To the Corporation of St. Philip's Church,
Nevjr-York, April ,1827. '
[Extract from the minutes.]
Richard Oakley, Recording jec. pro. tom.
The following is a copy of the letter froin -
.the Vestry in reply. . •

" To the board of Managers of the Auxil-
" lary, " N. Y. Bible and Common Prayer .
" Book Society.?'

Gentlemen :— The pleasing task.devolves.
upon me, of tenlering to you, the very grate-
ful acknowledgements of the corporation of
St. Philip's Chu "cH, for a copy of your resolu-
tions^ accompa|nied with the very, elegant
prayer books, (sent them as an expression of
tiie pleasure, witli which ypu received a col-
lection from their ^congregation, in aid of your
funds. j

In contributing; to that purpose, according
to our ability, wolfelt that we were but perr
forming that, wthich is the duty of every mem-
ber of the church^ and to which we were es-
pecially urged Jby| motives of.gratitude.

Te your liberality we stand' indebted for
the supply of ourjSunday school's, and the in-
digent members pf our Church, with Bjbles-
and Prayer Books from the time.of our organ-
ization until now. ! We presented our collec-
tion, therefore, as 1 a merg thank-offering re-
grei.ting indeed that it was no greater, but "
trusting you wjould estimate it not according <
to the amount, bu) the motive.

But the mahnejf in which it has been re-
ceived, (as exp: esi»ed by your resolutions, and
the accompanying present^ far exceeded our
highest expec ations' and; makes us feel our '
debt pf gratitude! doubled.- Wo beg you to
accept of our iiinjcere thanks, and with thein
the assurahce :, { tbat these, tokens of your
good will towards us, will ever be held in
grateful remei ibrance, and that our prayers ;

ase to be offered^ ^ up to Gtbil, for the |
prosperity of yout institution.
I remain Gen{leinen, with high respect,
Your ob't humble Servant,
PSTER WILLIAMS, hector: ,
New-York, April 23d, 1S27.

and ^shook'his heels at a cptilhon :P»rty »
girls smiled upon him, the oh mams praised
him, Ihe:mothers i chatte«l .with ;him, -«d^v.

fathers shook h^ by the with sweat and dust, became from

do you do Mr. Dick ^ Now ob eqt

:a,gentt^ All wished to W who

tiis bilis oecame u , the store vhe wa s, from whenjse.he came, and the. nature
• ». «• «» • i> - - ii C'o'ntipuere orines d intenti

last forever.

protested them; * b ^fJ]2?^ d rui:t6ld- f of his Business. ;«:Contiputre tmtifist.t inU
was shu UP, an t Vthe oratenebanl" he demanded permission to .
you so !V Dicky D ^M^f h ^S his 5 - late the interesting news brought, k 28 days
country as he^ame^troni witb a sfti^ in nw Enemy of the Intendant, his

pocket and a flea in hia ear.

'MEETINdf "'Oil THE PEOPLE OF COLOUR. ;
Agreeably to public notice 'a- very latgo arid ro*.
spectable number of the Pcoyle of polour m«t.; ,
in the Mutu; 1 Relief Hall, in Ofarige-streetj V
April 23d, 18: J7, to take into c^naideration thoi'
best plan foi cpmmeinorating 'thid - iniporttnt.5
event of the' Abplitionof Domestic Slavery.
this State. j . • . '

Mr. WiitiAw I 'a^ilton was called to ' ; tho (^bmt^l
and Thomas j. JEN^isios appointed Secr^tiryi;^
The object of th y Meetijnff\ having ^ beonisUtod by^X
Mr. Jennings, 1 the fiSlTofivinig • r.csol^tio»i •
adopted ;

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

2G

byalai.__

of March, 1817, ill slaves bom betw^cuUhejith of
; July, 1799, ajid t$e 31st of March, 1817 shall bpr
;come free> the mkdos it 28, and females at 25 years
i old, and all slaves -born after the 31st of March,
■ 1817* shall bo free at 21 years old, and j also rill
'slaves born before the 4th day of July, 1799, sUill
bo ftooon the 4tl^ day of July, 1827;— and where-'
: as an even t-ao-auspicious -to -tho- elevation of our
people, ought to fro publicly noticed in a becoming
manner— -Therefpre, .

Ilesihztdj ThaJ. wo wiir celebrate the. 4th day
of July next, as) a Jub'ileo of emancipation from
Domestic Slaver j\

' ' Resolved, That the different religious congrega-
tions of the People of Colour, be recommondedto
have prayers aria thanksgivings • in their different
churches on the] morning of the 4th day of July
next; and that wo also nave an Oration' on that
day by a suitable person to bo licreafter appoint-
ed. " |

Resolved, That in order to carry the foregoing
resolve into effect thexe bo appointed a committee
of seven persons] to select a suitable person to ad-
dress us on the 4th of July next, and also to maftfe
suitable arrangements for celebrating that day.

Resolved, That the object of our celebrating the
4th day of July being to express our gratitude for
the benefits conferred on us by tho honorable Le-
gislature of the State of New- York, wo shall do
no act that may. have the Ioast tendency to disor-
der ; we will therefore abstain from all processions
in the public streets on that day.
— Resolved, That the proceedings of this Meet-
ing signed.by thd Chairman and Secretary, be pub-
lished in the Fkekuom's JpuR>TAi,.
' " :w. HAMILTON, Chairman.

T. hi JENNINGS, Secretary,

NEW-YORK, APRIL 27.

fX/ 5 * City Subscribers, i/?/to intend chang-
ing tkeir places oj residene]e,wUl v confer a favor,
by calling at oitr Office, and notifying us of
the same. . f

It affords us much pleasure to find that our
• friends m NewMlaven, have formed a society
for the generalj -improvement of our brethren,
and that the object of t!it$ v society is sanc-
tioned and encouraged by many of the first
men in that city. Would to Heaven that men
of talent and iujfluence in every city and town,
' would unite wita the judicious of our people, in
promoting the sjame grand object. Jt is worthy*
•of a Washington or a Franklin. And should
such laudable jeffort3, become general, (and
we trust thdyjwill) they would be the means
of bringing intd respectibility and usefulness,
a part of the community too long oppressed
and neglected.;

We fully cohcur with the Editor of the
Connecticut Journal, I in the opinion, that the
benevolent exertions ;of the age could not be
better directed^ than in, assisting to raise the
moral and political conditiou of tlie Coloured
population. But we must dissent from the
opinion that the odium is attached to our
character morp than colour. Many of our
people are industrious and frugal. In the city
of Philadelphia alone, according to the re
turn of the assessors, in 1822, there. w.ere
219 estates held by coloured men, and valued
at 114j939 dollars, and worth perhaps twice
that sum. Thjee are some very respectable
mechanics among the people of colour, whose
successful indijstry have gained them wealth
and esteem ; and there would be many more,
were it not Unit prejudice deprives them of;
the privilege learning trades, as well as
patronage, afte?r they . have obtained them.—
We would furflher assure the worthy editor,
that; there are ^ome of our brethren, who in
point of character, information and competen-
cy, may justly be compared with some of the
whites, and je^ their colour is made tlie mark
of reproach.

Would the community but
treat such .according to' their merits, without
reference to; complexion, it would be one of I
the most powerful engines in the world, ;.in
the improvemf nt of . our people* But give
our virtuous arid good a chance to say to the
debased and v^le, " do as y|e do, follow our
example, anij you will b'e encouraged and esr
teemed', as we are :" and an ; argument,, so
powerful, would appeal to the 1 heart* ancl ex- c

cite the efforts,
jglected and Set

of thousands of this long ne-
ply' injured people.

©ororirifc &zton. ,

l ' — ~~York) -Ui^i Jtfatch_29.

Earthquala.^k n\\ght iconcuisioh oi' tlio onrtrT
was felt mollis town yesterday inorning at 2 o'-
clock. Tlie editor of this paper was awakened by
a loud noise v and on getting ujpT he" found that it<
proceeded, from tliq collar; One of tho division
w,dk of Which, though well built of stone and
lima," fell flat to the ground from 'end to end. It
was also felt in other parts of the town .

{Col. Advocate.

Episcopal Clergy.— Tho - whole number of the
Episcopal Clergy in (he United States, Including
ten bishops, at tho beginning of the present year
was 460, being an increase of thirty during the
year 1826.

A subscriber in Manchester informs us. that
there are threo men belonging to that town, aged
respectively 74, 72, and 70, two of them soldiers
of the Revolution, who are how, and for six months
in every year, actively employed in the fishing bu-
siness,, all flailing in ths same boat, which is 22
y ears old.— Gas. - #• *

Tho child of one of our most respectable citi-
zens, has, at this moment, a pin evidently forced-
its way through its breast, 1 which is ho doubt, had
swallowed The pin is clearly to be distinguished,
so near is it to the cuticle;. Wo have before heard
of similar occurrences, but confess, we found them
a severe tax on our credulity Seeing is however
believing, .and wo feel lost -in reflection on the
wonderful, power whlc.h protects the little inpo-
cent, guides the pin through alltho intricacies of
its organization, and avoids each vital part. '

[Pottstozon, (Pcnn.) paper.

The *Little Falls People's Friend of tho 18th
inst. mentiont that a daughter of Isaac Sinith, of
Manheim, aged 5 years, and her two cousins, a
daughter and a son of Mr. Adam Timmerinan,
jun. the former about 6, and the latter about four
years old, were all three brought to an awful and
untimely death by eating the roots of that invete-
rate poison, the " Cicuta Macuxata," American
Hemlock. A full description of this destructive
vegetable (two or three varieties of which are very
common,- and often known by the name of Bastard
Sicily or Mus/crat Root) may be found in Thatch-
er's American Dispensatory, p. 174 ; where the
symptoms of its dreadful effect - upon others are
thus described, and which, as one of the attend-
ing, physicians informs us, were almost exactly
similar in the present case, viz. " Vomiting, stu-
por, dilation of the pupil, paleness and : universal
distress— Wood and froth issued from, the mouth
and ;iosc, their eyes were fixed, the eye-lids in rap-
id motion— and theso were followed by convul:
sious and death."

A dangerous Adventure. — Not long since a rev-,
erend clereyman in Vermont, being apprehensive
that tho accumulated weight of snow upon' the
roof of this barn might do some damage to his real
estate— to'the treasures which he had laid upon
on earth, and being tenacious of his earthly inher-
itance, was resolved to prevent it by seasonably
shovelling it oft' He therefore ascended it, hav-
ing first, for fear that snow might slide offat once,
and himself with it, fastened to his waist one end

?f a rope, and given the other to hts wife, he went
o work, but fearing still for his safety, " my dear
says he, tie the ropo around your waist,,' — no soon-
er had she done this, than off went the snow, poor
minisier and all, and up went his wife.
Thus on one 6ide the barn tho astounded and

laboured under the influence of hydrophobia, v Our.
iofdrmautadds, [thai tho cat was extraordinarily
large...

LONDON, March 8.
Bengal papers and letters to the 8th of Novem-
ber have been received. The good people at Cal-
cutta appear sadly alarmed at the advance of the
Russians into Persia ; and tho government papers
in particular,, give long details on tho subject.
/ The Journal dn : Commorco, of the 28th Febru-
ary, announces that France has just lost one of
jher ( best | citizens, and tho Chamber of deputies
jone of the most distinguished members of the op-
position, in the death of M. do Girardin at tho age
of 60.

j Lisbon dates to March 3d, state, that sincj> tho
rebels have been worsted, several of their dctaoh-
jnients have mutinied,, and demanded the heads of i
jtheir leaders. • OtherSiccounts are, that the rebels
bad concentrated their forces, and taken a position
from which Gen.- Clinton, with the English and
Portuguese troopB, were soon to attempt their dis-
lodgraentJ

Tho Royal Court of Paris, has recently condemn-
ed par contumacc, to hard labor for life, a young
•man whf> had killed his adversary in a duel, the
.circumstances of which arc not stated.

Storm in the Canary Islands.— The following
particulars of tho devastation produced by the
storm which occurrod in tho Canar}' Islands, is ta-
jken from a late Havanna paper. It is copied from
■rt private letter : Thruo vessels were lost at Santa
Cruz, with three inon. On shore many houses
were inundated. At Cnndolaria two houses were
destroyed, with abridge, a prison, a church and the
castle, with eight men. At Giumar 5 or.;6 persons
is houses and farm houses in tho vicinity. At La
Guancha 130 houses with nearly all the inhabi-
tants.. At Oratava'102 men, Women and children)
and 587 domestic animals : besides 73 houses ruin-
ed and 144 destroyed.

, A most sentimental match is about to take
place in Germany. A prince who was. maf^
ried to a daughter of a late'prime mipister,
has obtained a divorce, in order tha^/ho may
espouse her majesty the widow oi*.Christophe,
the late king of Hayti ! ! /

A man, named John Smith, has been com-
mitted to prison^ Portland, for attempting to
commit a rape^on a girl often years, at Saco,
Me. '

At'the last term of the District Court" of
Philadelphia, an action was brought by a lady
for a breach of promise. It appeared, how-
ever, in evidence, that the promise was made
in jest, a circumstance rendered probable by
the disparity of the parties concerned. The

confounded .clergyman hung, but, on the other
side hung his wife, high ana dry, in Majesty sub-
lime, din'gling and dangling at the end of the rope.

At tnat ; moment, however, a gentleman -luckily
passing by, delivered them from the perilous situ •
ation. — Mont. Pat. ~ /~~

BALTIMORE JUSTICE !•! i
Trial of Woodfolk the Slave dealer, for beating
Benjamin Lundy, Editor of the Genius of Uni-
versal Emancipation. ' }
il Chief Justice Brice, in pronouncing- sentence,
took occasion to observe that he had never seen a
case in which the provocation for a battery was
greater than the present— that if abusive language
could ever be»a justification for a battery, this was
the case — that the traverser was enga^od in trade
sanctioned by the laws of Maryland and (that- Lun-
dy had no right to. reproach bim in such abusive
language for carrying on a lawful trsdep-that the
trade itself waB berieficial to tl^e state, as it remo-
ved a great many rogues and yagabondsi who were
a nuisance in the state-— tnat Lundy bad' received'
no more than a merited chastisement for hVabuso
of tho traverser, and but for the strict letter of law,
tho Court would not fiho Woodfoik^ : any thing;
The Court li6wever were obliged td fine pirn some-
thing, and thoy therefore nn'ed- him one dollar
and cost." •— • • '

■'!.-■ „ Cv.k iBORNE j (Alab*) March 23.

A ferocious Animal.— A few days ago a remark-
able ciruumstance tbok.plece/ih this county. .'As
3 women were ascending the hill on the. south side
.of Big Creek, one with ja child about 12 'months

*" i h j «— *-■ •" ■

oldinl ler arnis, they were attacked by a large he.
wildcat"-the animal made at the woman "with tlie
child, caught the child by the leg and bit it, tore
the| woman badly with lii^ ''claws, and jthrewher
down ;, the {fhild having a handkerchief oh its
head, t^e animal in a second attempt at the child,
tore the handkerchief in :pie l c€S that ^ras on* its
heajd. The, mother of , the child who was present,
saw its danger, and made a violent effort to save 1
it, and ih^the : struggl& ; seiied the cat by 1 the neck,
fell on it, and heHf 'fast;-h'eV'gV|p7;unii( the other
two; women despatched liim. with rocks.. The mo-
ther of the Child was* very much injurjed by tin-
amm*l,. and the c^ild wiw nearly kiIl<Kj; ; Apph!r
henslons arc entertained that tho cat must havn

jury gave verdict in favour of the defendant,
and the poor female who was so anxious to
get married, was compelled to go a little lon-
ger without a husband.

It is said that the authorities, of the state
of Alabama design to extend the operation of
theiMaws over the territory owned and in-
habited by the Indian nations within its lim-
its. ' Istfthis treating them as they are -ac
knowledVed to be an independent nation ?

Randali'W. Smith; of Lexington, Ken., has
been tfieia, and found guilty of man slaught-
er, 'and sentenced to the penitentiary seven
years, for killing . Dr. Brown. He is to .be
tried for shooting a Mr. Christopher 61 the
same fire: . |

A -woman of the name of Handford, /with,
one of her sons, has been committed to prison
in Wilton, Conn, on a charge of having'mur-
dered another sbri.

Suicide. — A traveller named Albert Sedg-
wick, iged'thiHy-two years, put a period to
his existence ; by .taking opium oh the evening
of the llth inst. at the .house of Nathaniel
Merriam, in Leyden, Lewis county. •■' • ■

The captain of, an eastern, vessel which ar-
rived at this port a day or two ago, mentions
that he caught at sea in about 16 fathoms Wa-
ter, a fine mess of codfish and potatoes !

On Thursday i^he 12th inst., .a dreadful hur-
ricane' s wept ovef a part of the western coun-
try, by which; much damage was done to the
villages ahd^l towns; and upon the' waters. —
From Geneva, Canandaigua, Genessee, Ro-
chester, Lewistown ancfj Buffalo, : we iear%
that : it was one of the most (severe gales of
wind ever recollected.

, The yearly^, meeting of Frierids lately in
session in Philadelphia, : have> appropsiated
$3000 towards defraying the .expense of cer-
tain Free People of Colour, from the statt of.
North Carolina {yrhere* the law's [itfecrci /] will
not.permi.t them to remain) toUayti, Liberia,
and the Tree states, as they 'tnay pfefetv -
" The 'steatn-bpat Montreal, on her wayj-from.
hef winter ^ qiiairters ill the river St. Lawj-ence
^Montreal, burst onej of her boilers, by which
accident a fireman, fan board was so injured
that no hopes are enter'tained of his remove-

ry. ; • ; : ; ' . , . , ' '

. The iFranfefort, (K)%) Argus, of the 4th inst.
contairis-an advertisement 'offering; a reward
of'$200forthe appreheinsion ofl^wih^Hbi

whjo; has murdered' John Well*. One
is worthy ofjyidtico. in the deicgipjtiOn oi% \ ;
Hogin^— " a part of his nose has been bitten
off!" . : - . ;. , . ' - '

J^ttfay.-^It has -be
ion ■among Hailorstlmt .Friday. is-an^u^lWky j
day of the week, and few can be found^lf-
in^ vp go to sea on 'that day. To know that .
Friday doe« not alway^porten.d ill, this U|e- r
ful class of people, may be told that Cbiufe- I
bus dmbarked on his voyage for the discovery
of America on FrtBtty-/- t Au^ r -&d>^41^-?:»ai'(.-'
landfed on Turk's Island, (the first land" he
made.) ' v .

' At) the recent trial of Sarah ilowlarfdy for|
murder, at Newport, while the counsel werei .
engaiged in packing the jury, a man was aak-J
ed, jf he frad fo'nped any opinion JrelBtive toj
the case about to be called before him, and
replihd, » that lie believed with Elisha B.. Pot-|
ter, « was limeMomebody was hung for the credit
of thb state " >

Gen. Ashley on his late expedition Over the
Rocky Mountainsj fell in with a lake over, If"
milei long, and fiO or 80 wide. Its wtttl-
saltejr than that of the ocean, and rocl^salt
near it.

Atlthe March term of the Munfoe Circuit
Court, at Bloomington, Sa. ij(tntlcman'vti&
finedr$1500, .&c. and a larfy aentenced to -95
days! imprisonment, for buridling three time?.

Twenfy dollar notes' of the Branch' Bank
of thje U. States, ^at' Charleston, have been
counterfeited arid are in circulation, r

Jl mfficuUy.—WQ learn that a man in the
county of .Bri8tol, (Maes.) petitioned to be di-
vorcedxfrom his wife, and when the cause
camt -on for trial, he was unable to prov* that
he was ever married.

; At the Court of Oyer and Terminer^ held
in Huntingdon county, last week, a man by
the rame of Dempsey, aged 75 years, was'
foun^ guilty of murder, in the second degree,
for killing his wife He was sentenceiTto.S
years imprisonment in the s^ate prison. 1

A man, an inhabitant of Chazy, who bad
born ) a good character, was committed to jail
atPlattsburg . a few days since, for seduction
and murder.

The Quebec Gazette states, that more ;
snov, fell in the month of March, than there
had fallon since the opening of winter. ■

The City Inspector reports the death of 93 j
persons, during the week ending on Saturday- 1
the 21st inst. viz : 29 men, 24 womer* 23 boy*
and 17 girls. • , ■

MARRIED,
On the 24th inst; by the Rev. Peter Wil-
lianiB, Mr. Thomas Van Tuyl to Miss Nancy
Barnum.

* DIED,

Oil the 13th instant^ at Flushing, L. I. Mr.
George'Harper, aged 28. .

In this city, on the 18th inst. Mr. George
Mar. is, aged 55.

1827.
APRIL)— MAY.

the 19th, Mr. Lane Hall.

Sow
Rises.

riday, . . .
Saturday...:,...

Sunday

Monday.-:,......

1, Tuesday,
Wednesday, .
Thursday, . .

5 11

Sun !
Sets. 1

Mooir's
Phases.

iti 49

6 52
6 53
6 54
G 55
6 56

MARINE LIST,
ARRiyEI),
UtyL Schooner Toiso^,ffaUct, 12 <%i rfromi
Xib('.ra, '(-Ciiba,) with^ahogariy r " .

' Qlsl. l Ships^OthellOy $len, 4 days : frbi»
Chd 4esfym'r itkth'cbtton, fyc; . Sttphania, ' Pelt, .
47 t 'oysl front '^Vre,'': i^rjl- |.C^i?<to ^-•'^ijiJ ;.
^yr>iis,\Hte

Mar ch) ioith j)ry "Goods ? BaUxc t from Livtt<
pool (s4ikd IQih March) with i)ry Goods. : .

Mat mzas, ivilh Molassts, fyc. ';■ .Orient, Cha**? '- f
28 a ays from St. Michals, mtbJmW-<WoW9m
Mofgaity 12 days from Havana^ tfiith ' 'Ctfff

2J :</;: Ship's -Edward qdemel frm Htitfiv^ i
(sailed March 20(h) with i Dry. Goods , ..Jtfa*r^\
ches er^Leii from Liverpool, foafa'M<^W&$:?M
ivit/uDry Goods/'. I %

Brig New-England, Deming> 10 d*ys. fim . j
Ma i xn%as, with Molasstt: *n' ,' " *' V •;

Sdooner Cyrio, Barker, from Qtotim ,
(Tt lerifle) with /fine. : ' !

Skip Princess Charlotte, 58 dawfi
Chdgres, and 30 days from tfu c^ait-^f Sftn- 1
Bla\ vwth Hidet;&{c/ ' : \

Tri itdad ^« Culf0 t vnth Sugar^ <f^.

FREEDOMS JOURNAL.

m

r

I Tj$E DEAD TRUMPETER.
Wake, toldier S— -wake !— ihj[ war-horse waits,
To boafl thee 1 o to the battle back
Thou slstriboxesl at avfoenianfs gates
Thy dog wdnld break thy btvbUac
Thy pwmc is trailing irk the [dust,
thy rod faulchion gathering rUBt !

Idier !— thy warfaresjo'er,—
e own hfigfe's Loudest strain

Slew,

JNot tbtrte own bugn
SbaUVferjbreak thy slumbers more,

With atjinirfona to the battle plain ;
A trumt>et-n6te. more loud and deep
IMust rouse thee from that lef den slcop !

Thou nLed'st not helm n*»r c^iraas now,

—Beyond the Grecian hero'sjboast,—

Thou #ik Jiot quail thy nakeji brow,

Nor shrink, before * myriad host,—'

For head and ftcei alike are spund, '

A thousand arrows cannot; w<kmd ' t

Thy mother ia not in thy dreams, ,
With that wild widow'd look she Wore
The day,«4how long to her it eaems !—
She kissed thee at the cottage door,
And sijjken'd at the sound ofj joy
That fcjorej away her only boyj !

Sleep, jsoldier !— -let thy mothjer wait,
To hear thy buglo on the blast ;
Thy dog, perhaps, may find the gate,
. And bi!d her home to thee at last
He cannot tell a sadder tale j
Than did thy clarion, on the jgale,
When 3ast-^-and far away— she heard its lingering
echoes fadl !

I HUMAN LIFE— A Ballad.
1 stoocf by the towers of Ardejiville,
And the bells rane out a joy ons peal,
Loudly and merrily rang they then,
O'er field, land valley, and. sylvan glen ;
And each cheek looked bri'gptj as the blush of mora
And each voice sounded gay as the forester's horn,
And each heart was glad : for; an heiress was born.

I stopuj by those time-worn towerri again,

And pijanciiig^forth came a gallant train ;

There [was a priest, in his rolfes of white, • •
- And there was a maiden, lovely and bright,

And a gallant Knight rode by her side,
'And the sliouts of joy sounded far and wide, *

For thb heiress was Rudolph jde Courcy's bride.

And again 1 by those, portals proud did I stand,
And again came forth a gallant band ;
And Ilsaw that same priest, but sad was his pace,
And I ;«aw that same Knight, but he shrouded his

face; *• • ; !

And 1 saw not that maiden in beauty's bloom,
But.a shroud, and a bier, and: a sable plume ;
For thje heiress was borne to her forefathers' tomb.

. And such is human life at best ;
A mother's— a lover's— the green earth's breast *,
A wreath that is formed of Howrets three,
IMmrose, and myrtle, and rosemary ;
A hopeful, 1 a joyful, a sorrowful stave—
A launch,,* voyage, a whelming wave —
The cradle, the bridal bed, and the grave.

VARIETIES.,

Feniale presence of Mind.— Count Segur,
in hisjreceritly published "j Memoirs and Re-
collectionai?' relates the following anecdote
of the pr incesS Luboiiiirska : — " She was
• once^n her sledge,- riding iinder the immense (
canop!jrt)f -k sjsmbre forost^ when, at the turn
of a [narrow path, she came unexpectedly
■within a few steps of a bear rendered furious
by hunger.; At the approach of the wild an-
imal, the! horse made a le^p, and overturned
the sledge. ' The bear advanced ; the prin-
cess* attendant rushed forwards to save her,
and placed ihimself bejweejri her and . the ter-
rible animal ; he attacked it, but his sabre
broke. An unequal contest took place, but
the bear soon caught the Pole in his paws.—
Without jbecoming terrified, the princess,in-
stantly took hold of two pistols that had fal-
len <^u't of .£hei:»ledg , e, came- behind the terri-
"ble anianil, discharged two shots into hisear,
And stretched' him dead at her feet. 1 '

subject on your minds: but I should hope that that
would not; be printed and fub--rlished roo/—(A.
roar of .laugh*er, frdm;the knowtiig sort of way in
which Mr. Abernethy cxpresecdhi mielf and turn-
ed the cornier ofhis eye.) It happened, in the ear-'
ly ,part of my time, to become thsfluhion to put half
a poubdiof grease, and another half pound of flour
on a man's head— what ihey called kuir-drcssing ;
it was the fashion too to bind this round with a
piece of tape or ribband, and make a tail of it, and
it was the mode to wear those tails very thick and
rather short. " Now, a gentloma'h, who possessed
great poiw.er in the motion of this fronto*occipi.ta-
Hs, and' indeed who had extreme, power in that
muscle, uaod to go to the iioxcs of the. theatre,
when Mrs. Siddohs first appeared j *and I don't be-
lieve 'here ever.will be such an actress again as
slie \>ms, nor do I believe there ever was her equal
before her. However, when people were affected
beyond all description,, and when they were all
drowned in- tears at the performance, this chap
wagged his tajl enormously, and all the people
burst but in- a roar 6f laughter. In vain did they-
cry " throw him over When he had produced
this effect on the -audience, then he kept his tail
quiet : but again, no sooner was their., attention
engaged, than wag' Went his tail, and re-echoed
again were the bursts.of laughter.

Indian Observation.— It would be a pity not to
preserve the following anecdote, which displays so
much of that accuracy of observation which is
known to bo the characteristic of our red breth-
ren of the West :-^-An Indian, upon his re-
turn hjine to his, hut onu day, . discovered
that his- venison, which had been hung up to dry,
had been stolen. After taking observations upon
the spot, he set off in pursuit of the thief, whom
he tracked, through the woods.. After going some
distance he met some persons of whom ' he. enqui-
red, if they had riot^seen a little. oldpiohite-inah,.
with a sliort gun, and accompanied by<a small dog x
with a hohtaU.' They replied in the affirmative ;
and upon the Indian assuring them that the man
thus described had stolen his venison they desired
to be informed how ho was able to give such a
minute description of a person whom he had not
seen. The Indian answered thus:—" The thief I
know is a littie man by his having made a pile of
stories to stand upon/ in, erder to reach the venison
from the height 1 hung it, standing on the ground ;
that he is an old man, I know by his short steps,
which I have traced over the dead leaves in the
woods', and. that he is a white man, I know byhU
turning out his toes when he walks, which an In-,
dian never does . . His gun- 1 know to be short,"by
the mark which the muzzle made by rubbing the*
bark of thejree on which it leaned ; that hrs dog
is small I know by his .tracks ; and that he has a
bobtail, A discovered by the mark it made in the
dust where he was sitting at the time his master
was taking down the meat."

Mahommedan Logic— The la *s of Cos discoun-
tenance in a very singular manner any cruelty in
females towards their admirers. An instance oc-
curred while Dr.*Clark And his, companions were
;on the island. in ; which {the unhappy termination
of a lovo affair occasioned a trial for -what the Ma-
hommedan lawyers casuistically describe as " ho-
micide by an intermidiate cause." The following
was the case : " A young man 'desperately in love
with a girl of Stanchio, eagerly sought to marry
her: but his' proposalB"were rejected. » In conse-
quence Jie destroyed himself by poison. The
Turkish police arrested the father of the obdurate
fair, and tried him for' culpable homicide. " If the
accused 1 (argued they, with becoming gravity) had
not had a daughter,, the deceased? would hot have
fallen in love, consequently he would not have
been disappointed, consequently he would, not
have swallowed poison, consequently he would not
have died; but he (the accused) had a daughter,
and the dec'oased had fallen -in love," &c. Upon
all these counts, he - was called uporr to pay the
price of the young man's life; and this being fi'x-'
ed at the sura of SO piastres, was accordingly ex-
acted. — Clarke's Travels.

"the fyrai Fequiraaux womar^ ever iit Eng-
land: wit brought by Major Cartwright ,m
t?^'^v; : OBi-'p«iiifiihowii-the interior of St.
Paul's she was so struck with astonishment
Slid awe, that her whole Frame trembled, arid
she leaned, for support on the, person next her.
After a pause of some moments, she exclaim-
ed, * did men make this, or was it found
hefe?" . ', -

■Ctmscu^icf.. — A certain Jesuit
-j:©, against the unchaste : wor
you, especially," said- he to \
< 4 dbtinguiahes herself by hei

; Jjfe, the consciousness pf shame
ners, and jthierefore I Will hej

' publicly, j Bat no ! Christiai
imight : through this become t
I will; "however, do something
that through «haine,'she may
I will throw my cop at; her.

- the s|nner." The preacher
',, /sap iil hisihand, but all the iai
[ jui possible. ; '" Good' heavenl

t j^riestj " have then all these

"jscieheje."

MuscUs
*thy, J; wi
«i»ut jthis;

of the Scalp.— Now 1 ,
'1 tell you aperfocjtly
with * view to imp)res&

No. 153. Sevth Thitd-sireei, njcarly oporitethc

Mansion- House, Philadelphia,
Respectfullt inform their friends and
the pyblick, that they continue to keop an assort-
m'ent of Reasonable GOODS, Which they will
make to order, on the most reasonable terms.--;--.
Thankful for the liberal patronage which they
have received, they Ihope that by their unremitted
and punctual attention to business to merit a con-
tinuance of their favour. ■ 7
LADIES' HABITS made ajnd braided.

DHtTaS & 3MSBIOIHBS.

JOHN SICKELiS, Jr.,
3LOO Chapelrst.,':
Offers for sale a general assortment
of DRUGS and MEDICINES oh
the most reasonable terms.

Families supplied with genuine ar-
.ticles and particular [md personal at-
tention given to Physician's prescript

Approved Medicines which arjc celebrated for
the cure of most diseases to whicli the human
frame is liable, prepared and ^old |by .the Subscri-
ber, at the Corner of Anthony and Chapel-streets.

N." B. Medical'adviCe given- griltis.
" April 17, Ib27. JOHN SICKELS, Jb.

Sou h

OBZLAP

THE Subs
sincere thanks;
general, for th
informs them,
assortment- of
WEARING AP
now and second-]
accommodated a<
some style. Hp
Gentlemen, who
sale, that they x
ready sale for th

N; B. Taylor
branches, and on

keWa«^T

h $ixth-itrttt, PhMelphK.l
ribjer respectfully returns hui
:o ijis friends and jthe public J n
air IfaVpr and patronage. . He
tl tat ho continues to keep a Wee
Gentlemen's READY-MADE ;
'AREL of superior quality, botfi l
tended, where customers will be
the cheapeit rate, and in hand-
ihto informs Families and private
have secohd-handod Clothing for
will" ilU - -" J
thtir

meet with a good price, and
£ckh18, by applyiriff 'to i
DANIEL PETERSON,
South Sizth-st. Philadelphia.
ng j carried/ on/ in its various
the cheapest terms/

NOTICE.
PROPRIETORS of CIRCULATING Lr-
hfive their Books and outstanding
poh very moderate terhis. ' JS.
|o all Periodicals received and*'

BR ARIES can
Debts collected
B. Subscriptions
procured by
GEORGE

W.

EVERITT, General ^gent,
3ft ,Catharine-slrect.

TWO LOTS,
there is any eon*
street, are wantec
terian Church.
Reed and Spring
One lot within th
by 75, would

Inquire of S. Ej
Now- York, March

LOTS WANTED.:

ot the! rear of twbi lots, where •
enient communication with the
, for the erection of a Presby-
he location must be between

Hudson and Orange streets.-
above bounds, 25 feet or more,

:er r

Cormsh, No. 6, Varick-strcet.
20.

V " BEAUTY AND ECONOMY."
UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND
STSAXIC SPOlfCrXXffe.

JOHN H. SMITH,

JVb. 122 Mrtk-Third'St. (alovt Race,) Phi-
s • ladelphia, i

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
neral, that he still continues at the above place
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's Coats,
Pantaloons,j &c. On a diflerent plan from that of
the Dyors, I having a composition lor bo doing,
which enables him to dresB Clotheb so as to leave
their appearance equal ' to iiew. : He restores
Seams', &c. to their original colour wljen worn
white, and will warrant them to wear three moMhs
after dressing, and then can- be' n:-dressed. Also,
Ladies^Habits and Merino shawls, in the neatest
manner and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms. Being legally bred to the business,
and possessing^ competent knowledge of Dress
ing and Cleaning 'Cloths by Steam Sponging,
which is the only complete manner of effectuafiy
removing the stainr. caused from grease, tar,
paints, &c. he needs only a trial, to afford him an
opportunity of giving satisfactioa.

N. B. J. S. constantly keeps on hand New and
Second lianded Clothes of every description, which
he assures the public will be sold as low, if not
lowpr than at any other establishment in the Uni-
ted States for. cash or barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase would find it mich tojihei^ interest to
call as above, and examine for themselves.

(CTThe highest price given for Gentlemen's
clothes .

O' TAILORING WORK carried on. and
Clothes repaired.— New Cuffs, Collars and Ruttens
put on, if requisite. He keeps On hand, Cloth.
Velvet, and Silk of all colours, for doine up' same!

April 20, 1B27; • *

preached in Arez-
i, " One . amongst
is female auditory,'
dissolute .course of
often amends 6in-
\e name this Woman
charity' 1 forbids, she
j much scandalized.
, to point hfer out ; so
jarrive at conversion'
She. whom I hit is
no sooner took his
stooped as low
exclaimed the
women 8>bad con-

Jadies t

(said. Mr. Aberne-
ridiculous story
this part of the

Ingenious; Expedient,— Mr. Dickson, one of
the Englisli gentleman engaged in making
discoveries in the interior of Africa, was de-
tained by the Shah natives, on pretence that
the Fetish, their idol or oracle, was unfavora-
ble to his advance. Mr..D. obtained permis-
sion to try the wBite ' man's Fetish. Being,
provided with a galvanic^ battery, he had a
fowl killed, which he placed upon the batte-y,
and it performed, the ordinary actions oC the
bird while it was alive,' 'iSuttering,' Slid ^mwt
flying away/ The natives could not resist the
miracle j' and allowed hurt tolproceed. v This
anecdote reminds us of . that Recorded of Cp-
lumbns, who found great difficulty in obtain- >
ing provisiopis> &c» for his followers, wHile in \
the island of (Hispahiola, He told' ; the. natives .
that God was angry with them, and that, on ••
the morrow, the sun would become^ red as
blood, the stars would shine at nopn nay, &c.
By his skill in astronomy, he.ihad ascertained
that an eclipse of the sun \yas then to take
place, 'and he jroade; use o'rvthis experiment,
whieh was entirely^uc;ces3ful ';. ai\d the na-
tives crowded round him 1 with abundant sup-
plies, reverencing Kim as a aemi^god.

These two anecd^s iilustrate,1with gr6at
force, the advaififage'iin moral power, possess-
ed by the ehlighteiied oyer the .uhenllgbten-
e d-^-the educated ove r. the u he'd ucated ; and >
go to stfen^thien.the ma^ny- argtimehts-in fa- j
vor pfia practical, sci^weduoatioD, wben^ |
ever attainable.---^s^n Patriot.

. • ;■ ■■!!. • / ' 1 '. /:

CASH FOR OAST OFF 02.0THES.

WANTED to purchase a large quantity
of cast off Clothes, for which the highest price
will be given by THOMAS L. JENmNGS; No.
110 Nassau-st., formerly No. . 64 ; Who has con-
stantly on hand* at the above place, a general as-
sortment of second hand clothes, at the lowest
prices for cash.

N.. B. Those persons who wish to dispose of
clothes, will please to send their address as above,
or send their articles before sun-set.

LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Land,
at4o|M ( thah one half itsyalue,. provided they will
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured far mers. *I)he land is iff the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being* ori'the'banks:, of the Delaware
riveri with an open navigation to .the city of Phi-
lOjdelphia. The canal leading from'the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the. tract, o-
pening a direct navigation to New-York city. The
passage to either city may be made in ohe jday or
less. The land is of the r best ! quality, and well
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his breth-.
roh, who are capitalists,- will at least invest 500 or
1,000 dollars, in these, lands. To such he will take
the liberty to say, v this land, can be purchased for
5'dollars the acre,' (by ^coloured nwn,) though it
has been, selling: for' : $35,' He also takes the liberty
to observe, that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous,-and he thinks such a settlement, form-^
ed by coloured farajlie» ; would be conducive -of
muchjgood : Wijb|i ^ this object' in view»he will in-
vest duv -dollars in the purchase.

t SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New-York, March 20i- . --- ; .- a- ■■};■ ..

vN. B, Communications ojn the subject, post paid, v
will be received and attended to.

SpMETHiNG TO BP SAVED!
^ CHAH^EJS Mi ^RT^ME^ ■ ■
R e s i » e c t f o l r v irilorms his customers, and
the puljlick in'geiernl, tliat he . has opened', and
expects lo continue, his Shop, at' 1*3 Churcfyslrcet;
whore /he will make and repair Shoes and Bovts,"
in the best manner, at the i'ollpwing reduced* pri-
ces : : 1

New Boots,\ - - , $6 00
Solhig and 'heeling Boots, - 1 00
So- ing Boots, . - • - 0 75
■Fooling Boi ts, - - 3 50
N. B. He also informs liis g cntlefnen custom- '

ers, that he will gi

ve nev; Boots and Shoes, in ex-

change, or he will vive his work for second-handed

Boots. ! All orders
street, will be imn

New- York, Marih 20.

left at his Shop, :>3 Church-
ediately attended to.

For Coloured
Under St. Philip s
.adm
IN this

reading;

\ ENGLISH

SCHOOL,

" Children of both' Sexes,
Church, is now ready for- th©'
issiori of Pupils. A',
school will be taught

writing, Arithmetic, .
3e grammar, geo-

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AUTHORISED AGENTS.

. Esq. NorthYaf mouth. Maiae.
iby, Porthmd, Me.
Iker, Boston.

Mr. ilobn Rem ond> Salem, Mass.
» i George C Willis, Providinc'e, R. 1.
« |Iiaap:fipdrnrs^N«w :

, Francis W ebb; Philadelphia* .
" ;i Stephen Smith, Columbia, Penn.
Messrs. K. Copley & Chs v Hackett, BaJUmore.
Mr i ^-VY, W, Waslungtop^D. .C,.-,'..-
Rev. Nithanie Pall; ]Al^y7 , r , ; ■ •
. Mr! Theodore 3. Wright;VPrmcet6n,W; ji ' •
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M R IG H'T E O U: S N E S & ' J3 X A Ii:T ETH A N A T I O N,*

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THE CU] tSE OF CANAAN.
In your last number, there is . eri extract
from a letter of Dr. Collyer, on the prophecy
of Noah (Gen. sc. . 25, 27) whieh coeViders
the slavery of tfie Africans aa. a part of its.
fulfilment. This ?iew of4t*e ao cooonmn, that
I may perhaps bfe thought singular 1 in Objec-
ting to it. That the Africans have suffered

; much from slavery and oppression, I readily
admit; and this fact may have led to that in-'
terpretation of the prophecy, which extends
it beyond the descendants of. Canaan, to those
of Ham generally ; and especially to those
branches of his iamily that settled in Africa.

! There is indeed a various reading sometimes
quoted, that appears, to favour tins ; but there
is so general agreement among versions with
the received tex|t, that there is reason to be-
lieve that the reading referred to, is the re-
sult of an attempt to suit the text to the con-
dition of the African part of Ham's family.

I object to 'considering African slavery as
a part of the fulfilment of this prophecy, and
especially as making it the prominent' part of

• .the fulfilment, for the following reasons':

1. We have a clear and distinct fulfilment
of the prophecy 1 in the case of the descend-
ants of Canaan, the person designated in the
prophecy. They were the Canaanites. The

. place of their settlement is clearly . designa-
ted. (Gen. x. 35— 9.0.) ft is tlie country af-
terwards promised to Israel; and the Cajiian-
ites were tlie people the Israelites were cou>
winded to destidy, when their iniquity should
be full. (Gen. ivi. 16--21.) ; "Most of them
were destroyed dr brought into subject ion 'in
. the days of Joshua, (Joshua xi. 19, 20; x. I—
24,) and the rest Svere 'brought into subjection
in the days of David. (II. Samuel viii. , l— 14;
.II. Chron. viii. 7j-<9; Acts vii. 45.) The des-
truction of Tyre; :ind Carthage, and the sub-
jugaiion and 'oppression of their descendants,
jjiay also be noted. The whole taken togeth-
er, proves that the Canaanites have passed
under oppressions that accord well with the
prediction;

2. If we pass beyond the Canaanites, who
are expressly designated, and apply the pre-
diction to other! branches of Ham's descen-
dants, why not apply it to all ? Why select
some, and pass 'over others? Nimrod, the
founder of Babylon and of a mighty kingdom,'
was a grand son of Ham. The prophecy does
not w ell apply to' that branch of Ham's fami-
ly. The same may bo said of the Egyptians.
They were once ! a powerful people, and un-
der some of their kings, as Shishak and Ne-
cho, had an extensive dominion. (I. Kings
xiv. ; II Chron. xii. 2, 3, and xxxv. 20.) The
same may be said of Ethiopia under some of
its kings, and for a considerable period. (II.
Chron. xiv. 9, xxi. 8.) We may, it is true,
find a state of < things among some other
branches of Hani's family, that suits the pre-
diction :> but does this agreement authorise
us to say, it is a 'fulfilment ? I doubt it. We
may find a state of things among some of the
descendants of Shem and Japheth, that suits
the prediction, — the long ppprension of- the
Jews, and the slave-trade carried on from the
northern parts of Asia, as well as from Afri-
ca ; but none apply the prophecy to these ca-
ses.

The fulfilment of the prophecy is clear,
while we confine it to the ^Canaanites : but
when we go beyond them, and apply it to the
other branches of Ham's fan.ily, we get into
difficulty, if I am not mistaken, the argu-
ment from prophecy is often weakened and
injured by applying it to cases that in some
respects agree with the prophecy, but which,'
when carefully examined, do not appear to
have been at all referred to. "

Before closing! I may remark, that I have
known a good many persons, and among them
aome professors of religion, who, hearing this
prophecy of Noah applied to African slavery,
have cousidered.it as justifying slavery.* Yet
on the supposition that the prophecy did in-
clude African slayery, it does riot follow that
slavery is consistent with religion. God fore-
told the slavery cjf Israel in Egypt, (Geni xv.
13, 14,) and the lawful judgments he would
inflict on the Egyptians, for their guilt in do-

* The frequeucy with which African slavery
has been referred as a fulfilment of this prophe-
cy, and that, in most cases, without showing that
a thing's beta- ibretold has nothingto do with thii'
! question whether it is right or wrong! baa tented
to make this impression.

ins what it Was foretold they would do. God
foretold the» death of Christ, wfrjjtah the Jews
took and by wicked.' harida put-to 'death, (Acts
h.<23) mi awful were'the judgments inflicted
os the Jews for that crime. (Mat. xxiiL 35—
8&) 1 Chriat fb^ctold thB^p^ec^tibna^is JoU
lowers would jueet. (John xvh 92.;) "The re?:
jection .ofwg^^

told, (Acts x^vm^ 25^87,) and their dreadful
doom for so doing. The -great apdatacy that
would take 1 place in the ..church, (II. The|s.
ii. 1— 12;'Rer. xvii. xviii. chap.) and the des~
truction that awaito those that partake iri the
unrighteousness is foretold. If a matter's
being foretold justifies it, theii the greatest
of all crimes are justifiable; for they are fore- :
told. '

Christ's command toius is, to ; consider ev-
ery man as our neighbour, (Heb. x. 29—37^,)
and to love fiiiri as ouirselves ;' ? and to " do
in all things to others &b we would have them
to do to us." Now if "any thing may be coh^
sidered as too plain to .need proof, which still
some have denied; (and we shbuld. be at a loss
to fix on the .trutohat never has b.een defi-
ed,) we think thai the above rules Of Christ;
in their spirjt; do condemn slavery; which is
one of those hard conditions, that nothing but
necessi>/ can make any submit to.

,. . . -ec©-

MASANIELLO, THE FISHERMAN". OP
NAPLES.

History affords not a more singular instance
of the powerful inHueiice which a mau of spi-
rit, aided with a little natural genius ami vi-
vacity,. may at once acquire over a multitude,
and. finally over a whole state; t,hah that „of
ThomasoAiriello, cpjrii.nb.ily called. Massaiii-
ello, a fisherman of Naples., .and .the leader of
an insurrection. agaiusc.the hpuse of Austria,
in the year 164V. ' '*•-•.-/

The Neapolitans had submitted, to t,he hea-
vy impost .of Philip the -Fourth without repi-
ni .g, till, by an additional tax laid upon fruit,
;he chief support of the poorer Italians, their
resentments purst into outrage.

Masaniello was a sprightly, active, humour-
ous fellow, with a short. cr.oppqd hair, a ma-
riner's cap generally on his head, and about
twenty-four years of age. Living in the mar-
ket-place, he was every day a witness to the
disputes between the fruit sellers and the re-
venue officers, and by repeated . acts of op-
pression gradually became an enemy to the
Spanish government. Throwing up his cap,
as was his general custom when any thing
provoked him, he ?woro, " ; that if only two or
three hearty fellows would join him, he would
soon put an end to tho tyranny of such ras-
cals."

A circumstance occurred which violently
inflamed his discontent. Stimulated by pov-
erty, and with a design to evade the impost r
his wife had been detected. in secreting pro-
visions : for this offence she was committed
to prison, and a larger sum than he could af-
ford being, demanded, before the officers
would set her at liberty/ Masaniello was obli-
ged to sell his goods to raise the money. He
rushed directly to a quarter of the town where
a toll-house had been erected, and • Where a
mixed multitude was already assembled, cry-
ing out, , as he passed along, " we Will no
longer be beasts of burden: God gives us
plenty, but pur governors give U3 famine."

The loudness of his voice, add the violence
of his rage, attracted general notice : but
when he related what had happened, univer-
sal and bitter execrations hurst forth against
the regent of the city. An officer, called an
elect of the people, arriving with his atten-
dants to disperse them, was attacked with a
shower of stoaes, and narro wly escaped being
torn to pieces.

Seeing that the mob was ripe for mischief,
and possessing that species of rudv eloquence,
which repealed injury and atrdng feeling fre-
quently inspire, Masaniello suddenly leaped
upon a fruit-titall, and thus addressed the ex-
asperated crowd.

^-Rejoice, my dear companions and coun:
trymen : give thanks to God, and tho most
gracious virgin of Carmine, that the hour of
your .deliverance ( draws near : " a poor bare-
footed fisherman shall, like another 'Homes,
release the Israelites from the ciuel yoke of
Pharaoh St; Peter, who rescued the city of
Rome from the slavery of the devily waa him-
aelf a poor fisherman. \>

" If we are courageous and stick together,

nr-T 6 - ■: " ... ... -.- ;

this cruel yoke of tolls and'gabelles will, in
a mcftrfent, be -put an end to. . I have no fears
for uiyieif ; I do riot dread being pulled to
[piedw,. being dragged through the.streets,
'arid IpilliriV every drop of my blood in such
Vc*&e. On the contrary, I should think it
•tfe^desirable and glorious, provided that my
put -to death would redress your nume-i
roils 'grievances." i
''Fife tumultuous shouting of a* thousand
jyoibeJt,-ajnd a lighted torch' applied to the toll
house*; were the signals of universal approbav
tibr&'j K Armed with sticks, clubs, and such
weapons as accident or occupation threw in
tbeirVw'ay, they emptied the houses of every
personi concerned in tho collection of the |re-
venuej strictly observing to take nothingsfor
their-'own use ; but piling up the furniture; li-
nen,/pjatej and china in a heap, set the whole
onfiireV

'f^tir numbers rapidly increasing, they
bo)df^ advanced, to the viceroy's palace, car-
ryin^.-!loaves oh.the topsof their pikes, and
soohVfdrced the gate, -but he had escaped to
a nei^Siboilring convent. Another party pro-
•'cee^(e : | to, the prisons, and set the prisoners
at fibjtty, while cardinal Filo Marino, archr
bish^|lof : Naples, a prelate highly respected
by-trMpopulace, and indeed all ranks, vainly
endeavoured to appease them : he was told,
that 0ace could not b,e restored unless the
vicerdl .would give an instrument in writing,
propferiy signed and sealed, to grant a release
frotn' takes of every kind : a paper to this ef-
fect- Wis -produced,- but was not attended with
the desirpd effect. • r

The JfOod. archbishop, finding all Iris efforts
useless; retired to his palace, "and the insur-
gents proceeded to pull down the religious
house ifi /which the viceroy had taken refuge;
but , by means of a ladder he escaped over a
garden <vajl, and reached the castle of St.
.*tbi^i.n;jgafftty. Thusj^by the oppression of a
bad miuisteV, and~ffi1S"TSr1mes '.of the inhabi-
tants, NajJles, then the' third city in Europe
for beauty, extent, and population, which;,
eleven hundred years ago, had been saved-
from the horrors of military execution by the
mercy of Belisarius, was in the power" of a
frantic multitude, spreading nre and desola-
tion in different quarters. Each man carry-
ing a faggot at his back, and a flaming torch
in his hands, they marched through the
streets in military array ; set fire to tho Do-
gana, or public granary,, an immense pile of
building, full of corn, the whole of which was
entirely consumed, destroying, in their blind
fury, this salutary provision against a scanty
harvest. The dread of famine was added' to
the horrors of conflagration.

The viceroy was censured for not crushing
the commotion at its commencement.' He ho-
ped, by mildness and lenient measures, to
soothe the peoples' minds ; .and, at an early
period, had abolished the oppressive taxes,
ordering the loaf which used to weigh twen-
ty-two ounces to be augmented to thirty-twoj
without increasing the price; but in this,|as
in all other! cases of popular, revolt,, pacific
measure? were considered as the effects of
fear rather th ah. of good will.

The insurgents, being joined by every ne-
cessitous, bold,, and bad man in Naples, and
in its environs, by banditti, robbers, and free-
booters, . they soon amounted to a hundred
thousand men, and unanimously chose Masa-
niello their general. Marching through, the
streets, he. declared, by the sound of trumpet,
that the Spanish government was dissolved ;
divided his followers into regiments and* com-
panies ; appointed patroles and watchwords
for, the nigh tj and ordered the great market
place La Vinaro, and the Porta Nolana tojbe
the placea of -.rendezvous. The Duke of Ar-
cos, at that time viceroy, thinking himself no
longer secure iu the castle of St. Elmo, reli-,
red in.th.e night to castle Novo,i with the no-
bility, clergy, and principal citizens, having
first orderen all the powder in the magazines
to be moistened. He surrounded the castle,
■by a broad, deep ditch, and a parapet of earth
and faggots; the streets leading to the fort
;veie barricadoed, and cannon placed at eve-
ry' avenue ; the religious orders walked . in :
procession; the cardinal offered up public!
prayers ; the host, the head, and the liquify-
ing blood . of :St. Januarius were all devoutly,
brought forth. i ..

aubmiaaive message . being! sent to Ma-
sanielioi' desiring to know what would satisfy'
the. pepple,.be received the viceroy's messen-
gers clothed ia akmour, holding in his hand a

sword unsheathed, and sitting on a horse
richly (iaparisoried. Having quieted the
claaioroijis execrations of the multitude, Ji©
pointed out tho various and abominable op>
pressionp of the Spanish . administration , and-
thus proceeded :: f Had the city been burnt
;to ashes, and our .tyrants perished in tb£
flames, it. would have bften only an act of jus-
tice. Have hot our friends, our wives, and
our children been buried in dungeons to sat-
isfy cormorants and contractors jWho fatten on
the spoils of the public? Have not the fruite
of tho earth, so bountifully- bestowed upon ua
by Providence, .been rendered artificially
scarce, for the purpose of putting money into
the pockets of thbse who are already wallow-
ing in abundance ?

" But it is better to amend than, to destroyj
and it is; fairly justifiable to take power out
of the hands of those who have' abused it. 1
demand, in the, name of the people of Naples,
a perfect and entire restitution of all the pri-
vileges granted to this city by king Feidi-
nand arid the emperor .= Charles the . Fifth,
whose glorious arms are' cut on stone over
my doori I require that the viceroy, .the col-
lateral council of state, aad the nobility, by
oath and. a public instrument, 'binding them-
selves and; their successors, shall ratify the
charter; that the clerk, of the market, and
the capq pppuli, shall 'be actually nominated
by the iieople\without any interposition of
the viceroy; that no tax of any kind shall be
laid without the consent/ of the last mrention-
ed office:', and thaia refusal to pay taxes laid
on against his will shalljnbtbe considered aa
treason. \ j ', . ' ■ •' ■
Sucl are our demands, and we wilLrather
recede : frOm\them ; and may God
„ faithful people Of Naples ; but a cru-
el perfic ious government. ;whp have almost
starved us ; never ishal! prosper." =' <- ;< * • ; f :v
(To be Canthfy.l v..;:,; : .

die tiiar
save the

FRATjELLI DE LA MIS^XCORDIA, .

IE BROTHERHOOD OF MXKV1. ] ;

Two oV three days after my arrival in.Pisa,
I was talking in the street within, Ital^aiS
gentleman," when* about thirty fellows Carrie
round the corner,; walking two and two, riot
soberly f.s pious folks move in procession, but
with stout manly' strides, and wearing^ dis-
guise of so . uncouth a fashion, that the mo-
ment .they caught my eye I muttered a *\God
bless me !" and asked who they were. They
were clothed in black sackcloth from torn to.
toe, gird ;d round the waist ; and the hood not
only can e over the head; but fell before the
face down to the breast, with two small peep-<
holes for the eyes. Each carried a rosary in \
his hanc, and each at his shoulder bore a
black br< lad-brimmed hat. " Bio men* guar-
di! ma t hisono que$hW My Italian answer-
ed, La " Misericordiai" Whether owing to
the wor r misericordia, or to their sackcloth,
and "osi .ries, or both, or what, I know not,,
but without farther question I, set them
down in my mind as petiitents on their /way
to some sort of devotion ; and very sorry
I was they could not. be aghast at their own
.consciences without wearing' so frightful an
appearance. >

It haipeaed within a week that a house
undet r« pair, on ! the Lung Arno fell down,
with tfae exception of the front wall, on the
workmen, who had incautiously disturbed the
foundath in. I was on the .opposite aide of tho
river, ig iiorant of what had occasioned .the
toise at) ii ' the d^nse cloud 6f dust, till the*
Wind sip vly wafted it away, and the mischief
was cle: r before [ me. Four vy'ere;buried;in
the ruint,;and a fifth; clung tb the wall. With"
his foot uppri thej windo'w-sill at ! . the ^ secphd
story, wiither he had leaped frbiri.the-rViom
- at', the jniment .of 'the' cr"a'snV ' Assoba.as'. the. ,
panic would allpW any one to a^t, a : lohg lad-
der, lying before 'the lioiiso was raised, and
the poor^ellow'slclwly moved from i his dange-
rous wtu ttion. As: he reached the ground m
•safety,- a loud bell iu the city tolled 1 bpee, ♦»»
stopped, and tolled again, and I hear^ the
crowd about say,'" hark ! therb is theyJeH of
the '.' Miie ricordia£ they .wUV. aooa behere.l'^
Those' iri the neighbprhpp'd^bfeu^
of yaribu !,sis!es, and spades arid pty'&xea^to
be in reaiinoss.; ^resehtlVftcroaf t^e bi jdge
came.'tho se black ;jpenite : rit#, as 1 l«d imigitjedt
them, hai teriing a^Jmost at a rur^ ,'and bearing
a litter o: i their sHouWers. The 'crowd made .
way for them, uhdth%climVed into the ruins
at the ba ;k of the house, with the spades and

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FREEDOM'S JOjURW-

jpickiaxes. Prom thp rtom^nt tiiey cdmef not
a word was spoken? all was hushed, even the
sorrowful cries of the relations, Waiting for
the+event. In n short time . the brothers
"brought out one of the sufferers, insensible
andlgrievouslybruiscd; they placed him in a
litter, and bore him to the hospital. By that
time a party of soldiers; arrived} who kept the
crowd back from the front wali,ilest that also
should fall ; while; the pothers regardless of
the danger still worked on, and indefatiga-.
blyl I saw three of | the buried workmen
brought from the * ruins and carried to the.
hospital ; the fourth weis killed, and they bore
away his body on; a bioir.

After having witnessed this dauntless and
persevering conduct on the part of the Rro-
therhodd of Mercy, I tyas continually making
inquiries about them. t was told it was a ve-
xv Ancient institution, first established at Flo-
xenSce ; that the brothers were very numerous
in 'all the Tuscan cities, and, that • their
duty was to be always ready to succor any
person in distress. "Ate they priests ?" 9 ; No;
only a certain number of priests are permitted
to join them." "JThen it is not" a religious
establishment ?" "Not at all 5 and their cha
riif is so general, that; they '.'would render the
same assistance to you, a foreigner, and a he-
retic, as to one of their Catholic citizens.
They never inquire into creeds ; it is enough
that a fellow being stands in need of their
exertions." '

The next time their bell tolled, I hurried
from my lodgings to attend them on their er-
rand. They walked very fast, and not a word
Was spoken. At a sign from their chief, the
lifter from time to time was changed to dif-
ferent shoulders. I followed them to the far-
ther end of the city, on the south side of the
Ar'no, and they stooped before a little chapel,
where a "poor old vyoman lay on the steps
with her leg broken, j The litter, a covered
one, was placed on the ground by her side :
then, without a word,; but with the utmost at-
tention and gentleness, they placed her with-
in it, and immediately it was raised again on
their shoulders. One of the brothers asked
her some questions in; a whisper, and she re-
plied that she felt no pain, but was very faint,
upon which the" covering- of the litter was
pulled up higher* andj as they bore her to the
-hospital, they stopped tv/o or three times at
the turnings "of the streets, in order to dis-
pose the covering so as to afibrd her as much
air as possible, and at the same time to shel-
ter her from the sun.

1 ' ' TOUSSAIJiT Ii'OUVERTURE.

There are very few! events on record which
Jiave produced more extraordinary men than the
revolution in St. Domingo. The negro character
at jthat eventful period, burst upon us in all the
splendor of native andj original jrieatness.: And
the subsequent transactions in that Island have
'presented the most incintestible proofs, ' that the
negro: jg not, in general, wanting iri the higher
qualifications of the "mind; and that, with- the
same advantages of liberty, independence arid
education, as their white brethren of Eurcpo and
America, the race would not.bo found deficient iri
hearts pregnant with heroic energies, and hand£
capable of wielding the sword of war, or swaying
the rod of empire. "S^e cannot better exemplify
the truth of these remarks', nor at the same time
afford our readers more'pvofitablc amusement, than
by copying into our pajfier the following ekstch of
the character of Tot\<SAfvr I/Ouvf-rturk, one
of the most extraordinary men of his age, and
who, Rafter being' a slave for nearly, fifty years,
became the governor i and captain-general of the
whole colony,, which, by his excellent measures,
■was brought to a state j of prosperity little inferior
to that which it enjoyed previously to the revolu-
tion.' This sketch is taken from an article in the
42d number of tbe '.Quarterly Review, on. 'the
" Past and Prssent state of 'Hayti." The reader
will bear in mind, that the narrative was drawn up
by one who is politically and nationally opposed to
the doctrines whiclf influenced the members of
the French Republic— ICatsfciU- Recorder.

He was bom in a state 'of slavery in or a-
l>out the year 1745, on the plantation of the
Count de Noe. < His early life was marked
by a sedateriess and patience' of temper,
which nothing cOuld ruffle or disturb, and by
a peculiar benevolence towards children and.
the brute creation, j At the age of 25, he at-
tached himself to one negro woman, by whom,
he had several children and whom he treated
•with the .most affectionate tenderness and re-
gard.— By tbe kindness of the bailiff of the
plantation, M. Kayoju Libertas, as some say,

!but byjiis own Unassisted efforts, according
to' Others, he. learned to read, arid write, and

, hkde some progress in aritnmetic. These 1

' acquirements being noticed by' M. Bayou,'
fcb'.pok him from tHe field and made him his

' ppsfcllirn;'-. Toussaipt was hot ungrateful fdr
his k^dness. When the ihsurreetion!of the
liegroer broke put. Jin 17&1, he refused fbr
• sometime, to join jn the revolt ; the planta-
tion, -however, was about -to be' ravaged by'
the infiiTifi-ed blacks,' and Toussaint immedi-
ately set aiiouf 1 the' means of rescuing his
waster from' the impending destructioa, He'

proeUredfa. passage r for him; to ^ort]*< Ameri-
ca, embarking at the same timefa ebnBidera-
ble quantity of sugar to support him in his
exile r he tlion: joined his countrymehiin-afmt'
and by possessing some little jKnowlcdgo of
simples, was constituted physician to the for^'
ces of the king unilqr Jean Francois. After
this he became aid-de-camp, then colonel,
next brigadier general, to which' rank, ho
was elevated 'by the .governor. Leypaux,; for
his services in reducing the blacks, to. o^je^
and recovering from the. Spaniards the north-
ern- partsof the island, and; for bis succqsti-
ful opposition,' to the British army. In an in-
surrection imder.ViHatej a mulatto, Leyeaui;
had been -seized! and thrown into prison. ait,
the Cape. Tfrussaint, on hearing this, im.-
raediately appeared at the, ;head of ten,tbou r
sand ■ blacks,vand released him from his per r
ilbusi situations for this; Leveaux. appointed
him his lieutenant governor, and declared
that for the future he, would be guided sole-
ly by his advice. ' It is this black,' said he,
* tbisSpaitacus, predicted by Rayna), who is
destined to avenge, the outrages committed,
against his whole race.' • From this moment,
the condition and the conduct . of the Wacks.
were sensibly changed for the better, and
the most perfect order and discipline estab-
lished among them ; and it is even admitted,
by De LacroTx, who is not particularly. friend-
ly to the blacks, 1 that if St Domingo still*
carried the colours of France, it must be al-
lowed it was soiely owing to an old fifcgro,
who seemedjto bear a. commission from hea-
ven to re-unite its dilacerated members,' ' .

The French continued to send out commis-
sioners, but Toussaint directed. ' all. their
movements,; and on the return ; of: General
Leveaux to 'France, the. Commissioner San-
thonax was prevailed on to nominate him
Commander-in-Chief. General Roch!ambeau,
\yho had been sent out in tliis capacity, 1 find;
inghimselfja mere cypher, beyau to cbm-
plain ; upon whic.h Toussaint orderedv^im on
board a corvette in the roads, and sent him
home ; and nearly at the same time he got
rid of Santhonax, by making him the bearer
of despatches, to the Directory. Aware,
however, that the reports pf these pnrsphs
could not fail to make an unfavorable impres-
sion on the French government, he, sent two
of his sons to be educated in France,' to
prove,, (as he said) his confidence in the. Di-
rectory, byiplacing his children in their pow-
er, at a momem when the complaints made
against jiimj however groundless, might ren-
der his sincerity doubtful. -
i (To bo continued )

ORIGINAL COMMU,\ ICA TIOJYS.

FOR THE F UK K I) d'M 1 S JOURNAL.

.» KNOW YOUR OVVIS; MIND."
Messrs. Editors,

Some wise sage, in ancient, times, whose
'bones have long since crumbled into dust, is
6aid to have made tiie above remark, and I
hope before I finish to convince' all the young
people, readers of the li . Freedom's Journal,"
of its necessity and importance. And had I
the power of an Alexander or a Napoleon, I
would command all young ladies to pro-
nounce the wor^s ut least three times every
day, at morning, noon and night ; and if the
dear creatures would but attend to the im-
portof the words their little lips'would have
to pronounce, there would be a visible de-
crease in the black catalogue of crime. We
should no more hear of the death of promi-
sing young men from the taking a too copi-
ous draught of laudanum, or from the tight
pressure of a hempen cravat. f; ' But, alaclc-a-"
day, I am! no Alexander nor Napoleon, but
simple Pever Pepper.; with no more power or
authority than the Grand Judge of Israel ! "

I had no mother or futhet, ; tliat they died
when I was quite young, and before 1 could,
feel the loSa of a mother's tenderness and a
father's-' affection. I was' left -to the cara of
a maiden jauiit, who was all but "ft .mother.'
She was of the wrong- Side of thirty, and has
continued 'increasing in single blessedness
much against her wiil, and for no other tea-
son than that in her younger ; days ' certain
gentlemen; .who were much stricken with the
charing .of aunt Abigail, did'nt know their
own mindsL My aunt, indeed, Was very care :
ful of, my 'education, and/ spent most of her
time,' which was not devotfed to Poll and Pus-
gey,! in superintending my pursuits.

I was sent to school* until I was fifteen
years old, when I was taken; away and bound
apprentice to a silversmith. At twenty-one
the years of ray thraldom were oyer j arid I^w'as
now" my own master." What potent words
to the youthful mind, '^/studious of change,'''
and 1 aiming at independen'Ge: I was now a
many a free^map, free from tbe servile' chains
qf.a six years apprenticeship. 'Noije but those
who have been obliged 'to obey eVery beck'
ahd nod of. a hard taskmaster, can' imagine ;
the feelings that glowed in my; bosomM' was ^
<f redeemed, re^enorated, disentbialledy by

the irresis^leiforce of thi Genius^ of eman J ,
cipation from apprenticeship ! ! A short time
•wtui devoted to pleasure anu enjoy meiit, and-
thrtti with what littlb means I ■ possessed; I
opene^>a small shdp, which, increase of pa-
troriagc and business soonj ebabled me to»en-
large. It is not good for man to be alone-
saith the scriptuites, and so I found.it. Fori
waS/Keither.c.on.tehtod nor happy. I wanted
Vkhe'.w not what somothing^ I had not, and
yetm'igHt bo obt'a'tned— a ^ eompanidh! Aunt
lAbigaiT, good careful soul,' jiio sootier found I
was paying attention, to the ladies, than, she
began to discourse of the perfections* 'of some"
young ladies, any oi^e pf Cwb^pm she was cer.n
tain, would make Her Peter Chappy maiii My
aunt had taste, and it so. happened that mi.ne
agreed iwith her's ; for the girls she recom-
^nended . were i very -pretty indeed. I deter-
minedto fall in ioVe with oneqf them. 1 went
to chejeh the next Sunday, .and .when.I came
out 1; was another man. ' I had lost my heart.
One glance. from the bewitching eye of Snrah
Louisa— did the business. \l. could do no work
the next! week. Night after. pight I slept not,
the image of Sarah i^'ou.isa. was eyfr in my
thoughts and while there, rfeigned lord of the
.aseentMmt. .
! The tale of my love soon found its way to
' the object of my affections ; and love so pure,
:she could not but reward. I heard the sweet
confession from her lips. I was loved in re-
turn. Words. cannot express my feelings.
I, was mad with joy. It. was sometime before
my transports subsided, and I was able to talk
of the serious part of the. Business, vu. send-
ing for the lparson. It was, agreed that the
wedding, shoild be celebrated in the course
of the next month. "There was a dashing
young buck who had conquered many ladies'
hearts,, and who swore he w'ould marry the
lovely Sarah Louisa. But I feared hini not
now'.' I had just got home from my tailor's

by way of the United States. The disap-
pointment of tiiese* hopes caused a revolt of
the People of Coldur in the southern divi-
sion '% \by whic! i Oge and many othe,rt .lost
tlreir lives. Oge, having the misfortune to
be taken priso ler, suffered' the most excruci-
ating tortures i-being broken on the wheel,,
aqd. left to per ish.. Th;us. were the first seeds'
of N a revolutior unexampled in the history of
man sown ; an d though its brave leader, and
many "tyhers, perished!- in their glorious at-
tempt, jet I conceive,' tr-at many who then
took up armE in the defence of all that is
dear to every,pne who \ Milks himself a Man,
never laid ,thetn, dqw.jLi until the, recent and
partial acknov 'ledgment of the island.

News • arriv ngX^hat the National Aesem- ,
bly disapprpvi ig of the colonists, had voted . :
on May J 5, .17 )l , that the people of colour-'
were entitled ,o all thV privileges of French,
citizens, and v\ ere elig ble both to the. paro-
chial and Na ional Assembly,. occasioned a
very great excitement at, tfa{ Cape. The .Na-,
tionai cockad 3 was every; wh^re trodden un-,
dei; loot by tin ise very men, wlip, a few Ghort,
months preyii usly were so strenuous .that all.
should wear : . i ,. Nought /was heard, but ex-
ecrations against the National Assembly and
the people of colour.' ; \
, On Augpst 23, 1791/ there was. a general
alarm and conjjterndtion througbouttbe Cape,
on the .fact being: ascertained, that the sluves .
in the neighbejuring parishes of that division,
had revolted. The reydltjspread hke fire amidX
the savaunas jof Louisaha; the tocsin rung "
from pariish to parish j and in a few days^
twenty thousa nd men, burning with wrongs
innumerable, determined 1 upuii freedom or
deatii;,. menace d the Cape.

Muriy , frienjls .of Slavery have , wondered
that a revolt * hould have taken place "among
such contented . and happy beings; while^ '
otneis have as ierced that a uecree.was passed

one morning wncre I had been to bespeak my | hy the iliationti Assembly for tiieir liberation
wedding suit, when a .letter was put in my | —that the Uoiomst's intoxicated with the iove
hands. 1 knew the writing. It was from ray I of •jioeriy put tiie uecree in force — but that
love. I broke the seal in haste, and read j ai tor ayariue.nad assuiued its dominion, con-
(that I should live to write it,) death to all ' scious ol tiie jinmeiibe iuss they were ItKely
my hopes. She lold me she had ehauged her ! to sustain '
niind ; she thought she' loved me , but she aUject, situaui

Was deceived, indeed she did'nt know b<r
nhut .when she promised to ' marry me. Ti)e
letter concluded with wisliing me all happpi-
ness, and informing me that she had just mar-
ried the young buck mentioned above; I bore
my disappointment like a hero. I uttered not
one groan, heaved not one sigh, but spite of
myself, tears would sometimes gush down my
cheeks. Time that cures all wounds, both
of. the head and- heart, produced its usual ef-
fects on me,' and I forgot the traitress.
Again 1 thought of the words u lt 'i3 not good
to. be** alone," and again I fell in love, yea,
married the interesting 'and accomplished
Matilda. For the first month I was the hap-
piest man on earth. But ah ! how vain is all
sublunary happiness. My wife, the chosen
of my heart, did'nt know her -.own mind when
she married me. She told me so herself. .
Your miserable friend,

PETER PEPPER.

FOR THE FREEDOM 's JOUHNAL.

• IIAYTI, NO. III.
From the Scrap-Bdok of Afncamis.
Thus the first prelude of the Revolution,
•which finally separated Hayti from the moth-
er country., commenced among the colonists ;
the .evolutionary party burning the houses,
killing or obliging to flee, all in the least sus
.pec ted as inimical to the spread of the new
principles. The same; party, using every
means to clog the wheels of government,
raised - a rumour of an, insurrection of the
slaves. It was every wbere reported, that
the government were plotting to destroy the
ooiouy. All imagined aifd believed, that three
thousand slaves, disposed to pillage, were as-
sembled on the mountain, at the base of which
stands the present city of- Cape iiaytien. To
quiet the fears, of the timid, and to put a stop
to the clamours^of the disaffected, a strong
detachment of '■■ the iniiitary was.ordered t ouf,
piloted by- Jeahuot, in after-times celebrated
as. a leader of the revolters ; but after a tire-
some march,, the detachment returned as
Wise as they went ; br,iijging in one of their
number mortally wounded, not by the. rioters,
who never existed, but i by one of their own
body. ■ ' v . ;

. No sooner had the- National Assembly vo-
ted the celebrated iiillof the Declaration of
Rights, on 'August . 17, ,1789, than, a geuerai
ferment prevailed all oyer the colony. For
upon its promulgation, the ^ People, of Colour
conceived the: hope of surmounting the. insu-
perable dependence in which th^y .w.erejield.'
They shad their friends.and.ageiits in the Na-!
tipnal : Assembly, and even at court. Oge and'
liaymonil, pe/sons of colour residing '.at- Pa-
.rw,; encouraged by thteir. friends, there to
J\ojpe, ^tiat^ .the i cqlpnist_s . would grant their
whole body vtHe unalienable- rights of men,
sailed from France for; Hayti,, in July, 1790,

tniiy wanted thein to resume tueiV .
ii Jn. Uae party having the means
io compel, and tne oiuer unwilling, to obey,
occasiuiieu the revolt. Tome, the ease ap-
pears in this ngijt. No. doubt, but tne war of #
worus, and. ijne above named revolt of the
People of Cciiour, opened the eyes, of the
►slaves, anu enlarged tneir narrow view of
reflection ; conhrmed tneir uoubts, (if any,)
( mat tuey too jiad certiim unalienable rights,
oi which, 'nouj/nt bui being uetriinental to so-
ciety, could iijjptive tueiu. .

To the Bailors of the FajjEEOM'sd^iRNAt.

G E A' T JjE lit E J?f, j ! '

An important omission occurred.in the ac-
count of proceedings of the General Meet-
ing of the Pojuple of Colour, as'pubiished in
your last number. The fourth resolve of the
Meeting was by some means or other omit-
ted, ft was as follows— "

" Itesotvcdjt'Vh&t the chairman nominate
the said committee," which being carried —
John Marauder, Thomas L. Jinnings, Thomas
Sipksns, Join Robertson, William Miller,
lionry Scott, and Moses lilue were nomina-
ted .and approved of by- the Meeting.
I am, Gentlemen, your ob't servant*

, THOMAS L. JljNNlN.GS. • '
A r eiD : York,^May 1, 1827. ' ' "

.Vi fV- YOrfK, MA Y %

ftj* City StJirsdRiBERS, who have changed
ikeir places tin residence, will confer a favor, by
calling at oxir OJJke, und' notifying its of the
same.

■ Tin

Journal,
street.

Ofiicei of the . " Ffeedom's
ib removed to No. 152 Church-

ABOLITION OF, SLAVERY IN .THE

STATE OF NEW-YOkK.
: The time, s at hand in which thefriends of.
liberty will see the promise' of God verified, '£
" In line seaion tee shall nup y if.m.faini not,f 't:
and their h udable efforts result in the final !■
abolition of slaveryij in this -state. Truly ;"
enviable mint be the|feelings of those friend«||
pf humanity, who have devoted lives of to; '
t.o the improvement and elevation of the op*
pressed. Ai d how del ightfdli must' have been |
the reflections of'Sllarpe, Bene;:ett xMiifl^a
and other di itiriguishW': 'worthies;.' in the! oe? 4
cline of liij; how peacefully must, their,
hoary headt have gone down to the grave^f |
** Let me di, tfo-fo^- ^ 'tfglUcdus,
let my. last e\ \d be JLiki his." ' 'V

''I-

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FREEBOM'S JOURNAL

81

' Mr. Gurtifi»Rnft thc worthy raembernof |he
New- York Manumission Society, who have
so .deeply interested themselves in the pas-
sage of the Act abolishing Slavery in this
state, merit, rind we ; trust, will ever re-,
ceive, the warmest gratitude of the people
of colour. We view them as " FRIENDS,"
and as the foorth of July is so near at hand,
we think it important for those abolitionists
(it would come; better from them than any
body else, and be. more likely to have influ-
ence with those for whom it was designed)
to suggest 'the future conduct and pursuits, of
the emancipated. If they should turn their at-
tention to agriculture, for most of them are ac-
quainted with that business, they, will be
likely to succeed, and become useful citizens,
And no doubt but their former owners who

have enjoyed

the fruits - of their labours,-

will grant them some facilities. It is likely
they can do it With equal advantage to them-
selves and their coloured people. But should
these people b$ left to flock into our large
cities, with their minds \ uncultivated, and
without havingj learned to provide for them-
selves, it is muqh to be feared, that many of
them will fall victims to temptation, and its
consequent evils. Feeling deeply interested,
we make these jremarks, with the more confi
dehce and pleasure, because they are intend-
ed for the benevolent and wise, .and, no doubt
will receive the attention they merit.

Distressing Accident— Onx correspondent at
Bristol has furnished us with the following mel-
ancholy account:—" This day, • Thursday,) at 10
o'clock, a sloop was discovered from Pupashquash
in distress. The revenue boat and officers imme-
diately proceeded to the vessel, and found her to
be the sloop William, of East-Greenwich, which
sailed from Providence this morning. . Oil" Kinni-
micutt Point, tlie captain, Miller, was knocked
overboard by the; jib sheet blocks in a sauall, and
. .drowned.^ His little son, a lad of eleven years of
age, who was the only person on board, endeav-
ored to bring thejsloop to, but without effect, and 1
she drifted on this shore, where she now lies.—
The lad ia in safety; and the vessel not damaged."
—Providence American and Gazette.

.Jamaica, L, I- April 26..
I' Fatal Effects of Intemperance — On Thursday
night of last week, a man by the name of Bun;,
with his wife and son, formerly living in this
place, but for the last year or two, living- at rjem-
ste.id. went to bed in a state of inebriety- Some
time in the night a sense of suffocation awakened
the father, who perceivetl something o n . fire; he
nroee, and procuring some water, es t ' n guished >
the fire and returned again to bed. In ^ morn-
ing when he arose he found his wife ]yi n S m the
fireplace burned to death ! her head, ono afm ;
and one leg wcro burnt off! When they retired
to bed, some liquor was left in a bottle — m *hi
morning it was empty— it is supposed sh e g ot Q P
and drank what remained, sat on a chair D >' the
iiro. and fell in it. Ilor remains were mte rrt -'d on
Thursday last. ' ,

Last winter two paupers belonging to th e same-
place, "were, found frozen to death, having been-
the evening before very much intoxicated. Such
•wamples of the effects of intemperance w<5 rejoice
does not often become our duty to record. — Fur-

.'hwthcr Shocking Accident. — Cant. David Cum-
mings of Somerset, on Saturday fast, hauled jhis
v'csso'i iipon the beach to make some repairs. He
■raised it by a jack screw, wedgQs and blocking :
Ailcr repairing it he imprudently removed the
blocking and wedges and in attempting to let the
vessel down by the. screws alone, is supposed to
have lost the. conimand of tlie crank, by which one
log and one ann were broken, and the other very
badly injured ; the physicians in the neighbor-
hood dressed tlie wounds ; and « surgeon ; frbra
Providence (Dodtor Parsons) who was soon sent
for, determined "after consultation, to amputate
his leg. But he survived the operation but six or
flight hours, having expired in about 30 houjrs
froin the time of tlie accident, fie left a wife and
several children to lament, his sudden .and shock-,
ing death.

HONESTY.— A gentleman from the country
while walking through Broadway yesWtlay morn-
ing,- in takingjout his handkerchief, dropped his
pocket book, in ; the street. , Unconscious of his Jews,
he walked rapidly 1 along, and was surprised a few
minutes alter, to fed some one pulling at his coat,
and calling ''Stop, Sir, 6top, hero is something"
you dropped.-' fie turned, and saw a very little
girl, of eight or nine years of age, holding in her
hand his pooket book, (which contained several
hundred dollars,) and almost brcaihless : with run-
ning afitir him. ■ He made a .suitable ack'nowledg-
jpent for ber honesty, but forgot; in the hurry of
the moment, to ask her name We should be
pleased to learn it. — JV". Y. Chron.

The Patersonj(N. J.) fntelligence.r, states that
4 man aged 104] years, came to thit. place fasti

wf ek from the olty of NewtYork/ on foot, a di»*
tance of 10 miles, to obtain employment. Ho is a
native of Scotland,

An Irishman by the name of John Mullen, was
killed in Brooklyn; Long Inland, <m the 20th inst.
by a blow on the head) ftorh one. of the arms of a
wind-mill near Mitchell'* oil factory.

There are 159 children.' under tha^caTe of the
Orphan Asylum Society m New s Yor£V

' A living Chamelion i» exhibited in the Phila-
delphia Jwuseurp. , The eyes of this animal, are
remarkable, the bolls. being large and prominent,
and the sight of each being capable, of a ; diver-
gent direction at will.?. .

Boston, April 25.— We gladly announce the ar-
rival hero yesterday of tho loriir desired STATUE
OF WASHINGTON, in the r.London Packet*
Capt. Mackay, from London. It is consigned to
tho Hon. Peter* V. Brooks, Treasurer of tho
Washington ' bt&tue Association,^, by Benjamin
Wiggin, Esq; ■ of London; - It is, fcro learn, ^ ce
of freight and ^duties.

-' Tho cold searching north- westers which make
■the" teeth chatter, are easily accounted for. The
lite storm was one of snow upon the highlands
and mountains at 'the north. ■ A gentleman tfrbm
Albany, .informs us, says the New York Com
m'ercial Advertiser, that the. whole, range of the
Catskills were capped withSnoty, apparently to. a
consiclcrable^depth. It does not look yerv well to
muffle one's self in a cloak, just upoil the verge
of the mer.ry month of May— but it is a very com'
fortable article for all that.

.E£*raer<f«u*ry -^Yesterday, a family in tho Up-
per part of the. city, as they) were disturbing their
kitchen furniture, for the nurpose. of changing
their residence, a number of rats were discovered
secreted under cover, of different artiolcs. They
immediately sent for a neighboring cat, which in
fifteen minutes filled 62, and maimed many more.
The cat deserves to be immortalized ; what's its
name Murh. Chron.

. The Georgia Journal, in reply to some , com-
plaints from some of his subscribers, that one of
his packets missed coming a' week takes., occa-
sion to remind his patrons, generally, of the fre-
quent occasions on which hiipuy lor the paper
missed coming even for years !

FROM HAYTI.

By the Haytien Schooner Azema, Capt.,
Audairi, which has arrived at this port, in the
short spade of eleven days from Port au
Prince, the editor oi the Genius of Universal
Emancipation has received files of t)ie Tele-?
graph, and Feuille du Commerce, (he latest
of whicn is dated on the. 8th inst! these papers,
contain no 1 news of importance.

A letter to the editor, .from his attentive
correspondent at Port au Prince, contains the
following remarks :—

" I am happy to say all is well with us.
Though Argus, with his hundred eyes,' : is
continually magnifying evil, yet we are safe.
No danger of internal discord. Every day.
rivets and cements our uniqn; and we may
proudly exclaim to the civilized world, -which
excludes us from her sodal compact, "Go
and do so likewise.'— Genius oj\ Universal
Emancipation.

South Africa. — At Lily Fountain, where is
a~ Wesley an Missionary. Station, the gospel
has had a pow rful influence! Wars amongst
them havo ceased, but wars are general
amongst tlie uncivilized' tribes. Before Chris-
tianity wp/3 introduced her£, their neighbors
there, thrv Bosjemans, would frequently attack
them and, steal their cattle. But since they
have concentrated themselves in a body, and
have a Missionary with them, there has. been
no bloodshed amengs.t them. The Bosjemans
dare not attack the Christiana-settlement of
the Nanmquas, and the latter are restrained
By the principles of religion and the fear of
Qod.—Philad'elphian. 1

Great Thames Tunnel.-— We are. indebted
to accidental circumstances^ for information
of the progress or continuation of -this great
enterprise. Wejeam .by the papejs, that on
the Twelfth Night a banquet was. given in the
submarine arches of the Tunnel} to the' com-
pany and workmen of this important Work.
The enterprising Mr, l^uhel presided at the
entertainment ; and we are inior aed by some
guests, that th' distance then excavated was
490 feet from the shaft ;. and\tlmt it was cal-
culated.' by'' those best .acquainted with the
subject, that the mo'st.fp.rmid.able obstructions
contemplatecli viz. the land-springs ox quick-
sands, were surmounted ;. and the workmen
being now about 270 .feet under the river,
there existed every reasonable ground for
■anticipating tho racist complete success of this
bold and novel improvement. The, work peo-
ple are relieved every ''eight hours ; and as-
the stratum of earth throiigh wh'ich' tlie work
j.s how f proceeding is not so dljuse or binding
as that which lmd previously been encounter-
ed,, the '.work is making accelerated progress.
—Col. Cent. ■ ,: - ■ ; '''' *,

A mechanic of Exmouth,-(13ngi) has con
structed a Wd«ll of JCing Solomon's- Temple,
in shell work' and minerals, containing 985
windows, 41 towers, 385. piriaclos, 188 pillars,
formed of 150,000 English shells. The mo-
del it four feet ten inches inlength, and three
feet deveh in breadth.

Five young men were to be executed in
London on the 2Qtti March. Their oft'onco?/
were rape, sheep.stealingi secreting a letter
containing 151. stealing of plate* and burgla-

. London, March 23. It is reported in the

A fresh salmon weighing 28 lbs. was sold
in the Boston market last week for 42 dol-
lars. | . *

The town of Barrington, R. I. had no tax
last yeai. Its whole expenditure ww less
than 5c<mts a day, for supporting one ^au-
per. '

A cow owned in Brattleborough, Vermont,
a few di.ys since, produced a calf, which,
when 24 hours old, weighed one hundred and
ten pounds.

It is re aorted, says the Editor of the Genius .
of U; En ancipation. that Col. Ward, of Va.
noar Dar ' river, died av short time ,since, ; leav-
f ! „ ing afaot t ONE! HUNDRED and _FIFTY

market, that the bounty on refined sugars ex- slaves' five by his last will. He alsd leinriem
ported, will be increased, to reconcile the j a / mc fc 0 r^ nrf < ln which a number are set-
West India proprietors to the admission of ; tl-ocl. * . '
foreign raw sugars at a protecting dnty to the j -jfrg. B Q tsey Wallis, a fred woman of co-'
British planter of 5s. per cwt ;. but the mev-! lour of A^timorii, offer's a reward "of $100
ure is exppcted to be strongly opposed by the for the rtcoverv of her son, John Wallis '.who"
party for the prevention of the slave trade : it ; has beer missingf-since' the 8th of March.—
woul^cer'tainly give a great impulse to that ; There is reason to believe that he has been
trafilc, so extensively-earned on by the Span- [.j^ pey, ,

iards and Portuguese.' It is also stated, thatj; Jonathan Davatigh, upwards of 7tf yeara-of-
a re^duction on the ddty of rum imported will 1 agej has been tr } e d' at Alexandria for the
1ake,,to, place rum more oTO a par with the j: mur a er c f Tobias Martin, on the 28th of June
England spjrit. last, and foun'(f- gitilty.

We have private accounts from Laguiraofl; Ch I ist fe n Scne .^ k ^M 1 ? ^j"^
the 5th inst. which represent Bolivar as aim- :■•**»■ fo , r J** \ m ^ Aet f ftS L,?;
ing plainly at the D.ictatorship-nay, that he ,y" a " el f ok P^e when both were ifttoxica-
is alresdy in fact Dictator, making laws, pro-! ™; , t :„ ... .. ^ , .

clamationsil&c. to suit his own views-and' ,^tla r est.Kcltie in ttj WOrld '-^\f r '
none daring- to gains y them. The constitu- : markabh vessel -.ir at the" convent Mr-
tion appears tote laid aside. The troops in na ^inesof Pisa.. It is ,of cast-iron, and «
the interior were 1 deserting daily with their S H to be fifty .feet in height, ande one hu>..
arms, And- forming themselves into small pil- dj *« d L an f /? rt >' HI c " c ™ fer , en . ce ;. . ' q . . .
laging parties, fn the neighborhood of Bar- 'The Alfncan United Eccl««iastical Society
celona,';the negroes were^reporte ^ to be j n of New Jlaver. have published a ^ circular in-
open revolt, and to have assassinated two of 'voking t he aid ot all who arc friendly for
their officers. One of our letters says, under improving the morals, promoting the piety^
date of April 5th.-" New duties are now le- and increasing the, religious knowledge of
vied-the tonnage duty, which heretofore that part of the community" to which they
was one rial per ton. on Coluuibian r American belong, to- assist them in paying off the debt
and English vessels, has' been raised to two
rials, j A few' days since, the U. S. frigate
Constellation^ and schooner Shark, made
their, appearance off this port. ' The latter
came to anchor for a few hours, but the fri-
gate remained outside, and both soon depart-

their [house of worship, and in defraying
the necessary repairs of the same.

NOTICE.

, f _ , , _ r ,„ , The Public arc respedfotty infowtsdriluA >-

cd; without.paying us a visit— a circumstance the House designed for ih* itse of the "Jtfrican
that, in the present state of this country, was . Free Meihodist Society," situated in Mulberry-
thought very hardly, of by the Americans."— ^street, No. 136, between Hester and Grand,
American:. (opposite the African Free School) wiU be con-

secraUd m next ford's Day, the tith tnst. at H
o'clock, P. M.— Sermon by the Rev. William
Quinn. l ...

Andrew Beistel, of Mount Pleasant town-
ship, Pa. put a period to his existence, by
shooting himself in his own house, not long

, NOTICE.
The " Veio-York Union Society,''- tcill, af-
Irr the first of May current) meet at: the "

In 'the vicinity of Ylveston, there resides ^ &tyf Halt; No. 44 Orange>street f for the
an elderly and eccentric bachelor, who keeps ensuing year.
no fewer than about seventy cats, which lie J
feeds_andjattorids with great regularity !! * MARRIED,

The Kankakees, a tribe" of Indians living! o n t{v e 2(Jth ult. by^tjie Rev. Mr. Miller,
on the head, branches of the Illinois,* are said jr n j{ c ^ r y Davis-, of Va. to Miss Jane Low, .
to be in a state of the utmost wretchedness 0 f j-jjjg c l i{y_ •„-'.'■
and want. I By th^ Rev. B, Paul, Mr. John Anderson, to

The' house occupied as a tavern on the ' j 0 dnna Cornliill.
York road about'll miles from Kingston, U.| Xn Philadelphia, on the-25th ult. MrVNA-

C. has been destroyed by fire, and we regret THAis^
to state that a fine^ girl, about seven years j to ^i\ s9

old, perished in the flames.

The proportion of the deaths of women to
that of men, a3 50 to 54.

In Great Britain there die every year, about
332,70Q— every niontli, 27,725— every week,
0,353— every day, 909— every hour, 48.

The Treasurer ot' the Greek Fund, in Bos-
ton, has received over $J 1,000.

Qh the night of the 12th ult. the dwelling
house of the Hon. S. Gardner of Bowdoin-
ham, Ale. was struck by lightning. The elec-
tric fluid descended a t himney, perforated a
wooden partition in the second story, and con r
siderably shattered a headpost of a bedstead
on which, two children wsre sleeping.
. Messrs.. Willis. and Ranil, of the Recor-
der and Telegraph," propose publishing, a
weekly paper, adapted to the capacities of
children and youth.

A coal mine has been discovered in War-
wick, R. I. and a number of people are now
making j excavations ' for discovering its ex-
tent'. ..' . - '"; '■'_

A chi'd in Bridgpoit, Con. recently fell into
a chaldroh of boiling turpentine, and .was
scalded to . de/th. f "

,Mr. Joseph M'Miehaely of Portsmouth, Va.
aged 74, lafely led to' the Altar of Hymen
M'rsJ 'Abigail Blarn'ey, aged 72. .The. .yoiilh-
yi/f. -couple wore so ileuf, that it was wifh _ .dif-
ficulty 'the reverenil gehtjeirian' cbuld niake
them understand wjiat he said. .
' Five Irishmen employed hpon the canal at
South wick-, Mass. have! recently killed one of
their. companions n^med Ier.iFitzpatrick, by
beating' him with clubsi [ The perpetrators
immediately fled,, but several/ persons had
goue in pursuit of them. •

Slight BuUdi^s.y-rTfye N. Y. Evening Post
states that tbe ipuijd.ations of. a iblock. of, six
houies ^going V up .., in' Bleep ker-strefft, were
washed away in the storm of 'Tuesday night 1

of the

the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

4,2'Vi<

5 Sail relay
lay .

C Sun

7 Monday

2W
.11 )Vtt

10 Tfiursday.

EL ADA MS, of Washington, D. C.
ANNE ALLEN, youngest daughter
Rt. Rev. Richard Allen,. Bishop of

ALMANAC.

1*27.
MAY.

Rises.

I Sun I
Sets.

lay,

nluy, .
^ncsday,

5 3
5 2
5 0
4- 59
4 58
4 57
4 56

6 57

6.58

Moon's
Phases-.

• g £g
r-t coats?*

MARINE LIST:
ARRIVED, v
April 27/fci Ship President, 5 days froin
Cfmrlesi on, wilh Mto_n and rice.- Schooner
Etity B MyWdrtjtifnmi St; -Croix, ()K End,).,
with sugar and mm.

2&h$hip Azdia, Wilray,fr(ymN. Orleans;.
Ship Elcctra, Hdrris, AO'days from London-^:
ling Ameniam Shipmaji, 22! days from Cor- :
thagena with hi&es, fyc.

'Mh, ling Charlotte Corday v Codman, 19
days from Ponci (P. R.) with sugar, fcc.-*- .
Bng Et iza, Buc\cxtp , , ^days fxom i Vera Cr\tz,,
wrf/i apt etc, SfCir+Btig ' Juno, Bdrne8r)A dctyf
from S . Johns,' (P. R.) with molasses, ${C } •
Brig Spartan, Prime,. 20 days from SU Qr*ix,i
( W. En i) Aoitk sugar and . txtm^Brig ■ Mar*, \
Ressley, 22 days from St. Thomas, \nbaU*4i}>
Brig H'atson, PHnce,17 days from Havana^
trith roc lasses^ U^Scluio^s^^xami Bau-
son, 21 days from Mdracaibo, urith tpo»d;
Fa^e, 'Atherton, fld daysifrom St.ThomM* r wlh
coffee,ifs. - : \\i ■ ., '-•'.• , ; tw

May liL, Ship} mUiam-Th^^psgniMtxwili :
from V vtrpobl, wUh 4ry good*. . ' i
2d, Jrig 'Juno, !) daysfvtm Jkm Ksy, mm
soli. .

'!l<

82

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

THE SONG OF THE JANISSARY. ;
Have | theylrod down the! mighty ?— By sea and

i by shpre, . ' ,
Will our name be. a watchword and f ' terror no

moro ? ....
Has the eagle been huri'djfrom his throne in tho

! air ? " 1
WiHtiho fox find a home in the grim lion's lair?

Hate ithey trod down tho jmighty ? Tho victors

; who stood j
Resistless when life was p^ur'd forth like a flood !
The Warders of empire ! tho mates of the brave !
The freeman who hallow'd the land of the slave !

Our name is a scorn, and our. sabres are rust,
Our palace a sepulchre goiry in diist, —
But again shall its turrets gleam high in the air,
And again shall tho flash of our sabres bo there 1

Again shall the name of oUr Aga bo known—
A .spell that o'orshadows the mosque and the
throne ;

Again shall our foeman grow pale when he hears
The traad and the shout of the fierce Janaziers !

For a time— for a time may the tyrant prevail,
But himself and his Pachas before us shall quail 5
The fate that tore Snlim in blood from the throne,
"We have sworn, haughty Mahmoud !. shall yet be
thy own.

The warriors of ages ! '.who fought and who bled
With' Osman and AnTurath— the deathless, tho'
dead,- •

Are they destined to pass like the sunshine of
spring ! —

Their fame to the winds, and their neck to the
string !

By the Prophet ! the waves of the Euxine shall
stop,

The stars from the concave like hailstones shall
drop, .

Ere the traitor and coward may hope to tread
down,

The tameless in soul— the undimm'd in renown.

We warn thee, stern Mahmoud ! tby hour is at
hand, —

Thou hast sharpen'd the lance, thou hast kindled
the brand;

Wo are gather 'd like tempests that gather by

gat I
fa

Wo — wo to thee, King! when we burst in our
might '

MO VEIN G DAY.

I've seen an army pu^ to rout,
And whole battalions turn about,

And flee away from trouble ;
And I have seen great towns ransack'd,.
And lofty spires by earthquakes rack 'd,

And thought them a mere bubble.

But Oh ! I've seen with', trembling fear,
The dreadful inoveing day draw near,

With all its sad vexation ;
When dire confusion (rules the day,
And female power, usurps the sway*

As if it were a nation.

When broken- fragments strew the way,.
And tables, chairs, in droad array,

Are pil'd upon each other;
And kettles/ pots, in one great heap,
Thrown in with bed* and glasses, keep

Up one perpetual! bother.

The " Washing-Day'! is far more fair,
I witness it without " despair,"

For there is no reproving;
But Oh! I hope I ne'er again
Shall b icompell'd to^feol the pain,

.The agony of moveing..

VARXSTEXS.

Unaccepted Gratitude. — Capt , (we

Bp ire bis frame) was walking- last Wednesday,
in company with the Marquis of Anglesea,
over Piccadily, when h'e was accosted by a
fellow, half soldier, half beggar,, with a most
reverential military salute- " God bless your
honour, and >ong life to you." " How do you
know me ?" said 'the captain. " Is it how do
I know yonr honor, good Tight sure I have to
know the man who hadjsaved my life in bat-
tle." The Captain: highly gratified at this
tribute to- his valor in sjuch he ariug^ slid half
a crown into his hand ind asked him when?
" God bless your honor,) and long life to you;
sure it was at New-Orleans, when seeing
your honor run away as hard as your legs
could carry you, frointhjs Yankees, I followed
yout'iead, and run after you out of the way ;
whereby under God,. I ^av#d my life: ; Oh !
good luek to your honor, I never will forget it
of you." ; <

.STEAM VESSELS.
At Calcutta, the Indikns, from seeing the
steam-boat stemming w^nd, tic-e and current, !

a'vii ealle.I- il ,$he'itouii Koo noo, the Uevil's
5>oat j a»U ftWiate^^nt.tejaiaaSyyud, wish- j

ing to compliment tad: ingenuity of the Brit-
ish, thus expressed himself : tyWben arts
were In. their infancy, it wijp natural to give
the devil credit for] any new invention ; b tft
now, so advanced tore the English in every
kind of improvornenjl, that they ar6 more thatf
i matcji for the devil himself -Ca/tf*. Ktp-
peVs Journal. . j *

ANEOD^TE.
Le Mercure de Lbndres, a French Journal
published weekly ih London, has in its last
number the following anecdote : " The Por-
tuguese fancy themselves the first people in
the world } and the Spaniards, on the other
hand, are convinced that there is nothing
more easy than to trick a Portuguese. These
opinions lead to innumerable epigrams, hoax-
es, and jests. Witness the .following : One
day laat summer a Portuguese and a Castilian
agreed to go out shooting together ; but the
former, fearing some roguery on the part of
his companion, mad e him agree, apnofi, that
whatever they killed was to bo put in one
common bag, and iri the end equally divided.
Well, they shot tfyeir best all day, but with'
such bad luck, that at nightfall the bag con^
tained only a partridge iand a crow. Now
friend, quoth the Portuguese, 4 how can we
divide our game fairly?? ' As conditioned,
without doubt,' answered the Castilian, ' each
his half.' ' Yes,' r.ejoinad tlie other, 4 but a
crow and a partridge !' *, Hold !' replied the
Spaniard, scratching his head, 4 there are two
ways to get out of this dilemma; either I
take the partridge, and you the crow, or. you
take the cro\v& I take the partridge.' "Right,
right,' said the Portuguese, and the division
was made accordingly."

NEAPOLITAN PIETY.
An Italian, not a Neapolitan, and en that
account desirous of turning into ridicule what-
ever is Neapolitan, told m«j that he had just
been hearing a panegyric on St. Januarius.
Having brought the saint into Heaven, the
preacher had begun to consider what place
he should there assign to him. 41 Where
shall we puthi'n ?" he said ; 44 riot on the right
hand of Almighty God, for there is our "
viour Jesus Christ ; not on the left hand, for
there is tho Blessed Virgin; not on .the right
of our Saviour, for there is St. Peter." 44 Pa-
dre", exclaimed a la/zaroni, rising from his
seat, " Padre, eceo; poteli matterlo qui, che
mene mdo." Look, father, you may. put him
here" pointing to his seat. '•• for 1 am going
away."— -From Transalpine Memoirs; just
published in London.

A CONFESSION.
Santeuil, who had never taken priest's or-
ders, seated himself one day in a confession-
al chair that belonged to bis . convent, and
leaned Over the elbow of it, as if in expecta-
tion of receiving a penitent. A handsome
woman approached, 1 knelt down, and began
to enumerate her frailties. . Santeuil, who
was pleased with it at first, soon became tired
of it, and by way of putting ' a stop to his pe-
nitent, cried out, 44 Why, you simpleton, I am
no priest ; why do yon trouble me with all
this detail ?" 44 Oh, sir ?", replied the woman,
*• I shall go immediately j and make my com-
plaint to your superior, of your improper and
scandalous conduct!" 44 Shall you so, my
charming penitent ?" replied Santeuil, 44 then
I shall go and complain to your husband."

Anecdote.-— Sterne, who used his wife very
ill,, was one day talking to Garrick in a fine
sentimental iiianneWof conjugal love and fide-
lity. 44 The husband," said Sterne,'" who be-
haves unkindly to /his wife, deserves to have
his house burnt over his head." " If you think
so," said Garrick, 44 1 hope your house iB in-
sured."

Learned Insensibility.— While the learned
Francis Morrell was busy preparing his edi-
tion of Liba,nius.for ''the press, 'he was told
that his w,ife was suddenly taken! ill — " I have'
but two or! three periods," said Morrell, 'f to
translate, and then I'll come to iler." Pre-
sently, after he was informed she was dying,
44 1 have only two words to writel I'll be with
her immediately." Presently, they brought
him word she was dead — with' great.ealmhess
lie said : 44 1 am very sorry, fo^ she was really
a mighty good woman."

i Toott Ache.— A. remedy for this most pain-
ful alihction.— -which has succeeded in 95 ca-,;
ses out of 100, is. alum reduced toan impalpa-
ble powder, two dtfachras, n\fou*'\$pitU;.qf-ether
seven drachms,, mixed find applied to the
tooth. ' , •

i Ai • recent tneetirig; of the L ! bnd > on Medi-
cal Society, 0>r-. Blake Tstated that toe-e&rac--
tion r «f the -tooth, was no longer >iat©8»8ary, aa-

) her w«8 enabled to cure< the most desperate
cases of) the tooth-ache (unless the disease
was con nected with rheumatism) by the ap-
plication of this remedy.

APFO & 0AMMCOK0,

JVb. 123, SpuM TMrd-strcetf rtearly- opposite Hi*
Mhnsion*ffovse, Philadelphia,
RESPKcjrfuiii* inform their friends and
the public*, that they continue to keep an assort-
ment of Seasonable GOODS; which they will
make to order., on the most' reasonable terms.- —
Thankful forr the liberal natronage which they
have received,, they hope that by their unremitted:
and punctual attention to business to merit a con-
tinuance of thoir favour. 7
LADIES' HABITS made and braided;

Dauas & Mfix>xcx:ras.

JOHN SICKELS, Jr m
100 Chapelr'st;,
Offers for sale a general assortment
of DRUGS and MEDICINES or*
tho most reasonable terms.

Families # suppliod with genuine ar-
ticles and particular and personal at-
tention given <6 Physician's prescrip-
tions. .

Approved Medicines which arc celebrated for
tho cure of moBt diseases to which tho human
frame is liable, prepared and sold by the Subscri-
ber, at the Corner of Anthony and Chapel-streots.

N. B. Medical advice given gratis.
■ April 17, 1627 JOHN SICKELS, Jr.

" BEAUTY -AND k'COJYOMY."
, UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND
STEAM SPOHCtXVa.

JOHN II. SMITH,
M. 122 Jsrorth-Third-st. ( above Race,) Phi-
ladelphia,

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
neral, that he still continues at the above jdace
the Scouring and Dressing of Geritlemcn's Coats,
Pantaloons, &c. on- a different plan from that of
the DyQm, having a composition for so doing,
which enables him to dress Clothes to a* to leave
their appearance equal to new. H* restores
Seams, &c. to their original colour when worn
white, and will warrant them to wftiir three 'months
after, dressing, and then can be ro dressed. Also,
Ladies' Habits and Merino shawls, in the neatest
manner and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms. Being legally bred to the business,
and possessing a competont knowledge of Dress
ing and Cleaning Cloths by Steam Sponging,
which is the only complete manner of eiiectually,
..removing the stain? caused from grease, ^ tar,
paints, &c. he- heeds- only a trial, to afford him an
opportunity of giving satisfaction.

N. B. J. S. constantly keeps on hand New and
Second handed Clothes of every description/ which
he assures the public' will be; sold as low, if not
lower than at any other establishment iu the Uni-
ted States for cash or barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase would find it much to their interest to
call as above, and examine for themselves.

inpTho highest price given for Gentlemen's
clothes

ET TAILORING WORK carried oni, and
Clothes repaired.~Ncw Cuffs, Collars and Buttons
put on, if requisite. He keeps on hand, Cloth,
Velvet, and Silk of all colours, for doing up same.

April 20, lb27.

M. 2
N. B. Taj
branches, am

B. Subscription I
procured py
GEORGE

CHEAP frLOTSXXWCI STORE,

JVb, 218, Sot\tk Sixth-street, Philadelphut..-
THE Subscriber respectfully returiw hi».
! sincere thanks to his friends and the public in
icir favor and patronage: Ho ,
Lbat he continues to keen a largo
assortment of] Gentlemen's READY-MADE
WEARING Air PAR-EL. -of superior quaUty, both
new and second handed,: where customers will, bo
accommodated i t the cheapest rate, and in hand-
some style. He also informs Families and privato
Gentjpmcn, wh( have second-hnnded Clothing for-
sale, that thcy/vill meet with a good price, and
ready sale for tl eir goods, by apply ii

r goods, by applying to
DANIEL PETERSON,
8, South Sixth-st. Philadelphia.
w carried on in its various
the cheapest terms.

JfOTICE.
PROPRIETORS of CIRCULATING LI-
BRARIEjS can have thoir Books and outstanding
Debts collected ?upoh very moderate terms. N.

Periodicals. received . and

W. EVERITT, General Agent, '
. 33 Catharine-street.

; LOTS WANTED.

TWO LOTS, or the rear of two. lots, where
there is any cor venient communication with the
street, are wanted, for the erectiorrof a i'resby-
terian Church. iThe location must be between
Reed and Spring, Hudson and Orange streets.—
One lot within the above bounds, 25 feet or more,
by 75, would answer

Inquire of S. E. Cor.vish, No. G, Varick-street-
New- York, March 20:

SOMETHING TO BE SAVED'

CHARLES 1VI RTIMER,

Respectfi/july informs his customers, and
the publick in general,,- that he has opened, and
expects to continue, his Shop, at 03 Church-street?
where- he will make and repair Shoes and Boots,
in the best manpor, at the following reduced pri-
ces : !

New Boots, - - 1 $6 00
Footing Bpols, - - 3 50
BottomingvBoots, - 2 00
Soling ana heeling Bo6ts, - 1 50
Half Soihlg and Heeling, - 1 00
N. B. He alsi informs his gentlemen ; custom-
ers, that he wjlllgive new Boots and Shoes, in ex-
change, or hewi t'give his work, for second-handed^
Boots. All orddrs left at his Shop, 93 Church-
street, will be immediately attended to.
New-York, M^rch 520. 2

scnoexi,

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready, for the
mission of Pupils.
IN this school will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use of
Maps and Globes, and
IISTORY.

Maps anc
I HIST

two to f

CASH POR CAST OFF CLOTHES.

WANTED to purchase a large quantity
of cast off Clothes, for which the highest price
will be given by THOMAS L. JENMNGS, No.
110 Nassau-st., formerly No.: 64; who has con-
stantly on hand at: the above place, a general as-
sortment of second hand clothes, at the lowest-
prices for cash.

N. B. Thoso persons who wish to dispose of
clotheB,.wilI please to send their address as above,
or send their articles before sun-Bet.

LAN& FOR SALE.

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Laud;
at less, than one half its value, provided they will
take - measures to settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured farmers. The land is in the state qf 'New-
York ,, within 70 miles of the city : its location is.
dehghtful, being; on' the banks of .the Delaware
river, ; with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the; tract, o-
pening a direct nayigatjon to New-York city. The
passage to either city may be made in one day or
less. The land is| of the bc&t 4 UB hty, and well
timbered. ; , .

Tho subscriber hopos that some of his breth-
ron, who are capitalists, will at least invest 500 or
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take
the liberty to say, i tin's iland ; can be purchased ''for
5 dollors the acre 1 , (by coloured men,) though it
has been selling for .$25. He also takes tlie liberty
to observe that the purchase will be safo and ad-
vantageous, and.he thinks such a aettlomenti form-
ed by coloured families, would- bo conducive of
much good: With' tlda objectli jn.view-.be will in-
vest 500 dollars in',the purchase

'*:■'.-. SAMUEL- E> CORNISH.

New^York, March 20. ! 5
N. B. Communications on the subject, noct paidL
will be received and attended to. *

Terms from t^i'o to four dollars per quarter.
Reference.— rLsv. Peter Williams, Rev. James-
Varick, Rev. S, E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul,
Rev. William Miller: ' ' '

• New-York, Mkrch 14. l

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freedom's Journal

« RIGHTEOUSN ESS EX A L T E T II A N AT 1.0 N.»

CORNISH & RUSSWURM, )
Editors ank Proprietors. . J

TOUSSAlNT L'OUVERTURE.

j [CONTINUED.]

It was impossible however for the Directo-
ry to behold, without jealousy, the rajf)id 'ca-
reer of this extraordinary man, and general
Hedoutille was' sent out to observe his con
duct and restrain hid ambition. Toussaint,
at the rifH; interview, aifeeted to complain of
the burden of jbis- command : on which' the
captain of the Ship, meaning to pay mm a
'•compliment, observed, v now much it would
flatter him, aiieir having brought outgeneral
Heuouvilie, ;to ; carry buck ueneral Tous-
saint L'Ouverture.' 4 Your ship, sir,' replied
Touseiiuit hastily, ' is uot' large enough lor ,a
man like me..'' One ol liedouviile's dull uav-
ing hinted to iiirh thut he ought to retire to
Prance, ana end toe. rest ol Ms days in re-
pose, -That (said he) is what"! intend, as
soon as this (pointing to "a smalt shrub) snail
be Urge, enough! to construct a vessel to take
me luere." In short, this general, like ito^
chambeau, soon! lound that loussamt was
every thing in the coloi.y, aud mmself noth-
ing; he therefore deter mined at once to quit
it. There still remaineu two men of wuom
it was necessary to get rid in order to en-
sure the general; tranquility ; these were the
mulatto gene raid Rigauu and Petion. Jeal-
ous of Toussaint and or' the increasing pow-
er of tiie blacks, they heaued an ' msiirrec-
tioo of the people ol colour against his au-
thority, and carried on lor some time a civil
war ; but when : Buonaparte, now become
First Coasul, had sent out the confirmation
of Toussaint us Commumler-ih-Uhier, the ad-
herents Of the mulatto chiefs ueserted ineir
cause, and the two leaders embarked Jor
France. The most dangerous and trouble
some of his opponents, huwever, were the
English, whose departure he caste neu by his
consummate skill 1 to. diplomacy, oen. Mail-
land, on finding the reduction of the island
to be utterly hopeless, and' that one rein-
forcement after another wasted away by ta-
tieue, sickness, and desultory skirmisues
v.lth the blacks, availed himself of the'* bridge
of gold, 1 which Toussaint made for his little
arinv, and signed a treaty for the evacuation
of all the posts which he held. The negro
chief then paid them a visit, and was recei-
ved with military honors.— After partaking of
a grand entertainment, he was presented oy
General Maitland, m the name of his Majes-
ty, with a splendid service ef plate, and put
in possession of the government-house, which
had been built and furnished hy the J^nglisii

General Maitlahd, previous to the disem-
barkation of the troops, returned the visit at
Toussaint's camp; and such was ins .confi-
dence in the integrity of his character, that
he proceeded through a considerable extent
of country full of armed negroo?, with only
three attendants. Ronnie, the French com-
missioner, wrojte a leitet to Toussaint on this
occasion, advising him to eei;-,e his guest as
an act of duty to 'the republic : on the route,
General Mainland was secretly informed of
Ronnie's treachery,! hut m full reliance on
the honour of Toussaint, he determined to
proeeeci. Ou arriving at head quarters he
"was desiren to waitl It was some time be-
fore Toussaint made! his a ppearance ; at length
however, he -entered the room with two open
loiters in his hand. ' There, general,' said
he, ' before we talk together, read these ;
one is a letter from; the "French commissary
— the other is my 'answer. I could nOt see
you till I had written my reply, that you
might he satisfied how safe you were with
fc:o, and how incapable I am of baseness."

General Lacroi.x hears testimony to the or-
der and regularity .established in' the island
among all ranks by the influence and exnm-
jii" of this singular iman ; the duties of mo-
rality and religion j were strictly enforced,
and the decencies of civifi'ed life sedulously
studied. His public. levees \yere conducted
villi the utmost decorum, and his private
parties might vie with the best regulated, so-
cieties of Paris.— Surrounded by tiie officers
of itisguards, all magnificently dressed, ami
living in the utmost .'profusion, he preserved
tlu- strictest sobriety : a low cakes, bananas,
or batatas, with a gilass of water, were his
orcinary food. He '. was particularly atten-
tive to the means of iiefoi rning the loose ami
lif Ci.tious' manners of the females ; and would
suffer n» me of the w ijitt la 'ie.s to corne to his-
court, v-jth the neck ncoiered. r e once
?hrew his handkerchief over the bosom of a

young girl, observing in an angry tone, to
her, that 'modesty •should be the portion of
her sex.' His maxim was that wqmen should
always appear in public as if they were go-
ing/ to church;

Never,- says Lacroix, was an European
army subjectod to a 'more seyere discipline
than tb;at which was observed by the; troops
of Toussaint. Every officer of\ ra£k A in , it
commanded j with a pistol, in hi*'; hand, and
had the power of life and death over his sub-
alterns. He set about the restoring of the
public finances with wonderful address. The
ancient proprietors of estates had almost
wholly disappeared, and frequently all trace-
was lost of the direct or collateral successor
to them. Inlsuch cases he established a sort
of co-proprietorship, by which the cultiva-
tors received a certain portion of the prod-
uce, and the rest was appropriated to the
public revenue. By this device, the negroes
were induced to return cheerfully, to the la-
bours of the field, and to submitlto regula-
tions under the black officers, more severe
(says Lacroix] than those of their ancient
masters. Under the new system the colony
advanced as if by enchantment towards its
ancient splendour ; cultivation was extended
with such rapidity ' that every day' made its
progress perceptible. All appeared .to be
happy, rind regarded Toussaint as their guar-
dian angel, fn making a tour of the island,
he was hailed by the negroes with universal
joy. Nor was he; less a favourite of the
whites, whose confidence he studied to gain,
and who were always invited to his private
parties.

The general enthusiasm which he had ex-
cited was sufficient to inspire vanity in the
strongest mind ; and he had some excuse for
saying that 'he was the Buonaparte of St.
Domingo,' and that. 1 the colony could not
exist without him.' It is said that no one left
his presence dissatisfied, though his request
was not granted. Sometimes a negro, or
man of colour, would ask to be appointed a
magistrate or judge, ' you shall,' he would
say, ' because I presume you understand La-
tin' — ' No, general.' 4 How ! wish to be a
magistrate without knowing Latin 1 and then
ho would pour forth such a torrent of Latin
words which he had got by heart out of his
psalter, that the black, candidate retired with
the satisfaction of believing that he might
have obtained his object had he understood
the language, and the conviction that the ge-
neral was a portentous scholar.

—

MA S ANIELLO, THE FISHERMAN OF
NAPLES.

(C0NCJ.UIJED.)

An instrument drawn up to this effect,
signed and scaled, was prepared ; and in ad-
dition to the terms already specified, Masa-
niello further insisted, that the elect of the
people in all public proceedings should be
considered as possessing and be actually al-
lowed as many votes as the whole of the no-
bility, that the multitude should hot disarm
till the king of Spam had ratified the term's,
"and that a copy of the present treaty should
be cut in large letters* on marble, and bo set
up in different parts of the city.

This popular leader had been prevailed
upon with considerable difficulty to change
his fisherman's .dress for a splendid habit,
crying out, as he put it on, " I am only a poor
fisherman."' Having dismissed the deputies
to report his; answer to the viceroy, and ap-
pointed a meeting to ratify the treaty in the
great church, it was read aloud in that place,
the- people signifying their consent by. loud
acclamations. . ' 5*

At the door of the cathedral he received
an invitation from the duke of A rcos to fa-
vour him with-an interview, tg which ivlfi.su-
nieilo consented: In the way to castle Novo,
the streets were strewed wittf palm and olive
branches'; the windows, balconies, and roofs
of the houses crowded with spectators, and
hung with rich tapestry, while the fisherman
•\vat» saluted iron/ every quarter as the deliv
erer of his country ; young men and maidens,
v.ith garlan s of flowers and in loose white
robes,, celebrating his praises, ond joining
Hie procession-, with vocal and instrumental
music. When tljey reached the gate of the
castle, the^guanf received and saluted 'Mas;<'-
niello a* a i>ge'.<eral officer, arid th captain

ted bis pleasure in the chamber of, audience.
Making a slight bow to the officer,' he turned
to the people,' add, moving . his sword as a
sigual for silence, thus addressed them:
. '.' My dear, companions and countrymen, let
us olfer up our prayers to God for the recov-
ery of bur liberties \ w shail no longer
groan iinder unfeeling task-masters, hut en-
joy the fruits of our industry without hateful
co.ilcc iort.v r«Mk^ha*your .countenances are
enlivened with joy, and who would hot he
glad on an occasion like the present? Some
o£ you I understand can scarcely believe it
to be any thing but a dream, indeed-, my.
friends, it is no -delusion. Behold in my hand
the precious pledges of the blessings we
have recovered j thes« are the charters of
the emperor 'Charles thu Fifth, and of Fer-
dinand. ]

-'| J have been accused by some of having
selfish uicitives for the conduct 1 have pur-
sued, and that it its on ihis account i display
the advantages that have been procured. L

A magnificent funeral followed his death.
The reign of the fisherman is still handed
down !amqng tJie lower classes of Naples, by.,
popular tradition ; and the modern la/z/aroni,
altPrnjit© y exciud by superstition-, hunger, V
and sej't i.ion, dwell with enthusiasm on the -
short but splendi'f triumphs of Masaniello.

The; obnoxious taxes in a short time were
again evied, ahd again produced ineffectual
rcrti3tabce ; sol unavailing -are attempts at
amejidjment in governments radically defec- '
tive ihi their form.

appeal- foj you, my [lord archbishop, and to
the viceroy's secretary, wJip stands near the
cardinal,- {whether 1 did not, early in chepre-

on duty informed him, that the viceroy wai- j gravefui traitors ! :

sent business, refuse a pension f hun-
dred crowns a month, which was oiflyed me
on condition I would undertake to dissuade
the people from assorting their rights r"

(The po elate and secretary confirmed what
he said.)

" I will lot puzJe you with a long speech,
but shall conclude with giving you two pieces
of advice — Not to lay down your arms till
the. confir {nation of your privileges arrives
from Spain, and not to place too much confi-
dence in ine promises of courtiers. 1 am
now going! to speak with ine duke of Acos,
and. shall probably return in a short tune ;
but, if ypu uo not see me sale and at liberty
by seven [o'clock to-morrow monnug you
may. take U^br<granted tliere nas. boon treach-
ery, and vvill, of course, take such meth-
ods, of reve|nge as you may juuge necessary."

Masaniello was tlien • conducted to the
duke, withj whom Jie'had a long audience,
.and from the castle repaired to his own house,
where he received tiie congratulations of the j
principal inhabitants of the city. For seven I
days, Masaniello was absolute master of tiie }
lives and fortunes ol ab in Naples, and had
he ordered thousands to have been put to|
death, or the citv to have been ra..ed from
its foundations, ft w.ouid have been instantly
done". During the whole -of the tune iie con-
ducted himself with a prudence, regularity
and foresight, as pra.hjteworthy as it was un
expected; but, whilstj'he was thus enjoym w
that first. b|est pleasure of pejwer -and liihu"
ence, the consciousness Of having exerted- it
for the wel&re of mankind, this popular lead-
er was struck with a! malady which jevels
the proud lard of the creation with the mean-
est reptile lie crushes on the ground.

From fatigue of body and mind, as he
scarcely. ''allowed himself the". necessary re-
freshments jof food and sleep, or, as was sus-
pected, b.itlnever ]>roved, from the eifect of
intoxicating dru^s infused in his liquors,
symptoms qf frtm.y and madness appeared,
lie treated jhis ajsociates ;and friends with
insolence, outrage, a. id abuse ; tore hirf
clothes from his body, and rode witu adrawn
sword furiolisly through the otreeis, wound"
ing and kijiing many' persons. Tne Nea-
politans beheld. the deplorable state' of tneir
fovdurite with deep regret, and, after recei-
ving assurailcos from the viceroy -that ^vhat-
evef he hail promised should be sacruuly
performed-, |md that their jirivileges should
remain inviolate, tiiey declared thdt Masa-
niello was-rjo longer their general : and tne
council, tearing the niost dreadful conse-
quences froni a madman at the head of a mob,
ieitt a nuiithry detachment with orders to
put him to death.

The unfortunate fisherman had been ha-
ranguing the. people, from 'the pulpit -of -the
great church \u an incoherent mixture. of re-
proach, justiiiOation, and penicenc'e ; for he
perceiyed he| had lost the confidence of his
followers! From the church* he. was conduc-
ed into an ^adjoining cloister, struggling in
the agonies j of o'iseasej, madness, and des-
pair. lx earing his name mentioned, he turn-
ed quickly rojund, saying, " is it me you Idok
for, my people ? — behold, I am ^tiere."— The
apldiers'at- thje instant ' dischwrge^their rnus-
ttets, and Tie |dropped ' on ■ the paVement, ex-
claiming, -with .his last breath,"' u Ah, un-

FRATELLI DE LA MISERICORDIA/

THE BjIOTJIERHOOD OF MERCY.

; (Concluded.)
Suclij quiet and unnflfected benevolence, a
tender regard for the ease^and comforts of
this poor woman, showed the brothers to me
in another light, and I was rejoiced to see
that tin ir kindness was equal to thejr hero-
ism. They no longer appeared to me so un-
' couth ; and, as I continued to walk near them,
it struc t me there was a very benignant ex-,
pression in a pair of eyes -seen through their
sackcloth masks. I also observed below their
habits, that two of them wore black silk
stockings. This rather surprised me; but I
learnt that all ranks of persons are enrolled
in the M.isericordia— -tradesmen, gentlemen,
nobles* md the grand Duke himself. |

Not to detain the reader by particularising
a variety, of circumstances under whiih botfi
in Pi3a' and Florence, I have watched the
prompt nttendance of the brothers, I proceed
to give you a short historical account! of the
institution. This has been done, and iri"the
highest ;erms of praise, by the Professor Pic-
• tet, in ihe " Bibliotheque Unjver9elle" for
1822; a id it appears 1 he was the first. travel-
ler who considered them worthy of ^uch no-
tice. Upon reference to several. Italian '
works, and especially to that of Placido Lan-
dini, I am sorry to observehnany inaccuracies -
in the Professor's account. I sball therefore
follow those writers who have derived their
information directly from the archives of the
establishment ; adding to them what J have
learnt through the kindness of several-gen-
tiemen, >> Capi di Guardia" to f ha company*
Those - who contend w-e excel our forefa-
thers in humanity and charity, will be sur-
prised to hear that the Campagnia della Mi-
sericordiu, the most conspicuous, even in. the
present day, for those virtues, has existed for
nearly six hundred years within the walls of
Florence. It was established in 1240 ; and "
its origin was extremely curious. At . that
period of the Republic, when the citizens
were acquiring immense profits from the
nianufacture of woolen • kth, the city porters
were numerous, and, usually took their stand
round the church of the Baptistry, near the
Cathedral. In fact, for the n'iosti part, they
lived there; and during the ihteivals of
Work, the^ ate their meals and drank their
wine, or played .at various games, eithqr on
the Pia/vi, or in the sheds erected for their
accommodation. One among' them, Pifero di
Luca Bor.si, an old and devout man, was high-
ly scandalized at 1 the \cursirig and swearing
of his companions. Therefore, as their el-
der, he proposed- that he who should hereaf-
ter take food's or the Virgin's name in vain,
should be mult't^d Lto the" amount" of a crazip,
(three farthings) and that the said crazta
should he dropped through a small hole in' a
certain box, so that an end might be put lo
such vain and sinful conveisation. To (Lhts
the porters agreed, and the difficulty of con-
quering a iiiad habit caused. the box to be well"'
nigh filled- Piero;then reminded them that, >
for the 'benefit of their souls, the contents of ;
the box ouglit to he employed in acts of cha-
rity, and made the following proposals: -'Let
us,' : said , he, u purchase with part of this mo- ,
ney six liners, to serve for the six divisions
of the city, and let ujr m turns attend with
them. Thus we shall be in readiness to car-
ry to their homies, or to the^hospitol, all those
who may be taken with sudden illness.^or
who fall from a scaffolding, or N otherwise be
grievously injured! in: pur streets, and stand
in neeu of their fellow creatures assistance ; v ;
and }ve will also carry, to the 'ehu/ches the
bodied of such as may fall dawn dead, or' be
slain,j or be drowned; arid let us agree that
for ei|ch ir.everjal journey of this sort, the por-
ters sliall receive a #n» Wo (sixpence) froin the
box."| This! not only met with approhatlojo,

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

but each individual took an oath to observe
it. Their labours begin, and they pursued
them with so much diligence and charity
(says their chronicler) tljat every man in the
city greatly applauded,! these porteres, some-
times offering thejn three gnih, as a present
for ;a single journey ; but this the old man,
Piero, would not allow, bidding them per-
form their duty cheerfully, and without
bribes, and to wait for their farther reward in
eternity.

Such was the commencement of the Mise-
rici rdta, a society that ;has never relaxed in
its eal, through "so many centuries, and un-
der all the changes of government. What
ever enemy entered Florence, these Brothers
and their property were always respected.
T e French, their Inst invaders, did more, —
they intrusted them with a s"t of keys to the
city £ates, that they might not be impeded in
their' labours.; and Napoleon was preparing
to establish a 'similar institution at Paris,
when his own downfall put an end to the
scheme.

Philanthropy of Miss- Wright — Miss Fran-
ces Wright, advantageously known in the
United States as an English authoress of con-
siderable talents, has recently commenced an
establishment at Nasbdba in Tennessee, with
the benevolent design of affording an asylum
to slaves. She has. assigned to ten trustees,
a tnict of nearly nineteen hundred acres of
land in perpetual trust for the benefit of the
negro race.

She expresses her belief that something
more is required at the! hands of colonisation
epcieiiet, tlian the emancipation of the mere
body of t he slave. She believes it to .be equal-
ly imperative on them to inform the mind; to
prepare them for the enjoyment of liberty,
that they may be able lo regulate their con-
duct in the now relation that would exist be-
tween them and the rest of their fellow-men.

Miss Wright is a literary lady. She is pos-
sessed of a handsome fortune, arising fro.m
the sale of her works.; and having plenty of
leisure, she has benevolently determined up-
on this method of appropriating her time and
money. She may be justly considered a pla-
net of no ordinary brightness in the literary
constellation of the present day. See has al-
ready mado herself a valuable^ citren of A-
mericn ; and her career of .usefulness seems,
also, to be progressive. — Phil. Ariel.

[From the (Boston) Columbian Centinel.]
M*»ame Christophf. — Having obser-
ved in copying an article from a foreign pa-
per that a German Prince was to be married
to the Ex-Q,ueen of Hay ti, widow of Chris-
tophe, the following remark made by the
Editor of the N. Yorki tinquirer, from whom
better things were expected : — " The Ameri-
cans who have visited Port-au-Prince, [a mis-
take, as she always resided at the Cape] in
her time, will remember that she is a fat,
greasy wench, as black as the ace of spades,
and one who would find it difficult Jto get a
place as a Cook in this city. So much for.
r.pyal taste/' We are! induced, from a per-
sonal acquaintance with Madame Christophe
for many years previous to and after she was
elevated to the rank jof Queen of Hayti, to
bear, testimony agamjst the above illiberal
and unjust representation. We do not hesi-
tate to say, that no just person acquainted
with tho Ex-Q,ueen coiild have thus charac-
terized her; and that there are many Amer-
icanaf who will unite with us in this declara-
tion.' Although not so graceful and digni-
fied ih her person as tl|e Ex- Empress of ifay-
ti, ^Xadame Deasalines» her person and man-
ners! were very agreeable, and she always
sustained the reputation of a/good and virtu-
ous jwife, an : affectionate mother, and an
amisjble friend, and a hospitable and charita-
blejjady, who sought for and improved every
bpp^rtunity of exe«:is|ng these good quail
ties to all the foreigners, residing and visi-
ting ; at the Cape, and particularly to the
iAWHoan*. She' was jal ways extremely neat
an titer- person, and when not compelled by
etiquette to appear in regal attire, was- ycry
modest in her- dress, and deportment. We
particularly regret that such misrepresenta-
tions; should originate in tho United States,
a* itjaiust have a tendency to. injure Ameri-
cansiiji the e-»tiir,a*ion! of the biack- popula-
tion of Hayti; who. have been, and continue
to be the friends of all friendly foreigners,
especially (the Americans.— We also know
that since Madame Christophe has resided in
Europe, lier hospitality and courtesy, nave
induced gentlemen of, the liighest respecta-
bility to pay their respe'e s to her. ;She has
esKjtes in Hayti, of which Gen. Magny, the
Cominandant' of tlte I^forth, regularly remits
the revenues ; and wherever she resides she
iupr,prts an elegant and respectable estab-
lishri)ent.' We shouldj conjecture that some
mistake has been made in the foreign para-
graph ; a?id that, jt is- her eldest daughter.

woman, of about tho age 1 of 26. who is the , her/ regretted sl^e used it so' little. Hot lover! obtained tho most «ali*factory information, that
intended bride of the German Prince; As ' also, was a great favorite, and many '^^^^^ k ^^^^^^

an4 prayers wete made for thoir happiness ^ ^

ibi _u... /„ ; ,„„.i,i n ,,ra er> 'i^hlp the plantations, i« one of contentment, of gaiety
and prosperity, in .a wor d like ours, so able |and ' h in d that, the connexion of owner
to great and sudden changes And now, , ■

an act of justice to the lady who has been
traduced ; and to the feelings of the great
majority of the Haytien people, who are in
amity with us, we trust that this statement
of facts will not be denied a place in the" pa-
pers which have circulated this calumny.

■ D.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

foil THE FKKEDO.M S JODltSAL.

The knowledge of the world, is an object
greatly to be desired. To be acquainted
with human manners, the laws and institu-
tions of the various nations, and to be able to
reflect upon them with improvement, is the
attainment of the grjeatest statesman, or wi-
sest ph^osopher. But without -.education, s
knowledge of the world is nothing more than
becoming acquaintocl with its vices, and fol-
lies. Without an education, the world can-
not appear to us in its true character". Hence
we may discover the youth 'destitute of edu-
cation assuming the airs of manhood, and
practising manly vices in order to gain the
appellation of men before nature gives suffi-
cient maturity. Reason teaches us that the
spring of life is the season for education ;
and among the various subjects which should
engross our attention, in this life, there is
none of higher importance. It includes the
knowledge" of man; the cultivation of the
heart, and the study of our domestic relations.
It ought immediately to claim our attention,
and we pause not to say, that if parents will
attend to the instructing of their children
while young, it will enr. ble them to go forth
into the world apprized of the diseases, and
miseries^jvhich inevitably await immoral con-
duct. W-

A number of the respectable people of col-
our of this city, deeply impressed with the
importance of education, have formed. them-
selves into a society for the purpose of rai-
sing funds to effect the object new presented
to tho public notice ; viz : the securing of
a suitable building, and furniture, for the
reception of coloured youth. The organiza-
tion of tho society took place April 20th.
1827: Whereby it was on motion resoWed,
that the society adjourn to meet the 2d Wed-
nesday in May, 1S27, at 8 o'clock P. M. ir
the hall occupied Jby the 2d African Presby-
terian, congregatibri in the city of ^ Philadel-
phia, at whicb time the Rev. Jeremiah Glou-
cester, is expected to deliver an address to
the societv on the subject of education.
JOHN JBQWEltS, President.-,
JOHN GLOUCESTER, Secretary.
Philadelphia, April 2Sth, 1827.

tnjT. . and slave is one of mutual attachment, juat tho

did- Tabitha- bear the lose of such a lover f ; ■ rinc j mJ ob j ect m this.articlo is to disabuse tho
Sh» neither siched. nor swooned, ; nor uttered mi ui; n » gnil Mi n » h]«n\t nnnnlntinn in thn Tat-

But tho

— ,i : . . j j«i«vijr». «yi«,» ... »«••».».. .w.~ — — —abuse the-

She neither sighed, nor swooned, nor uttered puh y )p r< ,gp 0C ti n g the black population in tho Isl-
hysteric laughs,' as ladies arc wont to do in ■ un( j 8f an( j accordingly we have begun it by «nti-
such cases, but! her tongue went clickity, ' t.lingit, " Stavcrij in the West-Indies ."—It will
clack, click clack, until you would have sworn ; be shown before if finish this, that the common

that the long hidden doctrine of perpetual
motion.had been discovered, and that this ho-
nor wus due to| Miss Tabitha Wilson, spin-
Bter, who had accidentally made the discovc-

idoa entwrtained in thi.» country respecting tho
wretched slato of tho black population in the isl-
ands, in quite erroneous ; that not only is it ex-
aggerated beyond the bounds of truth, but is both

.V , i „pi, M * nnnna misrepresented and misunderstood. When I say

ry, m the daily use and exorcise of her tongue. thjg - ( ^ we „ a warc of the f ?ibilUy j £ t

I had until now, 'like many others, been igno- ! gu|nCi and vo | unhlri ,y ^ upon myse} f t be proof

rant of the wonderful facility she possessed of what j advancc J f eft i indignant that the pub-

of moving about her unruly member; but u 0 m i n d has long been so poftoned by calumny,

this diaplay of her's quite satisfied me, and I and cannot resist " ' ' ' 1

freely acquitted Brown of all blame, in leav-

' g her for such a girl as Harriet L .

Tabitha was a wit, and one who knew wo
men well has said,

"A female wit is a dangerous thing." ^ ^ «nimea

And so' it proved to Tabitha, for she made .g[ a J^ *f"iavery ) 0 r "an examination of ^r. Stc-
enemies of friends, and friends of none.— f ,hen*s slavery of the British West-India 'Colonies,
The young men liked her, at first, for what containing morf> particularly an account of the
they thought was agrooable prattle, but on nctnai condition ol: the Xegror.s in Jamaica," &c.
ciloser acquaintance, they found it but a little by. Alexander Barclay, lately and for twenty-one
remove from what old women call tittle tat- years resident in Jamaica."
tie, and lawyers,' slander. Her faculty of It ig seen by Mr. C.'s remarks, that his
tongue moving, increased with her age, and , , • . , . . . , . e
the lively femSe wit of eighteen had degen- knowledge ,s derived not from experience
erated into a most venomous backbiting old but from free conversation with ladie3 and

the duty I'owo the community
to expose it. .

" A few weeks siincpan octavo volume was pla-
ced in my hands by one of my most respected
friends with a request that I would periiHO it, and
state to the public tho result f procfl*?d to do go.
It i? entitled " A practical view of the present

FOR TUE FREEDOM'S JO'URWAI..

Who does not know Tabitlra Wilson, the
old maid of 45 and upward?, with not a tooth
in her head and a tongue' long and biting too
as a viper's ? If you. dare venture near old
Tabitaa, so as to have a good view of her
face, you will find trac 5 es,.of what must have
been, in other days a beautiful countenance.
Her figure too was far from^ing urigeuteel,
but there was a sad change fkpn the young
and handsome Miss Wilson, the^lelight of
the beaux, and the envy of the ladiej.',- She
used to be the very pink of ftshic/fi among
her acquaintances, and if " ten thousand
swords leaped not from their scabbar:ds in her
defence," at least, almost as many hands in a
trice, were made glov(*iess, ready for- her
service,.whenever she felt disposed to « trip
the light fantastic toe."

And how is it possiblfij. that such a lovely
being could be suffered; to reach her 45th
year, without being caught iri^he (jhains of
Wedlock ? without partaking of that boon,
" that Heaveii izr mefcy gave to man ?" One
word will explaiii tho whole mystery::
She had a tongue,* that was indeed— a tongue,
A very tongue. . .

And I solemnly aver, that for no other reason

the con i»ct of the young and innocent bride, form the amount of Mr. C.'s testimony. Just
In one instance, she had thrust her tongue ag wel] Mr# c su1nmon a j ei0 t0 tes-

so far out that, she was glad to draw ltin ... - „ . ~. . , L r n , . .

again, though, at an expense of some hun- t,f > in favonr of the Bi ^ mt y of Chnst ' 88 a
dred dollars. A jury of twelve men having Seuthern or West-India planter, to give a
solemnly agreed, that, the said Tabitha, was correct representation of the state of slavery,
guilty of utterihg that which was not true, . , . reapefctive countries. Let it not be-
upon which, she had to pay the above sum.

Alas for Tabitha, " her occupation's gone," forgotten, that m many • instances, a very
for since the verdict against her no ono be- large portion of the capital of these inrlivid-
lieves a word elm says r She ' does nothing ua la,consist8 in slaves ; and that their revenue
now but take snuff, and those who have seen . , , , . ^ . .

her lately, say, ; that her fingers move as ni.n- 16 exude(1 0l,t of tl,e fl(Jsh and bIood of their
bly as formerly did her tongue. fellow-creatures. Many of them, though po-

Yoiing ladies; have you tongues? Beware lished and generous in olhcr respects, vet in
how you conduct them. The tongue is a lit- t} trettoent of tIicir slave3j are s0 b f inded
tie thing to be sure, but a little axe will cut

down a great tree; And a little tongue, in h Y interest, that they are incapable of judg-
the mouth of a ,slariderous woman, is " shar- ing between right and wrong, or humanity
per than a serpent's tooth." I speak this to am i orue ]ty.
you out.of pure! benevolence. I love you all, „ , , , .

and I love to see you imparting smiles, 'mid' From the above pamphlet, winch (to say
the domestic tyearth. It is your province.— the 1 ast) carries sufficient contracted aelf-
You were made to soothe the- toils, and cares, ishness and despotism with it, to render it
°^! n f. n ' s laborious life ; to be his partner in unwortl thc pe , usal of a FreetnaT1) Mr . G . .
affliction, his comforter in trouble, not the ■ /• .
destroyer' of his happiness and the ruin of. hazards the following remarks,
his hopes. NED. .j « There are few people of colour who will not
■■ umi i i i i i ii^i „ii ii „ w . . , , ■ ! acknowledge, if pressed, that thev were former-

wmm iw^ smm^ 1 ~-— er - ffw - lH h - g?oA — ^ ■

NEW-YORK, MAY ll.

fX?=» The Office of the " Freedom's
Journal," is removed to No. 152 Church-
street.

SLAVERY IN THE WEST-INDIES.
The venerable Editor of the New- York

mistress to provide for them, to whom they. might ■■_
look up; at all times, in sickness and in want, and
in old age, in preference to the precarious condi-
tion of emancipation and dependence."

The object of the volume from which Mr.
C. makes large extracts, is to show that the
situation of thewslave population of the Brit- .
ish West-Indies,, is not merely tolerable, but
desirable ; and that there is such a mutual
<. ttachment between master and slave, that if '

^rf'JetfcrZSV^ttod good Ulu.trkti6„ . of his tyranny a„d political Congo, 5 feet 3 inoh ? . in height, apparently ■

Evening Post, lias, assumed the responsibility the slave were offered his emancipation on •
of palliating trie crime of slavery. For this the condition of seeking a new home and pro-
absurd attemptj we- can make but one apol- 1 viding for himself, he would not accept it.— ...
ogy; that is, 61d age. The many years he In answer to which, we need only say, (for - ;
has been permitted to enjoy the goodness of nothing is so stubborn as facts) that we have.
Providence, pei-haps, have impqired his mind,; received a file of Jamaica papers, two of *
and left it witli much of its former fruitful- which contain eightyrfivc advertisements for ^
nesSj, without sufficient vigour, to guide its- run-away slaves ; the majority of which are
decisions. This' is the most charitable vie.w marked either on the ehoulder or brea-st. We ^
we can take pf such an effort. Had such will extract one is a sample. — " ftnn-away- %
ideas been advanced by a Spanish nobleman, from the Subscriber Bob, alias Robert Grant, '
n or a Turkish rcspot, they would have been a : answering to the following description ;

' rrr\r\A illnotfaf iAn At h i a tir>*«in»iYr nnrl ivaH* .^a! nr\nr»n K <V»^4- O ■m.^U^^ 1— ..ti *.t

deserted by beau after beau, and the old wo-
men shook their hekds with ^significant look,
as much as to say,- "j 1 1: knows what I knows."'
Things Went oq thusj 'untii a young -man. who
had formerly paid attention to MU-i.-Tabitha,

left her and married Harriet L , an^.tems-

tiug girl, who took' su.-.h. particular c«r^o\t u .at:
Jso i very accomplished and well educated unruly member, tb.s tongue, that all' wao sa.y.

talents," she had accomplishments, nay. -she
had lovers and pleuty of them too. But some-
bow or other, none of them came to. the
point, and poor Tabitha after being surround-
ed by more suitors than any other' young la-

dy, had the mortification" to see them all go : this extraordinary attempt..

cunning. But ,tn the present case, they can marked M. B'i on the' right breast with other?

only be considered as coming from a mind marks on the shoulders and scars of punish--;

enfeebled by age, or actuated by interest. ment on tin? bac k, &e." If 85 cases of this i

Mr. C. assigns the following reasons for kind, in two very small newspapers, are not

.'sufficient to refute. all that has been said of-';

away, without one having popp«d thelonff s « We " hav -„;. i ong . sincC) , on good i tt f orBia tionv written, by Mr. C. and. his correspondents,, i
expected question. Wilt thou be my wedded .. b e,m. quite sutisM that the fate of our black P o- there is no reliance to be placed in facts afld" -
wife.-' t . ; pulat ion m our Southern States ha«. been matori- j ' , .? S

. . pulation in our Southern States ha» been materi- A . .. m , ± „
People wondered why Mj3s Tabitha was ally | mistaken by usy in 6up Jf osing it to be doomed aemon ^Htiom. J hat there are some tnstan- v

to wretoht;dne89| cruelty and oppression, and woj ces of kindness' on the pa,U of the nwsttr, and' ■
have only waited. for a JHir opportunity- to make contentment on the part of\ the slave, w- ■%
public the, reasnhs on which this opinion ha« been . . . J . J ■ omvc,

lormed. We have principally derived it from : admit ; but they are rare. Take «I«^-':t
nl unreaisriftfd pisrsonal con-: very in general, and it (will be found op- ' : 'I
ni'obers of those ladies and. _^ • , • , ... . | ...

annually come to pass the sura- ; press,ve aud c «»el : ( and -to be content and
i "3- i cheerful under its gajllingrfetters, is to have-.'J

" f,f « {U tl*f alfovu source: we faave.occasionalJy j a mind contracteid by ignorance*, and, veash

Tabitha. »»ny cnpart.ul
V'T-iittons with
i>-/iit i - m«n. who
Vier aiimiiisj with ua.

FJtEEROM'S JOURNAL.

bilitics worn out and brutalized by a serie
of cruel treatment.

With respect to the assertion, that there
are few people of colour who will not m
krowledge that they were formerly bettei
off, when under good masters and miatresa
es, tHan in their emancipated state, we pro-
nounce it as absurd in the extreme. We havr
l>een intimately acquainted with the free
people of colour in most of the states, espe-
cially the middle and northern, for ten years
past ; and we have never found a single indi-
vidual, who preferred a state of bondage to
that of freedom ; nor' a single one who has
regretted his emancipation.

Where Mr. C. obtained his information we
camiot conceive. The idea that a mind, the
least enlightened, should be more contented
and happy in a state in which it-was not al-
lowed to act from. its own volitions, but must
be the tool of a superior human agent, is too
gross to be inculcated in this enlightened
age of the world. But if Mr. C.'s assertions
were true, (which cannot be admitted) that
the condition of the slave population is one
of contentment, of gaiety, and happiness, it
■would be but another evidence of the evils of
slavery. Any practice thai will, so debase
the human mind as to render it happy in such
a state, certainly is an evil, and should be
discarded by every good man.

With due respect for Mr. Coleman, we
must say the stand he -has taken, is not likely
to rio much liarin : it is toe absurd. The phi
loaopher has descended below himself ; he
has assumed too much. The only rewards
we can promise him, ifj the patronage of
the South, and what is still more important,
'tin; EULOGIES of the Enauircr.

liAUHisBUfto, Pa. May 1.
The trial of Thomas M'Elheny ami Mat-
thew Burhn, for me murder of Miss Gar mail,
terminated yesterday. Ti«e jury went oiit on
Sunday afternoon about ;> o'clock, and yes-
terday at 0 o'clock" delivered their verdict,
which pronounced both defendants not guil-
ty. The> were, however, remanded to await
trial at the next court in. August, for the
murder of the child of Miss Garman. In the
mean time, we presume an attempt will be
made by their counsel to have them dischar-

'breadV of promise of marriage, and. a vei-
iot 4f one thousand nine hundred and fifty
-ight dollars was awarded to the fair plain-
iff.— Eve. Post.

The Boston Traveller contains an account
of the arrival in that city of three men, after
iifteen years-captivity among- the Ihdians.— •
They are said to have enlisted in the late
war, and were ordered-to the Canada lines,
where, inja skirmish with the Indians, they
'were captured, and finally fell into the hands
of the Flat Head Indians and carried to; the
Rocky Mountains. There is much improb-
ability in some parts of their story, and we
shall not publish it at length, until the doubts
we entertain of its authenticity are removed.

PA NTHER.— Samson Paul, an Indian, liv-
ing on a small island in Lake George, while
out spearing fish, discovered a large Panther
swimming towards him. Leaving the. fish to
combat with his new enemy, he commenced
the attack by first pelting him with stones. —
Nothing daunted at this, the Panther boldly
advanced upon the Indian, and the Indian. as
boldly received him on the point of his spear,
and 'with the firot thrust he put out an eye,
and the next stuck him in the throat, and
held him under water, till he was drowned. —
The Panther measured 7 feet 3 inches from
the tip of his nose to the end of his tail.

Husband's Rights.— At the late term of the
Warren County, N. C. Superior Court, a
cause was tried against* one Forkner, for
whipping hi* wife. The Judge, as is repor-
ted by the Warrenron papers, explained the
law in the following manner. Although in
civili/.ed society it was considered disgrace-
ful for persons in elevated stations to lift their
hands against their wives, yet the law was
for the gi-eitt bulk of mankind, who were obli-
ged to labour for their bread, and clearly is,
that a husband has a right to inflict moder-
ate punishment on his wife. He informed
the jury that the only question for them would
be, whether the whipping was barbarous and
cruel ; whereupon the man was acquitted.
[He should have been tanked and feathered.]

Imprisonment for Debt. YVt observe among ihtt
notices to creditors of Insolvents, in the state-pa-
per, tint Stilly Layton, of Arcadia, proposes to
show cause why her person, should not be dischar-
ged from imprisonment, <&c. The creditors of lhi»
lady -must bo ungallant ohurls.orthe lady herself
is not' among the gentlest of her a we. Imprison-
ment of females for debt occurs, we believe, but
rarely, and is a relic of barbnri*n which ought to
be blotted from our statutes. — Roch. Tel.

Some of tbo editorial fraternity have lately tried
to introduce the practice of sunding to the printer

ged under the habeas corpus act : they hav a * hce of wedding cakewith the notices of marriage
• ' een apprehended and imprisoned prior wi "S. h m ^ be t "quested to pubiwh. A couple
* 1 . J.. . _! in Michigan seem to have had a better idea of this

in pub-
quarter of

beef.

mg been apprehended and imprisoned prior - f " ■•^--"-•y » »«• -

. • , l : t m. i -n\ in Michigan seem to have had a better ide

tc th last January court. 1 he murder of, thi t g e e(]itor ofthe i> tro it Gazette
noth those persons was committed at thu Jishin , r a luari . iage acknowledges a fine qu

tniurrt was paid 'at Lloyds on the Oth. [A ves-
sel which arrived ai'this port, spoke her o.n
the. 7th April id 49 \% long.]

Accounts from China, to the last of De-
cember state that an alarming revolution had

potatoes in aid of the Greeks. — — 4 mill-
4ia-soldior jn Hhode-islandrp., being; blamed by
his captain for having no lock to his. gun, tied

a padlock to it. Theltiehmond'VVbig states

that, forty -two bushels of letters arid paper*

broken out in Tartary, and that the Emperor ! were lately brought to that city in (m mails,

was making the most extensive preparations j \ certain medical quack, who was lately

for suppressing it- . bound to keep the peace for beating 'his. wife,
A sou >td nap- Jane iihaw, commonly cal- 1 goes among his friends by the name of, Mizir f
led the Sleeping Beauty, a young woman ofj(he lilu s her.V — -Washington now contains <a c '
prepossessing appearance, and the daughter ; population ot 20,000 The number ojt Wild.
of a j peasant at A ike, near Beverly, (Eng.) 1 ing-; is :>63.'S. —^Albany has a.bout.l&0GD'in«<,
was lately in a profound sleep for 18 days, habitants.: 130 buildings were put up during the
during which time the animal functions were last year. -: — :A patent has lately^beerj taken
entirely suspended, and the only symptoms out for an easy chair, the seat, arms .and back
of life was a very feeble pulse. For a day of which, are made of iron — ~ A female Dwarf
or two previous, a considerable aberration of aged 30. weighing 40 pounds', and only 30 in-
mind had been observed, and when she awoke ches- high, is now exhibiting in this city. r-rr
she was very languid.' and childish, but a few At York. -U C. a private soldier has been .sen-
days restored her to a good stat of health, : tenced If receive 300 lashes for stabbing a
both embody and mind. : man, while intoxicated— — The citizens of
Hard Cast.-r^A. "curious case of seduction Hartford Cmn. are taking measures to estab-
and its punishment occurs in the late French lisli infant schools in that city.-^— On. Lake
papers. A Spanish Count having seduced a Champlamvare five steamboats; plying to and
young woma.h, was sentenced, unless he made 'ivirn the towns on its shores-— — ^Benjamin
restitution to her by marriage, to be sent to. Collins of So'uthborough, Mass. lately cgmmit-
hard Inborn* at the galleys for four years, ted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor.
The seducer preferred the punishment to the -ft is said that two thirds. of the late Sena-
tying the marriage knot.! ! tors of the IT. S. were Vidowera or bachelors---
A convention between the king of England ; and that the House had 07 bachelors and 24
and the Emperor of Brazil, for the abolition ' widowers— making a majority .- — -A Preach*
of the African slave trade, signed at Rio Ja- 1 eress by the name of . Miss Miller, is attracting
neiro, Nov. 23, 1826, was presented to both : considerable attention in Pittsburgh, Penn.— -
houses of Parliament on thr 26th, ult. It j Gov. Troup, of Georgia is. about to retire. from

binds <Bray.il, so fas as she is concerned, to ef- ' the gubernatorial chair Lorenzo Dow was

feet the extinction of the slave trade, at the preaching M uch 31st) at N*w Orleans

end of three years from the ratification ofthe A daughtf) of Mr John. Bradford of Centre
treaty. . ,, • township, Perm, was drowned on the 18th ult.

A Hot occurred at the election ui Carlisle ;!_ The health of John Randolph i* stated to

.the military were brought out and fired upon ; be so poor, that it is not expected he will ever
the crowd, and killed and wounded several. ; be able to take his seat in Congress again.^ —
A petition was. presented in the House of On the 28th ult. the house of Mr. Dmgv in
Commons on the 0d of April, by Sir James Dartmouth, Me- was consumed by fire—the
Graham, complaining of the introduction of w.ork of incendiaries.- — Potatoes of this year's
the military. i growth have been offered for sale in. the miar-,
The whole country around Bremen, as fir " ket of York;* Ponn ^A lad named Densort

as could bo seen, was under water, proceed-
ing from the melted snow.

Several members of the House of Com
mons, had according to the Times of the 30th

was drowned in the canal, opposite Norfistown.
The Norristowh Herald observes, u It is re-
markable that since the, first of April, some ac-
cident has happened, to. every family residing

of March, been imprisoned, lor not attending j nea r the Schuylkill opposite to this place." ■

a call of the House. [ fu the Baltimore Cit > Court. 'Miss> Mary Morse

The: small pox is nt this moment making
great ravages in Bavaria and Sweden.. The
Government have in consequence, resorted
to vigorous measures to arrest its progress. .

The; board of health of Cadiz have, given
noticeithat vessels fro *i Mexico, the Antilles,

New- York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, or . Fi-ancis Meade, to Miss Catharine Cato, both;
any other places, where yellow fever may of this city.

prevail,, shall be subject to quarantine be- : On the 'Jth inst. by the Rev. Thomas Mil-
tween the 1st of June and the 1st of Novem- ; ler, Mr. Charles Brown to Mrs.- Julia Ann
ber.

has. recovered 83000 damages of Henry Tom-
lison, for breach of promise.

MARRIED,
On the 4th inst. by the Rev. B. Paul, Mr..

same time, but the accused are indicted for
each ofi'once specially.

Port Gibson, March 31.
A Mrs. Cable, who has for some time past
kopt a tavern 'in Greonville, received into her
house ad a boarder, Mr. James Gray, who had
lately taken up bis abode in tiie place, and had
opened a store and was appointed Post Master. —
Jlownsa young man of an amiabfo disposition,
and .ol" modest and retiring depbrtmont— -just such
a, character as is most likely to be decoyed from
virtue by the designing. Mrs. Cable frequently
made advances which he could not but under-
stand, and finally yielded to. Slip had frequently
tilled him to marry her, which he refused to do;
.and thia last conduct of his'raised her jealousy to
i lie highest pitch, hn I she declared to her servant
rhat if he did not yield to her wishes, she would
kill him the first opportunity. Accordingly on
his return from liew-Orleans, whither he had
been oh business, she sent for him, and with this
direful intent, prevailed on him to stay all night
Towards morning, and when he was asleep, sh«
appears to havo got rp, laid her burial dress, pre-
viously prepared, on the table, took one pistol
and shot h:m in the back of the/head, *nd then
deliberately laying down in the bed by him, pla-
ced another to her forehead, and' blew off the
whole ofthe upper part of her head ! They were
found in this condi ion next, morning by the
neighbors, who had to creep through the window
to get into the room.

Breach, of promise of Marriage- -Mary Mo$se
brought an action, in the Baltimore county
court, against Henry Tomilson, for a breach
of promise of marriage. The issue was tried
the forepart of tnis week, and the cuse was
fully sustained by the proof— the defendant,
after having visited the plaintiff several years,
g^ve a written promise to marry her in GO
d?.ys, and afterwards married another lady:
Many circumstances of #reat aggravation
were proved on the trial. . The jury, without
leaving the bos, found a verdict for the
whole amount of damage* laid in the dec-
laration. — 3000 dollars.

Another. At the spring term of the Alle-
gany cum .. Court m Maryland, whict. - loseu
on the 2o'th ult. another, case was tned for a

Paris, April 14. — We have just received
by express the English papers of the 12th,
which announce the following change of
Ministry.

Mr. Canning is appointed Premier — in con-
sequence thereof, seven Members of the Ca-
binet have resigned.

House of Commons, 5 o'clock, lQlh April. —
Mr. Wynn, president of the India Board, mo-
ved that a writ of election issue to the bo-
rough of •■•Newport, to elect a member in 'the
room of the Hon. .George Canning, who had
accepted the place of first Lord of the Trea-
sury. — [Great cheering from all parts ef the
house.] Mr. Wynn then moved an adjourn-
ment to the first of May, in order, to afford
time for Mr; Canning to frame his new Cabi-
net.- Mr. Tierny objected, saying that time
enough had. been taken to form a new cabi-
net, and as it was understood that seven of
the old members had run away and nobody
knew when they would return, it was not
worth while to wait. The adjournment how-
ever, was carried.

It is. impossible for us, at this distance, to
conjecture who will be Mr. Canning's asso-
ciates. The Times of April 11, says— that
he, Mr. Canning, having refused to. accept
the station of Premier unless with unrestrain-
ed authority to form a Cabinet, had carried
his point, and was perfectly free.

Lord Greenville, the British ambassador at
Paris, is mentioned for the foreign Secretary,
and Mr. Scarlett as' the successor of Lord
Chancellor^

An arrival at Bordeaux, from Calcutta,
brought a report that the crew of the cele-
brated La Perousev had been discovered at.
an Island in New-Zealand. The E.J com-,
puny had sent a party to ascertain the truth
of the affair.

T he non- arrival of the Tweed from M exi-
co, which had on board a laige sum in spceie
| had caused uneasiness; and five guineas pre-

Accounts from Corfu to Feb. 16, gave fa
vorable information of the state of the citadel
of Athens. A supply .of provisions had been
thrown into the fortress, and some loss^had
been inflicted on the Turks in the vicinity.

The King ojf Great Britain bad given £100,
which,' with alike contribution from the funds
of the Philharmonic Society", had been sent
to the relief of Beetaoven, who was suffering
from disease and 'poverty 'at Vienna. '

The Spitalfield; weavers had: struck for an
increase of 'wages. On the 2d, 12 or 15.(09
of them' assembled in the Hare-street fields,
Bethnal Green, to take into consideration the
proposition of the employers, to receive the
increased prices after the work in hand
should be finished. This proposal was reject-
ed. They conducted themselves in an order-
ly manner.

The British troops in Portugal were en-
camped at Coimbra on the JOth of March.

The frigate Galates, had arrived at Ports-
mouth from Portugal, having left the Tagus,
March 22. It is stated, " all the accounts re-
present the anti-consititutionalists' cause as
being at an end."

.Summary

A man was recently tried in Concord, Mass.
for counterfeiting six-penny pieces. 'They
were made of double tin. stamped and washed

with quicksilver.- — !\ T cw lamps, without

wicks, ell calculated to burn during the night,
begin tcj-be much used. They are sold for 1.2
and a half cents. — ■ — \ man named f >avi>i Da-
vis, committed suicile in Deerficld, N Y. on
the 5. ; v?d ult - — Mad dogs have made their ap-'
pearance at Ni;w-Orle.uis ; several persons bad

been bit,ten by them. Pour of the Irishmen

who. were, concerned" in the murder at South-
wick/ vjass. mentioned in our last, have been
caught and committed .to jail in Springfield.,
Vluss.i4— The postmaster at " Big Lick,'' in
Va and! the assistant post master at Canandai-
gua, have" been .arrested by an agent Of the
Post-Ofijoe Department un charges of stealing
money 'from the majil.-^— A gold mine has re
ovutly been discovered .on Hie farm of a poor
muii neaV'Charlott/l. N, 'C- — The XJ. State:-
rrjops aj kVatortuwn,. Ma.ss. -hnve l->telv con-
tributed I three da) s* rations in salted provisions

Sampson.

DIED,

In this city, on the 3d inst. Mrs'. Jane John-
son, aged" 45.

On the 5th inst. Miaa Hannah Thompson,
aged 25.

ALMANAC.

\ 1'827.
MAT.

11 Friday, . . .

12 Saturday . .

13 Sunday . . .
34 Monday

15 Tu-esday, .

16 Wednesday,

17 Thursday, .

Rise*.

4oo
; 4 54
' '4 53

4 52

4 51
A 50

4 4$

Son
Sets.
7 5
7 6
T 7
7 .8.
7 9
7 10
7 11

Moon's

Phases.

^ ^J O & •

MARINE LIST.
ARRIVED,

MayWh Brig Seam, 75 days from Messina..

Hih, Ship -Edward- Bonaffe, I\ink,from Ha- .
we, with dry goods; Howard, Holdridge, 44.
days from Havte. — Brigs Day, ; 55 days from
Messina, ma Gibraltar, , with fruit ; Dromo,'
Moogan, 13 days from Havana, wxlh coffee, fyc.

7th, Ships Corinthian, Davis, from I/iver-
pool, (sailed April 4th J with dry goods.; Paoi-
JiCj R. R. Crocker, sailed from Liverpool, fith
April ; Henry IV. Skid,dy, from Havre, (sailed
Itith) with merchandize ; Moniano, Smith,,
(sailed 15th April) from Havre, with dry goods;
GreoUBritain, (sailed Uth) from Li >rpool;:
Josephine, • — ~. 21 days from Belfast ; .Marr .
mion, ,20 days from Trinidad ; Clematib, 30
days from Liverpool]; Empress, Sinclair,
days from Charleston, irilh cotton.

Sth, Ships Mintrva, 50 days from Rio Jane?
ird; India, Jones, 29, days from Liverpool;
Dulhousie Castle, Walton; from Liverpool, with
dry goods; Camillus, Peck, 04 days fiom
Greenock,

Brigs New- Packet, Graves, 20 days from .
St: Domingo y Martha, 30 days from Amster-
dam h

Why Ships Robert Edwards, Shtrbunie, 28
days from Liverpool^ with merchandize ; Ati-
cia, 'Evamt, 37- days from. Bristol, with crates
and coals , Gcri. tiraham, 21 days from Lung-
hope; with oil, if c.

Brigs New Packet, from St Thomas; JS/t-
«a. 26 days from Dundee, with, coals.

36

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.!

POETRY.

FROH THE GOLDE.N VIOLKT.

THE PILGRIM'S TALE.
1 have gone.east, I have gone west,

To seek for what I cannot find—
A heart at peace with its own thoughts,

A quiet and contented mind.
1 -iave sought high-. I have sought, low,

Alike my search has been in vain ;
The sain* lip mixed the Bmile and sigh
The same hour mingled joy and pain,
And firs? t sought mid sceptred kings;

Power v. as, so peace might be with them;
They cast a 'ook of wearine«t
Upon the eare-lined diadem.
I ask'd the soldier ; and he spoke

Of a dear quiet home afar,
And whisper'd of tho vanity,

The ruin and the, wrong of war.
I saw the merchant mid his wealth ;

Pesce surely would with plenty be !
But no ! his thoughts were all abroad,
With f heir frail venture on the sea.
I heard a lute's soil music float

In summer sweetness on the air; •
But the poet's brow was worn and wan — .

I saw peace was not written there.
And then I number d o'er the ills

That wait upon our mortal scene ;
Nor marvel peace was not with them,

Tho marvel where if it had been
iVst. childhood comes *»ith all to *Ga.r«,

And. even more than all to bear '
Restraint, reproof, and punishment,
And pleasure seen, but not to share.
_ Youth like tne scripture's madman ne
Scattering around the burning coal,
With hast j deeds and misused gifts,
That leave their ashes on the soul.
Then manhood wearied, wasted, worn,

With hopes dostroy'd and feelings dead ;
And worldly caution, worldly wants,
Coldness and carelessness instead.
Then age x at last, dark, sullen, drear

The breaking out of a worn-out wave;
Letting us know that iife has been

But the rough passage to the grave.
Thus we go on, hopes change to fears,

Like fairy gold that turns to clay,
And pleasures darken into pain,

And time is measured by decay.
First our fresh feelings are our wealth,
They pass and leave a void»behmd :
Then. comes ambition, with its wars,
That stirs but to pollute the mind.
We loathe the present, and we dread
To think on what to come way- be,
-■'■We hiok back on the past, and traco
A thousand wrecks, a troubled sea.
I have been over many lands,

And each and all 1 found the same,
Hope in its borrowed plumes and Care
Madden'd and mask'd in Pleasure's name

WARNINGS.

Beauty — remember that change and decay
' Will pursue in your path, as the night follows
day :

Pride — bear in mind that your form is of clay,
And will rot with the meanest that stands in your
way : .

Wealth — that you are like the rainbow's bright
ray,

Unsubstantial as cIouub, and more fleeting than
they:

Rank — let your name be as high as it may,
That the mandate, " be dust," even you must
obey :

Power— What things are your life and your sway.
Which a breath can destioy, and a muimurbe-
tray !

Happiness — know tiiat you shine like the light
Of the wandering gleam that misleads us all
night :

Pleasure- — though painted' all lovely and bright,
Thai your visits ar« fatal, and rapid your flight :
Friendship — though dear to the sense and the
sight,-

That thou art but a flower which tho wintry winds
blight:

Jjovt — that thy name, if we read it aright,
Is passion, more fearful because of its might :
Hope — 'tis in you their attractions umte,
But you lure us to leave us when most you in-
vite

A singular mode of imposition was attempt-
ed last week in the parish of Comrie, near
Crieff. A genteel dressau female, carrying a
bandbox, calied at a farm house in the eve-
ning, and requested lodgings for the night ;
which, after some explanation was granted ;
and the lady having deposited her luggage in (
the kitchen, where she was to sleep, k at op wn I
ai the fire, tier' peculiar deportment excited [
the attention of the sagacio us kitchen' maid : .
and, after tb# stranger retired, the former ''
had the curiosity to peep into. the bandbox;!
where instead of the usual paraphernalia of j
the toilet, she beheld with astonishment a j
brace of pistols, and some other lethal weap-
ons : and a call whistle ! She lost no time in j
giving her master information of the discove- ,
ry ; who,"suspecting a " snake in the grass," '
went out and alarmed his men who slept in
/an dux house. The .stranger' having been

asleep all tho while, they secured tho woman
and pistols, . and next tried 1 ' the effect of the
whistle, which brought three fellows to the
door, who had been Tying in ambush, waiting
the signal to enter the house: for it was by
this time evi.dent^that house breaking was in r
tended. The; thieves soon discovered' that
something was wrong, and , begun to retreat,
but were warmly pursfied by tbft farmer's
partv, who succeeded in! capturing two of the
ruflians. "One of them in the scuffle fired a
pistol, and severely, though not dangerously
wounded a farm servant. The culprits,; in-
cluding the ania'/.on, who on a close examina-
tion, turned out to be ,a man in woman's
clothes, were escorted into Perth, on Thurs-
day week, by a party of hussars from the bar-
racks. — English paper.

Two boys, going home one *day, found a
box in tho road, and disputed which was the
finder. They fought a whole afternoon with-
out coming to a decision. At last they agreed
to divide the contents equally, but on opening
the box, lo ! it. was — empty !

A schoolmaster wrote to a lady,
" How conies it, this delightful weather,
That U and I can't dine together ?"

^he answered—
My worthy friend, it cannot be
U cannot come till after T.

The wrong Leg.— The celebrated Dr.- Tho-
mas forgot the 'day lie was to be married, and
was surprised at his servant, bringing him .a
new dress. A gnat stinging him in the leg,
the doctor stooped &nd scratched the. leg of
a gentlemen who 'sat next to him.

A shrcivd madman. — -rWhen the Earl of
Bradfon; was brought beibiv lord Choncell»r
Loughborough to be examined upon.appliea
tion for a statute, .of lunucy, against him-
"How. many legs has'asheep?" "Does your
lordship, mean." an^-. ered lord Brad ford, V a
live or dead sheep?" Ms it 'not the same
thing?" s ad the Chancellor.' " No, my lord,"
said lord Bradford, "there is much differ-
ence ; a living, sheep may have four legs, a
dead sheep has only two. There are but two
legs of mutton — the two fore legs are shoul
ders."

Procrastination. — It i3 not enough that we
perform i.utiss; we must perform them at the
moil t timk. We must do the duty of e.very
day in its own seasun. '• Every day bus its
own imperious duties ; we must not depend
upon to-day for fulfilling those which we ne-
glected yesterday, for to-day might not have
been granted us. To-morrow will he equal-
ly peremptory , m its cfeinand : arid the suc-
ceeding day, if we live to 3ee it, will be rea-
dy with its proper claims.

. The ladies of Germany^- A tourist in Ger-
many gives the following ^description of the
Saxoijy ladies. ;( The ladies^ pro models of
industry; whether at home. pr N .<ibroad, knit-
ting -and needle- work know no ihu;rruption'.
A lady going to a route would think little' of
forgetting her fan," but would not spend half
an hour without her implements of industry.
A man would he quite, pardonable for doubt-
ing, on entering- such a drawing -room, whe-
ther he had not strayed into a school of in-
dustry ; and whether he was not expected to
cheapen stockings, instead of dealing in
Smalltalk. At prosdon it is carried so Jar,
that even the theatres are not protected
against stocking wires-. I have ueen'alady
crravely lay down her work, wipe a^'ay the
tears which the 'sorrows of Thockla, in Wal-
lenstein's deatii had brought into her eyes,
and immediately resume her knitting. ,

XF.:Aj GWVNN.

The early part cf the life of Eleanor Gwynn
is little known. Having a very pleasing voice,
she used to go from tavern to tavern,- to amuse
different companies with songs after dinner;
this procured her an engagement at Drury-
lane, where king Charles .first saw her. She
had her influence over him till not many
hours before he died, for he begged the
duke of York "to be mindful, of 'poor Nell!"

She resided at a splendid house in St.
James's square, the hack room of which, on
the ground floor, was (within memory) cov ; <
ered with looking-glasses : ovnr the chimney
was a beautiful pictur of herself; in an-
other room . was that of her sister. In this
house she died, in the year U>9], and was
pompously interred in thej parish church of
St. Martin's in the fields ; iDrJ Te unison, the
then vicar, and finally archbishop of Can-
terbury, preached her funeral sermon.

The sermon was afterwards, brought for-
ward at court by lord Jersey, to impede the
doctor's preferment; but j qiieen ;Mary. hav-
ing heard the objection, 1 Answered, Well!

and what tlhen ? Tbisj I have heard before,
and.it is a proof that the unfortunate woman
died a true penitent, \\|ho through the course
of her life never let! the wretcjhed ask in

NOTICE.
The " Vcw-Yot-k Uifion Society" wxll, af-
ter the first of May current, meet at the Mu-
tual Relief hall, No. \\ Orange-street, for th e
ensuing year. '{

~Wb'TlCE.^LEWip LATHING respect-
• fully informs his customers, that he hasie-
inoved to No. 108 CH[uncii-STnpET.

JAMES LAW,
FIRST RATE C^AT DRESSER,

,177 William-street, A ew- York,
CONTINUES to cleanse and dress Coats,
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls, in
the neatest possible maimer, lie also makes, al-
ters and. repairs Gontleijncn's Clothes, lo their en-
tire satisfaction, and upon the most reasonable
terms. j

V" His mode of dressing clothes is by steam
sj-oxgikg, which bo has followed with much suc-
cess for several years past. All kinds of spots or
stains are extracted, and the cloth restored to the
appearance of new; ani( this he engages to per-
form without any injury) to the cloth, and at least
equal to any thing of tlje kind done in this or any
other city of the United States.- .

May d. | 0— 3m

cheap clothing store ;

No, 218, Sduih Suth-streety Philadelphia, t

THE Subscriber respectfully- returns his
sincere thanks to his Jricnds j and the public in
general, for their favor and* patronage. Ha
informs 'them, that he continues to keep a larjp.c
assortment . of Gentlemen's j READY -MADE
WEARING APPAREL |of sup 1 (trior 7 quality, both
hew and second-handed, Wherd|;cust6merswill bp
accommodated at the cheapest rale, and in hand-
some style. Ho also informs Families and privato
Gentlemen, who. have second-handed Clothing for
sale, that ihoy will meet with a good price, and
ready sale for their goods, by applying to

Daniel Peterson,

No. 218, -South Sixth-si. Philadelphia.
N. B. Tailoring .carried on in its various
branches, and on the cheapest terms.

NOTICE.
PROPRIETORS of CIRCULATING LI-
BRARIES can have their Books and outstanding
Debts collected upon very moderate terms. 1ST.
B. Subscriptions to all Periodicals 'received and
procured by

GEORGE W. EVERITT, General JJgcnt,
33 Catharinc-strccL

JVo. 123, Scuth Thii d-street, nearly opposite the
Mansion- House, Philadelphia,
Respectfully inform their friends and
the pubhek, that they continue to'keep an assort-
ment, of Seasonable GOODS, whieli they will
make to order; on the most reasonable terms. —
Thankful tor the liberal patronage winch the}'
have received, they hop© that by their unremitted
and punctual attention to business to merit a con-
tinuance of their favour. 7
LADIES' HABITS made and braided.

JOHN SICKELS, Jr.,
100 Cfiapel-st.,
Offers for, sale a general assortment
of DRUGS and MEDICINES on
the most reasonable terms.

FamilioB supplied with genuine ar-
tides and particular and personal at-
tention given to Physician's proscrip-
tions.

Approved Medicines which are celebrated for
the cure of most dieses to which the human
frame is liable, prepared and sold by the Subscri-
ber, at fhe Corner of Anthony and Chapel-streets.

N. P.. Medical advici! given gratis.

April 17, Ie27 . JOHN SICKELS, Jn.

" BEAUTY shYD / COJYOMY."
UNITED" STATES' SCOURING, AND

JOHN II. SMITH,
Ao. 122 Norlh-Thxrd-st. (above Race,) Phi-
ladelphia,

RESPECTFULLY informs tho Public in ge-
neral; that ho still continues at the abovu place
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen':; Coats,
Pantaloons, cte. on a dillcrent plan from that of
tho Dyers, having a composition for so. doing,
swhich enables him to dress ClolhCs so as lo leave
thpir appearance equal to' new. He restores
Seams", <fec. to their original colour when worn'
white, and will warrant them to wear three months
after dressing, and then: can be re-dressed. Also.
Ladies' Habits and Merino shawls, in the neatest
manner and upon the shortest notice,, on reasona-
ble tonus. Bcipg legally bred to the business,
and possessing a "Cninpetent knowledge of Dress
ing and Cleauing x CIoths by Steavi Sponging,
which is the only complete manner of. eflectualTy
removing the stain" caused from grease, tar,
paints, dec. he nt;eds only alrial, to afFord him an
opportunity of giving satisfaction.

N. B. J. S. copstantlj' kuep3 on hand New and
Sficond handed Clothes of every description, which
ho assures the public vyill bo wold as low, if riot
lower than at any other establishment ip the Uni-
ted States for cash or barter. Gentlomeh v wishing
to purchase would find it much to their interest to
call as nbovr:, and e.vainine for themselves.

[iTTiio highest price given for 'Gentlemen's
clothes \

\ZT TAILORING \V0ltIC carried on, and
Clothes repaired.— New )Cuifs. Collars and-Btittons
put on, if requisite. He keeps on jiand, Cloth.
Velvet,' end Silk oi'all colours, for doimr up same

April 20, .1^7.. -

CASK FOR CAJ$ ? i- O^O&OTBBS.
WANTED to puHhase a largo quantity

if cast off Clothes, for which the highest price
will be given by THOMAS L. JENNINGS, No.
DO Nassau-st., formerly No 64 ; \vho has con-
stantly on hand at the above place, ii general as-
sortment of second hand, clothes, at the lowest
prices for cash. j • '

• N. B. Those persons'; who wish to dispose of
clothes, will ploase to send their address as above
or send their articles before cun'-set. '

LOTS WANTED.

TWO LOTS, or the rear of two lots, where
there is any convenient communication with the
street, are wanted, for the erection of a Presby-
terian Church. The location must bo between
Reed and Spring. Hudson and Orange streets. —
One lot within the above bounds, 2ofeet or more,
by 75, would ansv/cr

Inquire of S. E. GWwrsnj'No. (3, Varick-street.
New-York, March 20, '

SOMETHING TO BE SA VED !

m B.T.i3flkER,

Respectfullt informs his customers, and
the publick in general, that" he has opened, and
expects to continue, his Shop, at, 03 Cliurch-strcct;
where he will' make and repair Shops and Bovts,
in the best manner, at the following reduced pri-
ces :

New Boots, r - $6 00
Footing Boots, - - 3 50
Bottoming Boots, - 2 00
Soling and heeling Boots, - 1 50
Half Soling and Heeling, - 1 00
N. B. He also informs his gentlemen custom-
ers, that he will give new Bootis and IShocs. in ex-
change, or he will give his work tor second-handed
Boots. All orders left at his Shop^ 93 Church-
street, will he immediately attended ito.
New-York, March 20. 2

For ColourcU Cliildren of both Sexes,
Under St. Philip's. Church, is now* ready for the
admission pf Pupils.
IN this school will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR. GEO-
GRAPHY; with tho Use of
filapaand Globes, and
HISTORY.

Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.

Rcfcfrncr —Kw. Poter Williams, Rev. James
Varick. Rev. S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul.
Rev. William Miller.

New-York, March 14. , 1

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"RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION."

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TOUSSAINT L'OUVEKTURE.
(Concluded.)

Such was the mun to whom the island was
indebted tor its prosperity : which, however,
was unfortunately not of long continuance.—
No sooner was the peace of Amiens defini-
tively .settled, than Buonaparte, determined
on the recovery of the colony, the reinstate-
ment of the Towner proprietors, and the sub-
iugntion of the emancipated slaves.

On the arrival in the bay of Samana of the
French fleet,, having on board twenty-five
thousand me^, the flower of tne French army
under the command of General Le Clerc, the
brother-in-law of Buonaparte, ToCisaaint has-
tened to the spot to reconnoitre its move-
ments. Having never before *een so nume-
rous a flsct, « We shall all perish,' said he to
iiis otiicers ; all France is come to St. Domm-
tro." The division under Roehambeau having
effected a landing at Fort Dauphin, t e ne-
groes who had assembled in crowas to. benold
the strange sight, were charged with the bay-
onet, and numbers of them killed on tne spot;

which he was but too successful. The black
generuls La Plime and*Maurepas, went oyer
with their forces to the French: and what
was their recompense ? Lacroix cqnfirtmuto
the letter what King Henry has stated $p«
able manifesto of Septerabe^l814: M Vl .

« Maurepas, a men of mtffland gentle ra iti,,
ners, esteemed by his fifUow citizens for his
integrity, had been on^of the firstffjbin :b*
French, and had rendered them the most « fg
nal services; yet this man was suddenly car,
ried off to port de Paix, and put on board hi
Admiral's vessels, then at anchor in he
roads, where, after binding him to the mcuv
mast, they, in derision, with nails, such ns
are used in ship building, fixed two old e» in
letts on hi3 shoulders, and an old general t
hat on his head. In that frightful condition,
these cannibals, after having glutted tHeir
savage mirth, precipitated him, with his vt ife
and children into the sea! Such was he
late of this virtuous, and unfortunate tol
dior !' • . . .

Toussaint; however, had under his mine
diate command, a well disciplined army ; dnd

ia numoera ui uioui ni<tvu ~~ r--» aiaie comm — ., - »

})ut the main body of the lleet and army, on i> ess - Unas, one of tne most courageous, f n
preparing to land at Cape Francois, received I terprisiug an d ekilful of all the ne^ro generals
a messiige from General Chrisiophe, prolabi- ne{li the 8tvon g fortress of Crete pieriot,
tory of any disembarkation of troops witnoul j wilici , >Jtt( j been bul it by the jhiglisu. U he
the' orders of his commander in cliifr. i-e j French art^v laid seige to this place, wh.cn
Clerc, on this, sent a letter to ChnaU'p.ie, | afr ,. r a braV * defence, was evacuated byiiss-
with ming.od expressions of conciliation ana ^ hiUMSy wh -o carried off every thing that \j*as
menace, to which Chnstophe repheu, with; Vfl i ua ble, ieuving a small detaenmeut to fol-

. ...,,i m«.^r«,.nti. tnathe was! J0Vv . > lim \ n ino morning. Intoxicated with

j the succed-sial wane of the siege, the Prei.ch
ia.r.. c . ... ... - 1 - . I cominiued all maiuior or cruellies on the in-

Tenure; thai it he attempted to carry his lini(liiave negroes who fell into their -hauls,
i... .k,...i« L-..r,oL- I,,™ i afld Le L '.j,, r( ; 5 w j t j, f .. lV( al baseness and fo ly,

wnn'ness and moderation, tnat he was
responsible lor his conduct omy' to the go;,
■ jior and commander-in-chief, Toussuint uVa-

.ue.npted to carry his , ]
tni-uais into execution, he shouiu -know how j ,
.to resist as became a general officer ; and
that he accounted those troops • winch lie
threatened to lanu as so many pieces or card,
wiich the eiisrx.ceat breath ol" wind -would
dissipate. Le Clerc had sen. on shore print-
ed copies of a proclamation orawii up by
J.J-ionnVarte. in which the same insiduous-
mixture" of cajoling and the threatening was
usrd to seduce or intimidate tne blacks. • In-
habitants of St. iJomingo,' it commenced,
* whatever be your origin or your colour, you
are all French : you are all free, and ail equai
beioreGod.and before the republic and it
concluded, ' Rally round the capum-geiie-
ral : he brings you peace and plenty. Who-
ever shall dare to separate mmseli jrom him
will be a traitor to "his country, and the indig-
nation of the republic will devour him as the
tire ilevours your dried canes.

This menace, backed by such nn over-
whelming force, shook the allegiance ot tne
white inhabitants to Toussaint ; Cnristophe
perceived the disaffection, and knowing the
town not to be defensible, set fire to it in se-
veral place;, retreating in good order, and
carrying off with him above two tnousand ot
the whites as hostages not one ot whom was
injured, in th 2 confusion and massacres which
followed- This spirited measure, and the ac-
tive preparations making by Toussamt in.tne
interior, induced Le Clerc to make trial of a
scheme, which, if resorted to previous to tne
commencement of hostilities, might hav
been successful. He had brought out will/
him the two sons of Toussaint, whom the la
• therwasto be permitted to see, in the hope
that, through them, he might be prevailed
upon to acquiesce in the wishes pi the *irst
Consul. From the smoking ruins of Cape
Francois, Coisnon, their tutor.was despatched
with his pupils,, to Toussaim's country resi-
dence. The interview was affecting, and
the artful pedagogue employed all nis elo-
quence to prevail on Toussaint ^relinquish
the chief command, and become the lieuten-
ant-general of Le Clerc'; but it was too late.
Toussaint had made his arrangements to op-
pose the French army, and, alter ail inter-
view of two hours, left his two sons to decide
between their father and their adopted coun-
try. In the History it is stated that the sons
returned to General Le Clerc, and were never
heard of more ; but Lacroix says, that the
mother succeeded in detaining them, and that
one of them was afterwards intrusted with
the command of a body of insurgents.

When; Le Clerc four- d that Toussaint was
inexorable, he issued a proclamation, declar-
ing the generals Toussaint and Christophe to
be^put out of the protection of the law, and
ordering every citizen to pursue and treat
them as rebsls to the Frencli republic. The
: war now raged with great violence, and eve-
rv u - ifice was practised by Le Clerc to pro-
cure the defection of the black troops, in

publicly 'restored- to the proprietors of ...
talus ali their ancient authority.' The corjse-
viutriice' was such as might have been fore-
seen ; all the biacks who had adhered to he
Frencn now deserted them, and again took
up arms, Le Clerc perceived his error, i nu
had ouee more resource to the delusioi of
proclaiming 4 liberty arid' equality to aii he»
inhabitants of at. Domingo, without reg ird
to colour with the reservation, however ot
the approval of the French government!.—
The negroes, tired of the war, again desert-
ed their leaders ; and at length, Christo6he
negotiated in behalf of 'himself, his colleague
Dessaliuei5,and Toussaint the general m chief,
a general amnesty for all their troops, and
the preservation of the respective rauki oi
all the black officers. Le Clerc was too hap-
py to grant these conditions; and a peice
was accordingly concluded, by which the
sovereignty of France over the Island ot St
Domingo was acknowledged by all the con
stituted authorities.

•Toussaint had liberty to retire to any of his
estates which he might please to make chuce
of. He selected that called by his own na|ne
L'Ouverture, situated at Goiiaives ; there, in
the bosom of his family, he entered upon the
enjoyment of that repose of which he had so
loiV been deprived. The secret instruc-
tions however of Buonaparte were nowtc be
obeyed: and Le Clerc lost no time in put-
ting into execution an act which has enti ied
everlasting disgrace on his memory. In the
dead of night, a ship of the line and a fri< ate
anchored near Genaives, and landed a body
of troops; they surrounded the house of
Toussaint, when Brunet, a brigadier-gem ral,
entered the chamber where he slept, with a
file of grenauieiH, ordered him to surrender
without resistance, and hurried him and. his
whole family on board the Hero of seventy
four guns, which proceeded immediately v.ith
them to France. Two negro duels of the
neighborhood, who attempted to rescue nin,
were taken, and Le Clerc 'ordered them t> be
shot. He then caused about one hundred of
the confidential friends of Toussaint to life ar-
rested, and sent to the different ships of the
squadron ; none of them ^ere ever hem d ot
aiter wards, and it ib supposed that they were
thrown overboard.

Toussaint on the passage was kept a close
prisoner, and separated from his wife and fa-
mily ; and on the arrival of the ship at B -est,
he was merely allowed to see them once and
take leave of them for - ever. He w as con-
ducted to the castle of Joux in Normandy,
with a single negro to^ttenc on him: his wife
and children were convoyed to Bayorme, and
nothing more was ever heard of either. On
the approach of winter, Toussaint was sub
sequently removed to Besancon, and there
immured in a cold, damp, gloomy dungeon,

vered with water. Thus did this great and
good man perish.

which became, as doubtless Was intended, «qw ae epmg u. '« r;^T^

* : From the Abolition Intelligencer.
The surprising influence of prejudice.
That savage nations enveloped in the dark-
ness 'of ignorance, inured to scenes of ra-
pine -and cruelty and murder, should become
so lost to all the finer sensibilities of our na-
ture as that " their tender mercies are cru-
el," is not a matter of very grCU astonish-
ment. But it is voally something more than
marvellous that the man whose character haa
been humanized by civilization, whose mind
has been illumined by the rays of science,
and whose heart has been renovated by the
power of the gosp'jl, should become the ad-
vocate of the.cruel policy of those dark and
ruthless sons of nature.

Should thb origin of African slavery be en-
quired for, it must be sought among the most
barbarous nations, and will be found growing
out (if the most- sordid and malignant paa-
sions'of the human heart; while fraud and
violence have in almost every instance, been
the means by which our slaves were origin-
ally procured. Yet are there multitudes in
our own enlightened country, in our boasted
land of liberty, who, with the book of God
in their hands, and a public profession of al-
legiance to the compassionate Saviour in
their, mouths, unblushingly stand forth as the
advocates of this cruel system.

How shall we account for such conduct?
By supposing ..hat such chai alters are sturdy
hypocrii.es, who have continued to do violence
to their own sense of, duty until '' their, con-
sciences have become seared as with a hot
iron ?" This may in some instances be the
faot ; but we are persuaded that in most ea-
se's their conduct should be regarded. merely
<as a specimen of the surprising influence of
prejudice on the human. mind. The;brejudi-
ces of education,, of example, and sen inter-
est, ail uniting, prepare the mind to receive
the most glaring sophistry and to settle down
upon' its deductions as securely as upon those
of tlie most logical reasoning.

•In our last we attended- to the argument
drawn from the colour of our slaves in sup-
port of African slavery. In the present No.
we will notice that which is drawn from the
assumed fact of the inferiority of the blacks'
in point of intellect. That the blacks are in-
ferior to the wiiites in intellectual powers is
constantly asserted with the utmost confi-
dence as a fact by the advocates of the sys-
tem.! And from this fact they seem to think
the inference fair that they^were intended
for slaves. But we do not hesitate to declare
that i the fact is gratuitously assumed, and
that the history of mankind not only contra-
dicts bpt abundantly refutes the assumption.

But before we refer to history we ask how
,is this inferiority of African intellect to be
established ? By comparing the slave with,
his master ? Yes, the poor African born in
the land of strangers, denied the advantages
of education, excluded from ail 'means of
mental improvement, bowed down under the
burden of a hopeless and perpetual slavery,
without any motive to exertion, save the fear
of the lash, is brought into contrast with the
high 1 minded and aspiring spn of fortune,
who ! has been dandled on the lap of affluence,
favoured with all the advantages ot educa-

favoiired with all the advantages ot educa- made & presQDt 0 f him to one of his friends,

tionj and stimulated with the high hopes ot ' t)je he wa3 carried to Holland,

distinguishing his character, immortalizing w j iere Jjd emp i oye a himself in painting, and

his jname, and ennobling his posterity.. Is uired tfie elements of the Latin, Greek,

this fair, is it candid, is it hpnestr TT Ji r?hoi,u;*. lnTurhnorAs. He af-

Now keeping in mind the many disadvan-

tages unuer ; wmcu iui w — j V

have laboured both at home and. abroad, let
us turn our attention to the character of a
few individuals whom history represents as
having, by the energiec of their own native
geniuses, arisen to a degree of eminenco,
which not only rescues their race from Jhe
charge of original inferiority of mind, but
also sheds a brilliancy and dignity over their
own charactors. .

Hannibal, an African who had recei-
ved a good education, rose to the rank of
lieutenant-general and director of artillery,
under Peter the great of Russia, in the be-
ginning of the last century.

The son of Hannibal, above mentioned, a _
mulatto, was lieutenant-general in the Rus-
sian corps of artillery.. Greg. p. 173. ,
• Francis Williams, a black, was born in' Ja-
maica about the close of the 17th century.—
He was sent to England and there entered
the University of Cambridge. After his re-,
turn to Jamaica he opened a school and
taught Latin and the mathematics. He wrote
many pieces in Latin verse in which he dis-
covered considerable ; talents. Greg. 207—

Antony Williams Amo wa3 born in Guinea,
and brought to. Europe when very young.—
Under the patronage of the princess of
Brunswick, he pursued his studies at ilalle
in Saxony, and at Wittemburg, where he
greatly distinguished himself by his talent*
and good conduct. In 1734 he " took the de- *
gree of doctor in philosophy at the universi-
ty of Wittemberg." " Skilled in the knowl-
edge of the Greek and Latin languages,"
and " having examined the system of an-
cients and moderns," he delivered. " private
lectures on philosophy" with great accept-,
ance. "In 1744 he supported a thesis at
Wittemberg, and published a dissertation,
on .the absence of sensation in the soul, and
its presence in the human body." He was
appointed professor," and the same year
supported, a.thesis A'.on the distinctiLpn which
ought to be made between the ' operations of
mind and those of sense." Gregoire highly
commends these " two dissertations," as
evincive of a mind ■?« exercised in reflection"
and addicted to "abstruse discussions." . In
the opinion of Blumenbach they "exhibit
much well digested knowledge of thfe best
physiological works of the time." In a me-
moir of Amo, " published at the time by the
academic council^ his integrity, talents, in-
dustry, and erudition, are very highly com-
mended." Gregoire was unable to discover
what became of him afterwards. Greg, p.
173— 17b". Rces under man. 1

Job. Ben Solomon, son of the Mahometan
king of Banda, on the Gambia, was taken in
1730 and sold in Maryland. He afterwards
found his" way to England, where his talents,
dignified air, and amenity of character pro-
cured him friends, among the rest Sir Hans
SlOane, for whom he translated several Ara-
bic manuscripts. After being received with
di tinction at the Court of St. James,,he was
sent back to Bunda. The letters which he ■
afterwards wrote to his friends in England,
and America were published and perused
with interest. . This man is said to have been
able to repeat the koran from memory. Greg,
p. lfiO—lGl. . • .'.-'•

James Eliza John Capitem was born in Af-
rica. At the age of eight he was purchased
on the river St. Andre by a slave dealer, who

UB JUir, 13 lH/lltlUlU, ,ou uyu^ .

•And almost equally unfair would it be to
compare the inhabitants of our own country,
or bf any of the civilized nations of Europe,
with 1 the barbarous and uncivilized tribes of
Africa ; and from the comparison to pro-
nounce an original and permanent inferiority
of mind as characterising the African. Let
it be" remembered that climate and man-
ners and customs and religion and govern-
ment all have influence in giving character
to a nation, and thdt in all these respects
the I African labours under an obvious disad-
vantage. Nevertheless their character is
doubtless far superior to what is generally
represented by tbose who feel mterested in
■ieflming them.f

I *'f Tho Africjanl" says Sir James Yoo, who has
for 'L considerable , time been stationed upon tho

acquireu me v.. v ~r

Hebrew, and Chaldaic languages, lie af-
terwards went to the , University of Leyden,
where he devoted himself to the study of
theology. ." Having studied four years he
took his degrees, and in 1742 was sent as a
Caivinistic minister to Guineai", What ber
came of him Was never known. While w
Holland he published an elegy in Latin verse,
two Latin dissertations, (one on the ctlhnff
of the Gentiles, and the other on slavery,)
and a small volume of' sermons. - Greg. f.
19&— 207

coast of Africa, « is very superior inintellecj and
capacity to the generality of Indians in Worlfc
America. They are more sociable and m«n<H/
to strangers, and except in the vicimty of Luro-
p<?an settlements, are a tine and, noble race ot
'.men." (Sir James Lucas Yeo's Mr to John
Wilson Croker, Esq. jmblished'in the 'Mw-Xark.
Speetator**for Jfov.- 7th, 1817./

FiRREDOM'S JOtlit^L.

. Ignatius Sancho was born on board a Blavc 'mingo, was once a slave. He was a man of
chip on her passage to Cartbagena in South prodigious memory," brave, active, hide-
America.. Before he waa two years old he ' fatigable, and really great. Greg. p. 102,
vras carried to England, where in the course|105. .

of his life he distinguished MpmhH as a lit- 1 Christophe, the late king of Hayti, arose
erary character. He died in England in from slavery to a throne, and has displayed
1780. After his death an edition of his let- great energy of character.
t«rs wau published in two octavo volumes,

which wco well received by the public-
Greg. P- 227—234. Rets under man. t

Thomas flutter, a native of Africa, and a
resident near Alexandria in the district of
Columbia, though unable to lead or write,
excited surprise by the facility with which he
performed ihc most difficult calculations.

Extract from an ADDRESS, delivered in
Potsdam, .Y. Y. July 4th, 1826, by the Rev.

. . O. P.Hoyt, Pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in that tcu/n.

u Among the omens which portend evil to

Being asked one day. how many seconds a 1 our country, I must mention Slatery. But
person had lived who was seventy years, sev- j what shall I say of it? To say that it is the*
en months and seven days old, he answered : disgrace of human kind, the curse of the
in a minute and.a half. On reckoning it up! earth; the scourge f of Heaven, the offspring
after him a different result was obtained. — .of hell, would be speaking the truth. But
*' Have you not forgotten the leap years ? . all this is not even the preface to its horrors,
says the black. This omission was supplied, There is a cloud gathering over our country,
and the number then agreed with his answer, j It does not resemble a man's, hand.. It does
When this account was given by the late Dr. i not promise a refreshing shower. It is heavy
Rush, Fuller was seventy years old. Greg, .'with vengeance and black with the elements
p. 163— 185. Rets under man. j of ruin. It covers, half the nation, and loud-

Belinda was brought from Africa at the or than our cannon can proclaim our "liber-
age of twelve, and sold in Massachusetts. — ty it thunder j back the voice of " Slavery."
After being a slave to one man forty years, Its lightnings have already kindled a confla-
aho addressed to the legislature of that state, gration in many of our southern cities. And
in 1782, nn'eloquent petition for the freedom even now they cannot hear the midnight cry
of herself and daughter, which has been of fire unaccompanied with agoniving appre-
preserved in one of the volumes of the Amer- • hensions. that it is bursting with, all its latent
ican Museum. Greg. p. 167 — 108. j horrors on their defenceless dwellings. —

An African by the name of Maddochs, was ! There are now as many as 2,000,000 slaves
a Methodist preacher in England. Rees un- - in the United States. Their increase is al-
. der man. most incredible. Let fancy carry you for-

Othello published at Baltimore in 1789, an ward to the end of another half century and
essay against the slavery of negroes. "Few contemplate the possibilities of our condi-
works can be compared with this for force of tion. Twenty years is more 1 than time
reasoning- and fire of eloquence. Greg, p enough to double the black population. In
165 — 187. " 1880, therefore, at this rate, we shall have

Cesar, a black of North Carolina, was the a number of negroes larger by about 4,000,-
" nuthorjaf different pieces of printed poetry 000, than the present white population. In
which have become popular " Greg. p. 16'fc. some states .the increase of the slaves is more
Oftobah Cugoano was born on the coast than three times as great as that of the
of Fantin in Africa. He was dragged from whites. In South Carolina for ten year's pre-
hw country and carried to the island of ceding 1820, the increase of the latter was
Grenada. Having obtained his freedom he . only. 8 to every hundred, while that of the
went to England", where he was in 1/88. — former was 26. As often therefore as a giv-
Hiatoli, a distinguished Italian, was lor a en number of the white inhabitants increa-
long time acquainted with him in London, sed 800, the same number of the black was
44 and speaks in strong terms of his piety, his increased 2,000. In some of the states the
mild character and modesty, his integrity number of slaves is already greater than that
and talents." Cugoano published a work on of the free. Many of these are subjected' to
the slave trade and tho slavery of negroes, Bufferings. of which we can have only a faint
which discovered a sound and vigorous mind, conception. 1% is not true, as we are prone
nnd which has been translated into French, to imagine, that all masters are alike cruel.
Greg. p. 288 — 299. Many of them are humane. Butthi3 not uni-

Gustavus Vasa, whose African name was fbrmly their character. There are monsters
Olando Equiano, was born in the kingdom of 0 f barbarity among them, having nothing hu-
Benin in 1746. At the age of twelve he was man but the form. It was such wretches
torn from his country and carried to Barba- w ho sat for the picture which Cowper drew,
does. After passing into various hands and j «. rhcre is no j csh in M(in > s 0 Uuratc heart.

^Tfnbxlef Let it be remembered that these negroes on-
aeiifftn obtained his treedom, and in l/ol es- . , . , 4 .l„- „ ..,1

tabfished himself in London. There he "pub- ] ? n f d "*™?Jkl I Zt £fi., ?„"

liahed his Memoirs, which have been several ' "ffliteoua tonure-by wl"ch they are helo in
• _i •»[ 1 1 „ 1 bondage, together with an arttul leader, and
times reprinted in both hemispheres ' and » f , j COIltin e nt Vrom

read with great interest. "Vasa published th e J Pn ° nmAC to the ffUif of Mexico, in the

a.poem confining Inverses;" and in 17S9 ?° ? 0 ^. to h £ e *S i^fn^t'h „k D f
lie presented to t£e British parliament a pe- J i0od ^^^tJl L
^ionfor the suppression of the slav. trade £ep«g * Z^T^Zy ^onld be thus
5^? ,fc -^^/^£^ ,y JS^op P fe«Hl. Some ofthefr/e blacks are men

England,
man.

Rees under ^pressed.

I ot intelligence.

Phillis Wheatly, born in Africa in 1753, 1 £ new /P lrit » kindli^ through ^

Their influence is great. —
ng through the whole
You cannot make the

was torn from her' country at the age of sev- body of the slaves.

on, and sold in 1761 to John WheaSy of Bos- ! ? oor b i ack b * heve 11 *™ l ? .PP.?™""

ton.

him. His nature revolts at the thought.—

Allowed to employ herself in . study, she
" rapidly attained a knowledge of the Latin
language." In 1/62, at the aj:e of nineteen
nnd still a slave," she published a little vol-
ume " of religious and moral poetry, which
contains 39 pieces," and has run through
several editions in England and the United
States." She obtained her freedom in l'/?5,
and died in 1780. Greg. p. 234, 241.

JBenja.nin Banaktr, a black, of Maryland,
applieu himself to astronomy with so much
success, that he published almanacks in
Philadelphia for the years 1794 and 1795. —
Grea. p- 185, 188.

The son ofJSfimbana, or Nia.mbanna, " king
of the region of Sierra Leone," who " ceded
a portion of his territory tor the use of the
colony," (Mw }or/c Spectator, Ivo. 2019,)
"came to England to study/' "He rapidly
acquired different sciences," and in a short
time wa* so well acquainted with the lie-
brew as to be able to read the Bible in, the
original. This young man who gave such
promising hopes, died a short time after his
return to Africa. Greg. p. lol, li<2.

James Derltam, born 17 0/, was formerly a
slave in Philadelphia." " In 1738, at the age
of twenty-one, he became the must diaiin-
guished physician at New-Orleans." " I con-
versed with him on medicine," says" Dr.
Rush, " and found him very learned.; I
thought I could give him information con-
cerning the treatment of diseases, bht I
learned mole from him than he could expect
from me," . Greg. p. 182, I«3..
%)m*sa i nf Imverturt, general of St Do-

The mementos of our country's liberty, they
see every where. They' hear it in the rejoi-
cings of this day. True, they cannot read
They have heard of the scenes of St. Do-
mingo. They see there a coloured popula-
tion^ intelligent and free and happy. Nay
more. They see them standing on the shore,
and with a fraternal philanthrophy offering
them the hand of friendship: offering them
houses and lands and liberty. Alas, chains
and bondage forbid them to go. Their only
relief is to retire into their comfortless cabin"
to dream of a freedom they are never to en-
joy, or meditate on some plan to cu.t their
way with a bloody swjord, to liberty and hap-
piness. A secret influence is imperceptibly
conv eyed from the land of Bolivat to the mis-
erable slaves, it invites them to freedom.—
You cannot intercept that influence. You
may build d.wall to heaven around the island
of the blacks and still you cannot resist it.—
Their example will be perpetually before the
slaves and serve as a beacon to invite them
to insurrection. It bids -them to go forth to
freedom or to death. The stifled voice of
discontent and desperation has long since
been heard. - The poor black, preferring
death to slavery, has proved that liis soUl
could' meditate on vengeance and his arm
could execute it. The plot of Charleston
will be long remembered.

" Something must be done." The day of
vengeance ii not far distant. The tempest is
gathered on the mountain tops and threatens
»o sweep down into the plains below, desola-
ting with, its lightning and deafening with

it's thunder, jv convulsion may yet shake
Virginia which we shall feel to this remote
corner of the Union. Slavery is a national
sin. The staiil cloaves to the Constitution
of the whole jountry. And when Jehovah
inaki s inquisition, as He surely will, for the
blooc of His black children, our garments
will >e all staiiied with it. The judgments
of heaven, may sweep through the whole
land. The .arch of the slave may vet grasp
the tattle axe and the sword, and if not, we,
our children, or our children's children may
perish beneath! the stroke. Am I told that
blacl s dare nol) rise upon their masters ? So.
said :he men of St Domingo. "The slaves
daje not rise." But they did rise. A plot
brmed anjd matured and executed for
the t cbievement of their freedom. And the
rains of more trian thirty years have scarcely
yet t leached thje soil from the blood of the
French. j

1 1 .now -not What the interposition of heav
on and the exertion of men may do to nverl
this danger. U}ut the causes now at work,
"are moving on as steady as tho progress of
the sun to this Very result. Slavery must be
aboli med or scenes will here be witnessed,
of wiich tho very story will make our ears
tingb and our hearts blee*. The tale of St.
Dom ngo, with i all its horrors, will be but
infant's prattle by its side.""

C RIGLVMj COMMUMCJ1 TJOX.

you, THE freedom's journal.
Mess >s. Editors—

j beg leave to draw }our attention to Mr
Clay 'i Speech, delivered before the- last Annu-
al jV^jeting of the Colonization Sx'iety, at
Washington. It should be matter of no small
coucern to thy free people of colour, to per-
ceive the vapid progress of the Colonization
Sociity: its incrcrfse cannot be viewed in an,
other light, than a desire to get effectually riu
of Ih 2 free people. M;-. Clay particularly in-
form! us, that it is to have nothing to do with
the dslicate question of Slavery: ii is, says he,
inten led' to be exclusively applied to the free
people. I am aware that many philanthropists
have become converts to the colonization
scheno; many, I doubt not, who have at all
times espoused the cause of the oppressed, and
irnag ue that it will ultimately prove beneficial
to them; others, think that it is the only means
by which Africa jean become civilized, and
Etl iopia stretch fo; th her hands to God;" but
they do not penetrate tho real views of the
Colonization Society, who have carefully dis-
guise 1 their .intentions; which have since the
forme tion of this society been aimed at the lib
erty jf the. free people; many of the Southern
States have the; same object in view, witness
their severe latvs against those people: forjn-
stance, they are prohibited from returning to
the j tate of South Carolina, on any pretext
whatever. The colonizing plan, as exposed b\
Mr. blay, is intended indirectly to force the
free people to emigrate, particularly those in
the Southern Slates, where they are so much
oppressed by prohibitions and taxation. It can-
not bit be warmly patronized by slave-holders.
Mr. Clay contradicts in the most positive man-
. those advocates of the colonizing system,
who 1 ave so repeatedly assured us that it is the
only way by which the nation can get rid of
that iutse to the country, Slavery ; the oniy,
mean; of ever atoning to Africa fbr.the injury
we h tve done her. Ministers of the Gospe
lave; ireached to us the same from the pulpit.
Thos( who arc favourable have in this manner

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been
Mr

leceived

Clay ?s proposal is to remove annually

he sp

six th >usand of those persons, and thus he Bays
keep down their alarming increase; this he
a vows to be the grand object of the Society.
The Baltimore Memorial, to which lie adverts,
was n it the) unanimous sentiments of the col.
oured people : for. I am credibly informed, that
at lea; t two-thirds of the rrtceting dissented from
it.", IX a meeting lately held in Philadelphia,
of the most respectable people of colour, con-
sistibj' of nearly t^hree thousand person*, to take
this sibjuct into! consideration, there was not
one who was in favour of leaving tbjs country ;
but tl ey were all jopposed to colonization in any
foreigi country whatever. I have read with
much attention, ithc remarks of a writer, un-
der ths signature of P," in Mr. Pou (son's
paper of the 21st. of March, on the 'subject of
coloiii sing the free people of colour iu Arica ;

:aks the sentiments of these people in

Pennsylvania.

A MAN OP COLOUR.

he Superior Court for. Warren county,
[N. Ct] Judge Ruffian .presiding, a free boy
of co our, named William llenison was < on-,
victe< of forcibly breaking into, a house and
of steiii.ig . therefrom a few articles. of small
value Sentence of death was passed upon
him, by the Court, to'bo carried into execu-
tion < n the third Friday in May,

AFRICAN FREE SCHOOLS IN THK
UNITED STATES.
Though the int. re tinjr subject of Educa-
tion has l-een o ably discus od by our corre-
spondent Philanthropos ; yet, a • are from ex-
perience oi its vital importance to society,
we hope we shall not be considered by a ma-
jority of our readers a- trespassing unprofit-
ably upon their time, . ; y what remarks we
shall offer. Though a hackneyed theme, it
is ever a profitable one to reflect upon:- and
though to a portion of our roadcr.s, o.nr re-
marks may have nothing new to recommend
therii ; yet to others, they may trot only be
new and interesting, but profitable.

As the education of our rising youth is an
objoci. of the highest importance to the com-
munity, we would respectfully invite the at-
tention of all our friends to' tho present state
of the different African Free Schools. Be-
l.eving that he future respectability of our
people will eventually rest on the e -ucation
which our children and youth now receive ; .
we confes-, that we are quite solicitous, that
they should enjoy to the full extent what few
advantage., public or private bsnevoknee
has granted them. The generality of us are
so engaged and advanced in life, that but lit-
tle can be expected of us; to the rising gen-
eration we are to look — upoi,- them our anx-
ious eyes are fixed, as the future " pride and
glory" of our race. And we see no reason
why at this enlightened era, our children
should not enjoy'inore of the- advantages of *
education. While the benevolence of the age
has founded and endowed Seminaries of
Learning for all oihOr classes and nations; *
we have to lament, that as yet, no door i.s
open to receive the degraded children of Af-
rica. Alone they have stood — alone they re-
main stationary ; while charity extends the <
hands to all others.

We believe, that it is time for us to be dis-
satisfied with our former irregular ^mode of
education. The day uas been, when if any
of us could read, it was considered " passing
strange and we be'ieve this has been unfa-
vourable towards our improvement. This '
wonderment and praise from our fairer bre-
thren, instead of exciting, has been the cause
of many halting in their career of acquiring '
knowledge ; and Ignoramus-'.ikcj possessing
just enough to be the laughing stocjk of .all.
.We feel that, we cannot reprobate to^'highly
this cuttom of lauding the most simple ac-
tions performed by a person of colour. Can
ho read and write a little ? Can he cypher
and transact the common affairs of life, al-
most as well as other men ? He is praised
'and flattered — he is considered a prodigy of .
learning— -his fame extends from Dan to
Beereheba. The effects of flattery are often
dangerous to the middle-aged and intelli-
gent ; and what ought we to expect thsm to . ;
be on the youthful mind, unsupported by the
sage counsels of age and wisdom ?

We confess, that we are so zealous for the *
future welfare of our race, that we cannot %
bear the idea, that our children should ad-
vance no further than we have, in -the ; .
acquirement of knowledge, or ih the se- • V
quisition of tho mechanic arts. Education
is so important, that wo feel highly interest^ ,^
ed at .: 11 attempts, however imperfect. T4 U' ":;■'}.
alone, the civilised and enlightened 1 man owes : >|
his superiorityvever the savage. Without it, :' 9

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39

man cannot perform ono half tho design of
his Creator : for though he may worship him,
and have «omc uleas of Deity, yet how can
he fulfil the.chicf end of hia creation, with-
out an insight into those pages of inspiration
which were designed a? the foundation upon
■which he should ground his belief, and future
l opes. of a resurrection beyond the grave?
While the mind of the savage and uneduca-
ted left entirely to itself, w ill be as contract-
ed as the cabin in which ho resides ; to the
more fortunate member of civilised society,
all the sacred stores of nature are unlocked ;
all her secret laws are revealed ; the powers
of other creatures become subject to his con-
trnul ; and the facrltios and attainments of
men are made subservient to his advance-
ment.

So manifold ore the advantages of educa-
tion lhat we should trespass upon the good
fense of our readers were we to enumerate
tbcm ; but. if any subject was ever worthy of
their consideration, it is this. It is the pillar
of civilization ; it is the foundation of good
order. Fo high a sense had the Pilgrim Fa-
thers of New-England of it, that the subject,
of schools was ever considered by them as
or.e of the greatest. Long have they slum-
bered in their graves, but the br-neficial re-
el its of their wisdom still remain, in the in-
telligence which more particularly distin-
guishes their descendants.

Tn Scotland, wo behold the same good ef-
fects, resulting from like cajuses. tincethe
establishment of parochial schools, the peo-
ple have been distinguished for their hones-
ty, sobriety, and decc-ncy Nor is it a mere
experiment; but at this late period, we must
impute the knowledge, prudence and love of
order, which mark thft Scotsman, to the ope-
ration of Jut excellent schools. In no coun-
try in Europe, with an equal population, do
so small a numbe- of crimes fall under the
chastisement of the .law.

We all know, how highly important fhc
Ancients considered the education of youth. ,
In Sparta, children being considered the pro-
perty of the State, were not entrusted after
the age of seven,to theirparents; 6u* theyw ere
educated at the expense of the State, under
teachers of approved abilities and learning.
In the rising ages of Rome, while their pri-
mitive virtue and integrity flourished with
their arms and command, the training up of
youth was considered as a most sacred duly;
thinking themselves, in the highest manner,
obliged to leave fit successors to the empire,
of the world. Cornelia, Aurelia, and Accia
must themselves have enjoyed superior ad-
vantages of education, to have formed such
men as the Gracchi, Julius Cajsar, and Au-
gustus. The beneficial results of the Spar-
tan system were evident in the intelligence,
bravery, and love of country, which charac-
terised ihe future years of her sons. And as
for Roman bravery, Roman devotion to the
love of county, and Roman eloquence, who
lias not heard of Manlius, Regulus, and 'ful-
ly?

Schools then, being so necessary to the>wel-
fare and existence of society ; how can we,
who are as watchmen upon a high tower, re-
main silent, when we behold our children ne-
glected, and enjoying so few advantages ?
Surely the age we live in, is one of experi-
ment, enterpr'r/e and improvement ; but are
we onlytobehold the good effejets of these,and
Tantalus-like, not taste them ? We hope not.
We believe that we have as many, and as.
warm friends as ever ; who need only to be
reminded of the unequal disadvantages under
which our children labor, before they will de-
vise something better.

We can never expect to behold enlighten-
ed citizens of co'onr, unless a commence-
ment is made towards the formation of such
in the proper education of the rising youth.
For education is to the mind, what gold is to
the miseT. Without it, man is little superior
to the brute creation — with it, he is a compa-
nion for angels. Wi'h it, he can trace the
superintendence and providence of the Deity
through ail nis wort-, of creation : but with-

out it, he must impute them all to chance, or
some blind fatality. For though' tho pow< rs
of the mind are the gift of naturb; to e due a-
tion we arc indebted for their direction, -tin sir
exercise and their enlargement. Nattre
may implant our affections ; education mi st
cultivate, invigorate, and, refine them. '

While other members of the community ore
datl" advancing from the present improved
modes of instruction ; our children have b'esn
altogether excluded from a participation of
them. So preju diced are the minds of soin
that they think a little' reading and spelling
that is necessary for them ; while others earO
not whether they acquire even these. And 30;
imperfect has been their acquisition, that rra-
ny after leaving school, and before arriving
at manhood, have lost even this little; while
the difficulties others have encountered, in
the perusal of other authors besides the " Tes-
tament," have ever after given them a distaste
to reading. The few who study Gramm

ill

James McGiiiro, in Greenup, Ky. viras lately
killed in defending hia son from arrasi. The son
had stabbed a young mnn, and retreated to his fa-
ther's liouso. Tho officer who was Hunt to arrest
him, received a stroke from a sword by tho father,
and immediately ordered the guard to shoot him
down, which they did.

Cure for Intemperance. — Andrew II. Hutton, of
Newcastle; in the State of Delaware lias publish-
ed a certificate, under his own name, that after
having been twelve years a common drunkard, ho
has been Cured by tho medicine, of Dr. Chambers
The quantity of liquor to bo drank was about five

ausrls a week, which cost him 62 1-2 cents, and
li« timo he lost by drunkenness he estimates at
$3 a week. He. says he is now a hearty man,
ahpps well ut night, nns a good appetite, and can
'accomplish more work in n week now, than for-
merly in three months. Mr. H. states that his
wife now thinks herself " in a new world." .He
took tho last of his medicine on the 26th of March,
and up to the J 3th of April he had not tasted or
had an inclination to take ardent spirits.
' j [Freeman's Journal, j

Accident. — As three gentlemen were riding mio
town yesterday morning.'from an excursion in the
country, their horse too t fright, in consequence of

acquired them, and parrot-like they forget
them.

(To he Continued.)

ftvmzutiz Betas.

the violent shaking of /the limbs of a tree, in the
.-..-...j,. , , i Bowery, into which some boys had clambered, and

Geography, and Arithmetic, advance so littie, i ae " in S . off *\ ful1 "P«4 \ h ™ v 4 e , hi61e wa9 , Tv 0t '
, ° - , . , • ' i and its inmates precipitated to tho ground. One

that after leaving school they can derive no. j 0 f t | U!tn received oo'nsiderahlo injury. But the
advantage from them. Parrot-like they have ! p»ior horse was the greatest suffi-rer,' for both hii
* ' hind legs were broken by his striking thorn

against the foro part of the carriage, one so that
th« parts only adhered together by a slight tegu-
ment. In this situation he- is said to have run, on
tho' stumps, for about a hundred yards.— M. Ch,

Beware of Ctjunterfcits. — A new omission of
counterfeit three" dollar notes of the Mechanics'
and Farmers' Bank, has just made its appearance.
Tho signature of Mr. Knower, the President, and
Mr. Olcott, the Cashier, are admirable, and the
filling up easy, and natural. . The paper and en-
graving is as coarse as the genuine ones, which is
saying a good deal. The bill before us is of the
letter " S," dated July 4, J823.

NEWS.

The formation of the new ministry is cause
Whatever

may he the opinions about the resignation of
" the old Tory Mem hers, it seems Mr. Peal's
retiring has given satisfaction to no one, not
even to those who differ from him in politics,
so high he stands in the estimation of for
talents and moral integrity.

Tne following was handed about on Satur-
day, as a programme of the new Administra-
tion : —

"JVir. Canning, First Lord of the Treasury,

Melancholy Accident.— h\ Fairfield, on Sinidav,
the 8th inst. as Mrs. Roba Thorpe, with her fa-
ther Mr. Jeremiah Pierce, and her son, aboyjof
8 years, were proceeding in a one horse wagon to
the Eatonvitlo church, tho harness become displa-
ced from ono of toe thills in sunh a manner that
tlio wagon struck and frightened the horse, who
was soon unguvernable, and went at random over
descending ground for nearly a mile. Mr. Pierif
was first thrown' from the wagoi., and had

a sholil
d injur);

der dislocated by the fall — thn boy escaped iniuijyWof much excitement in London,
by slipping through the fractured bottom of the
wagon; but Mrs. Thorpe, who still determined \o
adhere to the crazy vehicle, and held upon thfc
reins ; was at length thrown from her Beat in dfe-
scuiding a sharp declivity in the road and .struck
upon her head with such violence as to leave h^r
senseless on tho ground. She lingered to the 15th
inst. and expired — Little Falls paper. ; 1

Mad Dogs. — A mad dog was killed this morn-
ing in the yard of Alexander Telfair, Esq. between

.jght and nine o'clock. We communicate the and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord
fact that our citizen* may be put on their guard, Granville, Foreign Secretary. AL Huskisson,

« » w. .w.mi* ni>/.KohlV flint 4lw.M.t «»a aIKhm ,U^<i ... . » r T*h I •

Home Secretary. Mr. Robinson, Secretary
tor the Colonies.' Lord Dudley & Ward, Pri
vy Seal. Lord Harrowby, Lord Preside.it,
Mr. Wynn, Board of Controiil. Duke of
Buckingham, Chancellor of th« Dutchy. Mr.
Sturges Bourne, Board of Trade! ^ir John
Leach, Sir John Copely, and Mr; Scarlett, are
named for the Seals. The Duke of Clarenfce,

as it is very probable that there are other dogs
that, have boon bitten by this animal. The dog
law, we aro authorized to state, will be rigidly en-
forced from this day. Lot every dog in this city
be sacrificed rather than the life of one individu-
al should be lost by the dreadful effects of hydro-
phobia. — Savannah Republican. :

Patrick Mallory, has been confined in jail at

Concord, Ma*s. upwards of 24 years. He was im- ; Lord High Admiral. Lord Anglesea, Corn-
prisoned nn a charge of m/irder, and was brought mander-ih-Chief. Lord F. Bentick, The Ord-
fnrward for trial, but remanded to prison on the i nance.

plea of insanity.' Since his imprisonment he has
been wilfully dumb for three years. . For ! 4 days
he abstained fiom all nourishment, and was great-
ly emaciated : -on being solicited to) take some
food, he replied " bring me a pint of rum." He
took food however on the 14th day. Tobacco is
his only solace, and when he- cannot get it, he
chews the straw from his bed. He lately made
an attempt to assassinate the jailor with a ohisoj,
in consequence of the jailer's dressing him in a
clean suit of clothes. He is about 70 years of age|,
a native of Ireland. • . j

Hurricane in Virginia. — We are informed!,
says the Norfolk Beacon of Tuesday last, that *
most destructive hurricane was experienced neap
Dozier's Bridge, in Princess Anne county, about
noon on the 24th ult. which, although of but a few
minutes duration, spread desolation in its course,
destroying houses, trees, fences, and laying pros-
trate every thing which opposed its fury. Its di|-
rection was from the West towards the sea. Sevj-
eral houses were unroofed, some utterly demolish}-
ed, and many of their inhabitants severely bruised^
and in some. instances, their bones broken, go ai
greatly to endanger I heir lives. The fury of th^
storm and the destruction thereby occasioned says
our informant,- are without a parallel in that sec-
tion of country.

Cape Fkah, Mny 2.
JVcw Hanover '■Superior Court — Several crimi
nal -prosecutions' excited, much interest «*t tiii ; ;
Court. On Saturday, the last day of the Sessiu
came on the trial of Archibald Johnston, a colorei
man, for concealing on board the brig Sally AilnJ
bound for Bostoii, thereby to assist his escape, a
slave named Frederick, an offence made piuusijai
ble with death. Much time wiis, consumed in for]
mibg a jury, the prisoner exercising his right of
.challenge in numerous instances, fhe jury rej
Ured from the box at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
and continued in, consultation until witliin a few
minutes of 12 o'cloc!:, P. M.' when being Bent fori
by the' judge, they ututed that they could not
agree on a vcrjlict. . Tho legal duration of* the
Court, being oil the eve of icrcimating by the
lapse of time/his honour .thtTjiidge, dweharged
tho jury; and remanded the prisoner to jail, to)
await his trial, at tho next term. !

Thomas CamobelI,.Esq. was installed Lord
Rector of tho University of Glasgow, on 12th
April. This is another mark of tho homage
the Glaswegians always pay to genius. VV T e
shall publish an account of it>io-morrow.

A Carlise paper says, thaf a number of op-
eratives have set out to embark for America,
or are preparing to do so. The price of
weaving the lowest class of Ginghams is now
so much reduced as to render it perfectly
impossible for a weaver to provide for a
largo family, even oatmeal or potatoes,
though he toil fourteen hours a day.

The Connecticut School fund amounts to
more than one million seven hundred thou-
sand dollars. — -A. Piano Forte manufactory
is about to be established in Williston, Vt.

Thirty people have been drowned, and

several more maimed by the wreck of the
Rob Roy, which was ashore at L'Islet, L. C.
The schooner Lewis M'Lane -.f Seaford, Del.
has been lo t near Barnegat.- — Seamless
Shoes. — A method ha3 been iuvenied in Eng.
of multing a shoe from a single piece of ea-

ther, without a - seam. On the 9th inst. the

boot of the Mail stage wa3 cut open on its
passage between Trenton and Kingston, N.
J. ; and an pnsuccessfu'' attempt made to ob-
tain the mail bag. —r-On the eve of the 7th
inst. Mr. John Whipple, of Albany, was fired
upon and killed while sitting in Um second
story of his dwelling house. — One of the run-
ners of the U. S. Bank at Philadelphia, was
committed to prison on a charge of having
stolen two notes of §1000 each. r — -Nine
valuable horses belonging to the Erie lino of
stages were lately poisoned in Cleavfland,
Ohio.-r — The powder mill nf Mr. Jbhn Reed,
near Sawney town, My. cty. with all it- con-
tents, consisting of 1500 weight of powder,
and the same quantity of salt petre, together
with tho adjoining buildings, have been total-
ly destroyed.- — The Physicians of Connec-

ticut havo resoWed.thatthey do not consider it
their doty to visit patients on the Sabbath un-
less satisfied that the case is urgent-- — At
Cheraw, 8, Carolina on the lOth' inst. tho
mercury in farenheit's thermometer wae at 98

degrees in the shad©, Rev. A. Harding of

Greenfield, Mass. has recovered $444 of Dr.
W. Brooks, in an action for slander. — ^By
means of a te lescope, 30 spots have been seen
on the sun's disk at Charleston, S. O. — ^-$o
much snow fell in New- Ipswich; N. H.fand
vicinity on the 8th inst. that the drifts wijho

road were several feet. Strawberries and

cherries have appeared in the Richmond Va.

m-rket- -The Macon (Geo.) Telegraph

says, a machine has been invented for making-
tee's Pills by .steam, by means of whi- h, five
pecks can be manufactured in a minute!

-William C.Barton, Esq. Justice of the

Pe- ce, &c. &c. of Savannah, Geo. has been
indicted fo«- rnal-practice in office, and found
guilty, and>entenced,to ninety days imprison-
ment, and removal from office.~A man, wo-
man, and child were drowned on the 5th ult.
by the upsetting of a stage .at Fort Edward

in the northern part of this state. Nancy

Hewlett of Groton, Conn., aged 15, lately

committed suicide by taking laudanum.

The Mayor of Baltimore has ordered all
street beggars io < e taken to the alms house.
At the Merrimack Company's Mills, in Low-'
ell, Mass. eleven thousand y»rds of cloth are
manufactured daily I — -*-Mr. M'Kenny was
lately married to Mrs. Mary Jackson, both of
Harper's ferry, he being the lady's fifth h ig-
band, and he only in her twenty-eighth year !

A fire occurred at New-Orleans on the

15th ult. which consumed nearly half the
square opposite the Theatre. New pota-
toes raised upon Albany Hill have this sea-
son, been sold in that market.— ^--There are
8 yearly meetings of Friends iiflhe United
States. Their whole number of members

exceed 150,000. In Indiana there are a

father, mother, and child, whose united ages
do not amount to twenty-six — Thomas
Duramer, jr. who killed John Fry in Rich-
mond co. Pa. in October last, and for whose
apprehension the governor of that state of-
fered a reward of $200, has been arrested
at Geneva. Ontario co. and lodged in jail.

Airs. Minty Graham of Hagarstown, Md.

who was lately tried on an indictment as a
common scold, has been honourably acquitted ;
it being proved to the satisfaction of the ju-
ry that she was an uncommon scoUi.- — Mr*
Thomas Wright, of Cincinnati, has inven-
ted w machine to go by steam, which will

c ut 3000 lath per hour. The corner atone

of an Episcopal Church was laid in the vil-
lage of Meadville, Pa. on the 11th ult.

Leonard Moore, of Blandford, Mass. lately
leaped from his chumh.r window, in, a deran-
ged state of mind, and has not been heard

of since.-r Mr. Haddock, the Androides

man, is "ngageil in inventing anew machine
for the manufacture of paper. ; A very ex-
tensive bed of stone coal hag been discover-
" in Perry county, Penrt. The popula-
tion of Niagara, U'. C. is stated to be~2587.

— On Monday last the Coroner was called
to view the body of an unknown coloured man
found floating in the dock, foot of Fulton-st.
He had on blue cloth trowsers, thin black and
white striped vest, a red and. white handk'f.
around his neck, and appeared to be about 36

years of age A Mr. Snorer was recently

married' to a Miss Sleep. A pun6tcr said,
what a flock of young-dreams will be produ-
ced ! The City Inspector reports the death .

of 83 persons during the last week, ending on
Saturday, 12th inst. viz 33 men, 15 women,
15 bo/8, and SO girls.

MARRIED,— In Philadelphia, on- the 1st
inst. by the Rev. Mr. Gibbs, Mr. John Jishtoh,
to Miss Catharine ti. Stevens-

DIED— On the 11th inst very suddenly,
Mr. Moses Evans.

ALMANAC.

MAY.

Sun
Rises.

Sun
Sets..

1 Moon's
1 'Phases.

18 Friday, ....
It) Saturday . . ..
20 Sunday
21. Monday . . . .

22 Tuesday, .

23 Wednesday, ..

24 Thursday, . ..

4 49'
4 46
4 47
4 4o"
4 45
4 44
4 44

7 11
7 12
7 13
7 14
7 15
7 16
7 16

sm

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MARINE LIST*.
ARRIVED,
May 11th, Ship' John Wells, from Liverpool,
w'ith dry goods ; ' Aetata, Chadwick, London.—
Brigs Albion, 7(1 j days from Cork.; Enterprise,
Downs, 26 days frpin St. Thomas-V

May 13th, Ships Niagara, Brown, 5 days from
Charleston, with, cotton^&c. } . Jupiter, Clark, 13
days from St. Croi.x, with ruin..&c. ; Mary Lord,
Rossiter, tC6 day^ from Canturi, with teis, &c. —
Brig,- Mary Li vi ng»ton f Ewen, 1 3 day •* from St.
Juan du 'Nicaragua, wilh bid««,:&c.; Emeline,
Higgins, 14 days from Havana, with sugar, Ac-
Pacific,; Jones, 21 idays from Gaudahmpe, wilh .
molasses; Cicero, Nye, 14 days from Rio Hache.

40.

FREEDOM'S JpU RN A L

POETRY.

From the New- York Mirror.
THE SWEDISH STRANGER.
No children wept o'er thee ;
. No wife mourned thy doom.
Hot strangers have laid thee

Within the dark tomb .
( >h ! thine was the Borrow
That knoweth no care,
That clouds tho bright morrow
Too dark to endure

Oh ! none soothed thy pillow ;

No car heard thy sigh ;
Far away o'er the billow,

Alone thou.didBt die.
Ah ! why from thy lov'd home. \

Why didst thou depart,
On the blue wave to roam

From the friends of thy heart 1
When with life thou didst part,

And no lov'd one was near —
Oh breathed thero a Heart

Could refuse thee a tear,
Or that, cold a? the moist elay

That covers thy breast, „
Could still tranquilly lie

In its passionless rest i
The night wind is sighing

A requiem, near
Where cold thou art lying

In loneliness drear.
No willow bends o'er thee :

No stone marks the spot,
But dark weeds around thee, '

Prove thou art forgot.

RETROSPECTION.
I love thee, long-past time ;

Thy memory is to me,
Sweet as the early village chime,

.Slow wafted o'er the lea : —
I love to sit and muse

On thy fast-fading hour —
And bless the gentle hope that 6trcwe

My closing path with flowers.
'Tis to unfold a page,

Enriched by many a year, —
To trace in lone and dreary age

Joy to youth's spring-time dear !
To bid the past restore

Gifts it once fondly gave. —
Friends, whom this heart shall clasp no more

And lbve, that's in the grave ! —
Gaj' childhood I recal, .

Bright in its beams and showers^-
The bow, the bat. the wicket, all

That gladdened life's young hours!
And manhood's ripening years,

By dearer thoughts^imprest:
When, first, a lover's "hopes and fears

Throbbed in my glowing breast
One angel form I see,

Lovely as tints of even : —
I hear the sigh, that gave to me

The fairest work of Heaven ! —
I look through many a year

Of bliss, of wedded love : —
Mary, forgive this starting tear,

Shall we not meet above ? — .
Thy beauty lingers still,

On many a shining brow.;
Sweet as the beam on the purpled hill,

When all is shade below : —
Thy virtue still survives,

In many a stainless breast ;
The mother in her offspring lives,

And , still, the sire is blest I

VARIETIES.

LEANING TOWER OF PISA,
•In the city of Pisa theie is a round tower
of eight stories of pillars, 180 *bet high, in-
cluding so much out of the perpendicular,
that the top projects fifteen' feet oyer the
base. The way up to the top is by a fligh t of
steps within, of so gentle an ascent, that it is
said a horse could mount with ease. Ingo-
ing up, the inclination of the tower is found
to be considerable, but in coming down still
more so. It appears on the usper side as if
you were ascending^ on the lower side, you
feel as if you would fall headlong. On the
top it has a fearful slant ; and but for the iron
railing which surrounds it, few would ven-
ture to trust themselves there. The base on
the lower side appears sunk in the ground
above six feet. It is built of marble, and has,
stood more than six hundred years without
fissure or decay, having been raised in 1174.
It is supposed" to have sunk, when built as
high as the fifth story ; and the artichect had
the boldnes and the skill to complete it in the
direction it had taken.

ANECDOTE OF WHITFIELD.
One evening while .Foote was exhibiting
Mr. Whitfield to public ridicule in the ihea-

. tre of Drury Lane, the venerable man him-
self was engaged in preaching at Tottenham
court chapel. The subject was "the joys of
heaven." Towards the close of his discourse
whenJiia piety, his imagination, and his elo-
quence wer-> on fire, he cried put in the midst

'of a melted and enraptured assembly, point-
ing to the heavens, " there, there, an ungodly

foot tramples on the saints no more."

DECIPHERING OF HIEROGLYPHICS. ; seller, the binder, the coppersmith, the en-
. Fromtht Christian Observer for February. | grayer, ^ the copper-plate printer, and the

" Professor Scyfl&rth of. Leipzig, who has
been employed in deeyphering the Egyptian
Antiquities at Rome, states, that he has dis-
covered all the dynasties of Egypt, from Mi-
nos to the times of the RomnnB ; that ho can
show that Osiris Was a real person ; that he
has found the picture of a Jew in bonds, and

other allusions to the state of slavery to , , . . „ ,

which the Jews wcr^ reduced. He /dds, $OL. MOLESTON & JOHN ROBINSON;

Ljooksellor !

A friar once preaching to a convent of nuns, on

i aster, ussured them that our- Saviour when he
osu first appcared'tp a woman, that tho news of
' e resurrection might be, sooner spread abroad.

that he has found the old and new testaments
in the Selitic, and the Pentateuch in thc'Mc-
phitic dialect; the acts of the councils of Ni>

ECONOMY IS NOT PARSIMONY.

TAILORS and Clothes Dressers, respect
f dly announce, that they have entered into part-
nership, and have opened an establishment at No.

coa in the Coptic language; Coptic glessa- 1 531, Broad-struct, (three doors sbove Beavor sti)
ries and grammars in the Arabic language ; ! «fhe™ they respectfully solicit a continuance of
and Mexican manuscripts in hieroglyphics, : f » at patronage which they have heretofore enjoy-

from- which he infers, that the Mexican and ' ed > ™f vvhch ! l »! b „ B , fZ^Z/^llZThV
n •. ■ , t . ' , . mont bv punctuality ana superior workmanship,

the Egyptians had intercourse with each oth- Gent f cmcn . 8 clothing made to order, in tfa
er from tho remotest antiquity, and that they | J ewe8t f ns ] liol18 : _ Gentlemen and Ladies' Ga.
had the same, system of mythology." . & 9ntBf Habits, and Mantles, dressed and repaired

\i*ith despatch, and in the best manner.

• Henry VIII. — The connubial history of! [ All orders thankfully received and punctually
Henry may be stated in a few words :— He attended to.

divorced his firsl wife <upon the convenient j- i p 3 Mns! Molkston can accommodate from six
plea of conscience, in order to marry one i t|o eight Gentlemen Boarders,
younger and handsomer. He murdered the '
second through satiety, and growing passions
for another. He married a third, fpur and
twenty hours after the execution of the se-
cond. She, happy woman! died- in rt few
months. The fourth he divorced because she
was not so beautiful as her picture— a great
Flanders mare as he delicately termed her.
The fifth he beheaded, on very questionable
evidence of infidelity ; and the sixth and last
he would have burnt at Smith field as an he-
retic.

JAMES LAW,
FIRST RATE COAT 3JRESSER

177 William-street, New- York,'
CONTINUES to cleanse and dress Coats,
fcantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls, in
the neatest possible manner. He also makes, al-
ters and repairs Gentlemen's Clothes, to their en-
tire satisfaction, and upon tho most reasonable
terms.

I V* His mode of dressing clothes is by steam
s'ponqinc, which he.has followed with much suc-
cess for sovoral. years past. AH kinds of spots or
Burial of a Man alive.— The last paper's stains are extracted, and the cloth restored to the
from the^ Arabian Gulf, bring an account of j appearance of new; and this he engages to per-
the seizure and barbarous murder, at Buaso- form without any injury to the cloth, and at least
- - eoual to any thing of the kind done in this or any

rah, of a courier, conveying letters from a re-
bel chief to persons in that town. The unfor-
tunate manjwas bastinadoed, to extort a con-
fession, that might implicate certain innocent
persons; he was then conveyed to a public
cross road ; on his requesting some water to
drink, it was poured into his mouth,' mixed
with clay ; his two feet were then fastened
separately to stakes, at the sides of a pit, in
such a manner, that his head and body were
hung reversed within it; the earth was
thrown in, and the wretched sufferer buried
alive.

A person named Owen Moore once left his
tradesman somewhat unceremoniously, upon
which occasion a wag wrote — .
Owen Moore'has run away,
Owing more than he can pay.

ART OF LIVING HAPPILY.

The following maxims or rules of action,
might, if strictly observed, go far to increase
the happiness, or at least to , diminish the in-
quietude and miseries-of life : —

Observe inviolably, truth in your words,
and integrity in your actions.

Accustom yourself to temperance, and be
master of your passions.

Be not too much out of humor with the
world ; but remember it is a world of God's
creating; and however sadly it is marred
with wickedness and folly, yet you have found
in it more comforts than calamites, more civi-
lities than affronts, more instances of kindness
towards you than cruelty.

Try to spend your time usefully,- both to
yourself and others.

Never make an enemy, nor lose a friend,
unnecessarily.

Cultivate such ah habitual cheerfulness of
mind, and evenness of temper, as not to be
ruffled by trivial inconveniencies and crosses.

Be ready to heal breaches in friend hip, and
to make differences, and ^hun litigation your-
self as much as possible, for he is an ill cal-
culator that does nofperc ive that one ami-
cable settlement is better than two law suits.

Be it rather your ambition to acquit your-
self well in your proper station than to rise
above it.

other city of the United States.
May 8.

i ATFO & SAMMOKS,

No. 123, South Third-street, nearly opposite the
Mansion-House, Philadelphia,

| Respectfully inform their friends and
the publick, that they continue. to korp an assort-
ment of Seasonable GOODS, whitrh they will
make to order, on the most reasonable terms.—-
Thankful for the liberal patronage which they
hkve received, they hope that by their unremitted
apd punctual attention to business to merit acgn-
tiinuance of their lavoi'r. 7

| LADIES' HABITS made and braided.

CHEAP CLOTHING STORE;

No. 218, Scvth Sizth-strett, PhiladHphn
THE Subscriber respectfully returns his
sincere thanks to his friends and the public in
general, for their favor and' patronage.' He
informs them, that ho continues to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE
WEARING APPAREL of superior quality, both-
new and second-handed,- where customers will bV
accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-'
some style: He also informs. Families and private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed. Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price,, m\ •
ready sale for their goods, by applying to

DANIEL PETERSON,
JVo. 2J8, & oi»th &<>./••*? i 4 .. t.ijUc,
N. B> Tayloring carried on in its.variou*
branches, and on the cheapest terms.

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PROPRIETORS of CIRCULATING LI-
BRA HIES can have their Books and outstanding
Debts collected 'upon very modorate terms. Js.
B. .Subscriptions to all Periodicals roceived and.'
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GEORGE W. EVERITT, General Jlgent,
33 Catharine- street. •■

LOTS WANTED. \
TWO LOTS, or the rear of two lots, where
there is any convenient communication with the
street, are wanted, for the erection of a Preiby.
terian Church. Tho location 'must be between
Reed and Spring, Hudson'and Orange streets.—
One lot within.the above bounds, 25 feet or more,
by 75, would answer >
Inquire of S. E. Cornish, No. C, Varick-slrect.
New- York, March 20.

DRUGS & XHEDXOZTtfSS.

JOHN SICKELS, Ja.,
10Q Chapcl-st.,
Offers for sale a general assortment
, of DRUGS and MEDICINES on
the most reasonable terms.

Families supplied with genuine ar-
ticles and particular and personal at-
tention given <o Physician's prescrip-

Approved Medicines which are celebrated for.
tlie cure of most diseases to which the human
frame is liable., prepared and sold by the Subscri-
ber, at the Comer of Anthony and Chapel-streets.
' N. B. Medical advice given gratis.
April 17, 1627. JOHN, SICKELS, J«

SOMETHING TO-BE SAVED!

OB <SvHZ.ES MO T MBR,

Res/'i:ctfullv informs his customers, and
the publick in general, that he; has opened, aad
expects to continue, his Shop, at f»3 Church-street;
where he will make and repair Shoes and Bocta
in the best manner, at the following reduced pri-
ces :

New Boots, - - $6 00
Footing Boots, - - 8 50
Bottoming Boots, '. - 2 00
Soling and heeling Boots,, - 1 50
Half Soling and Heeling, 1 00 .
N. B. He a\a<) informs his gentlemen cw t^m-
rs, thiil he will give new Boots and Shoes, in ex-"
change, or he will give his work for sccohd-ha ruled
Boots. Ail onlcrsTJcft at his Shop, 93 Church-
street, will be worn udiately. attended to. .
New-York, Marcii 20. 2

t}ons.

J. " BEAUTY JJJVD ECONOMY."
. ! UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND
JSTCABE £POS7G31£G,

JOHN H. SMITH, .
j No. 122 Norlh-TMrd-st. (above Race,) Phi-
. (adelphid,

■I RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
nbral, that he still continues at the above place
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's Coats,
Pantaloons, &c. on a different plan from that of
the Dyers, having a composition for so doing,
Which enables hirn 'tQ,dress Clothes so as to leave
their appearance equal to new. He restores
Scams, &c. to their original colour when worn
, white, and will warrant them to wear three months
Despise not small honest gains, and do not j a!fl,er dressing, and then can be re-dressed. Also,
risk .what you have on the idelusive prospect ■ ijadies' Habits and Merino shawls, in the neatest
of sudden riches. If you are in a comfortable • wanner and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
thrivin> way^ keep in U, and abide your own h }* tenns ' • Beins le ^ a11 ^ b , rpd 4 ,° t,ie bu8 »ness (
'calling, rather than run the chance of ano- ; «g P«f T^nLl^T^Z^ f Dr - Css
ther \ a word, mind to "use the w odd as 1 ^ mUer o> felfy
not abusing it," and probably you will find as i l movi the S W caused from grease, tar
much comfort in it as is most htfor a frail be- . p lj JntS| ^ he n£f(;ds 01lly a trial> t0 a | brd h ' im u|j »
ing who is merely journeying through it to- [opportunity of giving satisfaction.

wards an immortal abode.

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—It may, perhaps, not be known to the ge-
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book .—The author, the designer, the rag-
merchant, the paper maker, the stationer, the
type-founder, the press maker, the ink-ma-
ker, the roller-maker, the chase -maker, the

reader, the "compositor, the. "press-man., the I Tut on, if requisite. Hi keeps on" hand. cVoth^l
gatherer, the folder, the •titcjier, the leather- 1 Velvet, and Silk of all colours, for doing up same. !

April 20, 18^7.

N. B. J.'S. constantly keeps on hand New and
£ econd handed Clothes of every description, which
he assures the public will be sold as low, if not
lower than at any other establishment in the Uni-
t sd States for cash or barter. Gentlemen wishing
t > purchase would fiud it mnch to their interest to
con as above; and examine for themselves.

0=The highest price given for Gentlemen's
cjlothes

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"RIGHTEOUSNESS E X A TEST H A NATION."

i ORNISH & RUSSWDRM, }
Editors and Proprietors. j

SEYMOUR CUNNINGHAM.

The last New -England Galaxy contains a
moat interesting and a -ecting* account of
Seymour Cunningham, a mulatto, who was
apprehended in Boston, as 'a run-away slave;
from Alexandria. We have not room for the
whole piece. The story is related as facts,
which took place last winter. Cunningham
was reprehended in the streets of Boston, by
aw agent, who had followed him from Alex-
andria for that purpose and taken before Jus-
tice Whitman, for examination. The agent
testified that he was a well known slave.
Cunningham, on the contrary, denied that he
was a slave, and produced a certificate of
his freedom, regularly made out and authen-
ticated. The agent, on seeing the certifi-
cate, acknowledged that it was genuine, but
asserted thai; it did not belong to the prison-
er, but to a brother o,f his, who had served
in the iaie war, had received many *• ounds,
lost a finger and « toe, had one leg fractured,
and the calf of the other shot away, and his
right arm broken by a grape shot. The
marks of these Wounds were all described in
the certificate, and on examination of the pri-
soner, were all "found upon him. . r- is person
answered exactly to Lhe c ertiiicate. The
agent then said, that the real owner of the
certificate was then in Alexandria, and re-
quested that the prisoner might be committed
until he should have time to produce the real
Seymour Cunningham. His request was com-
plied with, and in due time it appeared that
the agem/s story was strictly true, that the
certificate belonged to the "brother of the
prisoner, who had never been disfranchised,
but was what the agent asserted him to be, a
run-away slave. He was accordingly deliv-
ered up ami re-conducted to slavery tn Alex-
andria, lie was, however, toon restored K>
libfiuy, at the price of six hundred dollars,;
subscribed hv t^je coloured j50uple--ef.Bor.tonJ
or .procured by them from' the friends of
emancipation.

But the manner in which the body of the
pretended Seymour, was made to correspond
with the description in the certificate, speaks
volumes of warnings to the holders of slaves
throughout our country. The tact's- in the
case cannot give any additional impression
beyond the simple narration which we copy
from the Galaxy. The people of colour in
Boston held a caucus concerniijg the affair
of Cunningham, and passed sundry resolu-
tions to protect him. The narration then
proceeds; [Old Hampshire Post.

" Cunningham, now, to shew himself wor-
thy of his patrons, produced his brothers
certificate ; but-v as told he must not she\
that, for he did not conform to it in many im
port am particulars. "I know that,'' said
Cunningham,'" but liberty i3 sweet ; I can
easily conform to the certificate." 11 Why
how ?" Cut oft* my toe ; break one leg ; cut
oft' the calf of the otner; break this arm, and
snap oif this finger. You can do the whole
in rive minutes." il Brave felloe," said iiilJ
Congo, -are you willing to undergo ail this r"
" -viost joyfully," said Cunmngnam. " V- oat
a ny, ! ' said Cato York, i( that we could not
tap him, ana let out ;his lit<i° portion of buck
blood. Accordingly, they sent for a butch-
er, and first swore him to seciesy, and then
disclosed the objeei and promised him fifty
dollars if he would conform Cunningham to
the certificate, and operate like a workman.
The butcher paused ; then said it was a new
■case, and addressing Cunningham, asked him
if he really desired and consented to have his
• bo y inn* cut, muimed and mangled r "Yes,"
| sam Cunningham, " liberty is sweet, I can
cut; ure it all, even if you use your cleaver."
'■ Wny yes,'- said the butcher,"' that and my
carvmg knife are my handiest tools.'' "But,
C-j mugham," added toe butcher, " sjppose
you should die nndei the oneration, your
bioi«-! would he required at my nanus. ' "Fear
Hotti ng," said Cunningham, {i in that ev.mt,
mv blood would not be required; you mistake
hie for a man, whereas I am only a 'piece or
mercbaaiiiBo." I do.ibt » baid*tbe i utcher,
' U an; man can endure all this mangling at
oncej I would scorn to ireat any wild beast,
jnuch leys u caii'or a sheep, in this manner."

toward/' said Cunningham, " you know
n« the s» cets of liberty ; there, now , be sat-
»shtd ) can endure all." Sayin u this, as if in
pa-'.mie,he bit off hi? middle hriger, ant! ros-
f e,i n tc buj.ch.tv- observing-, ' so much
less ot me is a slave at aJ] event ^.»

time; but, while the gentlemen continued
their walk, laughing at his expense, he has-
tened to the gate of Boulogne, and, by the
description he there gave of them, he iouf<d
out their c6achman : from him he learnt that

the orabpr was the count of , a black

musqperaer, and got a particular information
of hib residence. The nex't. ( mprning, very
early i me Abbe, dreaded like a gentleman,
hastened to his house, where he procured jjii-
mediate&dmittarice to him. Being left alone
with ihe. count, who was yet half asleep, he
told hkrf who he was, and that he was come
to demand satisfaction for the affront given
the evening before.: An apostrophe ot this
kind was well adapted to rouse the musque-
teer, who continued still daziug. " You are
absolutely a brave fellow," said the count
" I lpve Abbes who are ready at every thing
and nothing, to be sure, is more reasonable
than what you deioand ; but, pray, do you un-
derstand the sword ? " ?< Th^t is no matter
of yourB^' said the Abbe : " you shall see by '
and-by." " Be it so," replieu the count: but
where shall we fix the field of battle ?" " On
the very spot where the affront was given,"
rejoined the Abbe. '• With all my heart,"
said the count, and, dressing, himself instant-
ly, ordered" his horses to be put to the car-
riage." Our two champions repaired to the
gate of Maillot, and getting out there, pro-
ceeded to the place of rendezvous. While
the musqueteer was stripping, the Abbe took
|a pistol out ot his pocket, and clapped it to
hi;< breast: u We are not come here to fight,
sir," said he ; you made me sing yesterday
against my will : I take you to be a very good
jdaneer; and you shall daiice, or I wifl blow
put your brains." In vain the soldier, start-
fed at the pistol, would have pleaded the laws
of honour. "You were a stranger to them
yesterday," said the Abbe, ,! fmd deserve no
i>(h£$ nj^i-ge* . N.n, ~ KOT * eerofiiouy. or . l..<w*i ng.e
ind it,"' said Cunniugbain,-: myself immediately, let what will come of it."
" pare it a little closer.'' Now let 'vour aim . The musqueteer squeezed his ears, and was
hang dangling over the table," said tne j obliged to comply. Accordingly he asked,
utcher, '"so that's right! there! — confound submissively. what he must dance ? Cupris'
my cleaver ! it turneu in my hand ; however, J iriiuuet is what I am going to sing," said the
it is oiiiy a compound tractur. j ano the work ! ^bbe, who thereupon warbled out the tune,
is now done ! Bav 1 earnt my money .-" said directing his pupil all the while by the pistol,
the butcher. Ask Cunningham, said Augus-
tus Howard; if he s«tys yes, there is your
money, v- e raised it for the lireeKs, but it ba-
llot your fault that Tur. s — but wha say you',
Cunningham, shall L pay the money!- "atop
a minute, let me.reaii the certificate once
more. Well, it will do, pay the money, I
beiieve I conform so exactly to the certifi-
cate, that brother iSeymonr would mistake
me for himself." " Recollect, ' said the
butcher, ,'*if Cunningham dies, it is no con-
cern of mine ; I urn not to be troubled. I
would not undertake a like-job lor double
the money ; it is wholly out of my line to cut
a steak or break a bone if the creature shews
any signs of life."

The sequel proved that the butcher did op-
erate like a' workman. Cunningham soon
recovered; but. all' availed nothing: ,at ine
second trial he was delivered over to the
agent, and agreeably to the laws of the land,
sent to Alexandria. Hail, Columbia !"

The butcher now left the house, and prom •
ised to return the next day. On his arrival,
Cunningham, to encourage him, and to dis
play his own fortitude, had prepared a little
melted pitch, and laying his foot on a chair
with a mallet and chisel struck off his toe
and immediately applied-the hot pitch, whicf
stopped the bleeding. Thu butcher said nc
carpenter could have done the thing neater :
the toe flew half across the room. He was
thus encouraged to proceed, and laying his
carving knife and cleaver on the table, Cun-
ningham asked him in what position he pre-
ferred to commence operations on him, whe-
ther standing or sitting ? " You must first be
bound," said the butcher. " Bound," said
Cunningham, " no, I have been boundt.long
enough; and now I am in pursuit of liberty,
I will begin by shewing you that I am my
own master." Said the. butcher, " before I
cut up any creature, I have always been in
the habit first to compose it; the ox is first
stunned ; the calf, the sheep aftd the swine
are first bled and rendered insensible by ex-
haustion ; but I cannot practise thus on you ;
therefore you must be. bound and ex ended
on a ta ble, or I cannot operate with- any suc-
cess." 1 will lie quiet as a lamb on the ta-
ble," said Cunningham, " but do not talk of
binding me ; you shall not know that I am
not asleep." " Well then, I am ready," said
the butcher, and Cunningham stripped and
laid himself on the table. %i Shut your eyes
and appearto be dead," said the butcher. or
1 cannot carry a steady hand." " No," said
Cunningham, holding the certificate before
his eyes, " I will see that you conform me
to tne certificate." " .Well then,'' said the
butcher, '\there ! what do you think of that!
-—Is Jiberty worth that cracking of your
bones ?" " Lib' rty is sweet," muttered Cun-
ning ham. " On my word," sain the butcher,
" here is the handsomest calf of a j.eg^I e.ver
"in ever Wind it,*' said Cunningham,

THE ABBESS REVENGE.
Some young persons walking lately i

the

wood of Boulogne, perceived there a'u Abbe
singing at the foot of a tree: they drew near,
and surrounded him. The Abbe, startled at
his autiitory, stopped short. The forwurdest
of them addressed' him, und told him, " That,
attracted by tne charms o ? his voice, they
were come there to listen to him." Tne
sin«er excused himself. - They insisted ; he
refused. The' petulant orator , lifted, up Ms
cane, and threatened to take the measure of
his shoulders if he required any farther en-
treaty. U A pretty 1 method, indeed, to t- ach
people to sing," said the Abbe. ' I dgree
that it is rather harsh ; but we will o.<t oil'
your ears lor you, if you like inn better."
The poor, devil, seeing there wai 3 no reason
ing with the^e gentlemen, "et about IiU pnii,
and sung, a8 we may imagine, very ill.
it again, sir," said the orator: " wt .-siiali pev
form better the .second time." In t,
made him pass through lhe whole sco-it-'o
music ; after, which jbey withdrew, with grofJ
commenoaf.ions on I ins voice, and, above
on his coioplaisaiicd in singing. The Ai'i.c
who had this scene rnocb at Ijeart, lost n«:

When the minuet was over, the Abbe requi
red a country dance, then a hornpipe, riga-
drion, &c. At last, throwing a-dde his pistol
and drawing his sword, " We have now noth-
ing to reproach each other with : let us fight."
'< No," cried the count, " we will not ; you
are too brave a conqueror ; you have cor-
rected my folly 1 am. to thank you for the
lesson : let us be friends." The two comba-
tants embraced, each other, and went to seal
their friendship over a nottle.

| From tht- Alexandria Gazette.
; VIEWS
Of the Benevoh"t Society of Alexandria for
ameliorating and improving the condition of
the People of Colour.

NO. I.

i When societies are formed for the purpose
of eftecting'in any degree, the- general wel-
fare, it may be naturally expected that the
public will enquire, what are the specific ob-
jects they have in view, and the means by
whi h they expect to promote t)iem.

: In order to satisfy enquiries of this nature,
aijd at' the same time to premise one of the
objects of the institution, we. propose to lay
before the public a candid and temperate ex-
position of our sentiments and designs ; and
w lile we solicit the patient attention of th«
general reader, we would earnestly crave the
ai l and co-operation of the patriotic and be
iifvolcnt.' Although most persons will admit,
that tiie system of dnvery and domestic slave
trnde, now existing in this dist/ict& the sur-
romdiug country, is ;m evil of serious mag-
ni ude.— yet v/e think the public mind is not
su [ficiently awakened to its pernicious effects
both upon the slaves themselves and the white
population, of every class, where they, are
' *d.

t frequently happens, that they whose
ie arts are glowing with benevolence and
hirity, have their attention, so much direi t-
to distant scenes of splendid enterprise,
t they oyerjook objects of distress, equa ly
rthy, and more within the reach, of their
lanthropy. No age ,«or country has been
e distinguished than our own for puUh
rities and religious -pilgrimages, yet- we
-e^m it highly necessary frequeiitly' and ear-

nestly to call the public attention to an evil
that exists in th'e bosoin" bf our own commu-
nity, and even at our own doors— ah evil tliat
not only causes! its poor victims to groan with
anguish ihexpressible, '■, but threatens , at no
diatant/day'to| s4p the. foundation of our free
institutions, and[ to involve us, or our posteri-
ty, .in overwhelnHug calamityv - «...
. Although piir . legislatiy^ balls have often ,
resoiihd'ed with !' tho^^l6«^)nce%f those who i
have denounced the horrors of the slave trade,
and the statute book of our 1 country beara
Honorable record of the national feeling on
this subject, yet even now j does the slave
trade exist to an lextent scarcely paralleled iii ■
any former age : nor are its ravages confined
to the coast of Africa, the Brazils, and the
West Indies. In our own boasted land of
liberty, and in this District, the seat of the
national government, is it carried on with
circumstances of the most afflicting and heart-
rending cruelty,- — separating husband and
wife, parents and children, and reading asun* ',
der ail the dearest connexions of life". Shall
we then fold our arms and look on with indif-
ference, while it i3 undermining the founda-
tions of our government, by corrupting the
hearts of the people ? Shall we wear a coun-
tenance of serenity and composure; while it
is preying upon our vitals ? Or shall we not
rather, by an undisguised and candid exposi-
tion of its character and influence, urge upon
the people the ;jecessity of speedily taking;
measures to eradicate the evil, and wipe away
the disgiace ? •

We have no intention of interfering with,
the constitutional rights of slave-holders; but
we think it may he proven, that,, not only
the prosperity of their descendants aud of the
community at large, bm even their present in-
terests, may be advanced by a judicious course
of gradual manumission and colonization* It
would, howe vorv be- prern^rmre-'rirth'iy stage'
of the investigation, to propose a remedy .for
the evil Our object is first to enquire into,
and. lay before the public, the extent of its
existence and the effects it produces, and
then to consider what may be the best means
in . ur power of promoting its final extinc-
tion. ■ ■- ■
;We know that the discussion of this sub-
ject frequently engenders unpleasant feelings
in the minds of those who are concerned in-
slavery, many of whom we respect too high-
ly, willingly to offend. But if the subject be
not discussed, the evil mu-t be suffered to
grow : it has mllicted a wound upon the bo-
dy-politic that must be probed before it Can
be healed ; and this duty, however unplea- '
sunt and unwelcome it may he now, will, if
properly conducted, ultimately tend to the
general welfare. We are sensible Of the dif-
ficulty of the task we have undertaken, and
know that it is almost impossible to speak on
this subject so mildly as never to offend, yet
so plainly as always to be felt. And although
we would place but little reliance upon our
own unassisted efforts, yet our Society being
one of the many that are engaged in thl$^
great work, we trust that our feeble efforts
.will not be altogether lost, and we confident-
ly look for ultimate success to him who com-
mands his people to " loose the bonds of
wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and
to let the oppressed go free* and that ye break
every yoke." Wheu we look abroad through
the world, and behold the efforts that have'
lately been made in other countries for ame-
liorating the condition of the People of Cor' ..
iour, we think there is much to cheer the
heart oi' the philanthropist, and to stimu- .
: ate the patriot to exertion. , In Great Brit-
ain the people have, with astonishing unani- :
• nity, called upon their rulers to enact laws
for the present protection and future manu-
mission of the slaves in their West India pos-
sessions ; and measures have been taken to
carry their wishes into effect.

Our sister republics of South America have
set us a glorious example of consistency, by
declaring that slavery cannot exist under
free constitutions. And throughout our ooun* *
try the inarch of public sentiment towards •
this point, though gradual, we think, is stea-
dy, and must ultmiately prove victorious. A
large and active society has'lstely been forui-
e»"' .in Maryland for the promotion of thiz .ob-
iect. Numerous societies and braDches,.un-
dei various names, now exist in- different
oaris of Virginia. and Tennessee. TnN. Car-
olina there are abou fify societies, and bran- ,-
dies of this iffyd; and even farther soutb,

42

FREEDOM'S

we are credibly inforiiied, that syiB^toms of
; the same spirit are manifested. ... ,

, Nqr , should Ave oy'eiloofi the blnevollht
and perse ve ring exertions that have been
made, and. are now so successfully progress-
ing, to'promote the/coiotiization of ffee'Peo-
plc, ot Colour. Same of us are members of
an Auxiliary Society formed for.thi?s purpose;
— yet we think (without' <letractin|j.frorn the;
merit of their labors) that there is likewise/
great need of exertion in oiuov.n country,- iiy
order to raise the People of Colour from theirj
present degraded state into the rank of freef
men and thinking being?, preparatory to theig
colom.'.ution ; and this" object' will claim th$
eujly attention of jlns society K as far as «-,ur
limited means will enable u> to promote it.

There are also many prejudices to be over-
come. am! long established habits to be re mo-'
-ved before the people will engage with ear-
nestness in .this work. It will probably re-
quire many years of persevering, exertion' to
accomplish it, but we feel encouraged in the
belief that the Great Author of" all £ood is
now raising up many instruments for it« pro-
motion ; that lie s\ ill! touch the hearts and
Open the eyes of the people ; and .ha* a svay
■will.be prepared by Ins wisdom to bring the
slave* .of every clime out of the iiousp ot bon-
dage into the e/ijoy ;.ent of man's "natural
and inalienable . rights," " life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness*"

DUELLING.

' We copy from a late number of the Lon-
don Observer, v the annexed melancholy, yet
interesting account of numerous duels which
have been fought in England ; and the read-
er willbe surprised to leurn, that Clergymen
have been known. tn indulge in the practice.
In no quarter of the wide world, have duels
- been more frequent than in the U. States ;
and in the' southern and western states, t'ley
are eo common, that they are but" little
.thought of, and are regarded as essential to
the maintenance of one's dignity.'

v Some few years since, a duel Was fought
on an island opposite St. Louis,- Missouri, "by
two officers of the Uni ted States army, whose
names-it would be improper to mention,which
♦ as -signalized [by a-m almost unparalleled
degree of blood-thirsty ferocity. , It . was
. ■ agreed by the parties, that they should fight
until one or both were killed. The one was
a captain, the other! a surgeon,, and on the
first fire, tho captain received bis antago-
nistV ball in his left! breast, whilst the other
remained uninjured. The pistols were again
loaded, and on the second fire, the captain
was shot through the abdomen. The pistols
were loaded the thi«d time, and the captain
was shot through the! centre of his body, and
though incapable of standing, he demand e^
Another fire, which was granted ; and as he\
was not capable of supporting himself, he
was placed in a sitting posture against a
tree^whep he received the fourth shot thrugl
the heart, and instantly expired. A full -.de-
tail of all the duels which have been fought
in tliis country, would furnish a tale; of hor
ror, at which the soul would sicken -and re :
volt. And who, that remembers the untimely
fall af the illustrious' Hamilton, tlie gallant
Decatur, and fate of the eloquent and patri-
otic Mason of Virginia,. vvill not deplore the
existence of a practice which too, often cuts
off the most promising flowers of the land "
—Providence Literary Cadet.

" In ti e reign of the latter Charles, the
seconds always fought as well as their p'rin
cipals ; and as they were chosen for their
courage and adroitness, their combats were
' generally- the most fatal. We read of Lord
Howard of Carlisle, in the reign; of Charles
If. giving a grand fete champetre at Spring
Garden, near. the . village of Chafing. Spring
Garden was theVauxhall of that. day. The fete
in question was given to facilitate an intrigue
bet'iven. Lord Howard and <he profligate
Duehess'df Shrewsbury. But the gayandrin-
«h dating Sidney flirted with the Duchess,
anoV abstracted aB r her -attention's, with his
-J ords-hip ; and ridiculing the fete his lordship
was; hardly restrained from- running him
through tlie bony before the company. The
jifrit day h'is" lordship, sent a challejnge to
Sidney. The former chose as. his* second a
tail.; '-furious-,' adroit swordsman, named Dili-
Ion \ and the latter selected a young gentle-
man,- named iiaw"lings,.just come in posses-
sion; of- an gesta e of ten -tlmus'iid pbunds a
yeaK Sidney waa wbimded in two'or three
platies, whilst his second was run through the
. heart, and left dead on the field. ; The unfor-
tunate Duke-, of Shrewsbury became' after-
wards s«i irritated aja. to challenge- th* i.ni'a
mois Buckingham for intriguing vyitli his
wife,, and Buckingham ran him< through the
body/.. It . was JvTiown that the Duchess of
Shre wsbury in the disguise of a pige, attend-
ed her. 'paraV> OMr to Ithe field', arid. 'held his'
^horijie whilRt hA fought and murdered her hus-.
btnd. The ^unprincipled -Charles^ in spite of

evertiiremonsti
vedihp5t>ukeof
after this brutal „._. ,..

In the lust sixty years; wo have collected a
list of .172 duel*,, composing -04£-i ndividualai
of .these 60 persons wete killed : in three du-
els neither of the combatant* survived ; 961
persons were wounded; 48 desperately, and 1
48 slightly : and 183 escaped junhurt. J Thus,:
rather more than one- fifth lost theirlives, and:
nearly one-half receive d- : the,; bullets' of their
antagonists. . ft appears also, that 18 rr.ialsj
took ^a'cer6 of the Arraigned ' were acquit;
ted, % found guilty of i manslaughter and 3.
of ■nturdeirf that two v/ero ^xecUted, ahd 8 !
imprisoned for differen^lperic ds;

In America: and the jWcut Indies", duelling
has been carried to a greater extent, than
even in Ireland. We remember about' thirty
years ago, ••there was a duelling society held
in Charleston, South ! Carolina, "where each
gentleman, took precedence, accordiȣto the
number he had killed or* wounded in duels.
The president and deputy had killed tunny.

In .'i 7(53, the Secretary of our Tr« asury f ;
Mr. Martin, notoriously trainedVhimseif as a;
duellist, for tho purpose of shooting Mr.
Wilkes, whom he first nsulted^in.the'H^use!
of Commons, and afterwards wouuded In the
Parki I This gave rise to Churchill's poem of
*'Tbe Duellist." Tho House Of Commons' or-
dered ] his MaieiJty's Surgeon to attend Mr.
Wilkes, but Mr. Martin was considered to
have: done the state much service, / At that
period) it is to be remarked,- that duels were
very frequent among clergymen. In .1764,
the Rev. Mr. Hill was killed in a'duelby Cor-j
net Gardner, of the • Caribineers, The Rev.
Mr. 'Bate's, fought two. duels, and was after-
witrds* created a Knight by the King., The
Rev. Mr. Allen killeda Mr. Dulapy in a duel
in Hyde Park, without incurring any eccle-
siasttc'al censure, though Judge Butler on ac-
count ; of the extreme bad conduct of the
Clergyman, strongly charged the jury upon
his guilt of murder. *

' ~ (To be Continued.)
-»>fi$®'«- '•'

. THE FATE OF LA PEROUSE DISCOVr
EllED.

\ It is quite remarkable that after all the
fruitless search tint has been made for the
last foity years, to ascertain the fate ..vv'hieh
interrupted the splendid voyage of tliis un-
fortunate traveller, facts should have come to
light at this late dap, which bids fair, not on-
lyfto! disclose the nature, of the . disaster <#Jiich.
i efel : him, but probably to restore to "their
'friends some of the survivors pf the expedi-
tion. ',; It is not surprising that the fate of this
enterprising traveller and. his companions
should have 'excited the most lively interest
in France. He was himself of a noble .fam-
ily, had' boen pany years in the -naval service,
jnd had distinguished . himself in the Ameri-
can iwar. He sailed from Brest on tbe lst of
August, 1785lon ayoyage of discovery in the
Pacific Ocean, in iihe frigate Boussole, ac-
companied bj the frigate Astrolabe] comman-
ded by CuptE in'Langle, who was also an of-
ficer of distinguished merit.- .. His. officers
were among the niost accomplished in the
Ii'oyalj Navy, and his creWs were picked
men. \ He was accompanied by a large num-
ber of men of science, who were furnished
with instruments of every description for the
most exact observations. All the learned
societies furnished; memoirs, and all the' gov-
ernments of ; Europe orrered the protection,
:tnd assistancj- of their marine. '■ Loms XVI,
is said to have drawn up the instructions for
the voyage with his own hand,,and the. ex-
pedition was" regarded as one which bid fair
to render his reign illustrious. The two
frigates doubled Cape Horn, visited the
Sandwich Islands, and arrive d oh the', North
West Coast | of America, in.lat. 58d, North,,
and; there d acovered a deep bay, which they.
Called Port- Francois, without having lost a
man, or had any sickness. " In an island in
this; bay they; took in a supply of woqu- and
wateri and \Vere about to take their depar-
ture, when unfortunately two. boats, which
were 'employed im niakihg souie surveys,
were Idriven upon- the breakers,., 'and- every
.person on board thcjmj was lost,, inciut'inff six
distinguished officers.; Tboy'therrce procee-.
ded southerly, reconhoiteiing the ; western
coast of America, arrived, at Macoa in Janu-
arv|, 1787, and afterwards at Manilla;-—
TiVeiice they pi^ceeded northerly, by a dong
and ctijfjcult ; tract, (abounding 'witli islands,
a nd arrived at A vatischa/ in the peninsula of
KamtJchatkai. Ther^e ' they sailed-; oh the 1
1st of October, 1787,' to explore the islands
of Japan, "apd- the strait Avnich' snparates
them from Asia. ' O'n the ..'9th ^ .Of December,'
a party landed on one 1 of the!' islands, and
> ere Tiolntly attacked by a party of tha'na
lives, and ('apt. Langle who ■comninmiofl I the
pp.rty in person, WaS'ijiassacred^' « ith eleven
of his 'men," and a grealt number^ of oUiew
were severely wounddd.l After , this La Pe-
rouse jproceede^ <tb|. Botany Bayj -where .he

aotindal eollection* wero ^eht to France, and thereby the donor of one of the'greateit .. .
a splejndid account of the voyuge was pub- gifts ever hostowed oil the human race by
lished in four quftrto volumes. "In 1791, the man, was a mathematjical instrument maker,
government of Prance sent out, two vessels in a very h mbl" sphere. His: labours have •
in search of the lost travellera, but they re- ! benefitted mankind ,0 the extent of thou-
turnell withoat having discovered the leant! sands of inilliomr? arii his own family*, by '. ;
trace of thera, and the same fate attended ; upwards oi' one millibn'. sterling. Sir Ihckatd : iJ
all subsequent inquiriesi . : rfrkwright tho graat improver of ^ the Coihiy

'But the Paris papers, ju*t. received, con- [Mill, was a common 1 Barfor, The great Dr.
tairr J mmiber of authontie; t!opuments, rela< : Huttoih was a Coal PMer. Huddart, an em-
ting '\ variety of: facts which justify the sup- inent mathematician! and machinist,; and
pdMn 'thai the place where the two frigates known from his improvements n the manu-
were Jo8.t has been discovered, and that with- facture of ^cordage, was a Shoe Mafcer.—
jn a very short period at least, some of the \ Brindtey, a man brought forward by the,
survivors of the wreck were yet in 'exis- Duke of' Bridge wateri from the humble eon- : ;
terieel The principal facta now proved are dition of a common Labourer, unabloto read
the following :— Capt' Dillon, who in 1813 i-or write, became the greatest Civil Engineer
wus ari olRcer on board the Bengal ship Hun- of .his day, for the construction of Canals.—-
ter, Captain Robsori, on a voyage from Cal- Braniah was a common Joiner} and establish-
cutta] to New- Holland, the i lands of Fulji ed iimself as. a machinist in London, where :
and Canton, was on shore at a town called he beoune celebrated for his various inven-
Wiliiin, on the Sandal . Wood cuast. when a tiona, among which his Hydrostatic Prm,':
quarrjel arose, in which, of sever 1 Europe- and his LorJts,. stand,: pre-eminent.. Leslie, y
ans \\*ho were there, nearly all were killed, who fills a ProfessorV chair in the Univera.i- ;
vA Prussian named Martin Buche t, who hap- tv of Edinburgh, was a - ommon Shepherd-
pened to be there, and a Lascar, escaped Boy. Ste enson, who built the Light House .
frouilthe massacre, and with Dillon, got on on the Bellrock, (which" is dry only once or y
board the Hunter, requesting Captain Rob- twice for a few hours in the year,) .a work of •
son t< i put them ashore, on the fir t land they great difficulty and merit, was a' Tin-platt
shoul J make. Accordingly Bucbert and the toorkcr.— Calcutta pamphlet. . . y~

Laec5.r f were landed at the island of Tucopia, 1 . ... a — utL-iw mm ... ■ . jjuigjag ga? "
in S. lat. 12d. 15m., E. long. 169. Thirteen j * ORICLYdL COMMUMCJ TIOjY.

years afterwards, viz.- on the 13th of May, ' _ ; , j • . _

182G, Capt Dillon, - wh* was then in com-; f0R TJ1F KUKEJ i )0AI?s J0URKAL .

mand of the ship St. Patrick, bound from . f -a ■

Valpi raiso - to Pondicherry, happened !to pass! 1 nij 1 vvu i ° fKAVj! ' !:i '

in sicht of the island of Tucopia. Excited ; In one corner of tl«e| churchyard, in the'vil-
by cii riosity, and an interest for his old com- hg« of N — — , may beiseen two little' mounds
paniojns- in danger, he.came' to before Tuco- ot ; earth, wlu-re repdsbs all that is mortal of ' : :
pia, in the hope of ascertaining' whether the William and Cinra Lc4. The grass 'Jias hard-
vhom he had landed there in 1813 were: ly had time to spring up in- its freshness upon
liv .'. He soon sitw a canoe launch from, the two graves, for »tiis nut a 'week since its
ore, which came alongside, containing- tenants were numbered with' the slumbering'

ry Lascar whom he had brought there, ;d»;ad. ' Two neat tombstones inform the reader
was soon followed by another canoe, that the husband and wife; whose fate they dis-

men
still f
the s
the v

and i. , . .. , , . ...... , .

containing Martin Buchert, the Prussian, -lose. : were of one age. They had scarcely
both in good health, and overjoyed', to see counted twenty -four sujnmers. f felt a' strong
him. bgain They informed him thft they -losi'/e, a something mole than mere curiosity* | ■
had tjeen kindly treated by the natives, and to know farther res: ect^g their history. The 1 *j
that^hey.had seen no European vessel since aged die and arc bunejji, anti we lament them
they j bad been onltho island, except two^iut. And why should ! we ? They have lived !
English whale ship^s. The Lascar had ah the threescore and ten years allotted uuto man, -
ojd sword lult of silver, which he sold to. and Ahey drop into the grave as fruit when ri-
60ihe|6f jjthe crew of the StPatrick for some ; piim'd fallcthunto the ground. But when the i<
fish hooks." On inquiry "respecting this arjti- 'icy hand ; of Di.alh' is- laid upon the young and
cle, the Prussian said that ^on his arrival fn beautiful, we feel as though the fruit is plucked' ^
the icdand,- he saw this sword hilt in the in all i.'s greenness, that bur young hopes and • v?
hands of the natives, and also soveral iron bright thoughts are withered into dust,- and a \ :
boits^ -five axes, -the handle of a silver fork, voice scales to us'from the grave, " Man, that I
severi^l . knives, tea cups, glass beads, hot- is born/of woman is of few years and fulj of ;. -
tles^ a silver spoon, with a cipher crowned, - trouble. He Cometh forth"as a flower and is; :•
and aj sword, all anicles of French manu- cut. down, he fleeth" also as a shadow and cqu- ' ■
facture. The Prussian said tliat, after ■ hav-;tiiiU'Uh not."

ing become sufficient -master of the lan- ' i'Tho fa/nily with whom I lived, gave. me ail }•;
guagb, he- inquired whence these articles Hhu inibrtnation I desired respecting the graves' V
camel as the Hunter was the first European I had visited. They had been married about ^
vessel they had ever seen. They replied* .two-years, and doubtless had counted ■ upon a A \
that at a -group, of islands ' called Malicolo,; long life of happiness William.' and Ciara Leo ^
distant . about two days voyage of their ca- : were companions from infancy. They grew V
hbes,y where they maj^e frequent voyages, up together, and in - their feelings and disposi- %
they Procured thebe articles from the inhab- (ion there was a striking similarity/ Clara's "t
itantsj, who had great quantities of them in face could not be called beautiful: but there ,j
their possession On examining- the swordSvus -a witchery- in her eye, and a laughing 1
hilt njore minutely, it was found to have theismilo upoJi her 'lip, ihat made all acknowledge
mitiafl of La l^erouse upon it. This excited j themselves slaves toxber' power. She was of so--
the furiosity of Capt; Dillon still further,: kind and charitable aMispositioh, that the robr ^
and With the assistance of Buchert aim the; looked up to-her to reliVe their distresses, and
Lasckr, he questioned the islanders more, the sick hailed her presence as some guardiau
particularly , respecting Jthe manner, of ob-Ungel sent to smooth 'their descent to -the vale
taini^ig these articles. They answered that, 0 f spirits. William Lee wa^tbe favoured one %
they Iliad learned from the inhabitants ot 0 f many suitors, whom she had chosen to her ^
Mahiolo, that many, years. go^ , two large 'companion for. better, or for- worse.'?' And'-Af
vessels arrived in their islands. . rhat one of , v hon the nuptial knoY^as tied, na youtfg cob,
themUnchored near the island Wahn.oo, and; p j e ever had more fervent wishes. for their bap*#
the okber by the island Paiow, which is at a j !lincss and succcss in <-| if thaQ w6re . utteri* ^
little l;distance from the first.. . Soon ' a ter . (wm m iim[ [eelh h(3arts at t] wc6di ^ 0 {^
they came to anchor, and before they had ■: vVilliam and Clara Lee. The Y5r*t vear of IF
any ^ communication with- the natives, ;a vio-| t[ieh . marriage was one, of real enjoyment, for' ff
lo t i torm arose, and the two vessels, were. w illiam Lee was every thing a fond and devo- %
dnveion shore, rhat winch was at Wah- 1cc , w . lfe col:]() M . i;?h , f^ ut £ mnM fe , }cUv is oTW
noo, struck upon -tho rocks. The natives - short continuance. The ' fairest flowers Wooing
repaired m crowds. to the banks, armed with- but to . perish; the brightest hones cheer a^t
clubst lances, bows and arrows. They threw j bu( to al ' oUj . Cret f u]ity . A 8a , , ^ d

t'ul change hud taken pliide in C.'-j: ?. Leo...

some of their arrows at the vessel ; the cpuw ! ,

returied it by discharges! of cannon and;',, , .. L . ± .
musk 3trv, and several of tho islanders were VT,? 0 lost l«stre, and hor step
kiUec i- 'The Vessel continWd to ^

boafp fbtit they .were thrown on shore, where ' Were ' like tlio cheerful 1 smilo of Spring tbey.^'"
the e iraged natives m(\s«iicred them to the said, ; ' <• : .. • •** • '>^^

last. Others jumped , into ' the sea ,' aju if : U^on tho Winter of tbelir age. "
they reached the shore", it was to share the n was long ore C-ara c:iuld 1

fate' of their ubforiunate' corrroanions ;, thus
not an individual Of this vessel escaped the
disasters; — Bost64 Daily Advertiser.

(To be continued;)-'

; v MEN RAISED BY MERIT.
Dr. Franklin i '.who from a ^Journeyman
Printer, became one of. the greatest men in

Id believe the fear*. ?
hi truth -that the .-husband of»her youth wasan^
iu^emperatcf man, and j when the :tealitv bii«t. l |j
uii ber mind,, it was no, wonder that her
were pale and, her chpel'4 sunken. -Sbv hiiV?
given lier heart, her ' . whole, heart; to t>p.e vlwvj
vowed 'befur.' God to love and cheri^i. hut. and>|
he was a drimkauFand a )o't# Peor' Cl.uA^W
she tried to rceluim him, w'h'Qin once she tt*feM.

delight in calling husband ; but it wtraldhot
do. He had drank the »' poisoned .chalice,' 1
and held it; nearer to his lips i when they would
have him dash it from him. Clara possessed
great seiisijbilit y, and the shock lb her feelings
was more than she could beat-. She 'lingered
but a Little while longer in a world where! in-
dued all ; is vanity," 'when her spirit took' its
flight to another and a better, ,. '

" Where the wicked cease frohj troubling, and
the wear) are at rest." • \

And what became df (tie* poor misguided
William Lee,, of him Who had ruined the hap-
piness of a fond and loving wife, and sent a
lovely and accomplished woman to an .untimely,
grave ? On the death of his wife his desire for li-
quor was increaNed rather than diminished H<s
property' was taken tri satisfy the cravings pi 1
his cursed thirst, aod the oiico respected .Wil-
liam Lee might be seen at noon-day staggering
along the streets, the beastly picture of a man:
One bitter cold morning in December a mar?
was found, frozen to death out the highway. It
was the bodj^f William Lee. J.

NEW-YORK, MA Y 25.

fl^r* Our Patrons will recollect that the
terms of payment for our Journal are, $2 ,50
in advd.nce,for the year ;' or $ I 50 in advance
Jbr every six months. We are sorry to be un-
der the m cessity of saying tluxyhese terms have
not been complied with by many. We sin-
cerely hope 1 that such of qvtr\patronsaslive in
the city, will come forward an> pay thnr seve-
ral dues ; and that those abroad will make
payment to our Jtgents, as the issuing of our
■paper depends on the 'punctuality of our sub-
scribers.

FUEL SAVINGS .FUND.;: ; .

A Society for the above purpose has been
organised in this ciy, under the direction;
and patronage of many of Our most respecta-;
ble and wealthy citizens. Of the utility of
such an institution *no one, who has any!
knowledge of The sxpensiveness of fuel, and-
the sufferings of the poor in our cifrjji during
the winter month's; can doubt. The benevo-
lent founders o' 'this" Society cbrilem^aTentVvo"
objects, vh: The assistance of the afflicted;
poor who have no claim on our Commission-
ers, withou* distinction of .\atiqn, Colour, or
Religion. Secondly, to lay in a supply of fuel;
at those periods of the yea), when it may bej
purchased at the cheapest rates ; and to sell;
it at cost, .during the Winter, season, to fuch!
families as may be without, and also to such,
us may not have the means to lay in a sufii-
cieut stock for the winter's use,

The Managers of this Society will com-
mence receiving from the judicious labour-
ing class of our citizens at their office, in the'
JN T evv-York In itntioh, (opposite the Savings'
Bank, Chapiber-street) on the first Saturday,
evening in June, from six to eight o'clock,
-two shillings or, 'mare; according as persons
maj have the means of depositing; and con-
tinue receiving such like sums, during the:
same hours, every Saturday for four months : :
and depositors will be 'entitled to the -pur-;
chase of fuel, from the 15th of December un-
til the loth, of March, at its summer, cost*:
Such a society wa? much wahted. It Is wor-
thy our great city, and; worthy the exalt d
character for christian benevolence, its foun-
ders and officers have ever sustained. We
strongly r commend it to our/ : coloured .-breth-
ren of the city. And as economy of time "and
money is 30 commendable In all, and so ne-
cessary to. our 'education and comforts; we
hope the adage, (a shilling saved is as good
as two shil ings gained) will have influence
with our people; -and jthut they will com-
mence, by di sbanding from their vveekly
earnings, two shilling*, or more, to depodi lin
the funds- of thici society during the summer
months. , . ;

Such, a system of prudent economy would;
he extremely' serviceable to us and our chil-
dren,* in ah our habits 3>td expenditures. It
. won!:) not dfely concriliute to our present
comfo, -u, 'but it would enable us the better
to provide for our offbpy|iig,.i n d at the >mjie

pkEEDOlW S JOtJttN^L,

AS

fluence upon their future lives and conduct*
We ha'ye often lamented that so-much of the
earnings ff our brethren, which might be
turned to j;ood account, and 'cond uce to the,
happiness of themselves and ! chUdrenJ : is
spent in superfluities. But the timo has came
in which ve havp reason to expect batter
things from our people. And we hesitattfpdt
in saying* tjhjat 'the number who have awaked,
to their best interests, and feel the impor-
tance of .^following! the example of the "pru-
dent and wise, have become mauifbj'd great-
er than/in' jformer yearej and if the -.friends
of our. people would, in all cases, bti'
tend the ga'me benevolent efforts to ti-.eni, in
common with the. rest of the community,
they would soph find none among us to de-
spise their! counsels,' or insult the giver by
slighting the gifts.

ft/ 5 * The Constitution of the Society may
be sum «t our Office. '

"'. -«9®8»- * .

Btgging\ in Lshdpn is one of the most sin-
gular nd amusing arts of that .great Baby-
lon. We once promised to give some ac
count of it, a nd when a lefeuro hour arrives,
it shall'be done. We ha-io' sometimes visi-
ted- the private haunts of thfse gentry. . They!
eat and drink most luxuriously. The cellar '
scene in jToj^ and Jerry is scarcely an exag-
geration. One old acquaintance 9 of purs,
who sweepdjthe crossing at the top of Bond-
street is comparatively rich. When the Mar-
quis of Hertford once objected to pay a guin-
ea a quart for green .peas in the spring, his
fruiterer ruiarsked that !' old Ben, theSwee-
per," had just paid the same sum for the oth-
er quart, without any complaint. Some of
these people^ make 5 or 600 pounds 1 per an-
num.. E. g. a' the top of Bond-street from
10 fp 20,000 persons pass every day. Out of
tiuese one in; every; hundred gives Ben six-'
pince j and at this rate, the annual revenue
of Ben may be calculated. Thewtnhd is. his
own. lie purchased it of a. soldier who re-
tired after 'five years' 'msiness, with a for-
tune. But Ben is extravagant— keeps a miss,
and eats green peas at a guinea a qrtart. — iV.
T. Enq. ; S; i .

0 ^ummatg. \

A Mrs, Ga^tter^iiioly, committjed suicide. Th# ,
Southern f ^pon iiM her an. old) goose,— --Mm '

- — ,. * . . . Louisa Tliay# baa recovered ;fl500 damage*

, Snch v at least,; are the facts whtch we have n y a i ns t Ja<;fob !' Blrtko, for sland6>.--4Tho dwel- -

The brother, after witnessing .this ^fCene,-
walked back^to a nd> in a stats df dis-
traction passed through the streets, reproach-
in^ heaven that it had proserved his lifo.

« , Snchiit. least,' are the facts i which we 1 ,„ ... .„..,_,

been able to'collect, and which we believe y mf y j, oaflo ; ; 0 f Mpses-Hnbbard, ,iai iho toW of
tru'ei ' After; such 0 st'ene, we-'jmight ask, ' piielps, wtis pntircly consumed on the oth , inst..

what are tfie effects of our executions ? They A yotmg man named Nohcmiah* Flanders,. .

are full, we. may say, of disastrous evils. 'of Nortliport, Me, hung himself, with hi« *ilk .

, ■ ' ; J, •! ■^,z'!Z=r-~ < hdkf. on Friday- la*t," fastened to a limb of a trie. ". :
.•■'f.' ,' .J' '.' "\ «»?«»«■— j — _ Qn tho 4th Sfeptenibcr, Tl«20, the U;'.^ ;. ■
jf$V£ *0tl sUttyf}. '.(..Itevolutionary - pensioners then sunpoaed t&zMjK ■

, ' ■■■>'■ - ; ; ■ ' ■—■ . living, were 12,085. Invalid pensioners, 3,^6)5w |

at Granb -Braes, on the 3d of April, m the Coliins ^ the fund r or . education, be.ng th6. -
07th year of his age. amount usually exuendud for refreshmenta ,or4 '

It is ^aid. that Austria Will have on foot . two Election dhy.-~r-tifieral Preacher.— Rav. S. ft. • .
Armies of Observation, of 60,000 men each, Sullivan, pf Kcerie, N. II, propows to edjt ;a
one of which will be placed m Italy, the oth monthly publication of sermons hy living minis-,
er in Transylvania. SeVeral regiments have tors of the UnHariah denomination, with thV
■already' Set out from Bohemia for italy,Where . above title.. ',. .The South Carolina papers at© . s
the arnW.will. be commanded by Generals all complaining of; cold weather. At Cheraw a,
Uouesea^ Trapiand Ldopart* who have just severe .frdst had ;nearfy .destr^'ed.;^^ ^ ,
been proiopted tp the rank of lieutenant gen- ) ^d. ice had formed ^ ^ f
eral, P I^th^ght that the army in tW = ; \^^^^^%^^
sylvamajis to support Russia^ in case tho i isgUcd a -circular ! forbiddfng^y •»titY^ Post-" '
Porte, refuses the pacification of Greece. • Master keeping a Lotlsry>tfic^ : Hieing ^concernia

The King of Sardinia has lsued an ordi- i n selling. ticHets, or frdnkingvl.Ute^
nance, by: virtue of which his Qatholic Pied- tickets or advertisements,^— The fofloWing prer ;
montcse Bubjectti, who die without having re- scription has be'eh'p recommended by a writer in '
ceived .the sucrament, shall not be Buried ex- the X. Y. Enq. as; a euro for intemperance . An.-
cent in the night, and in unconsecrated timonial wine, hall' an ounce ; wmo of ipftCac," '
ground. ' By th'ei same ordinance, the burial "two drachms ; and tincture ; of assafoetida, onft |-

15 . •i~.f i '1 t-w . . . 1 ,1 i 1 _ (lr.qc.liin ■ n rp 1 o hn urn tp< with th*i liniinV fr> whinh

, A Philanthropic Barber Zf Doctor '-—The
Plaltsburg Republican says, gravely enough,
— 14 On Thursday last, Dr. Thomas dressed
hair and shaved in this village, for the bene-
fit of the Grfeeks : and at eveniri • , the total a-
vails of his services wefe -deposited with the
Greek fundi in ithe hands of Mr. Moore.
This is trulyj'a.praisewothy act : an act of pa-
triotism ahdl benvolence, for which the Doc-
tor deserves much credit." •

The- editor' of the Providence American, says
he was much gratified a day or two since at seeing
more than a dozen laborers unloading a brig at
one of tho- wharves with great'. activity, all of
whom had cheerfully agreed with their employer
to use beer instead of ardent spirits. . Not a drop
of spirits had ; been drank through the .day, and
w'e never saw a more cheerful and busy gang of
handi) »t work. Jack, the chorister was cliantirig
^Ihe pleasuresj, of beer drinking in fino style, and
tho whole gang were joining'm the ohoru's.

Canada.— i'UhQ crime of burglary is pun-
ished with death in Canada. The Qur hec
Mercury gives the following hovel and 'pain/
ful account of an execution for robbing
the house of -a curate: '

On Tuesday forenoon, Jean Baptiste and
Michael JVbriarqve, brothers, were taken from
the Jail, escorted hy large parties of the 71st
and 79th regiments.' to be executed at Point-
Lev i, for the; robh«?ry at the 'parsonage house
of that pari$ih'. The prisoners followed on
foot, their coffins placed. in Carts,' each hav-
ing a halter round his neck. In this •-•,ay,
both collected, and even playful, they pas-
sed along Sti Ann -at. to Hunt's wharf, em-
barked on boa d the Chambly Steamboat,
and crossing; to.;the- Lau'v.on wharf, continued
from th nee 1 to walk, on foot to the place of
execution, ^jdistance pf two miles. Arrived
at the gallows, both asdended'if, confessed
their guilt, a!pd went through their .devotions:. ■
assisted by jjthe Rev. M. M. Anbury and
Viau, The jyoung'er brother, Michael, the ;
learned his .pjirdon, t ide adieu to hi 3 ' broth;

er, telling hnn to die 'ike a nvin, and. stoo-
witness to ttje execu ion. In, doing this, th it-
executioner ihad oo 1 tied the knot well.- a?t '
it slipped : the culpri f . lacerated by tho' Yop^"
fell to the gr«mnd : he distinctly '.ask-'d f *
his pardon, which, of course* no person hs 1
suthonty • s.o|grant. ' lie ascen-(ed the.. jr>:/,-
lows, irifevv ; jthe l.air.er.-Nvas again Uii'-phic^ .
■ Hie knot cnine U!n?er tin? cu'prit'ij chin .
time, plying Ueiore ti.oo, a» e,H m ..|e of , '""Kl"',^'' "'u"I ^ ^ •" eC " ! K ■

hgmn shall attend it. ! their childrem-^The GrcarOi; which: has at--'

Persimy Gu//.-4-Accounts from this quarter, tracf , fid So much attention in Boston and Provi- .
received at Bombay, mention that a war had dence, is now exhibiting in this city. It wasrais-
broken out between the Imaum of Muscat ed in Greenland, N. H. In weight it exceeds
and the Sheikh of Bushire. The Imaum had 4,000 pounds It;is said to he well shaped. > * . ■ ' ■^
seized several vessels and property belonging ' A Southern paper mentions,. 1 hat a gentlemart; .;
to the Slveikh,'but no fighting of any conse- i travelling, on alighting from th« stage coach, -
quence.had taken place. It is said the pre- \ entrusted bin wife with a stranger, and .has.i*»k
sence ofthe East India Company's Resident I ^ arQ fM^A~T Q X ' °W e11 ^ ; '

at TVmhirR thP fioln raiKo of tho lmanrn'<j M;iS8, lato1 ^ kllled » hog abogt 2 years old/ which , ,
at U Jstiire, is tne sole cause ot tne iraaut.i s woi hcd ut>(JhI-2 pounds.— Miss EHtha SherriL- ' "
refraining from attacking the town. Ihe who lives on the Lincoln sido-of the Catawba, hai-' •
Imaum has also Announced his intention of; lubricated a' : iganrient -without a seam. Tho very ' ,
sending a frigate and small vessels of war to j buttons' are woven to the garment.— — -A new l
blockade the mouth of the Euphrates, until a ' paper is about to be established in Troy, to bo- '*
demand of an Isa and twenty thousand piastres i called «; Troii Palladium, Commercial and Lite-
made by him on the Busorah' Ch Vf is ' compiled' • -rg.ru Chronicle: - — -The season at BurBlo is very -
with. He does not, however, interfere^ with ) backward. ' Snow fell there on \he afternoon of '
Europeaii : .vessels'. ' In other respects, the i the/ah inst.--— The.-Rev. Henry- W.\ Ohdcrdpnk,,-:.; .
Gulf is -nearly quiet ;- |here . is nothing more.; f/ Brooklyn, has-been elected Assistant Bishop of ,

than- petty fighting among the Chiefs on the ' dl ° ?™™u- ty^T"^* p I'^f fS™ :
A^uiZ. t\Ar\ T„„ . im Louisvillo, Ky. in the month ot April, ^horo .

IP ' • > i ■ 1 X > m * ! were present five -gentlemen, ^ whose united ^^hoight

.^^sto^orAngjesea has accepted thej W1W t t lir ty.Ltea /^^^/^i^Tho-Mgh^^^
Master-Generalship of the Ordnaitee, and oach wa8 as follows.:' the tallest was 6 fe«'t 6 1-2 ^
despatches have het/n sent to th- Duke of j inches; the next 6 feet 6 mohes; the next -'6 feet .
Cambridge, renewing the offer of the office j 4 1*2 inches; and the last 6 feet 4 inches.— -—The- -
of Commander-in-chief. In the event of -his ' foundation of a new State Capitol has. been laid in ■. -
acceptance, it is expected that the Duke of Frankfort, Ky. It is to be built of hewn stone.?-
Sussex will second him i tho government of !T h° Warren (Pa.) Gazette mentions that Miss
th° kin o-dom pf ^iandver ' '• 1 Sarah Owun rocoveted last week '$500 damages,

All t£e members of the old" cabinet have !' in a b . uit Johnaon Wilson, fo^r" a breach of • :

resigned, except'. Mr. Canning, the Earl of P-pnuse — fho. new steam-boat Vxlwof AU ,

HZ t- tit T* 1 •* nyr wt j l> ani J wa s launched in Albany on Saturday fast,

arrowby, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Wynn, and , Sh( / is desorifeti . ;i8 ^ing .a verv iine boat.--— '
Mr. Wusjnsson. • — . | Mr. Rensselaer Dunham, aged 24, was . tilled a. ,

kkom a sierka ieonk PAPEK. few day a uince in Ly sander, s Qnondaga county, t by

" Freetown, l<cb. I, 1827. the falling of a tree. The N. Y. Conference of '

We have occasion to notice in this week's paper,- 1 the Methodist Episcopal Church are now holding '
the arrival on Monday last, ofthe Brazilian sla- ; their annual session in Troy .-—Messrs.' Webster
ver Invincible, mentioned in our No. 447, as hav- and. Wood,' of Albany, have issued a new religiohs - :
ing been captured in the Cameroons by two b„ats ; publication, entitled " The Antidote" The par- - '
of his Majesty's Ship Esk, under the command ; p OSO of the publication will? be chiefly to bxpdso V:
ofLieutB.'hellettand Tolleway. The detention \ an d refute tho attacks made upon Christianity !
was between eight, anil nine in tho evening of this j through tho ft Correspondent," of this city;—- - ■ V
2 1st. Dec. at which time theTressel had on board \ A shocking murder was •committed on the body: : \
440 human beings, just shipped, the capt. and part , 9 f a free woman of colour, who resided hoar Char- '

of her crew being sick- Five days w«re occupied ; lottaville, Va. in April last. -On the evening of :

m working to the mouth of tho river, which is. in ( tdo 22d ihst. Rdberfc Stakes' was mdrdered by
latidude od. 54 north, and fourteen days more in j Hugli M'Ckuan, in'Spruco hear Williatri-str With

cus-
th©

. •>'. -■ ■ -,- ■ - .1 u.vuwi. vumvuiMc «uw jwilding their'. • '

then d'termined on ru cing awayto the westwsrd, annual session in Philadelphia. — .-Full grown Gu-v
seeing no probability of succeeding, in making ] cumbers, raised' b^ Daniel Moulton, 01 Deerfield^
southing, and after a wretched passage of fifty- j were lor^aie in the Utica imirket on the IGth ;in^K>.
six days,' reached this port, having, during the , 8 tant.—— Twenty ofi.be best buiidingshi Stumps.'-/,
period, been twice; struck by lightning— on the j town, Ra. liavebeen destroyW by fire, cccasionedii -S
l?t ot. January, at; four- m the morning, which i by a':boy f slVo'oting» at. blackbirds^ which were sit- H
shivered, to . pieces r lhe niizen top-inast, and did ; tin : j on the roof of a barn. l^Capt. J.- Terwilli-.
other dnni.agq, killing ono marrne 011 deck and g or> and a yo'nugoi- brother, v Were drowned ffomt
two slaves ' women) below ; ; tmd' secondly at noon, j on board ihe shop ; Franklin, of Troy, <m Sunday

in a heavy squall on the: duck,. and . killed two ' night last. Tho Annual Conference o'f 'the -Ziorit

slaves in the hojd— a man and a boy.. The dam- • Connexion ar#nW- in session': in this cuty*. — -tha
ages sustained hi the first instance were repaired { City'lnspccor reports -thwdcatli of iit phrsons du-

g!tho week ending- r,n Saturday the ii)th insU
: 33 man, 2:t women; ,2J girls, and 13 boy«T. :

attempting to get to the southward, during which a large butchers knife. -d'Olftnan is now be
t!ie vessel-pnlymade onahundred and twenty miles. J tody .-.—The Ponnsylvania Conference 7 of ' i
Lieutenant Tolleway, the office; in the charge, f AfricanMvthodUl E. Ciiurch are now holding tli

by' Lie 11 tenant Tolleway, being fortunate enough
to fall in with tho <Esk, eight days after.. taking
i.is departure from" the mcu tli oi the riVer

The mortality -on board this verfsel on tho' way
up,' we believe,, has never been excetded. Out.
.if the 440 unfortunate' .A fricans on 'board at the
lime of capture, ' |7ri died, iu addition to th<; four
killed and lour misssing. (supposed to have;.juiiiped
ivcrboard iff one' of {he storuis of thunder nd
'.:glitning/j btfdre her arrival -hero, and>eightin
he harbour prior to their buing- 'landed. ' m the
-.wenty-first .11 st.'(tj.yo'd|ays after anehnrin^ \) .ma-
king, a total of Iri'ojnatural d«a?;hs-T-if p^ ri. ns ay-
_ ng under ths circiihistimces thesb poor creatures'
4>i! can' be' ; so 1 teroied. " put '•-*?* jhlO individual j in
U v.i than sixty ;d'ay,3 : 'she cause of this immense
:.'?ss, we understaaid, rajmainly . attwbjutabk to the
i.trhy state pi"- toe yesisc'l' when .tlioy- were recei-
r.v-'d on board, and the aumbers that '^vere thrust

fffv :/.':ister of this; sjaver is an ofd'/idfoiider,
'iiip carried off th» doast,, in the earno Ycsselj

" ■ MARRXEI),. \ ' ,• '

On Uio 16th' 'mat. by lao Rev. Thomas' Mil- ;

lor,AT r. tptherjt- FirgiHo -Mrs. iti&abtifcR#ikiit±A
Last 'evening..! by the "saioo', ; Mr;- 'Ueorgsv-j^

!Vil?s to Mr.*., June K'ibe. , . - : •.: : ; 'i^

T>II0->— 0\i the 18th inst. Mrs. Cathacinftr

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SYMPATHY.

j Ther^ y a charm, whose powerful isptll ;
^Che vestal's feelings e'en- can t©11,
j "Wliiltj Hbro* her veins a thrill there flies]
i Whoaii Bwcet impression never dios: :
An4> strange to tell, she knows not why
A tear ihottld start in either eye.

/This sofVning power, this .germ of kwy:
Doe* friendship's kindly rapture prove }•'''■
To Urje or rule it never bends,
! Jta-swwt influence makes us friends ; _
Amjl. wond'roua still, no strength of mind
Could e'er its dire dominion bind.

rThare'S. not a soul, no breathing clay,
But b) its all-enchanting sway
: Still yi.ows a form, still melts an eye,
_ Of bekuteous mould, pf brightest dye.
! Mysterious essence ! by its rule

Mind seeks for mind, the fool for fool t

<Jo far, or near, no matter where ; .

:JDive ^««ep below, or rise in air ;

ilt is the chain, the secret tie,

Connecting all beneath the sky*

O. magic pow*r I thy empire shares i
Oar hopes, our fears, our joys, and cares.

Itisamirror, polisb'd fair,

Reflecting riiirth or musing care,

Producing corresponding grace
' Of miferi, of mind, of heartland face :
Electric beam 1 its magic ray ,
While mature blooms, will ne'er decay.

.Hail, Sympathy, Whose high controul
Binds heart to, heart, and soul to soul J
■The chain of Nature's link'd by thoe,
In all its beauteous symmetry :

Thou nerv'st the heart with all that's dear ;

To thee we owe compassion's tear.

. SONNET.

FROM VINCEKZIO PA FJLICAJA.

See a fond mother, and her young ones round,
Her soul sj>ft-meltiR£ with maternal love ;
Some to h?ir breast she clasps, and others prove

By kisses her affection : on the ground

Her ready foot affords a rest for one,
Another smiling sits upon her knee ;
By their .desiring eyes, arid actions free,

And lisping words their little wants are known :■

To those. slie gives a 'look, a frown to these,
But all is love. Thus awful Providence
Watches and helps us : — oft denies our sense

But to invite more earnest prayer and praise ',

Or seeming to deny what we implore,

In that refusal gives a blessing more.

MAN.

.Like to tho falling of a star,
Or as lie flights of eagles are ;
Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,
Or silver drops of morning dew ;
Or like a wind that chafes the flood,
Or bubbles .which on water stood ;
EVn such is man, whose borrow'd light /
Is straight call'd in, arid paid to night.
The wind blows out ; the bubble dies ; •
The spring entomb'd in autumn lios ;
The dew dries up ; the star is shot : \
The flight is past ; and man forgot. 1
Bishop King."

varieties.

Oriental Jealousy. — The ladies of the Per-
sian haram, when on a journey, are preceded
at about the distance of four score paces, by
a troop of horse, who reiterate the cry of
"couroue! couroue !" as a signal for every
man to retire at a proper distance. So rigo-
rous is the punishment of disobedience in this
particular, that in the reign of Abbas 2nd, one
of the servants, whose employment it was. to
set up the tents, beingj weary with the inarch,
after executing his ofhep, laid down tojsleep,
the king and his women being then at a con-
siderable distance. The poor fellow happen-
ed, however, to sleep beyond his calculation,
and being found by the guards he preceded,
was wrapped up in the carpet he lay on, and
juried alive.

Excompunication.—in the year 1 740, the
a spisoopal palace Of Benedict de • Monte jranpV

!>ishopof Louaanne, was. the theatre 'of as
imusmgja judicial process as is on record.—
during this year the diocese was very much
nfested jwith caterpillars which spo'iled all
he fruitis of the season ; the bishop issued
igainst tjiem a solemn citation to appear in
tis_court|to answer for the waste which they
iad occasioned. The process was carried
n! in regular form, end that -t might be alto-
•qther complete*, an advocate was assigned
jpr the caterpillars, and; he pleaded | their
se. When the pleadings were beard, tile
tsh'op sitting on his tribunal, gravely pro-
mnced the sentence of anathema arid ex-
ipnrfimication against these insects. |

Answer of a Blind Man.— In the city
blind man, with a large jar up-
>uluVer, and a lantern in. his jhand,'
accosted by a pbrson that met him
street : ' As thou host no eyesj poor

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man, of *hat service ii this lanUrn to youT
' it is not for ray own * vij replied the Wild
man, « thjit I carry it, but folrfaar such a heed-
less fellow ;aa yourself sr. ould run against me,
and ov^set by jari which 'it has coat me so
much trouble to flip |

7Po»i«t.— We were much aroused "'■ with
the reply of one of Capt Head's companions
on the bummit of the Cordilleras, when all
around was a surface of enow—' cheerless,
wild and inhospitable as the view was still it
was sublime,'— he observed to one whose ho-
nest heart and thoughts clung to Old En-
gland— " what a magnificent view, what
thing can be more beautiful ?" After smiling
for some seconds, the Cornish replied, " them
things} sir, that do wear caps and aprons."

The Wife of a sexton belonging to one of
the churches in Whitehaven, was,- last week,
interrupted ; in the middle df a harangue about
the hardness of the times, by a person who
offered to sell her a couple of .ducks. 4 bucks!'
exclaimed she, *•• how can I buy ducks or any
thing else— -we Jiave not buried a Imng soul
these six month's !'

The following story rivals the'law case of
Bullumrsi Boatem. It occurred at Nismes,
in Langu'edoc, 1763. A gardener's ass hav-
ing brought some goods to market, while the
master was aWayv went; into' an adjoining
chitrch, and satisfied hisi thirst from a basin
of holy water; he was detected, seized and
formally tried for sacrilege. His counsel
could not resist the weight of evidence, and
judgment was pronounced against the toilful
animal, that he should ,be hanged, and then
burnt, and the owneT to pay costs.

The . prudent choice — A , handsome, well-
made gentleman haying married a small wife,
was asked by a friend why he made choice
of such a Httle^hing. " JDbh't you know my
dear friend, (he replied) that' of all evils you
bhould chtoosc the least ?"

An old bachelor, whose name was Page,
having picked up a young; Sady's glove, at a
' all, returned it to her accompanied with a
piece of paper on which was written the fol-
lowing : i

If from your glove you take the letter G,

Your glove islove— and that I feel for theo.
To which she replied — i . v

If _ from your name you take jtho letter P, ;

Your name is Age— and tnat wont do for me.

STtmrt Answer. — A lawyer observing a lit-
tle boy to be very tali, atiye and sprightly
took him between his knees and commenced
conversation with' him. The boy inquired
what trial was to/come on next, (as the court
was then in session) to which the lawyer re-
plied that the next was between the Devil
and the Pope, and asked the boy's opinion as
to who would gain it : he \ immediately re-
plied, he thought it would be j hard^ trial, as
the pope had the most money, ^but the devil
the most lawyers.

Moral Honesty. — They, that neglect moral
honesty, neglect that which is a great part
of religion — their 'duty towards God, and
their duty towards man.— What- care I to s e

man run after a sermon, if he cheat as
soon as he cornes home ? On the other ide,
morality must not be without religion '; for if
so, it might change, as suits its convenience.
Religion must govern it. He that has no re-
ligion to govern' his morality, is no , better
than my mastiff dog ; so long as you caress
him. and please him, and do not hurt him, he
wiii play with you as finely as. iri ay be; he is
'a ..very good moral mastiff! but if you hurt
him, he will fly in your face arid tear out
your throat. — Selden.

Literary Curiosity. — The following is a
true copy, excepting names, of a genuine
precept, .the oiiginal of which we have seen,
in the hands of the constable who was direc-
ted to execute Herkimer Amencan.*-

" Harkemcn County, ss.-4-f— *Esqr. one ob
the Justis of the Bace of, the said, county,
greeding. In the name ob Beaple ob the
state! of New- York to comhiand you fourt-
with to'abbrehand — bersanally to carry
hirn before the said Justas. to answear —
in a plea ob trepis on the case, to his dama-
ges fifty aul;es an unter and to you nutifcy
jiie - Bl an tipp ob triJ aud hauvo you then
there thisiBrecept Hear ob fail Not at your
Burial given miter my haint and sail at

— — this 6 Bay at feby 1827 -

J. BLS" ;"

Somobody asked (he Baron Hothschiid to tako
venison-^-' No,', said the BarOn, 'I never catsh
wenasion; 1 don't iii in h it ish s6; coot nah ■mutton.* ■
'Ori. said his friend. ' I woridcr at your saying
so, if mutton were better than jvi-nipon, why doem
mutton' coat so mn'ch muraj \\ Vy replied :the •:
Burundi I yd tell yini vyr-iii; diijlj world de people
always prefers, vat; isb. deer to vat wh sheep !'-

ECONOMY 19 NOT PARSIMONY.
S, MOLL^STONi & J. ROBINSON,
T Afli0rlS and CJlothee; Dresiers, respect,
fully announce, that they have enternd wto part-
nership, arid have opened an establishment at No.
51j Broad-street, " l

M. 218, &tih Sixths PktiMtyhw. ,
l! HE SubwribVie^pectfully returns hir
sincere thanks to his^friends and the public in
general, for their iavo\ find patronage. : He '

„, ? . Jt, (three doors- above .Bejiver ut.j •• informs them; thatJie corttinuee to keep a large.

whore they respectfully solicit- a' ijbntihUanee o r , nssortment of , Gentlemen^ BEADY*MADJB
that patronage which thoy have he*otofort enjoj - ' WEARING APPAREL of superior quality, bo* ..
ed, and wheh it will be their study to continue to new arid second-handed,:where\cUstomers will W
merit by punctuality and superior . workmanship. : accommodated 'at the cheapest rate, and in hand*
Gentlemen's Clothing made to orderj in tho j some style. He also informs Families and private
newea't . foshiops i~ Gentlemen and Ladies' Gar. i Gentlemen \ who havo second-handed Clothing for
merits, Habits, and Mantles/dressel andiepairfid ' »nlo, that they will meet with a good' price, and.

" " " ' ' ' " " * * yingto ■'■ ■

rTERSON,

and.iepaired sale, that they will meet with a ado*

with despatch/and in the best manner, j ready sale for their good*, by aopftinirt

All orders thankfully received a: id punctually . PANlEL.PETtTtl
attended to. ! t j

(ETMrs. Mollkstoj* can accommodate from six
to eight Gentlemen Boarders.

. JAMBS LAW,

,177 lVUliam'sireei, New-fork,
CONTINUES* to cleanse and dress)Coats :
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits arid Merino Shawls,
the neatest possible manner. He uho nia^es; al-
ters and. repairs Gentlemen's 'Clothe: i, to their en-
tire satisfaction/ and upon the mo it reasonable
terms. J * .

His mode of dressing. clothes is %| steam
sponoiko, whioh ho has, followed wit Ii much suc-
cess for several years past. All kinds of spots or
stains are extracted, and 'the cloth re stored to the
appearance of new; arid this he en^agjfs jto per-*,
form without any' injury ! to the cloth and at least
equal to any thing of 'the kind done>iJn this

other city of the United States.
May 8.

JVo. 218, S oiiih iji'Mh tt. ijfitaanphia , :
N. B. . Tayloring carried on in its x varioua '
branches, and on the cheapest terms.

or any
9— 3m

% w% ^ , ^;w 9li - :, ' i ^
sov oox.. ,

For Coloured Children ofboihl 5e.rei,;
Uridcr St. Philip's Church, is now ready jfe
admission ' of Piipils.
IN' this school, will be taught
READING, WRITING, A RITE METIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO-
GRAPHY;, with the - use of
Maps and Globes, and
HISTORY.
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.
Reference. — Rev. Peter Williams, Rev. James
Varick, Rev. S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin- Paul,
Rev. William Miller. •
New-York, March 14. A

DRUGS & 1WEDIOINE3,

JOHN SICKELS, Jr.,
100 Cliapel-sl.y
Oners for sale a general assortn
of DRUGS and MEDICINES
the most reasonable terms
Families supplied with
tides and particular and

NOTWE.
PROPRIETORS of CIRCULATING LI-
BRARIES cub have. their Books a»d outstanding
Debts collected upon very moderate tefrhs. Ni
B. Subscriptions to all Periodicals received and\
procured by \
• GEORGE W.EVERITTi.C^erflZ ^Ti/, .

33 Catfuirinestrect.

SOMETHING TO BE SAVED !

n OHAiftliBS MO^TOWSJl,

RESFBCTFULLr informs his customers, and
the publick in general, that he has opened, and /
expects to continue, his Shop, at $3 C'hurclistrcet;
Where, he will make and repair Shoes and Boots
in the best manner, at the following reduced /pri-

jennme ar.-
j>ersonal at-

tention given to Physician* preBCrip-

Approved Medicines which are celebrated for
the cure of most diseases to Which , the human
frame is liable, : prepared and sold by.. the Subscri-
ber, at the Corner of Anthony and Chapel-stireets.

N. Bi Medical advice given gratis.

April 17, 1S27. JOHN SICKELS, Ju.

" BEJ1VTY WD EQOXOMV." \
UNITED STATES' SCOURINti, AND
STEAM SPOTJGIttG,

JOHN H. SMITH, i |
M. 122 Mrlh'Third-st; (above ftace,) Phi-'

ladelpkia, \
RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
neral, that he still contiriUes at the abov« place
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemjjn's Coats,
Pantaloons, • &c. on a different plan i>om that of
the Dyers, having a composition for so doing,
which enables him to dress Clothes bo| is to leave
their appearance equal to new. H ) restores
Seams, &c. to their original colour kyhen worn
white, and will warrant them to wear tljiee months
after dressing, and then can be re-dressed. Alao,
Ladies' Habits and Mermo shawls, in It le neatest
mannor and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms. . Being legally bred to th'e business,
and possessing' a competent knowledge of Dress
inw and Cleaning Cloths by Steam j Sponging,
which is the only complete^ manner of « ffectualTy
removing the stain; caused from grease, jtar,
paints, &c. he needs only a trial, to aftb] d him an
iportunity of. giving satisfacf ion* ■ ■ i ■ ; •'■
N. B. J. S. constantly keeps on hand New and
Second handpd Clothes of every descripti m, which

he assures the public will be jiold as lew, iflnbt ! exceed 22- lines
lowur than at any other establishment h the Uni- • ^ R r

Aiw Boots, - » $6 p6 -
Footing BootSi ■■■»•. - 3 50
Bottoming Boots, ' - 2 00
So(ing / amJueling Boots, - 1 50
Half Soting\and Heeling, - 1 Of)
,N. B. He also ihforins his gentlemen, custom-
ers, that he will give new Boots and 'Shoes, in ex-
change, or he will give hi? work for second-handed
'Boots,. All orders left at his- Shop> 93 Church- '•
strett, will be. imioediately attended to.
New-York, March 20. 2 *

. LAND FOR SALE.

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his '
coloured brethron, 2,000 Acres of cxcellerit Law,
at less than one half its value, provided they will
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured, farmers. The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its- location is
dolightful,. being on the banks of the Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from- the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o-
pening a direct navigation to New-Tork cii^ f ho
passage to' either city may be made in oneday or
lege: The land is of the best quality, arid weU
timbered. ,•

The subscriber hopes' that some of his brethr
ron, who are capitahsts, will at feast invest 500 of
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will tako -
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it
has been selling for $25. He also takes tbefiSerty
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and hethiriks such a settlement, form- ;
ed by coloured families, would be conducive of
much good : With this object in view he will in-
vest 500 dollars in the purchase.

; SAMUEL E. CORNISH.
New-York, March 20.

N. B. Communications on the subject, post paid,
will be received and attended to.

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lITThe highest price given for Geatlemen'a
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IE? TAILORING WORK carried on. and
Glotliea repaired.— New Cuflfs, Collars apd Buttons
put on, if requisite.. ' He keeps on ban a, Cloth,
Velvet; arid Silk of all colours,-for doing up sa'me
April 20, 1627.

LOTS WANTED.
TWO LOTS, or the rdar of two lo|s, wher|e
there is any convenient communication with 'the
street, are wanted, for the erection of i. Presby-
Xexmi Church. The location \ must be between
Reed and Spring, Hudson and. Orange t tre'ets.
One lot.within tho above 1 bounds, 25 feet —
by 75, would answer v . ;
Inquire i/;.S; E Cur N ish, No, 6. Variik-stroet.
New-York, March 20;- V

for 3 uios.

AUTHORISED AGENTS,

C. Stockbridg«, Esq.NoHhYar,!aouth,-Maine."
Mr. Reuben Ruby, Portland, Me.
" David Walker, Boston. .
Rev. Thomas Paul, do.
Mr. John RonYond; Salem, Mass
" Georgo C. Willis, Providouce; R-i
Isaac Rodgers f Ncw.;London ; Conn.
■«• Francis Webb, Philadelphia. , '
" Stephen Smith; Colriinhia, Penn.
• Messrs R Cooley& Qhsf Hackett, Baltiniore.
Mr, John W.Prout, Washiugtoii, Lf.' C. •
R«v;NaUianieIPaul t Albitny v
Mr. Thendore S. Wright.'Princeton, N. J-'!
' 3 ™}«» ^ves, Now-%unswick, N J.
Sr ey, ,S- « hughes, '.Ne^irk, N. J.
Mr. W. R. Gardiner. PortMu-Prioco, Haytt ,

FREEl>OMf# J

"RIGHTEOUSNESS E X A L TJB T II A N A T I 0 N.»

CORNISH & RUSSWURM,)
Editors ahd Proprietors. $

DUELLING.
(Concluded.)
Whilst our King knighted the Rev. Sir
Bates Dudlev, after his two questionable du-
els, one fought in 1780, we find that in 17G9,
the French King, to suppress, at least, disho-
norable duels, condemned the Sieur Cheleais
member of Parliament of France, to be broke
upon the wheel, for the murder of Captain
Roquin, the Sieur Cheleais having covered
himself with armour under his clothes, and
stabbed his antagonist, whose sword broke
against his breastplate. In 1 765, occurred
the famous duel in which the father of our
late transcendent poet Lord Byron, killed the
famous duellist, Mr. Chadworth. They quar-
relled at a Club dinner at the Star and Gar-
ter, Pall-Mall, about game, Mr. Chadworth,
being a great game preserver, whilst Lord
Byron argued upon the cruelty and impolicy
of the Game Laws. They agreed to fig ht irk
an adjoining room, by the light of only one
candle. Lord Byron entered first : and, as
Mr. Chadworth was shutting the door, turn-
ing his head round, he beheld Lord Byron's
sword half undrawn. He immediately whip-
ped his own weapon out, and making a lounge
at his Lordship, ran it through his waistcoat,
conceiving that his sword had gone through
his- body. But Lord Byron closed, and short-
ening his sword, stabbed Mr. Chad ortJi in
the belly. The challenge-had proceeded from
Mr. Chadworth. Lord Byron read his de-
fence to the House of Lords, and was found
guilty of manslaughter ; and upon the privi-
lege of his peerage (for peers are licensed
homicides) he w as discharged on paying his
fees. .In 1771, a Mr. M Lean, was challen-
ged and killed by a Mr. Cameron, and' the
mother of Mr. M'Lean when she heard of the
shockinu' 'event, instantly lost her sens s,
whilst a Mtes Leod, who was to have been
married >o the deceased, was sei/ed with, fits
and died in three days. In Mr. Sheridan's
duel with Mr. Mathews, the parties cut and
slashed at each other,' a le mode d< Theatre,
until' Mr. Mathews, left a part of his sword
sticking in Mr. Sheridan's ear. In the fa-
mous duel in which Mr. Riddell was killed,
and Mr. Cunningham very severely wounded,
tfiu challenge, by mistake, had fallen in the
first instance into the hands of Sir James
Riddell, father. to Mr. Kid dell, who had if
delivered to him and did no more than pro-
vide ,urgpou.-» f r the event. In 1769, Col

Lennox wad inputted by the Duke of Y .

who told him, before u)l the officers on the
parade of St. James's, that he desired to de-
rive no protection from his rank of Prince.
Tiie Colonel accordingly fought his. Royal
lligiine-s it is said with cork builets ; but be
then us it may, he contrived .to oisturb one of
the h ge rows of cut\s whic h' it was then the
fashion to wear on the side of the heati. , In
1700, a Captain Macrae fought and killed Sir
George Ramsay, for, his refusing to dismiss
a fa.t'iful old Servant who had insulted Cap-
tain Macrae. ■ Sir George urged, that even if
the servant were guilty, he had been suffi-
ciently punished by the cruel beating th%t
Captain Macrae had' given hiin. As soon as
tin-? servint heard that his master had been
kille-: on his account, he fell into strong con-
; Vsjlsion.*, and died in a few hours.- Captain
Macme fled, and was oinlaued. In 1797, a
Colonel Fitzgerald, a married man, eloped
fro-h Windsor,, with ins cousin, the daughter
oi the present Lord Kingston. I'ol. King,
the brother, fought Col. 'Fit; gerakl in .yde
Park. They fired six shot? at each otiier with-
out effect, and the powder.. being 'exhausted,
King cii lied hi? opponent 'a villain,' and ihey
resolved to fight the next day.'' They, were,
however, put under arrest, when Col. Fit. ge-
rald had the audacity to fdiow Lord King-
ston's family to Ireland to obtain wthe object*
of his seduction from her parents. Col King
hearing of this repaired to the inn where Col.
Fitzgerald had locked himself in his room,
ami refused admission lo Col King, who
broke open the door, and running to a case
of pistols, sei ed one and desired Col.; P. to
take the other. The parties now grappled,
and were fighting, v .-hen ; Lord Kingston en-
tered the room ; and perceiving from the po-
sition tif tl: parties that in* son roust los; his
li.e he instantly shot « ol.Fit gerald dead oh
ti e spot. In 1803; a very singular duel took
pl.ee ir;j Ky..e P. rk, between a Captain I, of
the irmy, and a Lioi:ten<ml" 'W; of the navy.
Captain 1. ha seduced the Lieutenant's sis-
ter. Lieutenant W. seemed impressed with

a deep sense of melancholy. He insisted
that the distance should be only six paces.
At this distance they fired, and the shot of
Captain I. struck tne guard of Lieutenant
VV.'s pistol, and tore off two fingers of his ;
right hand. . The Lieutenant deliberately
wrapped his handkerchief around the wound,
and looking Boletrinly. to heaveh,*exclairned,
" haYe a left hand, which never failed me."

them to say precisetyxhow many of them were
still alive. Capt. Dillbn recollected several
other particulars of th( ^conversation he had
with the Lascar and the. Inlanders, who con-
firmed strongly their first assertions', jj
y Having collected so many details, all tend-
ing to confirm the hepe he <;ad formed, on
s ei g th'. '-ilv r swo' d hilt withX^ho cy h
ho r solved' to go us quick ^s possible to Mal-

They again took the ground, Lieutenant W. icolo, and exami e h' nsfetf tin emaius of
looked steadfastly at Captain I. and casting j the wreck, .and take a,vay with h:m\if pos-

his eyes up to heaven, was heard to utter fsibl. , tie two met':, of Whom the Lasda had
"forgive roe J' They fired, and both fell. Ispoken, and, who he saiu were Fr nchwen.—
Captain I received the ball in. his head, and With this view Capt. D. begged hi in to \ac
died instantly. The Lieutenant was. shot i company him, but being mar! :ed in tht Isl
through the breast. v He inquired r" Captain i a d, a d well settled there, he refused. «nd
I.'s wound was mortal. Being .answered in '* n A***, n »~ a „„, u J- — :i ~„ u:.„
the affirmative, he thanked heaven he had li-
ved- so long. He then took his mourning ring
off his finger, and said to his Becorid, " Give
this to my sister, and ell her this is the hapr
piest moment I ever knew." He had scarce-
ly finished the last words when a quantity of
blood gushed from his wound, and he instant-
ly expired.

THE FATE OF LA PEROUSE DISCOV-
ERED.
(concldi>ed)
The vessel which was wrecked at Paiow
struck on a sand bank. The natives came up
to it, and also firea their arrows. The crew,
however, had sufficient prudence not to seek
to revenge this attack. They showed the ua-

no. endeavours con Id prevail on him. he
captai . even went o far as to promise o
bring him ;;ack to Tucopia, bu- he would
not consent. The Prussian", however, being
tired uf the savage life h e had led for fourteen
years, was desirou- of remaining with Capt.
Dillon. He was very g ad to retaih>him, and
also p icured an inhabitant of Tucopia to go
with him on his expedition) Buchert remain-
< d at the date of this account on board Dil-
lon's ship, and Was rerdy to Attest to the
tru h of his narrative,' They l (t Tucopia,
May 1st, and made Mali colo in a short time :
unfortunately, when they cam in sight of
land a calm came on, which lasted seven
days. The ship's pro isions wer • almost ex-
hausted, it was impossible" to procure animals
at Tucopia, and they had subsisted princi-
. pally on potatoes and t^ie bananas of New
tives, ii ate bets, beads* anu other trinket-j, Zealand. The ship having been long at sea,

which they offered them in token of peace.
1 he a sailants ceased their hostilities, and
wneii the storm was over an aged chief went
in a caime to the ship— he was kindly re-
ceived, presents v-ere offered to, and .accept-
ed by him. He returned to.the shore, -paciti-
$it nis uoun try men, and ' assured them thSrt*

made much water ; the Supercargo, who Was
on boar. , and who h«d been uneasy at the
captain's delay among these islands, remon-
strated' very strongly against his prolonging
it} and though* it was with the greatest re-
luctance, the captain felt himself obliged to

the men in the ship were good and kind;] continue hit* voyage, ancf : arrived at Calcutta

" J — 1 1 after many difficulties .from the bad state of

his vessel.

A deliberation of the {Council of Calcutta
was held on the 10'th November Inst, in which
the Council, influenced by motives of interest
and hope, which was. derived from this ac-
count of Capt. 'T). ordered the ship Research,
belonging to the, East India Company, to be
put under the command of.Capt. Dillon, to go
to Mulioold, and by. all. j possible-' means, to'
gain information, of the circumstances con-
nected with the loss of^^he two' vessels be-
£> Aging to La PdYouse. To this expedition
a^ attached' Dr. Tytler, who voluntarily

{Several of the natives went on board, to
whom they also made trifling presents. The
inhabitants furnished me ship with provi-
sions, hogs, birds, bananas, cocoa nuts, &c.
and a confidence was soon established be-
tween them. The crew being forced to leave
the vessel, landed, saving every thing they
could take out. They staid there some time,
.una built a small -vessel with the remains of
the large one. As soon as this was finished,
as many men as it woula liold embarked in it,
and it was abundantly furnished with, fresh ;
provisions by.the Islanders. Several ci&jfie.
crew «ere left m the island, and their coxn^
wander promised to return soon with prds-^
ems lor the natives, a d take away the re-
mainder of his people, whom he was noW
obiigeu to leave behind him on the island.
x±e lett them several guns, and powder, by
means ot >vhich' they made themselves very
useiui to their new friends, who were at war
with the neighbouring islands. The inhabi-
tants oi Tucopia alfirmed that a great num-
ber oi articles belonging to the two«vessela
dre very well preserved, and still remain in
the island of Aialicolo. About seven months
beioie my arrivai al Tucopia, a canoe from
Wahnoo had brought two large chain bolts,
and an iron bolt of about four feet long. Capt.
Dillon conversed with sou .e of the men who
made the lasi voyage. in the canoe toMalico^
ip. They told him that there still remained
in that is. and many articles of iron belonging
t«* the shipwrecked vessel. Those which;
Martin iiuoher had seen were very much
e«um by rust. One silver spoon only was
brought to Tucopia, and liucliert hati made
rings and other ornaments of it, for the wives
oi tne islanders. Cipt. DUlon,-.on his arrival
at Calcutta, retained in his possession the
sword Ink, one or the rings made out of the
spoon, .' iid some of the beads, all of which
belonged to the wreck.

The Prussian had neveridared to make a
voyage to Walicolo with the inhabitants of
Tucopia; but the Lascar had been there Once
or twice. **e amrmed positively, that lie had
seen the Europeans at the island Paiow," that
they spea^k the language of the country, and
tnat ne had conversed with them. These
men were old. They told hira that many
years since they were in piTe of the ve sels
of which tliey showed himthe renmihsrThey.

generally exhibit a striking' superiority pvejrj
the others, in ine value of Uieir perinaWir^'
improvements, ;. jp' the cultivation of : their"
lands, and in the industry and genera] .'com^
petericy of their nhabitaiits,. Their superi^.
ority in pecuniary resources is also proven
by the great public works theyihave execute
ed, the large capital they have invested itt-
manufactures, and the. great extent of thou!'
commerce, They, are, , therefore^ richer iiiL
every respect, than the Southern dr. MidUiof
States,, and from whence does this superiori? :.„•
ty arise, if not from the greater 'productive-l
nets of Free than of Slave labour ? , Th*/
soil and climate' .of. trie slave-holding Stated ;
are generally fiir' better adapted for pro'dm-
cing the necessaries and coralbrts of hie than j '
\he bleak and rucky. shores of New-Erigiand j "
ah^l at least ''equal in this respect to New-X
Yotk or Pennsylvania. Virgina has also been V
longer settled than any of these, and .a^ght^
therefoie, to be further advanced iu ppulehceV
and improvement. , .
. It may^. perhaps, be replied, .that foreign
commerce and domestic manufactures havi .
enriched the Eastern and Northern States : : .
but why should not Virginia and .Maryland^
have equally shared the ad vantages; of these,
1 ucrative omplOy mehts ? They have ,a» fine ,
baysv as noble rivers\and- as good harbour»
afe the other States. Tfiey produce a great-
er, variety and abundance of coimnoditiea.
for exportation, and of materials fiu manu-
factures. Water power is not wanting, and, .
capital will always flow where profits may
be reasonably-expected. But the x 0ha'rac.er
of our labouring population, especiallyxwhere
slaves are most numerous, is the jcauseV-vhy ;
we cannot compete witn the non-slaye-nola--
ing States, either in navigation or r manufac-
tures. Slave labour is too {/ear ,1,0 come intd\
competition Avith the productions of free la-
. bom^jMm^.Jk . mimm . Jgss M \he : , pustesr.-*
the r.exisiehce of ^la-very : has -also the effect-
of drising. away many'of the best of <he la-
bour. ug, classes, of the whites, and of cdrrtifpt-;
ing those who rema,tif, so that they are unfit
for any useful employment
• i J3ut foreign commerce is not frbsoluteljr
necessary to the prosperity of a State, Ohio
has scarcely any? foreign commerce, yet this
rapid increase of her popilationj ; the "excel- ,
lent cultivation of her laridsi the. progress of
her domestic manufactures, and the < xtent
of her public works, now in progress, ah-;
nounce a degree of proape'rify. hitherto un-
exampled hi so yodng a state, ana call ' for . . .
the admiration of all who visit that peaceful

offered hia- services, and who is to receive : aiid happy community— Although at so great

^nn *i — • xnr- a distance from the sea-board, she already

competes with us in one .of our staple con>«,
modities. Her tobacco, cultivated : by •free .
labour, after being' transported tbie'e ifun- i
dred miles in v/agons, i$ sold in onr u'^kets,
and affords a better profit to the grower 'th\n
is yielded to the Mai yland and Virginia
planters, who have a market at their owni
doors. This is, we think, a most conclusive
evidence of the greater economy of, free than t
of slave labour, and the, same state' exhibits
a no iess evidence of the' moral effect of A
'Of the Benevole <tt Society oj Alexandria for ' a free populati n, in promqtiiig^ public en^
ameliorating and improving the condition of terprise, general intelligence,' and vi.-|

rupees per month as compensation/ We
may expect shortly to learn frbmjCalcutti the
result of th s interesting investigation. The
documents from which this narrative is ta-
ken, were officially communicated by the go-
vernment of the English! East India Compa-
ny to the French governmen , and Were pub-
lished in the Moniteu'r. '[Boston i fatly Adv.

From the Alexandria Gazette.
VIEWS

the People of Cojour.

" ■ * NO. II.
'ON THE COMPARATIVE COST OF FRFE

AND SLAVE LABOUR.
^ It has been too much the custom of those
.who have treated pn the subjbet of Slavery,
in this country, to uverlpok the interests of
the master and his posterity, while they have
been contemplating the! deplorable effect it
produces On tuia slaves. ; ;We shall, therelore,
direct our attention, first^ to the relative cose
of- free and slave labour, and the effects of
each upon public and individual prosperity.

The , roductivenessand^ecoiiorny. of labour,
being the only founds tio'h on which nationul
wealth can be established, it tiecdmes aii en-
quiry of the first importance.; whetheij the
labour of freemen or of sjlaves is the cheaper
to the employer. •

It is,'' 'says Clarksoqj " an ©Id maxiin, as
old as tlfe days of Plinyl and Coiuinella| and
confirmed by Dr.. Adam! Smith, and all the
modern writers on poHticial economy; that. the

tuouf -

habits. •■; , ~ ; ■

W"ithin a few years past, a number of mantt- _
factories have been, established in he neigh- v
borhood of Baltimofe,' which, are/ almost en» -'■?
tirely carrifed on by' free labour-. The circum-
stances of their employing fre.e lab( ur in a ^
slave-noldin j country, shows that they haye ;i ;
found it more to theur interest to do ,so. . It '
has no 'doubt been found that they cpuld* nbi
iu,any other way biing their fabrics ^nto-suc-^.
cessful competition with those made iin^he ^ ^
Eastern States. But still it is foufn^^ai^ ; ;'.
some, kinds of domestic manufactures do not
flourish there to the same; .extent ihaUhey ' ;
do in the frep States, and the onIy feusn» ; ' 'A
that can be assigned ; for it is; tn.e : jl|ai'e«tej-.iv f ':f?
of the population. .The wages'.bjf.^lie la^ou^s
er must alwayjs be 8Un1cient:to^iiMLnUi»':ni < ^P^
and in Maryland it i osta htnVmure to^^
tain himseif than it doe» in K«?h England; '
because slavery has introduced, rinto^jbiw^^
neighbourhood tnftt-want'O'I'^dolinettic.^'i^^i^^
my tvjiich aUays, resulis from, it, a^ii/bV^, " -
cause 'most aHiclelr 'of '.' bonsu^p^

J.

FRKRDOM'8 JOURNAL.

-. aenrjy ai cheap in New-Engla.id fat in Ma-
ryland: but even supposing it to f be a cent
in the jrotind' dearer, thia will add very littie
•to the ejty ense of maintaining a* family, and
is much j more than counterbalanced by the

'greater cost of almost: every other article of
consumption. It is, indeed, a remarkable

; fact, that cotton and wool raised in Virginia
are triansported to New-England, 1 manufac-
tured [there into cotton yam or cloth, and
brought] back again to Virginia^and sold

i cheaper Ithan the same fabric's can 'be made
hero, although large quantities of? the bread
H stuffs I used by the manufacturers ore also
taken from Virginia. It seems then that
free* laUur is so much cheaper than slave labour
that they can afford to pay a profit here to

; the purchaser of the cotton or wool, a freight

! on thejn to NewrEngland, a commission to
the merchant who buys them there, a profit

1 to the; Manufacturer, a freight back again to

. Virginja, and a- profit to the merchant who

; tells diem here, x nd still sell them cheaper
than they can be manufactured by a person
iera, ;who buys the materials at his owadoor,
and sells the fabric in his own neighborhood !
* If ally further evidence were wanting to
prove ihe greater adva.'tages.of free labour,

' it will be abundantly furnished by the great-
er ?ffliience of those parts of the upper coun
ties of Virginia where slaves are least nume-
rous,! and by" the general independence of
thosej ^nductrious famibes and religious so-

'■■ cietiesi who have or a length of time depend-

' ed upon voluntary labour.
I An 'inhabitant of Viginia, on visiting the
Northern and Eastern States, is forcibly
struck! with the contrast they exhibit to his
own. He can travel but a few miles in New-
England without passing a flourishing town
or a beautiful village, where the mansions
ef the! rich are surrounded by the neat and
comfortable dwellings of the poor;, and
.. where| every house' appears to be the abode
pf contentment, ami every countenance weajrs
thefsraiie of cheerfulness. F'rom almoBt every
eminence that he ascends, he can see the
village spires shooting up in all directions
around him, and almost every stream that
he crosses, contributes its strength to some
flourishing manufactory.

In the Western part of New-York, he will
De still more astonished to behold the works
that; have been accomplished, within a :few
years by the industry and enterprize of a
free population. Their well cultivated fields
their populous towns', and their prosperous
villages have sprung up with a rapidity that
seems j like the work of enchantment, and
_ theyv are still progressing with a pace accele
rated $y the assurance of success.

After witnessing these scenes, let him re-

. turn to! his own State— a State that is pecu
liarly 'dear to all her sons, from the remem-
brance! of her former greatness — and what
will bel the nature of his i reflections ?

In those parts of the State where slaves
are i most numerous, he beholds her towns
generally stationary, and 6ome even in a
state cif decay. He sees large tracts of land
ruined by bad cultivation, and thrown into

.. common. The mansions of the rich seem
generally i to speak only of former grandeur,
while ihe hovels of the poor, and the cabins
of thei slaves, exhibit the extreme of wretch-
edness?

In contemplating this scene he is forced
reluctantly to withdraw his gai-e from the
last *ays of her departing glory, and fix a
desponding eye upon the dark , cloud that
hang* over their future destiny:
But lest this picture should seem to be

: coloured 1 too darkly, and be attributed by
some: to the gloomy imagination of an aboli-
tionist, we will present one drawn by a slave-
holder in this neighbourhood, who stands de-„
servedly nigh in public confidence, and is no
less 'distinguished for the excellence of his
judgment than the benevolence of his feel-
ings.! j The expressions which follow, will
W fpdnd in the controversy between Caitis
Gra-chus and Opiraius, on the American
Colonisation Society.

Spjeaking of the " moral principle in so-
cietyj favorable to emancipation," which the
Colonisation Society had. been . charged by
Caius Gracchus with " attempting to cre-
ate,"! Opimius replies : " But the little,, the
very ! little danger to be apprehended from
the . moral principle which the : society is
charged with atteroptin!/ to inculcate, cannot
be better attested than by the simple fact that
.during Ithe eight years of its existence, the
emintrv which a ft single' spark," it is said
" would be sufficient to throw into a flame,"
has remained undisturbed, even in its most
delicate relations; And what let me askj is

^the cjbject to be effected by this " moral prior
ciplel?"— The removal of a population cruelly
forced on the present generation by those
who have preceded'jit — a population equally

. injurious to our morals, our wealth, oqr polit-
ical purity, and our physical strength— a pop-
ulation which Cains Gracchus has not more
elooi ently tinnjustly tieacribed ft6 <« degra-

ded and debased from the very knowledge of
their condition as slaves* dissolute and aban-
doned in ttieir moral character, and with pas-
sions ind feelings of the most lawlets and
brutal jkind." > i

And is it possible that any rational man,
any " member of a christian community, any
citizen of a republican country, can ieribiis-
ohjectito the operation of an influence whose
object' is the removal of such a population ?
If a feeling of justice does not prompt us to
restore to others when we can. what has b*eii
forcibly rested from them, if a sentiment of
philan hropy inspires us. with no wish tocivi
li/e and enlighten a benighted portion of the
world — if we do not feel under obligations to
carry to Africa, whom we have injured, the
healing balm of the religion in which we be-
lieve—yet let us not be deaf to the calls of
patriotism, let us not look with cold indiffer-
ence on our country, gifted by nature with
every advantage of soil and and climate and
locution, hourly diminishing in its wealth, lo-
sing its comparative weight in jhe nation of
which it is a part, subjected to a system of \e-
gislation foreign to the principle it professes,
and destined, perhaps, to rely in the end for
its own security on the strength of others, and
not on its own resources."

" Is there any inhabitant of the South who
will pronounce this picture overdrawn ? or is
there any citizen of Virginia, who will at-
tribute the evils it presents to any cause- than
the character of our population* "Let him
look to ou.r languishing agriculture, our de-
serted farms, onr decayed fortunes, our de-
creasing population ; let him cast up in his
own ledger his profit and I6ss account for the
last fifteen or twenty years, and. then let him
say whether the labour of the slave is not: a
curse to the land on which it is expended ? But
I forbear}- the theme is as fruitful and as in-
piring as it is delicate.

" The' sentiments I have uttered are the
sentiments of a slave-holder, of one. too
whose interests are peculiarly those of the
country in which he liv es. He has examined
this subject in all its bearings, and he unhesi-
tatingly pronounces an early and a combined
operation of the States and General Govern-
ment, essential 'to preserve the country from
progressive debility and premature decay."

From the (Trenton) Emporium.
THE ICE SHIP.
It was in 'he early part of my life, when
I was placed in that'shuttlecock situation of

abin-boy, thereby b In^'the thing. on board
fchip which any and every one had a legiti-
mate right to kick, th t our vessel was enga -
ged in a voyage in that; worst of wintry seas,
the Baltic The difficulty of obtaining a
cargo, had delayea our return until the sea-
son had advanced so far as to create peril
from the ice, as well as from tempest. The
suffering from cold I well remember, though
pe haps my young blood and - the collects e
and 'disjunctive kicks and cuffs aforesaid, ser-
ved to make my endurance less here than
that of ot e s: but^ young as I w?s, my
watch on deck came over often for my som .
niferous faculties, and the curtailed limits of
a monkey jacket kept me dancing and kick-
ing to prevent th freezing effect of the cold"
spray. Sometimes in the moonligh ; would
be discovered the tall iceberg, moving with
the majesty of death, alo g ;h- m aning
d ep, like some giant, surveying the domain
of his empire— agam another, and almost
level with the wave, but ex endngas far be-
neath as ! the vther above its su face, would
dash Into foam the billo - as it rolled upon its
glittering side— an accumulating rock,- the
contact with which was instant destruction.
The severity of the wea her 'was fast appro*
imatingdur ship into a miniature tesem-
blance of these Leviathans— t* e shrouds
gathering size e>ch hour from the dashing
of the sea, our decks loaded w th a<» unprof-
itable cargo ef ice, and our bows presenting,
instead of the -Jiarp angle of the fast sjiiler,
the broad visage of a pugnacious ram", fron-
ted for the contest. • ,

It was one of these moonlight evenings,
duri.-g the severest intensity of the uold that
we m de (in s. ilor hrase) a ship a . bead.-
Ffom a wish t > ascertain the truth of his

reckoning, or from some other motive with
which he d;d not see fit to intrust so impor-
tant a person ge as m self, our captain was
desirous of speaking her— and knowing '.the
heaviness of his own sailing, ordered a sig-
nal gun to be fired, w(iich, after much ham-
mering upon the tompions of our 'guns, and
Sundry scrapings around our solitary piece
f iron brdnahce, to say nothing of the quiv-
ering h^nd arid expiring coal of our tempo-
rary gunner, was ' accomplished. We were,
however, surprised before this feat was per-
formed^ at the proportioned rapidity with
whfch We came up to the stranger— he aeem-
ed ; under shorter sail than' ourselves, apd
when n e •? arrived within hail, we 'observed
thai, some ojf hja sails were vory indifferent-

ly, handed, and, with what few were feet, he
was lying to^-everyj piepstDfligging as high
as the fdre-yard was swelled to an enormous
'l;ulk of ice, and exhibited every prismatic
colour as it ^quivered in the md n team. —
The hull of the ship seemed to lie encumber-
ed with quadruple the quontity jof io- that
loaded us — and the ship resembled through-
out that ship of glass which now decks my
mantlepiece. One individual; stood at tr>.
helm with a chapeau tha| might have been of
the shaggy fur of some animal-i- but it now
bristled in points, like a crystal hedge-hog
— ur vess 1 was now along side and within
a few yards of her, with. our main opsail a-
back — and our ma e with his bull voice hail-
ed "what ship is that?" Thje helmsman
seemed deaf, and made no reply, and ihe
crew (wha. were on deck) appeared not to
understand the lingo of our mate. He again
bawled i French; no answer; jtben with. a
few English damns, in Dutch, Spanish, -and
Portuguese— but ail to no purpose— the
helmsman of the' stranger, seemed too in-
tense on his own business, tojregard such
petty interruption. j »

The m te went below to repoijt, and a long
consults ion was held, wherei 'j the flic rs
of the ship converse in under tones, and
-the sailors turned their quids anil looked al-
ternately at the trang. r nd aj; eac other;
as 'or me, I thought the silence [of the stranr
,er uncivil, and was. anxious ft ■ hea the
command to " fill maintopsail,"j and to run
away from a clime where I met with no hing
but cross words, hard duty and! col fingers.
At last our mate appeared, and ] ordered th
boat hoisted > ut — and !?ever did j I witness i
command on bo rd that ship so lazily and re-
luctantly obeyed— but in spite of delay, th^
thing was to be done, and o^r second ni tej
a real dare devil, was ordered to t ke a crew
on board the stranger, who was now very
near us — in the crew :ardily creeped, and.,
as I was looking .and wonderihg, being in
the econd mate's way, he turn-: led me neck
and heels into the boat and we, were ordered
to pull away— in a short time we were at the
side of the ship, and rowed for|the snronds,
where a sailor was standing, apparentl
watching us. I was ordered to! "hrow a rope
to him, which I did with great precision,
and actually hit the f How on his head — but
still he would not nor did not' take it ;ind I
wa d— d by the seco; d mate for a Itibberly
fellow, with a supererog - y unc!i with the
oar's eBd on my shoulder. Again we rowed
up, and the second mate tried his skill w tb
the same success, and I have no doubt that
■e would have complimeuted the boori h sai-
lor i i the same manner, if he| had a similar
prox mity. A third time the boat wa- along
side, and the officer with some d fficu ty
made the w:jp fast around the enormous
shroud, and stepped 'on board, followed by
the crew, who slnunk to his rear. Amoi g
the last I clambered «.-ver, the slippery side,
and with due caution made a stand in the
centre of the group, who u ere listening to
the colloquy wh-ch had commenced on the
part of our second officer.

(To be Continued,)

bMGLYJlL COMMUNICATIONS.

Epr the Freedom's Journal.
I WISH I WAS A MAN. .
I wish 1 was a man, said , a little boy of 6
years old, as he kej.t flaying with his father^
gold watch chain. "A.id why my dear son "
asked the father. " 'C.nu.se:" « Bt cause yyh-.a?"
"Oh because I wish' I .was a man." AnJ
how many are there in the world who can give
no pthe,r answer than what this little boy gave,
They are hot satisfied with tlie situation ir
which a kind and beneficent Providence has
placed them and when asked the reason, 1 th:-
answeris, ''Because." ( The very head and
front" of their reasoning u hath this extent, no
more."

It is the besetting of man to be discontented
With his situation in life, and to seek other
fways and means than those pointed out »o him
by the Author of his being. Towards the
close of his lifej after he has toiled and toiled
to no purpose, he finds too late that in his pur-
suit after happiness he has but grasped the
shadow for the substance, and he leaves 'this
world with the conviction that all the suffering
and misfortune he has felt, has been caused
entirel) by himself and that hrf he been con-
tent with the sphere in which he was placed,
he iriighi have enjoyed what little of happiness
• n.is sufTered to partake of in his short so-
j iiirn upon earth- But let us sfee how it. was
with Harry Morton, the little^bpy that so wish-
ed to be a man. Harry*s bo» h-u-f! could not
pass away too quick. The ! sport's of his
youthful Companions had no charms for him,
for the dearest wish;oi his spiil,' W as, to be
a inan.i He kiiew hot at least he f U aoI at
the time, that the season of youth was the
.only period in the. brief space' of ma-.'s !ife,
tb»> could bp called one of rtal enjoy mem. .

The' mind' is not then ironbled wit' the thpo-
sand cares and. anxie'ie^ t >at flow l> q«icfc
succession upon o ;e more adva ced i year»,
the spirit of he youth are as ye! free from
•the bonds. of thral orri whi :h 'ime a^id xsitk.
torn plac • upon th • ma >. He is happy for no
one tr ubles him. He. plans his •ipleasures,
and no one interrup s hi His face is the
picture of he 1th and happiness, for Time
has not placed its withering har d upon his '
brow. And yet Harry Morton wanted to be
a man, ; nd he had his wish.

I had left my ; .nativ>- place when you >g,
and aft r an absenre of a y.y a s I return-
ed 'o my home.. My y -uthf'l compahioiis,
w re th y all livi g? The green turf had.
grown upon the prrave of many wHo at my
depar ure had proffer id th« haj-d of trie .d-
sbip, and gave me many wishes for my 'suc-
cess >nd luck in "foreign parts," Many
were still living, but

" The days of their youth, were faded and gone."
And little Harry Moreiton who so wished to
b a man ha his wish gratifi d for he waa
now a man, and an old one too. His hair
was white with years and his tottering step*'
to|d that he had almost journeyed the course"
of life. I went to see him for we were Old
acquaintan es, an I whe i I grasp, d hls with-
red and bony hand, Icould not htlpt ! ink'i >g
of the change fiom the gay and sprightly
you. h into

" The lean and »]ippnred p'aatabon."
He saw ray thoughts, and a tear dropped
from -is eye as he shook my hand; Ah my
friend, said he, I have been punished dearly
punished for rny foolish wish. The days of
my youth are gone, and with tbem all the
innocent leasure that attend them. When
I became of age and < ould call myself > man,
my heart was full, full' to the brim with joy
and anticip-tions I saw but the bright
side of things, and dreamt not of the mis- "
haps that laugh to scorn the vain calcula-
tions ; f man. I fell in -ove and married an
amiable woman, and I hoped to see my chil-
dren's children growing up around me. I
have lived to see all. °m plans' miscarry, aod
nv wife with three blooming children, young
in innocence as in year3 r laid in the co ; d
arth. I am now alone, with ho remaining
tie to bind nie longer to this world, . sad-
der" but I hope ." a wiser man." Such are
the confessions of age. 'Shall - we never
learn wisdom. The child wishes to be ft ■
youth, the youth to be a manj and when they
have* obtained their wishes, what more are
they satisfied ? The old man wish 3 again,
for days of " Anld lang syne."

What a lesson does th-s sp -ak to us td-^b'e
contented with our lot, and await the proper :
course of things. Let the young learn from
this so to enjoy the season of thair youth,
that in old age they might say with trujth,
" Days of my jouth ! I wish not your recall ;
Hairs of my youth ! I'm content^o^r ihould fall/"
■ NED. .'

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

Messrs. Editors, '

If you think the following worthy a place
in your valuable. Journal, you will oblige &
subscriber by inserting in it: —

It certainly musf be gratifying to e very-
true philanthropist, to see the People ot Co-
lour treading in the steps of the virtuous and
enlightened part of the whole community, by
forming themselves into* -Societies for the.
promotion of religion, the education of their' .
children, and the relief of the needy. These 1 :'
institutions cannot fait to elevate their char- " !
actor, and improve their cond lionV In botbJ <C
these respects, much has; ( been already don* K :
by them, and much movej tn future, may be ' ^
leasonabiy anticipated. *"Wha man can at-! ;, r
tend an orderly, religious, literary, or char- : -
itable institution of coloured persons, ahd#
not feel the injustice of ranking t em as in* f i
fenor beings, while there, are multitudes of f
white men, who never associate for any vir-
tuous, or honourable Ipurpose whatever ; and,
•* ho can trace the operations of such institu- /
lions, without perceiving that the are bigh-
ly beneficial ya their members, and to socier
ty atjarge. |%^ma jj mi. . t be blind indeed^
who does not ^*c£ver that the people^f^col-:
our, m these pMaita: e rapidly impro^rig to
knowlcd^and V^tpe,! notwithstandiog'airthe^:
great disadvantage tb which they are sub-1%
jected by prejudiced Without detracting^
from the merits of, their white friends, (to i$
whom they are under an eternal -debt^rp
gratitude) much of this improvement (it rau^i fc
be allowed) ha> arise, from -Uie soejetiea ' k Y
formed among theafselves, andontliesero re-p
d h e a p 'e n 7 er> must ,th ? ir idvancemeflt^l

On^the 4th ^day of next month, slavery M
will be abolished throughout this atatei^A
Would it not be well on tha day: for MlM
people of colour to fojlow the ^xamble. ofll
those white men, who have formed aocietiw||
tor the suppression of intemperance, by fortfr-'t^

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

such a society anion* themsel ves. The or-
ganii ation and support . f such a society v
would cos* no man any thing, but would be
a great saving to many. The coloured peo-
ple, may indeed be racked among the most;
temperate classes of Community. The wri-
ter of this article, has been a ? hundreds of
entertainments among his brethren, where
wines, and every kind of spirituous liquors,
were served up in abundance, yet has he nev-
er seen among them all more' than three per-
sons the worse for drinking. Can more be
said of the most respectable classes of white
men ? Still there are many shocking instan-
ces of intemperance among the people of
colour, and reason sufficient for us to estab-
lish a societ. for ts suppression. Ardent
spirits should never be used but as a medi-
cine. Men may drink, a, great deal more
than does them good, without being drunk
ards ; and every glass over and aboye what
does good, is hurtful to both body , and
soul. Circumstanced as we, the people
of colour, are in. this country, intemper
ance is more hurtful to us than others. I)e
barred from many of the sources of obtain
iug a livelihood enj • ed- by. the white men,
we cannot as well afford to expend our mo-
ney for liquor as they, and labouring under
strong prejudices, the least a t of intemper-
ance, often throws us entirely out of employ-
ment. Our very' Existence therefore depends
upon temperance. By temperance we will
save a g eat deal of that money which we
have so much difficulty to obtain, and by
temperance only, can we preserve that char-
acter, which prejudice is ever seeking to
take from u-, and without which 'we cannot
gain a livelihood. Let us then, form a soci-
ety for its promotion Let us form it on that
day, when the laws of our state declare,,
that slavery shall cease, and let every col-
oured man, in the place, become a member
of it. This will be distinguishing the day in
a most honourable and useful manner, and
making it productive .f much greater bene-
fits, than it would otherwise yield.

R.

NEW-YORK, JUNE !

[JJ* \\ e recommend to the attentive perusal
of our brethren., the Communication from our
correspondent R. tie writes upon a subject which
concerns our character as a people. The grf-al.
increase, of intemperance and its attendant evils,
has called ferth the exertions of the good and vir-
tuous to stay its desolating progress; v and we
agree entirely with our correspondent, in think-
ing there can be no time more suitable for the
formation of a Society for the prevention of lO'
temperance, than that glorious day. which gives
liberty and all its blessings, to a' portion of our
brethren, and renders them free and independent
as tho God of Nature formed them.

' Salem, Mass., with a coloured population of four the temple of Janus,
hundred; put a school into operation the last year,
for the education 'of, their ,ohudreh,.bu*f)f , pm}cattie8
unknown to m, closed it after si* months; : /

tfeufiffavrn, Conn., with a coloured population
of eight hundred, ' provides two schools, during
three months in the year; under tho care of a mai-
ter and mistress. '." s < .

Provideh^e^R. /., with a coloured population] of
fifteen hundred; and Hartford] Conn, with ^nve
hundred, provide: none. *

Philadelphia, with a coloured population ; of
twenty thousand, provides three schools for the
instruction of their children, under the care of
four * teachers.^

, JYcio- York, with a coloured population of fif-
teen thousand, provides two schools for the in-
struction of thhir childron,, under the care of a
master and mistres*. Parents, we learn, who are
able, are obliged to pay one dollar per quarter for
teach child. ; :

47

AFRICAN FREE SCHOOLS IN THE UNI-
TED STATES.

Perhaps, we cannot better exemplify the truth
of our foregoing remarks, than by presenting our
readers, to the best of our knowledge, with a list
of African Free Schools. These facts will speak
more eloque- tly, than any remark of ours, to the
innid of the philanthropist. They at once 6hew,
that many things at which men of common minds
. wonder, viewed in, connexion with their causes ;
have nothing in them of an extraordinary nature.
Can the husbandman, if his fields be negl ected
during the time of ploughing and sowing, expect
a harvest ? Can the mind of man, neglected du-
ring his youth, appear in after-life cultivated?
; It may be expedient to premise, that wo have
thought it unnecessary to mention other jplacas
than those of note, where the coloured population
is considerable.' But to our list.

Portland, Me., with a coloured population of
nine hundred, provides one school for the educa-
tion of their children, under the care of a mistress.
Better things are in progress.

Boston. Mass. with a coloured population ,bf two
thousand, provides /assisted by the liberal dona-
tion of the iate Abiel Smith. Enq.) three schools for*
the instruction af their children, viz. two Prima-
ry, under the care of African female teachers, and
a Grammar School under a master. As we have
more than once referred to the donation of Mr.
Smith, perhaps a better chance may not occur for
gratifying the curosity of our readers.

[Abiel Smith. Esq. of Boston, left by will, for the
support of a school for African children, $4,(M>0 bf
three per cent.Vtock ; thirty shares in the New-
bury port Turnpike ; twenty shares in the Second
New-Hampshire Turnpike ; seventeen shares in
the Kennebeck Bridge ; five shares in the Bridge"
at Tiverton, R I , and five in the Bathing- House,.
Bostofi.^-Aoiw to Dr. Harris' Sermon before the
African Society.]

We need njot montion the names of any other
pluces,.as wo know of none other schools. Seeing
then, that 'the schools now in operation^, for thw
education bf our children, are so f p ^^ |>j^jfefe
feet; ought others to wonder, that nbt^mn^M
ter arriving at manhood, are fitted to\0Ce>$y6$
pectable stand in society. What are the advan-^
tages to be derived- from an instruction 'in these' 1
schools, compared to those of a higher and more 1
elevated nature ? What are the incentives held
•ut to a lad of colour ? Are there higher schools
to stimulate him to greater exertions ? Is he pla-
ced, and considered, an oqual with o\pftr f ijboys jji
schools of the same rank ? Do the atftfniiiieea'oY
%nst«es, expect him to be as well grounded iri'thV
elementary branches ? A little smattering, and a
few words recom^ndatoryj^iHn bis teacher,- are
all they look'forYfrrf^ The very

idoa of his colour, is-enough to elicit praise from
his learned visitors, when the same exercise per-
formed as well by another boy, would pass unno-
ticed, and be. considered as a thing of course.

We suspect, it is unnecessary to mention, that
much depends upon the teacher, as well as the pu-
pil. We are so skeptical, that we cannot believe,
that almost any one is qualified to keep a school
for our children. Enemies may declaim upon their"
dulness and stupidity ; but we would respectfully
enquire, have they not had dull and stupid 'in-
structors ;■ who, if placed in any other than a co-
loured school, would hardly be considered as earn;
ing thtir salt : but we oust be silent, as any bn ^
who possesses a few*' qualifications (unnecessary
to be here named) is, in the general. estimation, fit
to keep a school for Us. We protest against such
silence ; and to shew our sincerity, shall continu-
ally raise our feeble voice against the unequal ad-
vantages for education enjoyed by our children :
andihough upon the community at large, this may
have little effect ; yet we trust, there will .be
found, some 'unjust judges,' who wearied with us
may strive in real earnest to d^o something for
their education. • " 7

Let pur children and youth be but once convin-
ced, that as much is expected from them as from
other boys of the same standing ; let the elemen-
tary branches most essential to the business of
after-life, be well fixed in their Voung minds; (no-
glecting exercises not of immediate practical use
for a later period ;) let public committees and
trustees, visit their respective schools, more fre-
quently, and examine more thoroughly ; and see
that teachers do not keep their pupils unprofita-
ble employed, or exercised upon the same rules in
Arithmetic and Grammar, or upon the same map
in Geography for a show'off against the visitation
day, which may. not take, place more than once or
twice a year. Let these necessaria bo donej and,
no good result from their operation ; and then
shall we be convinced that really we. are of dif-
ferent species and not variety, and that the Crea-
tor has, in his providence^ designed us for " hew-!
ers of wood" and "drawers of water," and " beasts
of burden,'" for our fairer brethren.

Writers, old and young, are fond of exclaiming,
that " there is a wide difference'in p^int of intel-
lect between the African and. the European. - It is
in vain to plead the degraded condition of the
Negro — had not nature dealt out her gifts to him;
with a sparing ;hand, we should not have remain-
ed, so long without evidence ef her hborality-
There are some thousands, of free blacks in Ame-
rica, but no one 'has ever given^ the least indica-i
lions of -an elevated mind." Taking it for granted,
that the above refers more immediately to the'
United States,, we call upon' the advocates of the;
system to point us; to one individual who has en-
joyed to the full extent all the privileges of his.
fairer brethren. Though there are thousands:
of free people of colour in this country, yet to
tbein the seats of knowledge have over Wen as

in time of peace Wo will
not enumerate the eat set of their exclusion, they
are well known. In 'South America and Hayti»
where the/Man of Colour] is seen in all the dignity
of man, .freed from the prejudices, and endowed
with the rights, and enjoying all the privileges of
citizenship, we behold him not a whit inferior to
any of his fairer brethren Co nBcious of his dig-
nity, he acts and feels! himself a man.

It is much easier for men to declaim, that tilings
in their narrow conception of them, do not- hap-
pen, than to investigate and maturely weigh the
causes, which strike the man of cultivated taste
as the only existing difficulty. The human mind
fits itself to its situation, and to tho demands
which are made upon its energies. Debased -and
lowered beneath the stjandard of men, what incen-
tives have we for action ? No matter what his
merits, no matter what his claims, no matter what
his character, the man of colour sees himself and
friends treated as the most contemptible vagrants:
nd all for what ? beet. use nature has stained him
somewhat darker than cqnimon.

• Conscious of the unequal advantages enjoyed
by our children, we feel indignant against those
who arc continually vijtuperating us for the igno-
rance and degradation of our people. Let tho
most intelligent people upon earth be enslaved for
ages — let them be. deprived of all means of acqui-
ring knowledge — let their very name be consid-
ered a byword through the land — and we ven-
ture to assut, that wo; should behold beings, as
ignorant, degraded, and dead to' every noble feel-
ing, as our brethren-. . But well wishers as we are
for tfie dissemmation ojf knowledge, we never de-
sire such to be the contemptible situation of any
people. Were wishes of any avail, ours would' be
the enlightening of all inations — the spread of the
true principles of Hbgrj-y and equality.

Notwithstanding all the evils under which we la-
bour,, didftur brethren but feel the importance of a
good edujaalion being bestowed upon everymember
of society, how different would be the after-years
of many of our children ! Duly enlightened and '
qualified tojgerform the duties of a citizen (though
denied thfe .opportunity) their whole life might re-
flect credit upon our community, and serve to ex-
tinguishSFbahy prejudices which ariro from our
ignoraycey depravity and want of propriety .'
world of a certainty is. daily growing more en-
lightened, and we must advance also, if we wish
not to remain where our fathers did before us.
Having exposed, in our feeble manner, the great

tiary at Richmond, made a-, rope of cotton

cloth, on the 19th inst, arid* hanged hixoMtu
—-The Ohio river waa eight feet below W-
wate- murk or. S:,tu day befo e last; — —A
Savings Bank^ommenceiT^toe ati ^ at New
Oceans 01. the 96th ult.-r—- On the 12th r^t.
Mr. John Lofton, of »h'ct' senior clai* of the, 8.
Carolina College was drowned »n, the^riveV
near Columbla.-~^-v2 niccdigtinWiqn.--A mtt~
nicipal 1
play I
g roue t

clock is ... , „ .

lately killed at Windham, Conn, .bj,a ta^r,
with a pair of 8hear's.-~~The,nurtD^ ^
g' S which leave Boston weekly, is at tin*
time from 750 to.8OO.-7 — -W. H. Rice, owe o|f
the party concerned in the robbery , pj the -
staf treasu y of Ohio, at Colu bus bar bee*
arrested in that place* $10,000 of paper have .
been recovered of him and $2000 in specif
were fend in a vault.— -Mr Wadaworthj
the proprietor of the Avon Mineral springy
1 tely put a period to his existence, »v hang- '
inghimself.-5-r-A Connecticut paper' dismis-
ses Governor Wolrptr from office with tin*

remark that he has 1 ode long enough.- >~

The celebmted Robert Owen of the^ New-
Harmony Community, is about to leave that *.
place on a visit for Europe.-—— The Rome ^
Republican, cautions the public against, recei-
ving counterfeit $5 notes of the Geneva Banff
— —i Mosqueto Jleet.-r-The , Ithaca ; Journal
contains the following notice : sailed from the
port of Ithaca, .a fiotilla of iwenty canoes
bound for New-Haven, Conn. John Smith,

Captain commandant. The body of a wbr- '.

man far advanced in pregnancy drifted ashore) '
at Staten Island, near the narrows, on. Satur-
day last.r A gang o counterfeiters, thir-
teen in number have . been arrested in Geau-
ga Co. Ohio ; three were comniitted to prison, *
eight recogni. ed to appear at the next courts

and two : dis« harged. ^.Alonzo Lyman of

Dresden, fell from one of the Canal boats in
Troy, on Monday last, and wag drowned.-r——
A writer in the Rochester Telegraph attri-
butes the coldness of the season to several
spots on the Sun which in his opinion, will

continue .until August. James E. Pitszira-\

mons of Scribu, N. Y. poisoned himself whil* '
under arrest for misdemeanor.——-r-Th© \
house of Christian Martin, of Waterloo, U. ^
C. was destroyed by fire, and two children

perished in the' ftaines. —Mysterious ^J-

fair.—Mx. Nathan Wakefield, of Woodbury,
Ver. a man of family, left his house on the.8th
inst. and • has «6t since' been heard bf -^-^Tffd" -
Woollen Facto|jpy , at Pittsfield, N. H. Was been

destroyed by fire. -^-A woman in Warrea

county, N. J.' 16ft heHnfant for a short time,

and when she returned a large black, snake
was coiled ajound its neck, which she: imme-

deficiency a*, present existing as it regards schools diately seized ,by the neck, took off and de<

or the. education of our children and youth ; we stroyed.' Rouse Kenyon was drowned

iuvoke tlwr aid of all the friends of humanity in in , f, he Tonne wanda creek, on the J8th in*U
all quarters of this, extensive country, to come ] vhlle attempting to -swim across the stream
* j " 1 . I j e J ' '. to escape from the sheriff who had . . a
forward and use their endeavours , for the estab- ! c j yil p rocegs ( against him.^ — One of

lishment of schools for our too-long
people.

leglected

A child of eleven years of age was drowned
in China, Mj. ou thjMth inst. He was sent
ibu village on ari errand, where he was
treated^hl lit became intoxicated. On his re-
urn nome he fell iar.o a brook and lost his life.

— On ihe 17th iost. the Superiuienclenuof

thc ; wcaviiig'department of the New-York Mills,
situated about three j miles from Uiic*i, while
engaged in "adjusting some machine i y, was
caught in a baud passing over, a drum by his
right arm and carriedjup to the ceiling, where
he becaoie entangled aboul the drum, and bad
his right arm pulled off below the elbow, and
the remainder of it crushed and the ribs on tliat
side of his body so fra;ciu eJ that he survived

the accident but a few; h >ui> On the. 24: h

mst. a child 01 Me. T. O^ilvie,: of Brooklyn>
about five years old, was run over by a waggon
and horses coming down through Pu. lion-street
to the Ferry, and its shoulder broken, besides
being otherwise severely bruised, by. the wheels
arid, one of the horses passing over its body.- —
AtPoultney, Ohio, on the 15th inst. Samuel
Henry was ^hot by hib son.ltobert, in 'conse-
quence of a dispute between them/ The old
. an was killed. — — Two' persons were crushed
in Piiiladel < da on Thursday the ^4ih inst. by the
caving in ol tho earth While they were digging.
Jacob Noles, one of them was killed, the other
was badiy .injured:'— — -A man was found, on the
Lancaster Turnpike, Penn- oh the 17th inst.
suspended by the neuk. The red l)audanna
which susperyded bim vas marked P. Uoll.—^.
^-John-]Graft»'<>^ CJia'm-pion,- Jefferson co.
committed suicide" on,^he l7jth inst. — r^-Two
forged checks, of $6000 each, after having
passed, through sevejral, hands, without any
doubt of theii* genuirieiiess, were presented ,
dh Thursday (i24tb) at the U. S. Branch«ank
in ^titiinore.- — - Aj couvict in the Penitien-

tfie Citizens Line of stage coaches was runi
away with and overturnedj in Albany, on Sun-
day last, and the driver of it killed— -of four
passengers, three escaped without injury-^— \^
A floating dock, intended to be used at Q,uie- .
b c as a dry dock, has been launched at Mon-
treal.^ New potatoes were in the Philadel-' ■

: hia market on Saturday last. Peas were sel-
ling at 12 cents the half peck — -MiseHajt-; j
riet Livermore, the female Preacher, arrived
in this city on Friday last from Philadelphia. -
Canal Commerce. — On Saturday there w,ere
twenty-six arrivals and 63 clearances in Al-
pany. — —On the 29th, two persons were ar- :.
rested at the Bo vvery Theatre for; attempting '
to pass counterfeit money at th,© ticket office -
—on examina tion : %- loaded pistol was \ found
in th^ possession of each.

— >«@e*—

: Through th. 1 politeness of our Haytien Corres-
pondent, we have received by the arrival of the -
jean Baptistfe from: Port au Prince, files of tho

Feuille du Commerce" and " Le Telegraph*,'' H
to the Gth inst.; They contain nothing of interest*^ ,

MARRIED,:

On Sunday evening last, bf. the Rew My.
Williams, Mr. ADAM BROWN, or BerV

en, N. J. to Mrs. 1 ELIZABETH PETER-". •
JON, of this city. ' ' • •

Last evening, by the Banie, Mr. JAMES -
FRASER, of the Island of. Bar>ad6eaV: to^
Miss ANNE MILES, ofXharlesfon. S. -*C.- \\

ALMANAC.

JUNE.

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2 Saturday j

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their i backs to
certain pla.ce in

THE Olp. WAN.
i. ■ . Why If axe y« on my hoary hair,
Yijchildren you ng arid gay t
Yourilocks beneath thuiblast of cure,
yV ill, bleach as whit© as they.

I had * mother om.6, like you,

Wio o'er my pillow hung,
Kiaa*^ from my check the briny dew,

And taught my faultering tongue.

She, jwhen the nightly couch was spread

. Would bow* my infant knee, ,
And palace her hand upbn my head,
Anil kneeling, pray for me. *

But then, thare came a fearful day, —
1 sdught my mothur i bed,
' Till harsb hands bore mo thence away,
■ ■ . ■ And told me she was dead, i

X pluck 'da fair white. Rose, and stole
• To 7 lay it by her side,

Ahd thought strange sleep ehchained'her soul,
For no loud voice replied. ! .

Th£t eve, I knelt mo down in woe,

And said a lonely prayer ?
Yetj, still my temples seem'd to gbw,

As if that hand were there. ,

Years fled^-and loft me childhood's joy,

Gay sports and pastimes dear,
I rose a wild and way waed boy

Who ecorn'd the. curb of lear.

Fierce passions shook me like a reed,
..Y;el, ere at, night I slept,
'Thjtt soft- hand made my bosom bleed,
And down 1 fell and wept.

' Yorith came — the props of Virtue reel'd —
But oft at day's decline,
A marble touch my brow congeal'd—
JJlest Mother ! — was it thine ?

In foreign land I travelfd wide,

My pulse was bounding high,
Vic^ spread her meshes at my side,

And pleasure lord my eye ;

Yet; still that hand, so soft and cold,

Maintain 'd its mystic sway,
As jfvhen amid my curlsof gold

With gentle*for«c it Jay.

And when it breath 'd a voice of caro

As from the lowly sod,
" My sonyiiny only one, beware !

N'pr-sin against thy God." ^ t

This brow the pluftied helm displayed

Tp.at guides the warrior throng,
Or ;jieauty s thrilling finger s stray 'd

Tnese manly looks among;

That hall.ow'd touch was ne'er forgot !
. And new, though time had set
His [frosty seal upon my lot,
Theso temples feel it yet.

And! if ere m heaven I appear,

A] mother s holy prayer,
A mother's hand, and gentle tear,
Thai pointed to a Saviour dear,

Have led the wanderer .there.

, DOMESTIC BLI.-S.
iVom 1 Rouge et Noir,' a New Poem.
The cfimp may have its fame, the court its glare,
The theatre its wit, the board its mirth : .
But^lh'ere's a- quiet .calm, a heaven where
Miss me* for shelter— the domestic hearth !
If this be comfortless, if this he drear,
It "needs not hope to lind a haunt on earth ;
Elsewhere we may be careless gay,, caress'd,
But here, and only here we can be.0i.est '

O sentjelessj soulless, worse than both were be
"Who flighting all the heart should hoard 'with
jpnde,

Could jwasle his nights in loosest revelry, ,
And jiejave his bosom's partner to abide
The anguish women feel who love and see
Theimiives deserted, and their hopes destroyed;
fcjoiuo tloting one, prehaps. who hides her tears, .
Andi struggles at a smile when he appears !

FREEDOM'S journal.

traveller* The* road; at a | ECONOMY IS NOT PARSIMONY,
v^uritiui uiavo „. toe passage of the ftoindrie,| g... MOLLESTON & J. ROBINSON
lie alon^f the; edie . of an abrupt pre ^ce,i T AILORS and Clothes Dreeaers, respect
1500 feet in pe'rpendt ular do tn to t e • tver announce, that they have entered into part-
below, A Spariisjh 1 Officer having occasion to nership, and" havo opened nn establishment at No.
perform thiii ro»i ttf, had fastened ''.on. aft: lm- > 61 j^Broad-street, (three doors above Beaver at.)
ni nse ; pair of 'Tnjile spurs, and in or ^r to j whore they respectfully solicit a 'continuance of
h^ntpn thp ni ralo' his Cargin ro, Was-jinces- that patrohage which they have heretofore enjoy

however, may b.el exhausted, and on. reach-
ing this t emenkojus precipice; the Carguerp,

rhents. Habits, and Mantles, dressed and repaired
with despatch, and' in" the best manior. ...

...... * „...-.. p!T .- , , , v . • - A^orders thankfully received and punctually

jerk d his! inhuiWh rider from his ch ir into attended to;

If.. 4. k~iJ..,! 1 •.;<<! At* hifl p.rc.'a flft. into t in?M».

the torrent belowi' and made his escape into t . jrj»Mn8. Mollrston can accommodate from six
the mou.ttaiije; J ! " *° ©ight*Gentlemen 1'oarders.

It is told of Henrys Martin, that, making . JAMES LAW, j

an invec ive speech one time against old Sir PIRST-B AT3B 00 AT DHBSSEH,

Har- y. Vane, wbdn he had done \vi h him he i 177 miUam-street, Weio- York,

said,- But for Hutig Sir Harry Vane, and { C0NTINUE s i t0 cleanse and -dress Coats,
sat down. Several cried out, ' what have Pa ^ loonB) Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls, in
you to say to young Sir Ha ry ? tie rises the neatept possible mnnnur. He also .makes, al-
up: -*-Why if young Sir Harry lives to be ;tera an d repairs Gentlemen's Clothes, to their en-
ol'3, he will bej. old Sir Harry !' and so eat . tiro satisfaction, and upon the most reasonable
down, and set the. whole house a laughing, (terms.

. j "4* His mode of dressing Clothes is hy steam

Dr South, Dr Sou h, visiting a gentle- ; spojfcmo, which' be has followed with much suc-

man one morning was asked to stay to din- cess for several years past. All kinds of spots or
man one morning, wae . » ^ 3 ^ arfl extracted and t he cloth restored to the

neivwh'ch invptim h *™*** t ed rn " L' ™* a P pcaran6e of new; and this he engages to per-
gen leman stepped into the next. room and ^ ^ .> tQ ^ ^ » nd at ^

told his wife, nd desire^ sh would provide eqva[ to lbi ^ £ t jJ 0 kin( , don0 , in thig or any
something extraordinary;. Wereuponslie De- othe j cUy of the ^^ ited States ,
gan to murmur [arid scold, and ma ''e a thou- May 8. 9— 3m

sand words ; till, |at length, er husband pro- j * *
voked at her behaviour, prote ted; that ii it
w s not for the stranger in the next room, he
would kick het but of doorB. Upjtin which
the doctor, whd had hea d all that had

SCHOOL.

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,

p ssed, stepped.out, crying, I beg Sir,, you Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for the
will make no stran|er o'flme. <•

admission of Pupils.
IN this school will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAK, 'GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use of

Hapa and Globes, and
HI "

The single \sj>m\ Parrot— There, is an
eastern story of a person who taught his pais
rot to repeat only these words, u What doUbt
is there of .that!?'' He carried it 4to the. mir-

ket for sile fixing the price atMOO ru eesj wiblUKY.
A mogul asked the parrot, " Arejyou worth ; Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.
100 rupees?" /The parrot answered, " Wft'at Reference..— Rev. Peter William^ Rev» James
doubt is there'-'of that?" The mogul was de- : Varick, .R*v. S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul,
litrhted and bought the bircl. Hfsoon found ; Rev. William Miller * ,

out that this was all it could stfy: ashamed New-York, Mardi 14.
now of his bargain, he said to himself, " I vyas '

OHBAP CLOTKXWCt STORBj

Ab. 218,' South Sixihwtred, Philadelphia.
THE Subscriber reapectfully returns hi* 1
.sincere thanks to' his friends and, the public in: :
sreneral, for their favoir and patronage; He
informs them, that he continues to keep a Iargoj
assortment of. Gentlemen's . READY-MADEi,
WEAR! \G APPAREL of superior quality, both-
new and second-handed, where Customers will bef
accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-:
some style. Ho also informs Families and private
Gentlemen, who .have second-handed Clothing for
solo, that they will meet With a good price, and
ready sale for their goods, by applying to

UANIEL PETlfllSON, .
■' JV'o. 2*18, 5 ovth 6t.7(/< i>. Ii rt.,,j Mai

N. B. Taylbring carried on in its various
branches,' and on the cheapest terms.

I' NO T ICE.
PROPRIETORS of CIRCULATING LI-j
BRARIES can! have their Bdoks and outstanding
Debts collected upon very moderate terms. N.
B. Subscriptions to all . Periodicals received and
procured by ; .

GEORGE W. EVER1TT, General JJgcnt,
i 33 Catharine-street. ,

SOMETHING TO BE SAVED!

ohahx.es mohtimeh,

Respectfully informs his customers, and ,
the publick in general, that he. has opened, and
expects to continue, his Shop, at D3 Church-street;
where he will make, and repair Shoes and Boots
in the best manner, at the iollowi'ng reduced- pri-
ces :

Neio Boots, - ■ - $6 00
Footing Boots, - 3 50

Bottoming Boots, - 2 00
Soling avd heeling Boots, •- 1 50 .
Half Soling and Heeling, - 100
N. B. He also informs his gentlemen ^ custom-
ers, that he will aive new Boots and Shoes, in [ex-
change, or h(! w|il give his work for se'cond-haniled
Boots. All ordjers le|t' at his Shop, 93 Church-'
street, will be immediately attended to.
New-York, March 5>0. 2

1

a fooUo buy /this: bird." The parrot exclaim-
ed as usual, »• What doubt i4 there o>\that?".

The Dumb. made to speak -f A vagrant, who
has been for some time past! laying the bene-
volent inhabitants of Chichester and" its neigh-
bourhood under icontributions by pretending
to be deaf and diimb,.excited the suspicion of j
the police of that city, and accordingly being
tab>n in^he act of strong importunity by tions.
signs, assisted by; a.gaudily painted board, on
which his affliction 1 was expressed in legible
characters, he was brought before J. B.Fre-

2>»tmS & MEDICINES,

y^f-^ . . J€)HN SICKELS, Jr.,
. 100 Chajiel-st.,
• Offers for sale a general assortment

tfgSHjfe of DRUGS and MEDICINES on
J %M£*W the most reasonable terms.

Families supplied with genuine ar-
. tides ahd particular and personal at-
tention given lo Physician's prescrip-

Approved Medicines which are celebrated for
the cure of most diseases to which the human

frame is liable, prepared and sold by the Sub.scri
, , , , . f . re J ber, at the Corner of Anthony and Chapel-stieets,

land, Esq. and after an examination, in wtiich \ r m^i;™! umtis,

he pretended not to understand any. thing that
was going on, the worthy Magistrate told,
him he would give him one opportunity more;
of acknowledging himself an impostor by|
speakiiigj he wohld, in that case, commit him
to the tread-mill for only six! weeks ;.but, that;
if he persisted in remainingjdiimb, he should!
have three months ; when the fellow instant- \.
ly exclaimed, u T)—l — n'! six iceeks I. think
ivill do best ! .'"

N. B. Medical advice given gratis.
Aprill7, I«27 . JOHN SICKELS, Jr

" BEJIUTY AND, ECQJfbM F."
UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND

JOHN. H. SMITH'
No. U2 North-Third-st (above <Race,) Phi-
ladelphia, '■

... ,, , RESPECTFULLY informs the! Public in ge-

lie was accordingly .commit- n6ra i > that he. still continues at the abov« place

JPe\ mil marry, — A 'cou.de 01 young ladies
h'i-ing-r ( tot y, buriv d their fut-e; : who wcis
an i'.idl humorist, -.ad ;.i;id •••uoh ;.n ve v -i. n t.»
fealritnony j a he won id not i.Low h= ■><■■ t<>
mair-l however a iva tag.."us t'«- off r.—
Coj ■ ers ti^ on hi haracte , :he .1' st ob
eeriv 4' " e is dea . t last, a id no.-- \v v; Devil,
will mar y." " W 11. I am or a nc • h s- I

ted to Petsworth.pBridewell for six weeks. } the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's CWsj
— — Pantaloons. &c. on a-dirWent plan I'rojn that of

The 1 beginning and end of Honor.— Iphi- the Dyers, having a com position j for so doing,
crates the son of a shoemaker, was reproach- ' which ' enables him to dress Clothes so aa to leave
ed by a degenerate -escendant of Hannodi-' their appearance, equal to new. j He restores
us for the "meanness of his 'birth. • True," Soams v ^c. to their •original colour when; worn
said Iphicrates, b the dignity of my family w ^ tc - ^ nd . Wl]1 Wil , rr ^ nt thBI » wear three months
" n L -i t i * «ff„^..„/ after dressing, apd then can be r<;- dressed. A so,

gins .with me, while that of j yours terminates Ladies , Habfts and Merino shawls,; in the neatest
With ypa. ^ ; j manner and upon the shortest notice, on'rensona-

j . ! bits .terms. - Being legally bred toj the business,

Definition of k Drunkard!-*- A pious divine ' and po^essing a competent knowledge of Dress
.T .j J . j j 1 .' f v„ m? and Cleaning Cloths by Stehm Spon'rinar,

Of the old s ^ * 7h'^ which i S the only complete manned of effectually'

annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civil y, roinoving - tlld £ iin J cuusetl froi J e> t J
the : caterpillaroljindiistry,ti)e tunnel of wealth,. palnts ; ^ r< he n g B onjy triaJ> tc | a g ord him a ,|

and Mr. 0. shall • th ma V.said he
young st. u Hol : , •i ter," said t e ohr,.

"d n
ou> h

poSv«:

hi",

t iet us be too ha. ty in the _

sbands; lot us marry those w orn toe | tion so agreeable as that of the nian of integ-
abov hay destined f r us ; /or pur. ! irity, » ho heard without any iritehtion to be-;

marriag ? are egistered i.v heaveo's

♦la
"for

sorry for that,?' replied the youngest,
am afraid father il- teapouttbe Laf."

the ale-house benefactor,-. the beggar's com- .opportunity of giving satisfaction,
panipn, the con table's trouble, the woe of/his ' N. B; J. S. constantly keeps on lhand New and
| wife,, the scoff of liis neighb»>r, .his own sljaoie, Second handed Clothes Of every description, which
a walking : swillUub, .the picture of a beast,-- he assurjes the public will be soldi as low, if 'not
the monster of a man, and a companion of the lower than at any other establishment in the Uni-
ted States for cash .or barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase would; 'find- it much to tjlieir interest -to
call. aa, above, and iexamino for themselves ,

jETThe highest prlfee given for Gentlemen's
clothes' , - ' . j- ' - '

^ ID" TAILOftllNG WORK cluried on, add
Clothes repaired .---New Cuifs,- Collars and Bnttor|s
put on, if jrequisite.. " He keeps on hand, Cloth,
Velvet/and'Silk'df all cislours, for tioingUn a*u&
S April 20, lf^7. ; - •• j '

"There is nothing," ssys Plato, "so de-
lightful as the iieMting orj the speakmg of
truth''— for this; reason there is no cohyersa-

ntcdote o f a Cqrgucro. — Marry of the -as-
"isds of t- e And<8 ai'e impasbable to ho sfcs

9*1 ' : '" '

tray, and spe.ak^ without any interitiou. to de-
ce\vp;~-l)e<tn Sherlock.

' ■ DISEASES ©UttED.

THE Piles lh-e.;t;.ry, i.ij kinds ol W mmh
. an4 : B^ui^' : V ; aIwa''fiBmody;.f«ir the.-ffrowihe in of
arriages, and even mules ; an the usti- ! the toe nails, fori oppression of the Tiihgs. felons,'
if roc de. of travelling' -for per ons in easv ir- , fistulas, and thebite <>f a mad; dog, if application
cjimsUnc s is in aT chair, ^t ap ed to the j be made within twelve hours,, by

of one o.f, the najive porters (carguerbs | SARAH GBEENi fMianDtidreto,

men of burden, who Jive by Jetting out j

V4

Si Cpllcct-«tr»et.

LOTS WANTED.

TWO LOtS, ;or the rear of tW lots, wH.ere
there Id any convenient communication With the
street,' are wanted, for the erection of a Presby-
teriau ChurclL The location mijst be "between
Reed and Spripgii Hudson and Orange streets.—
One lot; within the above bounds, 5^ TWit or more,
by 75, i wwuld. ahs^rer .- • | ".;''..'

Inquire of S. E.-Vnjtfan, No,. 6,.Varick-stroet.
New-Yprk, March 30.

* - * : . • I ; .. ;/.' ■

U1ND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is authorised to offer to bis
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Land,.
at less than one half its value, provided they^ will
take measures to settle; or'have'it settled, by co-
loured farmers. The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being on. the banks of the Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
Jadelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
to the, Hudson river passes through the tract, o<- '
pening a direct navigation ;to New-York ch^. ""He

[>assage to either city may he made in one"day or
ess The land is of the best quality, and well
timbered. ,

The subscriber hopes thaf some of his breth-
ron, Who are capitalists, will at least invest 500 or-'.
J.000 dollars, in these- lands. To such he will tako
the liberty to say, this land can'be purcliased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,; though it
has been selling for $25. He also takes the liberty
to observe.that the purchase will be safe and ad- ■
vantageouts, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured families, would ba conducive of
much good : With this object in view he will in-
vest 500 1 dollars in the purchase

SAMUEL E. CORNISH. '
New- York. March 20;

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" RI G HTfiOTJSN ESS EX ALTETH .A N. 1 A T 10 N."

CORNISH & RUSSWURM, I
Editors and Proprietors. <

From the Mexandria Gazette.
VIEWS

Of the Benevolent , Society oj Mexandria fir
ameliorating and improving the condition of
the People of Colour.

no. ni.

OF THE CAUSES WHY SLAVE LABOUR
13 DKARBR THAN FREE . LABOUR.
From the facts and testimonies adduced in
-our second number, we think it is evident
that the labour of freemen is actually cheap-
er to the employer than the labour of slaves.
This evidence we chose to draw principally
from facts in the history of our country,
which may come within the knowledge of
every reader, rather than rely entirely upon
the experience of other countries, as record -
ed by former writers, arid which, in every
instance, goes to prove the same* position
with an increasing weight of evidence. We
shall, however, when we come to speak 1 of
the meajts of preparing slaves for manumis-
sion and -colonisation, state the result of
some experiments that have been made, in
other countries for this purpose, and which
also afford additional comfirmation of the
position advanced by Doctor Adum Smith,
in his able v\or.k on the wealth- of nations —
"Thai- the work done by freemen comes
che.per in the end than that performed by
• slaves.

As this position is so contrary to the usual
habits of thinking'among many persons in the
southern and middle states^ we will endeavour
to show the principal causes why the labour
of laves is so expensive to the employer. Al-
though it, may seem, at first view, that the
slave costs his master no more than his food
.and the coarse-clothing he has .avowed hirnj
yet there are other items of expeuse often
overlooked, that are, perhaps, greater than
both of these. The most prominent among
them is, the expense of rearing' children, to
leplace the slave, when he shall be worn; bur
by labou/, or released by death. This expense-
can in no wise be avoided by the master: for
if he purchases hi 5 slaves, instead of rearing
them, he must pay .the expense that has been
incurred by another ; and when he comes to
estimate the interest on the stock so invested,
and the value of its annual depreciation, he
will find it amounts to more than half the hire
of a free labourer. .Suppose, for instance, that
.a young man slave costs $400, the, interest
on this sum is $24 per annum, which is a fair
item of expense, because it could have been
invested sVas to bring this interact. But he
cannot calculate upon the slave Jiving more
than 20 years after he attains to maturity — ;
the average term of human life is not so long
—he must therefore set apart $20 per annum,
for twenty years, in order to replace - him
when he shall die, or become too infirm to
work : in the event of his living much beyond
this period, be must also set apart some of his
former earnings to maintain him in his old
age; but this we will not take into the ac-
count, though it is a fair item of expense.':— •
The clothing of a slave, to keep him in tole-i
rable comfort, must cost we think, at least
$20 per annum ; but we will say $14 for a
safe calculation, for if the stuff for clothing
be made in the family, the spinners and wea-
vers must be supported, and some of 'the ma-
terials mu^t be bought. We will estimate
taxes, medical attendance, and time lost by
sickness, at $5 per annum. ' We must also
add to the expense of each slave, his propor-
tion of the overseer's wages and mamtaih-
ance, who is to be employed to watch them;
and to supply, by a degrading._punishment,
that stimulus to exertion, which the freeman'
finds in the hope of reward. As one overseer
can watch a good many slaves, we will esti-f
mate this expense at only $10 per annum for
each. There are many other expenses resul-
ting from the employment of slaves which
we cannot estimate— such as desertion, jail-^
fering, &c. but on recapitulating those enu-r
merated, we. shall find that they amount to
$74 per annum for each wbrkir,g man; and
this may be called the wages j;aid to slaves)
it being exclusive of theii- food. We arein-?
formed that the' ordinary wages of freenienj
who' are employed as field labourers in the
upper counties of Virginia, are from $00 t^
$/5 per annum, besides ttjeir board. It seems
then, that a slave-labourer costs as much as
a free labourer; and if he does three- fourths.
as much work, 'his employer loses . By. him
about 15 or $50 per annum; or, in other werd£
the work done by him would, coat Una muck

lessijif it had been performed by a freeman.
But we shajl generally find that slave-hold-
ers employ twice as many working hands as
are employed by those'who depend upon "vbf
lunta'ry labour, on a farm of the same size ;
and that the farms of the lattefafe general-
ly cultivated more judiciously. Ev«h those
farmers who. do but little work themselveB,
can cultivate a farm of 300 or 400 acres, with
the usual proportion of cleared land, by the
laboiir of two freemen and an apprentice boy,
while the slave holder will, have at least 4 or
5 men slaves, besides many women and chil-
drenlon a farhj of the same size. In this case
the slave only does half .the work of the free
man, although he costs as much' annually.—
Nor is it surprising that this should be the
caseJ " A person,", says Adam Smith, " who
can acquire no property/ can have no other,
interest but to eat U3 much, and to labour as
'littlel as possible. Whatever work he doe's,
beyojnd what is sufficient to purchase his own
maintenance, can be squeezed put of him by
violence only, and not by any interest of his
own.' In ancient Italy how much the culti-
vatipin of corn degenerated, how unprofitable'
it became to the master, when it came under
the management of slaves, is." remarked
both by Pliny and Columella."

It may, however, be' objected to this. 'rev.
sonhig, * that it is not fair to estimate the
prict *pf the slave,'and th6 amount of his de-
prec ation by agei because most persons in
this neighborhood have either Obtained them
by ii heritance, or raised them, and that they
inertly hold them because the laws of the
State* oblige them to maintain them even if
theyj were to set them free. To this we an-
swer, that it is very little 1 , -if any, cheaper to
i sis«i slaves than to' buy them ; that most per-
sons! who hold them are every year sinking
money by them, especially if they cultivate
poor land, and that laws in favour 'of eman'ci-
pfttidn arid colonization would be oaacte:! if
the people were only convinced of their true,
interest . ' '■ <

That it is nearly as dear to raise slaves! as
to buy them, we think may be inferred from
the circumstance,, that very few persons, and
pe- haps none, engage in the btsiness of rai-
sihgj them as a profitable trade, and that
most persons who do raise them, are fije-
queijitly driven by their pecuniary embarrass'
menb, and ' contrary to their inclinations, to
the I painful and disgraceful act of selling
theih to the southern traders. - It should also
be remembered, that part of the wages' of
.the jfree-iahourer ^gdes to the raising of chil-
dren to supply his place in society, and that
the jwages he generally receives at the pre-
sent time, in this part of the country, is bare-
ly sufficient to maintain him and his family,
with air the economy he can . make use of.
Now the owner of slaves who keeps up his
stocjk, must .also maintain for this purpose, at
least double the number of children that he
has of grown bands of both sexes ; for " it
is computed," says Adam Smith, " that one
half the children born, die before the age of
manhood." It is also estimated by writers
on ithis subject, that the woman who rears
children cannot do more work l ban is suffi-
cient to maintain herself,— so' that every la-
bouring male slave must be charged with the
maintenance of four children to keep up the
stoek, two of which the master may calcu-
late on raising to supply the places of their
parents., It is true that they generally have
more than four children, but every . one
above . this number will add in nearly the
sanle proportion v to the Expenses of the fa-
mily.

'*f The fund," says theauthor just quoted,
" destined for replacing, if I may say-so,
the wear and tear of 'the slave, (that is keep-

ing, up the stock) is commonly, managed 'by
a negligent, master," or careless overseer.-^-'
That destined for performing the 'sameldfjrice
with regard to the free-man, is- managed by
the . freeihan himself.; The disorders ivhis.h
generally prevail in the economy of the rich,
naturally introduce themselves into thejin*^
nagement of the fonder! the -strict frugality
and parsimonious a^tehtidn of the pohr, --upr
naturally establish themselves in that if t!io
latter: wider such] different management*
the-same purpose must require' very difiereht
decrees of expense to execute it. It appears
accordingly,- from, the ^experience of" all ages
and nations. I believ*, that the work 'done by
freje-men comes cheaper in/the efcd than that
^rformed by slaves." '-';'■ '• •' f '

The estimates \ve have hitherto made re-
late soKvly to the : expense of rearing and
maintaining slaves, and to. the unproductive?
ness of the.ir labour compaj-ed; with' tha$.of
free-men j but there are other causes of ex-
penditure which operate generally upon
slave-holders; and may perhkps be consider-
ed as necessarily attendant upon the system :
one of these is the number of their, domestic
servants, which is generally much greater
than would be employed if they were to hire
free servants. We presume ' that the reason,
Why they employ more domestic servants,
is because slaves are generally slower in their
Movements than free people,' which naturally
results from their having no 'prospect of - gain
to incite them to activity. .

Now there ; is no kind of servants so unpro-
ductive, to ,the master as menial servants. They
do no work that adds aoy^Hritig to his fortune,
arid -they liv? more expensively, and are. better
clad, ; than any otiter kind of stave-labourers;—
therefore ijao greater- cumber of these a man
lias, the grea!Oi' mulst be his ' family expenses ';
anjdhe will fiad it much cheaper in the eud to
eihploy free-servants than to hire- slaves, or to
ovrn them himself, aud raise youug ones to keep
up the stocki

A'.toiher great cause of expenditure may -be
triced to the nominal value which a slave-
holder places upon his slaves. Although they
m:iy actually briug him no' revenue,' yet he
pi ices upon them a value ^equivalent to what
th iy would bring in thfr market, and like most
oi jers he' lives in a style proportionate Id 'the
licminal value of liis property, and not propor-
ia ucd to the revenue it alfords'' hitn,, conse-
quently his debts frequently increase upon him,
ml til he is obliged tojeonvert his slaves into
mousy, contrary to the best feelings' of his
heart. ! '

' There are momy other evils attendant on this
deplorable system, particularly those of a poli-
tical und moral nature,! which wc shall-leave to
be discussed in a future number. But" we think
those already presented, if attentively consid-
ered, are; sufficient to! convince' every candid
mind of the vast importance of taking early and
docisivc measures' to avert them.

tain with Wis: arms folded before him, ptto,
ink, and paper, f a thick er cap on his head^
add as the %ht shone fiill on hiM cOuote«
nance, there .iva* the most fearful look from .
him cast upohi jus. that' I ever ^itnesiwd.^-*
Years have since passed, but the remeoi-
brance is as though the event ww but: yee- .
tefday— it ha^byudted me in my dreams. —
The appearand of hi« glaring eyes, and dis-
torted featuresi-were too much for our super-
stitious crewW \. . '

"Rack rolled: the tide^" .
I was thrown ' down-in the .turmoil "and -H9 .
more notice w^a takeo of my situation than
of .my frozen b'^threnon the deck; they ratt
over me like a 1 fiock of sheep. The second ;
mate paused a mdnaentj ascertained that the>"
object of their fear had long ceased to exist ;
and took me by' .tihe collar and dragged me "r
on deck, doubtless anxious to! preyeat hiir
boat's crew frijpi leaving him sole officer of
the stranger ih'jthe extremity of their fright;
He found the^g'. stowed away ander. the*
thwarts of the* fyoat, pitched me in like a
dead mackeral, rthd ordered them +6 cast off
and. pull for o^r own ship ; great alacrity was
shown in this manoeuvre, and a few moments)
brought us back just lus the mobnrw'as hiding '
herself behind a cloud, and every thing wore
tlie appearance of an approaching, gale.- — .
Sails were handed with the'utroo^t despatch,
the decks clesijjed, and things in dVder as the*
gale struck us>!' \ f '

Egyptian.ditknoss succeeded, and^ we were* •
driven at ten Ithots un^er bare poles. Ever
and anon (as the sailors asserted) they could:
perceive the strange vessel carrying sail un-
der the fury of the tempest, and keeping, her
position in our. weather quarter ; and 'could
at intervals Heat her rdaring after us . as sh&
ploughed through the billows. Death\ for
hours stared us m the face,, and. his featUECsi :
never have been forgotten by me^: :' \
• ' Af Butidry times: Rfter^ar<bV' s ddniigvtbw.
voyage, when we were in warmer latitudes^;
on beautifull'imoonltght' evenings, we coulaV
dimly 'distingjiiisjh the ice ship, 'steering irty,
our wake, gTitierng? in all the pride of awful ^ .
pomp, apparently- pursuing the same course \
with us. though, her sails were trimnyd,,a» \
if lying to. Such a pHjsnomen-tn svas always* v
the prelude of a gale, and it bee? me .with.usi
a habit to reef whenever her tali fpsm tow-»
ered beneath ^ moonlight sea.

In but one other Voyage have I . seen her y
and ;hen it wa> in.the- warm clin«t** of^fie' ( .
_ Indian Ocean many years 'since. ji it was oa

or such as is heard oft^n in a Lady's drawing , the evening before we werfe wrecked. #ut.'
room. The amount of it was a '* sailor»s 'jaw".! successful exertion s.t last has secured in©
for not answering hail, aud for not takuig • from situations wherein.I miaht see her, and
the warp, aud concluded by k request to know f now can at ! iny own fireside, tell over past
his latitude aud longitude and how certain perils, and wish all my brother sailors never :
Capes bore from their'ship— to all of, which no t » meet in any latitude, with si full vievv,jb£'
reply 5 was made, when 1 was! called; upon for a * " w- .

lantern^ which I had tak-jn from the boat, and
had snugly stowed away Under my j.iqket,
keeping both light and heatjto myself t a thing
by no means difficult, as the jmoonlight render-
ed its absence unobserved. jThe second : mate
received itj and-wentjaft to bbselve tlie coun-
tenance of the dumb gentleijnan of; the helm-
in this way' he stumb'led ovdr one man, whom

THE IGE SHIP.

( Concluded.)

I shall not attempt to give the precise lan-
guage which' he held towards the helmsman of.
the, strange ship, but it was not the most civil,

any.
tho Ice bhip.|

ICHABOD-

. SEA SERPENT.
T& tht Editor of tlie' Connaught Journal.

Q,uebec .Trader, off; "South Islands of t ;
Arran,; Galwiiy. Bay, Feb. 8, 1827.; \
SSir — Having this favorable opportunity of

transmitting tp you the^ following .wonderful .
he thought either drunk or tjtsleop, but finally .occurrence, which may be the. means of, set- ^
held the lamp to the facejof the steersman, ting to rest all doubts as to the^ existence of . ^
whioh was a shapeless luinp'j of ice ; the helm; a' marine monster, supposed po* be the Sear - |
was lashed, his : hiind upon jt\ his feet fixed at Serpent, I veadily^de so, particularly- aai I ;-'>'!$
some depth in the ice, and he himself 'frozen have so many respectable ( Witnesses to ■ s^p-.,,:.,^f
stiff. in' his upright positiorj; near him were port me in tlje, truth iof whaVwe saw. -. Jhing'^d
several of. the cww in horiiontal and variou* bound fromi|Jthodei Island- for ^Liverpool* oa U?i
attitudes. from whom life hid long since) fled. ' yesterday m|prhi»gv the';rfputhi.I*lajnn>>f-.^^
The horrour of the scene struck a panic ran, came |u .sight,- 5^ ; rh
among our boat's crew, and they ' did not the same tune discovered^ about two mile*
wait for orders to mdke tiieibest of their' way ' ahead, a v^tsel, seemingly a . wreck, not hav- "
towards the boat. The officer turned round inga^par. o^ rope standing. , On nearing, l„' ;
with countenance of a true) sailor *tfft£/mtf,\ -ordered thejgtg and.'8ix';!inen»4o, hoard{wri ' '
wherein there was not. a particle! of alarm,: and was shortly after hailed bjt the mato^V' '*1
and ordered them to follow hiin below- The who was que of the.pai;ty 4 to/ a»si«va«ce^ , ,|
fear of his enormdus fist induced-: all the they pulling from the.' wreck with a)l po«bl» . .4
rest,, and much mo're ^ypecially. myseif, : to!, speed. I hoye the .Quebec to the, Wind, /aaA. ! M
obey the order, and! vve proceeded to ;..the la--, presently learned that ThoaMts WUaon* fc%»'v j
•tor of removing the] companion-way.; In the mg the hrst to board, waa instantly : : dejwt^$|
moan time- while I [ventured a look at ; my .by a most ho*rible auinial, tb* like of whitf'
friend ;at the shrouds, who would not eaten they had never seen- or ; heard of;,. Qy t'tn
the ropo whereby I hnd the effect in a sound time the wreck waa driven t£ ahoet a cabU-.||
blow on the shoulder; he was frozen. stiff length- of- our st«rtK hom *hichl couW |4al*«, l-l
with his 'arms arouud-the rigging. ,Not bev, ly and distinctly- see' a moaater ef thjij J
ing'fohd-ff't'he spectacle, % kept close to the pent ikind, lyinsf pa#yjCO$t« ' " r
heels of the second ' mate as ive deseended its bead erdpted^lwutj^flVsj
the gangway ; in fao't we all went " part in the, iaicheni f ~ theiprt

each being' very cfiieful to stick close to his lying: cloae|taloh^^e;fc) , !i
neighbor.' :! consternatkjn whioh «tpt»*3|

At the after part ;of the dabin sat the cap- jprived .us> of the thdugbi

m<k v for its capture, w« such a thing pos-
-«bM:'thV'^pt v of pur unfbrtnnats com-
»arii>b filling us.wiihi horror. However, i
firft a shot from' a jsix pounder, which un-
luckily could not be! brought to bear suffi-
ces ly high. It struck the hull, at tbe.samp
inmrient the animal raised its head, body and
toil, in six or seven folds, to,the height oi a
timn each; extending itself from the tiller to
thi bows; its eyes we're large, of a red col-
our, and much distorted ;;. it? . throat and neck
larger than anv other part, of a bright green
&uie, as were " its body «nd sides; and the
fcack black and sc'alyj It had ears or.;fids
suspended neaf the hdad, similar to an;,eei,
ari^ on the nostrils a horny excrescence,
fclii it; and about 18. inches long ; its chops
-we e broari end flat. Whilst,. I was prepar-
ing! asecond salute ^|ith ball = and siugs, it
glided majestically iritb the sea^gave a splash
■with its tail, and disappeared. Shortly raf-
ter} myself. John Adahis; mate^Mr^Waiiam
nightingale, and Mr. Robert Crocker, pas-

Ufa

substance of a tar likeV.natuTe, ; .biii;--higjWyl
corrosive, ws it hi stered the lianas upon ' ta-
king it up, was upon tjie deck, some of which
ial been preserved ; it is supposed to bp ^ the
«xcreinent'of the anuria!. Our c)inj[ectureisJ
, that the monster beirg attracte * by the. bo-
idi^s ofkhe sufferers in th'e'wr.eck, had taken
iipjits abode there, and de vou red t hem. We
consider its length tojbe about 60 feet, and,
its[gii|h frodi 9'to iajfeet:, '

I regain, Sir, your! obedient servant,
.'' i . THOMAS CLEAKY, Master.'

We| the undersigned, certify the truth of
the above.

'.'! /> K)HN ADAMS, Mate. • -!!

! •', WM. NJGLiTiNGA E, and
. j ly ROBERT CROKER, Passengers:

IP.'jS.— Mr.' Croker having occasion to
yro,celpd to Dublin, chooses that route for go-
ing to Liverpool, and! will be the bearer of
this statement. T. C.

THE TIGER AN D ALLIGATOR;
'Jhi interesting Anecdote, related by- the Cap-
, J ... tain of a Davefiport Guineaman.
The bosom of thei ocean was extrem> ly
Ixabquil, and the, heat, which was intolera-
fcleL hod [ made us so languid, that almost a
general wish overcome us, oh the approach^
ofitbe evening, to bath£ in the waters of
Congo— however, myself and. Johnson were
tleierred from it from the apprehension of
jshl}fks,,many of which we had observed in
the; progress" of our yoyage, and .these enor-
zriojusly large. At lengthy Campbell alone.
w1ip«4»ad been niakirjg too free with his li-
<judr uase, . was obstinately bent on going
overboard, and although we usedevery means
in ^ur power to persuiade hira to the contra-
ry, [dashed into the watery element, and had
swam some distance!. from the vessel when
wejori deck, discovered an alligator making
towards him from behjind.a rock that stood a
short distance from, the , shore. , His escape I
no\y considered impossible, his destruction
inevitable ; and I applied *,o Johnson how we
should act, who like mysel , affirmed the ifu
possibility to save hitn, and instantly seived.
npon a loaded carbine, tc . shoot the poor fel-
Jo^j ere he fell into the 'jaws of the monster.
2 did not, however 1 , consent to this, but wait-
ed with horror the tragedy . we anticipated-
yotj willing to, do all in my power, I ordered
thejboat to be hoisted, and.we fired two shot
atjtfi© approaching alligator j but without ef-
fect, for they glided overhis scaly covering
JikeT hail-stones on a tiled pent-hou«?e, and
thie progress of the creature was by no means
irifpeded. The report of the piece and ^the
jidisje of the blacks from the sloop soon made
Ciiripbell acquainted with his danger— he
jrajwj the creature making for him, and., with
all the strength and skill he was master
o$ made. for the shore. And now the mo-
ment* arrived in .which a scene was exhibited
beyond the power of my humble pen perfectly
-to! describe. On approaching' within a ver
abort distance of some canes rind shrubs thai,
covered the bank^ while * closely pursued by
/thje alligator, a fierce and ferocious; tigeV
Sprung towards hiim, at the. instant .: the j.iws
ret his first enemy were extended to devour
h\tn- At this awful moment, Campbell was
•preserved. The eager tiger, by overleaping.,
fljni. encountered the gripe of the amphibious
jrijonster.

|X: conflict then ensuqd — the water : was
colored with the blood of the tiger, whose ef-
forts to tear the scaly coyeriug of the alliga-
tor were unavailing; while the latter had also
ttfe advantage of keeping his -adversary un-
Ifer-Wattrr, fey wjiicb the victory' was . present-
•.W obtained, fox the tiger's deafh was now ef-
i£|eti^.i They -both sunk to the.bdttpnt,;and
*^w no mfJre.of the alligator. Campbell,
^j^cyvered/and instantly conveyed on

board ; he isnokd not while in the boat, though
hM danger W

the moment he leaped oh tho deck* fell on
his knees,'; ani returned thanks to the provi-
dence who had so pfbtected him; and wfiit is'
most singular, fifom that-mort^t;tfth^_^me i
t arn writing, hks never been seen the least
intoxicated, nor! has been heard: to uttar. a
single m%):. If *\at there was a ]*rf&t\y r
reformed being in the> universe, Campbell is
the. man. . j , v.:'.

FOR TtfBi-l'REijOUM's JOURNAL.

Messrs^ fepiroijis,/ 1 ; : .. _ ( . •

I haye noticed with some surprise an art-
icle in tjbe Princeton Jr Patribt Ot' the 84i;h
\mt. in allusion !to the piece) lately published
in your papeij oh thiaiibject ofjcbloni/ation in
Africa. r.TJie, author, of it begs leave to in-
form the correspondent -of theiJ^v LTatriot,
.that h$ is, hpt'^>yare'^Haf'.his'. dentirnehts. are
Ujose of the Editors ,of the FreedofPs Jour-
nal he therefore hopes ;th.at the "sentiments'
of a correspondent may not be .taken for those
of the Editors.; ,n6r was . it understood from
their Prospectus, that they^bnld in any. way
use- its influence in advocating or opposing
the colpnteing system. . ..
: The ^correspondent of. the. N; J. Patriot
says, that the Journal will lose all its patrons
among the friends of colonization '; that it,
need not (look any. longer for support through,
them : he.;sure]y, does not. suppose that.on.-ac-,
count of a f ; w lines published in the paper,
wbiph ; i bapperis to differ from their opinion,
that their zeal in support qf the, cause of co-
lonization will lead them to abandon a jour-
nal, which has for its object, the welfare of
that people whose pause they ; have warmly,
advocatec'. If the ; correspt)ndentof the N.J.
Patriot will refer to Mr. Clay's speech, he will
find that: the quotations; frpm it are correct;
und that he positively asserts tjiat!the cplphi-'
..ation society has nothing to 'do with tiie de-
licate question of 'Slayiiry-: but is to be exclu-
sively applied to the Free People. If these
are not the views of the (^ploni atipn Society ,
why did they suffer Mr. Clay publicly fc» state
them as. such ?, why did not some of the mem-
bers contradict his assertion's, and le 1 us how
different their^ sentiments really were, from
what , he > represented them? but. if true, the
Man of Colour has rtausjs. to feel ahirm, at the ,
progress of a. Society whose obje< t is ulti--
inately to get rid of the free population, and
he should, avail | himself. of a journal edited, by
his brethren to make thal^ opinion public.
. It is unnecessary to enter, into a detail of
the proceedings of the cotoni; ation so< iety at
Washington ; we' heve a rig t to believe that
Mr. Clay, who is so honourable and efficient
a! member of that body, expressed . the senti-
ments of the society generally : at least his
assertions are, to that effect. , There are
among the coloured people many respectable
and! industrious i cit /ens, who are ever ready
to ajd} any " benevolent underiiiking for the
welfare, of their brethren ; and who, make
themselves, useful, as far as their means will
allow. !s it npt, ..I repeat it, a matter of co;.i-
cjern for them| to know that there does exist
a, society, \yhich although it may profess to
be 'for their. especial benefit, allows a '.meniiber
of its body pnbll^} to , declare that its object
is '/b gefi'vi^ ot*the fr^

their inc ease ! cannot be viewed but as'dan-
geroh's' ; and .'tjjat ;ih fact it is, necessary to di-
thinish' f th.is ^ijowing' evil. New because an
individual merely. alludes to these assertions,
'he, is accused pY a gross perversion- of fac ts,
and the Editors of the Freedom's Journal die
informed that! they need not lock' fur further
ehcoiivageirient from the .friemls of coloni' a-
tion] as their paper s "coii'sider'e'd as an open
enemy, and " a' battery 'from which are to be
discharged volleys 'after volleys agali^t this
great, goad, and benevolent plan, 1 ' It is some
: ;.-'tisfHttion to thjfhk that this perhaps i~ but
the opinion of an indhidual. and that altbpugh
th'e t'rienaB of "i\ie "eplbni'-'ritibn society : ar,e cal-
led '■'• upon ' to! examine th e. J q'urnal themselves
rhoy.vi'ill not. denounce it for ohe short' arti-
cle ; nor say to the Editors, " you iiiu.4t de-
rive. ybiir support from other sources, weean-
not beip' you, ^ou are our r open''d)ieinles. M

! '. ; A MAN. OF COLOUR. '

teredj into their labours. Tenj thousand of
the Jons of freedora^in tbis stake, soon, to be
added to our number,! shall ha^l the harvest
withiut. It is much, indeed, ih view of our
coloured brethren; to sdy, tee share in theju-
htlee pf the land/ But it is nod a ttwekery of
ourselves to hold such'lahgua^jg'-as: this;- No,
the friends of freedom may' rejoice ; though,
we ifopfe^s, with alwe and. tumbling ;, and
bef eft^M too may rejblce fW themselves
and their children.- So, we think, we may
hdpeahd believe. Is i>ot the 'tight of. the pre-
.senVday so grpat that, the system. of tlafary
cannot lorfg 'surviye, . and that "the chain of
tVwie 'sH'all b'e.disBblye'd.before it ;— the power
of! degradation ceases 1 to operate on bur
minds, and bh- our bearts and pKarablisrs
• arid the reign of equal rights and privileges
go li^nd: in hand with that of cbristiari! equa-
lity, among th^'muMvHtty \ytio now hekr and
thoroughly feel, thijt they all are brethren ?
Biit suppose we answer— " Wo !— Our ciip' of
freedom contains in it the dregs of oppre's-
siori, which roused up the spirit of ' '76, and
! the two millions, Who ore bur bone - and . Our
flesh— where nre thty Are they not for" a
prey, and for a spoil, arid none saith restore ? M
Let the ' People of* Colour, wno would call
therriselves their own masters, |oin heart and
!hand; in the wprk'jbf education, 'and suffer
nothing, absolutely nothing, for themselves
nhd their children, to rival the subject of use-
ful knowledge and fight ei u.catiPn, a!nd th?
xpprk is done>— They will inevitably arid
speedily possess a vantage gfpprid, In' every
profession and department of lifei And then, 1
how much longer will the monster, Prejudice,
be seen stalking abroad, on the birth-dny of
Liberty; and denying! to freembn the estima-
tion of men ?

. Let us, therefore enjoy the will and j testa-
meht of. ihe General Kosciusko ! It is to be
feareu we shall be defrauded of the money,
through alrlaw in the instrument; b»t let not
the WILL, which Was' in him, 'be wanting in
us. for !wjhom he so nobly xoilled ; and with
the iw//.\Ve find the way, and! with the way,
we Khali be sure to' 'fi'iid the tnd, which our
father enjoined. AMICUS.

- . ii'im the'FHkJdjm's 'j ov.uk At.-
KOSCIUSKO S( IfOOL.

' •' I. " ' ■■ y

The spirit of Education is the great char,^
aciierifJt^Cj.of the present era, and we jtfave
good ^'.eafeon to think ourrelves happy, In "be •
ing pj^riiitted' to adopt a subject of such iiiir
rivalled [ excellence as pur standing theme.
This^B^evrMiv/i to. which the patriots and
frieiidis of humanityrihaye, jaiostufsyally, been
obi ig^tLjtb- look forward : i ts. far^istont pros-
pect, ; thTpugb the stprms ;of revojutipniry;;
X.waW: and*' fighting,'^had v .a!arte^ upon them
the rays of bope and conafprt. We have en-

For t?ie,Frccdo m's Journal.

Death is an all-cpncjuefing ppwer, sparing
neither age nor sex, and regarding in no
wise the distinctions of life.ij i!ho ; lordly
oak, and the \eude!r 'sapling, are alike in ad e
to bow beneath its yoke ;\the proud, oppress
ser, and the bumble tiller of the grouinj/.tb-
gether,' are made To aoknovvledge its author-
ity. It cpines when least expected, oft; times
giving no warning to tell of its approach,
audjeaves in its track the tnark-y of desola-;
tion and dismay. It takes away the parent,'
perhaps the only support, of a numerous!
offspring,. and none dare say, nay. It, plucks
from the bosom of the fond and dealing mo
ther her first born, and then deprivethjher of
the husband of her love. Agajn it iris!ues bn s
its killing errauid, .and- the gay and spriglilly ;
o^top heedless youth,! are, 1 in the itwinklirig
of an eye,' ^ta^n from a worjd, where <vere

in the try ing scon o, when the spirit is. aboutl
to leave , its habitation of clay, she dte;4. : -
Deaths indeed, la thb commoh lot of man,
and wc must ull die, and our bodies become
• food for worms.' Yet for all this, we must .
feel when any who are dear to us by ties of
kindred or affection; are taken from amongst
us by 'a mysterious Providence. We repine
not at this exercise of the Divine Power for
it was he that gave, and sufely he hath a right ;
to take away, but with! a humble ; reliance
on his mercy we commit

" The body to its place,
The soul to Heaveil's grace,
And the rest— in. God's own time."

" NED.

NElV-YORfC, JVME 8.

their hopes ' heir feelings, their .affections.
It is a sad thing; when the' heart is buoyant
and rejoicing, thinking no evil, and giving
loose -sway to its feelings," td he suddenly
arid fearfully, reminded of its ' mortality, by,
the unexpected' decease of some dear relative;
or friend. The quick" transition* 'froin - mirth
to sadness, from joy to' most jheart-feriding;
grief, i^, indeed,, 'appalling. It js ho t'me
then to act the stoic, and ponder over thei
cold maxims .of philosophy. We feel "that it!
is a terrible thing, to meet the destroyer!
^eath, : and we tremble and quake, no'i[kriow-
ing hewjspon we also |niay be. i made .to be-!
come dwellers of the ' dark and silent tomb.'
I have been led. into these melancholy j-erlec-
tions, by the recent tidings of the death of a
female friend, in. a far . and distant larid. It
js.ibut a little ..wjiilej' scarce two brief rijpnths,
sjiice she wrote tor-her fririd^,- painting in
glpwingicolours, the. delight oflthe w'atlm and
sunny region in whicH.,she was to. spend her
days. She had left 'the . winters' • cpl 1,' and'
storms of snow,: for a country jw here. 1 nature
wears one unvaried iriantle of green; and
she was .well content with the cjhange. ] Sucli ;
was tli e' language of, her, .whose iudden de-
ceas^has'made/a; void! in the affections of
hor friends, not sppn to be supplied. There
was_a!:quali.ty she j possessed in sin emfnent
degree,, that imparted w/.ezt\o all -her ac-
tions, : dnd that wus|' her good nature. rWith'.
■tbtjs :' powerful 8pi3ll| she had cdmpIeteTy twi- ,
npd herself rou nd the. heiirts of ; lier ! friends,
arid the^news^fher death' has .caused a burst
of roaUfeelirig, a; flow bf.noi unfelt ; tears.
It has caused us to mourn that] brie so love-
ly, so calculated, to make life's current, run '
smoothly, shpu'd jb'e !thus untimely cut dfr*
from her. friends : we grieve/ that, ;a! being
so young, so full of hopes, should! 'be! ma/de
to drink the cup of affliction in their sudden
destruction ; and :, we weep, that, liii a -for-'
eig^larid, with but few t>rend^ to dhc^r f tibr

COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
We introduce this subject with two objects
in view, viz. (hat we may call the attention
of our reuders to_ the reply of " A Man of
Colour," to some strictures in the New Jer-
sey Patriot, . of thw 24th ult. on his', former
communication ; arid, secOtfdly, that we may
notice in detail the following 'editor
graph of the Georgetown Columbian and Dis-
trict Advertiser, of May 29th, 1827.

The free negroes residing at New- York, Cor ra^
ther, We fear, busy white men,) have eBtablifehed.
a newspaper as a a mcdibxri thro' whidh they can!;
make known their views 'to the free color'd popu-
lation generally throughout this- country. ' We
are Borry to perceivej that one of its first acts is
an attempt to prejudice their brethren 'gainst the
Colonization Society, by rendering;, them distrust-
ful of its object and suspicious or the motives of .
those wise and. philanthropic men, composing the.
Society!/ and whose sole object has been the auie- .
lioration of their coridit|on—He would naturally •!:
be led to suppose that every free man would glad^. |
ly avail himself of the opportunity which th;^ So- -
cie'ty': holds out for them, to render themsfelves dis-'
tinguishfed and honoured in that clime for which
Nature, bad so" • enipbatically fitted them.- Here,
the free privileges they" never can have of citizens ■.
—and the slave-folding states firid all th vlaws!
they have enacted, indispensable to their own '
safety-- they are witbout the pale.of society a lnstl
aud degraded people so long! as jtbey ^remain ,with| . .
us; but on. the 6tber..hand,fltthey Emigrate, they '-.'v
have an opportunity of 'bfecaining the f^underB of ,
a great jiatioh, arid may. be the means of redeem- }:
irig a large pbrti<m^t!leasij)f tlieir Original Counj l; :
try 'from the ignorance arid supefstitiori m which it '..
is plunged, ft -is evident top, that • Nature never
intended a black and white ; population 'to reside
among.tme another, to any extent '; nor will cir-.
cjuaistances Jong^ permit it 5 unless one be totally > • '
subject to the other. - .. ■ '.., ! . ;^

We hope our readers will pardon any!
warmth of feeling ' that may 'be ; apparent inj -?
this flischprge of ouf .auty, : It !.e!vjBrlias;b!B'en|-
bar'objec< to use the most pacigc: .p'eas ( ures|. |
studiously avoiding overv thing that might!. %
tend v to irritate the feelings of any. • But >
wheri^the conductor of a public joiir'nalj so' far |
logos sight v uf. that, cwiirtesy whichiis justly -n \
due from rntin. to "man, we think him a subject
rather to be' ''casti'gate'd; .'than reasoned- with.', i'.
'.j: The Editor,* .in^ ^.ad^y tt^j.tteQ paragraph; /
commences by doubting whether the : edito- : -
rial d epartment of this,' ,t durri al is conduo ted. --'r
'by " the Tree negroes., of -New-YoriiJ' or : ^;-
u busy wh't : men." ,. We c^o not wonder that .k
a mind traine"d\p' prejudice>and ac'custoiped ^
to habits of oppression 'and crueltjvshbul i ■
be ^o Contracted in its views. 'No gehtieinan ( : ??;
of c ucation, apbuairitbd^ with ns, has ever'; ""'
doubted our com^epcyi.to conduct! the affr
fairs of this;Joyrnal;:arid f the Editor of the. ':
Georgetown Cblurrib'iari arid District '&Hver-^
User has forced !. tp pojiteniptibie an opipioh^
of the capacities of coloured men*. as tore- .'. |
quire a demonstration ;* we shall riot trdnblefj^!
ourselves to give him one. We are p.erfictlyK^)
willing he should live and die in his u'nbe».*i*.f
lief.:. ! . ' • V ; • " : ' ; ■

•We must leave the' Editor; aod turn to the;!
subject of ti,e Cblpnjiatid.i Society. That
we bave, made any!el^i/.througb thi jiour-'
rial^to prejudice the iminds of purbre hrenV
against the Society ; or renaerthem^uspiciousf^
o-f its motives, we positively deny : hlit that/
we. are. opposed to colbriizatiori; in'.pririciple^
obj6ct, and tendency, ,we as unhesitating^:^
^fRrrri.. We have n'eVer deeired^to' conceal
ofUrsehtim nte. ( In s'ojiciting'/^trona^e to
our; Journal among; Colonization^, we «x4k
prewed ourselves to iriirjy oif them, aa !«pj

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL'.

sed'to colonisation in arty shape, tmle^rit be teunly>tft>t by physical, 'it mutt jiiy? h?en by
merely .considered as a missionary establish > niowif. ' Then how much' more , won) d yreil
ment : yet, if we were wrbng^ Our Winds were educated and gtfdly m^ionari^
open to conviction, and we wished to see the the 'sole '.object, have done! would Itbey not
subject discussed; they were generally pleas- have prevented the exportation of twenty
od with the idea." If the' .Colooi^ation. So^iety-ij thousand ? i •"■''■v
possess any- merits, it cannot lose by investi- 1 We , hope thtit the friends of colonization
gation ': but'if the motives of its founders will. 'will not move, another step in! the business,
not bear investigation,, it ought (osfokl bveryj until they submit to a culhi and thorough } dis-
good man will eay the same. i cussion of ti subject, in w^ich ! e^ty man of

The Editor of the G. C. D .. Advertiser, colour is so.deepiy inter ?sted, : And, as our^
seems to think, we ought gladly to receive;, columns are mbre accessible to ; 'our ; bretbren^
?very thing' held out by the advocates of co-, f than any others, we hope they may. be the
oni; ation. We think otherwise. The cau- ^ma^ium of the discussion.' Until this is done,
iousness of the people of colour on ;> subje.ct' ariJ our minds, which we hold open to cofi-
jf such moment, is not - to be: wondered at. yictiqn, are. convinced of the expediency, of
While we admit that there are many oi\ the plan, we shall feel |t our.^uty r to say to
>ur. friends, in the parity of whose mo- jour brethren, " Abide in the ship, or- yoii
lives, w have no doub \ .1 ;vourable to the .cannot be SAVED.''
views of that Society; yet there are many
niore, equally intelligent, who are opposed to
it. What confidence can we have in mem-
bers who express so' much concern . for the

^1

Sscrstary.o/ Stato^r ,th!f G«lo- 7, ,'». -[./yj
'ii— ; <. i&r f f,Y«£ount Godcrichi

'■}■■■' •.'?■.»! .. c'oMMoMsns. ; ,

n St<itC / 0 I l ^ J'Hn.'.W. Sturges Bourne
Home Department y \ .1; ; * , -

President of the Board

of Trade,

President of the ; Board ).
: ,j of Control, V . y . {
Secretary at ,. War : . . . . . . Viscount PftTmeretftn

ill. Hon,. W Huskiflson)
Rt. Hon. p. W. Wynn

f Rt. Hon. G: Canning

First Lord of the Trea- i
fury; and Chancellor of >

the Exchequer,' ) r
^ Not in the Cabinet.

c Marquis of Anglesea

©ome&tCe Mt$t$>

William Pettigon, alias Bill Pardee, a white
free men of colour, and yet • hold their bre- ' ;. man,.- of |Nanti<»k'e;-Biyer;, ' who''; whs arreted on
, ■ .... . -j 0 txrx boam the pilot.bdat WnhamVPnce, about h nionth'

tbren, m the most cruel Londage ? We are ^ and Emitted; for ^;triar beibre^hfe noxt (Sir-
aware that many admit this' objection; and cuit Court of the United States, charged frith ' b«-

tcll us, though our enemies are not actuated ;bigthecap^

' * . . ... . and an active conspirator in .the' kidnapping of a

by good : motives, yet their evil will be over- .humber.ojf black children Lfrbm this eitym the siira^
ruled for good. We concede much to the mer of 1H25, died yesterday, in Arch-strcet Prison,
,ca! of Osmonds, but fear* this partio,-

lar, it is an infatuation. We ask if our rights T f ore the Major, the proofagainst him was' strong
to this country are not equal, in common with and decisive, and much of which he voluntarily i

q - t> * • admitted ,to be true.:

the r st of its inhabitants? Does not justice ; Henrv|Carr} a black mailj Bajd to be one of

require that we should have equal privil.e- Johnson's agents, is now in prison, waiting trial
g es ? If this be the Sfcse, good men have no before the next Mayor's .Court.— P. Jl. D. Adv.,

right to compromise with injustice; and the' , , „' ' ,

° - r . ... _ , . Dr. Peaco died at Savannah on 23d May. The

time has come m which we cannot submit to : Georgian informsUB> that Dr. Peaco, U. S. ; Agent
any compromise whatever, but the man who arrived the previous evening in the sb'ip Norfolk,
takes away our '.coat' must have, our ' cloak' 9" ff T- way to ^Monrovia, (Africa.) This vessel*
- ■. . .| had been sent there to transport to Africa j under

also. I the direction, of Dr. P. a part of the African's car-

The Editor of the i?. C. and D. -Advertiser ried into Savannah in the slavt; ship General Ka-
.n . , ' „ M - • „ . „„ P _ 0 - mirez, captured in lft^O, by the revenue cutter

tells us, thrt here^e never can have free Crawfordf Capt. Jackson. - f hose who are now to
privileges. We do not believe it. Is he |,e conveyed to their native country are in number
ignorant of the history of nations ? Has he j»bout.'.130, and are to bo sunt at tlie expense bf the'
0 . . ,. „., , 4| . ^ T -v. Portagnese Government. About 40 remain at the

never read in his Bible that the. Lord reign cxpe ^ e ofthp g oVU . ninent 0 f Spain. Those trans-
cth?> We are unwavering -in our opinion, tarred by tUoedwaision of the court to thejurisdic-
that the time is coming (though , it may" be <f « **V.S. were sent off long sirio^ The
0 \ a J . ISortolk will sail in the course of next week. Dr.

distant,) in which our posterity will enjoy p^co's death- was occasioned, by >ri' : inflammatory ;
equal rights. Tlie idea that the free popula-. fevor, contracted on his voyage, from ^oriblk.—

- . , tvt ' • «ii His "remains were to have been interred at 60'-

tion^of the.Nortb are more fitted to the ,ch- doc g onthc evening of 24ih May; .

!|Duke^.pf Devonshire,
. Duke of Leeds

of Africa ^han the white's, is perfectly

— acts evince the contrary. . i ! A Printer in Extremities,- — Tb e. Mercer " Wes-

e t , • e ■ '■ ' « v.o tern Paper,'" says, ''the Printer wants-grain, pork,
ie Editor further informs us, that na-..^^ \ aiuiU < t ^.iskey, liheh, becsria?, wool;

mat
futil
T

turci never intended a black and white popu^ and any thing else that he can cat
tion, to reside among one another, to any ex- ji .' ■ " r , '

te l."'- Does the Editor ttemp. to fathom ' A woman in Canada, lately vvent on anafter-
_ u. . . , n . . , noon visit. to -a neighbour, leaving two children at

the purposes of Deity .' has he assumed a hoiuej the one but four years old, and the other,
prophetic spirit, and de&cried the events of blind. Tlic clothes of the former caught fire, and
4-. f.2 u' fi,„ ,.,^,i,int s h° burned to death, the blind boy being unable 10

futurity? or, has ne proscribed the conduct rond^h^iiy^^c^.^^i^frfthe.pa:

of the Almigity, and dictated the future rent on -her return must have i been poignant ; no{,

course of his providence ? less so in any degree, from the reflection . that a>

„ (, n „„i„.,:„„.;„„ criminal imprudence had been the cause of (he

Ihere are many friends of colonization, C3 t as rophe. 1

whom we respect, and f. r no consideration, . j *szs; '« ' —2* '"' < 1

would we be guilty of treating their opinio : s ! j . jFOt^vi jH ^it tOS,
ligntl}. Their objects are ^mancipation; the

Mfteter General of the

Ordnance,
Lord Chamberlain of the

^' Household; 1
Master of the Horse .
Chief Secretary to the ( rr A „ w T nn .
Lieutenant o7 Ireland ( [ H<), V W ' Lamb

LAW APPOINTMENTS. ...

Master of the Rolls , . .. . . Sir John Leach

Vice Chancellor . . .... . . . ... Mr. Hart I

Attorney- General ,. . Mr. Scarlett

Solicitor- General . . .". ...... Sir N Tindal \

Com. Parry has sailed upon his projectefd
ie.\ petition to t he North! Pole. He is to' touch
at Hamerfest, in Norway, to, receive ortboar'd
a number of reih-deer,- which are to be em-
ployed in dragging sledge-boats across the
ice, in carrying provisions and furnishing
food for the party, who proceed to Spitsber-
gen 0 wards the :Pole.'

On Sunday last a .young man belonging to
Paisley, .of great bodily- powers, unuertook,
for a cOnsidera ; le bet, to run fourteen miles
in two successive hours,! on the banks of the
Paisley Canal. The odds were considerably
in his favor at -tarting ; but, after he had run
the first twelve miles, he | was observ d to go
a little lame on the left' leg, and it was sup-
posed lie' would show the white feather. The
odds 'then varied from three to one against
him. However, to the astonishment of the
spectators he at! last accomplished the won-
derful undertaking, in ohe hour and fifty-se-
ven'minutes; He wa c rried off to. an inn?in
the: neighbourhood, upo|n the shoulders of
those who backed him!; -and, ; after having
drank a small quantity of gin and gunpo^v-
per,' to revive his exhausted spirits, he was
put to bed. f
' Greece.— The Paris Etoile of the 24th April,
forniehno the following interesting' particu-
lars : V ' . . /.
'' : Constantinople, Manchl 26th.— Th ■ Por.te
shows itself decidedly averse from accepting
the proposals of the English and 'Russian am-
bassadors, in favour of the Greeks, and the
Reis Effendi has been dismissed, because he
did not : protest with sufficient energy'against
all^ intervention. Six bousand new troops
are to march immediately to Salonichi, to ffo
to the aid of Oiner Pacha, "who is closely
blockaded in Negropo'nt. K

i $600 f>om the tnijnk of .Mft John Wood, near
Middlebury. Vt; k fey<> webKs since, hw been
arrested in MonirOsl, filOOO were found m
'U)8^oM^«9^ij^Fo[ttr''bof^ between ithe
ages of nine ami 'twelve, •!': were - arrested on
Monday last, and '- : mmmiimd to Bridewell on
*^liarge;qf fobjiin^ They
had followed the business (or; two mpiiths.--^
Mr. Tillou, n police pfficerv arrested 'two wo-
men in proad way, on ..Thursdayi ip ,the very
act of shoplifting, ft v nd escorted! them to lri
wel|. A var ety of coKtly artiple*s were. 0»>nd
on the premises. wh^re they resided.-— —Mr.
Charles' Crenan; was 1 lately- ytiffocated by
charcoal on board a vessel at Bridgeport
Conn.- — The Canada Co-- have beguii r the
building- of a town Ih Haltowro.,vU. <£ called
Guelph, in honor of the royArfftmily.-- ^r-Ser
veral bales of cotton, ' shinned frOm Qharlej-
lon, S. G. have bden ,iate/y ^^ ireturriedTrbm'En-
gland, being fraudulently packed .----On Sat-
urday everiingj Jthe St., Auf ustine

tiie slave trade. Nothing could be more wor-. e{ j or j. t he first of May, . bringing Liverpool
thy tne philanthropist., and the christian.' But papers to .thai date, and London to the 80th
the query is, are tnerc not other means hat ot ' A-tfril. • The most important news contain-
would do more enicient ±11 the accomplish'

cd in ; themj is the torrnation of the new'lMir
, . nistry. The House of Commons were to have

ment ot these objects Wo are prepared- 10/ ^1 on the first of May, and the House of
piovc that the natural tendency 0 ' Coloniv;a- Lords on the 2d idem. ' ■
lio.i, is to i-etaru emancip.vtion ; '..nd we doubt V. The Irish, appoitittnents are not ..vet' filled.

• . . , . .11 1? Of the two SfecVetari<58 of the TrejiS'ury. Mr,

no,, b it ajiiwswnar . family, on the plan of i „.„i ' w.; ™ u!^ 'm!^

Dr. Caret's, wouhl eii'ect more in ten years,
and j.t far ie3s expense, towards .the conver-
sion of tup a iive3, than our colony in tw«.iity

t * .. . t . ^ • u ■ U1t ? *|reasury ana rs nepreseniauve ror<j:ia-

La u single nauon be converted through the, ^ a ^government borough;- ' Mr; Plants
insLrumeniality of a Mission family, and they "•" >'■■■■■ • - • - >~
wul become far better pioneers,, in effecting

the work of civili&tion, and salvation thro- gh secretaryVof Mr, Canning . • "'
the vast regions U' Alrica, than any colonists ; expected tbat Mr. Peelw{ll Stat^ his
» " " J u U1B -- reasons for resigning on the meeting of the

Arbutbnot and . Mr. Lushingtonj who. resign-
edj'the plare of- only one. has as yet beep. fil-
1$. 'Mr; 'Plants has been appointed ;tq suc-
ceed |Mr. Lushihgton, both as-.Sbcretary of
the -Ijreasury and ps Representative: for<Ha-
stir.'gk, a government bofOugh; ' ;Mr. Plants
'h. s b #,n succeeded iri the "Secretary of
Statefs, office' by Mr. .Backhouse; • the former :

A man of colour, calling-hiniself John Pur-
nod from Show-hill, Md. has bOen arreBted in.
IJoston, charged by the proclamation- «rf the
Mayor of Philadelphia with stealing free co-
lodred children from that city, and selling
them, for slaves.—- ^- Albert Nash, aged 23, ;
and Jesse Piper aged If?, were killed by light-
ning on the 18th ult. at'Newburgh, Me.—— ;
A fish story.rr:Seyen thousand shad; and near-
ly a hundred barrels of al wives, were taken
in Edd rston,, last week.! by. L. Easton, Esq.
at one haul ! !j —On the -3d inst. a boat in'
which were eight - men, i struck upon , the!
rock, called the HogV Back, at Hell Gate,
and upset.^ Three of thqjfnV O. Milham, W
Pierson and Gj Dodge wepre drowned. The
other five were providentially rescued frqm a
watery grave.y-T-Counterfeit quarters of a
dollar are in circulation in Philadelphia. They
are lighter tlia'h the geniiiiie coin.-— GoV;
K ent, of. Maryiand, has : issued : a prdclama-
tion. offering s teward r qf ^two liundred ' dol-
lars for the apprehension ; bf a kidnapper.: by

gustine (Cathblte)
Church # in Philadelphia, vyas . entered, and
robbed of silver vessels ^o a c^id'er'able

amount. 7 The wheat fields in the Southern

parts of Pennsylvania, ihaye - been [in' many .
places, devastated by a worm that eatt: off
WieJieart root.-^~Hon. --Daniol Waldo has
presented- to the' CafVinjsti Society in Wor-
cester, Maes, the meetirig-hohse -iri whicli

they worship, and five thousand dollars.^

A young lad, agbd 6 years, ^as drownedrn,
the river, opposite "Troy, on Saturday list.
The Budget states that this is the fourth per-
son that has been drowned,! within the limits
of that city, the present spring--T--<The New»
York Conference of the African Methodist
Episco|)aJ Connexion will, : we learn, com-
mence their «annual session in this city, to-
morrow, June 10th.- — -rOn :Sunfiay . last, one
thousand persons visited . the Albany Mineral
Spring, before .breakfast.— rrlri the Sabbath
School in BelyideTa,'.N. jj a lad about 13.
years of age, recited 544 verses of.tbe book
of Matthew, with astonishing correctness.'-^
Al a recent term of the S. , J: Court, held in
Springfield, Ms. Calvin Spelman and. George
Lamb, were convicted of felonious assaults
upon young females, with intent; &0«tand 'se-
verally sentenced to the State prison for ten 4

years.- More than' ohe thousand hands are

supposed to' be employed on that part 'of - the
Blackstone Canal, within the limits of Massa-
chusetts. -" A "poor blind! pander," is said
to have been abducted frbni the alins-house
at Canandaigua, N. Y by a female, who had
fallen in. love with him. — -Capt. J. Amedie,
cbhvicted at Richnridhd; of 'destroymg' a Ves-
sel to injure, the underwritefs, has been sen-
tonqed to. be h3 ng«*d on the 29th July — — -A
slave ju'Owen Go, Ky. has been murdered by.
his ma-ter and another man, without any
material, provocatioh.-r— — Equal. Majtihty
Martin Jordan, ajo'ed 14 years . 5 months and :
10 days, was marrief? in Mihpen, On the 5th
inst. to MissV Polly Lashlyi aged 80 , years" 3
months and I8\days. — — rThe City if pee
tor reports the death of 84 persons during the
week ending; onXSfatur^ay. the 2nd inst.- viz^
28 men, 20 Women, IS boys and 17 girls.;

the name of Arnold Jacbb
came Is, ; frotii the Gulf of
arrived iri this city on the

Two male
Scula Array Asiay
1st inst. 1 On

1 any <

ihai are likely to emigFate to tha country,

As it respects the extenninati&n of. the
slave trade, it has been said; that -t he colony
Iu.salieatly prevented the exportation often,
thousand slaves from that Coast. r We think i\
woula be safer to say they have turned the
ex|)ortation of ten thouiand from that to 3ome'
otlier coast; But
power have the colonist!

was it by a physical, or moral fort e ? ,Cer- . ■Gljancclior of fie. Duchy of Mrij;

House of Commons ; and Lord , W^eliington
wilUalso explain his motives in the House.ef
Lprdf. ■ - • ■

The great^nd imports rit^work bf. a ^and
ship jjanal frpin London to *PbrtsmoutbV it is
understoodKis certainly to ^aker>pla1re; ' v
. ..' ' ' NEVy 1 ADMINISTRATION. •

' ■ ■ ' •■■ ' ' PEERS . , *■ ■

. I^rd Lyndhurrt

we would ask, by -what ■ ' " " " ■ W W hu ^

, . y Lord President... Earl ot Harrows?

olomsts effected so much i Lord PHvy, S^sl. . . . .... .". .... Dpke.o^PorUaiid"

is city — --

the 30th nit. Mrii. Q,; Miiirdock, engineer o£
the steam- boat Superior,! was drowned' in
Biiffalo-creek.-^— At a late military training
in Pike, : Pa.^ a man nam«| ; Evetts, aged -73,
Was 'killed' '[ \sy Nathaniel fpiatt ;' previous to

MARRIED,
On tho 6th inst. by the Rev. B. Paul, Mr,
Charles GhXnslek to Miss Mart Bbodakt.

.' DIED,

In Philadelphia, on the 29th ult. Mrs. Ro-
sannah Chapman, aged 34.

In this city, on the 1st instant, Mrs. Judith ,
Brown, aged 40. \

In this cityi on the 2nd irist. Mrs. PAmbe
Cross,, aged one hundred, and six.

In Port-au- Prince, in the. month' of April
lust, Miss Sarah Lafar< formerly iof Charles-
ton, S. C. - ' . W^^x:.- ■
' In ; Vera- Cruz, on, the 2d. olti «Mir> Lfeyi Wa- •
terman, aged 40,- of this city.' '* : " : ' ; . )■

,' ' ; ; notice. . . ... ! '': •■•

The subscribers .intend,' sKbolb* sufficient
encouragement offer, to open . a Reading
Room on th'e lj(3th inst. - : ->"> '

Te r his mpderatej an d made' knoWrt, by ap- .
plication at the .office, No. 15J2|Church-t»t^eet.

Xew : York, June l;- im.",

WA*rTM~Part *6f 0 Few in the lower

aisle of St'. PhUipV Church,;

wishing sb man, who !has beeri ;

palming. l«im'self -as''. a prea<jlfer Upon the good ; i • JUNE,
citi • ens jbf. JtotlotfM «:Sa;ie'm w as a rrested ! ~^Fridnu ' ~~
on -tbe 2d ws v on charge^ larceny, and qar,: ; ^ a c u ±y \ [
ried befor.enhe police. cbur|| in Boejtbn.. His \o SuHdH'. .
name is said to be, ^cms.^-^.t.nfant achools 1 ir<MV0i&'. . V
areiaboutto be ■*A«MMki*o'\fci&M^

in infant School -Society has Rlso^beeu ssta^ is lfed*Ud*y,)
kU ; thief, who jsrioltv yl4>' 3W*wrf«y r ..

W«l»e4 in this (iity,^Tbje

436
4 84

'7 ; 35l.
7 *l!

52

POETRY.

The following l'm» come to us firomofie ofthft
•Wit'of Africa.and prove we think that this., raw
depressed, degraded and trampled upon aa they
wobytba wbite», ; at« not entirely brainteiw, aa
soma »eem to suppose. Enlighten and educato,
and thus raise the character of this people,— let
them know that we do not regard them as beasta
that perish, but aS immortal* Tike ourielfes.--*nd
>;tjb*i difference between them and ua, will only be
ieep in the complexion — i/VetB-Haeen Chronicle.

THE BLACK BEAUTY,
f . Written ) rom Salomon's Songs.

♦' Black, l am, oh!.d«ughtera fair,"
But my beauty is most rare ;
Black, indeed, appears ray skin,
Beauteous, comely, all within :
Black when by affliction press'd,
Beauteous, when in Cbrbit I rest;
Black, by sins defiling flood,
Beauteous, wash'd in Jesus' blood :
B)ack, 1 am in mine own eyes,
Bi\ut«ou*in my Lord'B I rise-;
Black I am to men 'tis true
Beauteous, in the angels' yiew :
Black, if Jesus frowns awhile, v .
Beauteous, when I see him smile ;
Black, .while in. the tomb I lie,
Beauteous, when 1 mount the sky !

The following was written for the national Ju-
billee,'July 4, .1620, by the same person and pub-
lished in the public Journals, in a sister state.

THE SORROWS OF ANGOLA.
Hail, the enrapturing Jubilee ! -

Tis fifty years to-day,
Sirico this great nation wub made free

From despotism's sway.

. While music, belte and cannons peal,
To hail the festive day,
The thoughts within my bosom steal,
Of helpless— Africa !

Now. Freedom's sons, insplendid trains,

Rush .brth, to greet the day ;
But never strive to burst the chains,

Of captive— Africa !

Both yrting and old attend the scene,

The noble and the' gay ;
But not a tender tear is seen,

For weeping — Africa!

Both bards and orators unite

To aid the grand display,
But never once the wrongs recite,. '

Of injured— Africa t -''

O, Freedom I offspring of the skies !'

When shall we bless the day,
When thy bright genial sun shall rise.

On hapless — Africa f

"From the Morning Chronicle..

STANZAS.

There is a song — "
Bow wildly sweet, wo never may forget.

It steals along
Ere tho cold tumult of the world is met ;
It tells of hearts more gay and- forms more fair

Than ever crossed us in liie's wilderness,
And jjian.y a form of loveliness, is there

Wooing us to its shadowy caress.

Those notes are flying
O er the voting heart while sorrow is afar.

More softly sighing
Than even thy Tabled music Chindara i
Oh earth for thee but one such strain can bring—
One fleeting strain — to bless its pathway cold,
And but one touch, draws music from that string
The echo of young, hearts ere life is old."

% :' NORNA

Jlni^i Ja*M •• ECxkoMf lS NOT PARSIMONY'.

ary*U chi, f ^% l 0 ^ 1 S. MOLLESTON & J. ROBINSON,

and Med aboat a quarter foftrtitfiiY, which , . _ r ri ' . = =
had ^o W; and^ ^

i An(fi .r fh«m naniplv thoM of "taatfii t faHy announce, that they have entered mto part-
ly* .gem, namely, ; ,U»om, ot, taste, . ^ j h , ve opene J an e , t . b|i8 h me ht at No,
eight and smell, double. , . | 5 1,' Broad-street, (three doors aWe 'Beaver at.)

* ii-A it- 1 ,ti r tT~ a t j • , . J where they respectfully solicit a continuance of
A New Water-Clock.— An. old inhabitant of fl,st patrdnago which they have heretofore enjoy-
.GrenbhW' of th* !name ; 4f i Bl«ttcV-;h'|t'iBveh- * '"

ted i
and

Wit vs. Surgery*— Some wags of a neigh-
boring town returning a few nights since
from a convivial me- ting, stole from a mer-
cer's shop a sign board, on which were in-
scribed the words 'j Funerals furnished on
the most, reasonable terms," and affixed it
immediately under the; door-plate of a sur-
geon who recently met with several unfortu>
nate «* slips.' WL**. Pa. ,

- The priest of Beziers, on preaching in the
patois of the country on the occasion of the
last jubilee, said to his hearers—" Come
hither, my .good friends, .every day ; f will
preach to you from the first of January to the
day of Saint Sylvester :/ you : rise at four in
the morning, and you do not go to lahor till
, six, I give you half 'an hour to take ca.e of
your ass ; and an hour will remaiu to listen
to me. It is your salvation that I desire, for
at last you must die, and I also ; you will go
down to the pit, and I shall ascend to the
Heaven, and you will say to rhe through the
space between us, " Monsieur Maillac ! Mon-
sieur Maillac .'" and T will answer, "now you
are there, stay there !"— Le Farat;

The Marechal D'Estrees, at the advanced
" ape of, 103, heard, of the death of the Due
de Tresme, who was only 95. "I am sorry
to hear it," satd he^ " he was always sickly
"•'!,?*<£?'■* b W' I.was cejtaia he Would aerer
4lf« togrow old»".

a clock which is impelled, .not by tyring*
height, but by water. .. ThV rain which
falls | upon the roof of ;a house collected in a
reservoir is sufficient .-to keep it in perpetual
motion. -4

"'"''.' _ ■ ;", <*.

Sipgutat W iM.7-Droitwitch was, a few dajs
ago, disturbed from the ' even tenor' of its
quietude and industry, under the,* following;
singular circumstances. An individual* who,
had been for some time numbered -amongst
its inhabitants, and who having Attained the
age of nearly three score years, thought it
high time that *he was * numbered? elsewhere,
cut short his thread of life by cutting his
throat. Before, however, acpomphaWng the'
direfu\act, he made the following extraordi-
nary artangemerite to be observed aVhis fu-
neral,' especially enjoining an old woman, liv-
ing ^boutxfour miles from the borough, to

ed, and wheh it will b» their, study to continue to
merit b^ punctuality and superior workmanship.
- Gentlemen's Clotiung haade^tb order; in , the
nowost fashions:— Gentlemen and Ladies' Gar-
ment*, Habitu, an d Mantles, dressed and repaired
with despatch, and in the 6est manner. ■
All oroers thankfully roceived and punctually
attended' to.

ippMRs. Molmbton can accoitmoddte from sis
to (eight Gentlemen Boarders. ' ...

' r \ JAMES LAW,- . . -

PUVST-RATE COAT DRESSER,

. V ; 177 miliam-street, Mto-York,

CONTINUES to cleanse and dress Coats,
PantihKins, LadicB* Habits and'Merino Shawls, in
the neatest possible manner. . He also makes, al-
ters andf repairs Gentlemen's Clothes, to their en-
tire saiisfaction, atid upon the; most reasonable

termB.

V Hi3|Ro"deof dressing clothes iB by steam

, us „ u „„. „ u , „, „ , sponoin.o, which be has followed with much ,suc-

communicate them, after his death to his , ; ces^ for ^several years past. Allkindsof spots or

heirs and successors,' and to take care that
they were- scrupulously .attended '., to, upon
pain of a visit from him hereafter, 'at the
pale glimpses of the mdbh ;' reconimehding
her, at the same time, to come and tee ' fun.'
His body was to be deposited in the coffin
with his shoes on; a penny to be placed in
one hand, and a half-penny in the other ; by
his side Was to be put two miniature^ arid
the sheet upon which his rhpi her was laid out,
and upon his breast a Bilk bag, formerly be-
longing to her, a small quan^ty of the >arth
which surrounded hor. coffin Toeing, first en-
closed in it. Upon the body being deposited
in the earth, the mourners and carriers were
instantly to doff, their sable .habiliinents, dis-
perse, and again meet on ; the bvid^ \ from
thence they were to run- to. a public liouse,
where they , were to sing; one song and two
psalms, and ' afterwards drink ' peace tfUiis
manes' until they were all drunk !. The whohj
of these, strange' injunctions were attended
to, as will be guessed, to the very letter^
and in 'presence of numbers, whom their
whim and eccentricity . had collected to the
scenes, at which they were enacted.-^r?forc«s-
ter Herald.

Recipe for Consumptio n.— In the month of
May gather the flowers from the Thorn bush ;
boil .two; bunches of the blossom in half a pint
of milk ; let it stand till it is about as waj m
as milk from the cow ; drink it the first thing
in the morning, and take a walk immediately
afterwards. This receipt, has,.perf , ormed a
c;ire« on many persons ; and one thing must
strongly recotn'nend it, which is, .the itnpbgsi-
bility of its being injurious 'to the complaint
or to health, and tlVerefore«vveirworth trying.
The flowers will keep good, and be fit for use
all the year, if they are .well , sprinkled jvith
salt, then; put into an earthen pan or preser-
ving jar. and ;tied down to keep the air from
them;-rBatk paper.

7'hales, one of the wise men of Greece. — A
sophist wishing to puzyle him with difficult
questions, the sage of Miletus replied to them
all without the least hositatation, and with
the utmost- precision. .

What is the oldest of all . things ? ' God, be-
cause he has always existed. . -

What iis the most beautiful? The world,
because it is the work of God. '

What is the greatcst of all things ? Space,
because it contains all that' has, been created.'

What -is the most 'constant of all things ? —
Hope, because it still remains with man, af-
ter he ha£ lost every thing else.

What is the best of all things ?. Virtue, be-
cause without it there is nothing good.
What is the quickest of all t ! ings ? TJiought,

atai,ns are extracted, and the cloth restored to the
appearance of new; and this he engages to per-
form without' any injury to the cloth, and at least
tqiial to nny thing of the kind doue in this or 1 any
other city of the United States.

Irlay 8..

9— 3m

; . school.

* For Coloured CtUdren ofbolh Sexes ,
Unidor St. Philip's Church, is now ready /or the
« i admission of Pupils.

'■ IN this school will be taught

READING,- WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, ... GE.O-

1 GRAl'HY; with tho use of
Maps and Globes, a»d .

; . HISTORY.

Terms from \wo to four dollars per quarter.

Reference.— -Rev. Peter Williamsi, Rev. James
Varick, Rev. S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul,
Rftv. William Miller.

; Nuw-York, March 14. ' 1

JOHN SICKELS, Ja.,
XOO Chapel-iSt.,
-Offers' for sale a general assortment
> of DRUGS and MEDICINES
\the most reasonable. terms.

N Families supplied with genuine ar-
ticles and particular and personal at-
tention given to Physician's proscrip-
tions.: , : ..\ ' |

i Approved MediKines which are celebrated for
tile euro" of 1 most diseases .to ! which the human
frame is liable, prepared and sold by the Subscri-
bpr, at the Corner of Anthony and Chapel-streets.
i'N. B. Medical advic.e x given ^-rtfirs.

. : Aprii; i7, m? ~ john sickels, Jn.

" BEAUTY. AND &CO y YOJUY."
I UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND
STEAM gPQjjft&X^G-}
JOHN H. SlillTH,
; »Vo. 122 Mrth'Third-stl (above Race ,) Phi-

■ ladelphiay
1 RESPECTFULLY infornis the Public in ge-
njeral, that he still continues! at the abovopliice
the Scoorirfg and Dressing of] Gentlemen's Coats,
Pantaloons, .&o.;'on a dtfierent,plan from that of
tjia Dyers, having a composition for so doing,
which enables him to dress Clothes so aa to leave
their appearance, equal to ; new. ' He restores
Seanis, &p. 'to their original' colour when worn-
white, and will warrant themito wear three months
n!fter dressing, and: then can be ni-dressed. Also,
Ladies' Habits and! Merino 'shawls, in the neatest
manner and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms'. -Being legally bred .to the business,
and possessing a competent knowledge of. Dress
ibg and .Cleaning Cloths by Steam Spongi7ik }
^hich is^the only complete manner of effectually
removing .the- stains caused from grease, tar,

because , in less, . than a moment it can fly to'; paints, he needs only a trial, to afford him an
the end of the Universe. >' \,; j opportunity-of giving satisfaction.

\Vhat is the .strange st$ , Necessity, which i V N.'B: J. S. constantly keeps on hand New and.

raakes a ma n 1 face all the dangers of life.

What;is the easiest ? To give Advice.

What is th& most difficult? To know your-
self • "

! $ccond handed Clothes of ev^ry description, which
! he assures the public will be sold as low, if not
; jjowor tlian at any other establishment in. ihe Uhi-
• (ed Statesfor cash or barter, j Gentlemen wishing
} io purchase would find it rvich to their interest to
ipall as above, and oxaminc fojr themselves.
• lEFThe highest price; glyeri for Gentlemen's
' clothes * ' : : .'.• ! ' : ' ■" r ■'. ; '• '

OCT TAILORING- WORK carried. on, and

! NICHOLAS PlERSONf.
REn Pf ctitlly informs the. People of Co-
lour, that his MEAD GARDEN,. No 13, Dclan-

cey-street, was openod on the,eyenmg^bf .tlie-nrst : :blbthes repaired;— New Cuffs, Collars and Buttons
of June, for the accommodation "of tfeoteel dna but ^^on, if requisite. He keeps on hand, Cloth,

respectable persons of colour.
No admittance for unprotected females.
^ew-York, June 1st, 1627.

' DISEASES CURED.
THEiPiles; Dysentarnall kjffds of Wounds,
and Brui sea ; iaWa nHOied^'for

(Velvet, and Silk of all colours, for doing upssame,
! April y0,:1827. ^ '

til to* naiU, ; for oppT f pB»ioa of th« "TciiBga^ Momt,' ! jtetvaii 0h ti ^ n - The location must be
tolas, and the bite of a mad &pg> if apphcttion jRecd and Spring' Hudson and'Oranffe ;«
be made.withinHwelve.hoart, by J |jOoo lot wiifiin ^

SARAH GEEBN; Mian 0pttra*>
VI %i CWle^rsat.:

\ - LOTS IVrfJS/TED. ' .
t. TWO LOTS, or the reRr of two lots, whoro
jthere' is any convenient /communication with the
[atrbet, .are wanted; for the j erection, of -,a PreW^y'-
* > between
streets;-^.

j;v «v .v« ~ ».„ « Yr .,-.», — .-~t or more,

' j by 75, would answer ' ■ ' j ! ' ,.' . -
§> Ihqnire bf S. E. Cornish. No.,6. Yarck.*8.tre;et.
New- York, March

dXUAJT OLOTHlHOITOaB,

yYo. 218, South &tih'8irtet,, Philudeiphut. .

THE jSubscriberjjpespeitfully returns hV
sincere thanks to - his, fri'eiid* and th«j public ft
^enefal, for their faVor and patronage, H«
informs them, that he 1 continues toikeep a larg<.
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADK ■
WEAR I \ G APP ARE V, of superior quah'ty, both
new and Second-handed, where; customer* will be
accommodated a$ the cheapest ra.te ij and in hand*
some style. He also informs Families, and privato
G entlemen, who have second-handed Clothing far "v
sale, that they Will meet with 1 a > raid price^ anrf
ready sale for their foocls, by applying to - ,

' DANIEL .PETERSON, •'■

No. Mdi South Hi zth ii Ihuai tifMa.
1 N. B. , Tayloring carried on in its yariou*
branches, and on the cheapest; terms.

4 NOTICE.
PROPRIETORS of CIRCULATING LI.
BRARIES can have their Books and outstanding
Debts collected upon very, moderate terms. N.
B. Subscriptions to all Periodicals received ahd
procured by ' : '

GEORGE W.EVERITTy. General Agent,
,33 Catltarine-street.

SOMETHING TO BE SAVED!

CHARLES MORTIMER,

Respectfully informs his customers, am
the publick in general, that he has opened, an .
expects to continue, hiB Shop, at 93 ChurcR-streei
where he will make and repair Shoes and Bont
in the best manner, at "the following, reduced prl
ccs : • *

New Boots, - - $0 00
Footing Boots, - 3 50

Bottoming Boots, - . 2 Otf
Soiing and heeling Boots, -. . 1 50
Half Soiing and Heeling, - 1 00
N. B. IIe also informs his gentlemen custon
ers. that ho will give new Boots and Shoes, in e> .
change, or he will give his workfor second-hando ;
Boots. All orders left at. his Shop, 93 Churcl '
street, will be immediately attended to.
' New-York-, Marph Md. 2

LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is authorisedyfo offer to hi
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Laki
at less than one half its value, provided they wi
take mcasurer.to settle, or have it settled, by ct j
loured farmers. The. land is in the state of Ncvr*
York, within 70 miles of the city :. its location i
delightful, being pn the banks of the Delawar >
river, with an open navigation to the city of, Phi :
ladelphia. The canal leading from tlie Delawar
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o. •
puning a direct navigation to New-York cii, -""h
passage, to either city may be made, in one day o
less Tl>8 land is of the best quality/ and wel •
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some 'of his breth
ron, who ; are capitalists, will at least invest 500 o
1,000 dollars, in those lands. To such he will tak
the liberty to say,; this land can be purchased ft
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though',
has been .selling for Jp5. He also takes the liberi '
to observe that- tho purchase will be safe and ai." -
vant3geous, and he thinks such a settlement, forn ■
ed by coloured families, would be conducive i \
much good : With this object in view he will it
vest 500 dollars in tho purchase. . . '- <

SAMUEL E. CORNISH. "

Now- York, March £0. . . : .

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will be received and attended to.

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AUTBORiSEf? Agents, •
C. S tockbridge, Eso. NorthYarmo.uth, Mii^^ |
Mr. 'Reuben Ruby, Portland, Me.
" David JValk'er, - Boston. ' ' V
Rev. thomaa Paul, do; , • ..[-i'M
Mr, John R'emond, Salem) Mass. „ : i "
'"_ George C. Willis, ProvideaceV R^f^
; ,( Isaac^ Rodgerjij New London, Conn;
Fruncis : -W^bb,vi^iiJa^.olphia..: . v .
Stephen^inithjlColumbiaj/Penn. .!
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Mr. John WvProuf, Washington, D C.j
- Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Albany. ',:..
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EX [A L TfiTH ' A NAl'IO N." .'

CORNISH & RtTSSWU-Rty >
Editors and Proprietors. 5

From the Alexandria Gazette.
VIEWS

Of the Benevolent Society oj Alexandria for.

ameliorating and improving the condition oj
the People of Colour. . 1
NO- IV.

O.N THE POLITICAL TENDENCY OF
S LA VERY IN THE UNITED STATES,
The political evils, of slavery have long
been seen and acknowledged by the wisest
and ^nost patriotic of our statesmen,— vet
the public sentiment in the slave-holding
States seems never to have been feufiiciently
decided on this point to induce our legisla-
tures to take any important steps towards its
extinction. During the existence of the co-
lonial government, the introduction of slaves
was a subject of deep regret and serious ap-
prehension to many of the Uest citizens of Vir-

. ginia, and the injurious effect's they foresaw
from a population of this kind, induced the
House of .Burgesses to petition the British
monarch for a prohibition of the traffic. The
petition, dated in the year 1772, contains the^
following remarkable clauses, which may well
be contrasted with some 0! the laws since en-
acted by the people of Virginia, to rivet clo-

-ser the chains their fathers were so reluctant
to impose.

"The importation of slaves- into the colo-
iriesj from the coasl of Africa, hath long been
considered as a trade of great inhumanity \
and its encouragement we have too much
reason to fear will endanger the. 'very existence
of your Majesty's American dominions. We'
are sensible that some of your Majesty's sub-
jects in .Great Britain may reap emolument-
from this: sort of traffic ; lut when we consid-
er that \t greatly retards the settlement of the
colonies with more white inhabrtUiifs^ and may
in time have the most destructive influence, we
presume to hope thaMhe interest of a few
will be disregarded, when placed in compe-
tition with the security and happiness of such
numbers of your Majesty's dutiful and loyal
subjects. ■ ■ i, '•

Notw;thstanding this request was so ear-
nestly urged, and so consistent with every
feeling of humanity and justice, still did the
government of the mother coui dry permit her
mercenary-subjects to impose upon the co-
lonies a population alike injurious to their
interests and revolting to> their feelings. Yet
such is the power of habit M creafe wants
unri appetites which, nature neveHntonded,
that when the colonists came into the posses-
ion of self-government, several of the states
refused for some time .to prohibit the slave
trade, and even at this day many of them

patrole; the streets to prevent an ihsurf ecf iori
of the slaves,. ■ , \ ' \f , ,

If then, such are the dangers they appre-
hend iif.a time of profound peace, wha'Vwill
they not have to fear should the horror3 ,of
war and insurrection be superadded. Jn su'c/i
a £ tisis, they of the south, arid even we of
the middle states, must mainly depend' for
safety and support on thkt c onfe dera<fy whi^h
secures to us the protection of the ndn-slavfe'
holding states. ' t ' •

, On making- an . estimate of the' physical
stfeugth-of the several parts of this Union,
we must be forcibly^ struck with /the vast su--
periority'of the free! states, arid' constrained
to acknowledge that we are every year, fall-
ing further. and. further in the rear' of our sis-
ter stages in their glpribus march to power
and prosperity. .,

According ,to ; tlie census of 1820,
the free state of Ohio had'a popu-
lation of 531,434
Virginia, . North Carolina, ;Sou,tii

Carolina, Georgia; Alabama, Mis- ' . '
( si^sippi . arid Louisiana, seven

slave states, had a mixed aftd iag- ;.
gregate population of . '' J 2,904,681
These seven slave states now ap-
: 1 pear st orig compared with- Ohio.' ;

But frdm this greater number we
. must first deduct as slaves, 1,181,044
•Then we have tb*deduct from the
free people an equal 'number to •"
guard the slaves in tiriie of war, 1,181;044

2,362,088

Having iriade these deductions there ;

remain only > 542,503

It hence appears, that the ; strength '
of Ohio is greater than that 1 of the .
siveti 'slave" state's" by ■ : a; pifeula-
tion of: . : 30,841

Th>- other five slave states, Dela-
ware,^ Maryland. Kentucky, Te.ri-
nesee and Missouri, have v a less
number of slaves in proportion to '
the white population, than the se-
ven states before rieritibned,, but
on the principle assumed in" the
other case,- Pennsylvania is strori- '
ger than the five states by a po-
pulation of ! 137,308
Pennsylvania arid Ohio, lie between
the more -fidrthern and free states, '.
and the southern and western/;
slave states,, .and.' these two states
united, are" stronger than the
twelve stave states by a pbpula- ' ,
tion of. •' 176,140'

Since the census of 1820j the white popu-
■contmue in possession of the "fruits of that Nation of the free stated, especially Ohio arid
iniquitous truific/and suifer the consequences' Ne w- York, 1 has rapidly increased, wh'ile the
resulting from it, without- 4 appearing to feel fsaine class? in- the slave states has 'advanced-
the necessity ; of a change. This necessity j but little, and the' proportion of blacks is be-,
ims, however, been frequently urged by some f coriiing every day more alarming.' It is,'
f ' " ' 1 " therefore a' happy; circumstance for Us, that

the several pbrtions of oiir national confede-
racy areibound Vnre'ther by such close tits br.
mutual interests; national feelings, "and .early
association^ "The manufactures of the. north-'
em and eastern-states find their best market
in the southern part of the ! Union, while the
farmers and planters of the south are scarce-
ly less dependent upon them for the consump-
tion' of pome of their staple' conWodities.

of the ablest writers and puresf patriots: of
wt country. It has now been more than
fifty years since the pen of the illustrious
.'ell'erson was- first empldyed in 'defending
the rirhtS' of justice- and humanity, and he
then adverted in plain terms to- the awful
consequences that must ensue from a con-
tinuance of the system of slavery. At that
veriod the number of slaves in the Unitedj
States \vas less than seven hundred thou- [

sand — since then- they have increased "to ! In times of tranquility an.d . prbspenty .we;
fijout two mifcions, and are still increasing ' may suppose the' obligations 1 mutaally-confer-
m a ratio truly alarming. If therefore, the I red arid received are equal"; but in seasons of
evil was so great at that period, what mtist it : commotion, arid adversity the Very exfsterice
be now when their numbers are three-fold |'of bur free institutions^ mnst depend on the
fh»n*l!h%h? n n,r f lr °, f the . soiI tl V d }- ", a , ve unsjackled: energy of the free states.
" • vj,a! *" - - * * u ' Nor is the comparative i'nfefiorit

|y i^f uppP^dj- and must, ere long, if it be
not Ve^pVed, Mess us do^n to the ourt/iwith'
^.p.m^'kmi^Me. j ". ':"..•„. ;

Tt Wil> be a Circumstance, much to be re-
griftted; shorild: tlie territory of Florid'a be
snffe^d to bbcpme a slave state. * Vet, thai
jt^illsobri be filled with a dense population
Of th ! | class, the.e is little . room to doubt.
Its proxirnity ; t6,'the tslaricl of Cuba must' air
readyJdause itjfo .be more |or less affected b"y
tlie commotions which rtiay take place there \
and the uhsett ed state.of that island, and the
miuecility..of. jthe Spanish; government, ren-
der it highly probable, that it wili, -ere long
fall intq oth'erj hands. Inb \\jhose hands it
inaj sfaUjiWe. d^nnot determine [but if it , come
iritqithe .possession of thel South American
Reppblic^.or of Great Britain, it is probable
,t|»aji.;thby:willj not long tolerate, uncondi-
tiortal. slavery :p-s1iduld it] become an inde-
pendent' statej the same result may be rea-
sdnsjbly ; expected,~^Judging. from'- wit at Iras.-,
already/ taken palace in the other colonies of
Spaini-;" . j.-- .;? ■ -

1 If, then, the blacks in ■■ Cuba shoifld ever
:gain- an ascendancy, or- even an equality in
the $ovornmerit,' which they probably will,
being; the more numerous jelassj) and; Flori-.
di),;,'bp settled-^-- like some; of i our ■ southern
stat^T— with a -very large ptioportion of slave-
labourers, governed by a few indolent propri-
etbri .and 6'verseera, nothing Jess than a large
standing army will keep thq slaves in subjec-
tion, I ind preveh^thd inost""<?alamitbus. conse-
; qu|nf es. - .And. Pan if . be dxpccted lhat the
free .'[states wilk .under such circumstances
consent: tli&'t thef treasu'res of .the nation, and
the blobd;pf citizens, jshall be lavished-
.tolsupporCj^state of things' which the peOpJe
of/theiSout^ will not now-lpvenjift a finger
tOHpviirverif rHrrmixnf thesie'viewB,/ wetnwt-
it Will be remembered, by our, felloW-citizene,
that we, too, are citizen's of-a slave-holding
District, and; that, oun-interest,- are in some
measure inden.tified with thpse of the south-
ern-states. We would not chjsire the sudden'
emancipation ; of all the s!avcs,-j-it would,
perhaps, be the. greatest calamity t-that could
befal both theni and us ; butiwe contend that
the dangers of the . present; system, are in-
creasingly alarming: 'Something must be
dolie to prevent* the bursting offthat dark
cloitd,: which overhangs liur beloved; country,
and he who; shall discover a safe conductor
for the electric 6park of liberty which lies
concealed in its bosom, will deserve more
gratitude from his countryj than that which'
has rewarded the, labours of a Frahklin.

Nor: are the 'political evils of slavery con-
fined to; the depreciation, it occasions! in the
pecuniary resources of our - coun'.ry'; its .de-
moralizing influence lends greatly to weak-
en our attachment to a republican! govern^
meiit. ' One of our political j'maxlms) is that
al} power omanjites from ihe people, and
that:alli^' government ought; ,to be exercised

passion tbwards his slavb, it shdufd; always
be a sufficient one that his- child; ik preserit.
But generally -it is nut sutfidiohti The par«rit "
storm's, the child looks 9ri,,lcatciies the. linea-
ments of wrath, puts o^ th'e ^aiine iirs in. the
circle of smaller Slaves,' , gives loose to' the
worst of his "passions; and thus riuVsed, and
daily educated in tyranny, cannot .'but be
stamped by it with bttious pecuiiaritieis. The
man must be, a prodigy who can retain his
manners and morals undepravied by suth cir-
cumstances. And.with what execVatml) should
the statesmen be. Joaded, wHp .permitting 4
one half of the . citizens 'thus to trample
the rights of the other, traiisforms^thofle ^ in-
to despots, and these into enemies destroys
the morals of the one part, and th's ampr-
patriae of tl e other. For if a slaVc can have .
acou'ntry in this World, it mu^t, be any other. •
in preference to that in\ which be .is' -born to
live and labour for anojEhet, in'which he must <
lock up the faculties: of hi's nature,' contri-
bufe as far as depends pri his individual en-
deavours to the evariishment' of . the hun;an
race, or entail his own miserable condition
on the eridle83 generations proceeding frorii'
him. .'-With- the morale :*of the people their V
industry is also destroyod ; for in a warm cli- r*.
mate no. man will labor for himself who "tan;. '
make another labor fp)r hini. Thii is'sp'tr^e,'^
that of the proprietors' .a; very small f ;pr0ppr-^
tion indeed are ever seen to labour Arid paa";
the liberties of a .nation' be jth^^^rire ?
when we have removed their^nly.yb^
conviction in the minds p%'iM^9^M &ii
these liberties, are the^^bf;^^^'!^
are' not to be 'violated bu^^th^is? vytt-th ?
Indeed 1, tremble for rny CQiintiy. wfte.n;! f ier . '
fleet that God is j ust :f tHat h isltf^/cb jii|mot
;r • that cpnsider^g!iiVm^wV n&-

t and natural bfc 'rtsWotioa.of

wjic'el of fortuiM-attr ^ik^^Mm-^.
1 is among- possible^ :- ^at ; it ihay"

'sleep forever ;
ituri? -,— 1 *
the v .

tio.n is 'among- p<m\\$£^^^
become probable' by stipern'atur'4) interfer-
ence !' The Almighty has no attribute' which
can take sides with us in erich a contest.—
Biit it is impossible to be temppratev and -to
■pursue this subject through the various, con-
siderations of policy,.. of moralsj of history
natural and civil.. We must be cpnteiited,
to hope they will force their vvay into every
pne's mind.. I "think a change; perceptible
since thj? origin of the pfpserit'reyplutiori. —
The spirit of. the niaste'r ' is abating— that of
the slavp rising from :he'.,dust— his condition
mollifying— the way, Ih'op'ejpreparing'uhfler
the auspices of heaven for a total emancipa-
tion ;. and that this is didp'psed, iii ihe order
of events^ to be with the cprisent'of the* mas-
ters, rather than by their extirpation."

lion hunt:

From il Scenes and- ' Occurrences . iti Caffree
Land" '
Mr. S. had chased in the direction of the

them subsistence has been impoverished by
their labor, and when the white population
of the states where they are held has be-
come enervated and corrupted by their pre-
sence. Our slave population has been aptjy
Tliaracterized by a Vi gir.ia Senator, as ^ a
cancer on the face,'.' and as «' a volcano in
Jul' operation ;" like the former, it disfig-
ures the beauty of our political system, and
tiireatens.it with- premature decay— like tlie
ictter, 1, rages with an inward flame that no
human power can confine nor extinguish,
and must, if it be not restrained v by tbe^er-
«y ot the Mpst High, one day overwhelm us
^Ui rum and dismay. That apprehensions
CI this kind nosv exist in some of the south-
ern cities may .be inferred from the course
«<7 pursue when aroused by the alarm of
«re ; instead of. procee<fing to the scene of
conhagration and le oing <heir a&sistance to
extinguish it, the miJitia to their arms and

the comparative inferiority of the
slave-holding states less striking^ when we
advert to the value of property, in the !i seve-
ral : ortions of the Union'.. " By the census
of 1820 the valuation of th« land and hou-
ses in New-York, and Pennsylvania, under
the . directions of the Marshals, ariiourited; to
more than six' hundred millions of 'dollars;—
whilst the' aggregate of the'larids arid houses
including ^VoYe than one million of slaves', 0;
Maryland, Virginia, Nphh-Carolinav Soufb-
Carolina', Georgian Tehnesee 1 and Kentucky,
seven pfothe largest arid • most - weal thy ! slave,
states covering a niuch larger territory, Otis
lees than '520,000:000; of idollarsj ! or .'liearly-
one sixth Ipss than those two; states ] What
a commentary do. these rafcte alRird^us |uppn
the political ! tendency of slavery?;' arid '■ bow-;

for the benefit of the governed.?' ; ; j mimosas, trenching ,o'ri the. grotiiid which bur

-• The: youth of our ; southern and middle.: comrades were to take, ; ' He was getting clp-
states are educated in a community where stir tb'iijs olijec't, and! .was':, abojij; to' dism'ount
these truths are -openly acknowledged but a second tiriie,' when his eyes gMcbd on the
pradtically. disregarded.- It ^ouldlie an in- i lbrig vv;ishe.d for gamp— ap ^.enorjripnsJhJnJ—
suit to their understandings tb sav- th'p blacks [lie was walking. tnajestzcally slpw— bbt>v'h'i

are rib) a part of the people! or'thajt '.he ar- : Mr. S.
bitrarf ipower assumed over the slaves is. ex- and see;
erciseil.solely-fprnheirgood.j • [ .

What deep rooted attachmpnt to , a liberal
government can we expecuffoin tlr6>p,who
in childhood are- accugtombd to domineer
over tiifeir fellow creatures ? jor; what; sUbili-
.ty* cr.i ;we- hope , for 'free institutions whose
first irincipies are thus; counteracted in the
niindi- of the people ? . . j, .

Some of these' views are so forcibly illue-i
tra.tec iri Jeflerson's Notes on Virginia, that

gavp the' tally jib to usjiie cbuciiedj
tmeijnc^ftel^o^a^j, bM siijijpfn' tjfyt'r
wards cantered off to tlie mimbsks.

In a fevv seconds .vve were all' u/p ? '-at least
our division. The first'object was to prevent
him from climbing the, niountairi, we. . tliere-
fbre : rode tlirough the" niimosas; abbot' thiep
lii>ii{lred yards ' from where, he hjad enter pd,
and got betWeen him^ahd the height*. Die-
derick Muller and Mr. S. with tueir servants
and 'led i horses, 'then . rPde^.red'4d'. : tlie;,little
whilst we were stationed. \yheie we

ji jc uersoii s i^oies on Virginia, ifiai nun^ ov. »»-'"»r?."" v,v

we wlli'cbnclude this number with an iextract ! first entered. The grove was nWd^fiy^hap-.-
from ithat . able work, -.whose [high authority, dred. yards in lengtH,\and'twentyj'm
we tAi.sti -will be disputed by none. :! consequently we coul.d by this arrarigempnt

: "'1:here ^ •1nilsV , he says, ^-'aoublle^s^b.e an ppmm^apd''the:.wholepf it..-'-. ! ( . ■
urihajipy influence on the manu,ers of oiir j .The other ,part of oiir ■ divisiofa ^aving^rc.de
people produced by ; the existence of slavery j round the grove, cain,e^up" .ppporf^. but
among! us. The whole commerce jbetjveen . at' a distance, and as;;ive 8M^'.thje^«M i 9?Pi int
master , and slave is ^ perpe^ial exercise of ; we did the same. Ou^
the mostrbbislerous. passions, .jthe most .pure-:' enviable; we h'ad butane large
miitting ^despotism,; on, the ; on|e ; par^- 4» d de- ; Rerinie, >vhb;<&rri^
grading isubmiSbion on the other. : Our chil- [ ted. W/ were talkirig] -tp bach^btiier r»*hi
'«r.e'ii-:|5ee:>tliis^--and^ learn '-io imitate it,-for 'er ( in a. wbisper, W te'ri. Mr. Renme very
man is an -imitativie; aniroaj.-. iTl lis. quality is .- fioblly said, " Li8ten,'tl^
the germ ofalleducaaon ip ; bim. From hisjiqg." The sound was 1 so v- ry jljke .d^tant

**uAi.i i.~ i.:- :-. i„-- m :w.„ *~:Ai* ! fKi.nJar ' flint u7o Hhnbtnd it. but ! at the B&mP

cra.d^'tp hisTdiiyi^w\eunu^ to|<ib;'vi'haI ^jMinder^t^at. We'deMed

* ----- * -- ^:---;~-*"i\-~Mi* -"glimpse o*f tbM hofw" #al

tea'nd^fty'Wi^c

forcibly, do they call upon us to exert every he sees others do If a parent could find.no ! moment':! caupt VMIiiftpse of th ( ^ liofW" #alk-
nerve, and to spare no sacrifice, to relieve motive either in his philanthropy or his self--|ing away not a hundmd and.fifty y^ds fiom
ourselves of a burden which can now scarce- love, fpr jestrainiiig the intemperapce of jus, and he must Have be^preyiously stiu

54

FfeKEI>OM S JOURNAl,;

nearer to us than we had ctshulatedr I gave
the alarm, which was echoed to bur friends,
who irifcn instant mounted and rode op to the
lower end, calling upon as to advance. We
were moving down ... toCgain a position on a
little height, when a gun was fired, followed
by four more. - This convinced us that our
other division hail joined.

We thought there would have been an end
to our sport before it; had been well begun
hut on the contrary, the shots were fired not
only to prevent torn leaving 'the copse, but to
prow their guns, for a miss fire is frequently
'V of consequence. The last shot had the effect
* of turning 'Aim, and we now had a full view
of him returning to the centre whisking his
tail about, and tr ading among the smaller
bushes as if they had been j<rass, reminding
w most forcibly of the paintings we had seen
of this majestic animal.

The lest shot, however, convinced us that
our position was not safe, for the ball passed
very near us We called to inform the party
of this, and they resolved on another plan of
attack. They desired us to station two Hot-
tentots on a hill above our position, and we
were to join them. We crossed again through
the bush, and it was then determined that we
were all to dismount, and tie our horses to-
gether, and advance on foot.

This is the usual plan, and it is done to
secure any person from galloping off by his
horse taking fright or otherwise, which would
in.. uce theTion to puisne, and thus one or the
other might be sacrificed,.

We had ' hardly begun to tie our horses,
when the Hottentot stationed on the hill, cri-
:,edo:it that the lion was running off at he
'. lower end, where he had attempted to escape
Before We were on horseback in a second,
but the lion had got a-head; we had him how-
I evei in full view as there was nothing to in-
;~tereept it. Off he scampered. The Tarn-
bookies, who hod just come up, and mixed
among us, could scarcely clear themselves of
our horsus; and heir dogs howling and bark-
ing — -we hallooing-*— the lion still in view,
making for a small copse about a mile dis-
tant — and the number and variety of the an-
telopes on our .eft, scouring off in differen
directions, formed 0De of the most animating
• sppntacles the annals of sporting could pro
duce. • -

JJiederik and Mr. S being on very spirited
horses, were the foremost, and we wondered
to see them pass on in a direction different
from the cope where we had seen the lion
take covert. Christian gave us th<j signal to
dismmn.t, when we were, as well as couid
be judged, about two hundred yards from the
copse. He desired us to be quick iti tying
the horses, which was done as each came up.
And now the die was cast — there was no re-
treating. We were on lower ground than the
lion, with not a bush around us. Diedcrick
and Mr. S. had now turned their horses, for,
as we afterwards learned, they had been run
off with, in consequence Of their bridles hav-
ing broken. The plan was to advance in a
body, leaving our horses with the Hottentots,
who were to keep their backs towards the
lion, fearing they should become unruly at
the sight of him.

All these preparations occupied but a few
seconds, and they were not completed—
when *e heard him growl, Vnd imagined he
was making off again but no, as if to re-
trieve his character from suspicion of cow
ardice for former flight, be made up his mind 1
in turn to attack us. To the growl succeed-
ed a roar, and in the same instant we. saw
hint bearing down for us, his eye-balls glist-
ening with rage. We were unprepared;; his.
mo ion was so rapid no one could take aim—
and he furiously darted at one of our horses,
whilst we were at their heads, without a pos-
sibility of preventing it. The poor; horse
sprung forward, and with the force of the ac-
tion wheeled all the horses round with him..
The lion likewise wheeled, but immediately
couched at less than ten yards, from us. Our
left flank became thus exposed, and on it for-
tunately stood C. Mullcr and Mr. Rennie.
What an anxious moment! For a few sec-
onds we saw the monster at this little dis-
tance, resolving as it were on whom he should
first spring. Never did I long so ardently to
hoar the report of a gun. We 'looked at them
aiming, and then at the Hon. It was abso-
lutely necessary to give a mortal blow, or the
! consequences might perhaps be fatal to some
. one of the party.— A second scorned 'a min-
y l0 '~ At 'ength Christian fired : the under-
; jaw of the lion dropped— blood gushed from
-> his mouth, and he turned.round with a view
to escape. Mx. Kennie then shot him throuffb
the spine, and' he fell. *

At this moment he looked' grand beypnd
expression^'. Turning again towards us, ; ,he
rose upon fiis fore feet ; bis month bleeding; 5
hi* eyes flashing vengeance. He attempted*
to soring at us ; but his hind legs denied' riim'
assistance: be dragged them a little- .space,
when tftepharms put a final period to. his ex-
istence by shooting him, through the brain.
Ite wajs a uoble animal ; measuring nearly

'twelve feee froni" the'Jtitt of the nose to the in present- use wire ordered 1 to reposej my
end of the tail. *** ; ^ ' - fifth,— but iit short, I should 'never harollone,

Diederick and Mr. at this'^risis rejoin-
ed us, and ; eagerly inquired if all were safe.
They had seen the Hon bear down upon us,,
and they thought it impossible but that one
of us mm t have suffered.. The anxiety nbw
.vas to learn whose horse had been the vic-
tim, and It was soon. announced that ''it was a
highly valued one of poor tfiederik's. The
lion's teeth had pierced quite through the
ower part of the thigh; it waslame, tfn^.Di-
ed^rik thinking it irrecoverably so, determi-
ned on shooting it, declaring that no schelm
beast should kill his horse. We all, however,
nterfered, and it was at length arranged
vith two Tambookie , that if they would lead
him to their kraal, they should have a goat
for their trouble. The Tambookie had somo
beads given them for skinning the lion—
which they readily accomplished witlf their
ssagais; my trophy was the under-javv -ind
teeth. The elements now seemed determined
to crown the whole with a feu de joie, . fui, "u
a few minutes*" we had just over ]us a tre-
mendous peal of thunder ! ■ •

PARTICULAR PEOPLE.

Reader ! didst ever live with a .particulaf
lady? one possessed, not simply with the spi-
rit, but the demon of tidiness ? who will give
you a;good two hours' lecture upon the sin
of an untied shoe-string, and raise a hurri-
cane about your ears on the enormity of a
fractured glove '.—who will be struck speech-
less at the sight of a pin-, instead of a stringy
or set a whole house in an uproar, on finding'
a book on the table instead of in the book-
case ! Those who have had the misfortune to
meet with Mich a person, will know how to
sympathize with me. Centlc reader ! I have'
passed two whole months w'ith a particular
lady. I had often received very pressing in-
vitations- to visit art old schoolfellow, who is"
settled in a snug parsonage about fifty miles
from town; but. something or 'other was con-
tinually occurring to prevent me from Avail-
ing myself of them. " Man never is, but al :
ways to be ' cursed.' " Accordingly, o$ the
17th of June, 1826, (I shall never forget it, if
I live, to: the age of old Parr) having a few
dpare weeks t my disposal,*"! set' out for my
chum's residence.; He received 'me with hip
wonted. Cord ality; but t fancied ho looked a*
little more care-worn than a man of thirty
might have been expected to lo'-k, married
as he is to the woman of his choice, and in
the possession of an easy fortune. Poor fel-
low ! I did not know that his wife was a pre
cisian — I do not employ the term in a reli
gious sense. The first hint I received of the
fact was from Mr. S., who, removing my hat,'
from the first peg ;in the hall to the fourth,
observed, " My wife is a little j-Jesr/tcufar in
these matters; the first peg is for my liat, the
second is for William's, third for Tom's,
and yon can reserve the fourth, if you pleasej
for your own; ladies, you know, do not like
to have their arrangements interfered with."
I promised -to do my best to recollect the or-
der of precedence with respect to the hats,
,an<l walked up stairs with.aU awfirtvenera-
tion for a lady Who had contrived to' imposo
so rigid a discipline on a man,* formerly the
most disorderly of mortals, mentally rcsolvimr
to obtain her favour by the most studious/ob-
servance of her wishes. I might as well have
determined to be Emperor of China ! Before
"the week was at an end I was a lost man. I
always reckon myself tolerably tidy; never
leaving -more than half my clothes on the
floor of my dressing room, nor more than a
dozen books about any apartment I may hap-
pen to occupy for an hour. I do not Ipse
more than a dozen handkerchiefs in a mouth;
nor have more than a quarter of sn hour's
hunt fo? my hat or gloves- wheneverl. am go-
ing out in a hurry; I found all this was but
as dust.in the balance. I might as ivell have
expected to" he admitted a contributor to the
Literary Ma«rnet, because I could write join-
ing-hand.' -The first time I sat dovyn to din- :
nor 1 made a horrible blunder; for, in my
haste to help my friend to some aspuagus, I
piillf d the dish a little out of its place, there-
by deranging the exact hexagonal order in
which the said disht's were arranged— I dis-
covered my mishap on hearing Mr S sharply
rebuked for a similar offence; secondly, I sat
half the evening w-th the ciishidn >ti full fin-
ger's breadth beyond the cane-work of my
chair— and what is worse, f dp not kiow that
I should huve been aware of my delibqi'sency
if the agony of tbe-ady's feelings had not; at
length,; overpowered every dfher^considora-
tion, and at hist burst forth with; *f Excuse
me, Mr. ! — — -;- but do pray put your cushion
straight; it annoys h>e beyond measure to 3e,'e<
it;otherwase." 'My third offence was displa-
cing the ; anuffer'-stahd from its central posi-
tion between 'the u candlesticks \' my fourth,
leaving a • pamphlet I ha been perusing on
the piano-forte, its proper plate being- a table
iu the middle* Of the room, in which all hooks

were I toi enumerate every separate .enormity 1 '
of which I wna 'guilty'. My friend S.'s draw.--'
ing.roqrn; liftd as .good a right to exhibit' a
placard of " Steol t Traps and Spring Guas,"
as any .park I am ncqUaintdd with. In one
place jo\\ were in danger of j having your leg
snapt off, and in another your nose. There
never was a' house so atrociously neat; every
chair and table knew, it's .-duty; the very chirn-'
ney orhameiits had been! " .trained up. in the
way| tlifey should gci^knq woe to the unlucky
wight who should make them depart from
r'i Even those' " chartered libertines " the
children and doggj were taught to be as de-
inure and, hypocritical as the matronly tabby
cat herself :/ who sat with . her fore feet to-
gether and her tail curled round her as ex-
actly as if she had been worked in an urn-,
rug.iustead of being, a living mousef. It was
the utmost stretch of my friend's marital au-
thority to get 'his favourite spaniel admitted
to the honours of the parlour; and even this
privilege is only granted' in his master's pre-
sence. If Carlo nappens to pop his unlu« ky
brown nose into the room when S. is from
home| he sets off directly, with as much con-
sciousness in his ears and tail; as if ho had
been convicted of a larceny in the } kitchen,
and anticipated the application of the brooin-
stick, As to the children, Heaven help them !
I believe that they look forvyarfl to their even-
ing visit to the drawing-jfooin. with much the
same sort of feeling. No 2 that Mrs, S. is an
unkind mother, or, I should rather say, not
that she means to be so; but she has taken it
into her head, that " preaches and floirgec
too" is the way to bring up "'children; and that
as young people have sometimes short mem-
ories, it iis necessary to put them verbally in
mind of their duties, ,
From night till morn, from morn till dewy eve.
So it is with her servants ; if one of them
leaves a broom ,a broom or a duster out of its
place^a second, she hears of it for-a month
ufterwards. I wonder how they cn.lure it!
— I have sometimes .thought that. from lon.£r
practice, they do not heed it- as a friend of
mine who lives in a bustling sWoet in the ci-
ty, tells. 'me he does net hear 'the infernal
noise of the coaches and carts in the froutof
his house, nor of a.-cdnfoumled bruuer, wlm
hammers away m his rear from morning till
night. The. worst of it is, that while Mr». S.
never allows a moment's peace to husband,-
children, or servants, she thinks herself
jewel of a wife; but-such jewels are too costly
for every-day wear. I am sure poor S. thinks
so in hi heart, and would be content to ex-
change half-a-do..en of his wile's. tormenting
flood qualities, lor the sake of being allosved
a little common-place repose.

I never shall forget the delight I felt on
entering my own house, after enduring her
thraldom for two months. I absolutely rev-
elled in disorder, anil gloried in rny Utters.
I tossed my hat one way, my gloves another;
pushed all the chairs into the middle of the
room, and narrowly escaped kicking rny faith-
ful Christopher, for offering to put it ■' in or-
der" again." That cursed " spirit of order !"
T am sure it is a spirit of evil omen to S. For
my own pari, I do so execrate the phrase,,
that if I were a member of the House of
Commons, and the order of the day: were cal-
led for, I should make it a nile to! walk out.
Since my return home, f hnve positively pro .
hibited the use of the word in my house; and
nearly quarrelled with an honest poulterer,
who has served me for the last ten years, be-
,cause he hag a' rascalljr shopman, who will
persist in snuffling at ay dodr (I hear him
now from my parlour window) " Any order
this morning!" Confound the fellow ! that is
his knock. I will go put, an-i bfrbr him half
acrown to change his phrase !— Lit. Mignet.

DIFFERENT r.IOD SSOF SALUTATION.
.; Th"* Greenlanders never salute one ano-
theb; they .cannot, without* laughter advert
to the' notion of one person being inferior to
another.. , • . *

The Islanders in the neighborhood of the
Philippines lay hold of j the hand or foot of
the- person, whom they accost, and rub their
faces with it. • <
> The Laplanders press the nose stronjriy
against that of the individual they are salu-
ting. . . , ' '

In New Guinea they , place leaves on the
he.a.d;of the person saluted. j ,
; In the Straits of Sunda the foot of the per-
ison 8aluted ? is raised^ and passed ^gently
along tiie right leg, and over the body,
i The it [habitants of the Ph illipirie Isles
beiid very .Jo.w, with . their hands! on their
cheeks, and' with .one uf the ''feed raised in
the air, and t)ie knee bent. ' !

The Ethiopian takes his friend's garrqent
and binds it : round himself in such ; a way as
;to leave the ibrmer naked.

In saluting, the Japanese takes off v one
shp^ ami the people ofl Arracaii their Baa-

dais,, when, in the street ; in the house they
take off their, breeches. '

Black- Kings of the Coast of Africa sahlte
each other by squeezing three several timet
each other.'sjniddlo finger. ; *

The inhabitants of Caramanfa, in ; testifyin
peculiar attachment, open aveip, and presei.
to their friend the blood, that springs forth t
drink.

When the Chinese meet thoi/ acquaintar. •
ces after a long separation, they cast them]
selves on thei^knees, inclihe their beads tr j
wards the ground two or three times, ar f,
put in. p/actice, besides, a kind of ritual, <*'
academy of compliments^ where the number
of reverences and genufluxions,. and tL
words suitable to each, are regularly lai'
down. Ambassadors repeat these cercmc , i
nies forty days before appearing at Court. .

The Otaheitans cock their: noses at on!
another. * .

The Dutch, who aje great eaters, have )
morning salutation, common! to all rank/,
Smaakelyk eeien ? Do you eat, appetisi n <jlj \
They ask one anothory Hoc vaart awe9 Ho '
do. vou voyage ?. The latter form is derive ) -'"
undoubtedly, from the -early tihies of the Rif
iiiiblic, when every one was a navigator or '
fisher. j

At Cairo the question is, ." How do vol
perspire ?" because a diry skin is looked < !'
.as an indication of a deadly ephemeral feve t

In comparing the haughtir ■ Spaniard wi
the. fickle. Frenchman, some autliors; have di \
covered tho pride and lofty hearing, and i f
flexible importance of the foriner, in his usi
al salute, " Come estaV t% How do you 1ml
up ?" Whilst the " '•'Comment- votes port f
'vous'V " How do you carry yourself?" ^
the second, is equally expressive of the t
joyods humor and. ceaseless activity.

In the southern provinces of China the s:).
lutation is if a fant Have you ate your rice ^

In Africa, a young betrothed damsel pu \"
a little w ater in a calihash, aridj.ltnoeHng 1 1
the side of her lover, invites him to wash b^
hands in it ;; the girl, then weepings wi f
pleasure, drinks 1 the water. iT'irs is lo<'k«
on as the gr'eite-t proof of fidelity and e r
tachmenl that can he. manifested to a love*. |
Furet. ■ j' ' \

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ORIGIN A L COM M UNICATIONS.

Fi'om lhe iicrujj-Jlook cf JS/ricanus. s
HAYTI. ! !
Nu. IV,

During the same moiith, another rehellif!,'-
of the people of colour broke out in the We i
tern Division. A detachment! of troops sc j;
out against them, were defeated with' gre j;
loss. On the- eleventh September ensuia -.
a concordat took place betsveien the partie/',
by which the colonists agreed to admit ii
■full force the national decree ;bf the 15th/
-May; the sole and ostensible i6ause of the r ;
volt. These concessions at an earlier peri :
might hav ' operated with powerful effect - *
the salvatio^i of the colony, |but they car. V
too late ; and produced only a temporary a *
fallacious cessation of iniseries. While e {
ery thing/ however, was tending to a seei v
ingly favourable .issue between the partie-' 1 ,
the Natioual Assembly, by a j decree of Se*-
tember M, 17i>l, voted the repeal of heir ci j.
cree of the 15th May.. Tiiusiin one momct |r
by the impolicy of the National Assemb'
were all the proceedings, of} the Concord ^*
annulled, and al) hopes of ja reconciliati' i
lost. The people of colour; again flew • •
arms, with a determination never to reli
quish them, till one jiarty or the other shou ' i
be exterminated.

Meanwhile, the inijurrec'tion of the slavn f
in the Northern Dixision continuing, tho JNf s
tional. Assembly, aware of> the evils arish?:
from their last decree, on the fourth of Apr 1 .
-1792, passed another, by whicji the- people
colour were reinstated in alllthe privileges ;'
their first decree: Santhonajj, Polverel al ■
Ailhaud were appointed commissioners, wi i
a large body'of troops^ to carry \the resol' »
into force,, and to put' an. end to 'the distu' ; ;
buncos in the colony. But this i large bodyv];.
troops, and the .unlimited po^^rs of the col; ;
jnis^ioners, raised suspicions.- i|n the miirlsv: -'
the colonists highly uufavourable' , to boV-.
Their first act. of -removing the governor *tt
sending him prisoner to Franco* was hi^h : '
dbpleasing to he coloniBtsi ?iard feehn;
aiid/Strife -.vere soon embitteri d. Meanwhi^
the new ^ovemorv'M. Galb'aud; arrived fro *}
Franceit instead of being a m.ediator betwe
the parties, he sided \vith ih^ coloajsts, i
clanng his powers no way curtailed- by tb? 'i
of. the commissioners. .'Beingja propricto/ i?;
St. Domingo > byjthe laws of F-rancp he cou^L
not be its governor Vi'thi»' fact'! being as^ljl
taihed by the ichmmissiofipnij tliey order<4 1 1
him to embark again for-Pranee^and appd ' 1 1
ted M. De Bailee, then at Port-au Prince, '' ]
his stead. . ■■.*.*■■' ; V| ■ ' i'

M. Galhaud, iniw lling tdiubuiit to to*
bitrary a d!ecree, a] civil wa^eosued ' y the ' c?

FREE DOM'S JOURNAL,

Oi

lonists and sudors arranging themselves on
the side of tSie governor,- and the people of
cblour and soldier* for the ^commissioners. —
' Previously to the appro ch of the governor
-and his party, the commissioners despatched
messengers to the revolters.wuh the offers
of free "pardon for past offences, and perfect
freedom for the future, to unite with them.
But all their 'offers were rejected. The con-
flict between the commissioners and the gov-
ernor was severe; but the commissioners fi-
nally prevailed. ;

On June 24, 1793, the revolters, amounting
to upwards of five thousand, entered the city
of Gape Hay tien, at the invitation of the
commissioners, and began an indiscriminate
plunder, setting fire to many of the build-
ings, more than one half of which were con-
sumed. Hearing of a premeditated aUaek of
the English, the commissioners again pro-
claimed the rights of man, and declared sla-
very abolished throughout St. Domingo. The
red cap, symbol [of liberty, was paraded
through Capo Haytien, amidst the cries of
Vive la Reyabliffiie ! There were' no longer
intermediate classes in society. This decree;
of the commissioners was ratified by ili' Na-
tional Assembly, on the fifth of February,
1794 Numbers then in a state of s'avery in
different parts of the island, availed them-;
selves af it, to secure a retreat to the moun-:
tains, where others continually resorted.

Affairs daily growing worse, all the colon-
ists who were able, embarked on board of
vessels then in the harbours, and shortly af-
terwards sa led to different ports. A largo
fleet arrived at Norfolk, (Virginia,) numbers
preferring a retreat to this country to a re-
turn to their native land, almost as unset-
tled as their own dear St. Domingo.

In lfcO'2, Napoleon, then First Consul of
Frnnce, at the instigation of the refugee
planters, sr'Mt his brother-in-law, Le Clerc,
with a well equipped army of 40,01:0 men, to
attempt the subjugation of the island. As
N"poleon, in his proclamation forwarded by
Le t'Urc, solemnly: promised that the Hay-
tiens should be considered as free as any
other citivens of France, and as liberty was
all they were desirous of, Le Cleru found
but little difficulty in obtaining possession' of
all the principal forts, after TouissanUChns-
tophe-aud Dcsaalines had ac know-led the au-
thority of the mother country.' But the seiz-
ure of Tou'ssaint jano his whole family at
midnight, in defiance of all the laws of jus-
tice, opened the eyes of the other chiefs as
to the real determination of the First Con-
sul. This base and treacherous conduct
caused them to come forth, and avow their
determination to repel the invaders, or die in
the noble attempt. Then u was the tug of
war." Then had they to contend against the
best discjplined troops of Europe, aided I y
all the inventions of modern warfare, and
lloodhoun s introduced- from Cuba. • Then
were cruelties perpetrated, at the recital of
which humanity shudders — then were thous-
ands murdered in cold blood, sunk by ves-
sel loads, or torn in pieces by bloodhounds.
An '-yewitness declares, that the eye could
rest npon nothing in the noble harbour of
the Cape but the dead bodies of the Hayti-
ens; and that the effluvia, arising, was so :
. great, as to cause very distressing sickness
among the inhabitants.

The war continued to rage with varied
success, but at the close of" the year, the.
French had lost from disease and the calam-
ities of war, the greater part of. their trmy
and their commander in chief. England de-
claring war early in 1803, the French gene-
ral, Rochambeau, found himself surrounded
on land by the Hayticns, and blockaded by
the English. After suffering the greatest
miseries, from pestilence and famine, the
French found ^themselves compelled to eat
their bloodhoun'ds :/so situated, Rochambeau
thought it expedient to capitulate, and with
his remaining troops sailed for France. Des-
salines then assumed the rejns of govern-
ment, and issued his. proclamation declaring
the island independent, on the first of Janu*-

3.JV. 1S0-1.

be regarded the less , by that portion V>f the
iommunity whose welfare it more directly con-
cerns. \
1 The coloured nations are al moat aUv the
Hforld. And what aro we commanded !o\du
for ail the nations, but what the poor. /cm, and
qatlered, but ** United Brethren" have done;
for many ? Is it not to " back them Is it v
iqt to provide for our own } and especially for
Jie souls of our own house? Tho cause o
education is the great cause of man j wilhoui
litis light, the Sun of Righteousness. must, be
•horn of his beams, and his "people perish."

Tho African nation needs something to be
done for 'it, that it may he " exalted." That
it may have a name — at least a human, name.
For who can be so poor, as. one oi the great-
est nations, and yet, of all kindred* of the
earthi the only one denied the common birth-
rights of all men ! !
., t At the head of this great nation are the free
people in America. Behold "them here, and
m their own infantine republics. Their great-
est resources are now in their own hands, and
♦ hey Can now avail themselves of (hose mornl,
intellectual and spiritual treasures, which make
this what Canaan was anciently, " the glory of
all lands;'' The means of restoration, of light
and knowledge, are mysteriously brought into
their; hands, in connexion 'with ' their 'wrongs
and humiliations. 1 - *-The God of 4'Ieaven" has
appeared in .their favour, and caused a 'day-
spring- from on high to visit them- " In the
M >unt it shall be seen'.' — in the day of extre-
mity land utmost need, he has . sent down the
roll of his " lively oracles," to discover the tlom
of hope. They record the deliverances of his
people ; and describe that " righteousness," !>.
whmh tljey have tier been « rxaltcd" How
should we despise this birth-right, and the | i i,f.
ered |fieJiveiaiicf ? Shouldn't?' do-. it only tor
the " flesh-pots" of the. world ?— Oui e\es an
upon'* 1 the fiilhful of ih>- land." And let en-
terprising spirits be emitted in this cause ; let
talents he consecrated to. the diffusion of use-
ful knowledge ; let the zealous s-ons of" S<:i -
eon and L vi," be " scattered" among the
people, in the holy character of christian teach
ers of old and young, employed in works of
righteousness, and labours of love and good-
will, Until nil the millions of the earth shall
truly bu '* One in Mam," oav family >f " all
the families, uf ih: earth " AMICUS

■ n i u.i a u

or Ni.r a \
M * ^3oci«

NEW-YORK, JVjYE 15.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOUHITAI.

KOSCIUSKO SCHOOL.
y\b. II. '

Tins School exists in the sacred Will, arid
there it cannot be broken up. In the hearts
of mail)', who honorably enj.>y the prize, whi-sh
lie also bequeathed to us ail, we trust that ob-
jcct'is secure as in a citadel. And have we
not reason enough to blush, thai such a thing
should need to be founded by ah ; expiring
stranger, devoted to our cause, without suffer-
ing its foundations to be ploughed up. by toilr
ing slaves^ who ought taJenpy it? Shall we,
with one conseut, ; deprive ; them of all the ben-
efil of an education— which was to make them
no only wiser, but better iu every. delation, as
parents, children, friends and freemen? But
whatever others may do, an enlightening, vir-
tuous, christian education, we thinks will not

.MANUMISSION SOCIETIES.
Last week, from the insolent remarks of a South-
ern Editor, we found ourselves necessarily Corn-
' pelled to offer, in our own justification, a few re-
marks concerning the Colonization Society ; the
present week, from motives far "different^ we feel
it our bounden duty, to offer something, concern-
ing Manumission Societies

No man of colour, of common sense, who h is
ever meditated uyon the motives which have
variably urged the Abolitionists to bo so zealous
in behalf of our injured people, has ever doubted
the purity of thoir motive*. Their uniform con
duct has ever proved them the man of colour's
" best friends." ' In his behalf, thoy have over
been willing to stand forth and assist, when op-
pressed by cruel and designing men.

Had they never-effected the least for us, the
great object of Emancipation which they have
steadily had in view, would recommend them to
us, as friends, in whose integrity wo might safely
confide. " But though their great object has been
tho emancipation of every descendant of Africa,
yet have thoy never neglected tho free people of
colour. We are confident, that were we to trace
the origin of any of our present established free
schools, wo should find it to have been instituted
by the zeal of our abolition friends'/- Time would
fail us, were we to enumerate all the blessings
which their, wise counsels have conferred upon
our whole hody. For while some classes of .men
have hardly been willing to acknowledge ua as
fellow-men ; the Abolitionists, conscious that ed-
ucation formed the only difference, have been un-
wearied in their exertions ; trusting that time
would crown, their efforts in the cause of huma-
nity, with complete succesB. And who will say,
they 'have not .been suocessful? they have not
been 'disinterested ? they do not.morit'our utmost
gratitude ? Is he a man of colour— -enli ghtened.
and capable of judging ? We disown him a.-; such.
More' insensible \ than marble, must bo that ihun
of colour • heart, who .docs not feel jhe great 1 ob-
ligations iwe aro all. under to their societies;—
Hardly is he to'be considered a man, who, after
having experienced so. uwny ^ben^fits, ^veia-itk^-
Ieaat doubt, in (tho integrity of friends so well-
tried.

We do not,, pretend to »ay that all who are not;
member*, of these"', societies are not our truo
friends. There are many, whom* we know, from
experience, as well-tried friends,' who are not
members of Manumission Societies. Many rea-
sons may betaken into consideration why they
a.renot; a residence in'anon-slavo-holdihg stato,
want of that zeal which bo eminently dis-
uiBhos the members of the different Abolition
locieties.

• Of a truth, " the. times aro changed, and we aro
changed with thdm,' for who would have predict-
ed forty years ago, that so great a change would
hnvo b«jen wrought in the public mind, both in
Emvpu and Amenc^ in favour of Abolition. The.
reoords of time do not furnish examples of philan-
thropic goodness more honourable to the" feelings
of our nature; than some which have been dis-
played by Abolitionists, whose names, lrom mo
tives of delicacy we forbear to mention We all
know, that at tho commencement of their career,
amidst the storms of faction, and the contempt of
being the poor despised African's i'riend, unmoved
thoy stood ; and avowed their determination, ne-
ver to desist from the glorious object of emanci-
pation, until liberty should bt» the happy portion
of every descendant oi Africa.

Knowing- the purity of their motives, when as-
sailed by Blave-hoidfers and enemies, they have si-
lently appualed to Him, who knoweth the hearts
ot all ; behoving, that time, which ottens roveals
hu.»an motives of action, would exhibit them in
tueir truo colours.

• ; How zealous they have ever been in the causo
of our oppressed race wo noed not recount. But
tiow negligent we have bei.-n of their good coun-
sels—how painful to thorn has betn the alter con-,
Ouctol many of our brethren, a sense of duty
oouipols us to record.

W e w ish not to make our brethien believe that
their line of conduct could not be more pleasing
to otir Abolition friends '.from 'daily hints giv^n
in tho most friendly manner, we know that tlu-re
in wide room lor improvement ; and from our im-
proved privileges', know also, that our friends
are anxiously waiting to behold a better state of
society among us.

Let us not disappoint their reasonable expecta-
tions. Let each divest himself of a small portion
of that " Scif" for which wojare so notod— let
public good take its place ; ana though but little
given to soothsaying, yet we venture to predict^
that but little time will elapse before our friends
will behold something more pleasing to them, and
creditable to us.

About two o'clock yesterday morning, a
coloured boy, aged about eight years, fell
from the attic of the house at the southwest
corner of Seventh and Mulberry streets, into
the kitchen area, a distance of five stories. He
survived a few 'hours

The boy, who was sick, had.bexn entrust-
ed to the care of his par6nts,who aire servants
of the family The father after having ad-
ministering some medicine to him sometime
after midnight, left him, as he thought to re-
pose. The. probability is that he attempt -d
to go to his pa euis, and being confused,
mistook the window tor the door. — Phil. Gaz.

The Western Carolinian" of Salisbury,
North Carolina, says: — " Wo learn thist a.
pretty severe shock of an eartltquake was felt
at Wilkesborough, (in this state,) on Friday,
the 11th of May. The door3 and windows
of the houses were 'quite Bensibly Ehaken :
and the water in the river was seen to hive
a tremulous motion. | Something of a shock
was' felt at Wilkesborough, a year or two
ago." —

Favbttevtllk, May 24.

Robbery. — A trunk ;was cut from the Cam-
den stage near this town, on Tuesday night
last, containing,' we r understood, checks; or
drafts to the amount .of $18,000, besidea other
valuable papers and clothing. The trunk,
robbed of the checks and clothing,' but con-
taining the other papers, was found yesterday
moriiing in a field about a niile from town, by
several gentlemen who promptly turned out
foa that purpose. A young man named Skip-
per has been taken up and committed; to jail,
under'slrong circurhstariliaf testimony,— Oi-
server. . , - ;. , . j '

■ '~ ^^umi««a[4)» " ' . ' '*

; On the 5th irist; tlie house of Mr. ^Lester
Robiu8 t .in the,N. East partf of Johnstown,' N
|y. was .destroyed' b^. fire, a together with all
his furniture, and kbbut 100 boshela of corn,
-A boy, about twelve years old, was run
over in Philadelphia, oh Saturday moriiing
>nd shdc kingly ' mangled by a dray, on one . of
the wha'rves'b'elow Spr.uce-btreQt!-r— On the

4th inst. a Mr; Barnum hnng himself on th
post which marks the northern boundary <

the gaol limits in the city of Hudson O- •

Saturday the first No. of Thv Age, a ne
weekly journal, was isgued from tho press t
this city.— The QueenstbwA St.eam-boat. oi
her passage from York to Niagara, en Laki
Ontario, receptly burst her boiler. Fortu-
nately no person was injured.- Quick Pas*

sage.— Tho achoonerJamea. Monroe, of Phila-
delphia, arrived at Norfolk on . Saturday la«t,
in 28 hours from the wharf at Philadelphia.

A man, by the name of Joel HutchmFon,

of Guilford, wiw committed to jail in New-
haven, on Friday the 8th inat. on the charge
of assault and battery upon the body of his
wife, who died on Thursday the 7th inst. in
consequence of blows received from the pri-
soner.- — On the 17th uli;. the bakery of Mr.
Chapus, was' destroyed by fire in Mobile. A
coloured boy, about eleven years old, asleep
in one of the building*, we are sorry to learn,

was btirnt to death. One of the stages *e-

tween Boston and Albany overset last; week.
Mr. Putnam, of the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture, had his arm broken, and several others
were considerably injured. — ^Daniel Rob-
inson has been sentenced v by the Court of
Oyer and Terminer of Saratoga county, to
six months imprisonment in the county prig-
on, for assault and - battery committed on s
female in a state of lunacy; A reverend

frentleman, who has statedly preached for th»
ast 36 years in Providence, R. I. has during
that period united in marriage sixteen hun-
dred persons.—— Fatal Accident.— Onkhe 8th
inst. Mr. John Little, a carpenter, wlhile at
work on the roof of aiiouse building in Naa-. ■
sau-st. Brooklyn, it is supposed, ^a« taken ii*
a fit, and fell to the ground. His skull waJ

fractured, and he expired on the sp^ft.

It is stated in the Cheraw (S. C.) Spectator,
that the richest gold mine in^fne southern
states, has lately* been discovered^ in the
neighbourhood of that 'place. — — A , patent
has been t ken out for, manufacturing ra«
from iron, which gives as vivid a light a that
from coal, and is much cheaper, cleanlier . nd
less noisome.- — ^Thomas Reilly, convicted
of highway robbery, is to be hung on the 13th
July, at Charleston, S. C- — A quack was
near killing a man at Ogdensburgh, by ma-
king him inhale the" fumes of burning, sul-
phur as a cure for. diseased lungs.- — ^-Mrs.
Clarissa Her died latelyiat Nevill, about 30
miles from Cincinnati. Her death was caused
by fright. She was sitting in a room when %
young man came in.wrapped round in a white
sheet. Being in delicate health, the fright
brought on illness, from which she never re-
covered. A severe hail storm Occurred at

Danviile, Vt. last week, which destroyed up-
wards of 1500 panes of glass. Some of the
hailstones were as large as partridge, eggs.
- — >-A rich gold mine has been discovered in
Lancaster dist. S. C- --A man was lately-
killed in Alleghany township, while engaged
in the dangerous attempt to act as mediator
between man and wife.-f^-J. Wood, of Pen-
dleton district, was sentenced in Columbia,
S.C. to be executed on the 13th June, for the

niurder of his wife. in Northampton co.

Pa. a justice of the peact has been convicted

of counterfeiting. The two coloured men,

charged by Rice, the robber of the treasu/y
of Ohio, with being . his accomplices, have
been discharged. — -The body of » man drif-
ted on shore fyear Fort Richmond, Staten-
Island, on Friday last, by appearance a sea-
man, and tp_fhave been in the. water, some

time. Yankee Calf.-^-h cow belonging to

Major Gibson, of Francestown, N. H. lately
produced a bull calf, w^ich weighed,. when
dropped 108 lbs.; when three months bid, 338
lbs. : being an increase 1 of 2 1-2 jb&. per day.

^A boy was killed on Sunday by a kick
from a horse he J wus leading. Another boy
struck tlie horse [with, a| stick, which fright-
ened him and caused j him to kick the boy
who led him, in ibe forehead, with such vio-
lence, that he died instantly.— ' — The Ports-
mouth (N/ .H.) Journal says^ that a wh>»';*
supposed to be betwfeen fortyUnd . fifty leei
long, came up to our river on .Thuradayv * He
has kept above Portshniuth Bridge,'appareut-
ly afraid to repass > it, land has afforded his
pursuprs a fine chase!-—- — The same paper
says a codiii^h was caught off that harbour on
Tuesday, weighing 9/ pounds.— r— George D,
Hawkins, a, dear and d( mb youth of Ononda- .
ga co. about 18 years of age, pleaded guilty
to an indictment for grand larceiiy, and was
sentenced to three yeaf-s imprisonment in the
state prison et Auburn.rr— — June frost. —
Greensburgj Pa. was'visited on the night of
the first inst., by a severe frost, which des-
troyed, the beans and | corn in>ihe 'gardens'
and fields.— r— -A runaway slave has i b$en hp-
preheiaded -in Savannay. fie did hot surrer
der utitil he' was considerably maimed by th.
'dogp that had beeivset upon him, desperately,
fighting them, one of which he badly cut with,
a sword.rrr^-The City Inspector reports the
death of 69 pdrsons during the week ending-,
on Saturday list, vix. 21 men, 15 women, 15(
b'oyB,and.l8 {jirhj, •> \\ ;

FRFEDOM S JOljRNAL.

From ikt Masonic Mirror.
MASONIC PROCESSION.

saw a band of brothers move,
With slow and solemn trcud;
heir heart! were join'd by ties of lore,
in charity were wed.

fid types oflight's illumin'd ray
Shone on the path they trod;
nd in the midst, w ide open lay
The gospel of our God.

I asked a man of four score years.

Why after them he ran; a
He tald,— and melted into tears —

" They fed the poor old man:"
lie said, " I once was sick and sad,

My limbs were racked with pain,
;»<>>' came — they comforted— and clad— ■

The old man rose again "

.fsked a weeping widow, why
She followed -those before;
he said— and wipd her weeping eye:
''They came, "unto my door:
hey camo, when all the world beside,
Had turn 'd from me and fled,
'hey came my wants and woes to hide,
They gave my childrn bread."

nd such, I said, is Masonry;

Virtue and, love are twins;
nd that Mess 'd grace of charity , *

Hides 'multitudes of sins;
.eninasonry, li :e woman's love,
Is taught by private rules:
» deep that should it public prove,
It would be sport for fools.

MILFOItD BARD.

BEHAVE YOURSELF BEFORE FOLK.

Air — "Good morrow to your night-cap."

Behave yoursel' before folk,
Behave yourseP before folk, ■
And dinna be sae rude to me,
As kiss me sae before folk.

It wadna gi'e me meikle pain,

Gin we wore seen and heard by nanc,

To tak' a kiss, or grant you ane"

But, gudesake ! no before folk,

Behave yoursel' before folk,

Behave yoursel' before folk,
Whate'er you do, when out o' view,

Be cautious ay before folk.

Consider, lad, how folk .will crack,
And what a great affair they'll maV
O' naething but a simple smack,

That's gain or taen before folk,

Behave yoursel' before folk,

Behave yoursel' before folk,
Nor gi'e the tongue 6' "a'uld and young

Occasion to come o'er folk.

It's no through hatred o'- a kiss,
That T sae plainly tell you this;
But. losh ! I tak' it 6air amiss, '

To be sae tea'z'd before folk, •«

Behave yoursel' before folk,

Behave yoursel' before folk,
When we'er alane ye may tak* ane>

But fieht a ane before folk.

I'm sure wi' you I've been as free ,
~ N As ony modest lass should be ;
But yet, it dpesna do to see
Sic freedom used before folk,
~~~^\ Behave yoursel'. befrre folk, •
Behave yoursel' before folkj
I'll ne're submit again to it —
So mind you that —before folk.

Ye t ell me that my face is fair ;
It may be sae— 1 diria care — ■
But ne'er again gar't blush sae sair
- As ye hae done befofe folk,

Behave yoursel' before folk,

Behave yoursel' before folk,
Nor heate my cheeks wi' your mad freaks,

But ay be douce before folk.

* Ye t«:ll me that my lip's are sweet ; •
Sic tales, I'doubt, aro a', deceit ;
At ony rate, it's hardly meet
To prie their sweets before folk,
Behave yoursel' before folk,
.Behave yoursel' before folk,.
Gin. that's the case there's time and place,
But surely not before folk.

But, s'm ye really do insist
That T should suffer to be kiss'd,
Gi«-, got a license frae the priest,

And mak' me yours before folk,

Behave yoursel' before folk, -

Behave yoursel' before folk,
And when we 'or ane, baith flesh and bane,'

Ye may tak' ten — before folk.

P/^«rtn : P/eWo«/rj/.^AbbnejwbO was very ; | 'WANTED— Pari ' of a Pew in the lower
fat, coming lath in the evening to a fortified ' a { s i e 0 fSt. Philip's Church, near the altar.—
city, aM meeting wjtfr a countryman, asked, j £ . ut ih{&

him if he could get iu at the gate ; " I be- v

lieve so, (said the peasant, looking, at him jo- . ' : "

jocosely) fpr I saw a wagon load of hay go j " ' NICHOLAS P1ERSON,

in theio this morning.',

Books are standing counsellors and preax!
ers, always ; at hand, mid ahvays disinteros
ed; having this advantage over oral instruct
tors, : that they are ready to repeat their les-
son as often as we please. — Chamber's Diet.

Anecdote — In a time of much religious ex-
citemont and consequent discussion, an hon-
est old Dutch farmer, of the Mohawk, was

REn?ECTi t'LJ,Y'informs the People of Co-
loui', that his MEAD GARDEN, No 13, Delan-
cey-Btrqcl, was opened on the evening of the first
.of Junoi' for the accommodation of gcnlcc-l and
respectable persons pf colour. !
No admittance for unprotected females. !
New-York, June 1st, 1827. j 1 3

ECONOMY IS NOT PARSIMONY)
S. MOLLiESTON <sJ J. ROBINS6n,
TAILORS and Clothes Dressers, fos ject-
fully announce, tJiat they Iravo entered into part-

asked his opinion, as; to which denomination ncr si,i Pj an d have opened an establishment at No.
of Christians were in the right way loheav- 51, Broad-street, (three doors above Beaver st.)

SOMETHING TO BE' SAVED!

0BAbx.es MonnnajeR,

- », „ .-, , , . , • . -v — -•; » „ „ ,. . . >! Respectfu^y informs his customers, and

n •'—« Yell, den, (said he) ven w» ride our where they respectfully solicit a contmuarce of 1 1 , llblicltin „ onerali that he has opened, and
wheat up Alpany, some day dis is be pest, that patronage which thoy have heretofore enjoy-, * to conl f nu his Sho )} al .93 Chlcrch-strect;.
road, and some say dat is de-pest; but I don't ; cd, and wheh it will be their study to continue to w] { oro he wiU makc and repair g ho( , s ai)d Bo6tfl
tink it makes much tifference which road we i merit by punctuality and superior workmanship, 1 jn t , begt limnncr at lJie ibllowing reduced pri-
take; for when we get dare, dey never ask ' Gentlemen s Clothing mad« to order, in ^the ccfi .
us which way we come-and it is none of °««™ 1 fashmus .•-Gentlemen, and Ladies (Gar-

- 'Wi lilllll^
60 .00*-.

For Coloured Children of both Setts,
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for Ihft
admission of Bupfhi.
INthiS Hchool will.be taught
READING, WRITING^ ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO-
GRAPHY; with tho use of \
Mapaand Globes, and
HISTORY.
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.
Reference. — Rev. Poter Williams, Rev. James
Varick, Rev..S/.E. Corniiih* Rev. Benjamin I "Paul,
Rev. William Miller. . "

New-York, March 14. 1

way v

deir pusiness— if our wheat be good."

ments, Habits, and Mantles, dressed and repaired
with despatch, and in the best manner. i

All orders thankfully received and punctually
attended to.

ip^Mas.Mor.r.r.sTo.v can accommodate from six
~cntlemen (Joarders. ,

.A fair hit. — Two girls of high fashion co-
ming into an assembly-room at Bath, met a ! ^T^ 1 ^
citizen's fat wife quitting it. " Ah ! (said one,' to ei g ht G(

of them, pretty loud,) tiiere is beef a la mode - - n 0 mrrf M-ft STOWT*

going ;out;" " Yes/' (answered the fat wo- i A ,°S?^ P ? 7 „ 7? i T V
man) and there's game coming in." ^; J™"' Sixth-street Plnladelphja ■

' b 0 THE Subscriber respectfully returns! his

(sincere thanks to his friends and the public in

A well known bankrupt ami gambling; general, for their favor and patronage. | He
Peer, asked a celebrated wit the other day, informs them, that he continues to keep d targe
lo lend' him 50/.— " Willingly, (replied, he, assortment , of Gentlemen's READY-1V1ADE
being one of the best natu fed perso.s in the WEARING^ APPAREL of superior quality, both
world. "Give me pen'; ink and paper, then?" new aild second-handed, where customers will be

vj i_- 1 1 1 • 1, li. 1 1 ... accommodated at the cheaoest rate, and m Jiancl-

replied h.s lordship. '' and let me give you Mme , e 1 Ho alsoinform ' s Famll ^ s and private

a note of hand. -No, I thank you," re Gentlemen, who have secorul-handcd Clothing for
joined the wag, " losing the money is enough, sa i C) lt)at t j 10y w ju meet wilh n goo d pr i ce> a „d
without losing the paper too.V , ready sale for their goods, by applying to

0 j ■ DANIEL PETERSON,'

Ji good Conscience.— A respectable looking ■ XT _ „, , . . ,-. ...

.•~ ......... . r . . ~. 0 IV 7? Tnt/lnrinrr iTfirrmrt V»n m its VariOUS

Neiv Hoots, - - $6 00
Footing Hoots, - . - 3 50
Bottoming Boots, - 2 00
Soling and heeling Boots, • 1 50
Half Soling and Heeling, - 100
N. B. He also informs' his gentlemen custom
ers, that, he 'will- give new Boots and Shoes, in ex*
change, or he will give his Svorkfor «econd-handed
Boots. All orders left at his Shop, 03 Church-
street, will be immediately attended to.
New-York, March SO. 2

gentleman walked in to a book-auction office , ? ' Ta y ,0 W
t n -„s„ .1 „ A „- : » branches, and on the cheapest terms.

N. B. Tayloring carried 'on

in Boston a few ua3's since, and after inspect-
ing various books, walked out and went ojf with I - J IMPS L\W
one under his arm. The .auctioneer on exa- ' . * * ^ . *
rain.ation, found that his literary [visitor hadr PIRST RATI! COAT 23BESSER,

helped himself to a book suited to effect his 177 William-street, New- York,

reformation, entitled " The perfect pleasure of CONTINUES to cleanse and dress Coats,

a good conscience. . p ttIlta i 00IISj Ladies' Habits anil Merino Sliawls, in

. 1 the neatest possible manner. .He also makes, al-

Numa, amongst other laws, made severe ters and repairs Gentlemen's Clothes, to their cn-

ones against the prattle of the ladies', whom liro satisfaction, and upon the most reasonable

he prohibited from speaking, but in the pros- tc "" s rI . ,,, . .

ence of their husbands. It is also recorded * lhs m ^ c ,°f d , res3 i n ,? cl ° \ h ? t ? ^l™?

spoiVoixG, which ho has followed with much suc-

of the learned Madame Dacier,' that she

. . , „ r . , ■ „ cess for several years past. All kinds of spots or

wrote in the Album of a Greek traveller, a st;iins ;irc cxtrac t e d, and the cloth restored to the
verse from feophocles, as an apology fon her appearance of new; and this he engages to per-
unwillingness Jo place herself among his form witliout. any injury to the cloth, and at least

equal to any thing of the kind done in this or any
other city of tho United States.

DISEASES CURED.
THE Pih v D\sent:ir.v. nil kinds ol Wounds,
and. Bruises ; also a remedy for the growing in.of
the toe nails, for oppression of the lungs, felons,
fistulas, ajid the bite of a mad dog, if application
be made within twelve hours, by

SARAH GREEN, Indian Doctress,
12 21 Collect-street. ■

— 1 . . — ;

learned friends, that

Silence is the female ornament.

It is indeed an ornament expressive of mp
j desty at times — : ibt, ornantents are not to be
'used at all times. What is more graceful, or
even forcible, than good sense, from the lips
of an intelligent female ?

To preserve. Houses from Vermin — Bugs
in particular, may readily be dest oyed by dis-

May d.

9— 3m

" BEAUTY AMD ECONOMY."
UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND

JOHN H. SMITH,
No. 128 North-T.hird-st. (above Race,) Phu

ladclphia, . ' . .
RESPECTFULLY informs. the Public in go-
solving half a drachm of corrosive sublimate neral, that he still continues at the- above place
in.a quarter of an ounce of spirits of salts, mix- the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's Coats,
ing it with one quart of spirits of turpentine. Pantaloons, &c. on a. different plan from that of
Shake these well together dip a brush in it, the Dyera, haying a composition for so doing,
and wash those places where hugs, are syp-0u hi - ch '^bles hun to dress Clothes so as to leave
1 , . 1 , • ; their appearance c^ual to now. Ho restores

' ' ' " I Seams, &c. to ihofr original . colour when worn

■ - • •■• 'white, and will warrant them to wear three months

In'a late number .of. the London Courier, after dressing, and then can be redressed. Also,
it is stated, -that tlu . Insolvent. Debtor's- Court ' Ladies' Habits and Merino shawls, in'the neatest
had been that morning, unusually crowded,' manner and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
miinly on account'of hearing the examina- ' ble terms. Being legally bred to the business,
tion of Win. Brown, who is opposed by liis i and possessing a .comment knowledge of Dress

LAND FOR SALE.
TH ; iE subscriber is^ authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent LuNi),
at less than ono half its value, provided .they will
take' measures to settle, or have it settled; by co-
loured farmers. 1'he land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is .
delightful, being on the banks of the Delaware-
river,, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from llie'Delaware •
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o-
pening a direct navigation to New-York' civ^ "'he
passage to either city may be made in one day or
less. The land is of the host' quality, and well
timbered. | ' •

The subscrjiber hopes that some of his breth-
ren, who are capitalists, will al. least invtBt 500 or
1,000 dollars,' in these land/*. To such he will take
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased for
5 dollars the! acre, (by coloured mdn ; ) though it
has been selling for §2*5. He also taijerj ihc liberty
to observe th^tt the purchase' will be- Bafc and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured families, would b:* conducive of "
much good :■ With this object in view he will in-
vest' 500 dollars in the purchase
r ■ SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

' New- York, March 20.

N. B. Communications on tho subject, post paid,
will be received and attended to.

iclicate Compliment. — A young lady being
reused by a gentleman nifich older than
self, observed, tha^her only objection's. to
union was tlm-'probability of his dying
^re her. and'Ieaving her to the. sorrows of
owhpodr To which he itigeniously fepli-
M "'Blef-sed is the man that has h virtu-
" wife, for the number of his days shall be

proditor ij for not having inserted in his sclie-
(dule the bones of Thomas] Paine, which it is
said, he has' now in a cellar in his ho;;se."

True Welsh. Epitaph on a Wife,
" This spt>t is the sweetest, I have seen all my

. li . . ■'

It raises my Rower's, and covers my wife.";,

On a drunken- Husband i .
I care not -what flowers rise o'er the Elf. ••
Provided the drunkard will not rise himself." '. '

On a Bdleer^-byJii^Wife.
With balm I have -scatter'*! the 'spot where, he lies,
But 1 hope to^the'L'oi'd,' it' 'wont make his crust

ri3e;-'^'' r " ■■■

I'lfjlow'er his grave, but, I'll not do, as he, did; .
For I- long -to assure" htm' his dough, is hoTneeded.

' UmON-lNN.. \ , . '
No, %5 iLeonaH-str^ j-

C. JSOYER r^xn^m sincere, .thanks- fbf
the very liberal ;ericouragement whie& he- has re-
ceived since the opening (of 'the ' above 'EstabliahK
ment ; add hopes [ to merit a continuance of the
same, by paying strict atiehtion to the wishes and
comfort of his patrons, ' '

June 14, 1827. ■'. 14

», s and Cleaning Cloths by Steam Spong*,i S}
which is the only complete manner of eli^cl;ually
removing the stain: caused from grouse, tar,
paints, ite. he needs only a trial, to afford him .an
opportunity, of giving satisfaction.

N. B. 4- S. constantly keeps on hand New dnd
Second handed Clothed of every description, which

ho. assures the public will bo 6p.ld.as JoW,"ii'"not < exceed 22 lines.

The FREEDOM'S JOURNAL,
Is published everyFKin.vY,atNo.l52 Church-street,
New-York..

The price is tiirke. dollars a, vkak, payable
half yearly in advance. If paid at the time of
subscribing, i|2 50 will be received!

O* No subscription will be received for a less
term' tlian One- Year.

Agents who procure' and pay for five subscri-
bers, are: entitled to a sixth copy gratis, for one
year. /

No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid, , except at, the discretion of the Editors.

All communications, {except those of "Agents)
must ba posl paid.

RATES OF ADVERTISING. , '
For over . 12 lines, and not exceeding 22, 1st
... insertion, - - • - - 75cts.

"' each repetition of do.'. -"' - - -38'
" 12 linjes or under, 1st insertion', - 50 :
" each repetition of do. - - = - - 25
Proportional prices for advertisements which

lower than at any ofher.establishinont in the Uni-
ted Stales forica^h or "barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase would fiiid it much to their interest to
Call as above, jand examine .-for -themselves

O f The highest price given for 'Gentlemen's
cloihe3 ..''..-•'

(CT TAILORING WORK carried on : and
Clothes repaired.— New Ctiffsj Collars.and Buttons
put on, if, requisite. Ho keeps on hand, 'Cloth)
Velvet, and Silk of all colours, for doing up name.

April 20, lfb'27. '

5 per cent deduction fpr those persons
■tisc by the year ; 12 for 6 mos. j and (j

■ LOTS WANTED;
. TWO LOTSi or the rear of two lots, where
thore. is any convenient communication with the
.street.arp \vantedj for the: erection of .a Presby-
terian Churcli. The .location, must be between
'Reed and jSpring,'- -Hudson and Orange streets. —
One lot wjthih the above bounds, 25 feet or more,
by 75, would janswer ■• . ^ >

Inmiire of S. E. Cousish, No. 6, Vaiiclt-atrcct.
NcNy-York, March 20. '

N. B. 15 .
who ad vert is
for IS mos.

AUTHORISED AGENTS.

C. Stockbridge, Esq. North Yarmouth, Mainev
Mr. Reuben «Ttuby| Portland, Me.

" ' David Walker, Boston. !! " :
Rev. Thomas Paul, do.
■ Jilt. John Rertiorid^ Salem, Mass. !
■ " George C . Willis, Pro.videnc'e/ R.-J.

" Isaac. Rodg^rs, New London, Conn.

'v . Francis :Wtebb, Philadelphia. • . , |
<" Stephen; ^taiUi.. Columbia, Penh, , , 4 . .
Messrs. R.'Copley & Chs."j[Iackett) Baltimore.
Mr. John, W. Plrout, Wa'shington/D. C\ ,
Rev. Nathaniel Paul,' Albany.
MrL'Theoaoro S. \VV1gI1t, Princeton, N{ Ji

" ! James Cb\ves, New ; Bfuh'swi(?k, N'J: J
Rcv. BJ F. Hughes, '.'Newark, N.. J. ' < •••
Mr i'.'Wv'R. Gardiner.- Port-aU-Prinoe-, Hayti-
Mr. Austin Steward,' Rochester.-
Mr Paul P WilliamsffFlushinff, L. I. |
. Mr. Leonard.Scott, Trcnton^N. i.

"RICH TEOUSNIJSS EX A LTETH A NAT ION.

CORNISH & RUSSWURM,;
Editors and Proprietors. J

iVom (fte Alexandriit Gazette.
VIEWS

ffce JSenewJeJii Society oj Alexandria for
ameliorating and improving tlie condition of
Ike People of Colour.

No. V.

ON THE POLITICAL TENDENCY OF
SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.
Much of the happiness or misery vye ex-
perience through life, depends upon the im-
pressions We receive in childhood. The-
youthful heart is peculiarly- susceptible of
the tender emotions of virtue, and ho less lia-
ble to the insidious influence of vice. The
affections of childhood being at first without
aBy object, will twine themselves around al-
most any that presents itself ; and the utmost
care of the parent is necessary to place. be-
fore them only those exalted and ennobling
objects, which will raise them above every
umvorfby propensity, in the pure enjoyments
of virtue 1 and goodness.^ How. dangerous,
then, is the situation of those who are born

ly. he soon learns to consider every kind of .gained !.
labour as exceedingly irksome, and even de- ! went on

/vrn/li«<V 'frrt ' tho rorrl/ 'rt^ 'a rra'iitlama n ' Ttio / hu8Dand

For the first month,; however,; things;
on tolerably -smooth— -a newly married
grading ; to the tank" of : a gentleman. The'hu^band will pardon mdch in « food-lookinj
whole business of ^his life is to spend the j w u lffr T: evc " l ™. tongue-the only edge-tool,
fruits' oWers^bour; and if he be^duced ; ^'^M'l^^ itl™^*

to poverty", (which is the "natural result of
luxury and idleness) he becomes the Most
helpless' arid miserable of men— unless by a
desperate (struggle with ' the prejudices and
habits of his early life, he succeeds in ma-

For a full calendar month^ therefore, no ve-
ry dflflperate quarrel took place— nothiug furtbw
than a perpetual buzz, on the part* of the wife,
and resignation on that .of the, husband. 'But since
then both 'parties have become sadly chahged.-^-
( The wife's buzz has deepened into a thunder-clap;
king use of those faculties of mind arid body, rthe husband's resignation has become despair.-
which were designed , to exalt him ih- the S And who can wonder at it ? The dear lady'
scale , of happiness and usefulness. Sotie tongue night and day is perpetually at work ; she
illustrious exumples of this kind may' be i °ven talks in her sleep through her nos^ makes
found in.our country, but they are only a few 1 *t*f$»» *° every chance visitor, and not only

of the more -resolute atid persevering, who 1 & ] %}£ e t T S^^ r in^Jt

«„„o„o.j » „• ■ i -f. „.? ' . tails their conduct to her hudband, till the. poor

have escaped a shipwreck by manfully stem- manfr01 , s black in the face with the exe>tio!Tof

listening. The loquacity of the whole'' female

mitig. the tide which threatened their destruc-
tion. When we look around us, and see on

— .,. ...» — . ,. r „„ creation, past, present, and to come, seems cehte-

every side the numbers who have been redu- ; ^d in hor single person. There has been not a
ced from affjue rice to poverty, by a' 'course- of! ' lapsus linguae," but " linguarum," ani' it has
idleness and extravagance, we cannot for a fallen upon hor. She stands alone, like Pompoy'r
moment, doubt the expediency of accusto- ; pdlar in the wildern"ss, an unadulterated loqua-
en is uj- suuuuuii 01 uiuse woo uro uorn ■ m ' n ff the youth, of both sexes, to those EC- ! cwus'.finomaly." And who is tbi» garrulourfcuri
..the midsVof Tave'r'y °? Z ■ oSdedib in" j tiv/emplo/ments which invigorate both body : SS£SSPS^ TShSZSZS*
faucv and childhood bv a class of people who J ™ d mind, and prepare them for alife of use- W«*-r«M» monument ot talkativencss-th,.
are always degraded, "and often corrupt ; suf-l fulness. Yet, this can hardly'be expected to
fered to domineer over their fellow creatures I b , e do ? e }*\ a land where slaves are almost

human flood of verbiage— this Niagara, of non-
sense ? Reader, she is my wife.

before they have themselves come under the
dominion of reason ; and withheld from the
exercise of their own native energies, by ha-
ving servants at command, to supply the most
trivial of their wants. ■

It has often been observed that the chil-
dren of despotic monarch*, nursed in the
jap of luxury, and surrounded by flatterini

the only labourers, and where even the low
est class of whites consider it degrading to
work. If parents were only as solicitous to
give their children a patrimony of good ha-
bits and virtuous principles, as :hey are to
leave them large possession's of less substan-
tial wealth, we think they would carefully in

EXTRACT FROM DR. SPRW&S SERMON.

INTERNAL KVIDINCES OF REVELATION.

From a careful inspection of the Bible, w£
find that this book alone answers all

THE PURPOSES OF A SUPERNATURAL RFVE

vestigate this subject, and see the 1 necessity LA w 7 l l J ) j r > * s
e?,.rtie^ and ser- of ^* 6 ^ dth^ ^^aineHr

in the path of virtue when they arrive at the "la class who, from " the very knowledge^ ^ reJ g n > ™ they are radica llv defec-
- - - • • condition as sldves," must ever cont nue!-

: thus degraded, and must always pro-^ tiv f» and fa ? 1 . of their object. The systems of

.• P .' . . ^ * 1 , • natural rAlicrinn art? to n errant. AvtAnt iinin-

age of manhood, and one of these is rarely to | ne * r

he met with in the annals of history who has be u. UD ut ; S i tt u«u, aiiu m^i aiwaya pru- • , . - exte rit un in-

pr „v,d « be a W e S5i „ 9 .0 Ms„, ^ :^^^p»«

oosses&ors the exigencies of the mass.of mankind. . They

1 ' — Q!©©~ ar|e aUfconfused, uncertain, and contradicto-

. . „ ry; and have never been satisfactorily un-

A SKETCH OF COMFORT. I derstood, even bv the most reflecting men.—
* • 0a t«e 1st of April 1791), a daughter wa§ . On : many, and most important points of faith,
pressions; they are exposed to all the temp- born unto Mary, the wife of William Stc- end duty, and salvation, they furnish no in-

a 1 phenson, Elyplace, Holburn, which daughter, struction whatever. Every system of human
from that blessed hour to the present, has 'no- philosophy, or of ancient and modern Pagan-
ver once ceased talking. She has got the. ' iam, has been complained of by its own vota-
giftof tongues in the most exuberant man- r i e8 ; and its best instructed disciples-have
ner you can conceive, Stentor was. a fool to seen and felt its utter insufficiency to the
her; he; it is true, was noisy; she is absolute- great purposes of a satisfactory religion,
iy deafening : his . loquacious thunder knew : The religion of the Biblej the more it is ex-
at times repose ; hers is the perpetual mo- arriined, will be found adapted to all the pur-
tion, which' even the grave would have hard poses fof \yhich a revelation could' be given,
work to stop. The very first thing she did The intellectual, moral, and physical consti-
when born was to experimentalize on her tutibn of men, : in all the varieties of human
lungs, and I think I may safely add, that the ignorance, pollution, want, apd misery ; ir
experiment will stick by her to the last. As all that is interesting in their hopes, or fear-
she grew up this amiable weakness grew ful !in their apprehensions,--whether they re-
with her ;. at six years old she would talk At specta present or future st-ate of being.— it
you by the hour together, no matter to whom 8 o kindly and fully consulted by the princi-
or to what, whether to a man, a woman, a pug pl«g of this revelation, that it must be seen
dog, or.a bed candlestick. She once talked ^andlacknowledged^to be without a defect—
h r grandmother into fits, and when an apoth- The Bible instructs men in all ^hey need to
ecary was sent for, she chatted him into, such know. It proclaims- the character of that
confusion that the worthy man forgot to take Infinite Being with whom men have to do : It
hb fee.* informs us how this world came into exist-

1 Her father thought a ■ school might pdssi- ence, and how, an'd for what end it is govern-
bly cure this distiessing malady, so dispatch- «d :' It reveals whatever, is necessary for the
ed her, one Midsummer, outside the iBuraford glory of .the Creato.r, and . the happiness i of
stage, to Mrs. Thomson?* Seminary, Mark the creature, and discloses the perfect harr
the upshot^ on the road, ahe : got into con- mony between the honour of the Great.Sii-
yersatiou with the coachman, -.who, inattemp- Tpreme, and the Best good of his subjects, ft
ung to check her prattle dropped his reins, : discovers the sinfulness . and condemnation of
whereupon the horses bolted; upset the vehi- < men, land the method of their rebovery: It
cle, and jerked an AlderniaB, in white cotton reveajs promises! that are worthy of God, and
stockings, head foremost 'through the ceiling ; threafonings that are required by the cha-
of a pig-styo. As for the coachinan, luckily iracter and conditidh of men : It proclaims
he 6nly : broke his neck. . After a .year's ' pardon, peace, and eternal life to the holy
schooling, our prattling Miss returned home and disaster, ruin, and death to the unholy .
a more desperate prattler than ever. Noth- ; It reveals the object ;ind end of whatever ap-
ing came amiss to her. Did a PSlitican, a ; pealfajunseemly and untoward in creation and
Poet, a' Patriot^. Parson, a Physician, a Po- i providence ; and proclaims the design -which
lemic, did any or all of these lhappeh by, ill the Mig>ty Governor of the world aims at in
luck to dipe with her father ? no matter, his • the whole series of events and revolutions
daughter would still let to ; talk— talk, tittle
tattle, now on dress, now on balls,- now on
theatres, now on novels, now on-rHeaveh
help uie! -the calen4>r is really; too distres-
sing, a complete Nevvg&te calendar in short,
so l hasten to dismiss it.

In the yeitr of our I^oid 18i4j -this good lady took
it iato her head to. marry: I- suppose with a vie^w of
talking her spouse to death.. The gentleman she
selected for this, experiment, was a g«tpd natured
haruilass little fellow, anyone who adored taci-
turnity; judge, then, what a prize he mast have

out first undergoing the chasteuing'hand of
affliction.

The children of slave-holders being pla-
ced under circumstances nearly similar, may
he expected to. receive the same kind of im-
pressions ; they are exposed to all the temp-

lations most likely to overcome the jnirnan I phenson, ElyplaVe, Holburn, which daughter, stTuctionVhafover,
heart; surrounded wita none but inferiors ; " » »* ^ •
taugh* to consider themselves a superior or-
der of beings, and accustomed to the exercise
of passions and prejudices, which must ren-
: ccr their whole life miserable, if they be not
corrected. It should not, therefore, be a
matter of surprise, if we find the youth of
slave-holding states generally more ready.to
command than obey; and more remarkable
for turbulence than docility. Such is the
character they have acquired in the colleges
of the Northern and Eastern States, and
when we reflect upon circumstances under
which they have been brought up at home,
we ought not only to commiserate the teach-
ers, under whose care- they. are placed, but,
also, extend our sympathy to the young men
themselves, whose minds have been so un-
happily directed. These effects are not to
be attributed to any want of affectionate so-
licitude on the part of the parents ; for they
are the necessary result of the circumstance j
under which they have been placed. Domes-
tic servants are often the corrupters of youth,
even in free states, where the parents have
an opportunity of selecting such only as. they
suppose will be suitable. How. much more
dangerous, then, must be the conversation
and example of the poor, degraded wretches
who serve in the nurseries of slave-holders —
who cannot.be discharged without a sacrifice
of feeling, nor exchanged for others of. the
same class, with much hope of improvement.
It is one of the strictest injunctions of emi-
nent authors, who have written on the educa-
tion of youth, that they be carefully guarded
against the corrupt conversation of menials
and slaves ; " for," says one who had deeply
studied the human heart,'" what is learned at
that age is deeply imprinted on the mind, and
leaves deep marks behind it, which are hot
■easily to be effaced. As in the case; of a
new vessel, which long preserveSj a tincture
of the first jiquor poured into It, and like
wool which can never recover its first white-
mess, after it has been once dyed." ■ //

Another maxim, which- haB received the
sanction of the wiseBt irien in- every age,
teaches us that those who are without any
useful employment, JSsill be soon employed
in doing evil. Ncjw,' there is no situation in
which a child can ibe placed, so likely to pro-
duce this result, ae that of being surrounded
slaves: from being waited upon contuual*

Prom what other'ieurce canthe mind of mm
receive satisfaction oh every point of; doty
and' of hope? Where shall' we looklfora
system of instruction that meets every exi-
gency, and answers all the purpose* of a reli-.
gionj except to the holy Scripture* r If then,
it it 'reasonable to expect ai revelation that is
intelligible and full— that in all its ewential
principles is equally adapted tQ the wise and
the unwise- f hat answers all the purpoees for
which we can conceive a revelation shouli
be given; and if this revelation is found alone
in the Sacred Scriptures, are hot these Scrip*
tu res a revelation from God ?

"This is the only good that ererrepultpd .from
her loquacity,

whichi have taken plaice- from the beginning
or wiH take- place to the end of time : And it
brings; to our view the close of this earthly
systemi the day offinal account^ and the New
Earih ;aiid New ! Heavens that shall never
pass away. On all these topics, so infinitely
mteres'ting to men,— its.instructione are clear
full,pertain, authoiftati? e. And aJl this is ? what
a^. revalation . must disclose, 'to answer the

freat purposes' of religion for a race of fallen
eings.' ..• ■' ■"' . - : ■' ":.

Where is the revelation that makes:t|iese
discioshres. except; in the bfole? What other
religion informs the World, orpretends td in-
form it on subjects «f such .high moment ?

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
A few weeks, and slavery will not be
known to the laws of New-fYork. The wis-
dom and philanthropy of our legislators; sec^
ondod by the cordial co-operation of the peo-
ple, have within a period of only twenty-eight
years, relieved the state frofn the greatest of
moral political evils. This jjreat object haa
been effected without any disturbance to the
public tranquility, without complaint on the
sart of slave owners, and without expense to
;he state J As the law on this subject is not
generally] understood, we stkte it for the sat-
sfaction of such of our readers as have not
an opportunity of informing themselves. The
first act for the gradual abolition' of slavery
was passed in 1399. The act of 31st March,
1817. whiclh repeals the former existing acts,
is the last (general act on the subject.

The act of 1815,' sec. 4, enacts, " That ev-
ery child born of a slave within this state, af-
ter the fourth day of July, in the year of ^our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and nine- .
ty-nine, shall be free, but shall remain the .
servant ofj the owner of his or her mother,
and the executors, administrators, or assigns
of such owner, in the same manner as if such
child had been bound to service by the over-
seers of the poor, and shall continue in sue*. .
service, if h male, until the age of twenty -.
eight years] arid if a female, until the age of
twenty-five (years ; and that every child born
a slave within this state after the passing of
this act, shall remain a servant as aforesaid,
.until the age of twenty-one years, and ne
longer." I

Section 89, of the same act, enacts, "That .
every, negro, mulatto, mtistee, within thia
state, born before the fourth day of July, one
thousand seten hundred and ninety-nine,
shall, from after the fourth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, be
free."- ! • •

After the fourth day of July next, there-
fore, slavery will be unknown to the laws of
our state. But although by the opeiation of
the act) all slaves will become free persons,
yet some of the. children of slaves will remain
the servants of the owners of the alaves, un-
til they arrive! at a certain age, in the same
manner as pbor children bound out by the
overseers of [the poor. A, child of a slave,
born on • the third day of July next, will re-
main such servant, for twenty-one years
thereafter; whereas t if born on the fifth* (two
days after) it would be. absolutely free: the
mother on the jthird being a slave, but on the
fifth a free wo^ian. ' The.' ac^ however^ re-
quires that the, person entitled to the service
of such child, should make an affidavit of tlie
facts, and file) the; same in the city or town*
Qlerk's office, Within, one year after the pa»r ,
sage of the acti or after the birth afthe chiidj-
but as this has igenerally been neglected, it
follows that, few will owe even such service,
on account of the slaveiy of their, parents.
Thusi.in the spate of twentyrthree years from
the commencement of the operation of the
first law for the|gradual abolition of , slavery,
'vill that n^ost d^angerous evil be wholly era-
dicated. . yfc/.jT. 7Sme#»

. Wo shall te entitled, (says the New-York
Statesman,) in eur rej<u'cings on the fourth,
to mingle with o|ur birth as a separate, nation,
the proud boast of having sileritly eradicated
the stain of private bondage which wa*
anipngst us. Even those feeble traces^ just
referred to, which the wisely gradual policy
of the law will pjerifiit to remaiu, must in but
alvjery fe w years disappear, and there will be
nothing but ungracious history to tell to the
fothre, that suJ:h! things aave been! ' W 'h,

I Such a triumph of the irincioles of justice
oyer the craving of self inten'si, is to be
ranked awonj the nohledt

38

which a.people can jjfc li^tA^uis^. \yw r
eras may dat/.ie mote by their splendour, out
Ihiii must claim a higher consideration with,
philosophy and religion. • TheviMlvwrtw-of;
©nterprize and the efforts of taste embellish
the face of a country, throw a lustre upon its
name, and sometimes deservedly confer an
immortality of Tame upon those by whom they
have been conceived! promoted, of patroni-
zed ; but when i deeply rooted habit of
wjrdng, which 1 has formed* a part of civil poli-.
tV for centurifes, and is palliated, if not excu-
gpd, by the force of [custom, is relinquished
for true prih^pleV wB think it can be surpas-'
eed by nothing in tbk compass of public mea-,
sureso Fortunately/ our, state has not found
it necessary! to sacrifice either merit for an-
. ®ther,>but bis united, them all.

TheCastliof Cseithe in Hungary.—" The
castfe of Csdithe, on the Waag, isi now but a
rpass of ruins-and riibbisji. -After having; be-
longed to Matthias Corvimisf and to Maximil-
' iari II. it fell; into the hands of Elizabeth Ba
thory, niece of Stephen Bathoty,r king . of
Poland, and wife of Francis Nadasdy.i This
princess has- given an. Unhappy, celebrity, to
the castle where she displayed for many ;
yearB a decree of cruelty of which history;
v can afford few, examples. , She;, educated in
her residence indigent young< women', to
whom she gave. portions, and- married on cer-
tain .remarkable, occasions . in.' the year; but
she .punished .with severity .and violenjce the
most trilling faults, and . seemed; to take plea-
sure in seeing these, innocent creatures suf-
fer.. One.day she ;S^ruck one of themi in a«
ibt-ital manner; and the, blood of the victim
having flown into.her. face, she rap ; to a piir- f
ror^owipeiitpff. .She fancied that h,3r skin;
;was become whiter,.more beautiful, and more
'^brilliant; and the idea, immediately, occurred
ito her of renewing her youth by bathing, her*
iself in the blood of these, unfortunate ..twirls..
Two old.chamber maids and her dwarf Fitv.ko
assisted her in: this, horrible project. The
youthful female attendants successively dis-
appeared, and what is. almost inconceivable,
abQve~!hree hundred had.been sacrificed to.
the caprice of this ferocious vvoman before,
any' discovery; was made. At . length a young
man, - having lost his intended bride in, .this
manner, conceived s.ome suspicions, and by
means of*rnoney,. even obtained the mortal
remains of her whose loss he deplored. . Stung
.with indignation, he hastened .to, Presburg,
where he jloualy proclaimed .his grief and his
despair. As a princess was implicateu,G&>rge
Thurzo, the palatine of . the kingdom, resol-
ved, in person to, repair to the spot, where he
surprised, the.toiir.monst.ers in, the fact, at the
verjy moment when. their victim was expiring,
after having struggled : in vain with her exe-
cutioners; Proceedings Twere commenced!
and the whole published, to satisfy the public
indignation. T ( he ; two women were condem-
ned to have their right bands cut off, and to
be beheaded ;,,the, dwarf, also, to' lose his
band, and" then .ca.st , into, the flames. •.. The
princess was confined in p dark and/ narrow
prison, where .she. died thr.ee years ; after?
wards, in 1614. Only a few years ago, the
porter of i the castle,, still shewed the; place
where these abominutipns. had been commit-
ted,, the. earthen .vessel, which had received
the blood, and the deep pit into which the
body of the victim .was thrown."

The Paris EJtoile contains the following ac-
count of (.he death of Major, Lairg and: his
cf/.bpaiiidr.s. I ' Thcy write from Sickhara;
Tn port, on the oth-of April. -:-r— .

" Major Lamg, whose -tragical fate had
been, announced, has actually fallen a victim
to his courageous perseverance,' not, howev-
er, until -after he had visited the f mous city
ci I'onibuctoo. - The Pacha of . Tripoli' has
coiftinuiiicated this intelligence, on tihe au-
thority Of a letter, which his vassal^ the gov-
ernor of Ghadamas, wrote to apprize hitn^o'f
the event, and which letter reached him ,iii
leis t:ntn fifteen days, bemg conveyed b'y%»
extraordinary courier. The' British travel-
lers, , vnjo were at first stated to nave fallen
un»''e; i1k» weapons Of the robbers, in the ter-
ri or of Toitalt, had then been only Wound-
ed, so that after having escaped this first
«. dn nu'er," through the philanthropy of a Maraf
bo*i, they at length reached Tombuctoo.—
Shortly] after their arrival in that city, the
Fellaua,. which powerful and warlike tribe
now rejgns exclusively, oye^th,^
- «ert of < Central Africa appeared.to tftt- hum-!
■bet of ^flpOj arid itiiiie. rib'usly > demahdeU.that
the travellers should. begiveji up" to tjiern^in
order tbat. they mig^ipijt. giem to death, aml*
thereby, prevent the. Christians .from availing
tiiemserves* of the information • jo be gaidet
by their means, and .from penetraling .some
day irito'thrise remote .cophtnes" : 'tpi enslave:
the people, Sucti are the expressions b£the
4§cheiliof Ghadaroa^ ;h hi8)HlejMMe'j^
cT"'- 'i?he Frince commanding at Tombuctoo,

Ms

refqif4td give ;|p tfiV t^MmirhmW.^ I^il^.iibL how^r,- btftltf e&Jh fWft
aWre$ived With beneVoletoce]\nd in order o>y cdPtfct HUmetefss, butleFit #6 amiabi?
to withdraw them from tfie, enmity of their in their sifcht. I may abstain from seducing
:f#r*ecitowrwbo39 irewn^^^

same time unwilling to provoke, he sent them *tive to religious duties ; yet,' at the same
off secretly .to^-mbar^ escorted- by -fifteen .time,. I may be, urijgratefuland impertinent,,
horsemen, selected from his own bodyguard, ' merely for want of an affable'^ nnd courteous
but. being speedily overtaken by a party of temper and conduct; und tnRy grieve and vex,
'Fellahs, who had rapid ly pursiiod thcin on instead 6f socithihg and delighhiig my ever

low a chedifui'o^dience
;'but studyynweariedly,

ntrepid traveller, svho was the first to pene^ . in minute' and common things, how to give
trate inWlhe pfecifc of ^ owe all the gra'-

.cityv.thf. object ofeo much solicitude, and ;t)^e -..titu.de mylieart is suaceptible/pf.. Whatever
''lino^edg^ . .cif" wnich: >'.is* '.6tUl Ukely • $b e$arie _ weakness and infirmity 1 may dipcoyer, if I
the.bftst directed inquiries, as, according {o . pannot remove thern in, a manner, becoming a
allappearancej' there is no ' hope of recover- : child; ; let rne ; not' uhnecex.snrily reveal them
ing itbb' papnrs of the unfortunate Lai'ng.— to other?,; but rather let. tlrese faults be cov-
TWeanwiule the Fellans, whose; ambition 1 is erpd with the mantle of piety, V Let.me cul-
^qiiiai ,to tH^if fefdcityj availihg th r ernselves'of ... ^^ tivate; not merely external obedience, but in
JlalqftLkinig^i at/iyttl at Tomb'uctoo^nnd of w^rd .reverence and I affection ; cojnstantlyi re-
'tli*^*. 'fl|4cie^.'of 'pVqtectibn' wHich ;.h6 hwlx^rei , ntemberihg tHe many obligations I have r'fi*
Q^m l fy^t^ ! 'e!i\ieA upon thsit : ftit: and im- e'eived, jahd t^e Great Author of the Divine
posing'ailahniiai tribiitey.whifh the inhabitX c6mii(j(a,njd, which redujres Uiat. I. should '.ho-
an|s, unable to o^ r re ^

pay, for having, as it is said, made, themselves ^p -^ggseg- , ___ > '_ a? •*~~2B~s2 ~'

been tonimunicated by a Tripolita.n Scheik, — — •> •
Who has long resifled at Tomb.iictoo.' He de-
cldies that there 1 exists a very interesting
history of that city, which carries b&ck its

WEW-YQIIK, JVjVE M.

fOu^itW^tho ^ear^^S WUh;;pleaWe we learn, that the Rev. B .

(A... t), Jll^,) ..and the author of, whjeb is F. IlopuEs: has been appointed. t by the
SidiriJamets Balia, a native of ( .%awa w, a . Bqy kr Lod ge, to del iver an '', A jDDRESS .be-

sinalt boro.u.ffh.of ;the , Ivent's;.coAi,ntty ; ,, a .con-
siderablo colony pf^the Sultan. , ;i : >.j !;' - <: .

Theljondon Courier states that despatches
from tho British Consul at Tripoli says, > that
there was reason to believe that tKe f abovc
report of Maj. Laing's death was unfounded.

ly Uase'oJ Miilrimony : — It is gener-
ally admitted that a mam pays' the full 'price of his
foui(m.a-Indeed.it ib< an opinion I among ^the' prur
dent,4hat he pays- something ; rn ( >re tlian.theuvreal
valqe. .What is worst of all is that, he pan ney or
know the price beforehand, ' but like a man. .who
has worn out his. ooat got, on emit, is' forced to
pay. whatever is J asked, and that aftf . the cohimo-
dHy is no longer worth any" thing'. We beg'" P ar *
dop for giving the'moral before we have told the
story. ' ; -'' •'

An unfortunate swain wns brought before *< the
justiee,V PPiJSaturday, by his ^weoiheart,>charged
withf'tho 6ffijn(je of too much . love. The lady
held.the.proof in her arms, which, as well as bef-
self, cried loudly for justice. A bond, jail or mar-
riage were the alternatives, and hard ones Hob
seemed to think ,th°oni.' Long () he pondered, and
wistfully, he"look(f(l, and, like other rustifc deep-
thinkers,' much he scratched his 'head. Be ttor
men would ' have stu6k fast on the horns of so
grave adilemrna. Bui it/was a pressing Case, fot
the crowd ; thickcried[ and Jenny's, ire waseome-
thing le^s gentle than - a zephyr. At length' ho
thought it botterito marry .thanjdo worse, and stlie
Justice, taking him at Ins word, Bent, for the par-
son, and . had,4hi&ra wedded: on, the , spot. The
gropm, "we ,aro informed, behaved himself well on
thp* Qccas'ioh, and. departed wjth- as reasonable, a
prospect /.of" liappihess, 'as bachelors usually have
Who are ; married against their wills.

: Was ever lover in this humor woo'd? . ,
. Was ever. Ipvei in ibis humox won 1 .

We hope wben the njarriage is ahnounced, that
the U3ual order will be'reversiidiand that tlie.bTido's
name take: the precedence, which this ; vigourpus
measure entitles her to.— 'Bolt. jlv>tr.S

> ORIGINAL COMMlJNiOA'ilUN;

FOIJ.,THE PUfliDyM'S JOpltSAL.

Mkssbs.' EoiTofee,-^ Be ' pleased^ to give
those U'e wiltefiections of a Chiiu on his, Duty
to his Barents, place m your'most valuable
Journal, and oblige • h.

Can I repay the 'h^ftpy'oWigatiohs l owe.' to
my .'parents J every x-pji.ifqrQ'p^ the
■fruit.oi' tiiejr ' parental ; love":-' under |Gdd" s . , my '
suppor.tf my. health,; i.iiy iustruQ tton, have been
owing ttieir. jifieciio% cajr'^anji^r^e^ce.
JbVr wo they have risen early and toiled late,
fuking but Ji lie r.es.t; WaaX expense, troy Pie
ttij^jcare,*^W,''my.e4uc^Ubn cpst'H and what
cause of gratitude ¥aye i for, the instr uctibhs
givea kei W bile many of uiv earl} cowpa-
inum wpre' exposed by . their uniiacural '.pa?:
rente to every .sPri of vice ; I.haye *had, as it
were, \a hedge . s'et,, about me. |£y " urents,
ny thejr good counsels, reproofs, and con- r
dial, have .unitormly strove to couvince me
that my greatest interest was ; in.iearing the
Jbprd, and, f evereuq Cap
tneo, forget keeping these in mind ? ' Can
I be ungratetul tp speb dear parents ?

I - am JfiilJy , .convinced. . that my .happiness
promotes theirs ; and - if I 'truly., regard ,iiiy ( .
"" Vi ' L "" ' ' " ' • ' first

diJigeatiy ieeking irry s'ahuUoul . "Thia cop-,
diict,^^ ,au^,wi|i;Afi<?rd tJi«m pleasure.

forei'them on St. John's .Dat. We invite
all the Advocates of tbd^inferlority 'Bf the A f-
•ricad Ra e, to attehd on^IpNnAr the 25th
instant," to hear his Address.-r-The An dress
will! be -delivered between the hours of
twelve : and oney : in Zi&n Churiihj corner of
Leonard and Church streets. '

(ET (t The ICE SHIP," lately . published in
our columns, and credited to the Trenton Empo-
rium, ought,* of right, to have '.been credited to
the Gloucester Telegraph,

For the information of our friends, we feci it
•our duty to state, that there will be two .Cfcti;-.
brations in tliis City, in honour of the Abolition
of Slavery in this Slatb. One party will celebrate
the Fourth of July, without any public, proces-
sion; and ti»e other, the Fifth, witfi a Grand Pro-
cession, Oration and Public Dinner;

As the period of general emancipation is bo
near tit hand, in Which, our brethren^ tbis'state,
will be restored to their unalienable . iglits ; we
rtepeat; our anxious wish, .that tfte^Abolition Soci-
etyv add our friends generally, would take ; their
enso j'ntd consideration.- c > Should their* .pres6nt
owners bo requested (where ever it'is convenient)
to retain them injtheir service ; or, Jh. the cultiva-
tion of- their lands ; the arrangement. -might be
mutually beneficial.; Where this is not the case,
We hope every master, before parting with his
siaveir, will give them such advice, as may iiiflu-
chce/thoir future coridUCt and pursuits. '

It is i very important, if possible, to prevent
tb^m'froin. ,fipck(pg into our large cities, where
there jis but little for them to doj and where every
thing! is* calculated to draw their uncultivated
hiiPdf frotP ^ the lirie of duty. ; 1 ^

'.' How 'honourable ' to community, at an era' so
proud in the history of this coinmohwealth,' td
turn their, .attention to the improvement and ele-
yation of this jong-enslavcd and injured.paft pf
the population.^ trust that the time has come'
in.'wbich : '.genuine Republicanism will obliterate-
our National s'tahi; and redeem a people long held
in cr]uel 'oppresaibn and ' prejudice.!. Should .pur
eiiizons.gener ally give their influence, to the Abo-
litionists, whosp. humane efforts, form to bonoura-i
.bis :a part bf pPr nation's. history, We might rda-
srtiiably anticipate thP period, when tho' Divines
4«clarattbnV ;r< ftiGHTEousHisii exalteth a N^-j
tmk," should be fulfilled', in ua. ' '

Confessiorh ofa 'Murderei.--'At Albany, on
Thursday evfenihg lasij 1 Jesse ^Strang'biade : a
f ull]«pnfessidn bf the miirde^of Mr, ^hipt :
i41e, i arid in' jhis diSclo|?u res implicated* JJrs^
Whipple, 'charging he j with'baVirfg indtt^naT'
'ted <ii, actediwith nirn nil his movements,- and!
furn jsliefl him with the ineans to- purchase 1 a;
rifltj, &c; Brevio^slylo the confession^ the
'grand jury bad found bills against Strang
and; :M.r-*> Whipple"" and « at* the tune »f the i
cdnfe^siortyshe' -was also' in prison; In her

Lsecouuly and^hiefly; by ^mg^up.; exapjinatmn^she^ dbnies the criminations^
i'kiud .tp ,my- fellow c^eacures, apd -gtranff ! ' 1 - : v 4 r" - ■ " ■

It .appears from the confes.sion v that the
murderwas'promeditttted acopsiderableHime 5

§S H :^> *'"•'! ' M • % ■ — ~

tWWi plnfe... Strang was doubtful
tlrer a*tiall could be fired through g]ag»
without glancing,' and fb ascertain the . fact,
h«;-had -tried ? the experiment in the woods.
He had also prbleured arsenic,' for the pur-
pose of administering it to Mr; Whipple, *
should opportunity offer.

After the perpetration of the murdei,
Btrdtig jumped from (he shed, and fled to a
raviho within twenty rods of the house,where
he hid the -rrflei .and afler Wandering a? out
awhile, came bacjt to Cherry Hill; and served
its' one of the coroner's* jury on the' body of
Mr.fWhfpple. The rifle'n'ad been found in
the place where Sirring in his confession sta-
ted ho had cdncdile'd it. :

From the notorious 1 character .of Strang,
liis t'b'stimoriy niuit be taken' vfritii 'some ciip-
:tibri. : Bofore Hisllast. eonfesai'dii, 1 he implica-
ted Mrs. W. and j ^afterwards denied that i e
had done so, nndjstated that if be hnd imj li-
cnted her, what he had done was false.

.fleci 'eni. — A few days since, Mr. A s a,Fy-
iPr, df Oncridagajcodnty, Was goiiig to .mill ••
in a waggon to Ajtarcellus, and took his little
boy, about three years old, : with him, when in
going Over a bridge the horse became fright-
ened, and jumped off 1 he bridge with Mr. F.
V.d son iPto'a ? dillp^ , be^eV.fiilhd-dist^nc^6f '
forty feet, 1 which [killed the !iors& immbdiate- f
Jyi briiised Mr. Fyler ^o that his life is des-
paired of, arid; stiange to" relate, tne' child
'was not iniut'ea.—Syrricuse Gnzelte. 1 •

Extract of a letter from Gedrgiaio agtnileman
in tkpf, Mjftdate'fljune 5, 'tSft.* .
Blessings of Slavery /—- Amfiogt dan gerous
,and .extensive insurrection of the blacks was I
detected in Mitqon a few days since. They (
had bandetl together to the i number of WO, '
and supposed to> ! be lieaded, and instigated by
a French emigrrt fit from the Mississippi, iiis
slaves were in tne plot. Tliey had oni y ar-
rested one of the rebel's/ The whole;.of tlie .
others, with the (Frenchman, have made their
escape.— Enquvrir. :.!'..

Frcderickhwn y (Md.) June ,16; . .
... During the heavy gust Pf Saturday evening- .;;
last, we under8tjand, the Metliodist Meetii.g'-
Hbuse in -Middlttownji in this countyj was le- -•
veiled to the ground. Such was the .violence
of the\wind . tiia!t some of the heavy timber^ f:
.were carried a Considerable ^distance. : v . 'f

! -Skminioii, (VaJ'-'jdm *L . ' . Yi
♦ A -most distrbssing circum tanc« > o.^6prr<!d. ; ; •>
on Sunday eveypng, last, at -Mrs.; -M'Guffin ; s, s ^ s
about six mileB above Greenville, in this ' ?
couiity< • :;• \ \ - h'- :.>Yr : ■-. Yi

. As Mrs. M^Liaughljn (the daughter of Mrs.
M'Guflin) and two of h^ children—one a> boy '. v V
near five years jold, aiid'the other a giri.aged -Y
; about ;• two years— were. \itting; ? under ; -riie- • ; 1
shade of an oak,vvith her brother, Air.' Charles
M'Giiffiii, ! a smah cloud capie N pp, from w/ii biYd<
noirain was observed to fail, but which. emit-} f ■£
ted a flash of lightning that 'strbek the teee,/v
Jfilled ; the littJe'.boy^ and.- severely, shocked v i
herself ■■ and • brother. Mrs. M-L. . dud Mrs. i
M l G, had not refceve'red on the succeeding
morning.; - i ■•- : ■

• '%oH Gikon, (Mi&.) 'May 19. x • '^i
Lftrgt Bearl— '■ An uucoirimonly large bear N
was 'killed on the ylOth- inst. ! withih : about fVur
miles of -this ; place, 1 " and in a direction to-
wards 1 the Grand «Gttlfi v vSi)rne idea may be
formed of his sjizo from' the diniedsions of his:
feet^-the length of the'fore foot being 8 1*2
Inches- from the ball* of the heel to the point
of the middle be^and' I he width' across the-
b'padest part bf fhe 'same 5 1^4 inches; and ;
the length of the hind foot being 9 and the '<
width 4 3*4 inches; his skin weighed, when
grden, 3« lb3v- This animal had feen fpr
some titne in the habit of maki|?g ; inrPads iStp ;

Sihglei

pWfe'df hunting hini; they SucPeeded in arbua-
ing him 'frbm his den, a Jarge baki and wbun- ;•';
: ding'him ; : bttt it w'as hot' uhtil Hhc next day
he was teJcenj when'a shot from Mr: R. 8W- %.
key's iifle put an ehd to this'monatei: of die f.
forest. •• • • -'- 1 , ' h;\

It is ;stated in tb'e Nashyille Banner, tbjt
tho. . phenomenon; of stones, falling froin tbe, i-
•clouds .occurred in that, vicinity on thp-9^} \i
ultimp., 'The, noise occasioned i by this- descent j- 5
ip.. said;, . to have>< 4 resembled that, of a batt^vi
th»: firing of cannon or niuskets ;by platopnf,;J|
and- the beating of drum^'^, T^e stoiies;d(^;|;
cended Avitb; great force; spme burying tbep^\f
selves in the. ground twelye inches. Ope f»Mi
tl»emis.said U haye weighed! 11 1-2 pppfi<l^p
Thpso -stones are : perfectly < similar, gln/9*|t'
witbi a thin black cruat, and bear th.e; owW|
of having ^passedithrongb.a body of firo4«*,g
black smbke.-Tlt is dangerous living IP Tf** ^
nessep, \ d they fire., frequently" visited
sWn^of thiffieicripfcion.' •■> • * W$
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FREEDOM'S JOURNAL. |

— \lQPPWg--* J ?}tQ Office of the Mayp,r was
on VV|eanc8Uay last, crowded to excels, in
consequence of .the .examination.' pf a small
light coloured negro man, named 'John Smith,
alias James 'Morris, alias' John Purnel, of
Shpwh'iU, Maryland, the latter being his true
name. J lie was charged with being, a princi-
pal agent of the Johnsons, in the atrocious
kidnappings of 1825. A number of witnesses,
includjing. several of the eoloure'd children
who had been kidnapped by Johnson's gang,
and restored by Messrs. Hamilton and Hen-
dersbn, of Mississippi, testified to the inden-
tify of Purhelj and to his direct agenc^m the
matter. We were particularly' struck with
the. intelligence manifested by a tittle' black
163 , named St. Clair, whose return has. re-
cently been effected, after great trouble and
cxpeiipc, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In his
particular case, it was- testified that Saiith
fell in with the boy in Second or Front-street,
and held out the usual bait of a. quarter of a
dollar, to help bring up peaches, melons, &c.
from a boat. The boy refused, hut accom-
panied .^mith to the end of the, New-Market,
at South and Second street, where a covered
dearborn wagon was standing, and a white
man in.it; when in the open street, and at 1 or
2. o'clock in the afternoon, Smith putting his
hand over the boy's mouth and covering it
with some kind of sticking piaster, snatched
him in and stepped into -the wagon with him,
undiscovered, and prevented him from crying
out— the wagon w£s then driven off very.' fast
down below the Rope Walks, and he was im-
mediately put on board of a little sloop at an-
chor in the Delaware. After a long investi-
gation, he was committed to answer on seve-.
ral distinct charges of kidnapping. True
bills of indictment were said tp have , been al-
ready found against.the de enda'nt, under dif-
ferent names in the Mayor's Court and Quar-
ter Sessions — but we undcrstoud the May-
or to sayi that he was as yet undetermined
whether he should not fuel bound to return
the prisoner for trial before the Circuit Court
of the United Statesp-tha^ijt^appeared to
him that the 5th section of the net of Con-
gross of 1820, seemed to embrace the offence
of >vhicii the prisoner stood so repeatedly
charged-

High Constable Garrigues had arrived the
preceding day, from Boston, with this prison-
er in his custody. He had there been arrest-
ed in consequence of information forwarded
by the- police of this city, who have been in-
.-.defatigabjy engaged for a long while past, in
' bringing these offenders to trial. Garrigues
has travelled in pursuit more than 2000 miles.
It is said there is another black Man now in
Arch-street Pri on, charged, as an accom-
plice, waiting his trial, before the Mayor's
Court;

There was a white man, of Nanticoke Ri-
ver, who recently died in Arch-stree* prison
before trial, who was identified as the Cap-
lain that commanded Joe Johnson's sloop Lit-
tle John, in two of her voyages to this city,
in the summer of 1825, and who had' volunta-
rily confessed the fact of his guilt.— Daily*
Advertiser.

Purnell, the kidnapper, lately arrested at
Boston, was tried before the Quarter Session
of the county of Philadelphia on Saturday af-
tirnopn last and convicted. Judge King, sen-
tenced him to 42 years imprisonment, and to
pay a fine of $4000, and the costs of prosecu-
tion. — Sentinel.

Police — A dm of infamy, unparalleled in
atrocity, has lately been discovered by the police
in the upper part of the city. A person who kept
un ujater cellar and cook shop, has been accused
by Borhc'of the unfortunate females therasolres of
being in the constant habit, of enticing young and
unguarded giris from the lower walks of life, into
bis store. There in the society of sailors and idle
young men, their morals and virtue have been
gradually, worked upon till finally many have fall-
en victims to the deadly snares, of prostitution.
Several ; of these girls were arrested yesterday at
the cellar, who- have stated that when they first
entered they were plied with liquor, and instructed
- in cards, gamblings and dicing of all kinds. It is
a matter of congratulation' that a atop has been
put to these diabolical practices.— JDcity Adv.

From the Wor/olk Herald.
. PIRACY AND/ MTJRDER.
The brigantine ^Crawford, Captain Henry
Brightman, belonging tbTroy, (Mass.) sailed
from iMstanjtas on the 28th. ult. with a cargo
for. New -York, and eight passengers, fou
" whom, (a l?rehchiua.u'ajid three Spanish
lors,) on the 1st of June, about midnight, rose
upon. the captain, crew and remaining pas
aenger, and <? SLAUGHTERED all except
three, vi*. the mate, Mr Edmund Dobson, of
Somerset, Mass. the cook, and a French gen-f
.tleman, passenger. They also stabb^y,ne
mate, but he having ran aloft, - whcre':|jlNf|i|
rnained during the night, "they spared^j&lm
in consideration of the assistance he^aP
.render them as a navigator. After comple-
ting their bloody and. revolting 'tj^k^ :U»tf

Frenchman took the cornnwbdibf tjie vdisel)
destroyed hpr papers and eolnrt, and a{iijtitu-
&d a {complete set of Sptnieb Apaperi, which
tfioy^hftfi brought on board with ^hein* pur-
porting that the vessel was. Spanish;, and that'
she bad cleared at Matanzas for Hamburg.—
Aware that it would jbejiecessary to increase
their . stock, of provisions .for an -European
voyage, they tried to get into. St. aMary's to
obtain supplies, but the wind setting them off,
they were ' unable to fetch int6- a port until
they made the Capes of Virginia? wfiic^they
did on ^Tuesday- niorhing, -When! they' were
boarded by a pilot^who 'a^e)kmAmi'illeH
bbject'io be to obtain^
possible deltfy, advJsedHh^m ; to puVin at Old;
Point Comfort) as- the^irioBt con^ient ftlaco;
and^ they accordingly anchored! there about
6 o'clock, on Tue$day, evening. . .- ;

Mr.;Dobson, the matej fipm, whom the fore-
going particulars are obtained* states that on
anch6ring, the pirate captain ordered f him tq
have thejsoat lowered and brought
as he intended to go ashore at * : th't::Poin.r lie
accordingly got.into the ; boat j and as soon as
he was lowered to the water, he cast o/F; the
tackles,; seized an bar aiid sculled; away" foir
the shore, the pirate! calling.afier hjm an,d
Asking- if he was going to betray him ? : Go
landing, the lhate related the above j)arlicu-
lars to several of i he officers of the Portress,
who were for some time doubtful as to the
probability the story ; but o;r his; mention-;
ing thai; the name^of the vessel r btf fne kern
hadibeen obliterated, Captain Dan* 'ordered
a boat rowed ofl* to the^ vessel to' ascertain
if siich was the fact. Before hehad reached
the vessel, however, he was hailed from her
by .the pilot, and informed thdt. the' pi rate c'ap-
tain had cut his throat. The three^aui?Lrds
had a little before,- by some, finesse, (got pos-
session of a boat from a neighb.enring, vessel
rnd made thejr escape to Elizabeth Ctty shore,
where due diligence has been used to effect
their apprehension. Captain Dana and his
boat's crew. boarded, the vessel arid kept pos-
session of her until she' Was delivered over to
the custody of Air.' WestWood,'* the custom
house officer at: Hampton, to whom Col. Gra-
tiot, had in the first instance sent- information
and she has been s_6nt up to Norfolk. An in-
quest was held oh thd' bbdy of the pirate cap*
tain,( whose name was believed/, from hisipa-
persj to have been Alexander Tardy) which
was the uext e moring interred. on the, peach. .

The Murderers Taken.— The Norfolk Bea-
con of Thursday says— - ,r We have thh?' mo-
ment learned that the three desperadoes con-
cerned in the murder on board the brigXJraw-
ford, have been taken and lodged : in jail at
Hampton." They had cipssed' James River,
near Newport's Noose, landed in Isle . of
yVight county* and had proceeded to Sleepy
Hole Perry, having, paid a.man four dollars
for their ferriage <over James River. They
will arrive here to night in: the steam-boat
Hampton. They Were takeAyeaterday about
sunset, in the neighborhood of Sleepy Hole
Ferry, by Col. Wilson, W; Jones^.'Dr. French,
and ; Messrs. Samuel 1 Servant and fliomas
Sldnner^ all:of Hanfpton, who^'ljad fallen on
their track in . the morningV'and continued
their pursuit - until $ey. arrested, them.—
On coming up WithfthTem a pistol ;was presen-
ted at fhem, by one of the abb've'jnamed gen-
tlemen, when two of them immediately fell*
on their kne.es ; the other -took , to his heels,
and'was with difficulty overtaken by Colonel
Jones.

The packet-ship Ne,w^ork,i Captain Ben
ne!tv was struck .withvligbining, on the 19th
April, three days after sailing from this port*,
but. fortuna'.ely no material < injury was eus-
ta iiied by the' vessel, 1 thciu^h|s6ttie'. .of her rig-
ging was pani ally on fire.-

His Majesty held " a Court on ; Thursday, at
St. James's, when 'several of 'tHe hew. mibis-
.ters were introduced, and.', kissed hands on
their, appointments. .

The three vacant ribands of the .Garter,
wew, on Thursday iast,.bestbwed on the Mar- .
quis^f Exeter and. the Dukes of >DeYonshire
and. Leeds. \ -

The Earl of Liverpool' still continues tb. ga-
thefcstrerigth'. His lordship is , alltfwed by ; hi 8
physician to walk, in •his garden in the middle
fdf.the day,, when the..wejath'er is favourable.

The ' Gazette of Friday night.' contains the
nouiination of the Duke of Leeds, Lord plun-
^ett, and Sir S. Hulse, as Privy • Counsl-
Ibif'l and the Declaradtion in Council of the
appbintinent' bfrihei Duke.of Clarence*, as :i
J f or.d; High Admiral. ; .

: Th e annual meeting of the British^ and ^Fo-
reign Bible Society, took place jivFreeina-
sons'-hall, on Monday week;- L^ier weVe
exclude^ Tlie : hev. Mr/irving c'aured a
1 *o^lPt!of confusion, by yeHemenljty insist-
ing]oJriffie.cpinnpttee>., aekj^o^ldl^i'^ .^ifrew-
'^pndnct tcsjpectin^ ,ths Aw$?$f*i but

the motion wa&- negatived* The revenue for
<K© laflt^year was slated at; ; £80,000v
I The ^Common Council of London^ on Wed-
nesday last, passed' r series 6f resolutionei
dxpres^Vp of the opinibu of the cbrporatidJi
in favour >f the rbpfeal bf . the test and corpd-
jiafcion acts ; 'but' abstained 1 ftoni presenting'^
petitidh tb PjaHiame'nl urging the immediate
'discussion 'of of the subject,
ll'be new library i t tlie Bri'tish Museum was
•penod to: the pUbh :' last 'week.; The splen-
iid library given by his Miijesty'is', tlierefore
ibw,open to th^ public use.;. The central po-
sition of the' i MiiseuM';re'corninend8 it as a site
for'a greiit public library ; arid the eonvbhif
6nce of a ;large class of students is Cotistlit'ed
by tne facilities affdrded of referring, at the
s&mtji timV, to the collections in the Museum
and to. r publication? ; in natural history-and
science. I The library, at present^ consists of
; 1 65,000 printed volumes, and £0,000 volumes
ef,MSS;j Inlthe King's library, which ihas
been added, there, are 65,000 volumes ; ancl
in that of Sir Joseph Banks, vyhich will even-
tually become the property of the Museum by
bequest, there are 16,000 volumes,' making
a -total of 266,000 volumes,' exclusive of
MSS. '

" „Wa, learn from Mr. Huskissop's speech on
General Gascoyhe'^ motidh, ' tespectin'g the
Briiish shipping, the extraordinary facit,; that
la'Bt summ'ersixty-ftye milliohs of eggs were
brought to Southampton. add other places on
tlie , south coast Troni France, the duty oh
Which amounted to £22|000.
., Letters, were received at the Admiralty
from Captain Bcechy* of his Majesty's sloop
Blossom, dated on/ ijhe. 1,8th of November, at
SAn,Franciscoj. California, to which - port she
had returned, after failing to meet with Cap-
tain Franklin, off Icy Cape. We understand
tiiQt one of the ; boats from the Blosspmt
which was despatched to look out for Captain
Franklin, passed some distance round. Icy
Cape ; but no trace of the Captain's party
ijiodM.be found. j ■

An official account states, that in the rbur
years, 1822— 1826, 50,980 persons were car-
ried off by extreniqly sudden deaths: in the
Prussian empire : 4591 were murdered ; 5087
committed suicide; there were 664 robbe-
ries, 11,348 criminals and /vagabonds were
arrested ; there were 11,883 fires, by which
176 churches and | convents, 1510 dwelling
houses in the towns, and ; 75,029 houses in the
country, were reduced to ashes.

means of a- brass tube frok the fop, It mzfM
inOated WHh itir' father jltfngs in a rpiuute ot
two The cloth i3 rendered impervious to the'

water.bv a cement of elastic gum.—; Mra

Phobe W. Suaman died at North Rcmmetf,
L. I. on the ^Jh ^ W !j from ! i wa!
T f- ou *-- — -NatlianieHjEfti!j4(/^ belonging to
Ncw-Yoi'k, a seaman on b/oard the ship Si
roc, fell into the docket Savannah, when i n
foxicated, and, was'drownecl.---iO'! the eve D
»»ff of the 19th insti a' hae«, W passing f ur ^
ously along jhrougli ' Wasliihgfofi-str^t, r-Ja
over a little cliird .nam^'''^li4a:Cld^an';-at the
oiner of BeaverJahe, leaving her in such a
mangled state, that death shortly after ended
her njiseriea.-^iA fire broke oot in Phili-
lielphia, on Monday momirj^ in a ; stable pf tjbe
corner of Plump and Pdurth sireets, Wbkb.ixk
«pite of the exertions of the Tireme'tt siri& hov,
destroyed eigHtecn- houses, fourteen of which

were built of wood, and all consumed —

The store of J. H. Lurdj No. W; S. .Wiittrves.
Piuladelphia, was bmken open oir Saturtiar
< nor nmg last, and about sixty doJlafi'sfd^iB
fVom it; The thief was takeVlkboUt a^S?
afterwards, with (hirty-nioe dolfars ; of the rno-
.leym his possession.— Tlie ship Henrr'
IV. in the short space of nine days, on her
passage from Charlenton- to this-port, feli j Q
tv.th and saved the crews and passengers of
three wrecked vewffe.^^Several'^fee* have
lately made their abearance, .ariaYdoue.consi- .
'ierablft dnmatr/i in itin tn.„~« „e xtifthi-

A Brussels paper of 4th of April, relates
thp foll'ovving— «' Wjeihave receiyed two let-
ters from 'Namur, giving an an account of a
terrible fire in the l ouse of Mr. Chenneye.—
A barrel of gunpowder blowing up, the fire
communicated to several^ casks of brandy.
Twenty barrels were got out by some coura-
geous men; 'who in'sjpite of the imminent dan-
ger entered the warebouise' and rolled the
casks into the Meuse; bdt'this act of cou-
rage was surpassed by- Chenneyd's daughter,
a young person 20 ' years of age, who mount-
ed- up n a- ladder intji the burning loft, threw
three barrels of gunpowder out of the win*
dow into; the couttyard, and descended un-
hurt, and bad them {put in a boat, while her.
father ignorant of this, heroic action, exhort-
ed .the people to letjevery thing be burnt, ra-
!tner than expose themselves to certain ide-
jBtructidn. ■« It was [riot till she had informed
him of what she had done, that the workman
renewed their exertions.

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- In the case of 1000 male patients that en-
ter the hospital of Bicetre, at Paris, the insa-
inity; is ascribed to [the following Causes t^-r
idrudkeness, 109; borh i idiots, 73; excessive
labour, 23;; old, agej ,69 ; accidents, 3^ : ? con-
sequences of disease, 101 ; epilepsy, 78 ; ill
jusage, 12_; malconf6rmation , of the skull, 4?
jPOisonbus , efHuvia, W; unnatural practices,;
jl9 ^religious enthusiasm, 31; ambition, 76;
love; 43 ; tnisfortund, 69 ; political -events, .44 ;
{chagrins. 65; pretended insanity, 5; un-
; known causes: 118 ;— total 1000. Among
1000' female patients at the Salpetriere, the
insanity is attributed ;in.-142 v ca8e8;tp^sy, if
82 to : agiB,ln 43 to hysteria, in 29 to drunken
riess, and what is remarkable, only . in seven
cases .-to disappointment in love.;. It would
i hiis appear, that in France, love turns the
neads of six men for one woman.

! The steam-bokt' pAw, on her passage, from
•Pitt->hu'f£ to Whbejiug last. weekV girubk a
rook and ''•s^k 1 iti three feef and an 1 r^alf of wa-
ter.-^— — The Heather was remarkably wVrm
at Quebec on the 6t|» inst. The tbejrmpmelter
j stood at 90 :legrees <Fahrenheit in tile shade.r-i
I A new Lu*f ^PreeervW has lately been invent' .
!ed by t)>% C6mstockief Hartford, Codi^; It is'
jinade of *clotb, in fora|i'pf a'feyhnderviike a brig,
15 feet> lon^ and 4>or jS inches'in diameter, fit-'
ted with > strips to tie * * rouia4 ; tbf<r bb4y. : ^ j^y

Jerable damage in the towns of WilliamstoWn,
New Ashford, Hancock^ ahd' Lanesberbugb'
Mass. — - — A mechanic in thb vicibity; savs
ihe Mrthern Stat, has irivenled a ; machine i for,
Sfiiniuanes, which, by means of steam* not
only warms the room, bnt- Jogs aU .tht fajs,
on a graduated scale, according to . then- offen-
ces.- ^-Mr Hiram .Whitney, of^ Watson, 1

Lnwis co. was lately killed by* the fdl|iqV l 6f a
hmb of a tree-under ivhich helaj^asleep.^-i-L'
Mr. Bradford French, of NorthvilW; Moptgo- 1
mery co. was also v so badly woundedVby.a r Iike
accident, on the 12th, that he died ""ma few

days — A coloured rrian^ belonging to the

sloop Bright Phcabus; of Huntington, SuUivar*
oo. fell from the Pier, opposite Alban>, on the
loth inst and was drowned.— r^- A- lad, nailed
Samuel Doolittlfe, eleven yeaKs of age, fell juto
the lock at the httfe basing jil 'Albany,- on Wed-
nesday last, and \W drowned. , , A boat»
with a fishing party of eight porsonsron Lake
Shoreham, Vt.. capsized on the 3Jst ultv and
two of the number w^i-e •flroivn0d;^----^The
barn of Mr., George M^Parlahd/ of Jackson,
Washin^ri-eo; was -struck witb^lghtning on
S iturday week, arid- consumodv together With a
span of horses and other property,— ±-.&h <tiie
same day the house of*. M< : . Tihbn^.'.Newbucy-
prfrt, Mai5s.. was strd.ck with lightning r aud one
of his children killed'.: Another ohjld was burnt
in the face, ana ; in fl ejder!y Jadyfs cloihes were
burnt — ■ — The Quebep Grfzette> denies the
story of sixteen, men being d[rowned-on. a jraft '
near Three Rivers; — -Thel marvellous Vtory .
of the Soa Sorpent being-seen! upon a wreck,
has been centradictod in the 1« Times;" - That
naper states that novsuch vessel as the 1 Quebec
Trader has sailed from Rhode-Island within the
last tdn years.^ — —Potter, the ventriloquist,
has been fined 400 dollars by the authorities of
Providence, for ^exhibiting 1 his featsof skill
without a license.— A writer in the •Mornih*
Courier states, that ' 5,292 dogs parsed and re-
passed 'a. window in Broadway, between Uie
hour3 of 6 A. M. and half past-seven p M -^~
Two carmen were fined ten . dollars each, for %
overturning a hoarse in Albany. They were
running a race for amusement--^— T»»? whale^
mentioned in outlast as being seen iu the ri-
ver at Por tsmouthv has been taken. : Some sup-
pose it to be the Sco Serpont^thafhas aston-
ished the natives for years pastvi In'tbia

cityj ! there arc forty-four fire-engine's in goo4
orderj five hook- and ladder trucks ; 'upward* .
of eleven thousand feet of»hpse,< and tbirt^n
hundred aud forty-eight fiien^en.--~^A fjoel
livings Fund Society has been established - in
Philadelphia.---- About 1 1 o'clock oh Mbitfay
evening, a fire broke out in a small fratne
building in Garden-street, opposite the Ex-
change Buili|ing8 t which, wasi destroyed.;' , The
"lower pait of the hoiise was occupied as a tav-
'^rn.— ^The , City Inspector ijeports^he death,
of 7\ pelrspns during the week ending on- -Sat-
urday, the ? 6th iDst. yiz: 25 men, 11 women,
15 boys, and 20 girls; .. .

MARRIED, ( ■
, In.-Trpy, by the Rev. J. 8 tdel, <ftfr. Sttpkt*
Myers, to Miss Harriet Johnson) both of Al- ■

b'any. • " . .-

ALMANA.C-

JUNE.

8vn
1 Rises,

&> Monday . ; .
fyi Tuetday, . ,

27 ' '.Wednesday!:
29 Thursday, ;

A 32;

m

4&

II

00

rnosf TiiK lambs' albc*.
« W* kaih npt.words wherewith to tent

The sou! of agony, ,
When every p<ng of fe/mg b /««.,
Burns mike averted eye .
We met as youths will eve* meet,
Ere tU^ir warm feelings die v
■ Or cold nfgloct. or dark deceit,
H»ve chSl'd love'. bcammg eye!

Like waves that meet, in un,B0 "> ,
Tims did our souls become as one!

- And trortedltbaVoat lot would be,
Still on through future years,
To share each other's sympathy,
In siinshine.or in tears ! t
Nor deem'd I then Time 0 changing wing
Could make thy love a worthless thing.

But where is now the happiness

Which I have felt with thee ?
Toy eyes bright glance— the fond caress,

In thought still dear to me !
Gone !— yes !— and I am desolate.
Yet must not love— and cannot hate .

We parted-Knot as those should part;

Whoe'er knew love like this,
Which mingles mind, and soul, and heart,

In one bright dream of bliss ! .
Creating in! this vale df sighs,
An amaranthine Paradise I

Nor yet as (those should port who km3|
Unto 0110 God in prayer; (

And in thai! sweet communion felt .j«v
His blessed presence there!

For heavenly ties aro firmer still ■

Than those! of man's own earthly will.

Alas ! alas! for us-^that sin,
! Like tbe| fell Upas tree,

Should taint the spot where love hath been
' Cherished in all its purity !

And sever those who could have died ,
' Bather than part, for aught beside *

• STANZAS. •

JIT B. H. , H I LPIT.

My life ?s like the summer rose,

That opens to the morning sky,
iBut ere the shades of evening closer
. j Ig scatter'd on the ground to die,
, Yet oil the rose s humble bed,
The sweetest dew of night are shetf,
As if "she wjept such Waste to see,
But no e shall we p a tear for me.
My life is tike the Autumn leaf,

That trembles in the moon'* pole i&y,
I Its hold is frail, its date is brief,
i Restless! and soon to pass away !
Yet e T or that leaf shall fall and fade,
The parent tree shall mourn its shade,
; The winds; bewail the leafless tree,
! But none shall breathe a sigh for me.
i My life is like the prints, which feet
Have Ml on Tempe's desert strand;
Soon a* the rising tide shall beat,
All trace will vanish from the sand;
; let, as if grieving to efface, <
All vestige of the human race,
On that lone shore loud mourns the sea,
; But none. ;alas ! shall mourn for me.

Nelson's Steersman.— When the baggage
of Lady Hamilton was landed at Palermo,
Lord Nelson's coxswain was very active in
conveying it to the ambassador's hotel. Lady
Hamilton observed this, and presented the
jnan a moidore, saying, " now, <my friend,
what will you have to drink?" "Why, please
your honour, (said the, coxswain) I am not
thirsty." But, (said he-' ladyship) Nelson's
steersman must drink ijvith me, so what will
. you take, a dram, a glass of grog, or a bowl
. if punch?'* " Why (said Jack) as I am to
drink with your ladyship's honour, it would'nt
le good manners $0 be 'backward. ?o I'll take
the dram now, and will bo drinking tlfe glass
of grog,, while your ladyship is nuxjng the
glass of punch."

An Irishman inquired at the Boston JPoBt-
JOffice, if there were
* your tijame, sir," said

any letters .for him-
the clerk. "That you
•will find; upon thi letter," replied Pat.

11 1 Hvje in Julia's ey<jsj" said an affection-
Ate dandy in Colman'g hearing. "I don't
wonder !at it! (replied! George) since I ob-
served she had a stye in them when I saw
^erlast!"

A "Wife's Occupation.—" The wive'soecu-
r .p iion is to;mafce heir husband and herself
some clothes, io make blaukettes andicouer-
lettes, t j> wash e and wrynge, to'wynowe all
manner of comes, [gram] to make malte, to
mskt; heye, to helpe t|jie husband to fyll the
doting* cart, drive the ploughe, to Ipade heye,
coma, akidsuche otherl To go to market, to
sei butter, chese, my^ke, egges, chekyns,
J*«D/,es.j py?ges, gese. and all maiiner ol
fimes."— MhherbtrP^lSH.

Louis ^-Oliver NainareV* popular ftttd
energe^ preacher, of the reign of Louts XI.
att^ked the, vices of the court m h iMertnons
and did not spare even the kitig himsejfv who
taking offence at it, sent the priest word*,
that if he did* not change his tone, be ^ould
have hiin thrown into the Seme. 1" The
King,; (replied Oliver,) is tlie ; master: to, do
what he pleases; but teli - him that J shall
reach Paradise by, water, sooner than $9 wUl
with his post-horses." (The estabhshmeht of
travelling post" was instituted by LjOUM AM
This bold answer' at once, amused and inti-
midated the King for he! let the priest con-
tinue, to p.each as he pleased, and what ho
pleased.,

A I shopkeeper at Doncaster had by his
conduct obtained the name of * the little ras-
cal.? Being asked why this appellation had
been given him, he replied, 4 to distinguish
me from the rest of my tiade,, who are all
great rascals.' 1 '

As the two sexes in ancient Greece had
but little communication with each other, and
a lover was seldom therefore favoured with-
an opportunity of making known his passion
to his mistress, he used to discover it by in-
scribing hdr name on the, walls of hia-house,
on the barks of the trees, in public walks, or
m the leaves of books. It was Customary al-
so for him to deck the doors of the house
where his fair one lived, with flowers and
garlands'; to make libations before it, and to
sprinkle the entrance with the same liquor.—
Garlands were of gr eat use among the Greeks
in the affairs of ToVe. When a man united
his garland, it was a declaration of having
been subdued by that passiop : arid where a
woman composed ; a garland, it was a tabit
confession of the same thing.

Pleasure is seldom found where it is sought.
Our brightest blazes 6f gladness are com-
monly kinged by unexpected sparks. The
flowers th'et scatter the 'sweetest odours in
the path ofiifo, generally grow without cul-
ture, from seeds sown by Chance.

Sir Benjamin Wrench was a celebrated
physician about a. century .ago, in Norfolk.-i-
H is fee at that period was two guineas, a
proof of the estimation in which he was held.
On one occasion, having received but a sin-;
gle guinea, he asked for a candle, it was
noonday and began to search the room: be-
ing asked what he was looking for, he. said,
he " believed he had dropped a guinea."—
The patient took the hint, and completed the
usual. sum.

Air of Ireland?- -Lady Carterj.t, wife of the
Lord Lieut, of Ireland in Swift's time,. said
to him one day, ' The air in , this country is
very good. 1 Swift fell on his knees arid said,'
1 PorGod's sake, Madam, don't say so- in En-
gland— They'll most certainly tax it.

At a party in Philadelphia not long ago, was
ayoung lady . from B— — — - . In the course of the
evening, conversation became 'slack, and a pause
for a few moments became unavoidable. A gen-
tleman broke silence by observing, "awful pause."'
The poor girl, who thought the .observation was
meant for her, spoke up rather. partly ; " Well, I:
guess you would .have, awful [paws-, too, if you
should wash and scrub ai much as I do." — Phuad;
Album. : i ■ ■< ■

Seasonable Indulgence.— In an advertise-
ment f6r a young gen leman who left his pa-
rents, it is stated, that " ifihaster Jacky will
return to bis disconsolate parents he shall no
more be. put upon by his sister, and shall' be
allowed to sweeten his own tea."

Bonaparte's Economy.— Napoleon, . in the
zenith of his glory, had his Stockings darned,
and even grafted. We have in our po ses^
siori his tailor's and bootmaker's bills : there
are charges for new cuflh and eollars, and
fdA soleing and heeling his boots.— Lon. pap.

New TVfcfc-rSebasjiftn Zamet, a rich gen-
tleman in Paris, desired the notary,' who drew
up his daughter's contract of marriage, to
style liim " Lord of seventeen thousand
crowns." ' - 1

On Extempore Prrachink— Dr.; Puller, a
witty -divne'i 'obseryes^tbat he would rather
entertain hia people with, wholesome cold
meat, which was laid on. the table before,
than that which is hot froo i the spit, raw or
half-ro. sted.

A Travelling Accident— J 1 crooked ffentle-

JBeaurv^Seauty, ias the flowing bl^som,] ECONOMY IS NOT PAKSl MOtfY. •
iooh fad.is; but the divine excellency, of tho^ S. MOLLEKTON & J. ROBlN^Of^
tniiid, like the medical virtues of the plant, t TAlLOrtS and (Clothes Dresser^ respect-
remain in it,*, when all tfee charms are with- 1 ^)\ y Rn hounce, '-that ^^they have 'enteredinto part-
ered. ^ • ! | 1 nership, and have opened ah establisbrnent at No.

1 ■ j- u ■ |5L Broad-street, (threo doors abova Beaver rf.)

NOTICE. ■ ' ! wltero they respectfully solicit a continuance ^

A DINNER will' be brepared at No. 56, that patronage wh/dh; they have heretofore enjoy. -
Wall-street, on the Fifth bf Jur-v. Brethren do- ; «d, and wheh it Will \*e Ibeir study to continue W
Birous of attendirig, would confer a particular fa- : merit by pumctuaUty and superior workn»Mh.p
"oS by senmh^m their tiames soon; | Gentlemen's Clothing made to order, ,n the

Tickets,. S2, can be had of the subscriber. No. newest fashions Gentlemen^ and Ladies G V;
4(5 •WUIiam street RIQHAIID AUGUSTUS. . m«nts, Habits, and Mantlw, dressed^nd repaired

New-York, Jurio 20, 1837."

.•4 . '. UNION |. INN. • •

35 Leonard-street near Chape l-sreet
C. BOYER "returns l|is sincere thanks for
the Very liberal encouragement which he has re-
ceived since the opening of tho above Establish-
ment ; and I hopes to *irier|t a continuance of the
same, by, paying; strict attention to the wishes and
comforts of his patrons. 1
Ne.v -York, June 14th, 1^27.

NICHOLAS JP1ERSON,
Rebpictitlly informs the Pflople of Co-
lour, that his MEAD GARDEN, No 13, Delan-
cey-'street, was opened on [the evening of the first
of June, for the] accommiidalion of genteel and
respeciable persons of colour.

No admittance for' unprotected fomales.
. ' New-Ypr,k, June 1st, jltt27. .13

OBfiAP CLOTHING- STORE,

M. 21«, .South, Sixth-Street, Philadelphvi.
1 THE Subscriber respectfully returns Wb
sincere thanks to his friends and the public in
general, for their favor and patronage. He

with despatch, and in the best manner.

All orders thankfully received and punctually
attended to.

iCTMRs, Mollebton can accommodate from bib
to eight Gentlemen Hoarders.

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,
Under St. Philip's Church, is . nojw ready for the
admission of Pnpils.
IN this school will be taught
BEADING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR,) GEO-
. GRAPHY; with the use of
Maps and Globes, and
• HISTORY.
. Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.

Reference. — Rev. Peter Williams, Rcvi James
Varick, Rev. S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul,
Rev. William Miller.

New-York, March 34. 1

DISEASES CURED.
THE Piles. Dysentary,»il ^intlsof Wounds,

22? Vr APP'A nn,l tv hoth thc toe nail8 ' for «PP««ioVi of the lungs, Felons,

ARIMG APPAREL of superior quahty, both fiatuIa and th(J w ^ f ■ ma(J d , tf a ^ pHcatio J

.andsecond-handed. Where customers will be . . . . . , . h ■ . «' . vv _

JAMES LAW,
FIRST RATS COAT DBESSER,

. l77 K mXiar^$tre)it y Nm-York y
: CONTINUES to cleknse and dress Coats,
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls, in
the neatest possible manner. ' He also makes, al-
ters and repairs Gentlemen's Clothes, to their en-
tire, satisfaction, .and upojn the most reasonable
terms. j

*^..His. ( modo of dressing clothes is by steam
spdS'd'iso, which ho has followed with much suc-
cess for several y*ears past! ; All kinds of spots or
stains are extracted, 'and the cloth restored to;the
appearance of new; 'and this he engages to per-
orm without any injury to the- cloth, and at least
cqual io any thing.of the kind done in this or any
other city of the- United States.

MayS.. 9— 3m

be- made within twelve hours, by

SARAH GREEN, Indian Doctr ess,
* 12 21 Collect-strcet. •

informs them, that he continues to ke^atoo an(J ^ , - ^ for ^ . .
a|sortmeut_ of ^G.eiitlenaon REiH . , , . « „ , - . .c .

new .,„.._ ------ ■-— --

accommodate'd at the cheppest rate, and in hand-
some style. He also informs Families and private
Gentlemen, who have secdnd-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price, and
ready sale for their goods, !by applying to
■■; DANIEL PETERSON,

. , JVo. 218, Smith Qixth-st. Mniudelphia.
; . N., "B. Tayloripg carried 911 in its various
branches, and on Ihe cheapest terms.

" BEAUTY AND ECONOMY.".
UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND
STEA1VS tfPOWGI WO,

, JOHN 11. SMITH,
JVb. 122 JVbrth-Third-st. (above Race,) Phi
ladetphia,

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
neral,: . that he still . continues at the abovu place
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's Coats,
Pantaloons, &c. on a different, plan from that of
the Dyers, having a composition for so doing,
which enables him to dress Clothes so as to leave
their appearance ■ equal to new. He restores
Seams, '&<s7 to their original dolour when worn
white, and^will warrant them to wear thrco months
after dressing, and then can be re-dressed. Also,
Ladies' Habits and Merino shawhy in the neatest
mariner anjd, dpon.the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble !ter/ns; ; jBeing legally bred to the business,
ud possessing a : competent knowledge of Dress
ing ! and , Cleaning Cloths by -Steam Sponging.,
which is the only complete manner of effectually
removing^ the stains caused from, grease, .tar,
paints, &e. he needs only a trial) to afford bim an
opportunity of giving satisfaction.

Nr B. Si S. constantly , keeps on hand New and
Second handed Clothes of every description, which
he' assures the public will be sold as low, if not
lower than at any! other establishment in the Uni-
ted States for cash or barter. Gontlemon wishing
to purchase would find it niuch to their interest to
call.as above, audjexaininej for themselves.
; ETThe highest price given for Gentltmcn'a
clothes ' " T '•

CT TAILORING WORK carried on. and
ClotjiesTepaired.-r-New Cuffs, Collars and Buttons
put <mji'if. requisite. He ! keeps on hand, Cloth,
Velvet, and Silk of ail colours, for

April 20, 1827,'

r doing up s

* • LOTS WANTED. •

TWO LOTS, or the rear of two lots, where
there is any convenient communication with the
^sireejt t are wanted, for the erection of a Presby-
map, on his arrival at Bath, was asked by^terian. Church The location must, be between^
another what place he hajl travelled from, Reed r and Spring, Hudson and Orange ,stre4»ti.-4
- •» «••-•• « OriC lot within the above bounds, 25 f^|^ir~"

" I c ini'e rfra^ from. Lon |pn,V replied he. Qn* lot w.tbin the «b
« Did you sol" (said the >ther,) thett JW b ^S5<?Tr
hay, : ; <-

March ^ ■ ;-- M

LAND FOR iSALE.
THE subscriber ii?" authorised to offer to hi
Coloured brethVenj 2,000 Acres of excellent Lani;
at less than one half its value, provided they wi
take ^measures to sett le, 01' have it settled, by c
loured farmers. The land is in the state of Nev
York, within 70 miles- of the city : its location
delightful, being on the banks of the^Delawa
river, yith an opon navigation to the city of. Pf
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delawt
to the Hudson riVer 'passes. through the tract,
pening a direct navigation to New-York cit^ ^

rtasBage to either city may be made in one day
csS: . The land is of the best quality, and w
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his "brcl
ron, who ore capitalisU, will at least invest 500
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will tai
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased f
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though .
has been soiling for $25. He also takes the liberl
to observe tbat the purchase will be, safe and ai
vanlageous, and he thinks such a settlement, forh
ed by coloured families, would bo conducive c.
much good : With this object in view he will us-
vest 50u dollars in the purchase

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New-York, March 20.

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ADTHORISliD AGENT8.

C. Stockbridgej Esiu No'rthlferraouth, Maiat. ',
Mr. Reuben Ruby,,Portland, Me.
« David talker, Boston^ i
Rev. Thomas Paul, do. - .
Mr. John Remond," Salem, Mass. .
" George C. Willis, Providence, R, I,
u Isaac Rodgersi New London, Conh. f;
«• Francis Webb, Philadelphia. 9 . ' \ ■
" Stephen Smith, Columbia, Peon. ' ' ' -
Messrs. R. Cooley &iChs. Hackett, Baltimoh ;
Mr. John W. Prout, Washington, D. C. 1 ?
Rev. Nathaniel Paulj Albany. ' . - K

:*Mr. Theodore S, Wright, Princeton, N. J.
ftPfa Jamea Cbwes, NewtBrunswick»NJ. V-
; *-"«v. B. F; Hughes, .Newark, N. J.

(r. W. R. Gardiner} Port-au-Prince, Ha*
;#Mr. Austin Steward^ Rochester.'
,.:Mt Paul P Williams, Flashing, Li I t ;
:|ir. Loonard.Scotl,NTr«ntoh, Nii. .

CORNISH & IltfSSWURMy)
Bditors and Proprietors. • j

•From th* New-York- ObstMr.
AN APOLOGY FOR PHARAOH.

Haying often heard Pharaoh;- censured fot
enslaving the Hehrews-r having Qften' beard
the expressions, " Egyptian slavery,'^ Egyp-
tian pondage," " : . Egyptian oppression,'?, as
well aV 4 Egyptian darkness," uscd,rfit'caine
into my mind a fcjv days since, to > examine
what kind of bondage the Hebrews were held
in, and what excuses. Pharaoh could: have
made to himself, f>r such , a course towards
that people. The Result of«my inquiry, was
rather surprising to myself; and led me to
make 'spine remarks on the ease, under the
. above ti.tle. : •

Let me not, however, te misunderstood.'? I
do not mean to justify the conduct of Pharaoh
towards Israel. My apology is not absolute,
hut comparative. I object to;the practice of
representing the slavery of Israel astfie har-
dest ever endured;' and of Pharaoh as the
most unjustifiable of all slave-holders. It is
jiot correct. And the people of this country
where slavery is tolerated, . and especially
slave-holdors, would do well to borrow their
proverbs respecting slavery and oppression,
from a different quarter than, ancient Egypt.
If I am not mistaken,, the two facts can be
fully made out, from the . Hebrew account of
their bondage ;— .

1. That it was not os hard as several kinds of
modern slavery. •

2. That Pharaoh not only had more'plausi-
ble, but better reasons for his course, than
many modern slave-lmlders have.. In proof
of the first, we adduce the following facts :

1. -The Hebrews were allowed to live se-
parate to. themselves, and retain their own
manners, customs and 'religion. i Ex. ix. 26.
They formed a community 7>y themselves.— "
Their slavery was rather political than persP-

■ nal. TJiey were held, as public, not, as pri-
vate property. The labor exacted from them
was for the benefit of the state, rather than
cf individuals. Ex. i, 9 — H.

2. They were not bought and sold,' trans-
ferred from hand to hand, arid removed from
place' to place, as caprice or profit .might dic^
tale. They formed family .connexions as they
pleased, which were not broken in upon. The
education and management of thek own chil-
dren were left to themselves : and ; ail the
endearments of the domestic circle were un-
touched ; the temporary attempt- to destroy
their male children excepted, which 'we will
notice presently.

3. They remained' where they wore first
-f ettled, in. the best part of the land of Eg v pt.
Gen. xlvii. 4—11. Ex. ix.- 26. ; .

4. They not only were allowed to retain
the property which .thpy brought into Egypt,
but greitly increased it during their stay.—
Gen. xv. 14. Ex. xii. 38.

5. They lived well, by their own confes-
sion; — so much so, that they afte/wards la-
mented the loss of their good living ; and had
like to have returned to slavery for the sake

' of it. Ex. xvi. 3. Nnm..xi. 4-^6.

G. They were made to labpur; but their
^reat increse is against the notion thattheir
kbour. was so very oppressive; as some sup-
pose. Ex. i. 9—14. , Experience proves that
oppressive ( labour, especially |on the, part of
females, ope fates against; a* groat increase.
But the increase of the Hebrews, while in
Egypt, is' the greatest I know of.

7. It does not appear that Jjfce.y wereshu.t.
out from' any of the' common modes xf . im-
provement and education^ The' various worlds
performed, as spinning, weaving, andeipbrpU,
dery riti wood and! iron ; in goldi silver, and
brass ; even tothe cutting and setting of dta-
mohde, with many other things connected
with the ejecting of the Tabernacle, prove a
very considerable knowledge of theorhameiH
tal, Us well as useful arts. ExJxxxy. — xxxix.
chap. Num. 'vii. The direction to write, parts,
of their law upon their ; door posts and on
their gates, (Deut. xi. 10—20,) se etas' clearly
to imply that the great mass Of the people,if
not all, e^ould read and wnlc.&iThe notice of
writing the name's of officers, (Num. xi. 26,1
of writing the law on pillars, (Deut. xxvii. 3,)
of describing the land in a book, ( JoshTra v|ii.-
3*2,) of the king's writing out; a copy oif^t^,
law for his own use, (Pent. xvii. l&jtel agfeft
with the opinion that reading and writing
were. common among that people. :

8. The attempt.to destroy their' mole chil-
dren, was' the 'darkest feature jiri the : 'caee;--^
}Ve shall have occasion to refer to this again,
*a. noticing PharijabY pscus'ee and reasons,

In trjis place I must lOtice, that the whole
facts of the case favour the Optpiion that the
ntmiber destroyed rausi have beeri very small;
The attempt 5 to effect it through the imdwives
totally failqd.s The attempt , to drown thorn,
appears to have laste 1 'but a short time.' 1 i
Was not, we may infei, in »operatidn at the
birth of . Aaron ^as nothing is said about a
difficulty in saving him Mos^s was but three
years younger,; Ex. v i. 7«: It w^ in. force
at his birth. Ex. iii 2, 3, A> three months
; old he was cast out, ah< i immediately rescued
and adopted by the dan jhter of -Pharaoh. No
ptht^r case is particularly mentioned. From
,Acfs vii, 50, it seems probable*; some others
were cast out, •; In all probability, the. samd
sympathy <which led , I haraoh's 1 daughter to 1
sa ve ; and adopt Moses, led ;i h.er totprevoil on
her father to abandon tliecruel pract|ce. VVe!
can jndeed hardly cone si ve of her indulging
the full tide of female d irf maternal Mndness
for the infant . Aloses, arid not imake ; an effort
;to spye others from the watery grave; from
; Which, she rescued hip . ^ That :it..afas aban-
doned -?4hat but few were destroy.ede-I think'
.nearly certain, from the facts thabthere were
i600,QOO. men cotempQrarie3,.wi.lhi Mpse.s when
they left Egypt, and that the number of Is-,
raelites immediately a tor leaving Egypt,
(Ex. xii. 27,) compared vitli tlieir. number <ni
entering Egypt, (Gen. tlyL.27*). only* about
2315 years before, show that, they doubled in
less than every fifteen , j ears— an unusual in-
creasy. The : above s atement,. we. -think,
proves that Egyptian, slavery was much mild--
et- than ha* been often practised since, and rs
npw practised by a good m any 0 whb* ^profess'
Christianity. ' N '... = r ;

. The following facts, drawn the> He-
brew records, will .show, we think, that Pha-
raoh had what he probably thought good-rea-
sons for holding tlmt people, in bondage ;~
reason? which at least \yill bear comparison
with what pasa for good reasons now : . .

1. The Hebrews werelreceived into Egypt
at a time of unexampledl scarcity when like
to perish' ; and were,; with, their flocks and
herds, supported free i of cost, (Gen. xly. 10,-
11,) while the Egyptians wlio, raised the grain
laid up in store, (Gen. xli. 34, 3#,) Jiad to sell
th^ir flocks, herds, and ;6ven themselves, for
food for their families. I Gen xlvii. 15— 24.
Wiiile tub obligation of Pharaoh to Joseph-
for his/oresight 'and ability, is fully admitted,
it is thought that some bounds, ought to be
set to the returns inn de . to him, and especial-
ly to his whole ki'ndredJ ,. His being made
Prime Minister, the cordial.welcome. given
to his family in their disjtress,--giving them
as a • jr esi.de nce ri the best' district in Egypt,
(Gen. xlvii. 1], supporting them from the pub-
lic stprps for about six years, (what they car-
ried to' Canaan cpst.theip npthiug,: as- Joseph:
returned their money,' Gen. xlii.'2o ^xliv. 1,.)
—and their prospc?ct .ofj a free trade : with
Egypt, with Joseph,, 'Prime :. Minister there,
might with some reason be . thought a pretty
liberal reward. Not many good, deeds get
better pay. •' j ; , , v .

2, At the end of. ^ie! famine, instead, of re-
turning to Canaan as .might naturally have
been expected, the, Hebrews continued to, oc-
cupy the land of Goshoiu .' Joseph, was un-
questionably a man of first rate/talents; {but
like ihodt of his race, he never forgot^that he
was aj Hebrew,; a pjd nev^ir lost an, opportunir
ty .pf advancing the iuter.cjsts of his own kjn^
drpd. -While Egypt .owed, much to him in
piany -respects, various, thjpgs^ were bo mana-
ged,, ( per ha ps ac c'identally.)'th atthe Hebrews
had . decidedly ' tli'e . adVai)tage, ; as'.to wealth,
ease, and -tlie ''.mean's. ^o^jjnpk>yement, over.the
Egyptians, V The .close of the, fa.mine found
•the Egyp.tiai/s^itH'olijt mppey, flocks pr herds;
pr even pers^ppai free^oiu; ..(Gen.- xlvii. 12^-
26 ;) and ;'un^er an engagement,, to givtvPha-
r|abh one. .fifth part of all th^ir produce. ,-■ On
the, other hand, tTfie. Hebrews tyere full-land-
ed,' had lest nothing, were th possession of
the best pi iVt of Egypt, and hid. under their
managemeiot ■■ the cattle of Pharaoh, (Gen.
xlvii. 6 , an i as all the cattle bf the Egyptians
had come ii ito 'Pharaoh'* a hands, the Hebrews
no ddubt received! a good portion of Pharaoh's
fimty in pay for hVa'nalgia^^tt^eia 1 ' -. fc».il Pjli'iirirdVjli.J.
They had full employment 'Vof . the vel-y 'Ikin.d:
tHey prefer* e'd; (Gep. %Wu S3, 34 ;) no marvel
they preferjr ed remaining;' Joseph continued
to dir*ect the affairs' of Egypt for about seven-
ty! years after the famine ; and v<re may \v"e.lj
suppose, tha t, with "the adyantageii* which' the'
Hebrews ei -joyed over the Egyptians, Uiey

must, as to comfort and wealth and improve-
ment have got a good deal beforehand. ? This
may not have been Much noticed at firitj ! but
it could not but excite notice at the time of
Joseph's -death, or. soon afterwards. A king
that ascended -the throne after the death- of
Joseph, saw ho w things were going, and shad
as much zeal about* the.-intbrests of his Egyp-
tian kindred, as Joseph had ior his Hebrew..
The case Was, however, one of peculiar dif-
ficulty^ Things had gone on so long, that it
was not easy to change; yet 1 many things
might naturally have, led Pharaolr to think a
change was necessary. Judging froid ;the
Hebrew records we .think it likely that Pha-:
raoh saw, or thought he did, that one o5 three
!br four things must take place. ' Either Ivlle
must expel the' Hebrews; or. 2. He must
^malga?.e>them with the Egyptians^ so as to
form a promiscuous- people ; or, 3. See his
own people made slaves! in their own coun-
try by the;Hebrew.s ; or, 4. Prevent that by
niaking slaves of them.
: To accomplish the first, might have been
no easy matter. It Would' in. alii probability!
have led to wan The Hebrews would have:
most likely called in the aid of the Edomites
pr;soine other of thoir kin, and the ruin ! of
Egypt might hare, folio wed; or,- if effected,;
Where could the Hebrews have gone ? They
had been out of Ganaantone hundred years!,'
There wasdittl.e probabilitythati tho'Canaan-!
ites swould allow them to return; -They would
^iiost likely^diave roved about on the bbrders
b/: Egypt,; and. made inroads for plunder. 1 - As-
to .;biending tbem with * the Egyptiarfs; and
forming them to thb same manners*&nd bus-
torn^ and • religion, this w.as' more 'difiicntt,
than the other. Nothing' is' ' ! hHrder/thap''to i
change the religion and ' Habitg'and ^rbj^diri
Ces - of a peojite^'IsraelV Hacl -now been >in>
Egypt above -a; hundr*edvyears. Joseph had-
married an Egyptian. -Yet the original; pre-
judices ;0f both nations, as well as their re-
ligious prineiplesj;were nearlyj if not ■■fully)'-
is much at variance 'as at the first, Geri..
xliii. 32; Ex. viii..'26; ^ Almost no intermarri-
ag s took place : :and as to religion, the one ',
\yas stilli'an aborninatibh to the other. To
think pf force, was idle.: Their prejudices,
religion, as well' as- their complexion, (the
Egyptians were-,-; Africans; black- ; .the \ He- ;
brews,\.from MesppOtamia, 'fair,) ' made the-
•thing hopeless. -Tq' ; expect-^Pharaoh to sit,
down ami contemplate a progress ! of 'things^
that tehde-i directlyii. as' he might naturally
suppose to a. struggle, and threatened the
loss of his throne, and the slavery of hisfpeo-.
pie, is* to expect more than -inbst' will real-
ire. The . only alternative, Pharaoh might'
easily, suppose^was to-prevent this^by adopt-.
i«g a new polidy towards that people.^'-TIe,
might easily persuadb;iliimself, thati-it^was
but fair, that »Israel should make some tctbrh
fbr a|h they> had • received for" above, orte • hun- ;
;dfe;d : -years; lie -may have thought'-hc'-Was
3/Jstifled in . gradimlly employing the Hebr6w v s v
in building cities; and in field laboifr; 5 »v,l>ile
he, raided the military character of -the Egyp-
tians, and rnade such puenarations as would
enable 5 him to' suppress any^bpposition to his'
plans.'. - :. .• • o ■•' ' '

>!'■■■. i -(Remainder in our next). ^
"f : - -««'©««.• •'•'■'•■ 'f

.'.'.;' ' TffE INllfolPERATE JlXISBANBi
From Mr'. r Clutflos Spraguo's Addrpss, deliverdd
[ ..ibefitre tho Ma6snchuiictts« Society lor suppress
' sing Intemperance. . , ,. • ' , . .

The epinmon calamities, of life inay^ be en*
dured, . Poverty, . sickness^ andif even death
may be mct-^ut' there is that" which, while
ij^ri»i&M)l:^ese ,w;tlt ,it,,is ^vor^e,thau<-aU :
these together. „ When the husbanp and* fa^-
tl\tft fdrgeid the-'du^ei'Ue ;; 'dnc^/dbHgh^d'-(to'
fiilfii^and by slow degrees bec'oroes the crea-
ture?of intemperance,- the')ev'enters' ! ifito his
house, the sorrow that v renda the^spiriti-t.hat
cannot be alleviated, Uiat will not be c6m-
foirted, ' ' ,■ ' ; : ; ";

• „.|Tt.U |iere 3 : above $l ? ^l£re. .8H0'»>wl»5 ^Hajs
vehtured every thing, fejelfe; tfet everv thipg
|i^ Ip!aU ! Woman, :,^^iii^ni^
'v&smjkn; here Ite^k-iofh'^tA^ai^f^

griefs are whispered to, herself, her bruised '•
heart, bleeds, in secret. There, while the
cruel author of ; her. distress is drowned in
distant revelry, she holds her golitary vigil,
waiting,- yet dreading his return, that will
only' wring from her by his unkindness, tears
even more o scalding than those she • sheds
over his transgrebBioni v To fling a deeper
gloom across- the present, inemory turni
back, -andi-brob^s upon the past. Like the
rec'ollectibb of 'the sun-Stricken pilgrim, of
the cool' spring that he. dtank at in the morn-
ingj the.jbya of other day* come over her, at
if only to mock! her parehed and weary spirit. ..
She recals ; the ardent Ipyery whose gtaces
won' he> frbmj the t honie i'of her infancy— ihe
enraptured iatlier, whe bent with such de-
light over bis new-born children^rand she
asks if this< can really be him—this r sunken .
being, who has now nothing for her but the
sot's disgustirig brutality,— -nothing for those '
.abashed and tremblirig children, but the sot'i
disgusting example ! Cart we wonder, that
amid these agonising moments, the tender
cords of violated affectipn should snap asun-
der ? that; the..; scorned and deserted wife
•should confess,, ".there • is -ho killing like thai
which kills thejieart?" .that though it would
have been . hard for hereto kiss for; the last
lime .the cold lips of her dwd . husband, and :
lay his body 4 jfor eT;er in the duit, it is harder
tOrbehold him so debasingilife, that even his
dcatli Would be greeted in mercy ? Had he.
died in the light; of his goodness, 1 bequeath-
ing -to. his, family the inheritance of an untar-
nished name, the, exampte- of virtues that
should blossom for his ^ sons ,and .daughters
f r om e , tpra.b-^^

hiitterli |ndeed,v the tear? of grwef^would not
have bi^en the tears, of iih*us«. . But ta, he- •
rholdt jnin^falte;n i * i*'aVMfrfethe<. atation fo
once , adorned, de^rade^jfk^ni eminence to
ignominy-rr.at horne, tuini^gibis dwelling to
darkness, 'an4.Mfipiy,endea1riii'ents -to/isipcicr
ery— abroad f i ihrust irbmbihe ppmpanionship
of the. worthy,: a self-tbr*ndpd outlaw-r-this is
tho wo that the. wife febls/w more dreadful
than death ,-rthat she mourns oyer, asrwors*'
than widowhood !. -!;

THE INTEMPERATE.' FEMALE. ;
•Therefis-ye't'atibthet 'i^ictUire- "b^Hitt'd,* * ilrciiit • •
the exhibition bf which I *ould willin^rlj be
sp'arcdl V have ;^enttirdd %o point to those
who" dsjily force "then^lVes 'before the world,
but there ifrbnb iwhorii' thb ,'world does not
knb w J bf-^- vimo hide's herielf ' frbm ' prying
ey es, event in the .^biidj^'bsittsjis^b^haTyl'o^ her
domestic temple.- 'Sh'all^ daife^to rend the
veil that hangs oetweep: &nd'd*'*w°her forth?
— thp prie^t'ess r dyihg'amld'h^ s
^•the sacrifiber -abd the '• i 8lcHfic'0?/ ? (^:%eV
Compass sba and land/w^hrave 'danger : ahd
dcatlf, to •snatbrt^hb-rpobr'^icltim' 1 v 6f heathen
supcrstitibn^frpro trib Vurn
\vell— bupshyj'welinbi; also save the lovely
ones of 'bur 0 wri 'hbbsehbldi; iftbm immolating .
?bn' tins foui ! aitar,' i nbt bhiyW^eti'shlnf-oo^:'
'dy,*'bi.it alll'tbtf* ^'d^bi^^j^r^esi^f her sex
^the 'glorious attHbri^^^
irobdV " . ' 1 !

1 magihatibn's ^ophji^st'i^
ceived Umore' ; rbH^liinff !bbjbc^^^ that of
anyjfe and mbUier, 1 defiling iii mth%® per- •
son, Jfche l - fa^f cs|t; : U>drk- "of ' fibr 'God; and '.setting
at nought thk^hbly engagbme'nts for whicfi'
he ! created -' Keh 1 H^r hiisband-i-Wbb shall .
heighten - liis ' joyii, ; srVd ^ r dissipkte his cares,;

JMr|i^sTr^^ie:-,sjM't ^^^ace^^n4!^m»
blps'at th'esonhd of his voice? ; .^|ie'-, hearth
i-s jindeed- tlarkV that /,<? bas made desolatb.—
There, tbrbigb th»? dull -/uidnight hbur, her

delights

liht they are not her's:^ Her children) Who
shftirwatcb^

little knees indention, and ^ep^fctheir Sa-
viour's prayer ag«(inst » temptation ?" She,'
Who is herself temptation's" ^ fetiefed slave ?.
Thbse-, are } truly ; the' ihio^'eir%'r'iii^|«^.i > ^i
they are not hers. >\ Oon^nbis);Wi»5t9d-aft-
ter nal tendernesg blbbm. nb.longer for her, 4;
wbrni ; Ha? gpawed into her 5 heart ( that dies;"
only With -its prey^the 'Wor^ Jhfai^WwiW/';

From the Philadelphia

Gazette.

, TARDy^THElPIJlATJB.
• This man, it appears, has at itagth been
his own exec^iouer, after ^vp£been maiif

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FREEDOMS JOURNAL;

years on our coast, and in our cities,, plan*
iing, and executing Jiis black *rtd ..hclli8h
.deeds with all the coolness of a demon, and
after having been suffered by the mildness of,
our laws to escape the gallbwsj and repeat
his murders, when in many other Christian
countriesjie would long siuce have hung m
gibbets, ^and not oulybave been u solemn
warning to others, but, for any thing we
know, his early execution would have saved
hundreds of lives, and certainly .the eight
lives oh bourd the brig Crawford.

There is very little doubt that this same
Tardy was on board a schooner commanded
by captain Latham, bound from New- York to
Charleston, about the year 1815, ^nd after
poisoning the passengers, had the hardihood,
and address to have the deed charged to the
cook, who had always before borne an -ex-
iceUent character, but who wus arrested in
. Charleston on the schooner's arrival, was
tried, and circumstances made to appear so
against him, that he was condemned, and ac-
tually exedittd, persisting unto the last that
he was an innocent man, and knew nothing
of the crime for which he was to suffer. This
poor fellow was a*black man, and left a fam-
ily at the eastward— all those who knew him
where he belonged, believe in his innocence:
yet he was swung into eternity by the man-
agement of the guilty Tardyy?who had the
advantage of a white face to sacrifice the
black cook.

We next hear of Tardy on board the Bos-
ton packet 6chooner Regulator, then com-
manded by captain Presbury Norton. Tardy
took passage at Boston for Philadelphia, un-
der the title of Doctor Tardy, and, on the
passage, poison was again resorted to. Qne
evening, after supper, all in the cabin were
taken violently sick, excepting Tardy, who
had always declined using sugar from his
first going on board, (that, no doubt, being
part of his plan.) Tardy, acting as physician
on the occasion,' declared from the symptoms
that they were poisoned, and ail considered
„ his being on board a fortunate circumstance
as he was able to assist them, and actually
administered medicines, which were taken
freely. All began to recover, except a Ger-
man gentleman passenger, who died, and was
committed to the deep.
• The morning after the captain and passen-
gers were attacked, Tardy discovered arsenic
in the sugar bowl mixed with the sugar, and
immediatery suggested Ms suspicions of the
steward (another black man,) and after arri-
val in this city, the consignees immediately
had an examination into circumstances; but
from their own and the captain's knowledge-
of the steward they doubted his guilt, and af-
ter a strict and close examination they left
. him at liberty/ Tardy, however, persisted in
his pretended belief of the steward's guilt,
but said so much that he excited suspicions
against himself, and afterwards increased
them by a claim he made to have all the ef-
fects of the deceased German passenger, on
the plea that the gentleman had verbally giv-
en them to him just before his decease, in-
consequence of his attention to him. The cap-
tain did not feel authorised to deliver them to
Tardy, and applied to his consignees, who
positively refused to have them given up to
him, and were induced to set a spy over him,
who ascertained that he went with his bag-
gage to the Mansion House Hotel in Third-
street, where he remained that night and then
removed to an obscure house in North Water
street above Vine street. Here he did not
continue long, before he began to.lay another
plan of piracy, to be executed on board one
of the Richmond Packets, but a man in whom*
he had confided turned against him, and he
w;as betrayed before the vessel sailed ; and
was then arrested and' chrrged with the
crime on board the Regulator,' for which he
was tried and condemned to serve seven
years m Wai nut street Prison at hard labour.
There he was found to be very obstinate and
refractory and constantly issuing threats of
revenging himself when be should be relea-
sed, lie is said to have boasted among his
comrades that he had sent more v mep into
eternity than any convict who 'had ever been
in our penitentiary. After his discharge he
took passage in the brig Francis, for Savan-
nah, but as he was about to embark he was
recognized and immediate notice given her
owner, who very prudently bad ' him j and his
baggage put on shore. . We next Ihear of
Tardy in Charleston, (S.. C.) where he took
forcible possession of a pilot bpat ly ing in the
harbor, and with two blapks, u as jstbout to
put to sea on -a 'piratical expedition j jbut was
discovered, pursued and brought jptck, and
notwithstanding this aat and infontiition im-
mediately sent to the Mayor of Charleston,
of Tardy*s character and former crimes, we
now again hear of his most horrid and infer-
nal deed on board tbe^mg Crawford. How
he obtained Us liberty or. escaped the death
so often due to his crimes, let those who
have charge of the public safety, tell us.
JFardy was a Frenchman by birth, a mar^

of smitll^iie, darkcomplcxion,,about54 voir*
of age 5 p'his death ;- "Wore while on. board
the schr.-Regulator and at the time, he took
passage in the brig Francis a blue frock coat
and^geriefally carried a small cane; bad a
genteel appearance and good address; spoke
several languages; and was capable ',of. iorg-
ing any-papers he might find necessary.

He was a cold blooded pirate, and has un-
questionably; been guilty' of . and accessary to
ae many murders, as any .villain on record.—
The extent otihis crimes was only known to
himself; but sufficient is known by. us to
make us mourn. over the depravity of human
nature.. When a man can in cool blood mur-
der deliberately, and that while professing to
aid* a fellow being in agonies caused by him-
self (asirt the ca e' of 'the Germun passenger
in the Regulator,) or, after murdering, shift
the punishment due to himself on an innocent
negro, as ih the case ot Captain Latham, he
is guilty of crimes too black to be .believed,
were not the evidence too positive to admit
of doubt > ■ ;

Let those who have in charge the revision
of our criminal system reflect well how they
will dispose of such characters, and those in
authority be cautious how they extend their
pardon to such infernal beings.

THE GHOST & CONJUGAL AFFECTION.

. A TRUE STOR>.-

Mr. Samuel Fisher, the inventor of the
golden snuff box, was acquainted with a wi-
dow lady of excellent character, who resided
in Cork. This lady was inconsolable for the
deuth of her husband;' the day was spent by
her in sighs hnd.lameiitatieris, and her pillow
at. night was moistened with the tears of sor-
row. . Her husband, her, dead husband was
the constant theme of; her . discourse, and
she-seemed to live for no other object but to
recite his praises, and deplore his loss. One
morning, her friend Fisher found her in a
state of mental agitation, bordering on dis-
traction. Her departed love, she said, had
appeared to her in the night, and most, pe-
remptorily ordered her to enter .the vault
where his remains were deposited, and have
the coffin opened. Mr. Fisher remonstrated
with her on the absurdity of the idea; he
said the intensity of her sorrow had impair-
ed her intellect ; that the phantom Was the
mere creature of her imagination : and beg-
ged at least to'postporie to some future period
her intended visit to the corpse of her hus-
band. The lady acquiesced for that time in
his request; but the two succeeding mornings
..the angry spirit of her spouse stood at her
bedside, ant- With loud menaces repeated his
command. Fisher, therefore, went to the
sexton, and matters being arranged, the
weeping widow and her friend attended in
the dismal vault; the coffin was opened with
much solemmty, and the faithful matron:
stooped down and kissed the clay-cold lips of
her husband. Having reluctantly ported "from
the beloved corpse, she spent the- remainder 1
of the ; «day in i-ilent anguish. * On the suc-
ceeding' morning, Fisher (who intended to
sail for England on that, day) cnlled to bid
his afflicted 'friend adieu. The maid-servant
told him that the lady had hot arisen. "Tell
her to get.upV" said Fisher. " I wish togive
her a few words of consolation and advice
before my departure." " Ah, sir!" said the
■smiling girl, " it would be a pity to disturb
the new married- couple so early in the
morning!" " What new married cbqple?"
" My mistress, sir )(f was married last night."
" Married ! Impossible J" What, the lady
who adored her deceased husband, who was
nightly visited by his ghost, and who yester-
day so fervently kissed the- corpse ! surely
you jest!" " O, sir," said, the maid,' " my
late master, poor man, on his death-bed made
myjnistress promise that she would never
marry any man after his decease, till he and
' e should meet again; (whjch.the good man
no doubt thought would never happen till
they met in heaven;) and yon know, my dear
sir, you kindly introduced them to each oth-
er, face to face, yesterday. My mistress, sir,
sends you her compliments and thanks, toge-
ther with this bridecake to distribute among
your friends,"

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS,!

FOR TI|F. FREEDOM'S - ' JOURNAL. t '

From the Scrap-Book of Jlfricanus.
HAYTI.

.No. v. • : "

The fevents which occurred during .the
short reign of De-ssalines— th e division' of ( the.-
Islarid ; by Christophe and Petio.n— the tragi-
cal 'de^th^ of Ghristophe, and the lamented
one of! Petion— the union of the two govern-
ments under the energetic sway of Bpyer—
are events of ^o recent a date, and too well
known; to be'recorded more particularly. i .

The pVeseiit^bVernraent of Hiiiyti^ ^icni J »xe
dedjy Republican. lt,co»iBU^ of a.. Pre*i- ■ } he

dent, Senate and House of Pefluties. The
President is elected for life. \ Aliy citizen of
the ; Republic, who has attained his thirty-
fifth yearj is eligible. Each president has a
'■right' to' nominate his successor. This must
be done ih his 1 own hand writing, sealed and
addressed toihe Senate. It is then deposited
in a box, locked with two different keys* one
of which remains with him, and the other
the senate: thie box can never be opened
till after the vacancy of the presidency; The.
senate can then reject, or'adthit the -person
proposed; but in cases of rejection, they m^st
proceed^ithiu twenty-four hours to the ehW
tiori of a president; whose duties are, to
command the sea and land forces — to appoint
all civil and military officers— to make pro-
vision for all that relates to the internal and
external security of the Republic— to con-
clude treaties of alliance or commerce with
foreign powers* as well 'as, to declare war,
He is allowed a salary of $40,000 per
num.

The Senate is composed of twenty-four
members, who are appointed by the House of
Deputies for a term of nine years. Every
citizen, thirty years of age, and not holding
a commission in the army or navy of the Re-
public, is eligible. They can never be taken
from the members of the house then on duty
—cannot be re-elected, except after an in-
terval of three years— rhave the right of sanc-
tioning or rejecting all .treaties of peace or
commerce made by the president with for-
eign powers, as Weil 'as declarations of war-
decree what sums ought to be appropriated
to each pa/t of the public services, from the
budget presented by the secretary— have a
right lo [assemble by proclamation a Supreme
Court, and pronounce on accusations admit-
ted by the; Legislature, whether against its
own members, or v the president of Hayti,' or
any other public officers. They receive an
annual compensatiou of sixteen hundred dol-
lars.

;The House of Deputies consists of three
members from Port-au-Prince ; two from the
principal city of |each department ; and one
from each county; It is their duty to enact
laws and regulations — to form and maintain
the army — to determine the value, weight
and' stamp of coin—to establish the standard
Of measures and weights — to lay public tax-
es, determine their nature, the mode, and the
quota of collection ; and, finally, to enact all
necessary laws: to enforce the execution of
the powers limited and appointed by the
constitution. Every citizpn, who is a free-
holder, and twenty-five years of age, may
be chosen as a Representative for a term of
five years. 1

The Judiciary is an independent' branch of
Government, they can be divested of noth
ing which the law assigns them, by any corn
mission — cannot be removed, but for gross
misconduct in their administration of the
laws, legally proved ; nor suspended, but by
a well grounded accusation.

The Army of the Republic is divided into
National Guards under poy, which amounted
previously to the treaty wkh France,, 'to 46*,-
000 ; and the noli embodied national guard,
or militia;'' The latter are all unifo'rmed,.and
train om e every throe months : they are not
obliged 'to go out of the limits of the different
parishes, except in.cases of imminent dan-
ger; and, when so ordered, are under pay..
Every citizen, who aspires to commund, must
rise from the ranks. •

The cause of Education ha3 always re T
ceived firm support from the Executive of
Hayti. Common Schools are established,
and supported by government in the different
towns: private Seminaries are also numer-
ous, in all the larger cities— education is al-
most at' every man's door, and nothing is
wanting but a spirit of application. A Mil-
itary Academy is. established at Port-au
Prince, under able^professors, and the imme-
diate eye of the president. Besides the ad-
vantages of education, which Hayti offers;
many of her distinguished citizens have en-
joyed a liberal education in Franco and other
parts of Europe : the Consequences of which
are, that in Huyti, where many expect noth-
ing but ignorance, we find' men skilled in the
different arts and sciences, who would be ah
honour to any country. There are f>ur print-
ing presses at least on the. is! and, from which
two'weekly papers., and one monthly maga-
zine are; issued at ithe Capitol, one at Cape
iinyjien, arid one at Stv.Domingo city.

The Government is firmly established : the
rights of citizeniand foreigners are respect-,
ed; and in ho quarter of the globe, are crimes
less frequent.. ^Phe police over the island is
excelle tit ; and so secure do the citizens con-
sider themselves and property, that many ne-
ver close their doors during the night ;The
recent riegociatibri of a loan upon as favora-
ble tends as any of the. old Eurppean powers,,
demonstrates that {he great capitalists of Eu«'
rope con/sider the government as permanently
fixed. Frats tfius far, all ' tend to provethat

presc qjti. ruler qX Hayti is aj jjpn of ' con*-

siderablelritellect and great energy. Under
his administration, Hayti has nothing to fear
from into rna! or external foes.
, The Haytiens the, French language ;
their manners and domestic economy, partake
fhuch of the same style. They are a brave
and generous people ; kind and hospitable to-
stran^ers, and polite in their daily intercourse,
with each other. Tbe Philanthropic- Socie-
ty embracea all the chief officers of the Go-
ferment and army, and the most distinguish-
ed citizens— its branches spread over the is-
land. They are the Howards ■ of Hayti.

Fort THE FREEDOM'S JOtfKff.U,.

St RIO US THOUGHTS.

" If ye love mt, keep my commaudment$, ,T
is a Divine injunction. But, alas! how few
are: willing to be influenced by it. The pre-
cept, " as ye would men should do to you, da
ye even so to them " is known to be neglect-
ed, abused \ni despised. More than half a
century ago, the different States of this great
Confederacy, combined in publishing that
ever-meniorabie jlocument (the Declaration
of Independence*) in which all men are de-
clared to be born free and equal ; and they
pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their
sacred honour, to support the principle. Vet,
strange inconsistency, after the lapse of so
many years of light and improvement, the
very same Confederacy continue to hold
more than a million and a half of their breth-
ren in the most cruel ' bondage. And even
the few, who have escaped the iron fetters,
find their freedom to consist rather in name,
than in reality: a prejudice at war, with ac-
knowledged equality, and as unwise, as sin-
ful, deprives them of the privileges of free-
men.. Tell it not in America, publish it not
in the streets of our cities, lest Mahomedahi
Turkey bring us into reproach, and make u*
a hissing and a by- word.

When such reflections lead iis to contem-
plate the Eternal as a "jealous God, visit-
ing the sins of the fathers -upon the children:,
unto the third, and fourth .-generation," «•©
tremble- for our country. -

How long will this nation continue to sin .
against light and knowledge?' How long
will the sons of the Pilgrims, turn a deaf ear
to the ciies of oppressed humanity ? And the
creatures of God, who are but as grasshop-
pers in his sight; and. whose duration is but
as a moment/ keep up distinctions, and in-*
dulge in prejudices, against their brethren,,
merely because God has made them of a. •
darker'hue ? Shall the example and efforts
of the Philanthropists ever go unheeded, and
these dark features of our' national policy,
continue to render our Fourth of July, to a(t
partieSyO, more fit day Of mourning, than re-
joicing!! Americans, let us remember the
dealings of God, to other nations: National
sins, have always been followed by national
calamities.

" Sin." in very deed, " is a REPROACH
to any people." ,

CONSISTENCY.

Fon the freedom's journal.
The Day is fast approaching, when this
great Statu will free itself, from the reproach
Of holding their fellbvy-men in bondage. This'
event-is a matter of joy arid thanksgiving, to'-
the real friends of freedom, in all parts of
the world. It. affords a lively and convincing
proof that the spirit of the ,age is hostile to
the doctrine, that all men are not born free
and equal ; and, we trust, that this'noble ex-
ample of patriotism will bp. followed by those
other sfates, whose Annals are marred by.
the foul blot of slavery.

The present, is an age of improvement, of.
great and increasing improvement. The" film
that covered men's eyes, and blinded their
vision, has disappeared, before^ the light of
truth.jThe attainment of knowledge is^.withv
in the reach of the poor and simple, 'as well
as the great and wealthy. And in this en-
lightened state of the world, slavery cannot
continue. Its abettor^ may talk of the happy ,
situation of; slaves, of their comfort and bon- :
tetitment. Wc urge no; reply ( to this. ; TJieir
own hearts give the lie to what their tongues
utter, for they believe not a : word' qf what,,
they say. ■; Titey know full well, that'sd far '
froin being satisfied and contented with' their
situation, the pobr beings, in their despair; '
have often lighted ' the torch 1 of coriflagra-
tibn, and drawn forth. the dagger, io rid themT.' | '
selves of their oppreaiqrs. This iHlieir con-'; 1,
tentment ! Talk of the happiness of men in' ; :
a'. stftte of thraldom ! " We would' tbirik; that 1
staYe-iholdera, seeing the ruiiioip effects of :
slavery,- and counting the manjy ^eepless' -
mjjfafr'tltey hive pissed, in. mbmentary exK §
pbctations ^''linurdeir^dfjd ; instirrVc^6n^ t \vpuld;. . 'if
bfe ihe first to abandon i system, fraugbt>ith v .^|
such -danger to their peace ' arid] happiness/ ?
But, such is their infatuajion, that; though •''
they have eyes they see .not, tli6ugh thdy^
have ears they neir not, an4 if they have^ f

6£

hearts they feel not, neither do they under-
stand. } "•, ' •'

It is foreign from my purpose here Jo cuter
into adiscussion of slavery. I wop|d> merely,
on the approach of the coming; festival, give'
vept to the feelings of a hearty that feels deeply
for those of his .brethren,, who arc unrighteously
debarred of man's dearest privileges.

Wc have occasion to rejoibfc. that so much
lias been done for the cause, of freedom and
justice 1 . • Projndtcc and ignorance have been
forced: to retire from their strotig hold, and
5 i<?kl up the dominion they have long exerci-
sed over the minds of men. Long conceived
and deen- rooted opinions have been given up,
for magna est Veritas, et prevalebit'.* And it
•will prevail, ; hough men in high places should
lift up their voices against it, and the minister
of the Gospel,, forgetful of his calling, should
uiyc the sacred So'riptiires to sanction slavery,
an<: its .abominations.f

Brethren of Africa— Let ns recollect what
if is that we shall sopn meet to commemorate.
Wo have resolved, to return thanks to Al-
mighty God, for his signal niercie$ in so dis-
posing the. hearts of meu> to listen to the'. claims
of justice, and resiore the slave to freedom. It
is a holy cause, and will parry with it the pray-
ers of the good and pious. Let no act be done
to sully the sacred character of the day. The
eyes of the world are upon us, our enemies
watch us narrowly, to catch each little failing

sing in the sight of God, -that we should appear
huiribl) before- him in iJii8 courts, jtoscknowl-
edge his goodness in breaking otir bonds;" than,
that we should appear in all the pomp arid pride
possible ? Would it not be more pleasing itt
the sight of those earthly benefactors, whose
earnest and long continued exerjlpns were the
instrumental cause of bringing about this
event ? the writer well knows it would. They
are generally plain men, (rriauy of them mem-
bers ! of the Society of Priendsj) and' they hear-
tily disapprove of our making a street parade ;
not only because < it is' contrary to their prac-
tice, but because they. know it is hurtfdl toils.
The writer has heard the very man, who was
most distinguished for sjeal and activity, in ob-
taining tlie passage of the law, which frees all
slaves in this state on the fourth of this month,
disapprobnte it in the strongest possible tdf nisi
A procession, therefore, on that day, would
be rather a manifestation of ingatitude than
of' gratitude. It would' be saying \ to our
friends ; in the very act of receivingV this:

great blessing at their hands, we eftre more'
for show, than for your advice, It gives me
sincere pleasure to learn;, that most of the
Societies of colour have refused to join in the
contemplated procession, and it ought to he
made public, that at the first general meeting
held to make arrangements - for tue celebra-
ting of this Jubilee, the majority were oppo-
secTto any such measure. I hope those who

Let us show them, that we are men, as well as resolved upon- it, will calmly re-consider the
tbcv — let us show them, we have hearts capa-' subject, and that a more matured examina-
ble* of feeling gratitude for those, who have tion of it; their.-regard for the interests of the
spent their lives and their fortunes in the pro- 'colour, and their sense of gratitude towards
tnotion of our welfare, which we shall best do, ; their Heavenly father and earthly friends,
by' abstaining from all riotous indulgence,
from unbecoming mirth and extravagance.

L1BERTINUS.

' We submit the paragraph to tho . judgment of
tho public. , : "" . >! '

Emancipation of Stares.—" }Ve have many ( rca-
sons for -.tftgrctting the :grand coloured Jubilee,
.with which we are threatened on or about the
jday- which -ismow near at band, giving freedom to
a very largo, portion 'pf these persons- who havo >
hitherto been termed slaves in tlur state ; woulrf

J? Heaven it might also confer upon them the 088,' beiiig ah ih/rease of abbot £550 above*
blcssmgs of property. Pf« c «» ffp?' f that of tlie former year. -

•! But this, judging trbm the daily scenes "»hi««.iwi«wjhw i

church, but being tilcen ill, returned homo,
where she sat do** and expired ! Inqueatu
wej:e held ,qn view of the bodies of all - th'es«-
persons, and the verdict of the jury in each*
case^as, Diedby ihevititatwn of God.— Man -
(heater Herald.

The income of the Church Missionary So-
ciety in i -the' past year was ; not less than £43,-

* Truth is mighty and will prevail.

t Vide a Sermon published in Charleston, by
the Revl Dr. Furman, in which he undertakes to
prove, that both slavery and the slave-trade are
sanctioned by the Bible !— What will ministers
prove next ?

KOTl THE freedom's jouuxai..

Messes. Editors,— The information pub-
lished in your last number, that there ure to be
two celebrations; of the abolition of shivery in
this state, the one on the fourth of Jui'y, with-
out any; procession, and the other on the fifth ,
with a splendid procession, has awakened in
my bosom, feelings of the deepest regret, andj
I have no doubt has -excited the same, in the
bosoms of all reflecting persons friendly to the

will prevail with them, to give over the idea
of parading the streets on the occasion,' and
to join with their brethren in celebrating the
proper day in a proper manner. R.

NEW-YORK, JUNE 29.

O" " A Coloured Baltimorean," and " A Free
Coloured Virginian," have been received, and
shall appear in our hext.

The following edi.torial paragraph, from' the
" Morning Chronicle," we did not at first consi-
der sufficiently respectable, to 'merit our notice.
However, wc have since, concluded -to make a
passing remark upon the principle by which, we
consider, its author to be actuated. Wo are no

African, race. In an event so interesting and ' friends to public parades and have Ion"- since en-
joyous to every one of African descent, why L crod om protest agains \ them . Yct wc hold, that
should we be divided? surelv such a division ,,,,,, x .
is disgraceful. It can do no possible goodJ our brel,ircn < when thc ? sce P ro P er ) ln common
public nor private. It can promote the inter- ! ™ Ith tho rest of the community, have a right, to
est of lio individual, but will injure our repu- : indulge in them ; and the disposition in the infe-
tation and our interest as a people. Sur-i rior class of our, editors, and newspaper writers,
rounded with enemies, we ought not to give [to indulge in low/mean, and vulgar abuse of their
them such an occasion of epeaking reproach- 1 ons an j c j Jaractors on . such occasions, is
lully rf ,us, out to unite as one man m every- ,. , . „ . , ., ■ ■ . , , ■
thing praiseworthv. So great and glorious « xcecdl «S ! y hose. Such conduct is calculated to
an event ought to be celebrated, hut it would do no -manner of good, and is altogether unwor
be br-stor not to celebrate it at fill, than to. be i thy, any individual who has any claims to the
divided about it. f character of a gentleman.

Nothing, can be more evident than that the I The tendency of such little-minded efibrts, is
Fourth is the proper day to be observed. That-! to L , xcite hosli]o f celmffB . between the lower class

13 the day on winch the blessing' of freedom is I ... t ,,, , c .

i i t i t- *. ' .i * ! of tlie white population, and the peoidc of colour;

to be received by us. Is it a reason, that we; , , , , ■ / * ', ,. ^ , '

should -not keep this day; that our white fol- snould they he persisted m, may lead to eon
Jow-citizens will be celebrating on it, ilia do--'! Be< l ueDcc s disgraceful to bur city. .While wc he-
livery of the country from foreign bondage? ffitate not in saying, that we have- coloured men

To me it appears the very. reverse. The event
celebrated by the whites,, 19 one in which we
arc interested; and have cause to njrice, as
well as they. Indeed many cf our forefathers
laboured and shed their blood to produce it.

who arc a credit to society at large, and deserve
to be ranked among our respectable citizens; wo
confess that Broadway, the Bowery, «tc.' exhibit
too great a mixture of white and coloured^ dan-

Arid the event which we are specially called dies, equally rude, and destitute of the courtesy
upon to celebrate, is one in which every while " "'

ehizen, who has any regard tJ the honour, or
welfare of his country,- has cau^e to nj jice in
as well as we. Why then should not the iv huh

and respect due to their superiors; ; The conduct
of many of our people, we acknowledge is bad,
yet it is not to bo wondered; at. What clnss of
people, coloured and white, spend it as a Wjf ^ ^ oitcumato^, ■ would

of n juicing ? But it is thought, by some, that have bccn afl >'- bettcr? They are an injured peo-
if we have a procession on (h-U day, we shall be ? ,e > f od we.think-it b'encatltj the character of .a
in danger of being molested by vagabonds public Editor, to, add insult; to injury. Wo are

behaviour ! But this, judging from the daily
bxhiblted in New-York,' ' is ' doubtless, out of the
quostion: ' ■

The public have been informed through several
sources, that the Africans in this city intend to ce-
lebrate theiiday of their emancipation by a splen-
did civic parade

. • " Blue spirjts and white,
i lilaclf, spirits and gray."

And, if no unfortunate consequences ensue to the
order and, well being of bnojof tho " best governed
jjitics under' the sun,'' we jslin.ll share- in tho com-
mon gratification appertaining to an event so me-
ipjorable and momentous ! Tiiat such svill bo the
case, however, with us " demands a doubt" and
with a judicious writer in oi}c of our papers a few
days 8ince,.wb are more inclined to fear excess,
extravagance, and. riot of every sort, by way of
evincing gratitn'deito ,'Heavieh and-7-thq state,
i We should bo amongst tlie )asVtb. object to, the.
benefits expected by this part of our population
from the legislative enactment; which is to break
the shackles of some 12 or 15,000 individuals on
a given day— scy all who were born previous to
July 4, 1799 — were it not that the metropolis must
expect to be favoured with the presence of a few
at least ; to the manifest increase of its criminal
calendar, pauper list, and^ dandy register

That an immediate accession to our population
will be the consequence of this Jubilee nonsense,
pono can doubt, -who have known for years, the
anxiety of - tho Blacks in other parts of the state,
to share in the privileges and enjoyments of their
comrades in the city ; and if, in addition tq tho
vexations our citizens already find to be almost
intolerable fr*>m their numbers and'public habits,
as raised and fo/med against: ourselves, we are to
see the ovi| increased in a ten-fold degree by an
increase from the country, wc ask in the name of
common sense, where it will end ? In no part of
the Southern states where the condition of their
slaves*, so long misrepresented here for party pur-
poses, but is so well understood there— -a public
festival of this sort would by no means be permit-
ed ; .and we, ane really at a loss to know what re-
sults of any other than a 'pernicious nature can
attend it here. But let it pass. If wc are not yet
to our satisfaction, run down, thrust from the side
Walks, smoked upon, trodden upon, and openly
contemned and boarded by these fashionable par-
ticipators in "the rights of man" — why, let us
liave a few thousands more from an unsophistica-
ted and artless country life, to fill up the ranks of
the bon tf>n y and dispute our possession of Broad-
way, Bowery, and Park!

Extract from the Minutes of a large and res-
) potable Meeting of tlie People of Colour,
- held in'the Mutual Belief Hull, 4pril 23d,
: 18f>7.

i " Resolved, That the object of. our celebrating
the Fourtfi Day of July, being io express our
gratitude for the benefits conferred on us by the
honorable Legislature of the state of New- York,
we ,jviU do no act that niay have the least ten-
dency to disorder; we shall' therefore abstain
from all processions in the public streets on that
day."

Resolved, Therefore, that the Committee of
Arrangements do now, on this twenty-sixth day
of June, enter their PROTEST, in behalf oj
the aforesaid.Meeting; the Mutual Relief &oci-
ely ; tlitAsbury and Presbyterian Churches;
against any public Procession whatever in the?
sheets on itlu \ fifth of July. '

JOHN MA HAND A, Chairman.
THOMAS L. JBNN.INOSjiSecVy.
JOHN ROBERTSON, V

MO^BLvk, ranged
GEO, HOWARD, J

among the whites. Admitting this why cannot
a procession be dispensed with ? Can we not
manifest! the joy of x>ur hearts and our gratitude
to Gad, | and our earthly, benefactors without
making > parade in the streets-?!' of what use to
us are processions?', do they make us richer,
wiser, or better ? have they .not rather a ten-
dency to irjure us, by exciting prejudice, and
making the public believe we care for nothing
so much as show ? it is true, many white people
are fond of such displays too. But not the
more sensiole part of Ihem., ■ Men of sense see
their vanity, and only encourage; Iherrtj because
of their effect upon the miuds of the ignorant
multitude, who cannot be excibed by nobjor
motives.! Why then should we shew so litjlle
good sense, as to prefer laying aside the day
which is ]the properday to be celebrated, to lay-
ing asideja procession ? But unoje i thecirciulm-
stan'ces fif Uie case, is this a propiir.way to: ex-
cess 01Ir ffr£ tiUlde ? would it not ibe wore plea-

sure that we speak the sehtimcht of the respecta-
ble part Of our citizens, when we !say that any
I one, woo would attempt to cr|eate!hostilo feelings
towards our community! or excite the lower class
of the population to riotous cqnduct, is a'pWbli
nuisance ; an enemy, tp. his .cotfptry| and a. leadpr
of the rabble. '' \ ,' ,'' , :■ , '

lVe'.wish not for natives -from, the Sooth, to
tell ins what would be permitted ! there ; w«' are
not so ignorant. We are willing to receive coun-
sel, given in; a friendly m^n'er> frbm persons
^bose motives in so doing} are pure and disinter-
ested ; .but we ever feehdoubtf ul of tKbse^ ^^hb firirt
rijdicSuIe, and then adyise. ' By the by, we jvill .rie^
njark, that to fendpr .cqunsei ^profitable, M < should
emanate firom gentlemen, wrli [ose charactert -stand
fayir.in the cstim,atjbu of tj^e JJJorth, as well|as,thV
South. • !.'■ • ••' "

foreign ^c^s.

i Jlwful Occurrences. r~ Uncertainty of Human'
'Life.-^ln the short interval between .Friday
an d Sunday) last> riot fewer than live ' persdhs
met with sudden deaths, in Manchester. Gn
Friday night,. Mr. Thomas Caldwell; a re-
spectable druggistj in Piccadilly,' went to : bed
in Apparent good health, and at eleyen o'clock,
Wasfpund a ;coips;e ! —On Saturday mofhiAfr
MrV'Johri Rogers, a tailor, re^idbgJn.GhorT-
ton-Mreet, ^iidddnly complained'of.a pain in
his head, ; and mmediately fell 'from theAshop-
bpard, on which'he wna sitting and expired !
-^On : Sunday night, Jiifr; Thsomas Stpner, p$
Mason-street, retired tb be=d, ; and was soon
afterwards found a corpfle !--On Supday af-
ternoon, Mr.. Thdmns Dickinson, residing^iri
iit. George's rpad, aflipr ;havi%'p^ a
ibjearty dinner, laid dcivrn on the bed, when
;hjjs wife going up sfairf " :to inform hini of tea
b^Lng' ready, was inexpressibly ihocked at
fin'd.ing him^ cprpse t H»e had j)r*viously en-
joyed very- .excellent jje alth, On Sundayj-

The Infant School Society of Philadelphia haw
been 6ompletcly organized, and Inesrljr i|lQ00 have
been collected. Camot something be'dotte by lis ?

-The stcam-bbat Superior, Capt. Sherman,

on her passage to Buffalo, on the Ibthimst. lost
her way in a dense fog, and ran into the bay
above the light-house,' where she struck bottom*
but was fortunately got off -without damage.——-
Mr. Edward Clai-k, a nattffe of Lincolnshire, Eng- •
land, was drowned oh Thursday the 14th inst, >»■
the Basin at Albany.-^ — Some of the principal -
physicians in Boston, have refused to perform,
professional duties ph the Sabbath, in cases of an •
unimportant nature.-: — Five hundred 'loads ef
lumber, in waggons, passed through the village >
of Johnstown, on its way to the Canal, during the
past week.-r — A meeting of 'journeymen houso-
carpenters has been held m Philadelphia, at which,
they resolved, to work but ten hours in the day irt
summer, and as long as they could see in winter.
- — -J. Smith, alias Reed, was tried last week at
New-Brunswick, for attempting to defraud one of
the banks at that place with an altered cheeky
convicted, and sentenced to five years -in.- th«
state prison^and 260 dollars fine. — —One of th«
passengers in the Trenton steam-boat jumpcdE '
overboard On the 19th inst. in tho Delaware, near
the Bake-house — hd : was pursued by the small
boat and taken, although he swam from her witlk

all his might. -A good Example — It has been?

resolved in. one of the towns in Massachusetts,
that spiritous liquors, shall not be used in the.cek-
bration of the Anniversary of -Independence.— — -
A Massachusetts gentleman, in Boston, lately,
wrote that he had intended to send & fashionable
hat to his daughter, but was afraid to venture it
on the deck of the packet) and Could r not get' it-
down the hatchway !— Several instanees of

small-pox have lately occurred in Albany and its
vicinity.— —The Cherokee Indians contemplate
the establishment of & paper, for the purpose of
circulating general intelligence among the mem-
bt.rs of their nation. — r Six ' Osage Indians^ four
chiefs and two squaws, arrived at New-Orleans
lately, on a travelling tour through Great-Britain.

A dog, which used tb accompany his master,

bn an annual tour from Rochester, ;N. "ft to a towa
in Connecticut,, has continued regularly to - make
the annual tour,, alone, since the death of his mas-
ter three years, ago* — i-Southem Masonic Lodges
appear to bo much wrapped up with the Coloniza- -
tion Society. Objects of charity, we should think,
arc .much nearer .honiej. whom it. becomes them,
to assist, if their funds will allow them to be i soli-
bcral.-r-rrAt the last Annual Meeting of.the Biblo
Society, Liverpool. England, a gentleman' had hitf
pockets picked of several sovereigns and soma
silver!— — Great excitement existed in. Preston,
Eng. on account of the- death of two persons-
man and wife-i-named John and Mary Scott, who
it was reported had been poisoned by Jane Scott,
their own daughter !-r- — A mad dog was killed on
the morning of the 25th inst. in this city, in Wa-
ter street, between the Coffee-Hoiise and, Old-
Slip. He was very ferocious^ and many gentle-
men were in danger of being hittehi- — Prolific.
^-The lady of Dr. Moore, , of Hallowell, Upper
Canada, presented her Husband on the 28th 'Ult.
with three fine living children ; twb'-sbns and ouo
daughter. A man by the name of Andrew An-
derson, by birth a Swede, fell down in a fit on
Staten-Island on the 24th inst. and died shortly
eiftor. Blessings; of Slavery < !— James Fon-
taine, of Cumberland, Va. is said in the Richmond
Whig, to have been murdered recently in his field

by several of his slaves. Robert ^Sanford, Eso.

deputy shoritf of Winehester,' VaUwas last week,
killed by being thrown from his horse'.— ^-The
People 'of Colour in^ Otsego county^ have resolved
to notice the glorious event of the ensuing Aboli-
tion of Slavery, by a public Celebration in Coop-
erstown, 1 on the Fourth of July next. Mr. Hay-
den Waters, has been appointed to deliver tho
Oration ; Henry Thomas and Thomas Mann, k - '
Committee of Arrahgemonts*-^— -The Annua!
Festival of St. Jbhn's, was celebrated in this city,
on Monday last, by the Boy er Lodge: The Ad-
dress, by Mr. Hughes, ; wss finely wfittten, and
eloquently delivered. Next week we shall endea-
vourJ.Q,giye a^rt estract from it.-— eMr. Owen
the reformer, has' sold a; jreport of his . .establish]
nient at New-HajmoWjpy and has gone to Euj
rope. . .

,4iARHIED,
' ■ On the 20th . inat. by Rev. S. E. Cornish,
Mr, Jeremiah < Smith tofMrs; Mary Williams.
■ On Wednesday evening last*, by the same,
Mr. William Johnson to Miss Sktrak; Green,
both of this city.

, v ; j ALMANAC.

• JULY. '

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64

; POETRY.

THE HOMES OF ENGLAND.

• A land of peace,

"Where yellow fields unspoil'd, and pastures green.
M-.»ttleu with hejrds and flocks, who crop, secure
Th«nr native heijoage., nor have ever known
A granger's slajll, smik gladly. ,
See through itsjtuftod alleys to Heaven's roof .
The curling smoke of quiet dwellings rise.

Joanna Bailue.

The stately. Homes of England,

How beautiful they stand !
Amidst their tall ancestral trees,

O'er all the pleasant land '. \
Tlie deer across- the green sward bound,

Through shade and sunny gleam ; , ;■
And tlie swan glides past them with the sound

Offlorhe rejoicing stream. ^\

The merry Homes of England!

Arotmd their hearths by night, "
"What gladsomej looks of household love

Meet in the tuddy light '.
Therp woman's; voice flows forth in song,

Or. childhood's tale is told ;
Or lips move tunefully along

Some gloriouk page of old.

Tho blessed Homes of England!

How softly oh their. bowers,
Js laid the holy [quietness

That breathes from Sabbath-hours ! .
Solemn, yet sweet, the church-bells chime

Floats through their woods at morn;
All other sounds', in that still time, .. •

Of breeze and leaf are born

The CottagerHomes of England !

By thousands, on her plains,
They are smiling o'er the silvery 1 brooks,

And round tljo -hamlet-janes,
Through glowing orchards forth they peep.

Each from its nook of leaves,
And fearless thtre they lowly sleep,

As the bird beneath their caves.

The free, fair Homes of England !

Long, long in hut and hall, f -
May hearts of native" proof '.lie rear'd,

To guard each hallowed wall !
And green for ever be the groves,

And bright lb e flowery sod,
W here first the child's glad spirit loves

Its Country and its God I

KINDRED HEARTS.
Oh! ask not, hope thou not too much
' ^ Of sympathy below;
Few arc the hearts whence one same touch

Bids the sweet fountain flow; '
Few— and by still conflicting powers

Forbidden here to meet :—
Such ties would make this life of ours

Too fair for aught so fleet.
It may be that thy brother's eye

Sees not as thine, which turns
In such deep reverence to the sky-
Where the rich sunset burns :
It may be that the breath of sprint,

Born amidst violets lone, °
A rapture .o'er ihy soul, can bring,

A dream, to his unknown.

The tune that speaks of other times—

A sorrowful delight!
The melody of idistant climes,

The sound of waves by hight ; ' ■ .
The wind that,! with . so many a tone,

Some chord within cariHhrill,—
These may havie language all thine own,

To htm a mystery still.

Yet scorn thou not for this, the true

And stedfastilove of years; .
The kindly, that from childhood grew,

The faithful to thy tears !
If there be one that o'er the dead "'

Hath in tby grief borne part,
And watched through sickness by thy bed, —

Call his a kindred heart-
But for those bonds all. perfect made,

Wherein bright spirits blend,
Like sister flowers of one sweet shade,

With the &wjie breeze that blend,
For that. full bliss of thought allied. •

Never to mortals given— .;
Oh ! lay thy lotely dreams aside,

Or lift them junto heaven.

Whimsical Interruption.— -When Doct. Bra-
don was rector of Elthara, in -Kent, the text
lie one day took to preach from, was " who
art thou?" After reading the' text* he made
(as wa» his custom) a pause, for the congre-
gation to reflect upon the words : l tvheu a
gentleman in [a military dress, who at the in-
stant v/as matching very sedately upthe mid-
dle aisle of the church, supposing it to be a
question addr'essedi» him, to; the surprise of
all present, replied, I am, sir, an officer of the
seventeenth jof foot, on a recruiting party
here t and hajving brought my wife and fami-
ly with me, I jwish to be acquainted with the;
jneighbouringj clergy and gentry.'' This so
deranged' thej divine and astonished the con-
gregation, that though they attempted to lis-

ten with, decorum, the discourse wan not pro-
ceeded in ! without considerable difficulty, ,

In.' the year 1457, a p^oci*rn>lion 'was issu-.
ed by Hcnry.the Eighth^" that womei ahould
not meet together ao babble and< talfcf and
that all men should keep/their wive* in Jlteir
houses." ■' ;

Tuk4k*ring.~li,i$ the custon in T.urkey,
by way of reproach»,to black the ffont of those
houses' whose ■inhabitants are notorious for
tale-bearing, propagating fulseh&odfl, • &c—
If that were, tho icase with us{ what a ; ( dism&l
figure some of our houses would jfiikke. "

, A barber, who was" in the habit of stunning
his customers' ears' by the rapidity of his.
tongue, asking an individual one' day, how he
wished his beard to be ctit,; ";W ithout say-
ing a single word," replied he.

At the last assizes held at Versailles, 'a fe-
male, residing in the neighbourhood} was
convicted, of a petty theft. " Marianne," be>
gan 1 he judges in- passing; sentence,' ;'" !ypu
have been found guilty of stealing- to the va-
lue of 'twenty;, sous." " Very good," inter-
runted the young ; lady, suiting lierrhand with
inf\niie:nonckalaiice jnto hen pocket, "-here is
a thirty-sous piece ; be so obliging as to favor
me with the change." .

A vulgar tradition attributes ihc i black line
or cross, upon. the shoulders of the ass, to the
blow inflicted by Balaam ; in alliision tpwjuch-
a witling,, who. had been irreverently sneering
at the miracles* in the presence of Dr. J?arr^
said .^.triumphantly, " Well, Doctor, what say
you to the story of Balaam's ass, and the
cross.rttpon its. shoulders '?"■ Why, 'Sir, ' ?; re-
plied (the Doctor, ^ I-say, that -if you li'ada
little more of the cross j a nd a"£ieat deal' less
of the' ass,' it Would be better for you."

The fashion of dividing shops- now, in. con-
siderate thoroughfares, wherercnts are high,
leads often to whim^icaJ^rcsulta. . A house, in
the Gamberwell road, parted in this way, pre-
sented a singular appearance a' few weeks'
since';" one side being occupied^ by; "an. ^apothe-
cary, and the' other by an undeVta.kerl ; ■"'. ,
" This in u. moment brings mc to, my end; ' ;
" But This assures mc I can never die." '
A coincidence almost as ridiculous was to be
pooh only a day or two ago, perhaps still— in.
Fleet market. An. undertaker who Jets :oiit
the upper part of his dwelling jnst 1 beyond
the prison, stuck his bill " Lodgings to let,"
upon a coffin that stood in front of the shop--
window.

<The reason 'why some worried do riot wish
to. admire St. Paul's writing.-?, I suppose,,are
these s His being, ns is • usually- th'oiigh't, a
bachelor ;, iiis advising people not to rhuhw in
troublous times ; his commanding wiviis fo
submit to /their »liusftanda his -not alfovvin'g
women to speak i ii public^ his bnwiUingiiess.
that, they .should broicler theirhairor vverir"
trinkets ; his charging the fall upon' Eye ;.his.
disregard" of old wives' rabies ; and his say-
ing that; young .. widows became tatle'rs arid
busy-bodies. v « :i >V ... •

, Full Alfiamre—A quo kor. al igltttr)fi from the'
BrisloK:cba('li,von entorihg the irvh, dhlled for
^ome heer, andnobserving the jlint 'dfeficibht
\n quantity, thus addressed 1 the 1 landlord—
"Pray fnend, how many -butts* Of beer dost
thou draw in a month ? v . < Ten's ysii\ replied
bonifiice— " And thou wouldst like to draw
eleven," 'rejoined Ebenezor ! " Certainly "
exclaimed tke smiling, "landlord. "Then I
will tell thee how friend," added the quaker —
il Fill thy measures." ■

Hook being told' of ?the ? ; marriage of a po-
litical opponent* exclaimed,- " I am very glad
to hear it;". - Then suddenly added," with: a
feeling' of. compassionate forgiveness, ■'* yet I
donft see why I should be; poor fellow, for lie
never did; me 'much ; har'nti.' '

. The i^ochester Daily Advertiser Bays that
iWn ^n the east.aideiof the river, svaggish-
; y, jptii^atei' his " way of life^' by the sign of
^ityngJbrfl.Liyiita Jit? ,

A DINNER will 'be pwptred 1 at No. 50,
Wall-stroet, ott'tho Pirm of Jvun Brethreft dc-
siroua of Attending,, would confer a- particular' fa*
vour, by sending in their, names soon.;

Tickets, $2, (inqludi.tfg Wi.no,) can bo had of
the subti'criber, No. 46 VVilliam-street. , ■ . .

' RICHARD AUGUSTUS.

Now.Yorki ^uneai), 1827. ; ; ltJ— -10 '

, JJNICiN IJNTN. : y.-' .
jVb. 35 Leonard-street, ,neav Chqpel-srect.. .
C. BOY'ER returns his sincere thanks for
thoiyery liberal encuuragoment .whichdie' has re-
ceived since the opening of the above. Establish-
ment| and, liop,^H to mcrif-a continuance of the
samel' by paying, strict attention to the wishes uud
comforts of his patrons. '
NftwiYorl;',' June 14th,'lS27. .

NICHOLAS PIEUSON,
Rerpf cTKi'Liii informs the 'People of Co-
lour; that his 'ME A D GARDEN, -No 13, Dcian-
co3 ,l -striJetV was opened on tho evening f of the first
of June, for tho accommodation of gonteel and
respectable persons of' colour.
No admittance for unprotected females'.'
New-York, Juno 1st, 1827. : ' 13

M. £l8, South Sixthrstreet, Philaddjikxa.^.

THE Subscriber- respectfully returns f his
sineorej thanks ; to his friendV; and the public in
general, for thc-jr; favor and patronage. He
uiforuis them, tba.t'.he' continues to keen a large
assortment '.of GeiitlcmoiVs ' READY-MADE'
'WEA-RI N'G 'APPA^iElJ of superior quality, both
.nevv and sccond-haVidcd, where customers' will' be
accommQ.dated"at -the- cheapest rate, and in hand-
some style. f . Jlp;also informs vFamilies and private
Gentlgmen, wh^have ^ccondcharidcdClothijigfor
sale, tiiat they will meet with a good price, and
ready sale for thcir v gpods, by anplvinrc to

DANIEL PETEilSON, . .

' ' A'o. 218. Sovdr &izih-st. l'hiluuci^ha.

N. B. Tayloring carried^ on in its various
branches, and on tho cheapest x tQrms. ,

ECONOMY; I» i NOT PARSIMONY.
S. MOLLESTON J. ROBIIHSO^

TAILORS 'and Clothes Dressers, reiprct-
^l'" innbunij<5'; tbat they have ehtered. into pirtf
rters...i, ? nd have opeucd'nn eitiblUhment at Ko;(
5L Bro'ad-street, (thr*b doors above Beatbr rt.)
whore> they respectfully- solicit a coMnuiiko of
tliat patronage which they have heretofore- enjoy-
ed, and when it will be their «Uidy to continue to-
merit by punctuality and superior' workmanihip, ,

Gcnttcmehjs Clotidng made, to, .order, in tbe '
newest fashions ;— ^intlemcn unci; Ladies', Gar,
m^ts, IlabHs,'and Mii'htlfis, dressed and repaired
With despatch-, abd in "thH best manner. -

All. orderis thankfully received and punctually ,
attended to.

H (HTMrs. MoLr.r.8TON can accommodate front six
to eight Gontlemen Boarders.

SCEOOti. '.'

, For Coloured Children of loth Sexes, •
Under St. Philip's Churoh, is-now ready for tli«
. , • admission of Pupils. ■

IN this Hchbol will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC;. '
ENGLISH: GRAMMAR, GEO-
GltAP.I^Y; with - the ; use iof
Mapa and Globes, and
HISTORY.;,
Terms from two toi four dollars per quarter.

Reference. — Rev. Peter Williams, 'Rev. James.-
Varick, Rev; S. E. ; Cornish, Rev. Bcnjarbin Pa.ul ; .

Rev. William Miller.
New-York, March 14. i

1

JAMES LAW,
FXHST RATE OOAT DTISSSSE R,

'■•■'• ! -111- William-street; Ncw-Yofh,
, CONTINUES : to cleanse and dress Coats^ (
PantalobnSj' Ladies' Habits arid Merino Shawls, in v
the ncateifL possible manner, lie also makes, al-
ters and repairs Gentlemen's Clotln>s, to their' en-
tire satisfaction, and upon the most reasonable
terms.! 1 .

•V His mode of dressing clothes is by steam
spoxaiijc, which be bus followed with much siiuv
cess for several years past. Al! kinds of-spols or
stains 'are extracted, and the cloth resto-red to the
appearance of new; and this hq engages to per-
oral without any injury to the cloth, and at least
cqxifil Xo any tjiing of the kind done in this or any
other city of the United States.
. May 8. f>— 3m

Freedoirii-r-An eminCnit Ihtibher ixk jneefgrt
in bis person, as he was. in his uhdersta?rd-.
ing^' being one day in a : bookseller's ehpp, i
took np-a; Yolume of Chur chilPs :iPdem8,Van;d
by way of showing his taste, repeated with •
great afi^ctation, the foll6wing;line V
•" Who rules ever freemen should, lumself be freei'/
when turning )Lo Dr. Joh nson, who was stand-;
•ipgi^y, Hwhat'ihink yon of tlaaVsir^'.aaid.he,'
^Rank^??ohaense,";rep; lied the; doctor.}; " It
is an ( asser;tipn < without proof;" you might as
well say- : ! 'l./ ,

"Who sjays fat oxen, a houldl himself b^fat:"

Tho bee and: the* b utter fly are both busy
bodies, but they are dij Ferenstly employed. ■'' ]

" BE/1 UTy .'LVD J\CO.\(JM Y:"
UNITED STATES' SCQURIN G> AND
, STEAKS fcJPONG-IKG,
; JOllN II. SMITH, .

iYo.. Ip Xorth-Tkirit-st. (above RapeJ Phi-
■ . - ladrfphia,

RESPECTFULLY, inforins the Pubiic in ge
ncral, that he still continues at the abo'v<s place
the Scouring and Dressing Of Gentlemen's' C'6'afs,
Pantaloons, &c. on : a difte'rent ,p.ian : from that : of
the Dyers, having a coinpi^ifjon for so doing,
wliich 'enables him to dress Clothes so as to leave
their 'Appearance equal ; to now. He restores
Seam!?,. &.c.; : to their original colour when Worn 1
white; and .will warrant 'them to wear thrc&montiu
dfter dressmg > , and then can be r<;-dressed; : . Also,
Ladies' Habits and Merino shawls, in the neatest
maurior and -upon the- shortest notice, on reasona-
ble.; terms. Being legally .bred to the busines's.
and possessing a coninetOBt knowledge of Dress
ihg j nnd Cldaiiing. 'Gl'plha by Steam Sponging,
which; istheonly complete '-'manner of effectually,
removing the stains: caused from grease, tar',
paints^ :&c. He needs' only a trial, to afford' him an
oppoirtunity of giving satisfaction.^ .

N. ; B'. J.. S.. constantly keeps on' hand. New and
•.Second:handad:<51oth;ea of iftvery deabriptibii, which'
he. assures, the" public, will be sold as Id'W, if not
lower, 'tlian at any other pstablishmontan^ tho Uni
.ted States for cash or barter. Geotleinon. wishing
to put'cljiise would find 1 it much' toi their interest to
pall as; above, and examine for fh'emst'l ves -
• D3? ( The highest, prieei givem for Gentlemen's
clothes! , . .....'. , i

; ajrl tAILORING WORK carried on 'and'
Clothes; repaired. — New Cu.ffsj Collars an'cl Buttons
put op; fif requisitej- He keeps on h'arid, 'Cloth,
Velvet, ;and Silk of all colours, for doins up samd;
- April 20,1827. ' ' ' ; °. , , ;

v ., . DISEASES CURED. . •
THE Piles. Dvseifitary, nil Kinds of Wounds,
and Bruises ; also a remedy for the ' growing in of
the toe nails, for oppression of the lungs, felons,
fistulas, and the bile of a rnatl dog, if application •
bo made within twelve hours, by

SAR-AI1 GREEN, Indian Doctress T
• 32 2) Collect-street.' • ..

LAyp - FOli SALE.

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,0y,U' Acres of excellent 1.ani>',
at less than one half its value, provided they will
take measures to. settle, or have it;settltd, by co-:
loured farmers. Th« land is in tbej state of New-
York^ within. 70 miles of the city : ': its location' is
delightful,-- -being on the 'banks of the .Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the' city of Phi*,
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
<o,ihe 'Hudson river passes .through the tract, o-.
penlng a direct navigation, to New-York cii^ "°hG
rttissa'ge to either. city' may 'bo made, in one day pr
loss. "The land is of the best quality, and well
tiriibUred; . , .

The subscriber hopes that some of his Broth-
^on v who aro capitalists, will at least invest 500
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To sucli ho will take
the, liberty to say, this land Can be ! purchased, for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it
has been selling ;for -Jji25. 1 He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase will be safe and 4d>'
vahtugeous, and hp tliinks^suc^a settlement, ^form-
ed by coloured families,' would bn eonducive ; ol
much good : With this object Jn . view he will in-
vest 500 dollars in tlfe purchase '

SAMUEL E. (^ORNISH.
• New-York, March 20.'

N . ii . Com mun icationVbn the" subject, post paid,
wiii be received and attended to:' , , ':.

LOTS W&VTEI).
TWO,; LOTS,' or the rear of two lots; where
tbere ; is any convenient communication 'with the
street, are wanted, fof the erection of a Presby r
teri.an Church The i'ocatiod ' must be between
Reed and Spring,. Hod soh atid' Orange sheets.—
Ooe lot.; within the above bounds, : 25 feet^ or hiore/
by 75, would answer

' In ^ ir * 'if s .- E Corifmh, No. C, Varick-strcct.
fiew-York, March 20*

< The^FREEDOM'S JOURNAL, > v
[s published evorj'Enin.\y,atNo.j32 Chbrfch^strcet^
•'; ' New-York: : . -I " .'•" ; 1
The price is thrke bOli,abs a yeak, payable
half ywrly in advattj&c, Jf. paid at the . time !of
subscribing. '$2 50 will be received. - . . '•"
No,'siibscription will be rcci'ived for a le*
toriri than One Year, j .. , .j,
'■ Agents who procure*/arid pay fi|r five, subscri-
bers, tiio entitled 'to' a s'iith copy ^ra^, .fqr oae
year.-;- i- ■,;'••" '- . \"' " ' ' . ' /'

No paper discontirwed until all arrearages arfe
paid,' except-al 1 tlie>'diisc'retiok of thl- ICditors. '
, All cornmuriicatious,'- (except those Of -Agents):

must be post paid:

' .... RATES ,OE ADVERTISING;
For over 12 lines, and not,cxcijedi^g-2a, ; lst " '•'•'
insertion, ' - * . ' ; : - Toct*

'! each repetition ofdo. f r . | .. c , )"- ■•>• 33< -
"' 12 iirips or "undcir,. 1st insertion,- ^ i50. ;'>-
u -each ' repetition .of .do..' - ;"'-. . 25^;:
Proportional prjcea- for advertisements whicb,
cscced 22 lines. _ y- ■ ./* . . :

. N. B. 15 per cent deduction for those person* ;
who advortise by the year "; 12 for (i iribs. ; ahil'V.
for ilmos. . . ';-;-':'" ; •■ '.' '"''•- ' f

.: ACTHOlviSED 'ACfKNTS. ; ' ■

C. Stockbridge;^Esq. NdrthYarmouth, Mattt^!'
Mr. Reuben Ruby, : Portland, Me. ;• • ■}/'■;■■
David Walkeri Boston. - ». ;; '
; Rev^Thomt^gauj; do. ; j . »
1 Mr. John Rehibnd, Salem, Maijg. < - : - ^
' " George C.'WjiUi's, Providence', R.i. ; -l>
' ' " Isaac Rddgeti;'New London, CciBU.-' •-•-;'

'Pranteui WdbH/Phllirlrfuhia.
■ . « Stephen iSmitfi, Columbia,! Ponn.' ,
• Mesirs: R/Cooley & Chi;-Hackbtr,Biiitihior^
j. Mr. JohA'. W/Prout,. Wk^hirigtoh} D/<^ ^ ' ;! '

Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Albany. ' ' '
, , ^ir. Theodoro'S...W,riJfht, Princetdi, I.*-.
i ...... « -Jawes Cbwea, NowBrunswick, N J. " ,

! ■ Rev. B. F. Hpghe^B, ^ewatk,.^ J..- '
■i] "■ Mr. W.R; GardinprV Pdri-ku-Prmc*, Hijfihw
Rlr. Aftatih Steward, Rochesto^. :
Mr' Paul P. Williams, Flushing L.. L.
Mr. -I^nMdjScoU/ Trcmoh/n.' J. '

"RIGHTEOUSNESS EX ALTBTH A NATION."

CORNISH & RUSSWURM, )
Editors and Proprietors. J

AN APOLOGY P f )R PHARAOH.
LConcluded.)

The conduct of I rael to the Schehomiti's,
(Gen. xxx v. 25 — 27,) and their ate attempt
to plunder the inhabitants of Gath, (I. Chron.
vh. 20-^-23, might make him feel justified in !
providing against.similar treatment. If this
state of things, did not justify, Pharaoh might
think it came very near it. He^still found
. them to increase ; and more rapidly when
leading the easy life of shepherds. Under
ap rehension <>f tfie scenes that might follow
a great increase of their numbers, soured as
they were by his change of policy towards
Them, he was wrought up to the cruel pur-
pose o; destroying their male children.

The -'hing was cruel, — but cruel were the
fears tbat led to it. While it cannot be too
strongly condemned, we ought in all reason
to recollect, that the exposing of infants has
been done by many nations. The polished
Greeks and Roman's until < hristiamty put a
stop to it, often exposed their own children.
It is now done by Pagan nations of the East.
Pharaoh was a Pagan, and his conduct to-
wards the infants of Israel was not worso
than others have observ d towards their own,
There is a tribe in Hindostan, who for ages
have destroyed all their female children, and
if I am rightly informed, do it now.

Moses, we doubt not, did what was right,
and acted by divine direction : this need not,
however, prevent us from reflecting how Pha-
raoh, a Pagan, would naturally view his con-
duct. Moses w?s saved from death by. the
. daughter of Pharaoh— educated at court, and
in the very best manner. Soon after he was
grown, he was found interfering with the po-
licy of the government towards the Hebrews.
He fled, and remained abroad until t»»e death
of the king. But the new -king was hardly
seated on the throne, before Moses re-ap-
peared, and being joined by the leading nien
among the Hebrews, presented himself at
. Court, and demanded that i rael be let go
three days' journey in the wilderness to sa-
crifice. The man, the time, the manner, as
well as the demand, were all calculated to
, offend Pharaoh. It is not needful to go over
what took place at the several interviews. —
Pharaoh, pressed by the' Plagues, tried to
compound the matter. . At one time he offer-
ed to Jet the men go, detaining the women
and children- as hostages for their return. He
proposed that, they should sacrifice and keep
the feast in the land. While Moses readily
complied with Pharaoh's requ?ot, to remove
the pia^ues, he abated not one whit of his
first demand. He rather rose than fell. He
declared that they must take their families,
their flocks and herds wkb them ; that they
would not l*»ave one lidof behind. It dii not
admit of a d^bubt^that they had no i itentjon
to return to slavery. They were for being
free. Might not Pharaoh, have feared, that
Moses had in view to keep them for awhile
' in tite wilderness— provide them with arms,
— train th';rn to military servjee— and then
return to Egypt with his six hundred thous-
and slaves, transformed into warriors, breath-
ing vengeance for their su, posed wrongs ?
And may not a mistaken notioi^of his own
safety have urged hun to resist the demand ?

Or admitting that Moses intended to lead
them to. Canaan, might not Pharaoh have re-
ally concluded that the scheme was little
short of madness. To attempt with an army
of slaves, without arms, without any experi-
ence in war, without provisions, to cross the
desert, and attempt to dispossess the seven
nations of Canaan, amounting to perhaps teii
times their number — a warlike' people, well
armed, with a country filled with towers and
cities '-.walled up to heaven!" was there
ever such an attempt! A man in Moses' situ-
ation, raised in expectation of a throne,
might be willing to attempt shy. thing, rather
than live in obscurity. Ougm Pharaoh to
let a people under his authority, be led 'on
ei«ch an errand? - Might he'iiCt think it was
his duty J ia kindness to them, to keep them
were they were,— give them enough to eat
and wear and do ? And might he not think
that all their 'alk about beifrg free, and com-
pl iining jabout th ir work, was produced by
the intermeddling of Moses and Aaron ? It
really appears to me that lie mi>ht happen
to take i^p notions flf that kind ; and feel not
a little provoked at Moses and Aaron* for
spreading discontent among his slaves.

; But there were still other difficulties. The
Hebrews formed the great body of labourers
in his kingdom. Moses insisted on taking
them all off, on the same day. What a state
of things this was calculated to produce in
his kingdom! Would it not ruin it? And
wbuld it.not ruin the Hebrews? They had
bsen raised in slavery,— been unfit for self-
government. He had found it necessary to
employ overseers, and even call in the aid of
the rod, to overcome their idle habits. For a
people with such habits, to be turned free all
at.once! might not Pharaoh think it would
ruin them?— -that they could not govern
themselves?— and think that kindness to
them would forbid turning them loose as Mo-
ses demanded ?

But we have no reason to think that Pha-
raoh was wholly without regard to the value,
of property. The Hebrews/ as his labour-
ers and artificers, were \ety valuable prop-
erty. There were 6"00,000 labouring men,
besides the women and children. From their
doubling in less than fifteen (years, there
must have been a great many ) children. It
will be a moderate calculation, tosuppose the
men above the age of twenty;' formed one-
fourth of, the whole. The/e were then three
millions in all. Estimate these at three hun-
dred dollars a-piece, and it amounts to $720,-
000,000, not to mention their cattle, and oth-
er property, which was very valuable. Now,
is it to be wondered at, .that Pharaoh <felt re-
luctant to lose so much property ? Nothing
was said about buying their freedom. He
was required to give all up, — not to bear 'a
.part of the loss and they the rest — ffe was
to bear the whole ! We can easily conceive
how Pharaoh might have, persuaded himself,
that to lose so much property, and be depri-
ved of all his labourers,— and have to set his
own people to all the hard work in the city,
and in the field, to which they were not ac-
customed, was really rather too much !

He might very possibly have thought, that
if it was wrong at first to enslave the He-
brews, he was not to blame for it That it
was done long before he was born. That he
found) them in slavery, and held them as pro-
perty. That the whole habits of the Egyp-
tians was such now, that the evil of slavery
was a necessary evil. That they could not
do without it ; and that it w$b hard to make
him pay for the faults of hiafforefathers, and
to give up what he had received as property
by inheritance.

There is another point deserving notice.
Natural and personal rights wer" not then
as well understood as now. Perhaps few, if
any, then maintained the doctrines, that per-
sonal " liberty was an unalienable right,"
which no man has a right either to take or
withhold from us, under the plea of a right
of property. Less was given to Pharaoh, as
to knowledge, and less wasreceived.

As to the supposition that the miracles
wrought, made Pharaoh altogether-inexcusa-
ble in refusing to comply with the demand, I
really admit it. But is it not equally true
that those Plagues, going to prove God's dis-
pleasure against Pharaoh and the Egyptians
for enslaving Israel, go directly to prove. the
general truth^, that" all who enslave others,
or held them forcibly in slavery, do. what is
offensive to God ? Pharaoh may have persua-
ded dmnsclf that Moses wrought his miracles
by uifigic. Pharaoh was an ignorant Pagan.
We believe God wroiieht the miracles ; and
the generaUruth is plain, God hates oppres-
sion. '

To conclude my apology, which is much
tod long, I repeat that I fully believe 1 that
Pharaoh did wrong in enslaving Israel— in
persevering in it. That however plausible
hi3 excuses, they availed not The thing was
wrong. Trie only added sin to sin, and made
matters worse by his delay. The event pro-
ved that, it would have been better to have
given it up at any one tin e that cduld be na-
med. For not only did they go out, but they
spoiled the Egyptians; and the attempt to
force .them back, involved the whole military
force, with Pharaoh at its bead; in -ruim All
this is admitted. Yet I say, Egyptian slavery,
was not as hard as some other cases of sla-
vory;-rand Pharaoh's excuses are, I think,
better than what have satisfied; and now sa-
tisfy, many. 1

• ... • INTERPRETER,
Jf. Y. Observer.)

3 AFFECTING EXIT.
Our readers will recollect, that in tho account
of the pirate Tardy, published in our fast, it was
■tatcd that he was' instrumental in the death of
the book (a black man) of Capt. Latham's vussef',
Tlio unfortunate man was arrested in Charleston,
oA a charge of poisoning tho passengers, tried,
and found guilty, and sentence of d6ath passed
upon ljflm.

! The -following extra*, from Lieut. F. Hall's
TravelS in the United States, presonts a very af-
jfecting^narrative of his trial and execution, which
took place in Charleston in the spring of 1817.

Wo cannot conclude this article, without pay-
injr this fccblo tribute to the memory of one who
is no longer "a subject of praise or censure.
Wealiude to William Crafts] blsq. the gentle-
man who acted as counsel for the unfortunate
man. — The hand is powerless that was over ready
to protect the weak, and the voice is mute that
once s* powerfully declaimed against injustice
An accurate observer of human nature has re-
marked, that the good men do is interred with
their/ &>ne«, while their svil actions live after
them. We hope such is not the fact. And as far
as in us lies, we would make known to the world
the benevolence of William Crafts.

Wd.knew him well, for we had been taught to
•look upon him ' as the black man's friend. Wo
recollect him always the same consistent advo-
cate qf tho injured African. In the. Charleston
Bar, to which he was an ornament and an honour,
he aldne stood ibr'lh, and da^ed to plead for that
portion of the community who. can scarcely be
saty to enjby the advantages of either law or gos-
pel^ • What coloured inhabitant of Charleston is
tlype, who cannot call to mind, innumerable in-
stances of his humanity; who cannot recollect
flow often he has gratuitously tendered theni his
professional services f Ho needs ho tomb of mar-
ble to record his virtues; and tell of his exertions
in behalf of the oppressed. His memory is on-
graven on a monument more lasting than brass—
tho hearts of the coloured population of Charles-
ton.

proper nature, to vindicate not ouly his innd-
cence, but the moral equality of bis race, and
those mental energie* which the white inan>*
pride would deny to the shape of his bead aurt
the woolhuess of lm hair. Maintaining tho;
most undeviating tranquility, ho conversed with
ease and cheerfulness, whenever his behcvoJeur
cuum,el,.who continued his kmd attentions to
the last, visited his cell. I was present o:i'
one of these ocea^ions,)and observed his torn?
and manner, neither sullen lior desperate, but
qu jet and rcsigued, suggesting whatever occur-
red to him on the circumstances of his own
c \se, with as much calmness as if he had been
uninterested in the event; yet as if he deemed
it a duty to omit none of the means placed:
within his reach for vindicating" his innocence.
He had constantly attended the exhortation* of
a Methodist preacher,, who, for conscience
sake, visited 'those who were in prison;' and,
having thus strengthened his -spirit with reli-
gion, on the morning of his execution, break-
fasted, as usual, heartily ; but before he was
led out, he requested permission to address a,
few words of advice to thf companions of his
captivity. « 1 have observed much in them,'
he added, ' which requires to be amended,
and the advice of a man in my situation may
be respected. 1 A circle was accordingly form-
ed in his cell, in the midst of which he seated
himself, and addressed them at some length,
with a sober ana* collected earnestness of man-
ner, ton the pi ofligacy, which he had noted in.
their behaviour, . while they had been fellow^
prisoners recommending to them the rules of
conduct prescribed by that religion in which
he now found his support and iconsoiation.

' Having ended aisdscourse, he was con-
ducted to. the scaffold, where having calmly
surveyed the crowds collected to witness hu
fate, he requested leave to address them. Ha-
ving obtained permission, he stent firmly to
Hie edge of (he scaffold, and bay% command-
ed silence by his gestures, * You are .come *
said he: ' to be spectators of mv sufferings*-
you are mistaken; there is not a person in this'
crowd but suffers mure than I do. lam cheer-
ful and contented, for J am innocent. 1 He
then observed, that he truly forgave all those
who had taken part ill- his coudemnation, and
believed that they had acted conscientiously
from the evidence before them ; and disclaim-
ed all idea of imputing guilt to any one. He
then turned to his counsel, who. with feeliugs
which honoured humanity, had attended him to
the scaffold ; ■' To you, Sir,' said he, .« I am in-
deed most grateful ; had you been my son, yon
could not have acted by me more kindly and
observing his tears, he continned ; 'This, Sir,
distresses me beyond any thing I have felt yet '
I entreat you will feel no distress on my ac-

" A man died.on board a merchant ship ap-.
parently in consequence of poison mixed with
the dinner served up to the ship's company.
The cabin boy and cook were suspected, be-
cause they were, from their occupations, the
only persons on board who did not partake of

tne mess, the effects(of which began to ap- - j — - — «w«..«™ v « uiy w

pear as soon as it was tusted. As the offence } count : 1 am happy.' Then praying to Hea-
was committed on the high seas, the cook, ven . to reward hi? benevolence, he took leave
though a negro, became entitled to the bene- ! of nim » a »d signified his readiness to die j but
fit ol a jury, und, with the cabin boy was put ! rc q ues * e d he might be excused from having bis
on his trial. The boyj a fine looking lad, and eveS and hancIs bandaged : wishing .with an ex-
wholly unabashed by his situation, was readi- fcusable pride, to give this final proof of his un-
ly acquitted. The negro's turn was" next.— - sl, ? ken . "rmness: he, however, submitted, oh
He was a man of low stature, ill-shapen, and • tlli * r? mt » *° the representations df the sheriff.

with a countenance singularly disgusting.
The proofs against him were,* first, that he
was cook ; so who else could have poisoned-
the mess ? It was indeed overlooked, that
two of tho crew had absconded since- the
ship came into the port. Secondly,' he had
been Heard to utter expressions of ill-humour
before he went on board: that part of the
evidence was indeed supprest which went to
explain these expressions. The real proof,
howefer, was written in his skin, und in the
uncouth lines of his countenance. He was
found guilty. . *

•Mi. Crafts, junior, a gentleman of the
Charleston bar, w no from motives of humanity-
had undertaken his defence, did not think a
man ought to die for his colour,, albeit it was
the] custom of the country ; and moved in con*
sequence for a new tiial, on the ground of par-
tial and insufficient, evidence; but the judge
whlo had urged his condemnation with a vih-
tiittive earnestness, intrenched himself in forms,
and found the law gave him no power in favor
of mercy. He then forwarded a representation
of the case to the President, through one of the
senators of the state ; but the senator ridi-
culed the idea of interesting himself for the
life of a negro, who was tlierefore left to his
cell and the hangman. Iq this situation he did
noti bowfrver, forsake himself ; and it was pow,
when prejudice and persecution had spent their
last arrow oo him, that he. seemed to put oa his

and died witlioul the qiuvering of a muscle.

William Crafts, mentioned in the preceedin£
narrative, has been recently numbered with
those that were and are not. His career though ■
not long, appears to have been highly honoura-
ble. .Though his political opinions were not
popular, his acknowledged talents procured his
repeated election to a seat in the General
Assembly of his: native state. : Jn this situa-
tion, he rendered important j services to his
constitutents. He was early distinguishted
forhislove of letters, and laboured assidu-
ously to diffuse among others,! a similar tasfe.
To use his own language, he felt that « know-
ledge was the life blood of republics," Uiat
the eagle was the bird of light, as well as of
liberty. In the legislature he always advoca-
ted every measure which had for its object
the encouragement of scientific and literary
institutions. And to his powerful eloquence,
the poor of South Carolina are deeply indebt-
ed for the means of literary instructiott;

Ins

TtfE STRIfAM Ot LliPE.
The following beautiful paissags is frsm a K
\ mon, preached by the late Bishop Hebsr, to
parishioners, a short, time before his dspartare
for India, in 1823; : , ." " ?: ' •

" Life bears us oh like the stream of a
mighty river. Our boat, at test, glide* 4vwa

0ff

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL;

*he naW ebanael, through the playful mur-
inXirioge of tbe little brook, and the w^nj I
of itlrassy $order. The- trees shed the r
Hossbws overj our young heads; the flowers

J e sed a'nd, rendered miserable ; b> r some
Equally short-lived disap Potent But ur
enerffv and our dependence are both in va n.
5"fe BtreamLars us on, and our joys and our
«riefS alike! are left behind us ; we maybe
^hipvTrecked, but we cannot anchor; our voy-
age may be hastened, but it cannot be delay-
ed ; whether rough or. smooth, the river ha-
fi ten« on towards its home, till the roanng of
the ocean is in our ears, and the tossing ; 0
Jiis* waves isibeneath our keel, andjthe land
lessens from our eyes, and the floods , are
lifted up around us, and the earth loses sight
cf us, and we take our last leave of earth
and its inhalants, and of our further voy-
age there is no witness.but the Infinite and
Eternal! \ , .

• And do we still take so much anxious

Questions in gooffwphy , and hlitory^ during
such reading, ehauldbe propped by th« teacher,
as the names of countries and places occur--thu»
exhibiting to his pupilB the importance of being
early acquainted with theBa studies.

This system accompanied with. proper instruc;
tions, would give, we venture to predict, Vgreat
er impetus to our schools than almost anything
else that could be introduced-— Saratoga Sen.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

COLONIZATION SOCIETY. :
Messrs. Editors—

Being one of those coloured sons of the
Union, whose degraded condition, has, of
late excitcd so much benevolent feeling and
corresponding effort, among tJie good and
wise of our country, and for the amelioration
of- whose conditiuii, a considerable number of
societies and plans : have been, professedly,
instituted and devised ; it cannot but be ex-
pected,- that gratitude ,1 to my benefactors, as
well as a concern for my own happiness,
would naturally excitfy m,0 to a candid inves-
tigation of any proposition, that promises to
elevate me to the dignity of a man. Being
thus influenced, my attention has for some
time been directed to the merits of that dis-
tinguished institution, denominated the Afri
can Colonuation Society. This very popula;

tiimwht for the fo r "days when the days society, it is said is composed of the wisest
t& are Une by h^p so strangely and uni-Und most philanthropic me* in the .country
S nlv decdS who thus eulogi.-e the members of

hZ I on 0 creatures of God. when we i that institution, are, perhaps, more thorough-
l ,d by sad experience, that, theCreator only l y an d intimately acquainted with their vie ws
is p'nnanent ? Or shall we not rather lay un d motive, than we are W e know little or
ui£ even ? weight and every sin which does not hing of them, but what we . gather from
mos ^easily beset as, and think.of ourselves ; their writings ; and from these, wo cannot
hencefor h P as wayfaring persons only, who but think, hat, if they are the wisest, they
hlvTno abiding inheritance but in x the hope are not, however, ;he most philanthropic, of
of a better world, and to whom even that ; 0 ur country.

- ' " L 1 — **' '* For, in the first place, it appears very

stranga to me mat those benevolent men
should feel so much for the condition of the
free coloured people, and, at the same time,
cannot sympathi/.e in the least degree, with
,,^»t^i t AT>rmT?VT?S those whose condition appeals eo much loud-
KNOWLEDGE AxMONG LABOURERS, humanity and benevolence.-Nor,

world would be worse than hopeless, if it
were not for our Lord Jesus Christ, and the
interest which we have obtaiped in his mer-
cies!" " ■

« -It is impossible (says Mr. Lou don) to ■ r - ^ -. od tjmt some of the

limits to tlio knowledge which may be oh - .wu ^ . rf 0 fi hat societv> are them-

tained by the = who are dejUned ev, J , ««U , ; • ^0= in th

most severe and constant l*bcui. in 1 desire so ardently, .and Jabowrso * ■ 3

ligence of the miners in S *ttod and b e ^ for lhc CX!lllaLl0n of the free pec,

bohda,e .by themselves; who^

s ' degraded condition is directly under their

„avc.o,-~. -------- - - . novels "and observation,' and, immediately within tho-

tbe British Classics, led! e sphere of their benevolence to ameliorate, is

romances The degree to kn X>unnJ a philanthropy, ! confers, unaccountable to

W 3 llpreva,l among any c ^ of labour ng P ^ y. ^ ^

rnen will depend jo.n l n tl e ouu ao bi 6|aye ' hol uer is a, great a solecism as

• ti<m V°, n U 1 i B m - t\ and 0 the onpo a sober drunkard. If these gentlemen dis*

which knowledge is bed; an on ejj b iiuereste(1 inoliv ^

tunitiestoracquirmgg. .JJ^\^ l ^ e Bnd would have us to think favourably^
aonwith »' tt, « n " t,ve ;^";^ tbeu. and their proceeding* thoy x must coin-
to know more than * hat en .b.e* mcMb lheir la()OUr of , ove bv sl n ki „. at the

»V»uw -«-•• *««*'» • .. . . |,„ ,..-r,r»,t mill irpriii/m !r' t»Vll'\J" — I

Thus carj.en:er ? and masons require *o «ne " ^J-j-^- o[ ^ th at are bound, and set
WJe«!ge : ot the ^^namcal pill ic.ple^ot I ^ ^ ^ ^ bruised . . Until this
arc.Mtecture, and worknig *igiu« r - 0 g tne shall n / ve been done, or at least commen-
suv.gth of. M atenal»; anJ iJ.e^ cod, we shall continue to question the tf enu-
k„o, icd ff e are acquire f^^^Z meness of tneir benevolence.
hn-T's i;.terruD?ion ot tneir oauy muuur , uji 1, /• .

t i oonrtiu v the habit ot evening »tu«iy ren- • But there is another objectionable feature
der* them more steady, trier and industrious . j n thc plan of this society, well calculated, as
than other wo.kmen. If every cook maid be-; we think, to corroborate our suspicions ofthe
fori she coulu obtain a fir.st-rae place were ^ mouvos- of its founders.. Its members^ hold
rpquired to read Jpicius Redivivus iu the on- out the auti-chnstiau doctrine, that justice
giu-A tongue, there
le. rnrd

would be no v/ant of cannot bedoii.e^to us while we remain imthis
odks, and if no gardener co,uld.ob-^ and gospel ii^ht- They

fan ! of the freehand
•tnut it' we desire fthe

a 'Thesi* in Or ek, or '.who iiau not made the : vigut3 of man in this
tour ot Europe, there would not ne v, anting , j» me of the brave f

Xn-ianc of gardeners so qualified. A Ca- . privileges of freemen, wo must seek t^em
k' : .("ni!.n, w'neS becomes to the low country,,; elsewhere ; not in liayti, on account of Us
amm acquires the English t. . D ,
has b^en taught l^atin, thus knows three luu-
guairey. Tbp servants at the inns on some-
parts of the Continent, frequented by differ-
ent nations, often, acquire a moderate kiiowl-
ed»e of three or four language's; and the
b tr-r.m''. ai the hotel in winch we lodged at
M<) kwn, in 18V4, could make hferseinntel-
,hle in Swedish, Rujsian. Polish, German,
French, Italian, and English."

Newspapers in Softools.— The Buoject of intro-
dm-. na- newsp ijit'ra tnto sctiools had heretofore
b*:':n "iienti nt'd ; and sev.eral tea-hors Have adop-
ted *Ji«; systt'm, with the most fl ittering: si ccess.
The- -mrchaae 01 aiany books is in" this way saved ;
aodwhat is more important, sonu'thms new is
introduced to children every, week. They are
not c-muned to the monotonous mi'thod^^or read-
intr one; book through several times. They find
-in'panere nuch n -veity and useful instruction—
Ib. v imbibe an early atlacbuienrfor reading— be-

he English tongue, and if he ! proximity to this country, but on the burning

Bunds of Africa, where, tay they, *« biing

permanejitly fixed, a mighty ocean- will ifoi-
evei intervene as a barrier between usjand
them." Wow, permit me to abk, vvhy this
strong aversion to being united to us, /even
by soil and climate ? VViiy this desire ip-be
so remotely alienated .from us? ' Is it ttf ex-
tend to us in the hour of danger, the friendly
band of assistance? Or rather is: it not to
get effectually and for ever rid of. that f het-
erogeneous, 5 or supposed '«* dangefpu| ele-
ment in the general mass of the free blacks,"
Who ; it is said, ' are a greater nuisanc^j than
even slaves themselves?" Thus nhe pein-
bers of the African Colonization Society fre-
quently speak ; and, I think, we 1 may 'Jearn
from such, as well as many other observa-
tions of like import, What is'-tbe ljfcifh'inff
priuciple of the African CVIonha'tion e^stem,
We are, say they, " an inferior face— 'repug-
nant to their republican feelings f in short,
" a nuisance. v t Not, indeed, that . we nave
made ourselves so by our crimes,-^ ; but

mtcd with the news of the day— the

«o ue Brqiiaw.;-— • . . , % ,

aifairs of th<^ nation -their minds are enlarged
*rod invigorated— and they early become BtliBCbed
to 9ur r^ubii«aa instituUonv.

we arc a" nuisance^' because the. drtatjtf of
all things, tho Sovereign Ruler of the U,m-
verse has thought proper, in his infinite pa?
do^v'to'tiheture Us with a darker hue than
thai of our white brethren, Or, if you please,
because tho lot of out ancestors happened to
be cast in the torrid zone, beneath the scorch-
ing beams of a vertical son. This is our
crime 5 and for this alone we are told that we
can never be men, unless we abandon th€
land, of ' our birth, '". oiir veritable home, and
people an uncongenial clime, the barbarous
regions of Africa. O that men would learn
that knowledge and viitne, not colour, con-
stitute the sum of -human dignity. With
these we are white, without them black.

Again, were the members of that distin-
guished institution actuated by the motives
so generally ascribed to them, why is it, per-
mit me to ask, that they dread, or become
olfended ut an investigation of the principles
U|Jon which the society is based ? Why is tt
that they would have us yi<=M, with implicit
credulity, without the exercise of ' our own
judgment, to whatever they propose for our
happiness? Does not the dread of liberal
enquiry, indicate something radically wrong
in tneir principles ? They should. ever bear
in mind, that if it is their prerogative to de-
vise, it is' ours to investigate. We are all in-
terested. Some of the benevolent societies
of our land, have proceeded on principles
widely different from those which we have
just noticed. They, so far fro.;, dreading, a
liberal investigation of their views^ and mo-
tives, are making every possible effort to at-
tract public attention.. It would appear, that
they are never so sanguine in their expecta-
tions of success, as when the public are dis-
posed to scrutinize their pretensions. They
do not dread, but court investigation. Arm
what have they lost- by this liberal proce-
uure? Are they uot/,daily increasing in
number, icspectability, and influence? So
true ii is, thai truth loses nothing by inves-
tigation." But after all that has been saiu
for, and against the society, in question, we
may safely aflirm th*t if it be of God, it will,
(maugre all opposition) stand : if not, it will,
(in despite of the power and high authority
now combined to sustain it) fall.

Furthermore, how much benevolence hay
been displayed by that philanthropic society,
in pre-paying any of the emigrants that have
iott the country, for usefulness in th; colon>
whither they have repaired ? Would it uot
he more congenial with the professed object
of that society to educate, pretty liberally, in
this country, some portion of the emigrants,
and tnereby prepare them the more oliectu-
ally to carry to the land of their lorefatheis,
(to use tho language oi Mr. ii«<,*lay) "the
ricli lruits of religion, civilization, law and
liberty,'-' than to send them away in all their
acknowledged ignorance and depravity .'—
iM any good wishes have been expressed by
tiie members of the African Colonisation So-
ciety in' behalf 0f poor, degraded Africa.
They most pitiably deplore the ignorance,
b"; batity, and mora) corruption that have for
so many centuries" maintained an unbroken
sway over her' unfortunate sons. But what
have 'they done, cr what are they doing to
efiectuate a destruction of this deplorable
state of things % aiuong mem ? .-Their speeches
wilf, in some sort, furnish an answer. They
tell us that we, who are "of all classes of
the x population of this country, the most vi-
cious;; who, 0 mg contaminated ourselves,
extend -our. vices to 'ail around us;; to the
slaves and to tiie whites ;" are to be the pi
oneers of s this great work of regeneration
and reibrniS. Fine inatei iuls. indeed -to ac
complish so glorious a work ! T'his is a phe
nomoha in the Tnoral world, to which 1 beg
leave to ctfll the attention of the 'ministers of
the gospel, on the Sabbath nearest the fourth
of July. Thus, we have exposed our senti-
ments' relative to the priucipl«3 which- we
have thougtit govern the members of the Af-
jioan Coloni/.atuyii society, "generally.* If we
are wrong, vve iiope they will set us right.
We are aware that many will ssiy, that we
have taken an uncharitable view of\ the sub-
ject; but be this as it may, we think differ-
ently; 1 We would, however, beg those who
may be inclined to think unfavourablyN of
what,! we' have -advanced, before they pass
judgment, upon us, to fancy themselves for a
moment in our situalioii ; and take into con-
sideration, all: the propositions of that soci-
ety 'relative tc- us, and; if they do n(ft f .after,
such !an experiment, think, as we do, 1 am
much mistaken. We now close these obser-
vations, by addressings the members of that
society in the language of one of its mem-
bers.! " If iuy opinioufdiffer from yours, it is
well that you shop W lie early apprised of* it.
Youi.will, at all/evente, give.uie ; the credit, as
I publii ly proclaim them, of having honestl v.
adopted thero ; and, having adopted them al-
ter mature deliberation, I shall independently
adhejre to them, as long as I believe them
rig'bti""

A, CS£09R£D BAlTIMOaiAK. '

FOR THE rREBWOM'S JOURNAL.

The appearance of a paper from the Noitl,
edited by persons of our own cdlour, and uV
voted to the interests of our long oppressed
and stigmatLed race; cannot fail to awakea
the liveliest joy and gratitude in every bosom,
that is not callous to humanity and virtue.
We, at the south, ate peculiarly interested in
its welfare, for we are those on whom its ef-
fects may operate most beneficially. By a .
calm and temperate discussion of the gp.',
vcrnment, of its policy in relation to slavery,
together with a feeling and earnest appeal to •
the southern -slave-holders ; you must, and
cannot fail to produce a happy effect. No
one deprecates violence more than 1 do, I
well know the futility of such a course. W«
have many philanthropists here, who will not
be deaf to tlje voice of reason and .religion j
and who will join with us in devising all pro-
per and r legal means -to extirpate so great a
curse as slavery, i We are well aware of the
difficulty of' extirpating long md deep rooted
prejudices. v » But time and perseverance, un-
der the smiles of an approving Heaven, can
effect wonders. Man of every, complexion
tnd nation under Heaven, is guided by lhc .
same impulses. Self interest must ever be
the most powerful, therefore, to secure this
feeling in our favour, we must endeavour to
convince that, free labour is m.ofat advantage-
ous to a community ; tliafsfave labour emmot
compete with it, and consequently that so
Ion" as there' is this di tinction; m our coun-
try, the one part must have an ascendancy
over the other. ,

Instead of expending money in colonumg
free 'people 1 in Africa, who are free at home,
and who if not satisfied here, have the world
before them' to go where they may think best;
expend this same money, in liberating from
bondage, such shaves us philanthropic own-
ers might wish to liberate, hut whose pover-
ty may prevent from so generous au action.
This would be paving the way for u general /
emancipation. It would be gradual, it is true,
but at the same time more politic. For ul-
though as a man of colour, I am greatly inte-
rested on this subject, yet I am certain,^
manv disadvantages would he experienced-
from a sudden and general emancipation ; .1
if uuieed it was-pos!5ible. I arn sensible, I
am only repeating the -sentiments of-otlier6. ; :
or, t!iis subjeA. but they are sentiments with
•which l_tfas go much delighted, that I would'
f'afn repeat them 'a hundred times. We have' ;
s "en them recently expressed both by a na-
tive writer, as well as a foreign one. The
first piece to which T allude appeared last'
winter in the Genius of Universal Eniancipa-
tion, published at Baltimore, under the signa-
ture of " Veritas." It was in opposition to*
the Colonisation Society, ami so manifest was
the sincerity that pervaded the whole, that it ...
could nVit fail to arrest the attention of every
one concerned. It was from the pen of John
Andrews; Esq. of Richmond. Va. ; a gentle-
man, whose namb I give to the public for se--.-
veral i eusons..andWho. I must beg, will not
be offended with me for so doing. First, be-
cause I consider that he deserves the thanks
and gratitude of every coloured man in Ame-
rica—and secondly, to show, that notwith-
standing earl; prejudices, nhd living in Vi?-
ginia, where it is thought by some, however
erroneously, a liberal fooling towards our co-
lour cannot exist;" he fearlessly opposed llie
popular feeling, because he considered it
unjust. He exposed to the coloured man, the
dan ers and difficulties, and I may with truth,,
add, the futility of the plan of African ColeK
nidation.. He told •Ijis.own white brethren of
the South,' many tiOjf lis in relation' to theK
best interest. The piece. ! j if I mistake not, ■
was republished in Philadelphia; where; he
Ins elicited much good feel ng, I am told, to-
wards him from both classes'of. 'he common .
nity He writes with grcijt moderation, nor
is .there to be found .any thing to offend tin?
most fastidious.- The other piece I alluded-
to, is from the pen of a iady of distinction m
Europe, Mi^s Wright, whd'se celebrity as -a, .
wrirer, no doubt; caused it to go the round of
the newspapers, and consec uently to be much
more generally read v '

,What then shall those persons say, wfu>
lia. e # threatened you with a withdrawal of ?
their patronage, merely on account, of having;

,L» . !_ With ,

expressed sentiments in
siu'rie of the South, iand

concurrence ;<
even in Europe

That cause must be wretclied indeed, whjfh;;;
'slirinks from investigation, for truth lpses Tib^' i
thing by enqpiiry. How 00meS.it tliat the ^
advocates of coloni2ation, ar»- so sensitive oa *
the su't ject of having any t ling said in bpP,o^'
sition-io them ? that editors 1 are to;be fbuHU)^
in the states where*, slavery exists, ... refusing .y£,
even to give publication tolany thing writU3R;#-
against this colonisation ? | We find no dunr.^.l
culty to solve the enquiry, i It is becadse ,»;,,
few triiths like these, may cause a doubt, *\
least, us to the expediency pf going to A^H-,-. ; ^
ca. What is. to becoibe of this colony, wheA|?|
it becomes (sufficiently rich J to tempt the ^- ^.^
pacity . 9f foreign gbveiroments.^ Wb.it

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67

protect it from piratical desperadoes ? What ;The men employed ^scaped with difficult/.

arc they to do, if having to* contend, not only ** • *- —

•with external but internal foes ? For to sup-
pose that the natives will ever consider them
in any other light than as intruders], and con^
sequent! y us enemies, is as fanciful as false.
It will be impossible for private societies in
the United States to protect them, and cart
'we rationally entertain a hope that the Gen-
eral Government wili interpose, ^fler what
occurred last winter in Congress ? > We con
{cm our inability to see any thing cheering in
the prospect of this society; and, } we deem
it a christian duty to tell our coloured breth-
ren scv And for this, are we to bring the Ed-
itors of this Paper into^disfavburj with the
colonisation advocates ? ' We hope not, cer-
tainly it cannot happen with the liberal. We
respect mahy of them, and believe their mo-
tives are pure, and that a zeal to spread the
gospel light actuates them. But are they un-
acquainted with the fact that there jare alrea-
dy in Africa, many hund.ed christians, (Abys-
simans) who possess greater facilities to con-
vert than our mission ries can possibly have,
They have also dark complexions, as well as
we, combined with a knowledge of their lan-
guage.,. I am told, an Abyssinian bishop late-
ly at Rome, .laughed at the very idea of a
f(V" missionaries from the United States con
verting Africa. But pardon me for trespas-
sing so long on your time, and allow me, be-
fore concluding, to say to you, that at least
one coloured man in Virginia, feels his obli
gallons to you, for your noble and generous
endeavours to serve his, as well as your own
injured race, with a deep regret, that more
of his coloured brethren to ihe South, do not
feel as does

A Free CnimunKD ViaGiNiAN.

.YEJV-YORK, JULY 6.

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
The Abolition of Domestic Slav-r ry, in this
state, was celebrated by a large and respect-
able body of our brethren, in this city, 011 the
4ih inst. No public parade added to ihe con-
fusion of the day ; the arrangements for itj
and the deeoratng of the house, shewed a
highly commendable spirit in the Committee
of Arrangements ; and evinced their discrim-
inating taste. The portraits of 'Jay, Clark-
son and Thompson, which adorned' j the walls
of ihe. church, recalled to our minds, former
iiuies, when these philanthropists particularly
exehed themselves in behalf of our oppres-
sed race. . The contemplation of the bust of
Boyer, rilled our hearts with gratitude to hea-
ven, lor having placed a portion of our b reth

It is. extrertiely gratifying, that on being mus-
tered, as ebon-aftor the incident as possible,
hot one was .found missing. The engineer
Who was belo w repairing one of the pump*;
escaped with the greatest difficulty. Taking
into-qonsideration, Bay the reporters of thir
casualty, the vast body and impetuosity of
the stream that poured into the tunnel, it is
most curprising that not only no ife was lost,
but that even .no injury Was sustained by any
one. About 160 men were engaged in the
work when the alarm was raised that the ri-
ver had broken in. At that time, the tunnel
extended 5S0 feet under the Thames. From
the time the water first broke in, till the tun-
uel and shaft were filled to the level of the
river, twelve minutes elapsed.

.Where the fissure occurred, is not quite
two-thirds across the river, which, at this
particular spot, is, at half-tide, about five far
thorns in depth. .

At low water, on Sunday afternoon, Messrs.
Brunei, sen. and jun., descended in the diving
beil a second time, and made a complete in-
spection of the aperture in the bed of the ri-
ver, by means of wheh the tunnel has been
inundaUd. On their being drawn up, they
stated that the hole was perpendicular, and
therefore much easier to be filled up than
would otherwise have been the case. It has
been ascertained,, that a yard beyond the
point to which the work has proceeded, a
stratum o r strong clay commences, and, could
the present difficulty be overcome, all doubts
as to ultimate success would be done away
with. It is calculated that all the water could
be drawn out in seventy hours, shoul the leak
be stopped.

II r. Brunei's report to the directors on
Monday, says : — I have adopted means to
remedy the evil, and remove the water: and
feel confident that the work will, in a short
time, be resumed, and proceed as usual..

The means - adopted for stopping the leak,
is by throwing; clay over the 8"ot, as well
loose as in bags. ■ >

Messrs. Brunei, on Monday morning," de-
scended to ascertain whether certain. bags
of clay had been pioperly placed, which are
designed to close the leak. On the bell be-
ing hoisted up, the engineer declared, that
every thing had been done in the most pro-,
per manner, and ordered additional quanti-
ties of clay, in bags, to be lowered on the
place where the aperture previously was.; —
"So sanguine is Mr. Brunei now (the papers?
say on' Monday) that the evil will be reme-
died, that he has given orders, that the steam
engine should this morning (Monday Jast) be
got ready, in order that at low water, this
evening (Monday,) the pumping out of the
water contained in the tunnel and shaft may
be commenced." f English paper. ~

this borough. This numerous body being so certainty of riches ! ffer husband, t wdrthles*
eadily disposed- of, as soon as thev stop- fellow, iot hold of it, and decamped with the
ped from the soil of a slave, on that whole, leaving jber to support five children.—
of a. free state,' wiil probably point out Dublin Morning 'Bfiti.
this state to the Virginians, as the Liberia
where they can, with less expense than in Af-

ricu, colorize their redundant coloured popu-
lation, and we may expect those now arrived,
are but the harbingers of others of these un

Henry Sidts and Jonas BradshawttttwtirkuU
ed a slave in North-Carolina, because he could not
travel " " ...

««v ,„„ „.....-,. f r...» ~. — - 1 further on aeeoujnt of "'debility. They -left

fortunate people; who. will prefer this state to *»«"» lying on the public highway.! I— — Tfaree-
the land of their fathers, for the future resi- i f ou , r ' h9 ^ the learned dog ApoHo, now exhibiting
dence of themselves and postenty.

In Ihe county of Hanover, from which these low murdered his wife. j Ho was a drunkard.-^—
people have come, the Hack population, in In North-Carolina, a tiloVc has been killed by on*
1819, was 8943— the white population o'217 — Clark, for taking the part of his master; during a
In 1826, the white population was 6130, and quarrel between t.hom,-j— The Sattinet Factor?,
that of the blacks 9037, from which it appears m lll P town- of Chathwh, Columbia county; has
that in the last ten years the white popula- b«o n burnt to tho ground, with all its machinery,
x- • „j „ „r o-y „„j «i.„» 'e sto<i k on hand, and a arge quantity of sattinet*.

turn sustained a diminution of 37, and that of M „ s Ll w rf £ &ejg n / r committ ed

the blacks gained an. accession of 74. Con- ;suici(lu late , at J}rook r y „ D * Ir ' a r) e i a of

sidenng that by a constant traffic to the south Chilicothe, Ohio, latoly committed suicide, by ta-

by desertion and emancipations, the number king laudanum. —Mrs. Andrews, wile of Cy-

of the blacks is kept down, it is evident that rus Andrews, of Chili, MOrnroe co. was instantly
the whites do not multiply near as fast as the killed by the wall-sweep falling on her wbii#

coloured population, and that if thf Virgini- drawing water.—; It is stated that there have

ana were obliged to confine the offspring of beo « at least thirty caswsof kidnapping in Phihv
their slaves to their soil, a. no distant day the J e, P hia i,j 1 n tho lo f l two ? r three years. ■ Ofthtse/
coloured.would not only outnumber but totally ^ur chddren and one wqman have been restored,

„m„» n „. k n ..,i,w« ri~~,n* and lt 18 hoped, that fmeen or sixteen more may

suppres, the white population,- Gazette. • j be mrere ' d Thu rt)Bid ^ ej it ia fear ed, are dooH £

cd to slavery for lifo. —Ten Dollars counter*

Hunting Men.— It is stated in a Savannah ' f elt notps, of the Manhattan Bank of this city, are

paper, as if ii were an affair o:' ord.nary oc- now in circulation. A; party, are engaged in

currence, that a runaway negro had been ap- : ™ k,n g ih ". ri ™ r " nt | lakem the vicinity of Fort,
preheilded and sent to jail, though "he did V Lit? ■ Mo *» n 1, T hey are

' . , J ' ,, likely to make a profitable business of it, as seve-

not surrender until he was considerably maim- ral a ' ocJ)ors \ mv / alre!l(iy been rai8ed from a eat

ed by the dpgs tnat had been set upon b m." dt , pth . u Jail t0 ua -As bur county jailer

It is a fact, that dogs are tiamed in some of informs us, that the prison is at present tenantleas
the southern states, to hunt run-away slaves, — wc notify .all thieves, pickpockets, rogues, ras-
aiid are kept by -<egro-himters who are era- cals, and blackguards, and other gents., that thay
ployed to catch *ny poor wretch who may efj- can now be accommodated with lodgings.— iielv.

cape from a brutal master.*" These dogs will Apollo in roofing a new Flour-Mill, in Ro-

itake the track of a necro as readily as hounds Chester, lately, live men fell from the scaffold, two
will that of a deer, and will pull down their f lhu '» Jl f the.r lives, another had his leg bro-
prey if they come up with it. The slave pur- the others- were , severely bruised.-—

L.,Ja u„ *ui „ ;„ ' „n„ ^„n„ i I « T he civil authorities of Princeton, have passed an

jued by the n is generally compelled to take ordinimce t0 nt lhe violation 0 ftb«S a bbath,
to a tree, where he is watched by the dogs, j n future, by driving staijbs, d«5. through that 1h»-

rougli on tnat day. — -The first No. of a Spanish
newspaper, called the " Rtdactor Espanot dc

till the.'r masters come up. — JVor. Star.

Thames Tunvf.l. — Rotherhithe, Thursday
tnormng. — The public wiil" be glad to learn
that last evening the hole was considered as
ren,in;i situation so favourable for di veloping stopped by the engineer. Yesterday morn-

their powers of body and mind, and eviden- : ™S\ wh * n ^% li(ie rose - l ? e i evel of u the

r , ■ « i , , ter in the shaft was two teet lower than that

cing to tne world, that all men are equal by , of the riveri whifih sho ws that the aperture
nature. The banners of the several societies, was materially reduced. In the evening, un-
placed in dilfe rent parts of the house, bearing ! on the top of the tide, there was a difference

the words, unity, charily, temperance, &c. re-
minded us very forcibly of the daily need we
have of all these, in our relations with the

of nine ftet.

The pumps wiil -be set to work this eve-
ning, in order to clear the works ; and it is
expected -that in the course of Saturday the

,vurld. We are brethren bv the ties of blood tunnel itsel will be accessible.

and misfortunes, and we can perceive no suf-
fic-.eul reasoriR, why matters of a trifling na-
ture, should cause so much excitation and. di-
vision among us.

The Oration, by Mr. Hamilton, was & plain
and sensible piece of composition. It contain-
ed umny. important truths and lessons to our
ri iog youths. Though Ve differ from Mr.
H. in one or two of the positions assumed
b : im;"on the whole, the performance, was
h hly creditable. .

Our gratification was much enhanced by
perceiving among the spectators on the oc-
casion, the respsced individual, through
•wlioae unremitted exertions, the Abolition
Bill was htid before the j legisla.u e, and fi-
nally passed.

Nearly 1000 tons of clay, and clay in bags,
have been thrown into the river, so as very
nearly to raise tho bed of the- river to its usu-
al level. The whole of to-day will be em-
ployed in the sami. work. The miners have
perfect confidence, and look, with impatience
to re-outering the tunnel. Before the water
is entirely out, some will descend, and enter
the tunnel by means .of a raft, io order, care-
fully to inspect, the state of the works, which
will in all probability take place on Friday.

Mr. Brunei, it is said, now considers the
leakage to be less than it was when they
were at work, and less than it lias been for
some time back ; which is satisfactory, inas-
much as it shows that the pumps are more
than equal to the reducti./ii of tiie water.

j Jl blind man dilfusiv? licrhl -The Reverend ^"Th^?*. . » J t! WP«"»h.ed m th_»«.ty.
Mr. Woodbridge,tvhois8ut l«dat Green River, ^ liu Ld t ,to A V h 8 - ^ v Jose de bcsei a.—— -A •
New-York, 10 or 15 miles WCflt of Stoekbridge ! 0USU ut AtJle "'' ^ ^ .^ lately destroyed by
lost his siffht when at. College, and has been to . ,r °' oc f s °" cd b / « ^'dont.n heating an ovon,
tally blind for man/ year.. Notwithstanding this lro '" wliich bread was taken the next morning in

afflictive privation, he is an able and useful preach,, .g^^ndilioii, An atrocious murder ,s sup-

-of the Gospel, and performs tb, various and ^ l ? ha H V0 b H eeB ™ ma ™« d % , C, ' e8t « r ' ^ «•

- '~ 'i - .. on the Londonderry turnpike. The dead body of

u man was 1 uund floating in Massabesic pond,
wjth evident marks of violence upon it. — ■— John
"j* l ™\ Bishop and William Albent, were on the Sabbath. ,
ism . ana f ti u ,i^,„„..^ u-«i,;«„.;. . ^.;n

important duties of a- Christian Pastor to the ac-
p'eptanci^ and edification of his people. Thirty-
throe persons wore added to his Church a few
Weeks since*- Ho employs an amanuc
most of his Bermons ate written out.

of tiie lUth ult. drowned while bathidg iu a mill-
pond, in N^ft'stown, Va.-- A Mrs Grant, of

Frankfort, Mo. an elderly insane woman, lately

Casuahies.-James F»nnin L '. of Gorham, h,llt!d h«r husband who was asleep, with ,an axe.
Ontario county, « a, instantaneously killed by- — ^™ ^ «tJ\£Z^%

wet cloth«s lelt in
were found frozen

iBmtntiz Mates.

York, (Penn.) June 16.
Colonization. — On Wednesday eveng last,
arrived in this borough, sixty-Jive nmiwimited
. slaves, from Hanover County, Virginia. They

Bursting in of. the 7 'hames Tunnel.— The • w, ere conducted by one. of- their, late own-
•water broke into the Thames Tunnel, with ers. The name of this modern . Moses, is
irresistible violence, on Friday night week, Granger, Who brought these unfortante
shortly before seven o'clock. At the mo/heht people into Pennsylvania, because they re-
that the wate, hurst in, there were 1 juckily fused to go to Africa, agreeably to the con-
no personsr in the tbnnel but the workmen.— dition on which they were 1 , released from
Great nui uber« of persons have bee^i in the slavery by their owners: They intended
hatnt of visiting this work. The first indica- to go to Columbia, in Lancaster County-~ (
won of dagger was a tremendous noise, and but we understand but few had occasion to go
the mil of iue water iuiinediateiy followed, there, most of them fowid places in and about

f „. „ ... i • -i i i on the night of the 23d ult ; v

tne falling ot some .timbers, which he and tho open air through the night,
some others were engaged in raising, last next morning. — r-~6'a«it»on.— A young child in
week.— r- Seth M k Michael was found dead in Soutiiington, Conn, besought , its mother for a
a lane in Canandaigua, about the same time pensnife, and then begged; to have it opened. Tho

— verdict, death by the visitation of God. request was complied with. On stepping, out, of

Mr. Prendergast's sawmill, in Jamestown, the room for a minute, thp mother was recalled .
Chatauque co. containing a gang of 18 saws, by a shriek. . The child ha;d lallen upon thbkimife,
and two single saws for slabbing logs and winch penetrated its hearty and caused its' instant

sawing square timber, was consumed by fire deatl i; broke-out on Friday morning

on Saturday last.— Job King's tavern; about ^ lhe hours of a and U o'clock, in the
*-,« ^....ntufitu,. ~~ *k„ t»i „ White L'jud and lurpentmo Manufactory. of F.
two miles south of Ithaca, on the Ithaca and & H. West, which was destroyed, with one^or two
Owego ; turnpike, was destroyed by hre on adjoining buildings. One of the- firm- was badly
the 1st inst.. Nearly all the lamily weie ab- burnt at the commencement of the fire.— -Simon
sent, and nothing of consequence was s> ved. Rouse was murdered in Xienox co, N. G. on tho
The loss is said to be between three and four 2atb May, by a Mr. Creech; Rouse is said to have
thousand dollars, and no insurance. — Roch. assisu-d m carrying off , the daughter of Cr.eech, a ^
Obs . . few days; previously, to got married to a Mr. Ben-

' | dor contrary to he?, father's wishes. — : The

: Court oi^Scssion.8 mis organized on Moliday.^The
77tc 7?ie7f- ZfOg. — In the parish of Sta'th bland, ' RLCorder\ in his charge, Btated they would be cal- .
in Stirlingshire, a singular story is told of a led to ac/ upon nearly one hundred bids ; some of
log of wood. About seventy years ago it is . which were lor murder, manslaughter, and pass-
remembered as a prop to the end of u'bench, ing :i counterfeit money ; bctjides a variety; of cases
in a school-house near the church. I was ^ and petit larceny — Between sunr.se

afterwards used by children, who amused -™* Bunset- on VVednosday last, three ^
.. , ... J .. . „ •, r boy made two hundred una sixteen rails, at tho

themselves With .carrying it to the top of an ; ^ ^ at VVatcrloo ., John B, Amedie,

accbvity, whence it rolled to the bottom. Iti who ^ as condeamed to death at Richmond, has
afterwards la> many years ou the wall of the 0c . ol , res hii,e(i by the President;— —The young '
church-yard. At last it was appropriated by ; ma!)) tianford, said to have been murdered some,
an old- woman, a. pauper, who lived in a hut by : time since, m VVilton, Conn, has been ibund in ah
herself. For about twelve vears she used iti oinishouse, in Duxbury, Mass. in a deranged
as aiseat. After her death one of her neigh- j state of mind:-— —The accusation of a little sister,
bors was emplnved to wash the clothes that ': wiiich nnpiisoned a mother and brother, for the
Werefound in her house; fuel being scarce it | aiic o cf f c ™ I1(i of murder, is false.--— Nanna Brum-
waslaidonthe,iretolieavwaterii

ratiou ; not igniting quickly the. washerwo- ou lhe 15tjl uit> J ttt Chaffeston, S. C.
man took it oft the fire, and proceeded to
cleave it off; the first stroke it burst asunder,
and the floor was covered with money k The
coins consisted of crowns, half-crowns, and
^hilliifgs, of Queen Elizabeth, Janies the First
of England, and Charles the First; ■ a, -few
gold coins were also found. The total* sum
Vva8 supposed to be about 40?. sterling. The
log was about a. foot and a half square; it
Had been excavated through a small triangu-
liir dpoaing cut out in one< df its sides ; after
the treasure had been deposited, the hole had
been hcsLtly closed up with a piece of . wood,
fitted to the place, and fixed with wooden
pegs. The w6man,,being alone, secured the
money, wished to conceal it j but ah, the un-

MARRIED— By the Rev. B: Paul, Mr. James
Htnderson to Misa Cat/iarine TreadweU t both of
this city. v,
. By the same, Mr. Joun Green to Mrs. Jdargd-

ret hurtle. '■ '

ALMANAC.

JULY; .

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FREEDOM'S

: THE BRIDE'S FAREWELL.
Farewell -mother!— tears are streaming

Down thy tender, pallid cheek 5 -,
1,'in gems and roses' gleaming,
On eternal sunshine dreaming,

Scarce this sad farewell may «peak ; • [
Farewell, mother ! now. I leave thee, \

And thy love— unspeakable-— . 1
One to chorish-r-who may gricye me;
OnB.to trust— Who may deceive me:

Farewell mother ! fare thee well ! |

Farewell fath *.r /—thou art smiling,

Yet there's sadness on thy brow-
Mingled joy and languor— willing j
All my heart, fit>m .that beguiling

Tenderness, to which I go-
Farewell father !^-thou didst bless me,

E re my lips thy name could tell ; ;
He'tnay wound,! who ehould caress me,
WJjio should solace— may oppress me : j

Father ! guardian ! fare thee well ! j

Farewell «rter A— thou art twining .

Round rat in affection deep,
Gazing on my garb so shining,
Wishing "joy —but ne'er divining

Why a blessed bride should weep:
Farewell sister !— have we ever

Suffer'd wrath our breast 1o swell; !
E'er gave hoks'or words that Beyer
Those that should be parted, never !
' Sister— dearest /—fare thee well !

Farewell brother! thou art brushing

Gently off. these tears of mine, ,
And the grief that fresh was gushing,
The most holy Mss is hushing,

Can I e'er meet love like thine ?•
Farewell I brave and gentle brother, i

Thou— more dear than words may tell—
Love me yet— although another
Claims lanthd. '.j- father! mother—

M belov'd ones— fare ye well !—

" U'^S- Paper.

THOUGHTS OF SADNESS.
How Bad and forsaken

Ii that heavy heart,
Where hope cannot waken,

Nor sorrow depart !
So sad and so lonely
■ No inmate is there,
$*ve one— and that only

Is chilling Despair.

. How sad is* the slumber
Long sufferings bring,
Whose visions outnumber
The woes' whence they spring '
' Unblest such repose is,
Its waking is near,
And the eyelid uncloses
Still wot with a tear.

But .though sad 'tis to weep
'.. O'er incurable woes — .
Sad the dream-disturbed sleep !

Yet far deeper than those
Is the pangi ui concealing

The woes of the mind
From heart* without feeling —

The gay, ithe unkind.

For saddest! of any

Is he, of the sad,
"Who must smile amongst many,

Where mjany are glad ; ■
Who must Join in the laughter.

When laughter goes round,
To plunge deeper aftor

In grief more profound.

Oh I such smiles like light shining

On ocean's cold" wave,
Or the playful entwining

Of sweets o'er a grave; j
And such lu.ugh sorrow spurning

At revfilry's calls,
Like echoed returning j

From lone empty, halls. :

VAHSEIXES.

A Mrd. Moll; Harding kept the natest inn at
Bally roan, close to my father's house. I Re-
collect to bnvfc heard a passenger (they ire
very scarce there) telling her, " that his
sheets had not been aired. 5 ' With great [ci-
vility, Moll Warding begged his honour's par-
don, and said, u They certaiii y were, and,,
must have ben well aired, for there was not a
gentleman canie to the house lor the fast
fortnight that j had not slept in them !"~iStr
/. Harrington) j

An affecting Preacher.— While a Dermis
was- preaching at Bagdat, one of thr> hearers
aeemed vastly jaffected. Proud of bis powier.
the preacher ; asked how his discourse had
touched him so much. "Oh! sir," replied
the other, " it; was not that *, but your beafd
put me so much in mind of a*goat 1 had lost
that I could not help crying." |

Sir Boyle Roche's perpetual bragging that
Sir John Cavej had given him his eldest daugh-
ter, afforded Cunri n an opportunity' of reply-
ing. 44 Aye, Sijr Boyle, and depend on it, iff he
had an olderptie still, he would have gjjven
her to fQ\i."~rSir /, Bamn^ion, i *

A canddate for office in Vermont, who of-
fered as evidence ofhis abilities to discharge;
its duties,' that he had been " following tho
law for several . vears," was answered by a
wag : " Yes ;. but at such a distance that you
will never- pvertake it !"

Anecdote of Dr. lottflg-.—As the- doctor
was walking in his garden, at Welwyn, in
company with two ladies, one of whom he
afterwards married, a servant came to tell
him a gentleman wished to speuk with him.
" Tell hnn," says the doctor, " I am too hap-
pily engaged to change my situation." The
ladies insisted that he should go, as his visi-
tor, was a man of rank, his patron and his
friend. As persuasions, however, had ho ef-
fect, one took him by the right arm, the oth-
er by the left, and led him to the garden
gate, when, finding resistance was vain,, he
bowed, laid his hand oh his heart, and in that
expressive manner for which he was so re-
markable, spoke the foHowingJines :—
Thus Adam look'd, when from tho garden driven,
And thus disputed orders sent froni heaven.
Like him 1 go ;' but yet to go am loth ;
Like him I go— for angels drove us both.
Hard was his fate ; but mine still more unkind :
His Eve went with him, but mine 'stays behind !

A celebrate Mvit made one of his happiest
jok«8 when he heard that Bishop, who had
feeensent to Portsmouth, preparatory tottans-
portation tor life, had escaped. " Gad, Sir,'
said he, " he must have been an Arch Bishop
to do that, and yet his dislike to the See is
quite unaccountable."

In some of the villages in Kent, when a
man is known to h ve beaten his. wife, it is
usual to strew chaff before his door ; then
the joke runs through the town, that such a
man was th/ashing last - night, as the chaff
was seen in front of his house. Such notorie-
ty is said to be a more wholesome restraint'
on bad husbands, than any legal enact-
ment. '

Superstition of Sailors. — fti London, last
week, a Mr. Smith, at a meeting of the Be-
thel Union Society, in illustration of the ig-
norance of sailors in general, related several
anecdotes. He produced a charm, which a
poor sailor bought to cure the ague by wear-
ing it on his breast. It contained these words :
" When Jesus saw the cross on which he was
to be crucified, he trembled." The Jew ask-
ed him whether ho had sot the ague ? He
.said, ' Whosoever shall bear the words of
mine on his breast, shall never have ague no
morel' " Mr. Smith next read several adver-
tisements, from newspapers, about children's
cauls to be sold to seafaring men, many of
whom believed, that if they had a caul, they
should never be drowned. He also told of a
priest at Callao, who came on boar * to sell
charms to keep men from being shot. Sailors,
Mr. Smith added, knew little o nothing about
fcectari.iiiism. One of them heard the words
" Calvinism" and " Arniinianism," and asked
a messmate what they meant? His mess
©late replied. that they were French names
for two ropes which came from the top-mast
lhrough the futtock-shrouds, and fastened
below the fore-mast.

Hydrophobia.-*- A. traveller from Greece
has communicated to jthe French Academy a
mode of treatment employed in Thrace, in
cases of the bite of mad animals. Tt consist.,
in making incisions under the tongue, at any
period of the disease, and'withoiit any regard
to . the appearance of the ordinary pustulos
there. This remedy is regarded in Thrate,
as so infallible, that no apprehensions of hy-
drophobia are entprtaine/d in that country. .

Benefit of a Monosyllable. —At the Old Bai-
ley, Thomas Aslett took tho benefit of tile
following quibble^ started from the Bfi.nch.-i-
The prisoner wnscchorged with stealing s
letter from the Post, Olfice containing a sovfe-
rukjn, while in the employment of that es-
tablishment as a 1-Hter carrier. The evidence
clearly proved the theft charged in the in-
dictment, and the prisoner was seen to ta£e
the property in the Post Office, and was se-
cured. The Chief Justice was of opinion,
that it required the property (accordiiigto
the net of Parliament) should he* taken frym
the Post Office, and not in the Post Omce;
and the prisoner was acquitted! Thus.iiad
the prisoner but crossed the threshold^ his'
death would nave been inevitable. Nice dis
Unctions !

Diogenes being asked, the biting of what
beast was- most rdangerous ? Answered, ..«< If
you mean wild beasts, 'tis the slanderer's,' if
tame ones, the flatterer's."

A Jttdge.-rA grave magistrate was {fitting
at Ubie between two youug coaccombs„ >vho

took ii into thoir headi to attempt making
him th^ butt of thoir ridicule. Gentlemen,'
said tb » Judge, " 1. plainly iperceive your de-
sign ; iut, to save ^unnecessary trouble, I
must big leave to give you a. just idea of -my
characier. Be it knovwi to you, therefore,
that I dm pot precisely a fool, nor altogetnor
a knave, but as you see something between
both "

A medical student be-ng asked where he
procured some skeletous, replied that ho rail-
ed thoip.

JVb. 35 Leonard-street, near Chapel-sreet.

C, BOYER returns liis sincere thanks for
th6 verV liberal encouragement which he has re-
ceived since tlio opening of the above Establish-
ment; and hopes to merit a continuance of the
same, by paying strict attention to the wishes and
comforts of his patrons. :

New-York, June 14th, J827.

NICHOL S PIEltSON,
RerpectitiiLY informs the Pftople of Co-
lour, that his MEAD GARDEN, No 13, Delan-
cey-streot, was op«ned on the evening of the first
of June, for -ihe accommodation of genteel and
respectable persons. of colour.
No admittance for unprotected females,
Npw-Y6rk, June 1st, 18127. 13

CHEAP OLOTHXNtt STORE,

jYo. 218, South Sixth-street, Philadelphvi,

THE Subscriber respectfully, returns his
sincere thanks to his friends ..and the public in
general, for their ' favor and patronage. He
informs them; that he continues to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE
WEARING APPAREL of superior quality, both
now and second-handed, where customers will be
accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-
some style. He also informs Families and private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price, and
ready sale tor thoir goods, by applying' to

DANIEL PETERSON,
Wo. 218, South Sixth-st. Hu.ctinphia.
N. B r Tailoring carried on in its various
branches, and on the cheapest terms.

JAMES LAW,
FIHST RATE OOAT DRESSER,

177 WUliam-slreet/JVew-York,
CONTINUES to cleause and dress Coats t
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls, in
the neatest possible manner. He also makes, al-
ters and repairs Gentlemen's Clothes, to their en-
tire satisfaction', and upon the most reasonable
terms, i

* # * F|is mode of dressing clothes is by steasi
spokgisc, which ho has followed with much suc-
cess for! several years past. All kinds of spots or
stains are, extracted, and the cloth restored to the
appcardhce of new; and this he engages to per-
or in without any injury to the cloth, and at least
equal to any thing of the kind done in this or any
other, city of the United Stsites.

May & 0— 3m

" UEAVTY JJjYij <• to. . u.ii V."
UNITED. STATES' SCOURING, AND

JOHN H. SMITH,
JVb. 122 MHh-Third-st. (above Race ,) Phi
ladelplda,

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
neral, that he still continues at the abovu place
the Scouring a'nd Dressing' of Gentlemen's Coats,
Pantaloons, &c. on a didereut plan from that of
the Dyersj ; having a composition for so doing,
which epablos him to dross Clothes so as to leave
their appearanpo equal to new. He restores
Seams, j &c. to their original colour when worn
white, a;nd will warrant thorn to wear three.months
after dressing, and then can Be re-dressed. Also,
Ladies' Habits and Merino shawls, in the nerUcst
manner aiid upon the shortest tfotice, on reasona-,
ble terms-. Being legally bred to the busings,'
and possessing a competent knowledge of Drfss
"ig ancjl ; ^Cleaning Cloths by Steam Spongi?i(r,

hicii is the only complete manner of effecrualfy
removinff the stain;- caused from grease, tar,
paints, &( . he needs Only a trial, to afford lum an
«»pportuhiiy of giving satisfaotion.

N.'B. jl. S. constantly. keeps on hand New, and
Second handed Clothes of every description, which
he assures the public "will bo 3old as low, if not
lower tlian at any other. establishment in the Uni-
ted StaiioB for cash or barter. Gentlemen, wishinw
to purchase would rind it m ich to their interest to
call as aboveV and 'eximino for. themselves

^rT)ie highest price given for Gentlomen'j
clothes | ; . 1 « :

(CT TAILORING. WORK carried on, and
Clothe* repaifed.-^New Cuffs, Collars and Buttons
put on," if' requisite. Ho keeps on hand, ClotH>
Volvot, and Silk of discolours, for doincr ud same

April20-la27.

! LOTS WANTED;
TWO LOTS, or (he rear of two lots, where
there is any convenient communication with the
street, are wanted, for tha erection of a Presby-
terian Church. Tire local iyn must be between
Reed and Spring, Hudson and Orange sfroets^—
One loi within the above bounds, 25 feet or more,
7!5, would .answer

IwnjTQ of S. E. Coawsu, No. 6. Varick-street.
: ^ew-Tork,'Marcfe ^. " . "

ECOm^MY IS NOT PARSIMONY
R MOLLESTOIV & J. ROB IN SO*

TAILORS and Clothes Dressers, rem^
<, 'l'« tnnounce, that theyMiave entered into oafi- '
ner»...|,,> id have opened ^n establishment mr fa
51, Broad-street, (three doors abojve Bearer ^i
"where they respectfully solicit a continuance of
that patronage -which they have 'heretofore enjoy,
ed, and wheb it will be' tbeir study to continue to -
merit by punctuality and superior workmanship.

Gentlemen's Clothing mtide to order, ui ijj e
newest fashions :— Gciitlenien and Ladies' Gar^-
iherits, Habits, and Mantles, dressed and repain-d
with desprttch, and in the best manner.

All orders -thankfully received and punctually
attended to. .

QTMrs. Molt.f.bto^ can accommodate from six
to eight Gentlemen Boar iota.

SOBOOL.

For Coloured Children of both Sexts,
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready.for th^
\ admission of Pupils:
IN\thi8 school will be taught -
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO-
GRAPHY; with the, use of
^Mapsand Globes, and -
HISTORY.
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.
Reference. — Rev. Peter Vv"illiam8, Rev. Jamas
Varick, Rev. S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul
Rev. William Miller. > • V-

New-York, March 14. 1

DISEASES CURED.
. THE Piles: Dyscntary, all kinds of W-unds,
and Bruises ; also a remedy for the growing in of
the toe nails, for oppression of the lungs, felons,
fistulas, and the bite of a mad dog, if application
be made witliin twelve hours, by

S AH AH GREEN, Indum Dodress,
12 21 Collect-street.

LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is authorised to offer tchi*
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Laud, ;
at less than one half its value, provided they will 1
tttko measures to settle, or have.it settled, by co-
loured farmers. The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location »
delightful, being on the banksj of the Delaware
river, with an open navigation to tho^cUy of. Phi- '
ladelphia. The connl leading fron^ the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tract,
pening a direct navigation to New-york cii. '"Uo
passage to either city may be made in One day or
less. The land is of tho best quality, and well
timbered.

The subscriber hopeB that some of ids brctli-
ron, who are capitalists, will at lleast invest 500 or *
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will taktf
the liberty to say, this land can. be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it
has been selling for $35. He also takes the liberty .
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ao>'
vantageou3. and ho thinks such a settlement, form-,
ed .by colourod families, would b« conducive or?
much good : With this object in view ho will in-
vest 5'JO dollars in tho purchase

m v , ™ .SAMUEL Je. CORNISH.

New-York, March 20.

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will be received and attended ,tq.

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AUTHORIjSED AGENTS. ' .

C. Stockbridgo, Esq. NorthYarmduth, MairieV, ;
' Mr. Reuben Ruby, PoTtland, Mo.

V David Walkbr, Boston.
Rev. Thomas Paul, do. , /

Mr. John Remond, Salem, Mass*

" George C. WUlis, Providence. R. I.

" . Isaac Rodgers. New London. Gona.

«• Francis Webb, Philadelphia.' .

" Stephen Smith, Coiumhia,! Pcnn.
JJ«ws. R. Cooley &, Chsi Hackeit. Baltinw^
Mr; John W. Prout, Washington, D. C.
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EUR6pEAN COLONIES IN AMERICA, south of Asia and north of Africa were then

[We recommend to the attentive .perusaj
of our reader*, the following extract from an
interesting work, entitled America, or
General Survey," &e. &c. By a citizen of
the United States.]

The republic of Hayti, without belonging
precisely to the class of European 'colonics in
America, seems to hold its independence by
a somewhat doubtful tenure, (the price 'that

possessed by a number of powerful, polished,
and civilized communities of kinlred origin'
differing among themselves in sotte points of
their outward conformation, butall black.—
Ethiopia, a country of which t)d history ;is
almost entirely shrouded in the -rfglit^of ages'
and off which we know little or nothing, ex-
cept that it.must have been in i<3 day a seat
of high civilisation and great pover, probably
the fountain of the improvemoit of Egypt
j and western Asia, was inhabited by blacks.
, is to be given for it being nut yet paid,) and ; It then comprehended the country on both
may be considered with propriety in the same! sides of the Ked Sea, whence tbe Ethiopians
section. Notwithstanding the very question- j are said by Homer to be divided into two
able character of the late transaction with' parts. The great Assyrian, empires of JJaby-
France, (which does, however, quite as little: i on and Nineveh; hardly less illustrious than
honour to that powerful kingdom as to its j Egypt in arts and arms,' were founded by
colony,) the example of Hayti has been upon • Ethiopian colonies, and peopled by blacks,
the whole of a nature to encourage the ex- j Hence it was a doubtful question, at a time
pectations of the friends of humani-y, in re- j when the historical traditions of these coun-
gard to the capacity of the black race, for tries had become a little obscure, whether
self-government and the arts and habits of a the famous black Prince Memnon who served
civilised life. It would be difficult indeed to among the auxiliaries on the side of Troy, at
assign any sufficient ground for the supposi-j the seige of that city by the Greeks, was a
tion of an essential inferiority in this branch native of Babylon or Ethiopia proper, and he
of the human family, or in fact of any real was claimed as a citizen inboth these places,
inequality among the varieties of the species Strabo tc-lls us that the whole of Assyria
indicated by their differences of colour, form, south of Mount Taurus, (including, besides
or physical structure. If (which may well, Babylon and Nineveh, Phoenicia, Tyre, and
be doubted) such a prejudice has ever pre- a ll Arabia,) was inhabited by blacks ; but
railed among enlightened men, it is probably j. there seems to have been some mixture of
rare at present, and may be expected to be- . whites among them,for the Jews fall within
come continually more and more so. There this region, and the Arabs of tbe present
are no facts, as tar at least as I am acquaint- day, although , dark, can hardly be called
ed with the subject, which authorise the con- black. These, like the Medes andt'Persians,
elusion that uny one of the several varieties ; who were also white, were probably colonies
of our race is either intellectually or morally j 0 f the white Syrians, described by the same
superior or inferior to the rest, and there are \ author as dwelling beyond Mount Taurus,
ceitainly enough that attest the contrary.— which had emigrated to tbe south. But Pa-
Each great division of .the species has had in lestine or Canaan, before its conquest by the
its turn the advantage in civilisation, that is. Jews, is represented in Scripture, as well as
in industry, wealth, and knowledge, and the other histories, as peopled by blacks, and
power they confer ; and d during this period hence it follows that Tyre and her colony
of conscious triumph, each had doubtless Carthage, the niost industrious, .wealthy, and
been inclined to regard itself as a favoured polished states of their time, were of this co-
race, endowed by nature and Providence with j lour In these swarthy regions were first
ai. essential superiority over all the others.— j promulgated jhe three religions which have
li st on reviewing the course of history, we | exercised the strongest influence on the for-
find tbis accidental difference uniformly dis-! tunes of the world, two of which we receive
appearing after awhile, and the sceptre of as divine revelations ; and, as far as human
civilization passing from the hands of the agency was concerned in it, we must look to
supposed superior race into those of some. Egypt as ' the original fountain of our faith,
other, before inferior, which claims in its- which, though developed and completed in
turn, for a while, a similar distinction. As? the new Testament, reposes on the basis of
respects the immediate question, :t would;. the old. This consideration alone should
seem from even a slight examination, that the suffice with Chi isiians to, rescue the black
blacks, (whether of African or Asiatic origin) : race and the continent'they inhabit, from any
have not only a fair right to be considered as; suspicion of inferiority. It appears, in short,

to eradicate, and often conHji uc > t,,c tarcs
and 'bra/npTes, of highly civilM* society.
To, this, cause m,ay be traced the ' irroconcUa-
ble'anojhiiliosjj.with which the law£ and U6a "
tie?, of the most 'i o'lished communities arc - «°
frequently marked.; and which' not 1 only bear
in their features' the liu'eamenrVbf tfici r
but .tend to perpetuate the barbarism in which
they originated;- 1 ' . .''

In studying thchjstory of slavery, aa it ex-
isted among tl\e nations of antiquity, we
must reflect that . condition's, essentially dif-
ferent," are often expressed by a common
appellation— and that a definition'" '.drawn
from the principles and'practice of our own
age and country,, would seldom be correct if
applied to the ages and nations under review.
• In what period of the existence of our
race, man firs't instituted a claim to the un-
requited services of his fellow man. is not
easily, determined; — or, whether personal sla-
very' constituted a part of the violence with
which the. antediluvian world was filled.*
Probably, personal servitude followed close
in. the steps of those mighty hunters, who in
the primitive ages, deluged the earth with
blood. The earliest trace of its existence,
is associated with' the first military <m.ter-
prise which history has recorded. Gen. xiv. '
This, however, was evidently a national]
rather than a personal bondage.
. That a species of slavery existed during
the patriarchial ages, is obvious from the
history of Abraham, though unquestionably
mollified by the simplicity of the times. If
we suppose the men servants : ,and maid ser-
vants whom Abraham possessed,; to have
been slaves, bought from his neighbours, or
the descendants of slaves', born in ; his own
house, and held in servitude fron hereditary
right, we must admit that they were subject
to a patriarchal, rather than a magisterial
authority. Of these, the first that attracts
our notice was Eleazar of Damascus, whom
Abraham considered for a time as his heir,
Gen. xv. 2, 3. If this Eleazar was, as gen-
erally supposed, the servant whom Abraham
employed to procure a wife for his son, he
must, in station -and ,authority, have .been
subordinate to none but the 'master of the
family. — Even Isaac himself, at the age of
for'y must have been subject to his direction.
Gen. xxiv.'o, (>, 8. That not only the eldest
servant that-ruled over all that he had, but
his servants genera ly, were treated with ' a
degree of confidence, to which the slavery
of our day affords but few parallels, may be
inferred from'the alacrity with' which :they
„ , , ■ • - ,.- : ?" onl t 11 »PP e ^-w ?hoirr, puVsucd and defeated the plunderers of

naturally equal to men of any other colour, ; that this race, from the period immediately g odoni That th were tieg tQ t , )C —
hui are.even not without some plausible pre- j following the deluge down to the conquest of coyenant and votaries to the same religion
tenuous to a claim of superiority.) : At the ! Assyria and Egypt by the Persians, and the w ith their master, is also abundantly manr-
present day they are doubtless, as ; far as we ■ fall of Carthage, enjoyed a decided prepon- - « ■ — • J
have any knowledge of them, much inferior; cerance throughout the whole ancient wes-
to the whites, and have ' been so for several ■ tern world.

centuries; but at more than one preceding
period, they have been for a lengthb'f time at
the head of civilization and political power,
and must be regarded as the real authors of
most-ofthe arts and sciences which give us
at present the advantage over thern. While

(To be Continued.)

. HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
As maxims which have received the sanc-
tion of several successive generations', are

Gieece and Romn were yet barbarous, wef frequently admitted with little, examination
find the light of learning and improvement j so practices which can be traced through ev-
- emanating from this, by supposition, degrad-j ery period of history, are sometimes consol-
ed and accursed continent of Afrifca, out of eredas the necessary result of our physical
the midFt of this very woolly haired, flat no- j or morai organisation. It is probable that
sed, thick lipped, coal black race, which some : few opinions ure long admitted, or extensive-
persons are tempted to station at a pretty iy aiffuseu, which have ho analogy to truth ;
low intermediate point bet ween menand mon- 1 and that few -practices become woven imo
kics. It is to Egypt, if to any nation, that we ' tiie texture oi society,-- unless- closely allied
must loook as the re&\ antiqUa metier of the: wicn tlie wants or propensities of uian. It is
ancient and modern refinement of Europe. — j certain, however/ that the institutions of so
The colonies that civilised Greece, the fbun-j cieiv, ami ihe muxims of government, are
ders of Argos, Athens, Delphi, and so forth, | uiure uepenuent upon the characters of
came from Egypt, and for centuries after- ! the people, than upon- their intrinsic conform-

fest. Gen. xvii. 26, 27.'

We are' expressly informed that Abraham's
servants were born in his house or bought
with money of the stranger, but by what
m^ans, or under what circumstances,, they
Wdre rendered objects of sale; is left unex-
plained. .That captivity in war was, in sub-
sequent ages, the most prolific source of sla-
very, appears probable from the nature of
the case, and this opinion is confirmed by the
direct testimony- of Herodotus and others.
In the patriarchal times, when detached
families migrated from place to place, as
convenience/ or fancy might suggest, subject
to ho municipal regulations, and bound by no
political ties', '.'the authority of ; fathers and

wards their descendants constantly
to Egypt as the source, and centre o
tion. There it was that the gene
stirring spirits of those days, Py
Homer, Solon, Herodotus, Plato,

returned! ltyvto justice or to truth,
f civiliza- \ h the existence of an institution, through
rous and j a Jung .succession of ages, could be admitted
hagoras,! as evidence oi us justice or expediency, per-
and thei napa uie slavery oi the present day ijuigbt

rest, made their noble journies of intellectual ■l.tiuuj'ui the comiuct of those who lived be-

an) moral discovery, as ours now in;
in England, France, Germany, am Italy. —
The great lawgiver of the Jew/ was prepa-
red for his divine mission by a i rise of in-
struction in all the 'wisdom of t. v. -Egyptians.
But Egypt, as we know from Hero. <Hus who
travelled there ? was peopled at. u..x<\ rime by
a black race with woolly hai'r ; ana ''he histo-
torian adds in the same passage, 'hat these
physical qualities were aiso proper tjo so ma-
^y other nations, that thr-y hardly formed a
distinction. It appears in fact, that tlie whole

ke them ; fore ' us, some kind of justification. This,-
iiKe every other institution of human society,
iiiustivary its snudes, with the changing con-
ditio4 and character of the people ; yet in
this, as in many other cases, causes and ef-
lecLS are reciprocal. The characters of the
people are, in a great measure, moulded by
the maxims and institutions of society.—
Among a barbarous people, practices spring
up w hich could never originate in : the faidst
of improved and enlightened communities,

but which, when once established, aje fe9rd c |u 8 ioJ.

masters could' not . be strictly defined.. , In
both it \vqS ; probably the result of general
consent,, rather , than specific regulation.—
That lhe. parental, authority ; was/ understood
to extend to the life of the child, either in
thej punishment of.crimes, or the exercise of
arbitrary power, ■ appears obvious, from the
sentence passed upon Tamar by her fatlier-
lh-law, (Gen. xxxyiii. 24,) and the" proposal
pf:Redben, to make the Jives of his sons the
forfeiture,. in case/he should fail' to. fulfil his
engagement,, (xiiil 37.) The', facility, with
which the sale of Joseph was effected, seeing
to authorise tlie conclusion that a tfafic in
the persons of men -was not then now, and
that little inquiry was made with regard to
the authority of the sellers. The subsequent
parti of his histbry likewise demonstrates that
the slavery of that day opposed no insupera-

Slavery, say» the iearne^ Home, vol.. HI, pa
419, j is of very reThote antiquity. It existed be-
fore tbef flood! Gen...ixi ^5. The passage, how-
iin the (

everj does not appear to me to sustain the con-

ble barriers to the attainment of eminence
and power. Even in the family of the mas-
ter who bought hW, ; he occupied, not a ser-
vile but a highly; « onfidential Rtation. Ante-
rior/to the time .of Moses, when the institu-
tion of slavery wa.s brdpg/ii , under specific
regulations, the seryant^ whether purchased
or ; domestic, appears as a part of the .patri-
archal household, equally with the sons an
object of religious care, (Gep.xviii. 10 ; xxxv.

% 3.) ' , " . ;

The servitude to Ayhich tho descendahta
of Jacob were subjecte'd during their resi-
dence in Egypt, however sever© and degra-
ding, must have been 1 of a 1 national, .rather
than a personal, character.' The right of
private property and the maintenance of
their religion and laws, do not appear' to
have been further invaded by their Egyptian
lords, thap by tho rigorous exactment of
their unrequited labour. In what manner
these burdens were imposed upon tbe Israel-
ites is not clearly explained, though from
their undisturbed possession of 'the most
fruitful part of the land, and the -numerous
flocks and herds which they held, we may
saiely conclude that a large part of their la-
bour must have been ofi the agricultural and
pastoral kind, and probably applied to their
own exclusive benefit.- The servile labours
were expressly, those- which required tho
persons engaged in 'them to be separated
from their families and farms ; apd hence W9
may conclude that a levy was made from
among the Hebrew men, who were employed
in the manufacture of bricks and. the erec-
tion of the cities which Pharaoh required
them to build. A levy or tribute of men,
though probably much less severe, was af-
terwards made in the time of Solomon, when
engaged in the magnificent structures which
distinguished his reign. ' (1 Kings, v. 13, 14.)
Here we may observe that these drafts of
men from the Hebrew families, would natur-
ally subject the' women to a larger portion of
the labour usually performed by the other
sex, than would otherwise have fallen to
their share, and hence their superior hardi-
hood, and the consequent rapidity of nation-
al .im rease, may be naturally and satisfac-
torily explained in strict accordance with the
text, the more they alflicted them, the more
they multiplied and grew.

From this view of the subject, we should!
naturally conclude that the Egyptian ■ bon-
dage, though severely and justly reprobated
by the. sacred historian, was clear of most of
those accompaniments which give to 'the
personal slavery of subsequent ages its most
repulsive character. The barbarous order
for the destruction of the male children was
not the exercise of a master's authority, but
a political expedient adopted by an unprin-
cipled tyrant, to keep down a population,
which he considered as dangerous to the
state.f

The Mosaic institutions in relation to ser-
vants, though formed and . prbihiilgated du-
ring their journeying, through the Arabian
deserts, were obviously designed to apply to
the Israelites when settled in tbe promised
land ; and therefore to that period of their
history* and not to . the time when, the law»
were promulgated, are ive to. look for their
illustration.

t How long this was attempted |b left unnoti-
ced,, but the unparalleled increase of tho people,
and the great number of men able to bear arms,
at the time dr,pieir cgrcse from i their Egyptian
bondage, arc conclusive, testimonies that the or- '
de'r was' qf transient continuance or but very par-
tially executed; . Admitting the usual bhronology,. (
which is confirmed by Josephus, two hundred and -
fifteen years elapsed between the immigration of
Jacob and the departure of his descendants. A-
duplication iri' fourteen yearn would in that'" time' •
raise his progeny to about 1 2,294,000/ persons-
The ; number of men able to;bcar arms whom- Mo-
ses led out of Egypt, exclusive of the tribe, of
Lovi, was C03,55U. ; Now in tho ', state' of Penn-
sylvania, 120, out of a population of 4,037,860,
only lt/U,68 were malea between, 16 /and 45, or
not quite 94 in fivo. Allowing one in £ve to be
included in tlio lsraelitish etaumeration, wb shall •
have the whole population 3,017,750 individu-
als. This number is probably too Ww; for we may /
reflect that in a community where the iucress* L
war so rapid, there must have fcebn an ^iwtol
proportion of children; It therefore appeaw wat ;
tbe diipfication was effected in a tittie :etUl itsp
than fourteen years. :&hb fall* eeoeibjf below
the time which j some/ jwliticaJ ecdnojni^f b*ye
admitted as tbo^ ihortaiit £0*$1? p«r^ «f *»r

70

FREEDOM

From the general character of the taw of " To the right ft little, pull , to the right,
Hose*, and the terms in which they arel ex- Ned,* said my left hand neighbor. in » short
pressed, it is obvious that his object was, 1 not ride upon a certain errand a tew days ago.— :
the establishment of a system of servitude,, I polled to the ri/?ht accordingly, without
but the regulation and mitigation of a previ- knowing -for what purpose, bnt^Mfctt^ my'
duslv existing institution. And we must not eye into the road on our left, I discovered a
forget that his regulations, on this su jeet, land tortoise making his way direc ly under
were to Se observed in connexion with! the the wheel of the gig, with that obstinate ig-
other precepts of. the law, and honed the norance of danger which seems peculiar to
authority of masters was designed to be ex- some animals of the brute creatioh. But
eroised under a just sense of religious re- the puil to the right saved the poor Tellow,
aponsibility.. i and the wheel just past near enough to alarm

(To bt Continued.) him, without " hurting even a hair of his

head,'V as my uncle Toby would say, Wo

drove on at a smart puce, each of us no doubt,
CHILDREN. musing on the adventure— my friend perhaps

m . , , . . ,. congratulating himself with that secret-and

^ The moral bra iches of Elucat.on can ner«r ■ in ,|*, cribab i e pleasure which every man feels
besmWuUy taught without the aid of ex- ftt t|)C perform l an c e 0 f a virtuous action, and
ample. B«rop» • has, m a great measure, the i m,,^ on the considerate humanity of his
fl...:mv m ; o., , v-;v ™< of rduoatior. t $ $ 0B which kerned studious to avoid
Children do little, besides imitating others, destroying even the meanest among God's in-
P..r. „t» wbo road »iU have .eading children. finj ^ creatmes>

I,.„nstr,ous parents will have .industrious chil- i f J alt the wor i d thought T, were aS deeply
4r«.n. Lying parents will liave lying children. iuipre8ged wilh tho , absolute sin of wantonly
Everv child should be taught to pay all his destroying the lives of inoffensive animals, as
^edis, and fuifii ail his contracts, "exactly in ! my friend ; and were equally cautions toprer
the manner, completely in the value, and \ vent the unnecessary infliction of pain npoii
punctually at : he time. Every child should the silent and uncomplaining brute creation,
be discouraged from the propensity to make '■. needless would be the thousand laws to les-
bargains. so earlv. so strongly, and so urn- sen it, and to what a gratifying extent would
versalh visible. 'He should be discounted, the miseries of the dumb be reduced We
also, from every wish lo make what is' called should then see no more reports of trials fqr
a good bargain; the common source of all ; the "brutal beating of horses over the mouth,
cutting; and should be taught that he is I nnd'the long catalogue of similar barbarities,
bound to render an equivalent for what.hc re- 1 Hogarth would never have found incidents
ceives. Every bargain disadvant >g.-ous to for his ihirhitablc series of prints descriptive
hin.s«df, h;..sb'-.«iH scrupulously fulfil.- Everv ! of the " Projrrois. of Cruelty,"— beginning
thing, which he has borrow^! Lo ^Smild ' be \ with coek -fighting, and "preceding through
obliged to return, uninjured, at the time; and | a regular ascent in crime n d murder and
ev- iv thin^ belonging lo ..i'-i..-.>. which he has' I the gallows finished the portrait of " Cruelty
lo 3 t, he should beivqnired- to replace. I in Perfection." It seems to be forgotten— if

it Was ever known —

" That Vac poor beetle which we, tread upon,
In crirp'ieal suffering frels a pang as great
As when a giant dies."

When my uncle Toby at last caught the
fly which had been buzzing about his face
for an hour, with thai provoking perseverance
peculiar, to a fly— though he had fairly, and
very naturally, raised the ire of my uncle, yet
instead of crushing him to atoms at a -grasp,
remember what was the remark of' the hu-
mane uncle Toby— Taking the fly to the win-
dow, he raised it and exclaimed, " T, here 'is
room enough in the wotld for thee and me —
Go poor devil, get thee gone '."—and the now
liberated captive flew off, exulting in his
! wings, bearing, perhaps, (to' adopt the idea
i of the same pathetic author,} up to heaven's
diM. Many other greet ireu have found fhis | C | ianperv> all( i delivering to the recording
u,dK.pensable to success in the paths of lite- [ anglJ i tne sU , ry of the good man's uususpect-
xaf.:ire and science. Franklin often stole from ec i ul Q IC y. —Bucks Co. Patriot.

JOURNAL

T minds of children m- y easily be rcn-
d" o; k nd by a we;o calcul uion ; and by the
w "ii ui it, « ill easily bcrome unfeeling- and
cmJ. Children- should be taught the fi-st
moment ihey ere capable of being taught, a
lively tenderness for the feelings, the suffer-
ings v<si lh<: happiness of ;dl beings (*orponls
or :T;'t. : les not excepted) \\i\h \\ horn ihey are
conversant. Eff y ehil.l should be invariably
instructed to exercise l«ir«dn s i uvards ani-
mii- '<nd to s'-un rv-j-diy, even to an insect.
—DwighVs Theology.

THE TIME TO STUDY.

The silence of niaht is the friend of con
templ.'iion Cicero was fond of mVbt stu

his bed, in w akeful moments to record the
sn{rj_'ostio)is of his mind. While the multi-
tude sleep, imd the sound of their occupations
hns ceased, and the streets are solitary, and
there is.no noise but that of the cricket with-
in, or the murmuring of the win-Is, the pat-
ter'ng of the rain, or the howling of dogs

GOV. TOMPKIN'S LETTER. TO THE LE-
GISLATURE OF NEW-YORK.

"Gentlemen— In my last public comnmnication
■w ; ..oiit ; then the soul is s«lf-collccted, and to the Legislature, 1 had tho honour to advert lo
calu-ilv examines the subjects that present the present happy condition of our country, and
themselves for reflection; then is the time ■ *<» mtunste tlwi the. existing state of society, and
for the man of study to trim his lam? and ^ general d 1S po«tmn of inukind ss^oropi.
* . ~ . .„„ „.:,k „ u u - u~ • tioua to ihe promotion ot thq mterests ot htera-

comumno »irtb the sages who have gone he- ,. reii rr ,. edom and humanil

• fore him, or those of his own times, who have „ \ wi f{ ^ w lake tbe liberty of ; ul

, .«,,.,. , » # «ww. »•.« liberty of tubmhting to

giveu to the ivorld tne fruits of their inven- i ^ lecture, whether the dictates oi'huraanity,
tion or experience : then is the time to con- the reputation of th^ state, and a just senieof gra-
>-.- ree with the Patriarchs 4nd Apostles, whose j titude to the Almighty, for the many favq.urs he

-works are metaphorically and happily styled j has conferred on us as a nation, do not demand

llie fountains of living waters ;" with the
S » -es who have elicited the great truths of
§> .once, or of art; with those sacred and
pMa ne authors, whose works taken togeth-
«' enlarge the understanding, and fortify the
soul, to perforin the duties and sustain the
Tieissitudes of life: The professed scholar,
or the mere gentleman, who improves this
portion of his time in tbe'vvay we are spe'*k-

that the reproach of slavery be expunged from our
statute book. .

" No people can be bound to acknowledge and
adore the invisible hand which conducts the af-
fairs of men, more than the people of the United
Staies. Every step by which they have advanced
to tho character of an independent nation, seems
to have been distinguished by some tokens of pro-
yidsntiai agency.
" Tho same: divine munificence which called

Original communications.

V e take the liberty of publishing, (without the
kn<Nf ledge i of tho writer) tho following very inte-
resling; letter, received from a gentleman of high
arid deserved, standing in Albany; from whom wo
hope to" hnnr frequently. Wo call the attention of
our readeis to the Contents of the letter, as being
highly important to our community. The writer
has our tlanks.

Albant, July 9, 1827^

Dear Sin,

I hav< had the pleasure of receiving two
numberaof " FaenuoVs Jour* AU" I am
muehlplqased with the design, and so far as
I have seen, the execution nf .it.
i No man -ince the Christian era, has enga-
ged in a more important enterprise, than the
one you have commenced. To restore to
theinproier place in the scale of beings a
degradeo, demoralising and suffering portion
of the human race, is a work, which, if
achieved, will command the admiration and
applause of all benevolent beings, botii in
heaven and earth.

We have Foreign and Domestic Mission
ary Societies, Benevolent Societies, and So
cieties for the^ amelioration of the Jews : but
we have not. except in ihe city of New- York,
any organized associations for the amelio/a-
tion of ' A- condition of the poor blacks.—
Even our pious clergymen, in their exhorta-
tions and religious consolations,' wben they
condescend to favour the coloured people
with attentipns, are alway.? careful to repre-
sent them as an inferior race of beings, hey
exhort them to resignation, hut are careful
not to ffbrd them any prospect of eleva'ing
their condition- by their virtue and merit.—
Such, advice is more injurious tiian benefi-
cial.

You have taken • the true and correct
ground. You give' the coloured man to un-
derstand, that he ought not to undervalue
himself, in consequence of his complexion
Tnac ho ought to acknowledge no superiori-
ty,, but tirai. of age, knowledge and vin.uo.

The accumulation of in 'ividuul wealth ■■'
honest industry, frugality and good calcula-
tion! shoul- ho pressed upon the mind of tho J
rising coloured generation, (jood principle*-,
a good education and wealth, will very soon
break down the barriers between them and
the white population. They should be cau-
tioned against associating with the immoral
part.of the whites.

Societies ought to be formed, of Coloured
People, in all the older counties in this state,
in which premiums should be awarded id
those who distinguish themselves most in the
acquisition of knowledge, and habits of in-
dustry and economy. The total annihilation
of slavery in the Union, depends much, very
much, on the conduct of the coloured popu-
lation of New- York. The situation of our
African population in this state, and nation,
hauj for several years past pressed with the
most painful anxiety upon my mind. I re-
joicje, that the prospect begins to brighten.

I| enclose you Five Dollaks, and will
thank you to send me the first fifteen num-
ber^ ot jour paper, and continue to s«.nd the
paper weekly.

Allow ine to request you to reflect, on the
subject of the formation of County Societies,
of coloured people, and a geueraal State So*
ciety. The County Societies to report to the
State Society. ; I am just at this time pressed
with my business, which must be my apology
for this hasty acroli. * *

Htv. Samuel £. Cornish.

f, instead of snoring it off on his pillow, ] forth ihis effusion of gratitude from the father ot'
vill soon find that it gives him a decided ad- . hiseountry, twenty-seven, jears ago, has been
Tautaj:*' in conversation over those who pre- i equally, if not more Conspicuous, in every subse-
fcr unnecessary sleep to the cultivation of W nt **S ti ot our advancement in prosperity and
letters; besides the innate satisfaction, that refi,wn > w , VVba [ more accepuole can; a grateful
is: the nappy and unfail ne consequence of «»« «nl«hteiied people make w t.e heavenly U, -
tM-.c .call Tk ° i ■ ■ j • nor ot uiesc so great b«nent8, tbdji by emmicijm-

S 'V- f l r I'k ThG8e rc,n, , ark t arc ltrtend " . ting (rem bitter servi.u ,e,tnat portion of his c. W
fid chiefly for the young, who have not yet tures which stUl coutm.^ to be held in uajubt ,md
loni-ej .hfjir bahifs, and may therefore learn C r ue i uoudage by civilized and independent iree-
t> -{•'at f>m ^U-en. some of thai preciou* time men

si

ftfobattoni ' that 1 am sure every one wh»
ieard it, would be),'lad to procure a copy
Fo>- myself, I was too much gratified to sit
th>.-rt qumtly, and let tho pubfic suppose, (tt
T f ared they would from your notice) ihetfc.
was btil an indifferent performance. It wai
indeed highly creditable to him,. and to all' the
people of colour; and showed that if Mr. h,
had hnil the benefit of a liberal education, he
would have ranked among , the firat class of
learned men. ^ .

I think also, th«Ct the musical performance
Of the day, deserve 'honour* hie notics.— '
The pieces were well adapted to the occa-
sion: and perfonueiltCcoosidfsring the deficien-
cy of instruments) very finely. The ypung
woman, who sung the solos, has a voice ex-
ceedingly clear and po.verful. The senti-
ments of the piece as sung by her, thrilled
through the hearts of the audience. I under-
stand she is not yet Vi years of nge. . She
should be encouraged to cultivate hcT ' talents.'
No doubt with suitable instructions, tfhe'wouii
make a first rate vocalist.

AUDITOR..

Foa THE FRKaInjm S .10011 HAL.

WILKINSVILLE, (Va,J
A respectable number nf the Coloun-d Inbabi^
taints of Frednricksburgh, assemblt d in this .vil-
lage, "on the 4th inst. m commernnntion of the
birth-day of Liberty in thu State of NwYnrk. r
The fourth of July, \S27, is a memorable epoch,
and ou^ht over to be dear to the .nndsof the pre-
sent, and succeeding descendants of the African
race.. Its return should be annually celebrated.—
And nmidit the festivities of! the. day, we shwild
not forget to render thanks to Almighty i God, for
his gr«at kindness towalds us.

At 3 o'clock, P. M the DetuiT'ition of In<h:pt.j\.
der.ee was Jnud bv Mr Isaac N Cary. Thr C'-n*
pany .then sat oWn to nn excellent di»>:.T at
Which Mr Edward D. Baptist, orficiat.-d in Prwsi-
dent, and Mr Alexander Duncan.. Vic.-P;.'.d-
dent Mr. Isaac N Cary \was (hr-r, ap;»-->:.-!».i!(l
Secretary. After the cic-th vvas remoi-«;d. th- fol-'
lowing ti>ast3 were drank, with 'much clwr-ng.

ily Mr. Win' DuncHn The coloured citizens
X Fredericii.:;bui{r;i— Tb;-.ir disinlercBted zeal in
cominetnorntsn^ the final Abolition of Slavery in
State «" xVew-Yt-rk. ! '
B. Mr. Edwird D. Bapti«f. May Virginia, and
her itej slave s'.i" s. sh^w jt'o the people of Co*
loiir on 'h'" "<••• • ;* • ' -^3. that they have ap-
proved .*' •'- plo ee i hem by the Legislt*
tur<: . New- York, on the ■ u ..f'Juiy, 1^27.

iiyMr. JameB Wilitins. Che Legislature of,
•i "... • ; . rijured lor casting off

Luc yo!s>; of the slav.:.

iiy Mr. Charlrts Davis. May the Anchor noir
iiast for Freedom, by tho State of New- York, sink
Joeply in the breasts of oar Southern 'States.

Bv Mr. Alexander Duncan. The SuUi ofNew*
i ork — May it long be rernoinbercd by the descen-
dants o 1 Africa.
By Mr! John Liverpool. The 4th of July 18*37.
By Mr. Elijali Rollings. Success to men, and
freedom to slaves.

By. Mr. I. N. Cary. Cornish & ftusswurm,
Editors of Freedom s Journal-r— Justly entitled to
the grdtitnde of their brethre.n: may they aevn
want .patronage to sustain, them in advocating
the cause of a much injured people.
The ineiiiory of Rufuu King.
By Win. Brisoaw. LiCerty, Frcedom t .ard
' t'qualUy. \ ■

flail Cotumlt in, hafflnf land*

:x»ch of v/bich she now sei?es upon from . " 1 do therefure respectfully, but earnestly, rc-
L'.-i-es. 01. i men cannot be expected to commend tu tnc legisicituje, to csiablisli. some fu-

tnziVjfi tlioir habits, though the experiment tyre day, not wore remote than the 4th oi July

O: }}e'\\v,if rid of : boo habit for a good one, 1<& 7 > on wmcn 'slavery shall cease in this state.

i. :■.) :< -,ys worth trying. Sometimes it may liclbre tbu arr * val ^ tllat perioa most coloured

snc-eied. however old and inveterate the bad' l ,ur8 , 0,,8 , boru l )r<iVl0 » B l0 , u,e 4lh «|f July.W.

habit m.iv have become. But let ho youth ^ nd ? l,,or8 art ;. n ' nv U ?° existmg luWB; Wl1 .

„v •„..._:,„ . * . nav« bucoaie of very little value to tneir owners,

fear or doubt his capacity to conWr .ny.^ ZI^
fiiibnj which ha ? ovenaken him :; let him-I colIie an expensive burden.
roe-U fie enemy in. fear nest, uul he will be^ To ox u day thus remote

fear or doubt
f.

• triumph. Trim the -midnight lamp,
tbi?n\ ve ?^;jirit)ir- youth, wno nobly aim io ;!o
your duty to God ami to your fe!!ow-:pr«n.-—
•^.Heaven will crown your bbours witb suc-
cor's ; and fob' re tiir-eK-mny. hftil you aa the.
w ! ■ aavivutti of a m,k hg lixuk—Antidofc

that tirae\ have be

day thus remote for general emancv-
paiion, will coasi-ijctntiy impair in a very small
degree, ua/ private rigut, and will, at' the samu
■ai..c,beo -nsiKiiiui with the Humanity and justice.
. of a lro>j and prosperous people,

• LANi£L D.. TOJ^PKIKS-
[ " Albany, 16th Jan loi7.V

roa THE rREEooai's JOURNAL,
JSdrssKS. iiiorji'oRs-^

1 tnimc you have hardly done justice, to
Mr. ilAMiJuroji-s Oration, delivered on the
4tli mat. Without preteuding to superiority
of judginem, i cannot hut think it merited a
higher charueter, than tuatof a^/at«i sensi-
bit piece \>j composition. It indeed lacked a
classical uiu»n, and one or two -positions- assu-
med by Aw/i, uiighi be o'ojecied to, but cer-
lainiy ie\v Oiauoua exhibit more mind. It
was.uiatinguidiieu throughout for ong.nality
and ibeauiy, anu in some passages was truly
sublime, rie was peculiarly Happy, in tne
tribute of respect aud gratitude, which he
puid-to tuu fouiiuoK of tne Iviauumission So-
ciety in geuerai, anu w the memories oi John
ifLurray, juu. and Kobert Bowne. '

ins ieutjoning upon tne inconsistency of
men hoJuiug uiaves, and at the same tii'ue,-
tieciaring in the most solemn manner, mat
taey ho.d as nej evident trutiis, that all men
arc burn zqual> and an enaowu with -certain
wiuhtnabie rights, among winch ttrt hje, nbtr-
lif, and the pursuit ofhappiiuss, u ao mabicrly.
i hope Urn orauou.wiil oe p.iiuislicu. . It was
lis;e!.eu to wiiii m.uh mieiOBi, and has
been upoitea otV iu bucu strong terms -ol ap-

.\EJV-YORK, JUL V 13.

(£7** I think it not amiss toAnform our read-
ers of the absence of my colleague, Mr. Rvss*
wurm, who is on a tour to the l$a$tu}.ird,. tliflt
they may pardon any deficiency in the prestti
Number. •

(XT" Amunt of the Celebration inBd-
tiinort>, on ihe Fourth, came too late for inset
tton this week. • U shall appear in ow ntxU

ST. JOHN'S DAY. -
We should before thif have noticed the
Celebration of the Annual Pedlival of St.
John's Day, by the Boyeh-Lodoe, No. /,
City of New-York, but for the Secretary'*
delay in furnishing the Toasts. And. M ti*
avocations, still prevent his complying with
our requesb, we proceed '-to inform our-rea^'
ers that, that inftnt, yet prosperous instilii'-
tion, met, hi their Maaonic- ilooin, on !b ■
moioiug.of the.SSth ult. and moved iniorr
tu Zion (Jhurcii, where a large and attentive
| audience were highly entertained by a verj
[ approprtate and eloquent address, from Ur ,'
'i Kev. B. If 1 . liuoiiEa, and by excellent Music
! After which, the Bioiherhood partook of *.
i e egani fjinner. We are not members of W
j fraiernit> , arid therefore know 1 , riolhiug
5 their my<i«aeji. . et from that yejiyj respect ; ,
< i'le i.iatitutimvwe anticiyate the most h»j»i';
?esuiu. • '

FREEDOM'S JOtitNAl,

rr.

A large number ofnror brethren, who had deem- ' nour is due; living peacablyWfth^ril the world;
i'd it proper to celebrate the final Abolition of doing justice to ait men; and avoiding every
Slavery in this State, by a public Procession, as- ,hi n g, which, in our candid opinion, Has, the
sembled on the morning of the oth inst. in the vi- leg8t tendency, to bring our body still lower
einitj of St. John's Park. The procession 'was ; in w tJ ma tioriv '

joined by several Societies from Brooklyn, togcth- i ,. ... . . •

er with a number of newly liberated slaves, the ; Man 7 thin «"' wmcb > m our elation, are
several coloured bands in tbis city and Brooklyn, mere tnfle8 » appear not so, in the ejei of a
were employed upon the occasion. About noon, prejudiced community. There can be no
the whole Procession, under the command of Mr. harm in sindking in the streets, so long as
Samu<t Hardenburgk, marshal of the day, took the laws permit it ; in dressing to the very
up the line of march, and after passing through extent of our purses; in assuming as much as
some of the principal streets, proceeded to Zion possible , the manners of our superiors : there
Church, where an oration was delivered by Mr. i 8 n o crime commi ted by doing either ; but
John Miichel Not having boon present, wo can the great question is, are they becoming ? do
say nothing *f its merits. We cannot but express our true friends esteem us more highly, for
our satisfaction, at the great tegnejtfjrtor on such >ir>f ana being still every

thing, but what we have a desire to bo ? No
man of colour can be,8o foolish as to persuade
off without n * mse ^ or others, that they can have a fa-
vourable effect on the minds of our friends.
That we are generally ignorant, is no exr
cuse — we all know what is becoming, and
what is not.

Placed as we are in society, propr»et; of
conduct, never was more essential to any

m . - , . , people than to us. Daily facts convince 11s,

conduct. There is a portion of »t, which be- ' . - • T

l • . • that we stand ui daily need of it. Is a man

comes every station m life. What is proper 1 . , .,

, e . . , ■ of colour guilty of some indecorous conduct

for one, can never be for another, much be- . , & '

Ti , . ,. . , . ■ in the streets ? Our whole body is considered

low it. It may be judicious and economical, . , . /' • . . .

~ / ... . , . . as wanting in decorum; though the reflecting

for the man of wealth to wear clolh ten or : , • , , . f

, . , „ , , . ■ /. . part are as much opposed to such proceed-

\w elve dollars a yard, when it certainly <.. , rr , ■ r

would be improper, and inconsiderate, for ! '"g^as theory men who pass judgmont up-
one whose earnings might not amount to
more than the same sum per month, to follow
hid example. There are many minor things
of the like nature, which must force them-
selves to every man's mind, upon the least

consideration of the subject.

in r .1; ♦ - „ . 1. 1 „„ , veterate enemies cannot suppose that all are

W e fear, that as much stress, has not been I . L . Jr _ ri, L __

laid upon this subject, as it deserves. It is

served throughout the day. The procession was
very large, numbering near two thousand, and
notwithstanding the great concourse from the
neighbouring places, the day
-disturbance.

PROPRIETY OF CONDUCT.
Of the many important subjects, which
merit our consideration as reasonable, heirigs,
none deserves more notice than propriety of

on them. We know not why in judging of
us, no distinction is ever made between the
good and the bad— the virtuous , and the vi-
cious. Can we impute it to aught but preju-
dice ? Degraded, and ignorant, and vicious,
as our people may be generally; our most in-

the only standard, by which, we, poor short
sighted mortals, can judge of the consistency,

.Or inconsistency, of a mail's conduct. As bad , . . „ ., . . .

. ... , . , , mmy for the misconduct of our guilty ? Let

asthe world is, if a man s outward conducthas , u . j

so. without a sinyM exception. There are
good and bad among all nations ; and having
our proportion of the latter, why should our
virtuous be branded with contempt and igno-

been marked by the rules of propriety, econ-
omy and virtue ; in the hour of adversity and
trouble, he will always find friends, able and
willing to assist him. So that if no other re-
ward attended the practice of this virtue ; (I
must consider it one,) this alone would be
some motive for action : with every one who
has the public good of his brethren at heart;
this must, however, be a minor considera-
tion.

Riches may procure the man of wealth the
ga-e of the multitude ; but. propriety of con-
dud, befitting his station, their respect.
Dress may serve the poor man, in place of
his neighbour's wealth ; but like the daw in
the fable, he will find to his sorrow in the
end, whenever troubles ot calamities befall
Jiim, that his equals will be more I ready to
pluck his "borrowed feathers," and leave
him exposed to the chilling blasts of winter;
than, Samaritan-like, to shelter, clothe and
teed him. This is-human nature; and though
it becomes us, to mourn over man's frailty
generally, visible in our daily conversation
with tiie world ; still, there are mahy instan-
ces, in which sorrows and troubles, poverty
and contempt, have been brought on by a to-
tal disregard of all the rules of propriety of
conduct ;

The world has a right to expect certain
tilings from each of its members, which, evr
cry man in civilised society, must aWow to be
just and reasonable. No man is too insigni-
ficant not to perform his part. No part of
the human frame is useless : noijiember of
society should be so. The untutored savage
in the midst of- the wilderness, wjhose eyes
have never beheld the dwellings of civilized
man, as far as his ideas of € * world" extend,
is aware that there are certain duties which
he owes to his tribe, and which helfeels wil-
ling to perform. The great object of enquiry
now from some may be, what are these impe-
rative duties, upon which so muchi stress is
laid ? The performance of our duty!, in what-
ever situation divine Providence in his wis-
dom may have plated U3, with faithfulness

them wh'o pass sweeping judgment upon us,
answer these reasonable queries. Let them
hew us, by what rule of justice and equity,
they are guided in their de/ isions. We wish
not to hide the fuults of our brethren — but to
correct them — to render our whole body
more respectable — to be the channel of com-
munication with such advice as may be given
in a friendly manner — to be a '.' wall of fire'»
around them against the envenomed darts of
pretended friends — to be champions in their
defence against the attacks of open and.
manly foes. Constituted as the present state
pf society is, with many who feel towards
our whole body, the most violent prejudice*;
who are nearly as ignorant, and differing but
little in aught but the fairness of their skins;
it becomes our imperative duty to do nothing
which shall have the least tendency to ex-
cite these prejudices ; but rather to strive as
much as we can, to allay them. Could we
always see the certain consequences of our
actions, we should need no rules, our own
sagacity would he a sufficient guide. Actions
not criminally wrong, are not morally right
It becomes not persons in humble life, to
walk as men who look not forward to the f u
ture; aB men, who are not , subject to all the
infirmities' of human nature; nor as men, upon
whom the eyes of society are not fixed, with
a determination to scrutinize the purest of
their actions.

(To be Continued.)

Cherokces.— The followiug is an extract of a-
letter, giving a brief account of a journey made
through thb country of the Cherokee Indians.

" We saw several houses built of hewn stones,
superior to any -we had evor seen 'before. The
people seemed to have mora money than thtf
whites in our settlements; they are belter clothed.
The women were weaving, the men cultivating
corn, and raising beef and pork in abundance—
butter and milk every -where.
: " Wo were at an election of delegates among
the Cherofcees, lu'lbrma cGnatwuliuu'. Tiiey weft
orderly and wall behaved.' Ho wiiiskey was al-
lowed." , . . •

ve)y lotfc since slaves We executed by burning
•tj the stake, for som* capital crttiiM; and one of
their pipers itates, tjnat a man who was lately ar-
rujtttd for grand larceny, tears the freffe marks of
braiuiinfjfiiiiicttod ajhort titne ago* for the same
offence. Punishments may. be severe, and yet tend
to; foster crimes. < A strenuous offort. was made at .
tbe last tes«ion of the legislature of that st-itn, to/
effect somo improvements in their penal code.

.Nkw-Havek,— On the .$th inst. the people of
colour, in unison with\tl)eir brethren in N. York,
celebrated the emancipation of their race from
slavery, in that great and important state. A pro-
cession was formed, and pnblic exercises were
held in the African church in Temple st. at which
Mr. N. S. Jocelyn, a philanthropist, warmly enga-
ged in the cause, assisted-— and a short and ani-
mated addresH was delivered by Mr., John Creed,
a man of colour* Another person, who we do not
know, officiated on the occasion, and exhibited a
factitious zeal without any substantial knowledge.
Such a one does more injury to a good cause than
a dozen sensible men can repair with twice the,
labour. He would be betthr engaged in some ma-
nual exercise, the fruits of which might bo more
advantageous to himself, and to tho cause which
ho has Unfortunately espoused. — C. Heratd.

The Albany papers mention, that the fourth of
July was celebratedby the Africans, of that, boun-
ty and the surrounding ones, by a large processiyn
to the Second Baptist Church, an oration, &c..and
that the proceedings were conducted with a de-
gree of order and propriety highly creditable. It is
gratifying to observe, that this cfas's of inhabitants
seem disposed to conduct with so much self-res-
pect on an occasion of this ki'ud; and that the pub-
lic appear to regard them with so much goodwill
and friendliness. The very becoming spirit which
seems to prevail among the coloured people at
this period of their history, proinisos well for the
future; and, if it proves permanent, will raise their
rank in society and materially promote their hap-
piness and respectability — D. Jidv.

Coopesstown. — Connected with the events
of th« : Fourth, the celebration of the day by
the Coloured People, as the one fited upon by
Statute for the abolition of Slavery in this
Slate, ought not to pass unnoticed. They
met, to the number of about sixty, and march
ed to the Presbyterian Moeting-ftouse, with
music and their banner fiS ing, where an A>.1-
dress was delivered by Hayden .Waters, stamp-
ed throughout with much good sense and cor-
rect observation of the nharacter and habits of
his coloured brethren. Curiosity had led rather
a large assemblage of white citizens to be au-
ditors of so novul a scene, and we venture to
say, that not one of them left the church with-
out having been gratified with the very appro-
priate matter furnished by the speaker. His
advice, if practiced, would prove a blessing to
the African race, as it inculcated the necessity
of sobriety, honesty and industry, together with
a proper regard to the education of their chil-
dren.- Every thing was conducted decently,
and in order. — Fr. Journal.

. , .. •• , . Tb« criminal code of South-Carolina has been

mo propr^ Honouring those unto whom ho- j bUmetl i or

some 01' its savagb penaltie s. It is not

iForrfflu Jietoa.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

The 'ship Chili, Captain Jenkins, 34 days
from 'Liverpool, and the ship Friends., Capt.
Warnack, C'4 uays from Greenock, arri-
ved on Friday evening ; the former brought
a London paper of the 29th, and the latter
one of the 2cl of June.

JPublic confidence was increasing in the.
nejw administration, and the funds have ad-
vanced in consequence.

It was rumoured that the King of England,
had written to the Duke of Wellington, re-
questing him to resume the command of the
arijny, which he had declined.

A speedy and powerful intervention in fa-
vour of the Greeks was about to take .placer"
so eay the French papers.

The annulment of the marriage of E. G.
Wakefield to Miss Turner, was before the
hoiise of lords on the 29th. Miss T...was ex-
amined, and gave her evidence, in, a distinct
;ind unemtarrassed manner. Other witnesses
were examined, when Mr. Wakefield addres*.
sed the house, and requested a post; onoment
on! the ground that he was' not prepared,
which was not granted, and the e- idence wa .
ordered to be printed, and the "Kill was com-
mi^ted'for the next day. ;
. Great sensation was produced in London,
on theSiSth, in consequence of intelligence
frdm New- York of the misunderstanding be-
tween the Brazilian and the United States
Governments, and that. Mr. Haguet had de-
manded his passports.

The captain of the ship Fame, arrived at
LiVerpobl, May 19, from the coast of Africa,
and reported that the slave trade was carry-
ing on Very briskly, notwithstanding the stre-
nuous efforts of British and other vessel- to
suppress it. His »\l.,rf-. Esk, recently captu-
red i a . Spanish polucca, with 450 slaves on-
board, whom she landed at Sierra Leone.—
The frigate Maidstone was in pursuit of a
Spanish schooner", of 113 tons, with a cargo
of! slaves; ' . -

A dre broke! oiU|0«: Saturday morning last, a
3 o'clock, at Brooklj to, near the Navy Vard, an

/destroyed four; or fif» wooden buildings.- ,

'young wonwtii standing on the erfge of Soothe,
wharf, Philadelphia, awaiting the approach nf a
friend, was so much irtartled by the explode* of «
cracker, which k' mischevious . boy threw at her
feet, that she foil into the rivex and was dr<»wiied
before assistance could be rendered.—*— ^Mikc. a
Choctaw Indian, lately shot himself at Wstcbito*
ends Tie is said to have been a ^ebd watrior, but
had become intemperate^— Five lads in a sail
boat in the Delaware, near Philadelphia, were
overset by the gust in the afternoon of the 4th

inst. ; three out of the five were drowned A

man was killed at Wilmington on the 4th irtst. by
the firing of a cannon, and another lost his arm.

A travelling /««:t.--Tbe New- York States.

man says, there is a gentleman living in this cur,
Who is in Albany evory day in the week, ' and ai
homo every day but one. The other day he met
his brother, who lives in Philadelphia, 12 1 : 2 hours
after the one leaving his house on the Delaware/
and the other leaving Albany. All the con-
victs in the State of Rhode Island have petitioned
the Legislature tor liberation from confinement ;.
these petitions have been received and referred^
——•A Virginia paper calculates, thai there ero
188,000 useless dogs in that state, which consume
provisions sufficient to support as many hogs,

which would be worth at $5 each, $940,000.

Margaret Dix, an Irish woman was murdered in
Boston on Monday week, by another woman. —
They were disputing about a pint of mm. —
Isaac Desha,the murderer of Baker, has been par-
doned by his father, Governor Desha. This is

Kentucky justice. The body of a female,

holding an infant in her arms, was found in t'i r
Dolaware on Saturday. They were supposed tu
be lost from one of the boats on the afternoon »f
the fourth. Two young women were recent -
ly burned .to death from the explosion of a cask «. *
whiskey, from which they were drawing— the fire

was communicated from a candle. A nest of

runaway slaves was discovered at thr fork of the
Alabamajind Tombeckbe rivers, by a party from
Mobile county. Three were.tdiot after a very se-
vere contest, aevnral were taken prisoners and
others escaped. They had two cabins and were
about to build a Fort. — A woman mm com-
mitted to prison, chargvd with having stabbed her

huyband in a fit of jealousy. At 12 o'clock 011

Saturday, the roof of the Fulton Market took firn,
and was slighlty injured. A Mr. Henry Miller

was killed by ligntning in Farmmgton, Conn.

A destructive hurricane occurred in Vincennui-,
Indiana, in June last. Houses, fences, trees, ever :

thing were laid prostrate The trial of tM-

three pirates, accomplices of - Tardy, have com-
menced at Richmond before Chief Justice Mar-
shall.^ — The towns in the vicinity of New-Hav-
en were visited with a severe hail storm, on the
afternoon of the 5th inst. 'The stones were Iaru >
and did much damage to trees, grain, *nd window
glasses.— — -The corner stone of a new meeting-
house, and the Tremont Theatre was laid in Bos-
ton on the 4th inst. — — — The^ examination of the
Choctaw Academy, at the Blue Springs, Ky. take*
place on the lSth.and ISlh of this month. About
100 boys from tho tribes of the Choctaws, Creeks,
&c are at this Academy, fiome of whom have
made considerable progress: — : -— Ann Tracy was
run ovar by a cart in Baltimore. She lived threo
hours after tho accident.— -The meeting-house in-
Ath.ol. Mass. was burnt to tho ground on the night
of Monday week last, supposed to have been set
on fire by some incendiary vil lain. — A monument
has been erected in Boston to the parents of Ben-

t'amin Franklin. It 1b a pyramid twenty-five feet
iigh.——— The American Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum at Hartford contains 130 pupils.-i-(rr<;«< 7V r -

A turtle weighing nearly five hundred pounds r
was found to contain 300 eggs, each being cbvut '
the size of a common. hen's iigg.— ; — Two brothers
named Van. Alen murdered a. mm on Sunday last
in Schenectady.^ The deed wa$ committed in a
house of ill fame, and it is stud, was caused by a
quarr«l about a girl who lived there. ' — - Two 1
well dressed females from; Chili, w»re yesterday
convicted of stealing goods from Mr. Season's
store One of them has a fiuiiily, and- is reputa* 0
bly connected in Rochester

DBD,

In Charleston, in June 1 last, Mrs. , Ann
Brown, wife of Mr. Malcolm Brown.

In. this city, on the 8th inst. Mr. Job Pa*
tience, aged 49.

ALMANAC.

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Sets. {

13 Friday,; . . .

14 Saturday . .

15 Sunday . .
10 Monday . . .

17 Tuesday, ...

18 Wcdnesdriy, .

19 Thursday, .

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Sickness. — Sickness is a sort of earh; old
age; it teaches us a diffidence in, our earthly
state, and inspires us with ,the -thoughts'snl" a
future, belter than- a thousand . '.-volumes of
philosophers and divines. It ^iv^s so w u > n-
ing a concussion to those props cf our ya< ity,
our strength,: and youth, that we thinkj)! for-
tifying ouraeives within when, there is ^\ lit*
tie dependence on our outworks.— -jpo^e. . .,

THE GIP^ Y Glftl/S PROPHECY .
. Ifejbvfri vf an Kn^^ ly E^n, :

»v .William a.Sim*>W*'
Orr.*, cress my hand with the silver white,'

V;iir youth, and I will bring, !
V ro.n the future's realm of hidden night

The unknown, secret thing. ,
Hp crpss'd her hand, and her dark hfacck yc

Was fix'd »ipon his oWn,
And in her face was a majesty,

And in ev'ry look, a tone.
« Fond hopes," she said, and her brow grew sad—

« Vain dreams now fill thme eye;
And'thy heart is lit with many a glad,

Rich thought of ecstasy.

, I mark a changing streak of red

Upon thv eheek, that now— •
■ Even as I "speak the words, has. : fled

To crimson o'er thy brow.
It is a mark of passion, traced

So deep, that it wiH.be
Some time, ere Age has well emicd}

That mark of pain from thee.
I see, the curling Up of pride—

I view the eye ot scorn;
I see, hopes, known to none beside.

All desolate: forlorn !

And in my spirit's prophecy—

I tell thee, Youth, beware,
For thy Hope shall bring no Joy to tlice, .

And thy Joy shall wake but Care !**

" Nay, Sybil, speak not things so dark,

But, from thy skiIl,.'pourtray
The hidden evil, with a mark

From which, my feet may stray.

<•' 'Twere all in vain, to, tell thee when ,

Thy-passions might will rise; .
As well define, the varying sheen
- Of summer s evening skies !
But, there's a light withm a bqw r—

AmLthere'sabarquoatsea—
From one thou lt bear a blushing flow r,

Which one will bear.from thee.
And thou wilt wander, sad and wild—

The lights of reason gone,
More helpless than, the outcast chiW— •

More.desoiate and lorai.

And then wilt call, and none will hear ;

Though oftentimes, a sound
Like vofce that's fled, will fill thine earj ;

And thou wilt gaze around ;
Yet even tfoj wild abstracted eye,

'That sees what cannot be,
Will fail, though much it may espy, ^

That single |hing to see.
A L-ain— a bqwer is fair and bright— ;

Hut one, more lovely still,
Within that bower shall trim her light,
' Till moriyng's wjnd grows chill,
A barque is waiting on the sea,

its idly fiappmg sail
S.:cms. for its stay, reproaching t»ec,

And tempts the freshening 6 ale.
'i tie morning dawns, and thou art gone,

The. slave of passion then ; ■
But thoult. return— alone, alone!!

And we- shall meet" again." /

THE' YOUNG INDIAN'S SONG!
I ll hie to the westward, my own native home,

6n the breast of the dark rolling river ; !
My light bark shall dance o'er its waters in foam,
% With the force that a strong arm can give her.
I'll hie to the west.to the land of my birt v

And revisit the scenes of my childhood \.
I will fonm through the glades where my young

arrow first, • / !

Drank the blood of the deer in the wild wood.
I will rush to. the arms of my dear Indian girl,.
AV she.cbbUs-on the path-way M e . e V m l?. • '
:i:iUeck 'h'er darn locks with the' bright fining

And her^vJiig heart shall, throb as she greks .me
I have been to the white world, and found that her
men . , . e K -

Were as pale in their hearls as their faces ;
Then welcome ye forests ! I never again ,
' Will abandon my home for their places. !
Great .Spirit, look'.down on . thy red son in love, '

Speed my! bark o'er the wide lake bcfpro.ine!
And the smoke of my incense shall colnnm above
! The rude altar I raise to adore Tlieet

' VARI3B f X'12iS. !

Hamilton's 1 ravels in Colombia.—
amused {says Col. H.) by a story told
an English ofiicer in the service of C~
of one his soldiers, who was an Irish
Paddy, walking one day tbiough the
of Caraccas, chanced to see a dollar
ground; he! kicked it one side with
contempt, exclaiming, with an oath, "
to the Americans for gold : I'll not
my fingers (with silver coin." *

The ladies of Bogota nre adorned
emeralds ofc" a peculiarly fine green, and
out flaws, jvhich is very rare in these -k
and makes ithem very valuable. Thes s
raids are a)l from the mines ;of Moussajv
some of the largest in the world havo
fom&f and are now in the possession '

I was
me hy
Colombia

streets
on the
much
came
i afnish

with
wilh-
iitbnes,
5 eme-
whpre
been
of the

who possessed an annual income ot *,«juuu,
after bearing his old hat thirteen ywrr^was
-prevailed upon :to purchase a more Recent
one fr6m a Jew for a shilling, *yhich instead
of wearing as he intended, sold it ; Jo a. ser-
vant for eighteen pence, and was highlygati-
fied by clearing sixpence by the transition..

.!■ QHARLES SHORT,
For the purpose, of apcommodating Pkqple of
• Colour, Strangers and Citizens, with
BOARDING AND LODGING,
By the Day, = VVcek, Morith, or longer.
.He is furnished with every thing to enable
him to keep a House of the , first-rate kind ever
lopened.in tho City of Philadelphia; and will spare
no pairis to merit the public patronage.
July |25, 1827 18~3m

.kiiff.of Spain. ,.IJo. has ^no of bo large a)
size that his majesty, uses jit ns a paper; proa-
ser. I ;,w#s tolddtlmtitlie cure of Mqugsa ,ha(l.
» waigtboat .with.snJalLeriierald hqttohsi the
greatferipart of whi(Jhobad heen found in the
crops e of fowls and turkeys, picked up^y
them ita their rambles i to digest? their food.

Henry IN. oT France, would amuse himself
by traversing his capital, with a basket^ang-
ihff 'bV'a girul6 from' his' 'neck, out of which
peeped the head of half a do 7 en puppies.
AnM PeTliouAssurep.as, that the king an-
nually expended' above twelve thousand
pounds in. the single article of little ;dogs, be-
sides the sums consumed on monkies,, paro-
quets and other animals. AtEpernon's nup-
tials he danced in public, while at his waist
hiitig a large chaplet of ivory skulls. In
1557; he /requerited public entertainmejits in
female "nttire, his doublet o'pen, his bosom
hare,: witfi a necklaqe of .pearls, apd three
little capes, as they werp then worn by the
ladies ot the court.

Col. B6ilens, who. was. very fat, being ac-
costed by a man to whom he owed money
with a how do ye do ? V Pretty well, thank
you; you find / hold my oivn." " Yes," re-
plied the other, "and mine too, to my sor-
row."

„. . i n ,i • I CHEAP CLOTHING/ STORE,

^"A ?^^^ Ab. 218, South Sixtli-streX Philadelphia,

lebrated man, that when he made love to ma- Subscriber respectfully returns his

demoiselle Curchod, and wen t ('own on ^'.^^g *™ ^/ mda a J the pub ii c in
knee.she was obhgedtoringthe benforfhe enera]j for their fayor and • patronage . He
footman to help him up again. Jt was cer- f nform8 themv that he con tinues tokeepa larg.
tainly a chivalrous s:ep for him to take, and assortment 0 f Gentlemen's READY-MADE
more particularly so, as he was very fat. He WEARING APPAREL' of superior quality, both
.could not well do more for her,. or get into a new and second-handed,. where customprs will be
worse scrape. It was .the " khee plus ultra." . accommodated at tho cheapest rate, and in hand-
Hxs " Decline and Fall." ■ some style. He also'informs Families and private

I G.entlejmen, who have second-handed Clothing for

- „ ^ „ . • ^-i e t.:„u sale, that they will meet with a good price, and

A Bull.-A gentleman enqui ed of an Irish i. ^ fo / their 6d b f > ■ to

peasant, who it was that lived in a certain: DANIEL PETERSON,

house, pointing towards it. " Johnnv O'Bri- j jy 0 2 ]8 } 5 0W ^ sixtk-st. Philadelphia.

en," repliedthe peasant, "but he uoes not' jf. B. Tayloring carried on in its various
live there now, for he is dead." t{ How long, branches, and on tho cheapest terms,
has he been dead ?" quoth the gentleman.-

NICHOLAS PIE ItSON,
REap.ECTi uLLY inform the People of. Co-
lour, that his MEAD GAR )EN, No 13, Delan-
cey-stroet, was opened on", 'i e evening of the first
of Juno, for the accommoC ation of genteel and
respectable persons of colou r. .
No admittance for unprotected females.
New-York, Juno 1st, 1827. 13

" If he lived till next Monday, he would be
dead a fortnight, God rest his soul," was the
reply.

JAMES LAW,
FX^ST R VT2 00 AT BEBSSEXt,

177 William-street, JVeio- York,
. ■. . . CONTINUES to cleanse and dress. Coats,
Locks , and keys wern not known ,m the pj, nta | oonS) Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls, in
time of Homer. Bundles were secured w-hh t ii C neatest possible manner. He also makes, al-
ropes intricately combined; and hence the fa- ters and repairs Gentlemen's Clothes, to their en-
mous gonlian knot. Shoes and stockings tire satisfaction, and upon the most reasonable
were not early known among them, nor but- terms, '

tons, saddles, nor stirrups. Plutarch states V 'Hia mode of dressing clothes is by stf.am
that Cracchus caused stones to be erected sponging, which he has followec^ with much sue-
along the highways, for the convenience of cos . 3 ^r several >ears past. All kinds pi spots or
mounting a bona [ for al that time stirrups stain9 ™ «i™*od. and

were unknown at Rome. . ' , appear.ance.of new; and this he «r W «.to.per.

Tenacity of Life in.Fish.~Thc two follow-
ing instances of tenacity uf 4 life in the shark
are recorded by the French traveller, 7»f. L.
de-Freycinet. A fisii of ihis species, about
ten feet long, and from » Inch the bead and
entrails had boon removed, was left upon the
deck of a vessel apparently dead. In about
ten minutes,, the sailors, who were preparing
to wash the deck, seized the fish by thejtail
to drag it forward, when the creature made

appearance. w „
orm without any injury to the cloth, and at least
equal to any thing of the kind done in this or any
other city of tho United States. .
May [6. 9— 3m

" BEAUTY JjVU ECONOMY,"
UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND
, STEAM SPONGING,
JOHN H. SMITH,
A o. L22 Mrth- Third-st. (above Race,). Phi-
ladelphia,

► X.*-' — - - : RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in gc-

such Violent e.ftorts, as almost to overthrow- ncra!) that he still continues at the aiiov.-, place
the persons around it In the other instance, the Scouring, and Dressing of Gentlemen s Coats,
the animal had been completely eviscerated Pantnlo { ons,°&c. on a different phm from that of
more than two hours, but sprung up several the Dyers, having a composition- for so doing,
tiu:es uppn the deck, when a sailor .laid hold which enables him to dress Clothes so as tb'leave
of its tail, designing to cut it off with a knife, their appearance equal to new. Ho restores
a hatchet was necessarily had recourse to, Seams, &c. to their original colour when .worn
f6r tHe operation.-e«/ e rfo«ian Mercury. white, and will warrant them to wear throe mbnths

1 . , , J j after dressing, and then can bo re-dressed. Also,

/i ; i f c\. T>JL.».i-T*rt cj:-'t>:«u««^ Ladies' Habits and Merino shawls, in the neatest
Jneedpk of Sir Richard Jebb.-Siv Richard mannorand upon the shortest, notice, on rcasoha^
being callen to see a^paiient who lancied hl6 to ^, n8> jjcing legally bred to the business,
himself very ill, told him ingeniously what and possessing a competent knowledge of Dress
bethought, and declined 'pfe^cribiu^, think- j„g mQ Cleaning Cloths by Steam Sponging,
jng it unnecessary. 'Now yon are here,' which hs the i only complete manner of ctfcctually
said' the patient,; ' I shall. r be cbliged to you, : removing the stains caused from' grease, \ tar,
Sir 'Ridhard, if yoii wjll tell nie h'ow I must paints r |&c. he needs only a trial,. to afford him an
live, What I must eat, arid what I may not.— , opportunity of giving sa.tisfaplipn. >
' My directions as: to that point,' replied Sir N. ^, J V S. constantly keeps pn hand New and

Richard, - rill be few arid^iinple. Yon rntist 5 ? ccond ham \ ed C1 °ur 9S f y dc 1 s J cr, Pj ,on ' }f lci \
i ^„L • lu„ nn i; 0 » D i, rt „i!,i -£tr'tl»»r' he assures the public will be sold as low, if ■ not

not eat the noker, shovel or .tongs for they b ^ t « olht , r e3tabIighment in the Uni .
are hard of rfigestion ; nor toe bellow?, be- j ^ for ^ or bart(jr Gcntlemen ^
cause they, are windy ; but any thing else you : to purchase wbdld find it rnnch" to their intefest to
please." •' . j ca u as (ibovoj-and, examine for ; themselves

.. - ' - (Df The highest .price gLven for .Goutlemon's

DV3ncourf.--It:is the custom (,0 1 retire 'from'f 1 ^. ,. mtiNfi. work- J' nn A

^:hn^^m^^ turn. the| 0 ^ c -^

arsand Buttons

■backipn.. royalty,^ :g AnqOucfe .a,;Fr^nQh • jm j onj if roquisiti?. Ho. keeps on hand, Clo%

niedian,;afte.r speakiiig with Le,wis XIV. up-
on some affairs, and walking: baqk ward to thd
top of n flight of stairs, whioh ? hetdid t not per-
ceive, the, .king held him by i the arm, 4nd
s; jd _to liiip,, <; -Have a caij-e, D'A-bcourt, you
.are going.tp fall."

A ^little girl hearing it said that she was
born oh the King's birth day, took no notice
ofit'atthe time, but in a day or two after
aaked her father if she and the King w&re
twint. . ,. '

■equiiite'.

Velvet] and Silk of all colours/ for doing up b
April 20, mj.

' LOTS WANTED.

f. TyVp; LOTS, ortlio rear of tyrp. lots,,
there is any conreniei

any conrenientjcommunication with the
street, are wanted, for, the' erection of. a Presbyi
teriau Church The Ibcatiori must be between
Reed" and Spring, Hudson and Orange streets.—
Ohb loj. within* the above bounds, 26 foet or ^norei,
by 75, would answer

Inquire of S. E 'ConsisH, No. '6, Varick-«trcct.
^ : Nt!wrYork y March 20.

ECONOMY, IS NOT PA SJ MONT.
S. JVJOI tESTOjN & J. ROBINSON,

TAILORS and Clothes Pressers, respect-
announce, that they have entered into part-
nersi.ii/, f 1 <id have opened an establishment at No.
51, Broad-streot, (three doortf above Beaver jt.)
where ,they jcspcclfiiUy solicit a continuance of ,
thit patrpnago which they have heretofgre enjoy,
ed, and wheh it will bo their study to continue to
•r/ierit by punctuality and superior workmanship.

Gentlemen's CJctnmg made to,, order, in the
newest fashions:-- Gentlemen and ; Ladies' Gar-
ments, Habits', and Mantles, dressed and repaired
with despatch, and in the best manner.

All orders thankfully received and punctually
attended Jo. < ■ .

' iJjf'JVIiis. Mor.Lf.sTO.v can accommodate from sir.
to cighrGentlcmen 1) oarders.

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for th»
admission of Pupils.-
IN this school will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR,' GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use of
Maps and Globes, and -
HISTORY.
. Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.

Reference.— Rev. Peter Williams, Rev. James
Varick, Rev. S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul r
Rev. William Miller.
New-York, March 14. 1

DISEASES CURED.
THE Piles. Dysentary, all kinds of Wounds,
and Bruises ; also a remedy for the growing in of
the toe nails, for oppression of the lungs, felons,
fistulas, and the bite of a mad dog, if application
be made within twelve hours, by

SARAH GREEN Indian Doctr ess,
12 21 Collect-street.

LAND FOR SALE.
1 ■ THE subscriber is authorised to offer-to his
coloured brethren, 2.000 Acres of excellent Lakd,
at less than one half its value, provided they wilt-
take measures to. settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured farmers. The land is in the state of -New-
Yprk, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being pn the banks of tho Delaware'
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passeij through the tract, o«
pening a direct navigation to New- York cii^ ""he
passage to either city may be made in one day or
less. The land is of the best quality, and well
timbered. '

Thp subscriber hopes that; some of his breth-
ren/who arc capitalists, will at least invest 500 or.
1,000 dollars, in* these lands. To such he will take
the liberty to say, this, land can be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured, men,) though it
has been selling for $25. He also takes the liberty -,
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad- '
yantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
e/1 bv coloured families, would bo conducive of
much good :" With this object! in view he will in- '■
vest 500 dollars in tho purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New-York, March 20.

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"RIGHTEOUSNESS E X A L T E T II A NATION."

EUROPEAN COLONIES IN AMERICA.
(Continued.)
It is true, that after thus leading the march
of civiJiiution for about two thousand years
4n succession, maturing the profound and so-
lid wisdom of Egypt, founding the splendid
but transitory fabric of Greek refinement,
nnd assisting at the first Communication of

at this remote period to the whole black
race.* -

Notwithstanding the present general infe-
riority of the Africans,we find oven now, that,
the high intellectual- spiritthat.once flashed
out so finely in their sunburnt climates is not

t|ie moral or political superiority over the
whites, which they once maintained in the
o d world, or even to rival them in the arts of
iife. Their relative position is too unfavou-
rable. The mpst that can reasonably be ex
peeled of them is, that when thrown by cir

o:ir holy faith ; after inventing and carrying

to a high degree of perfection; almost all ihl i wn * cn . are j?™/ "'fenor to the sweet

nrto nnri ...i.;^u .„ g0 and lofty strains ol the ancient Monarch Min-

„ „..„ v „ JV1 , oui.uu.uv uuuiaicB is uut peuiuu ui mum is, mat wnen thrown by cir
yet wholly quenched. Major Denham, in his cumstances into the form of independent na-
late volume of travels, has presented us with tions, they will show themselves capable of

several specimens of-contemonrnrv AfrirMin 1 .flf-ir/ivfrnmont „P u..

arts and sciences of which we are now so
proud ; after-covering the banks of the Gan
ges, the Euphrates, and the Nile with mira-
cles of power and skill, which have not only

voiume oi travels, nas presented us with : nona, they will show themselves capable of
several specimens of- contemporary African • s c)f-govcniinent, and of profiting by the les-
; poetry, whiclr are hardly inferior to the sweet B ous and example of their neighbours
and lotly strains of the ancient Monarch Min-

ctrel. The dirge of the Fey.zauners in hou
our of their chief fioo-Khaloom will bear a
comparison with the lamentation of David
over Saul and Jonathan. " Givp him cnn.™ i

HISTORY OP SLAVERY.
( Continued.)
Though a careless perusal of the Israeli-

n ver been surpassed or eaualled but of °? er and Jonat han. " Give him songs

which at present we cn^ what words can ^all.i, f . ft ca . re , ,e « peruaal or Uie laraeJi-

po*ribility after mode lin" their ^il and do ! ?Z? 8e ? keart wtia as la W «* fa dm*! " ^ h»t? 7 , niight induce a belief that the
Unr A K Z ■? S l / ieirciv,J an / 1 P°" The ovcrflowiiiffs o his coffers were liltP ! anc »ent mnabitants of Palestine were who y
Zm'ZTTZ r\! 1 *, T^ lym : treams from thb udde -of fhe camol e ^ a careful examination leads to

tSUroba 1 ^tr ^\^e lZ^^ heM ^ refreshml to That they were get,,

pec. Ha? genius on he social orSation of • e * tem P°™ love song, of which the major ^ alJ y «' bd « e *. 1 » ei , r "V^ nul ^ i eslT °^'
the worio* Rafter effecting .11 tt^it k ?r»e «' h&S in8< f ed a tr«n»I*Uori, unites the te„der- .^.Jf * tl,eir land dlvlded ™™S /heir fs-
that they finally be™ of L the Si an , d P " ri 'y of the Canticles with some- 1 f rae 1 sil conquerors, appears evident; but
S inggU y at„eiV«

viiSrSis p pHs^nd have Lren with he e" th ° P ° 0t ^ of Moore - ^ he ' // ^T"^ (J ; ,<3 ^ 3 C 1Up * H ' iH ;

cent on written b S him- i 1 } Q ^destruction, frequently mentioned,

tLiiilr H^Ll. ^^.^^iself, upon his return from a ! victorious expe- ! a P pears to , have a PP llcd » rilt,,er t0 ^

dition against the Begharmies, is still more • , tr P SSeS m, a " n '? 8 ' lhan t0 lhe P eo P le at
remarkable, and may fairly be considered as : a ff e ' I bus ©aul stated to Samuel that he
poetry of the first order. If such a thine I T J? tterl >' , do » tro yed the Amalekites, yet
were to be produced by one of the rei-'ninj Sr. f forwards find the Amalekites burning
sovereigns of Europe at the present day, we ^{ kla g- " he . slaughter made by David
should not hear the last of it for twenty ■ a /l ,onff . . 8e ' 1 . nvadyrs » suggests the idea,
years. All these are the productions of Arabs . „> at thoir number was v< - >r / considerable,
who seem to have had from the bemnninj? a 'f)Ji' e °?? e ' W1 7 J bem a g a >rm the days of
more poetical spirit than the other kindred j ifP 6 (1 9- hron - lv iS ) The land of
races; though anciently inferior to some of! L, f naan b t eli £ » ? n the time of Joshua, divided
them. in mosi branches of arts and science — an J on £ ti,e descendants of Jacob, and the
Of the actual state of the ne^ro nations that ! 8e veraj..,ull.dtmeiit8. rendered unalienable in
inhabit the interior of Africa, we knew little i !' ie . 1,l , rn . llie8 t0 whlc}l they were assigned,
or . nothing, until the late travels of Mnior [ ■ f J" 1 ers Y r . e considered as the proper
Denham J excepting that we civilized Chris- i 1 ,L a V. ltants of t,ie Iand » and the remna '''t of

.littna haA n.,™ i.„„„ j ji i> ! the former possessors were denominated

v . P „ BUUB u^ung^ig*^"^' Thus 1 .Chron. sxit. 2, David
i to them, and that these persons thus kidnap-': collected all tne strangers that were in the
, ped and reduced to slavery, appeared to iia ! .•'.. a . n( ! set masons to hew wrought stones
JJl.;.^.. i i to build the house of God ; and Solomon, (1

x-^j/nwij ,v C vuuust iu raiiK inc Araos
among them) of one later period of passing
triumph, (which lasted, however, for six or
seven centuries.) during which they adorned
the close of their .hiirlf career with the wild
and brilliant glory of the Saracen ascendanr
cy, and 'produced a third religion, which,
•however inferior to the others, is the pures;,
next to them, that has yet been published,-—
have been I say, with this exception, declin-
ing ever since, until they sunk at last below
the level of the whites, where they have . re-
mained,- as far as we have any knowledge of
llieir condition, for several centuries past.—
This inferiority is likely enough to continue,

^enham, excepting that we civilized Chris- , [X^™ ™' ™,'
the wonder of Eem Babdon I^ t,aM had P ,irciia sed and made slaves of a 1 1 lfe fon ner possessors were dc

me wonuers ot jL feJ pt jnd Babylon, as !C0DB de w number of persons "bolbmrino. Thus, 1 Chron. xxii. 2, David

K.^^ a ?? m ' ° r 1 to them, and that these neS m? fl LiE ?J collected all the strangers that w

that Greece wili roar Eparainondas again, . tn th _ m onA . v . ,,
the befs of Ifymettus cluster in our ftime, on ' *J bem J an ? tba f thes f P ersons
the infant lips of another Plato. Nations and | Jjf -^J ' e ? uce ? l ° .^f^ f!
races like individuals, hove- their day. 1 • - not understand their la

nnfl ' , U1U " Ul l« n «ersiana tneir languages, and ' v;r""V;"^"^"?" " uu » ., u,,u owmiioii, ^.
selddm have a second ""The""biai4'? had Ta ^ ould not of courte converse with them, as a ! W s ,x * ^' 2 ) levicd a tnb j Jte ° f bond - scr -
wfat thev d ^ l ' nde ' } and stupid race of n.en, incapable ! the , descendants- of' the ancient in-

. -jt 1 ..^ 1 ° r writing epic poems, commandino- armies, !? abl Vi l « ts »f d a ff a »>i ('-' Chrou. ii. 17, 18,) he
^ science, or superin- ! H a Vl 0 h av fn»n.be red the strangers, and

long and glorious o'ie; and after
' ' been and dor
uken theory

have been and done. it. argues not so' much a ' 2Li poems com

orv as sheer io-'norancT of ' thi 1 enlar ? 1 . n g-the limits of science, or superin- , l °

-•^"^ ,

pidity and de ff radati-.n of tfc who i K i'f for T e J^P la '. ihesfi Passages in the

....... i.^ u njii OUUIIljl.10, nut

n to be 353.<)00 ; to whom lie assign
.t.t vices in the prepara-

tl*e y are natural ly inferior to the whites. It '.u^'TZ; £ uuu, 5 l " ni U, J S ^"soning provco ; t j ; j fof A

L,!,i^ ^tl!^ i°„ , C ,!fS.? ^ • Major Denhan, and his encerprisin J f a ? e . ^f an ^ ,0D ' ™*. - n ? mber >.

that i

' ' interior of tl,is rrreat S„„t!™„.. ! f mt ?" . l " ciui M '» the levy

t^^tit^^t^ ' 'W'^'-t 3=1 « ^>»tf«» .«» levy am. e»«g,U in

n is nardly ; 1IK . ]u( | es the aneiej)t EUjiopi J t] -Ariialekiibl These strangers -being mcapa

the porsotis thus eraplpyed were compelled tr>
render their services without remuneration.
would be unwarranted, siuce such, a proce-
dure would b»> incompatible with the precept*
of the Mosaic law, to which no doubt Joshua,
at least strictly adhered. «* Thou shalt nei-
ther vex a stranger or oppreFs him." The
cause of the stranger, the f.-itherlesa and tho "
widow, is frequently urged upon the Hebrew
nation by the most impressive of appeals, t '
recurrence to their ovyn bitter experience.

Among the Israelites, servants are fre-
quently spoken of under different appella-
tions. Those of hired servants and purcha-
sed servants. As the former were unques-
tionably free, in the modern sense of the word, '
, no other 'notice of tln'rii will be t'pken, than'
I just to observe, that though they might not
be treated with t|je rigour of a" purchased
servant, they appear to have been less es-
teemed, and excluded from the privileges of .*
tho purchased class. They were not allowed
io participate in the paschal supper, though
the purchased Were. (Exod. xik44, 45. Lor.
xxii. 10, 11.) s

Purchased servitude among the Israelites,
was either voluntary, like hired service, or
by judicial sentence,, as a punishment for
crimes. ' F

Voluntary sale appears to have been somc-
tunes resorted to as a refuge from poverty
and distress. Thus, (Lev. xxv. 47A If i
stranger or a sojourner wax rich by thee, and
thv brother that dVvelleth by him, wax poor, :
and sell himself unto. the stranger or sojour-
ner by thee, &c. Sales bv parental authori-
ty^are recognised, in Exodus- xxi. 7. If a man
sell his daughter to be a; bondmaid^ &c. the
servitude in this case, appears, according to
i. e wish construction, to have been of a very
limited duration, as boys were to be-free at
thirteen and giilsf at twelve, beyond which
period the authority of the father did not ex*
tend. |
. Sales appear to have been. sometimes made
in consequence- of insolvency, to Satisfy the
claims of their own or ; father's creditors.—
1 his would appear to be referred to in the
passage, Lev. xxv. 39. : If thy brother that
dwel.leth by thee, be waxen poor, and sold
unto thee ; thou shall not compel him to serve
as a bond-servant. And] 2 Kings iv. 1, Mr
husband is dead, and the creditor is come te

brand of essential degradation, n m naruiy ■ :„,.i„ . , ., «. T1 - .--t-'— ■• ■■»••—
necessary to add, that while the blacks were ! .; , k' JI ° ?WA ^ llno P la L ' ™™ ll | e most
the leading race in civilr.athm and pohtical ^ l°l 1C? ' we si }» 11 ^ c

power, there was no prejudice amomr the ' :f*\ „" !t W a PP e f r ' as . ^ probably will,
whites against their colour. We find on the ! J , ^ °! th ? .Vf ac H na tions are now on a
contrary, that the earlv Greeks '.regarded 1 'n T - th the cmh ; ation of Europe, the tact
them as a superior variety of the species, not • 1 ; >r t ° v °V Tse P rove nothing against their an-
oulv in intellectual and moral qualities, but! c,ent aUa,nU) ? uts ^ » r neural capacity for im-

iii outward appearance. " The Ethiopians ; P ro / V '? 8tR,ln ff these considerations : ; Th fiihpftnit - U( .
says Herodotus, "surpass all other me » n In faV0U . r of ^ a t seems to be a just and hu- » 2*i k l £.!t^T&L™} hv ■ -
hmcrevily, stature, and personal beautt » Tl p i raano view of tllis question, I would not be ! J 0 !^?^ 'V th Joshua ' a fe, by som^e, sup-
high e^nSnTn which they lAI or & L r * t0 * d f th > <*»*<>« *<* the I D tteTr dTco,^

»y flm a„ rf ^ i,*I h Uu. blacks -e dcunedto recover, in America, ^^^^^^^^

ble; of -holding, any part of the Jan:' would
nat|iir illyappW to become generally inhabi-
tants ofcinej. Those cities being mostly
walled, the . strangers resident within them
wei e termed, grangers within the gahsi The
strangers were early subjected to tribute,
(Judg. i. 28, 30,33.) but uotlto personal slave-
ry.! The Gibeonites, who obtained by arti-

ui_gu i-siiiiiauoii in wmen mey were nolo lor
wisdom and virtue, is strikingly shown by the
mythological fable current among tbeiancient

rnrvbe •> II A rAnnntii/^l.. nil., .l^i.l .» U T X .

ui) viivjiugioai iaujf uurreni amoug me ancient
Greeks, and repeatedly alluded to by lllomer,
which represented the Gods as goingjannual-
ly in a body to make a long.visit toting Ethio-
pians. Their absence upon this excursion is
the reason given by Thetis to her son Aehil-
les, irj the first book of the Iliad, for not lay r
ing his complaints at once before the highest
authority. " Jupiter," she tells him, f set off
yesterday attended by all the Gods, om a
jouroey towards the ocean, to feast with tibe
excellent Ethiopians, and is not expected
back at Olympus till the twelfth day.'? Th.is
was an honour which does not appear to have*
been bestowed upon any other nation. - The
epithet barbarous, which was frequently ap-
plied by the Greeks to foreigners in gjen'eral,
and which in our modern languages has mi
offensive signification, does not appear to ha\ e
been used by them as a term of reproach. It
may possibly have acquired that character *t
a later period, when the Greeks were 1 really
superior to all their neighbours ; but the
word seems to have been in the first ir stance
* proper name, borrowed from some foreign,
probably African dialect. . It is still retained
as the nanw* of tho va.^iu a

Marbary ia a proper name for the north of
Africa; and btmbeer ot Barbar for one of tho
distinct races that inhabit it, and are ecattercd
thinly over its whole extent, from . its eastern to
the .western extremity. It is conjectured by some
competent judges, that they composed the origi-
nal population of this region before its conquest
.? , (Sec quarterly Revitw for

March, 1826, p. 520.) In the carious geographi-
cal mefaioir bfthe Sultan of Bello, inserted in the
appendix to Major Dunham's .travels, it instated
that the Barbnr formerly reigned; in Syria. It
would thus eeem that^nt some remote period this
name according to the tradition of these countries
was common Ut the whole or a great part of the
population of i the south weft of Asia and north of
Africa, which included nearly all the foreign Ra-
tions > known to thd Qreefts. The period Tndica*
ted, i« also the one in which the Greeks habitual-
ly cmployed.the same term, to exprew foreign na-
tions in general; A coincidence of this kind could
not well be accidental, and there ii, therefore, lit-
tle doubt that the Greek word BiR*ARQ 8 is no
other than the proper name Barbar. The etymolo-
gy *>f this word has coaaiderabjr engaged the at-
tentipn of t he lparned. (See Xorth Amer&m He*
vuw, Vol. IV. p. 155:) As the explanation' g ftfr-
above appetp not only ealiafactory but somewhat
obviona^ it is rather »in ( n.1.- ♦!,„♦ _i.i^iu

of you shall be freed from being bondmen,*
and he wers of wood and drawers of water
for ithe house 6f my God:" indicates a servi

W the name of the INi<nth of Afrjca and its ' obvioaaV U w rather singular that it should Sot

,... T v , , tl j jnuicaues a servi-

le- of a much Jess degrading character,
.—.ill what is implied by modern slavery. >;It
is added, that f l Joshua made them that day
hewers of wood and drawers of water for the
congregation, and for the altar of the Lord,"
and[jyet we immediately afterwards find the
Gibeonites attacked in their own citu, by th *
neighbouring bribes, and successfully apply-
ing to Joshua for protection from the- impend
mg |deBtruction. It may be asked, what was
the i meaning of the declaration above reci-,
ted? Plainly this, they were deprived of
their political independe nce, and were requi-
red itofurnjsh such quota of ihen for the ser-
vices abov^ mentioned,, an" their- Hebrew ru-
lers' might 4emand.t Bnf to conclude that

■ * it hiay de observed that thfe Hebrew word
JVerfd, here translated bondmen, is the same that
J» applied in other places to denote subjects : «b
« »mong alllthy servants as Da-

yid, .which if the king's son-in-law. It is aven ai-
phod to MoMif th* servant of the Lord. ' T

J This construetion is confirraea by lhe Hebrew
reding of thejtext. The word translat.d S
wg«ne» cut off or wparate ; none of yon^aU

. . » «■••« wcunur is come IG>

take my two sons to be bond men. And af-
te the retuni of the Jews from, the Babylon,
ish captivit •-, some, of them complained that
they were compelled to reduce their sons and
daughter* into bondagej because of their
debts; and ot* er men' having their lands and
.vineyards, it was not. in I their power to.rei>
doom them. Neh. v. 5.

Persons convicted of the% were, by the-
Mosaic ,aw, required notjonly to make resti-
tution of the articles purloined, but restore
them m some cases five-fold, thus if an oi
or sheep was stolen, and : killed or sold; five
oxen were to be repaid for an ox, and four
sheep.for a sh» ; ep (Ex. xxii. 1.) If found in fatsr
hand the restitution was two-fold. But in
case ho had not property to pay tife forfeit-
ure, he was sentenced to be sold for the
theft, i

Another source, of servitude was war;' but
this appears rather as a favour than a pumsh-
ment ; for when the male inhabitants of a city
were destroyed in war, the Hebrew victor*
were pexnutted, if not enjoined, to take the
females into their families as handmaids. The
conquerors were thns.constituted their leffal
protectoriy and required i;o, treat them with '
the humanity, m So strongly, and frequently en-
jo'ned by ,tbe Mosaic precepts.
! Child ren, at the time of wh ose birth, their mo-
thers were in a state of bondage, were partak-
ers of their lot r that is thejchitdfen remiiinei

the ages of thirteen qr twelve, according to the
aex, at which time, the mother ^and children
n^/ r °/' ,. T hu«themaaierwa.reqo»edte
provide for his hwdmaida and their children,
till they attained an age deemed Adequate to
their own support.

i A source ef slavery, which both among the

ancients nnd moderiw, hw been extremeir

prolific, wee, «n«n»; l the;:Hebrewi.-ie»ereS'

Pf^?ibed,.He;tb.trtealeti,a^

eth him, or if he be found in fail band, he thnll

q u «?Jy l»ut toldeatbi Exod. xtu W And

agawj if; % manKbe found •tetlini; eny of hie

'■i

.. i •

74

"' ' . nn <\ ma- Movdeit saw in a moment- whose: oxanjple! it

brethren, of the chil^nj»f,l«a«lj ^nd ma ,, Ta ke that," .sai.l she,
keth mercbandi. e ot him, or'se He h li im, * she gtt vc him another cuff, " take thatyou

thatihief shall die, and thou shalt^piu away asb.no should," she added,

«vii from arnaog you. mMc Uwhifta Mm tt).scorn, " have killed the cdt

biuon its utmost effect. Thus frriffy-e/i oj the a n ORirilOX; delivered in M-

Israelites, or Jewish proselytes ot e\ cry a fe e 41/ /j 82 7 By Salem Dutch kr, 1 Jr. Esq.
•or either *e , And .oak.l.j mejrcmm uo, -J^^^We - aro called on in a
ana selling *i ? mfies u.mg *f?l*«* 1 ^, \ n oVe"especial 'manner to celebrate thirday
h* if lawfully P.i«ha«ad i even ^ aG the dawn of a new era in ouv state. By
. -the service exacted should be of the n lost ■ J- w iona of a . m w enacted in the year
trivial character, and during a vc rv bhort ^P^m-r the administration of.thepatri-
tSme, Not only the >. stohr but ^If/^.C 01 a % J laiSoritcU Tompkins, slavery is<this
person stolen; was punishable with death. . otic ^J™° fronl 0()r b l ord ^ 8 . h ia but com-

! mou justice in this place to jejnark^t tins
ware in a

FREEDOM'S! JQ ^NAiU,

l justice m iuw> pium <■« T • i ^oii
_ . rj tt jj t? w law, together with that passed in tor
PERSIAN MODE OF TAMING A SHR^v. „ Ul(J (fradua j abolition of slavery,-' ware in a
Sadik Beg was o" good family, handsome gr6at Tnea»uro-tlio results ot the philanthro-
in v-pr-um, !nd possessed of both sense and ^ effi)rW of lho Manumission -Society, in the
courage ; but he was poor, having no proper- ^ of iNew -York, of which Joseph Curtis,
■I? ?b. uhii sword and his horse, wTth which he T|;oi|lM E(ld Cadwallader D. Golden, and
«erve.l as a gentleman retainer ot a nabob.-- the kte venerable Matthew Clurkson, Robert
The la'ter satisfied of the purity of bad.ks }jowll0 and j ohn Murray, Jun. ot that city,
"decent, and entertaining a respect tor his ,„ ero the most conspicuous and usetul »»ciu-
.character, determined to make him the bus- . bers< To the exert ions of these enlightened
land of his daughter Hooseinee, who, tnough , b]ic benefactors in the cause of humanity
beautiful as her name implied, was remarket- , • in , t0 bo ascribtu the successful en-
ble * for herhaughtv manner and ungovermblc d of that society f or thc ^ehowUon-of
oie iui ^ b busjband 0 f lbe condition i i ,t„f;,.„ n v thU state. Liberty

r. Givin" a husband oi uie cu«uk.« . ( the 8 j UV e- populat
dik Be? to a lady af Hcosemce s rank • by this 1;UV , g pr0(
according to usage in suc!i unequal t0 t |, e> bondman fl-
ies, iike giving he ' r a slave ' , ^ • day will be no le

'temper. Givin
of Sadik
was accor

matches, U«.«?. »-* « » . •,..•„.,

heard a good report of his personal qualities
ahe offefedjno objections to the marriage,
which wos celebrated soon after it was pro-
posed, and apartmenls were assigned to tne
happy couple in the nabob's palace, borne ot
Sadik .Beg's friends rejoiced in his good lor-
! tuiie; as 'thev saw, in the connexion he had
formed, a sure prospect of his advancement.
Others mourned the fate. of so fine and promi-
sin* a you tu'- man, now cor demned to near
through life all t»-e humours of a proud and
capricious wouian ; but one of his friends, a
little man called Merdek, who was com-
H plerely henpecked, was particularly rejoi^
B ced, arid quite chuckled at the thought oi
K se. tnrr another in the same condition wiu
B' himsplf. About a month after the nuptials,
m ilfrd'ek met his friend and with joy wished
B him jovofjhu marriage. "Most sincerely
■j do 1 congratulate you, Sadik,'! said he, °'j
Bp this happy: event!" 11 Thank you, my good
fellow, J am very happy indeed, and render-
ed more sojby the jov I perceive it gives my
Yriends. " Do vou really mean to say you ore
happy?" said Merdek with a smile. " I really
am so," replied Sadik. -"Nonsense! said
his friend, " do we not all know to what a
terma^entlyou are united? and her temper
and high rank combined must no doubt mrue
her a sweet companion." Here he burst in
to a loud "laugh, and the little man actually
".strutted with a feeling of superiority over the
■bridegroom. Sadik, whu knew his situation
an-; feelings, was amused ir
Wry. " Mv friend," said he, . -
stand the grounds of your apprehensions for
my happiness. Before I was married, I had
heard the same reports as you have done oi
my "beloved brido's disposition ; but I am hap-
py to say I havt< found n: quite otherwise ; slie
is a most docile and obedient wife." " Butliow
Jias ibis miraculous change been-wrought f
«*. Why," said Sadik, " I believe ! have some
merit in effecting it but you shall hear. Af-
ter the ceieinonies of ouruuptials wet ewer,
I went in my military dres.s and with ray
sword by mv side, to the apartment floosei-
nee. She was bitting in a most dignified pos-
ture to receive me, apd her looks were any
thing, but inviting.

As I entered the room, a beautiful cat,
evidently a great favorite,- came purring up
to me. I deliberately drew my sword, struck
its head off, taking that in one hand and tne
body in the other, threw them oui ot the
window. ; I then very unconcernedly turned
to the lady,, who appeared *f n- some alarm ;
she, however, made no observations, but was
in every way kind and submissive, and has
continued so ever since." "Thank you, my
dear fellow," said little Merdek, with a sig-
nifticant 4hake of the head, a word to the,
-wise ; and. pwsy he capered, obviously quite
rejoiced, i It was near evening . when this
conversation 'took place; soon after, when
. the dark .cloud of night haa enveloped the
~ briifht radiance of day, Merdek. entered the
chstuiher |of his spouse, with something- of a
n.artial swagger armed with a scimitar. The
unsuspecting cat came forward as usual to
welcornejtbe husband of her mistress, but in
an instant her head was divided from herbo-
dy, by a blow from the hand which had so
often caressed her. Merdek having procee-
ded so far courageously, stopped to take up
the f'i, severed men bers ofthe cat^ before he
could effect this a blow upon the side of the
head frbin his incensed lady laid him spraw-
. Ho<r on the floor. The tattle and scandaJ of

the slave population of thU state. Liberty
' - -- proclaimed to the captive, and

freedom. . In-future ages this
day will be no less celebrated in the history
of this state, than it now is memorable m the
annals of the nation. It is an event- ot no
ordinary moment; its effects will be great,
and will continue to be feit unMl tho
slave trade is abolished, and not one of
tlie sons of Africa shall wear the iptteis
of a .bondman.' That unholy trafiic m human
flesh is the foulest blot en tho character ot
civilized man, and tarnishes tiic bnghtness ol
our nation's glory. Who could behold a poor
un-.utored Africa:], smarting .under- lho lasli
oi a cruel task-mas'-or, suffering all the m-
dio'nities and deprivations his nature con en-
dure, sold in public market, like. beasts ol the
field, and not feel his heart revolt at the spec
tacle ? Who could behold the aged ialher,
who had been torn from the laud of his birth
in the days of his prime, bowed to the ground
by the servitude of a life ; driven in the same
herd with his wifo and his children, hundreds
of miles on foot, manacled with galling iron,
exposed r to the summer's sun and the winter s
blast, with no other shelter than the canopy
of heaven, without feeling his heart s bloou
frieze with horror? Yet. fellow citizens,
such spectacles arc daily to be seen, even m
"ihi* land of freedom ; such oppression is ex-
ercised in a country where liberty is -
man's birthright and his boast. But I speak

the man who this day inUhles-the hrst breath •
of freedom, may become tho future historian ■
of this age. How will tho eloquence ol his ;
pen delight to dwell tfn'the magnanimity,. the j
beneficence and the patriotism ot those who •
proclaimed to his ancestor, that,tho bonds
which had galled him were sundered lorcvei,
that [m was a freemaiv ontitlcd to all Mm pri-
vileges which the constitution vouensates to
tho 'lroeborn c tizon. • ,

Per inns no event dunng the reign of h\u-
.abeth of England; reflects greater lustre on
her character than the abolition ot feudalism
throughout her realm; although circumstan-
ces obliged her to make Die release ot the
bondman "a source of revenue to the crown.
What honor then, what lustre ot renown
almll be theirs, who eftocted this glorious
emancipation? With true magnanimity lib
erty was freely aiven, without money, and
without price. Slavery, with all its horrors,
its cruelties and its degradation this day ' re-
ceives in this state by a legislative hrcath its
perpetual euthanasia. Soon may the blest
period arrive, when the patriot, from- one end
of this vast continent to the -other,- standing
on the fields of his nation's honor, may p.o-
claim to the. world with all thc truth of glori-
ous reality, that slavery in this country is ex-
tinct forever, that every man th t sets his foot
upon dur soil or breathes our air is free, in
the iwords of Currau, that " No matter in
what'language his doom may have been pro-
nounced ; no -matter what complexion incom-
patible with freedom/an Indian or an Alrican
sun may have burnt upon him ; no matter in
what disastrous battle his liberties may have
boon clovcu down ; no matter with what so-
lemnities he may have hec.i devoted npo.i tne
altar of slavery, the fir.st momunt he touches
tfd&iscxred soil of Jreedoiii, the altar and the
god'tdnk together i < the dust, his soul wa.-ks
abroad in tier own majesty, his body swells
beyond tho measure of his chniu.i, wincl!
buriit from around him, and he stands redeem-
ed, reirenernted and disenthralled, by thc? ir-
resistible genius of Universal Emancipation.

" ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

Foit Tin: fkeknom's jouk:;.;i..
INDEPENDENCE OF MIND;
Independence of mind, what is it? ft has
so many different significations, is applied in
so many different ways,, that it would puwie
even a greater philologer than Noah Web-
ster, Jun. esq.'L. L. D. to settle its true mean-
ing. It i3, say some, tho faculty of accom-
modating onc's-self to any situation whatever
—to change with every change of wind, m
•freedom; sucn oppression v, ex- short to wear a coat of any, and every col-
a country where liberty is every our, blue, black or London brown, t tms be.
• - . t the meaning of tho phrase, it must bo ac-

birthri^ht and his boast. But I speak ine mt™ «• ui« w>«^> " 7 7
t e corporal sufferance of this-abject kuowledged tliere.s nb want ot examples to
■ . , " . uL* e »h«5n i^n ( 1«a«.. ta lustration. We may look around us, and

IIOL OI UIO UUijJUiai 0»l«.l.imv , J

race, as the only bitter cup of their bondage.

iunn»ij The chain of slavery, however light, howev-

jew his situation er attenuated by thc kindness of indulgent
instead of being ma6ters j 3 S M the most galling burden man
e, I quite under- ( oan bear> ^y ie light of knowledge has be-
-■-■-—:"««**•«• gun .0 shed its refulgent beams on this be-
nio-hted race, Christianity has been preached
inlbeir. hearing, and the thick mists of igno-
rance and error, in which they have been en-
veloped, are vanishing forever before the day-
spring from on high. " The Negro mind, long
supposed to be incapable of expansion, has
given evidence of powers no. less capacious
ami actable than those of the white man.
As their moral condition has been improved,
their intellectual powers have become more
and more developed. It is a fact worthy of
general knowledge, as a landmark of their
advancement, that a public newspaper is es-
ub'lished in New- York, and conducted with
'much ability and success by editors, the .de-
scendants 'of African parents. There are at
this tinie six public: schools in the same city,
for! the instruction of black children, five of
which are creditably conducted by teachers
of; tlie. same color," all under the especial pat T
roriage of the Manumission society. - Iu our
ow : ri°city/> the benevolence i of philanthropic
men' has been no less active than in the'me-
trbipolis. We Save like wisp an African free-
school, conducted by intelligent teachers, and
an African churth under the preaching of an
Afi-ican pastor, distinguished for his intelli-
gence and- private virf ues. Who then shall
place bounds to the. expansion of thevNegro's
mind? Who shall say that their sable race
shall not yetsit even in this country under the
shadow of their own vine and fig tree, with
none to make them afraid,, listening, to the
poetry of their own bards, no less bewitching
H4n that which Homer sung ? . Who. -.ahall
say that the free w gro shall not jet vie. ,with.
the white man in all. the ennobling, attributes
of his nature ? Who shall say that.discpveries
in the, sciences i'and 'philosc phy, shall not' be
made :by Africin schoips, no less brilliant
arid enduring than ^tbose which hnip^rtalise
the names of Newton and of Bacon, of Frank-
lin and of Fulton. There caii be no barrier

its illustration. We may look around us, and
above* us; below us, and beside us, and we
shall find enough, in all conscience. Open
the historic volume, rea l, I care not, what
. age, and lo ! the host of independent minds
starts up to view. I might, if I chose, men-
tion a long list of independent Greek and
Roman worthies. But I do abominate this
eternal ringing upon Greece and Rome. Old'
England has produced many such fellows.
There is, thc Lord Chancellor Bacon, the.
pnde - and boast of English philosophy what
independent feelings he possessed, when he
siglied that delectable- confession of bribery
and corruption, which has been handed down
to.: posterity, 14 dainn'd to everlasting fame. —
To jdescend to more modern times, there is
Robert Southey, Esq. Poet Laureate to
Gccirge the fourth, by the grace of God! %\x)g
of -(jr rest- Britain and Ireland, ; >efender of the
faith ! But let another ^peak of him, not f .
•'' H<i has written praises of a regicide,

He bus written praises' of all kings whatever,
Ho written for republics far and wide,
Apd then against them, bitturer than ever. ,
Again, Independence of mind is said to conr
s\s>U in. acting ; in defiance, of the precepts -of
morality and religion, because men fear, their
reputation will sufler ; in the estimation of a
eeriain portionjof mankind vulgarly ycleped
honourqble. With suchjfolks, the- duellist is
thejinost independent min oil earth. He may
trainplo under ifoof -the laws of God-and-mia
-r-ahd all to -'show his independence ! Time
would fail, were I to mention all the variety
of signifieatiori applicable to this phrase. Some
seem to thitfk,1 ; it is to act; dilVerehtly from
eveify body.e^, and affect a maiked singula-
rity i of character. ' Jnstanipe the hero of Roa-
noke, the descendant of the farfamed Poca-
hqhtaVj the lahmaelite or.poli tics, whose hand
is ag.ainst every man and almost every main's
hand against him. There iB another nfeaning
given to. the phrase, very dillVrent from any 1
.have yet mentioned. By a man of indepen-
dence is- understood what Horace calls the
" jukum'et ten'acehr propositi virum." One
"who is'uhinfluehced by prejudice, undaunted
^ytle frowns' or favours, of "the. multitude.

r<)R THE FREEDOM S jOCHSAt.

Bu.tiwor;:.4?Ii 'July. 1827.-'
A Dix.ner was given by the Members cf
Fuit-Nusiup SociktV, in commemoration of
the Abolition of Slavery in t-e State'of New*
Yor 1 --. The dinner wa^ pro|jared at the house .
of .Mr. James P. Walker, in a hnndsoine
style. After the Cloth was removed, ihejbl-
lowingToAS'rs..were drank— Mr. James Dca*
-ycr, presiding as President-

1. '. Tii';'Dcty wc ctlcbratc in memory of the Ab-
olition of Slavery, in the State of .New-' ork—
May the example be followed by every state in tho
Union. ;

2. John Jay, one of tho purvivhiff advocates of
the abolition of SJovury in the. State of New-
York — May he long be remembered 33 the friend
of our colour. \ _ .

3 The "Freedom's Journal"— -May its farnc
spread through this gteat Continent, and may it
continue to advooate the qauso of the sons and.
daughters of Africa.

4. "We hold these truths to be self-cvidcnt,-
that all men are born free and equal," hue been
resounded from one end of the Union to the other
by white Americans — May they speedily lesrh to
practice what they so- loudly proclaim.

5. Give us our rights, and our motto shall bo
also, " Our Country right or wrong. - '

6 Ouridepartod t'ridnd Elislia. Tyson, the Afri-
can's Philanthropist.

7. The mumbcrs of Friendship SvoiMy— -\Iay _
they be distinguished for thuir integrity, love of
harmony ,'iind anxiety for iaiproyement.-.

8. Our emancipated Brethren of New-York— •'
May they become useful and honourable citizens,',

9. The 1 Genius of Universal • Emtincipation~-U* *
course is good and j'ust} may it rise superior to. all -
oppositiori. ■ „ ■ ■ \ ;

tO„ The President of the-Uay— Miy hecontinrtOi
to-be distinguished by lii.s. moral, conduct. •

•When thi3 ,^as' drank, lie rose and msde£
a short and appropriate address, and iph^rei^'
ajs a sentiment; the ibUq^mg, •-.
.' May juaticiVas well' an Jaw bo a - guide- to!the.-i
Judge of . Baltimoro city court.--- WootfplU impro*- j,
ced. '■:''■ '(.■.' '.

11. Emancipation withqut emigration, >it equal. :|
rights on ; the spot.;' this is republicanism'. ; /

Coincidence.—' Two Rhips sailed' from Haoii

•uch a.'ch'aracter/'-The world 13 m full of oil
that is mean and selfish, it has so little thati*
great and magnanimous, that the man of tru-
ly independent/mind, presents an object,,
whereon the eye that has been wearied, aith §
observing the follien and frailties of hmnaa |
nature, might rest awhile in calm delight. A f
haracLe;- of tU'v* description, will nlwayscom- f
marid respect, will alw ays be regarded with /i
veneration. The sycophant may bend and f
bow to further his interested yiewB, and the \ |
weak-minded man, destitute of moral cour- |
age, may tremble at the uplifted finger ofthe , \
powers that bo. '' A'irnan of independent spi-
rit, inarches On the even tenor of his, way.—
Truth, equity, and justice are itts guides. The
charmj of ploaHiiic cannot entice him from
I he path of rectitude ; thc love of power that .
" last' infirmity of noble minds" _ ca n.-t turn
him from, the hoi est piirpo50 of his mA. This
quality was possessed in an eminent degree,
by the first Earl of Chatham. That illustri-
ous statesman, in all his measures acted with
the solo view of the public good. Ho, was *
not to lie intimidated. He scorned from hb
heart the man who . stood in fear of thrones
and dominions, principalities and powers. A
portion of his lofty spirit was inherited by his
son William Pitt " the pilot that weathered
the storm," or as John : Randolph has it, the
pilot that did not weather the storm. lam
ho admirer of Mr. Pitt. lie was too loud of
power. Still there was about him a spice'of
his old- father's mighty genius, a mind unsub-
dued by difiiculiiea the'most pressing, firm in
iti conscious integrity, that is well calculated
to strike us with admiration. It is this which
has invested the otherwise unenviable. cha-
racter of Mr. Pitt, with n. degree of moral
grandeur. Observe, his situation when first
appointed prime minister of England. Tiio
whole British Parliament were opposed to
him, his measures were, immediately voted
down. It was a critical moment for the min-
. lfi ter — for tho parliament— for the • kin'T.—
What did he ? Firm and determined not to .
suffer. parliament to interfere, vvirh the rigliC-
ful p r» rogatives of the crown, he withstood
the overwhelming majorities of the comuion9» t
He dissolved parliament. and appealed to'tho
Ifi'ighsh people. -TiiOtflppeai was' successful
and tho next parliament went hand in hand
with the minister. This A*as a victory indeed.
It was one of iho.so moments in which tho
spirit of the departed Chatham soemod to
2low with all its ll-rvor m tlio bo.-?om of t!jo
living &m. It was the triumph of .vt i*r.ie»
■ ■endcut soul. NED.

ton Roade oh the 4th of April, for. Liverpool | Xq
they' fell in together -iO days after sailing, and
both arrived at' Livor.pool.on the same 'Mf^jjjf
where they loaded and both saildd again
the 20th of -May. . . On ther homeward ft»m
aage their two Ca'ptains Tremiently dined 'ie-$-
getherv'ftnd 'both- arrived at Norfolk^cui wfll'
30tfculfc'

>amyt to' inform stared-

• foiirlo the E»3tu)(ird\ lk n t
tty d'JtcUricij in the p^ii\nt-

hav«fai» lya'bW'for thV piitli^oofl f but ho#| «.U thb A'ftJc»n*i . T%ht/^8«-w^r&W ;

7

bcforit tho l!ov>jt| [.oocVof New- York, wltiijii
mcntianocl in our> :ut^Jrts|«inco boen -publbih
in n, very npjit pi ; i pMet fojru of Hi putfe*: it p.;
»c«b<!« moro thryf; irdiniiry merit, ami would n
rat (fur in c(Mll|mriil iti witb uny. <hitij{
on llm Miinti 8u1'j» fl, ni^I ofcua*ioii.
it as i .literary ph? jnotijm, jbebijr nnrj.Mt of ju
-mastic Writ*, i ml [J jtuticc to'*' Mr Mu^bil*,
wr.'ild nhiairiJn lli,i Ito hi |..;.)n n m.:nd...r of Uij-it
init.riilty lutt littj! i mora ihnn u yi-Af,— i» nfiurjlrt
oa p.cajuro to rmuj lliia Oration a* tho production
of ouo of our bn thrtn. friio writing of :Y|r.
J lushes .^rncrallj . iixhibi< h uVpth an.l ncraira^y
«f thought, an .ipt^U, „r | a ,,^ua«„ »,„! biNHity
.'<?f stylo, v, ;r y rr.|ilj!,| (1 [,[ fii.i m ,M p. try mid ijt-
(aiiimenfs.— VV.* ,|.i!;c tli- fJI.-wmy "rfitruitt ffoirV
llio Ornlinn, niidji nrmmu.'nd our I rcllirwi aud
ffirndi i;niiiir'i!l^ to i>r j."ir.» n t -. T |»v. — -A<r.
JIu;;)^:* is u inoinljrr of Unj ['r.^ln-k-rv of I'ltilti-
dolphin, - p-MsesHHiyi; tiie di:d>.viitiort an.l qualifica-
tions for (»xreit«iyy r HBf.fuf t | f jsa auiiuijf his hmiaWi
of colour, mid wo must sav Vihoiij/h \ v<! can hardjy-
<!.. it witiVnit r«nr<M<-]i in' tli»

which !m licKiiltru) it nl»ltl;c|l tn

try, and. pirBiic ^vculif r chi^l.v, u
purl of himaulf and.' family. j ^

" Msrtnna should also .tjt/ won of in:tpir ( iie
■hiilnl.u and W\i4 \:\ a primiry lu.^d'u m ; tJi|ti
vm;a!iiil.iry of l\w onlt-r. , It i,* ium^n,,. J J,|y
, many, Uiel exct'-irt Hii.l wiLtonry ut u m in
Iom; thul LiuiHim^ uro ^oJn'rally intnnifi'i'iLtif,
dint tlint, 11 « i\ ( forfcrw^-llfor tlit-in to r<.>i>r<|-
*. i.t tho ririinkvii Yti.iJi i| n , 4 .| H iH. Ih'iJ^,
tt-LK-rihrn tiiiiiidcd in |i|k|,, niid jiill AlurioiirV
oiifain the pulroiiKgc of 4 Jio dVisi lit- ru thtjt
<;v*:r fjriu'rtl tit« eurtli :j-ot tin; I'iuro ( limy
ith of sm'iriy, li-i tliu brblitOHt. onHiiumiU *|f
iIk- rhun-li, It- 1 than Ml. Ho t:ir t'rmn: ilij-
rnoruli/in- I In* inind, oj- ^t-nu'in^ in »ny vvul'
tln> mKi^u'ot" Jlcuvon froiu tl;f 'soul, we uri'
taiixbt to divert our TiitniSfi ami connoii'tl*:^
■ ol" tlio mi ■ (•rlliiiiios of litV,>, uiulor tliv »H»ij-
rn;icu tliufin ttuin .!<«injr, wo s-hall nv.Ki.ir
oiu Im>'I Li-ei living Htoiu>t> r>f it ii <>mrtiitl 'I'onj-
|<1.'. The vtilfrurhim « t > ()'nnn r.iino.,1 unfain.sjt.
A!:isonry, is cnntfrivcil \ in i^nomiKo 'nnH
prnpitsfatorl in mfllii'o; [or it U inrumboiU
upon \\i to hi y line n;sirn juts uj.ori our «lKfrd-
tiiuiH niltl p;isrti(.ii.«, to.royat ttjii aijuromen^
of vico 3 : to rcjinifltcourinitioiwbv tiie sijuani)
and to keep llu-m ,u itftiil tho :"oin^ of , tin;
cntnpasti, mid moid- all (iic.^gs live withih
!!iat.i>C}Timoji m comliu-'ivji to licnlth, to pro-l
ju-rily and rorip.v|ftl»i||«:y|, lhat by our <iot{
dm;t, tho Fratcniity bq (jot liroti^'lit into ilii
rrprito, for'". He "that (mtli no role ovcri hi[>
own spirit, is lilto a city tfmt in broken do'
nn.l Hiihont wuIIh." ;

; • —

i'liOPRIFjTV OfjcONDUCT.
(CunchrJfJ.) i
Thotifli it ii our'd»tyt> na«;»t to tins utmost
<jur fiilliw* hi ilihirfM ; Win ii a gr«tvr pnrlitin^i
it fiaa bijcii liuui^ht cm ilyo igh their iiiiptiidtir^c.

quwtifliroj Mwma who- we ap^f<4#jM^
ifi*n, Hpjng |4*rUin t/**«# ' of oaf b^tbrtii; -3v
bcouwea |i« not (col our brethren wIiLl ihoulO.^
■bw&d nqt^oj done on particular dayj Injlho jedir,
In .a diefatortil 1 murmur; but' nono wi|j »r^^hit ,J

.wo Jiave Aot the rijrht uf oxprcwing «lir, ludivldu. '!fn B 7, ivliito it Wus lyinc
Rl view* upon hudi nubjooU of montOht; a* wo l ! had j>i ,t rison. * B
tt>ay froiji tiujfto tifiio doum protilabli' iti com.
tnuot np»,|i ; «itd upon iiiglmUo, «» Wt) t)m
judicious Urt ofour commuuity ejpeot ua to u iy

I itij our .deturuiinHtioit to utrivo for ft,
tmttitr mi|ti) 'of.tbio^.i that rioibis'i^ tin]] cvor
IVoiti. laying before tjur rvadorj whitev-

liittdcr i

toQ-stiot's. — Nona t ut th'n nttotilivo pb:icrvcr
* tli ft injury a ciirtnili cfosa of thoau nuiltt-
itii><[ iiuixijiicus, uro <Jyiii|T Ao comniliriity. And" j ,tr * ; ' a "' to
luln v., hr« bob! in «aj'in«, htwevtr Advancne) " C - ' A!t 11
nuiiv or" <,ur brtithriMi itny. )k> in d.'.-frndation mid
t, y>j in- point of toinpunuuio ib<<y b;iv« t lip
iJvanta^o! fif Utu whito population, still wo arc
]>;iitikl by ibn mise.'ioly Hpoct.tr.Ii>, (if five or
ikiurpij men, drinkiri/; and c;i rousing in
frt'KslKip*! . Wi: do .siiuHT.-Iy ii:ipo;lh:il ths rtispoo-
bin p;irtjof'onr birtlin.'ii, .will dUldimisly tivc.id

thjtir (l!il s .dy t.«rmod) niirosluiiitiitM, in
i-iit> ruiMiuiiplftcoM, ami liy »U ti^ In tboir

w,t ( ri'prokitu llio praclioo in ntbi'ts. W'6 i.iy
tVniit ciiiivu:U..o, and willioiit ipn-judir-r,. tlint
loi-ialiou with diadp:it<;d tv .it.'j,' nod t!if uilur.

fho follow i n jj

hli \ u ii ' U*\'|i::itlnii :t[ I I ■

,^,,, ;; r ( „,,,, (; ,, TJ); .„, T„t,, a: ,., i;riJ , im,,,, ^ ,c ; Ln t ;';;r;r .

Kioty, (t.eor f ;i«,) ubout unto mile* .^Mn, jj» e ,| > '

noon, abused and beat tihs. Ktfbeouu Caa-' i'
uly, m iUo presence of iicr bii^barnl l o ! ^ Voti ivil' doubtl

ttMkproJiwhsiid^ugt thU mtft xUalultri

4 lc: » kit

•POT i / v ,

by a induct of tlioso max mt and ntl.?a of cmi-
duct, w»|i,«e*niry fo> ovc^y ono to fallow ; Whc|i
ffiun-onjr prcvi<»«i« knowl«l ff o of th.t nbjcctW^
cftinpniiiioii, wo Vtiow p^wilivtily all i»igl,
iiavo bojn avoidod by a mbr. jndicioiw Una of I
.duot:.fltr hearts ^^l but half that pity wbi<
dlitrewjiverUilkilj from Ih . iyii»p»ibt.tIo boapm
and our btit<|< jrivo hut hajf
would. |M i4 „y Aro Ujo bl*)wi > 8 , *[w t ^ ftom j, r <
prioty oj conduct fu'lhtf d -clini : of life th«| oj
probatio|» of iMf; and tho gi<*d «v abet of frif ldi
How plying to b« ablu t > f f ,(ii! f„ , m «nury tea,
tiino*, w ( iili ^wfoot aatufiotlon o our»«lv«« bi t
know th«t;«M oondnol hWer be«n cob.idor*.
Jy Hw *brld,jnoVb.ly W jr><hUbl« Up
Wo to biif to, 'oiif irbol, j^y.
It ; U r«,]|y , t.tOoUhbi, ; J IqMI fo »kould w|

•owuch tlibo upon tb«' 1 rb <
tbrimur ! but u^ori %fijic( , »bU r^blr^.i
«oa»ldor Hloa,; our. «j*w ir <« W.bi clo-H wd U

bur wstUtljIf/'ftnil ^'i

BUickltrry Syrup, — Tli* .proaon
\>\\\y u sottkO.Kiiil- tiiiui lo/f>rc[)Hr«
• ■ , . ipio-ii^itie, but. to r\!cmTffnctiil ils

wo cojco,v« ; -can have tho hint tendency to | ticitl;,.^ uinomr <-lf0.lron -ffliioM
br.ujr about a pnriod of rational tbinking-i-ratioiial (fottjpIa^ntH,
someut — aiul a »j>int ot' Mtiooal Improvo- { irl ^ rcc.-iiit
\0 tin. CroMor, in bi» wUdoTtiJ ondov-
.1 natitrc, it, mnut jcvtr bo
to him, to duo ih untko ..a'r;id<,mil mo of
it— to mV} ■ Tfarf.oi ^nid,. fill our ootioniLaud. to
up to Ibo o.Tjullcney of, our rational no-

; t i I

jv£ Wckpdciitt.*-- Oii Sil^iay'nji fit}'.*' pnwtfti-
|r,yir.byflr>i ilw.il,«Ui»i-J}«lt' G-icg^c'j»» «J>eo'
i«ai J tbis city ba.l;a packftje yf.bUlv^OnsiMirijj;
>f|,375 ; dollars, talfpo from Vbo"'{ o«tcet,of. hij;

lX*c ttac frofn! w hi<*U.
bo cxettlohi of Ibo
ubtiiio'ibo roblter \vu*Wd.:tcct*xf, and.thoi'Do-
!'•[>, ..Ii obecopt 36 dollars, wnH.Yftcuvorfctl. Thv
Hi. tin is in j til, und lm« conftssot} histfuiH,~

mind of n-lnto Nii.^yr, sbii
If nti bom-, wbon u,jol eitot^h to
iinul! loa en;i full of bra ml v. I
i'r (abb; .spooo.fiUs m;.y bt.- Valton
aj-' and i.ii curiiit:itji*t<% may i u^;:

t bein;j. : not
lii>"v'»!uhblii
^Iri^ss (tor-
■with-'bowrl
tho follow
kvl'Vv ri[>r
q.i^iW ad t |.:«;ijK
ii' i b|iil u ubouV
bolllo, ad I
oirl OtKi t'
fu'iltlCIillj

Stove *'kciU<nt..
e; in iil >it.i^o I Veil
vtfki up-irt v\ dem
llfCSt Ol' St--)' Sl.oi-r,

-() . M-mdar, t
P^l idolphia f

.•tiding- u 1 1 " t H «b, ui n, mil.

1111..I1U1 to p^ciied o^i bt-r j

t of tho fXi.sso
_ ig/i'li nitit. ^Tbon- iv,T t . ihroo
fjor ^L'-nllomon

10 Kro^hup, arc. ,
of oijr colour, tin

1 iVyth^ Si i-f.

ladies and

.T/ir i?cn7 OuIwi!U.{.—\ 'poor
iVotitr^n.1 rccoi\o«l .-i biblo from <
a *ent in I lltrt city. A Honmnpri st,
" ocirciiiiisfaneoinfulfi :i "visit, intern
ive her r>f iho-protioti.^.Tift. ilo
.■o dollars for tho Itiblo— nho «
it. Ifo then olTurfd Imr ten,
anli firtoon ilo!!;trn she mill docliti
'r. M'ho m>\[ day lie returned and
■ohty live dollarn. She tigivplcd

Ibo 1

iey pim: hosed t\^fily-rive

HliOCKlNt; oUTUAfii;.

> tli.; Hib!es, whioii she distribute.! amoiv
j tituto naijrboiir.'!, under' tnrch condi
Jtlju priest eould not obtuin ; ! horn.

1 ! ^OL-i'Cflll 12 CUJ.O.

HliiltMif J|Hi>vit::i(l.m at llio ->':-. .1 .... , .

•/urpt-iry 1.1,

tTtirihji;. v jirt
tho,cl[urch|<
it ran

was .ubvvnfjdiji;^^'
gntion
out of
bustle
At. two h«
drop of rain

9lh inst
P^isbnrp!.,

woniati in
10 BritLsh
hoarin-f of
liniTtode-
iFurcd tier
lined ta :
\nd nftor-
nc.he to t
Ilo rod hor
tlio olfor,

of 0110
l'eopk

of HliU

,-lntsH,
hi t
'I|lt<? jn

wero

tho cn
sailing <
inst. was saToiy
od to (bo m'<roj

Oil till 3

wad t )[e [loan

fou g hi

ayainsi Jaogh.li:
and of
T.bO tr
of ito!
found

broke on Si
ireot.

of ilo pLrti^l^
of Roiheitler'ccliliS
ory wiU>i|it}fl'c(|Miiia !( „
jy Mr. Au'nLir».St«:i*|
jrmsi ly tlwj -J
ryj baVj Vjr<: c/g

ac<ici!t:alj)frf. : M»tb'
nl i t>f| HtitflimfGlit

ovt I Ktii]to» ha»icl. ....

jmlty.lof !«m«t>lai^bte^

lie r des-
iotiM, that

h an e\-
' station-
). >Sir W
III. Itj f

W27.

by wfiilch 11 lOuttloniijfaaME
troyed ^ — gj, dlalicctloi^^WiSiif

I by -\yt.-u rintf a|j buslc^ -'»rltt|?r
been fi^nd <»'< tli<i hedit^fa^J
died 6)'ja diipptwoti cohstittipti^r'
I to lie ijiiirJJ tliiih JJOT
Jclphrk, tOidlSOO mjNc
;bier;cJ" tjnf FilanklM:!
•e<]ues^ tlib hotdbtifof.ibnji
bank not to tiu.Sto ; nyiisacri&tM^jot 1
they y i.i I'' Htaifd a In mnWiof fre^jMiSi

k. Brejanmlaflly lajaiioftfcttjto^^itf

are sn
in I'hiln
fiiu Ca
J.crscy,

acv the . in, ;, the^ift^^fei^
allow npjl ia^fejyiiit^^

in. .bo odlleil for protection, but tlio' dmii- 1 |,A l «r,» V » 1 roC,)lk ' ct .^^k bin
■•« mon.tvr, i„, t( i a d (lf gnu.t, ^ bin w ll ; w ^

^sas?-^! T^&^m

' ■ C - _^.*»n"od severely frotn her beSmif, but not being" a>Io to fmd anV friend
ho returned, and haytnij .comtnunieated -with
fit. i son, the frivrriaon, ran , alorip; sido oT the
vessel in which tho Sana<-!( of Ubarbin'd ne-
phew was. They fought desperately for
aotiiQ tin\e, when the Hharieii chief drew ofi"
to ilect, to fjct.roinforcomeiits pf men.
lit ibcn told tbe roat of his vpsnch 'to kobp
oil and not idterferc, fis Ramnk and' jio Would"
fidlitit ouf. They n^ain pruppjed, arfd foit-rht
ioj- sonic time. Kuirmk iinding tliat liis'iiicn
wire falling fast, told thorn there wa<i no' hope'
ofauccQHS, and ho wtrn abotii to blow
thjjirt all up. Maimed from hurts in 1 formof
tdbt, (yon will recollect 1 tlmt ''hb jos't three
mj:b(js of Llio bono, und yet retained li^tvnn',)
and blind m I10 waslod to tho njni^hfeU-ftb
a lighted torch — JtroiJ it, and tho ttfolo vc*.
»e wu« bloivn to atoms, no^a" diBtini-uiphin?
ro ntltint betriff J c »Vof U ani*t hW^M hare in
vo^sdl.i blow .up; like wise, .'.bo^iidvoi Ms^itB

stjone?, iSiC-
nUcrt and proj no^ticj of a proniaturo de
ivrv until' tho fltli inat. when her murdered
laiit ivih nnhored into the world lobe tho
aiiutit herald- of its own fate., Tho frontal
boiies witli thcir cartila^cg'ront 1 wore buried
tho brdina, ithc hijiLotio w^^ disjointed,
0^10 of the In^a and (lie two atttiu wero bro-
und moat.. of tiia iminclos bo bruised as
tc have niojro the resemblance of putrid jolly
tljan of orpanhiod matter. This part'iof the
rriblo transaction in attributed to Bland'a
ating the mothdr ov<?r tho abdomen with a
he rn. A Coro^er'n iniiuost was convened,
id, on itlio atiord, the two sayajrvaj were,
Friday Icbt, committed to the jail of Bibb
county. ,1;: U believed, that Mrs.' C^saady
ct linoi Ytya.— .Macon Mtssnigtr,', June 1,1.

SudJtn pril ^-Mr: James Kparnoy.; (enr-
Tlrr,)jwn» nirow'riodt in iho '.Passaic river on
Hi liirday evening mu Whither jho Wijtit for
'•^ibirij;. l;Ia vvns in, company Iwitli otbom,-

lb«y otbor^f- th, U*M^xyh«rolt i« wtecmod-latbforibaU,.
'■*'"" A " ' " |WiHhbut> tho ><mst alarin;| ho wrti on a

■Melon misiiin^ by - tho company, tw! t t j noon
•f* iml| Win illcod, > ir> water: not -ibotW " '
bnast It til probable, bo; vino'

with a' Bt, mm* itrandfld. it. \Q

de )cnUetjt, l>idW;.and^;fam|lyl^7; ^mall
tb ibir »n, ', \H monW th* loaj of d biibat i

I than,
uar

80^0

tht '
w<rel

Xtii t

■w vvero: savod. Tho" official lirdpt rt^U-i
tok tho dumber Itiilod at.;no;l0M,t tun two'

at th*- Admiralty, annbiinoinj tho iirivni 'b
tho Uoo a, on .th 0 JOth-ApriV .I^tnt 11

oj «s;pofcted: d
»|*^oh\Ciipv
;1joV^ai; north*

.certain diafahc^by'tfi' tbdifca:
. dawn, fj-onn.AUendn ft- f«w:

northernnxwtj part "of, feptt^p^

— ■—A eolonirotj Jnari \vaailtUl

beth-to^ * " " ' " A '
cut of a

:v\ npn riihjj. Mibv'fr Jin;iWai^fo^
Nroujiht iii lulM «t tiirrola^Uitert.'
8 hawhil, -t wrlod )^ck(i„l. bo'ar^i,,
L. wood<:luick,4^A:M^T{ft!in$1|||
Are. apposed to ^e'.^naanb^tte
lifo 0W1 >r iitta)and^wj)ile i .h(j ! f;ljy^

Shoj tbqn loll .Uio house,' and'^aff
woods. TbC'tnun is etjll liviirt^iiS^Wi
ontcrtuiilo-d of Ms t' fcoveiyisii^aT*
baa boo': asked in [ B Keutucfey
er OVn. Jacb< fl -jh u^iio^ blv^tt
ma ity y e irs paj t, in thefpuwhai
siayea in Tennessee antHCeW
itij? theu|/to Jiic ui^ntt; : . 4 .and ki
nm'rk^ti, for aoSor """ " " '
W this fit iio of the

Aipn'sont r in* ttto
cut hi* thVotit in i'^t
npposcJ not'td , jo
:Elijabi.IlowftV4 'of.
ii itli olbc • boy*? rot

drowned.

Ohio, 'put' a pcrjiod; ib his,<

On : tbc7ih,by I
liadWhj nhi tb' m*l<£lixa\„

On (fo joni,' bf t% tkm'mi

rttl lo-iBlit • JtMltfo UI

Simmon to'M^'M^"""

by tho ^v^ Potai'-WU
tvitn* ilo 1 Hit 'IliirtiC WiU&*\f

.^'0 of &xo t oro of.Orl'eitiS?
jfjr , the tyTioopi ng CougK^^Sfilm
Suit of -tartar und t^rj 1 gfraina ofi:<^'c^iiaj"
-erized y idel tii.gtll bi ' watof^ vtb^boW^
is ;K iven. -rD^so fot[; tn infaatj-a)^^!
ibitr time r a day , , i t ;>oa*in-f. ftb'i^jjf
■portion tt age t in aJulc .may] -taEof
•sjjoonsfiil in tlie san^ timb^

If;it ; be;|ti;iib|fl

lay |BK(W

., #dwt& H

bitendaWfel
fdeapa^Siie

*ey^ci;b|^b|

•at ^triw^s

'■ttfcofaijn*,
fOM i9 War : '

I 4>«r etreem«,adir
i; fate tninf . j
ntt hi* «up of wor,
^nalnf j
bla creaa belni
train. .' ; , \

"■%b,ote eagle eye
rtmdthe grata ;
itr In the »kj;
[bun to eave 1 '|

no hli'tqnj i

hem tnat

fovvtfU fo*J»em that *W
folbWfin h» train ?

ICif^ittW^ Mli the ehoaen few
l£fewwbo<n tbVtoiirU oim., ■

^TWfflTt nlla»i»Jot«, IheAruth t icy 1 1

KrtV'd tile crow and flarnn ;
VTphiV'lidl ti»«lyr«Jit'» tyandiehd atoel
. ' jTlw lloo'a tffry'mene,
v They bow'd tSifrneoJn t)t« doetli
^ i WhofoUttWlJii (heir train ?

||'^A;blO>)t''wihjiiia«n and boya,.
J^f^^b«>.mi.tron|ind the maid^
S^&Arouad their Saviour '• thrdnerrjjoic'
^,^-&Ii»iobMof|gbtarray'd,/ ' f

EMiW^^Tbf*' twril^lloit, and painV- • 1
s^u ^Oh'God.l to & may grace bo giVui
" *To follow iltlieif traiyl I

_ BTAWZAtf. j

:'V i l vV.''j;:- < !" }';-f!i BT T. hood, v»yj-
f : 1 rerattaljdr, I remember , : J
; . The bouae whom I waaborn, [
,'.CV TbO little window, w}ier© the tun

ji'Cairie p^pinjf in, at morn ;
■'•'[•'■He Oevor canm * wink too noqn,
.■J'lNpc brought too ion* a day ;
■jf; But now, J often wieh the night
" ( Had borne my broach away J

JAY,

Ff«k! loalcl te~t|ay*, boy

R^VTwtrieinher, I remember
If! The HLc, where thu rob

Ei.^Tbe roitn; red and white,
^g^TKe rioleti and tho' til V'-ciif«*- -
S'Thitto flowers mml« of light ;

built,

1 And where my brother sot
' Th* laburnum, on hi< bhlh'duy
_ 77 - l . yt /^ : *fU« tree li living yet !

P^|^''!i-lrtinemb«r, I remonibor 'j I
''3sW' f .^iwhw I'WM'nBod to awing,

And though the air would tu^li ai
To awalldwa on the wing ; I

' » foaihcr*, lh|n,
now; ; I
[ And ennmier pool* could hardly
The lever on my brow ! ] "

*■ I- remember, I retnrmW-r

7 ' ■' " To ewalldwa on th
y' : '( >'-: Myiplritjflow in f

L •;' That iit eo heavy, r

cool

The fix U)we, dark t««l Mgh

tnd«M

^1 Uted tffltiiink tbe'y j(l(tnd«r ipirts
v ( . Were cloee against tlie «ky :
<\h It W»« "I <bildiidi ignorapcit,--
V But now [tie Utth« Joy
'J' To Know I'm fnrtUr offfr^ui Jitnxn,
,, ,,V. Thin wh«n 1 ww a boy !

W\ ■'' ■' X. ' —

ife^^\\--A.THE HONEST MAN

JOjw Juet becauee tbfy |il< no wrong
"tVi ' * ne'wh* vilt not wrong tim icA*n Jte v^ty,
P|;,^'4.. lw le the tavutv jubt I pratae not the
^!^;-'-', V'bo in tti<Jir petty dealings yilftr not ;
^^•'.ij' Bdt'.hid) wl <i'«p^roa a eecrei fr tact, v.
§*'hV * ^. h, * B hfrinighi pluudur an4 «|rly .turprus.

be, the praiee, who, looking dowij wiU acorn
On tU« hih o jwlgn»<mt of th4 p irtial |icrd 1
V-Canaulta h a^wn dear heart,' and boldly tlare*
^■Tn *e (not merely to e* though ) an jiono it toan.J

n.v
lit

hi in to hoop

Opl'tiod

L»-V[^, hoy, ; yon have 1 got yoni'
etoskinj-e Hryttd wrontf atdn out", Pnt turrj.
j«d »oun l \wtrV (r'r^utquickne8«, Rna it|r^«yir](r t
wi h thu utmost complacency the fjiid rerji-
tin it« o '.what hid, once boon .hoaeA iswfif-j
,~~t\l \i\te, V.onfiy, ;T ^now that) flml^ofrt
iyo i kn iw why I turned thrtm ?•* H No, rpV
ip11>rt tlfr nthorJ "'Why, n»y» PatJ and h <»:
pa »n a Itnmviny wtrik with his »ye, bekaeo,
th( y ara holed on tho other aide, M , |

Ih with prin(<f/ Q'tKco, — TI«o as li U« BOftji
lio*tihle, anrf not tvith hr>t wator; put a'
\n fHt neiipd nrirl pr-ntly ewill ihyroi tftUitip
ca -o not to rub l)ir* cjoth too much ; jwrin? it
ml in cool Hj»r[ng wMor, nnl <lry|it in tli"'
ni»»nal', ■ Hv thin nipnTiw ninny colour* will
hf tmprnv«d< — n;- v indnod hut tun'li arq
mcr* 1 vatpr f»oi;nnMj am' of this kind gooil
entiles are eeldotn spoiled. !

Jhul 7*ni"(r.l. — An tit> TrMtl) Till (n)rvnnt,! a
nky Iiouhc, ni RltintMinL'' lu>r«^. njsrnMihc
■ff, » l achinfloofh, nn cmptv ntirt)*". an nn-
i'tiful rliilf', nn iocp^nnt tnlV»'r, ItOE^ tlint
hrptik lliroit-jh.(Hn*'loeiirp^, n dull nvjip. ttnd h
pimtdf I fnco.— n'Vnttioir mtn, Tnn*""ivioes, and
bugs ii a bce^ chnmher, ntul u dandy, ' |

(Ihs-urtlitv of thr KnrHoh /!»nir.T.-4To bi|rn
hoiiflP*(>r whirh 1 criminnl \* tenant at K
ill. i( Plipitn.1 ■;' lint if hp hriK n lca*0. it 1 is

'jilv n niisdciTioniior, ■ To wound cattle ir; a.
ppnal ( rime, to wound n mnn i^'oolvia misde- JVo.
njoano ■. A comodinn wlir> vrrfoifm*, to| -n
thr«lr( "fnvnl, inn r»»imt»Ml person; hutifjlio
hIiiih' <oni>'drtv plavn llu« Kumr rhafnrfnri in jf*""' 1 "
aithcatrn whirh wants tho st-Miip of rov^Uv, ln! " r '"f
lijn is a rojnio and a vn.rnhon.1. A trntlmrinn- x^fa
of lar^o oropfrty «*inv lum^ on tho ground of,

. min of Hintill proporty, whiln n man' of

mall »roo**rtw, tuny rot liiint nn;h ; ^ oJ*'n.

Jronn'. P»>f rn and' momhers of Parlinmpnt tJuritl.
oinnn bo a rrxt- d for debt, but th'tir crcdi
tors mi\j.— Tjomion petpr-

Vom u^o,

iva^'.^'.firtfweJ— (tlliiha «r« ■mt) 0 tiniea vcr r pernl

Vlm««naihgmj»,. drinking, or f.vt'n iiwutin^
ipi^JHr i« iiarhftpa,!* tlte.leaht lannor-
^^ti^ipBiiw^Utba, coneialingol'yqniig tmk
ir^Kw^nlw b*d'babit«. Society i ovb can ha
W-'^H^i'n^r < r 9, " tt, * t - li "Wceton ita i igldity]
K»I»ritie». t havo 111 town n dot-
f n ^ fcD( l 1 bavtf counted
J 1 - ■*'«wab| go tho » Roadj to ■ rtulnl

hear •v.^ath^atch,' llonolei th'it
i UUe intoot neaf : y >iu T<j *fle
.. „. Jbt*l« * «,ijr» ii« *otiicthiptf |i
^ftUi^ tbmt yowrJheaiJ la dlaO^brok
* ^^"TOTiri^oo or io b» .bewitched, Ir
4tde«>*Vd«nc«; th*t ; you «o kofc
tottMnpae. , a- < 7 ^v. .d-v.^Rs.

.,.^Wt|liijIrW. „„»

ilMtftHiwHheM proaeqtlyi^

ory.

'Mexican*;
eariot^jouAh

JVb. 10 CelZe^ii'wri

INDIAN ■ PHYSICIAN and JJOTA^IST,
...turoa hU sbitniie thanka to^tlie -pg^lo in Eoon,
r%1, for |wtt fav/ure, and, ailiciU-Uieir patrohaga
in' futQte. J ■ "!' '' " \ '

Hewueaall diitaaeii of .the\iyiman

,N. B{ .

tern ; with roota and borhe, free frai
merear; . ;

Rr.
lour, tl

of Jun

Fhna-l Wrn/i/.— In 1S«'1, Philip U. kin-r nf
Hpain iriit tho'yountr Const "blf> oCC^hhU.* to
liome, to r^l.r-iialo KnxInpV. on hii p'xnlta-
t^on ; tbo Pon*\ dinploasod 1 >i n t so yotitur nn
inh«H tt)dor hud hoi^n fhipiit'vt tn Fijirv. rould
ot tuilp nn vi hit. " And well. »ir, .did vtnir
■ti men. Itv ««n<lin-r tn tiW- no *>»-
illu.nt h,-i',rd " If ntv *ov*»rri-rn
hnA tljoofrlit," r»<rdiod tho i>roud Nnnniird.'
'Miiat nnril oon«i«*i'd in n lizard, ho-wo'ild
^ivo R'rtt von a bock ;,'ont, and not : ft 'genlle-
I am."

Pooidn had rnthnr ho th.-

182, .VoufA Sxith-strtttJ below Pint,
ovKaeu a'v •
;CHAnLES'SUOHT,
riirpo**) of acootumodatini,'! PaoPtlt or
OiW.uuh, HUanjiurit and Citlaoiia, with
HOARDING AND LOmilNG,
tho Dav, Wo*tk, Month/or longer
d ibrnisliod with evonnhing to enable

Hon»o of ihf f)r»t-rate kind
in tho City of l'hilailelphia; and will #p»ro

to merit the puhlio patronage. !
M, : le!>7 IS— ?tn

NICHOL S riEKSON.
rwri 1'li.y inform-* tli*> PoOplc of] Co-
- at bid MKAl) GAK DEN, No 13, D'elan-
oy-atr jol,' wns opened on dm evonin^ of t Ikt lir; (

for the accomntod itiou of gent'uel' a^d
..lile persooii of colou r.
dmittuiictf for unprotected feuialea.
w-Vork, June Itit, 18LT.

OHHAP CLOTHINO STOJlt!,

j218i Stuth'Sixth'Strect,- Philadelphia.
THE Snbecriber roflpcctfully return*] his
thank* to hie iVidida ainf the publio ii
Cor , thtdr faWr and patronage. | Ih
tllem, tlmt ho cVitinuoB to kwp n Inrgo
of tictitlemVn 'i HEAUY-M [\DE
USG AIT A RE L of nuperior qualityi both
a^id aocond-liandcd, whe;e cuslomrrs will bi
ut-nlntod nt l!i« cheapest rate, and
ylo. llo nldo in forme Fainilioinnd ptivate
ho Jmvo eownid-handod Clothipg fu
and

mile, t ial tl>oy will moot with a roodiprict'
rondy nalu for thoir gontie, by applying'to

PETERSON

\ j

' n. ii.

brand.,*

DANJtfl.

Tayloring earriod on in ita
and on (ho ohoapfcai lorlna.

: JAolliS LAW

milST Rf\T13CJOAT DBBSS^Il

177 mt'i.tn-strttt, .Yen Ami
CtlNTlNUliS to cluanjio nnd dress Ooate.
P.intnlooTii, Ledion' Habile and Merino Shavh
tljo n^atvat poaaiblu tnannor. Ho otHOntakiH, al-
ii-rs a)ul r.'puirH Cl.mtlonnjn's Clolhoa, to tluir
tiro oiiiifjotiou, and ii]iosi llio most roitmnablu

ickiiOB^ hut then

Utrbt tO look ill-j

it^Miblo (o rocovo
is no rccovcrin;

}f 'oinim.— ''"ho christi:in doi'trlnr*,' H'sii'rns
vomai to' tin; mnn n» tbo parlnot r>f l.'n la
•ntHe, tho foothor ,>f liis ov\U, h\n dipljhti to
per!-. liiH friend in dflltctinn; tint (l s!thi
oy of his looser lionr«, or ns a flowVr whifh
'nee cropn**'' bo may throw uw»y \&t plpoi
'■-'« Tkt J\T6t^nsUrti,

It is additions fact, that men Htatinn'ed
iplit 1 ooafw nre not pprrnittod to lin\o thoir
(virou with thorn, prohnhfy bocntiio it b ap-i
rohondod tltat llm triminin/: of tlio Intnpn
wowlfl be no^lflt-tivl for the IrimmituT
lirtha ida— and yet none but mnrried. inon arn
lohr* Touhd in Uicso po^ts which afe greatly
jonijh a ft or hi npr*6nn coveting a rjiiiet life';
mil wlio, by a- long- conrwo of ruHnin. lec-
:n|ro«, Ijavo boon trained to wnt^hfnlrjci
toiticd toulcopl^ nightM.-j— ^ori'ioti

r/JHi. mcwlo nf drMtdnrr clothee ia ■ h
l-oxdiNO, which Iih hits fo!h>wed with muel
fpr attv.ral yuars past. All kinds of sj '
,i atnin^ arii eitractfd. luid the cloth restored
runooot now; uud Ihi.-t he cutftiifr.i
vitbont any injury t<rtlio chAli. imd al
to iiny tbinjr of thv And donu in th:
other oitv of tliolinitcd H:h',cs.

//oil! to Aft»> a iroooT viemori},— To !flom\ : otio
who VM Nunplaininff of l'tia '-memory, !,
rohn8«n »ald t .;«Pray, air, do yon «ii«r fof L ,
what I money,, ypn havo io yoyr pocket? ot
whoriive von r thd'la«t kick on tboihina-tlikf
jron hiXl? ; - Nbw; if ypti pay tho aame atton«
tionytp what you roalrlaa you'do io your temi-

p/ y.. , . ... . U ~- ■'.

V ' J*/»C*r<i»;- and yopr brtaily./rttitij^^i)
°"fl i.mpwjta,U ai| deeply upon y*ur dothi

. J"' ... J; i !

at-:. sui't >p V:co.\'u.MY.

UNITED STATES' HC0UR1NG,A^D
ST2A1«E ^OUGIHG,
JOHN IT. SMITH,
.VJ. 122 jYorlh-TkirJ-sL (above- JlaeeJ Phi-

RESPECTFULLY informs tlio Public ¥p
neral, that h« alill continues at the nbovr
the S louring and Droning of GcntU'inon'n
PttntiiloofiH, kiian ditU-rtnt pUn from tpnt o!'
the llycru, h:ivlii|f a omnpfteitiort fur
whttd enablua him to drc*e Clothes ao i
thoir appuantnoB oqual, . to new, ih
Seai^a, Ac. to thoir original. 'Colour. whi<n

vliiu ,

5^ h "» Coil 5«f»t^ttha« boin &fi(l4nilt
ml iA, that thir blank tnako of Nirth 'Am*
ri<rWl Mi tho, prowHy of oxpindibFitacff >p
•«<?»(, L^doirjeo/ that ho -bae; b*otiytoo#n1tb

^.Otir ^^nfhtmtrit^lltfei;,' .fjutii^^MMe'
I )il«ly, corn* in^co&i,! wtt

IbMiofA tho'deinaedi ,(>IT;»f T - -

,^r«

- -j iA'orn

and will warrant thern to Wear throe m mlht

Jr exiling, and then -can bo r4i-di;i!>n<ed
Lttdi*«' HabiUnnd Muritio ahawle, in the
mannur and upon tho aliorteat notice, u
bio l inos.; Being legaljy bred \o iht. ..__„,...„,
and pio»se«ing a competent knowledge of L rew
Ing and Cloaiiing Clolhi by Steam WnjiW,
whioji ii the only BotnpK-te nianner of effectd/illy
' g tho titaln^ oatleed iVjcra'.groaeo, tar^
w. he needi only a trlaI ( TBBf'afford hitn an
dty ofgivih^ aitikftTofibn: V ' ■■•
J. 8. conalaatly knepi on ^harTd Ne. „..„
io id handed potho* of every deeoribtlbn, ^ hich
lamteaittH/pttliUe. wfU be ao)d t» low, i"
Laweii than at Any other crtobllahmejit In th e „.„
teuyfiuwefor caah er baiter, v GeotlliiinerJ wi Jijn^'
to*ufoha» would .find it j^iiclrto their inter iat to
cill at abovt. and exaroJnaTor, Uio»m|m> .
.(O'TU I hlghoat' nrlco ily^t 1 tor -Gtatlei naaV

. m ; TAILORING WOkfc eairied on . and
Clotl lea ropalred.-,N«w Ctifrk/CoUaraabd Bt luvria

M

net ?AH»mpirri :\\

^'TAIUORb'lic^CWK^P^^^f^« w
fttlly nnnoun«e t that my Wttw olrterod into
nerJtl^,f<»d bare ebwdeu m^rtiablWtm^tit^M
Si; Broad-atreot, (thriti '■ Iowa ab^e;Boat^^)#;
where they |reap«otfbBf «o|telt : i oi.ftUntiii^*^iT
thai patrenaio which Imv, ^CVef Keff tofo^^^M
ed, and whoh it will hi tt^*tady B ^c«nti^^^l
merit by pnniotuality and'i 'dpVrlor- .workkanahfev^
1 Gentlemei'e Clntiwtrnade •to.-Wcr^in**
neweat fn*li«ot>a aqiien ■ and Tiadie^^GW^i

mrftta. Habile, andiMantW, dreeaeif aitd'-repitr^'f
with Utiepatoh', and In iltejbeat tnahn^r, 11 1 \ *
' All.ordera thankful y received and paneinalhr'^
attended id.- 1 'it • >, |

O* M n». MotL v»to^ ^nK acooroihodato/ftow i$Pi.
.to eight Oenklwmen li<|*ii4*'fa v } .* ■■'',,\ i ?^

. irfntLVatOS ^nK at
enklumen LMai4<fi

so^doriu ■ . .■ , • , -Ml

For Calourtd CMifrtn of ttoih Sects,
"'■ l ' 'tip'e iChuirc|hj la jiow.r - "
admhuldtt oltPupUa. >'\
■ lU thta echdoLWll be' taught ^'.^4^M
READING, W R1T [NG, AR ITuMETlQ, V: m
ENGLISH GRAMMAR,' GEO;-^'*-^/i
UlRAPHY; jviih the bee. 1 of f". ; 1 v%
Mapa an IGlobea, aqd ' V;tV"jfj

-iii.flfoiiy.\ ■ - -• J v\*

TornJs from two : to four doilara per quarttr,' v,^
i{f/«>crtr« f — Itev; Pjtcr WlHiatwa:' Rcv/Jhaai^ 4
Varick, Rev 1 .' S. K, Cwtaikh, Rer. Behjajnln PatAS.'S'?
ttev. William Millorv . li ■ •

Now-York. March ! ^ ■ 1 'm^

DISEASED | CUiteD.; 1 V'- ''^M

Tljp Pd.
and ftruistm

nlsK) a roil icdy for the-

^rowinir
luageije

tistnlaa, audi tho bite of a jihad dog, , if >ppUonllida'S:
bo made within twelve idiirs, by - . . .V '

SARAH GKl\m hdian^B^mg^l
I 21 Collect-etreet.' -N; ■

THE Bubacriber isbutltortacd ttroflfiirtolifiM
coloured brethren, S,U0O Acroa of «xoollent^A(iii^|
at loee than ono lialf itJ ^alu%lprovlded they^W^M
take moaeijrce'to aottliJ, W hav* it mIUW;. br'wM'
loured farrnlura. Tr^o linid I in in the ■tat* : 0jJw^'
York, wiUiln 70 miles 'At1 the c,ity : it» locatMBfJiaSM
delightful, ibetng On fli> hooka 5 . of the DirStyamvX
nvtir, with mi optu^a^igialiprf^oHhdflity. of 'Phils'';
ladolphia, | Tlie canal loidinff iVom the WaWWe?iL s
Ihuljiou riv«r. phmwi throdgl^'the l¥aot^;ip|

potiing a di^oct navigation to Wew-Yprk clt,
paseuge to either city. may be inade;m bn'O^w,'
'eee. Tho land ii of tlie boat quality, " *

timbered. 1 j :. • j .

Tho- aubateribt^ hopol that some 'of hla^brei
ron, who arki capitaUBULtiIUtleaAtirivwt%0
1.000 dollmk in these lWas.:;Tb mh U Wiltt/'
tho liberty io say,, Una Mid can t^e piitrehaife
5 dollars the acrej (byj coloured, men^tho^b^
hnH been swlling for &Si3. lie alaotaktiafilielibertyt!
to ob*crvo jhat tho nurj:! afco will j.be ■Jaife
vantagoousL and hOthinkJ i^ch3a,BetUMcnttf(lrwl
M by crdoiiredelttiiiirioLJ wOuJd^W^ondu^i^off''
nnicli good : WithltliU^jbct'in Stidty'bo vilUfit
voat oOU ddllara ia tho ptrteiinao'-'! \ sS'X'kM

Nuw.Y6Jk,Mar^i4!0f.l I (l )\ ' "'.'S^
iN. li. Co'itmiunicattDtJi loo tho aubiec't, )falm&W
willbo recbjvcd and aiteridtd t$i' * 't v >

- The FREK-DC M'S JOURNAL, • ;!';*. s |
Is pubhahod pveryPhm .^B^Ndilo^C^Orob^Mf^^^

■;T . • .iNow.torici ■•'^m^ ! i^mm i

The pricfeis TinkxK. JoniASS.^-^jm'^yal^^l
half yearly in ndvaticn. .j| J f , ) prvV^ nl;. St li & i; tixd«|tf f
subnoribind, fjt^ will bkTOaulred.' f \ H 1 '^
IO*- NolubacrijrtiOft will bo received fefeEirw,^
toriii tlianijJna Year, : j . l. s 'l.J'j,

AgehlB^-ho, projeuro irjd^ay*foT;fiW ; Jwb'M^
bors, are odtitlcdio a^iiith cO|y.ifWw^Toftbit|

, No jiapem discontinue 1'
paid, oxoijpt at tho|di*«
; , All comtnuuioatbai
muat be p<il( j;<(idJ ,' ,i
; IV TBS' 0>' - , ,.

For oVoj R Hries/ ind i otia
; < . Imwtlitj^ '
| " each rt^otltlt

I .- (* : eaoh VO letitioojofHi :w
-Propyrt!ii ihalf prioeir fit
■tixcoed Sail dea«* ; | ' iafe '«<
i. N: B/ 15 per cent lie hfi
!who fctHr.ert w$y]iWly

CORNISH & RUSSWTJRM, )
Editors 'and Proprietors. J

EUROPEAN COLONIES IN AMERICA.
(Concluded.)
It has sometimes been thought, that the
nriciniiy of one or more independent black
states would be dangerous to the internal
tranquility of our country ; but the experi-
ence of more than twenty years in the case
of Mie republic of Hay ti,. affords a practical
refitaaon of this opinion. There ore even
some positive advantages attending this cir-
cumstance, of no small consequence. A flou-
rishing and prosperous community of this de-
scription, would naturally attract from
amongst us the free blacks who are found in
the slave-holding states to be troublesome
members of society, and who woultkthus ob-
tain abroad an open and inviting field of ac-
tion. A natural drain of this kind would re-
move tncse persons from our territory much
more rapidly and effectually than the laborious
-and expensive efforts of the Colonization So-
ciety, which, however well meant, can hard-
ly produce any important results, counteract-
ed as they are by^all the motives that ordina-
rily affec the human mind. The society in-
vites the free blacks to quit a country where
they are comfortably situated, and emigrate
to another, where they are to^ encounter
great hardships, with no certain prospects
lor the future. It is obvious that this must
«be from first to last a forced proceeding ; and
the leaBt difficulty about it, (though this is
not a small one,) is, that the society is under
the necessity of defraying all the expenses
Off tins unnatural emigration. In the other
case, the emigration, being voluntary and
sponta eous, would of course be executed at
the ejjpense of the emigrants ; arid being the
^ffecWof powerful motives operating in the
ordinary way! might be Expected tooe rapid
amd extensive. How far the iabovementioned
society is likely to accomplish the farther ob-
ject of removing the slave population itself
from our soil, is with me a still more doubtful
question, than that of its success with the
free blacks. When we consider the natural
increase} that takes place among the slaves,
amounting to not less than thirty or forty
thousand a year, and that the society have
Rot yet made arrangements for transporting
annually to Africa more than three or four
hundred persons, it is easy at least to see,
that their arrangements must be very much
extended before tiiey will even begin to ap-
proach the accomplishment of their purpose.
Add to this, that a moderate and regular emi-
gration has in general little or no tendency
to diminish the population of a countr y and
the case will be found to be blill more despe-
rate. Finally it may be questioned whether
we ought to wish to remove from amongst us t !
if we could do it peaceubly and easy, so large
a portion of Uie'working classi The political
condition of the blacks is certainly far from
being what we could wish it; but such as
they are, they are nevertheless Industri-
ous and useful labourers, and the southern
states would, I apprehend, suffer not a little
from the loss of them. The expulsion of the
Moors from Spain, and of the Proteetants
from Fjance, for reasons not unlike those
which are now urged for theremovHl of the
blacks, have been commonly considered as
among the most impolitic^meaaures that ever
■wore adopted, and a similar result obtained
by a special operation ad hoc on the minds of
the blacks, Would be just asimpolitic, though
somewhat less violent and odious. It is need-
less, however, to argue against the impolicy
of a scheme, of which the accomplishment is
obviously and physically impossible.. Our du-
ty, as respects the blacks, appears to bp in
the first; place, to make them as happy as we
can in their present condition, and then to
employ such means as may.be most expedi-
ent for ra sing them by * slow and gradual
process! to a higher one. Of these means,
one of the most important is to" discourage in
every possible way, the idea! that any thini
car. he, effected immediately and at once ; and
thp Colonisation Society, however, respecta-
ble from the high character of its. members
and thfj purity of* their intentions, produces
thus farja great positive evil, \ inasmuch as it
keepB tip in the. public mindj an impression,
that the! situation of the slaves; can be violent-
ly and isuddenty altered for 'the better, by
this expedient of emigration. This opinion
-engenders a morbid and mistaken sentiment
in regard to the whole subject. Mr. King's

froposition in the senate is liable to the same
bjectiob, la this as in every ^ther project

for political improvement, we must assume
and build upon the existing state of things,
improve the character of the blacks, and
^emancipation will come in due time without
an effort; whereas, by a premature zeal for
formal emancipation, you destroy 'the possi-
bility- of improvement, and thereby defeat
your own object. *' The society may perhaps
effect some good by. founding a colony on the
coast of Africa, although even in this particu-
lar its efforts are liable to the same objection
which is made habitually with so much jus-
tice to those of our missionary institutions,
that they employ upon a distant and uncertain
object, a part of the time, funds, and good
will of the public, for the whole of which
there is an ample occupation at home. While
therefore, we express our sincere admiration
of the honest zeal and generous philanthropy
of the members of this body, we may be al-
lowed to wish that these most estimable qua-
lities may receive a different direction, and
be devoted to some of the numerous objects
of great and undoubted utility which our
country offers in such abundance.

out all the tend, Xo aU the inhabitants thereof can give publicity to his senHmant. h^Ai*.

it shall be a- jubilee unto you ; and ye sh'all himself amenable to th" M* 1 !

return every man to his possession, and ye article, is superfluous as tTi si^wJS

shall; return'eyery man to his family. (Le/it. tulatio fof whet 3h.il S ? Tl

vant, we have a still narrower limit] for in j uul protest. ^ P^nipted his mdmd-

this case the service is limited to six years ; The long continuance of on* wr«™» *1
and in the sabbatical year, the Hebrew ser. shocking features r that have ^JSStiSl '
vant was not only to go out free, but to be ' them, have become so flmiliai S
libera ly supplied froin the flock, the floor and. minds, naturally caflous and deaden iS?"
he win e press of e master. (Deut. xv 12, bility/that the/^i^M^

'

who wns not entitled to her liberty in the of avnr ce that wn th.iJZ^LV . a

libels : but tvill rtrtmino* mirk +£:- ~ .

HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
(Continued.)
The most important feature of the Mosaic
law, iu relation to slavery, was its limited du-
ration. No sanction is afforded by any pre-
cept of that law, to perpetual and hereditary
servitude,

. To sel this subject in its proper light, 1
shall cite a part of the law, which bears
most directly on this subject.

If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be
waxen 1 poor, and be sold unto thee ; thou
shall not compel him to serve as a bond fcer-
yant, and as a.' sojourner- shall he be with
thee,' and shall serve thee unto the year of
jubilee; and then shall he depart from thee,
both be and his children with him, and shall
return unto his own family, and unto the pos-
session of his fathers shall he return : They
shall not be soid as bondmen. Both thy bond-
men and thy b.ondmaidSjwhich thou sha'lt have,
shall" be of the heathen that are round ■■ bout
you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bond-
maids. Moreover of the children of the
strangdrs that sojourji among you, of them
shall ye buy, arid of their families that are
with you, and they shall be your possession.
And ye -hall take them as an inheritance for
your children after, you, to inherit them for a
possession, they shall be your bondmen for-
ever : but over your brethren the children of
Israel, ye shall not rule over one another
with rigour. And if a sojourner or u stran-
ger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that
dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself
unto the stranger or sojourner : After he is
sold he may be redeemed again, one of his
brethren may redeem him : or, if he be able
he may redeem himself. He shall reckon
with him that bought him, from the year that
he was sold 1 unto Jiim, unto the year of jubi-
lee;; and the price of his sale shall be accor-
ding to the number ofyears, acqordinp to the
time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
As a- yearly hired servant shall he be with
him ; and the other shall not rule with rigour
over him in. thy", sight. And if ; he be not re-
deemed, in these years, then shall he go out
in the year of jubilee ; both he and his chil
dren with him. Levit. xxv. 39-t54

These passages,, to be property understood 1
t be taken in connexion with/ other

|he fiftieth year, and prooUim liberty through-

l-.nc term for (per may bo construed as indi-
cative of the perpetuity of the practice, or
that of such they should continue to feuy, du-
ring their own national existence ; but not
tiuvt the servitude should be perpetuated in
the; person or descendants of the individual
purchased. [African Obs.

, The practice of hording the ears of servants
wa^not peculiar to the ' Israelites. I was an an-
cient custom in tho east. To this Juvenal refers
when ho makes a freedman say,

Though borp a slave, ("twere bootless to deny
What theae bofed cars betruy to every eye.)
Ah expression of Cicero is also noticed, in which
hejells a Lybian who pretended he did hot hear
mm, it waa because his . ears were not sufficiently
bored. The meanirig, if meaning it hud, would
seem to to indicate that the ears wore to be ali
wajfs open or attentive to the direction* of the
... . « -. r< mBiter.

must be taken in connexion with other parts
of the law. In tlie 'fiist place we must bb-.
serve, that these precepts are rather prohibi-
tory than authoritative;" that ther serve to lim-
it rather than to support the authority of mas-
ters over their purchased servants. ' No obli-
gation to purchase a brother, or permit his
saleto a stranger, can, be implied. A sale is
supposed to have occurred, and to that con-
tingency the rule is adapted. r

: In the second place, the expression forever FKOM T „, r ~ I/lw

isfrequently used in a limited sense. Thus, 2', nw JT , , .

'Joshua is said to have made Ai an heap for- p,^, c °™WMent under the signature of
ever ; and it was said there should not be an f iJ^ ^n^ft^'f te ^ Wlth
old man in - Eli's house forevtr; also Jonah *!LS ^ed Saul when he went to
declares, " the earth with her bars tea* ibout* |?W ut « w«1>oor.Chri«tiaM,-;ie desirous of
be forever." When Aloses designed to es- f°M.w«g ' A- Man of Colour's reasons for be-;
tablish a permanent ordinance, he usually. ad- 1, . e ? n * r ■ ^° interest which the tltre
jled throughout your generations: If in this ^fe?!^^?- 11 ?.^ f*t«w of '.their owi^
case a permission only was giv^
if" which the text does i

Srli^^h^ ? thG y e f r . of Jubilee,! these state's ^^t^£SSSZkf
sold to the strangers residing among them, | come a ^

were redeemable at any time between the we determined to aXr" t^n^mJ
time of sale and .the year of jubilee. But tern, to deface ov<>r the ^wholFwes?e^ ^ Jtrb
that the strange^, whom thelsraelites should . of this contiuenwrhe haleS^
purchase, were i liable to be .held, without the . very, a system which the m£ ^dToice of re^
prmlege of .redemption, until the j^ilee son'and policy fcav«V^ to toto^SlS

bofairly inferred -notonly from the
unqualified injunction to proclaim a general , Virginia" which prevent^ ^anv inhabitant fLm
emancipatiun m the year of jubilee, bSt from manumitting a slavS Sf the CaroUnS^
he text in relation to the heathen bondmen, ! subjects any assemblage of floured oeonle
nnfdL 6 ^ 61 1> ? i Dd , •f^^waf! either for religious ^ menWkSScSSf to '
no ; designed to ^be tolerated. For no intima f | be dispersed by flagellation, and the nSnister

be procuied by purchase; those whom , ping post ; and to top the climax of the L
they should buy, not those whose parents had consistency of these vo^ifera-Torl of liberW
been bought, were to be held as a.possession. | that recent act of Geor ?i wS?L
Had an hereditary slavery been intended, the! dreadful catalog^ t>f wfonRBftki^Zhr
Sn ^/^ re ^ tmufi t^ve been modified, and! pain of fine, iihpriSnment^ ^T&^eM
no, doubt, the usual expression, throughout stripes, any white or W teach^
your generatwiu, or some other equivalent of colour to read or write 5J 8 C
phrase, have been appended to the. grant. ♦» *«-- - ■ we search

r Phif> form rnntihin mn U*v A»«' n <.-.._.1 _ v i ■ _ i!

[«^»>^«ICATBI) FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.]

Qur readers who are acquainted with the cha- ;
racter of the late lamented, Russel Parrot of
Pb^dplpiiia, "and '.with his deep eoscsru foir his
brethren of .colour, will readily account for /our
publishing thin, effort of his; in defence of thWri
character, and jrights; ' :

atioits. If in this ,n . ul " lCbVU ot tneir own;

r - r ..._„... given, and a limit colomaition wm engendered in

implief* w'hiqh the text does not, clesrly 4e- i^Sv^ Bha ^ not bc m y Province to>»-!
fine; let us look for an explanation id Mother 'J?V n n 9 ?* 1 ***' merits of a, "Man of
positive precepts ef the law : Yejhall hallow i 0 ? ut A.* P r - oduct M>n ; 1 this is avowedly the
♦i R« iu „ -«4 Li-ifiiL-L * w lftntlof liberty, and fere I know every |m»;

through the wide extended range of crea-
tion, we cannot ifind that its parallel, super-
stion, and Gothic darkness, would have stir-
tied at a measure like this, as too base even
for their gloomy policy.

*T he \ man who can ,oolr at ta is long chain
of barbarous laws, connected with whatever
is bad in the ancient colonial policy, must
be blind indeed, if he caianot see that the ef-
fort which is now making, and which origi-
nated with the slave -holding interest, to fo-
caie the freo blacks iri Africa, is to com-
pletely and effectually, perpetuate elavery in
the southern section of this country.

The people of colour have ever been the
victims of misrepresentation— it was main-
tained, and in many a laborious treatise too,
in . justification of stealing them from Africa,
that they were only a species, but a remsve
from the brute, with all the bad propensities

of roan, without one of his good qualities

that it was mercy fa rescue tbein from mas-
sacre,' to which in their native land ther
were exposed—their inoraL and intellectuaT
worth develope themselves in opposition to
every effort ; they dissipate by force the wil-
ful errors that avarice would propagate, and
prove in.spite of prejudice, :that though the
God of Nature diversified the complexion of.
the humai) family, created thia man V hits,
that brown, and the other black'; the heart,
the centre of the affections and moral excel-
lence, , he formed alike: We hare ealy to
\lookut our ancestors, ignorwt. and croel,
filing and murdering 1 one another; and tb*
whites, educated and mercenam stimulating; ,h
thenj to these acts of birbaritr,.and entailinc' v
s£S(e * giX ** poiterii 7 w« i^^W Of

Driven from thq ground of iaM||ifr/«C. <, .
specW they have entrenched *
~ behirid the subtplrfj^el of Mr***-
of ament the existence el this up»*.<,,^ -
fforanVuis at; J&;adailSa>M
then it Vm J^d'tlit* w|M^;^

74 _

. . " „ ' , !„„,, mil Merdteksaw in a moment whose oxampleit

brethren, of the children ^^'tf itated. -Take that '' said she,

keih morehanili . e ot him, or Me He th.lv ni, thcu >< " , h - r cuff „ to k*tfiat. you

that thief shall die, and thou sbaltjnu away aa snp S should," slid added,

1 from among X?u. Deal xsiv. /. ^JJ * - ^ orn> « | mV o killed the cat

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL^

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doctors, in huwi <* ■ *

iihon its utmost effect. Thus tritfire* oj c
Mdrtn of Israel, according to them, m;eans
.Wlites >jJewwh proselyt es ot every age
■or either »* . And making mercnandue,
and sellinff. signine* using a man against nis
will as if lawfully purchased y even though
the service exacted should be of the mos
trivial character, and during a — «'■<"*•

JBrfr«ci /rofefl* ORJMO.\, dc hvertd tn
oanv, ie/o« -tte Municipal Authorx ties^July
4i/i,l«27. By Sai-km Dutch k«, Jr. MQ-
JFVMow-CWwen^—Wo arc cadled on : m a
'more-etjpeciai 'manner to celebrate this day
ac the dawn of a new era in , Our state. Uy

' . , • I'^Ji-tip first breath -such a-'charactor;"Tho world\U so full of all
&2SiS^&XviE3 that & n,c„„ ami .lbb. i« h»WliUlo uhati,
great and magnanimous, that trie man of tru.

the provisions of a law enacted in the year
1317, -during the administration of the patri-
otic toid lamented Tompkins, slavery is this

time. Not only the sUahr hut f llicWjj of a
person stolen, was punishable with death.

• OT301?1 v law, toother: with that passed in tor

PERSIAN MODE OF TAMING A SHREW- (( .., rradual abolition of slavery, ' were in a

| day hanished frort'i our borders. It is but coin-
1 on; justice in this place to remark, that this

Sadik Be* was o' good family-, handsome r(iat ? n easurb the results ot the phHanthro:
n pcrso«7ani possessed of both **™? n ™* pic efforts of the Manumission Society, m the

coura-e ; but'he was poor,having no proper- ^ f lNe , v . Y ork, of which 4™ e Ph CurtM,
tv bm"his sword and his Worse, wTth which he T| 6niM Eddy Cadwallader D. Colden, and
v" ! as a lentleman retainer of a nabob.-- |ie kte vene rable Matthew Chtrkson .Robert

^Tiie latter satisfied of the purity ,c

pf Sadik's V)0WllG an( i j 0 h n Murray, Jun. of that City,
descent, and entertaining a respect for his ; , ffer0 the most conspicuous mid usetu mem-
' determined to make him the bus- . ber3< To the exertions of these enlightened

character, mv- w... — -- . »', rt „ f /i
"band of his daughter Hoosemee, who, t:iougl
titul as her name implied, was remaika-

irs in the cause of humanity

.beautih

Die for her haughty manner an

id nnsoverntble

public benefactor -

are mainly to be ascribed the successful on
| dcavors of that society for the melioration ol.

Givm^r a husband of the condition | thc g] . ive population of Una state. Liberty

. *f ijadik Beg to a lady af Hooseinec s ran
was acconSing to usage in such unequal
matches, like giving her a slave, and a, she
heard a gooi<l report of ins personal qdaliiits
she offefedl no objections to the marriage,
which was celebrated soon after it was pro-
posed, and 'apartments were assigned to tne
happy couple in the nabob's palace, borne ot
Sa!iik Bug's friends rejoiced in his good tor-
tiu;e ; as they saw, in the connexion he had
formed, a sure prospect of his advancement.
Others mourned the fate of so fine a™iprorm-
sin»-a youmr man, now cor demned to Dear
through life alLt'-e humours of a proud ami
capricious woman ; but one of his friends, a
little man called Merdek, who waa com-
pletely henpecked, was particularly, rejoi^
ced, and quite chuckled at the thought or
fiei-in«T anrither in the same coinntion wil.i
himself. About a month after the nuptials,
Merdrk met his friend and with joy wished
liim jovofihi.i marriage. "Most sincerely
do I congratulate you, Sadik," said he, ' on
this happy event!" "Thank you, my good
fellow, 1 am very happy indeed, and render-
ed more so by the jov I perceive it gives my
'friends. " Do voii really mean to say you are
happy ?" said Merdek with a smile. " I really
am so," replied Sadik. "Nonsense! said
'his friend, "do we not all know to what a
.termasent; you are united? and her temper
an<l high rank combined must no doubt nnlte
her a sweet companion." Here he burst in
■to a-loud laugh, and the little man actually
j3tr..tted with a feeling of superiority over the
T>nde"room. Sadik, who knew his situation
anu feelings, was amused instead ot being
4ngry. " My friend," said he, 1 quite under-
stand the grounds of your apprehensions for
my happihess. Before I was married, I had
hoard the same reports as you have done of
znv beloved bride's disposition ; but L am nap-
py to say 1 have found it quite otherwise ; sue
is a most docile and obedient wife." " Uut l»ow
ias this miraculous change been wrought i
« Why," said Sadik, " I believe I have some
merit in effecting it but you shall hear. Al-
ter the ceiemoiiies of our nuptials- wei c over,
I went in my military dres?, and with my
sword bymv side, to the apartment Hoosei-
nee. She was titting in a most dignified pos-
ture to receive me, and her looks were any
th.ng but'inviting.

As I entered the" room, a beautiful cat,
evidently a great favorite,' came purring up
to me. ^deliberately drew my sword, struck
its head off,' taking that in one hand and tne
body in -the other, threw them ouc ot the

window. : I then very unconcernedly turned
to the lady, who:appeared in some alarm;
she", however, made no observations,; but was
in every way kind and submissive, j and has
continued so ever since." ' "Thank you, ray
dear fellow," said little Merdek, with a sig-
nifticant' shake of the head, a word to the
•wise ; and aw»y he capered, obviously quite
rejoiced.! It was ne;r eveniiig when tins
conversation took place; sOon after, when
the dark i cloud of night had enveloped the
hriifhi radiance of day, Merdek entered the
cimuiberl of his spouse, with something ot a
n.artial skvagger armed with a scimitar. The
unsuspecting cat came forward as u^ual to
welcome the husband of her mistress., but in
an instant her head was divided from her bo-
dy, by a blow from the hand' which had so
often caressed her. Merdek haying procee-
ded so tar courageous^ stopped to take up
the rt. severed menders of the cat, before, he
could effect this a, blow upon the side -of the

by this law is proclaimed to the captive, and
to the' bondman freedom.- In future ages this
day will be no less celebrated in the history
of this state, than it now is memorable intlio
annals of the nation.' It is an event of no
ordinary moment; its effects will be great,
and will .continue to be' lot unMl tne
slave trade is abolished, and not one ot
the sons of Africa shall wear the letter
of a bondman. That unholy trafiic tn human
flesh is thc foulest blot on the character ot
civilized man, and tarnishes the bnghtness ot
our nation's trldry. .Who could behold a poor
untutored Africa:), smarting, under Uio lash
oi a cruel t^k-mas-er, suffering all the in-
dignities and deprivations his nature con en -
diuo, sold in public market, like boasts ot the
field, and not feel his heart-revolt at the spec
tacle ? Who could behold, the aged hither,
who had been torn from the land ot his birth
in the days of his pvime. fbowed to the ground
by the servitude of a life ; driven in the same
herd with his wife and his children, .hundreds
of: miles on foot, manacled with galling iron
exposed to the summer's sun and the winter *
blast, with no oilier shelter than the canopy
of heaven, without feeling his heart sbloou
frieze with horror? - Yet. fellow, citizens,
such spectacles are. daily to bo seen, even m
this land of freedom ; such oppression is ex-
ercised in a country where liberty is every
man's birthright and his boast.' But I speak
not of the corporal sufferance of this-abject
race, as the only bitter cup of their bondage.
The chain of slavery, however light, howev-
er attenuated by the kindness of indulgent
masters, is 'still the most galling burden., man
can bnar. The light of knowledge has be',
gun to shed its refulgent beams on this be-\
nitrhtcd race, Christianity has been preached!
inlheic hearing, and the thick mists of ignof
ranee and error, in which they have been en-
veloped, are vanishing forever before the day-
spring from on high. The Negro mind, long
supposed to be incapable of expansion, has
given evidence of powers no less capacious
and ti actable than those of the white man.
As their moral condition has been improved,
their intellectual powers have become more
and more developed. -It is a fact worthy ot
general knowledge, as a landmark of their
advancement, that a -public nowspaper is es-
tablished in. New-Yorjc, and conducted with
much ability and success by editors, the de-
scendants 'of African parents. There are at
tbi3 time six public schools in the same city,
for/the instruction of black children, five of
which are croditably conducted by teachers
of tlie same color, all under the especial pat :
ronagie of the Manumission society.' In our
own. city/ the benevolence of .philanthropic
rrieu has been no less active ; than in the me-
tropolis. ' We have likewise' an African free
school, conducted by intelligent teachers, and
an African churih under tiie.pr'each^hg of an
African pastor, distinguished for his intejli:
o-ence and private virtues. >Vho then shail
Jlace bounds to the expansion of the,. Negro's
mind? Who shall say that their.sable race
shall not yet sit even in this country under the
shadow of their own vine apd 'fig tree, with
none to make them afraid,, listening "to the
poetry of their own b ards, nojless bewitching
than that which Homer sung ?. Who. shall
shy that the free negro shall hot jet vie : with
the wh^te man in all the ennobling attributes
of his nature ?. Who shall sayjtliat.discoyeries
in the sciences and philoscphyy shall not be
made by AfricAn schoiars, no less brilliant
a|nd enduring than those wh|ch hnm^rtaiise
tho nantes of Newton and of i^acon; of.Frank-
Ihi and of Fulton. There ca,n be no barrier

KJdoih may become the it^uro histor a
of this ago. How will the eloquence; of us
Sen deliglit to dwell on'tho magn.inim.ty, the
ieneficence and tho pat. ioti.m ot ;hoso who
nroclaimed to his ancestor, that tho bonds
Whichihad galled him were sunderod forever,
lhat he was g a freeman, ontiiled to all t m pri-
vileges which the constitution vouciuales to
tho 'freeborn c tizon. _

Perhaps no event during the reign ol hlu-
abeth of England, reflects greater his ro on
her cHardcter than the abolition ot feddalisni
throughout her realm; althongn circumstan-
ces obliged her to make tho release ot tho
bondman a sotlrce of revenue to the crown.
What honor then, what luAlrc ot renown
shall be theirs, who effected this glorious
emancipation? With true magnanimity lib
erty was freely sworn without money, and
without price. Slavery, with all its horrors,
its crueltios and its degradation this' day re-
ceivos in this state by a legislative breath its
perpetual euthanasia. Soon may the blest
period arrive, when the patriot, from- one end
of this vast continent to. the other, standing
on the fields of hia nation's honor, may p.o-
claim to the world with all the truth of glori-
ous reality, that slavery in this country h ex-
tinct forever, that every man th t sets his toot
upon dur soil or breathes our air is free, in
the words of Curran, that " No matter in
hat language his doom may have heen pro-
nounced ; no matter what complexion incom-
patible with freedom/an Indian or an African
sun may have burnt upon him ; no matter in
what disastrous battle his libortif s may. have
boen cloven down \ no matter with what so-
lemnities he may have been devoted opo.i-tho
altar of slavery', thc lir.st .moment he touches
ikty adci-vd soil of jreedom, the altar and the
god Pink together i ' the dust, his soul walks
abroad in her own majesty, his body swells
beyond the mon.-mro of hui chniiw, which
burst from around him, and h<j stands redeem-
ed, regenerated and. disenthralled, by the ir-
residtiblc genius of Universal -Emancipation.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

head' from -his incensed lady laid him sprAw-
\rncT oh the floor. The tattle and scandal of

yo\i Tin: fiikudom s jot'ii::.'.!,.
INDEPENDENCE OF MIND;

Independence of mind, what is it? It has
so many different significations; is applied in
so many different ways; that it would puz/ie
even a greater philologer than Noah Web-
ster, J un. esq.fL. L. D.to settle its t rue mean-
ing. It i3, say some, tho faculty of accom-
modating ono's-self to any situation whatever
—to chango with every change of wind, m
short to wear a coat of any, and every. col-
our, blue, black or London brown. If tins be.
the meaning uf tho phrase, it must ho ac-
knowledged there' is no want of examples for
its illustration.' We may look around us, and
above us,, below us, and beside us, and we
shall find enough, in all conscience. Open
the historic volume, read, I care not, what
. age, and lo! the host of independent minds
starts up to view. I might, if I chose, men-
tion a long list of independent Greek and
Roman worthies. But I do abominate this
eternal ringing upon Greece and Rome. Old
England has produced many such fellows.
There is, tho Lord Chancellor Bacon, the
pnie and boast of English philosophy what
independent feelings he possessed, when he
sighed that delectable confession qf bribery
and corruption, which has been handed down
to posterity, " damn'd to everlasting fame.—
To descend to more modern times, there is
Robert Southey, Esq. Poet Laureate to
George the fourth, by the grace of God! King
of Great Britain -and Ireland, he/enderof 'tke
faith! But let another. speak of him, not I.
" H« has writton praises of a regicide,

He bus written praises of all kings whatever,
He Ins written for republics f ar and wide,

And then against them, bitterer than' ever.

Again, Independence of mind is said to con-
.sisf; in acting . in defiance, of the precepts -of
morality and religion, because men fear, their
repiitatibn will suffer: in the estimation of a
certain portion of mankind vulgarly ycleped
honorable. With such folks, the duellist is
the! uiost independent man on earth. He'niay
trample under foot the la>vs of Godaml'maa
-r-aiid all to- show his independence ! Tinie
would fail, were I to mention all the variety
of sigliifi^tibfl applicable to this phrase. Som.0
Seein to thitfk," it is to. act!. differently frptn
every bod^.els^, and affect a marked singula-
rity!- of character, instance the hero oflioa-
jiol^e,! the descendant of the farfanied Pocar
hqiitas, the lshroaelite of .politics.whose hand
is aigainst eyerv. man and almost every man's
hand against him. There is another n/eahing
giv^nl to> the phrase, very difV* rent from any L
iiaye yet mentioned. By a man of indejbe'n-
derice • is understood what Horace calls the:
u ju\jtum ; et 'tehacehi propbjiti virii'in." Onej

ly independent mind, presentsyan ohject,
whereon the eye that has been whnr.ied, with
observing the fidlicn nnd frailttesxof humaa
nature, might rest awhile in calm delight. A
clianicter of tlds description, will always com-
mand respect, will always be regarded w-jrh
veneration. Tho sycophant may bertfl and
bow to furtlier his interested yiewB, and' the
weak-minded man, destitute of moral cW
age, may tremble at the uplifted finger of the"
powers that be. ' A man of independent spV
rit, inarches on the even tenor of hia way.A
Truth, equity, and justice are his guides. l'ho X
charms of pleasure cannot entice him from'
the path of rectitude ; tho love of power that
last infirmity, of noble minds" cannot turn
him from, the hoi est purpose of his soul. This
quality was possessed in an eminent degree
by the first Earl of Chatham. That illustri-
ous statesman, in all his measures acted, with
the solo view of the public good. He was
not to Do intimidated. He scorned from hh
heart the man who .stood in fear of thrones
and dominions, principalities and powers. A
portion of his lofiy spirit was inherited by his
son William Pitt- " tho pilot that weathered
the storm," ov as John. Randolph ha3 it, thc
pilot that did nor weather the storm. lam'
no admirer of Mr. Pitt. He was too :ond of
power. Still there was about him a spice of
his old father's mighty genius, a mind unsub-
dued by difficulties the most pressing, firm in
its conscious integrity, that is well calculated
to st'riko us with admiration. It is this which
has invested the otherwise unenviable cha-
racter of Mr. Pilt, with a degree of moral;:
grandeur. Observe his situation when first
appointed prime minister of England. The
whole British Parliament were opposed tp
him, his measures were immediately voted,
down. It was a critical moment for the min- •
lfitei— for the parliament— for tho kin-r.—
What did he ? Firm and determined not to
suffer parliament to interfere, wuh the right- '
ful prerogatives of the crown, he. withstood';!,
the overwhelming majorities of the commons., •■
He dissolved {larliamenb'.and appealed to 'tho \
English' people. ' The appeal was successful ;i
and the' next parliament went hand, in hauu .
with the minister. This >vas a victory indeed. •
It \v;is one of tfm.se moments in which tho
•spirit of the departed Chatham seemed to
'flow with all its fervor in tiie bosom of tho
living ?<m: • It wjlj the" triumph of au i^tlc-
Vendcnt soul. . NED. .

K<IB TIIE FBEEOOM's jOUIiJf.lt.

J3vLTiMOK:;.4th July. 1-S27.--
A Dinner was given by the Members cf •
Fkii- Nosiiip Sociei'v, in commemoration of .
the Abolition of. Slavery in t e State of New^
.Yor'-. The dinner wan prepared at the houso
of Mr. James P. Walker, in a handsome •
s ( tyle. After the Cloth was removed, the fol-
lowing Toasts were drank — Mr. Junus Dca-
-usr, presiding a3 President

1. Tli«i'Day we celebrate in memory of .tho Ab-
olition of Slavery in the State of .Ncw-Vork— :
May the example Be followed by every slate in tho
Union.

2. John Jay, one of tho surviving' advocates of
the abolition of Slavery in the State of Now*
York — May ho long be rememb-jr^d as the friend
of oiir colour.

a Thc A Freedom's Journal"— May its fame
spread through this gt oat Continent, and may it
continue to atiyooate the causo of the sons arid-
daughters of Africa.

4. "We hold these 1 ruths to be self-evident,'
that all men are born free and equal," has hcea
resouii'Jcd from, one end of the Union to the other
by white Americans — May they speedily learn to
practice what .they so "loudly proclaim. :*;

5. Givo us bur. rights, and our. motto shall bo
also, " Our Country right »r wrong.''

t> Our departed iriond Elisba Tyson, the Afri-
can's Philanthropist.

7. The members of ; Friendship S ioit^y— May^
they be distinguished for their integrity, love of
harmony,- arid anxiciy for improvement/

6. Our emancipated Brethren of New-York-^'
May they become useful and lionourablo! citizens,,

t). The Genius of UnLyorsal Eniancipation--h* '
course is good and just; may it ritjo superior to .ill- ;
opposition.

'tO. Tho President of the- day— M.Vy lie cohUn^j
to-be diatinguiahed by his. moral conduct. '

When this was^ drank>- he rose and madfts;
a short and appropriate addros3, ; and ofibre^*
as a sentiiheut^ the following, : {i
'■ May justiciVas.- well an law be a guide' to'ihty
Judge of Baltimore city court— W ooifolk imft^f.
oed. . .,: . . v '!■;

11. Emancipation without eviigratioA x \int iq&gi
rights on the 'spot; this is republicanism. ,

Coincidence.— Two whips sailed from Hai
ton Roads oh the 4th iof April, 1 for Live'rpo^i^
they fell in together iiO'days after sail ing,'aW|
both arrived ut Livorpool on the same day'^
where tho'yi loaded and both sailed agai^M

who Is'uhinlluenccd by prejudice, undouuted! : the 20th of'May. On the r ' homeward! ]jkf«^
by ti e frdvjrffs or favours of the multitude, £sage their two Captains frequently dinetf i*^
Tlmre is. a, feeling of pleasure,; perhaps I ii getherj *and 'both- arHYed at Norfolk wtl
jtil fh't say of awe, inspired' in ^optemplatiDg 30th alt' '

f$™om's journal;

I AEfV-YORK, JULY 20.

fij^ I think ititbt amiss to ihfonii our read-
ers of the absence of my colleague, Mr. Iluss-
icxirm. ipho is oil a tour to the Enstwardy thnt
they mcty pardon any deficiency in thy present
Xuniber.

have always bceri/for the public gooih but how } e»|j/o the African's '.right, " a* well ns the
disheartened hdvo we boon, to hear our motives wiiiie man's', to breathe the air of Jiborty.—

\ftfjtw Haven. Chron.

U Pickpocket.— 0\i Sunday night; a pansen-
?cr on b.,aid'lbe steam-boat C ingress, when
near this city had a package of. bills, consisting

questioned ^by some who are apparently Jeading
men, among certain Masses of our brethren: It
becomes us not to toll our brethren what should $r
not,be done on particular days in the year,

MASONIC ORATION
•The Oration of tins Rev. Benjami.v V. Hughes-,
before tho Dov-f a LonGE'bf New-York, which wo
mentioned in our Jasmins .since' been published -
in a very neat pamphlet .form of It) page»ij_t pos-
sesses mure than ordinary merit, and would not
suffer in comparison with any thing, we have seen
on tin; same subject, and occasion. Wo speak :>f
it as > literary production, being ignorant of its
masonic; merits, and injustice to Mr. Hughes,
would observe that he ha. been a member" of that
fraternity but little more than a year. — It affords
U3 p.easure Jo read thi3 Oration as the productinn
of one of our brethren. The writings of Mr.
Hughes .generally, .exhibit a depth and accuracy
of thought, an aptitude of language and a beauty
of style, very creditable to hu industry and nt-
tainmenfs. — We make the following Extract from,
the Oration, and recommend our brethren and

fr'iendj generally, to pneuro a copy. Mr.

Hughes is a member of the Presbytery of Phila-
delphia, possessing the disposition and qualifica-
tions for exJensive usefulnuss among his brethren
of oclcur, and wc miist say (though we can hardly
do i* without reproach to the denomination to
which hobelongi) ta obliged . to leave the minis-
try, and pursue secular employment for the sup-
port of himself and family..

" Masons should also bo men of temperate
■h'tbi!;, and this is a prim.iry lesson m the
' voja!>;il.iry of tho order. Jr. i.-j imagined by
many that excess and masonry are twin sis
ters; that masons are .generally intemperate,
and that it was reserved for them to repre-
sent the drunken "feast of Bacchus. Is this
assertion founded in tru:h, and stiil Masonry
obtain the patronage of tho best he- rts that
ever graced the earth ? Let the faire tile
en of society, let the brightest ornaments of
the church,' let them tell. So tar from de-
moralizing the mind, or defacing in any way
the image of Heaven from the soul, we are
taught to divest our minds and consciences
of the su' erfiuitics of life, under the assu-
rance that in thus doing, we shall render
cm bodies living stones of an eternal Tem-
ple. The vulgar hue so often raised against
Masonry, is conceived in. ignoianco and
propagated in malice ; for it is incumbent
upon us to lay due restraints upon our affec-
tions and passions, to resist tho allurements
of vice : . to regii'ate our actions by the square)
and to keep them within the foin:s of the
.compass, and avoid- all excess, live within
t'ial. regimen so conducive to health, to pros-
perity an 1 respectability, that by our. con-
duct, the Fraternity he not brought into dis-
repute, for " Tie that hath no rule over his
own spirit', is like a city that is broken down
£f.".d without walls."

m a dictatorial manner; but* none will say, 'that; bfi.275 dollars, taken from the pocket of I
wo have not the right of expressing' our iodividu* *
.al views upon such, subjects of moment, as we
may from time to time doom profitable to. com-
ment upon ; and upon such also, as wo know the
judicious part of ou.r community' expect us to say
something: '

S;> fixod is our determination to strive for a
bettor stttto of things, that nothing shall ever
hinder us, from laying before our readers whatcv-

-obt. while it was lyiner on a settee, from which
Si' had j'i>t risen.' B< Hie exertions of the
;aptain. the robber was 'detected, and tho mo-
, ■al! except 3f> dollars, was recovered. The
viihin is in i jail, and has confessed his guilt.—
m. Adv.

Blackberry Syrup. — The present being, not
fouly a suaho.uit!,- ijiuo to prepare fhi^vuluablc
medicine, but to recom'meiici its usofii'lni s-, j-ar-
er we conceive, can have tho least tendency to I Ucnlar! / among children i ffliotfnl with bowrl
bring about a period of rational thinking— rational - complaints, a; fading mother vff.rs the follow-
amusement-and a spirit of rational imorove- 1 l PS receipt:— Take- the fruit before very ripe:,
, re n ri . i . , • . , ' , i extract the fuccand to fuch q.iart add .ono
ment. It tho Creator, has in his wisdom^ endow- i • , , J . ,. , 1 . ., . , , ,

, . . ' . ' I pound ot white sugar, skim aii'l boil il, about

ed us with . a rational nature, it must ever bo ! half an hour, when c.ol enough to bottle, ad i
ph asing to him, to see us mako a rational use. of; ai small tea cup full, of brandy. F. Jin one to
to soo reason guide fall our actions — and. to : four table spoon.fuUs may be taken frequently,

sco us act up to tho excellency of our-^ralional na-
ture.

as age and choumstanccs may' require.

Water %wf.~-A| water i
Mary's : Church^lBun^iyi St . _
during ■ aftornop|)i qi'vittes ietji^lfl
the church-yard -fjva^ so jiHe<i mtk m
it ran into tho cH yfo$tiw*wymWM
was upwards of Oi'fobt in #*j#lj&Thg|
gation becamo ..so aJlA^^:|UiitfOTp
out of their pews I'-'Jfl^'jfie
bustle, many were thrown ,do.^in x t|»^ J W
At two hundred yards dtylkrifie; r* J * *
drop of rain \«as perceptible. '

-j r - | ' j - . ^i r^agg^ -:

^umnw^ • . , -

Throe mnlo citisena an! teren t^mtl#« '

were, {late y fined . $25= each,' in M*kfs^ "
koppi i) g.d isord«rIy \ ous- "a ; .-v. f "t-T(m!T<y a
the captain of the sloop 'Hitkffitymffi"
sailing parly iiea^P{tW4ii^ r 6^i|t^4sP
i nst. was safely de-ivered of a ^boy, VlidM

ed to tho 'cries- of Iho clay.'rr dvt*i

fought on the 12th, at Pa^^kife^M

; Slave Accident— O > M-mday, iho 9th ins!
tiie m.nl stage from Puihilelphia l«» PiHsburg!>,
was upsi!t in desceruiing a hill ab. ul a mile
, and oneladv sos'everefv in
ble to proceed On her j >ui -
uc}. AH the rest of the passengers wort
urt. There were three ladies and
iemon in the s; .'gc.

GROG-snops.--Nono but tho attentive observer

knows tho injury a certain class of these inulti*.' wesi of St) ! st->wi

plied nuisances, aro doing to .community. Antfj^ r ^ 1,1

whjlo tfe ore bold in saying, however advanced '^9^ | . . ^

many of our brethren may bo in degradation and , „' ou '^

crime, yet in point of temperance they have the j '■

advantage of the*white population, stiil wc are i' .
ft • ' . , . „ , t , Af(: j The Devil Outwitted. — A poor woman in

often pamed by tho unseemly spectacle, of five or ^ on|rfial rcceivC(J a biWo ^ m thc British

six' coloured men, drinking and carousing | n agent in that city. A Komanpi i st, hearing of
grogshoji.s Wc do sincerely hope that the rcspoc- ' t\jc circumstance niadd 'a'visit, intendiiig to de-
table part of our brethren, will studiously avoid prive her of the precious gift. Ho offered her
taking their (falsely termed) refreshments, in five dollars for the Bible— she declined ta :
these ruinous places, and by all thc moans in their k ! n £ il _._Ho then offend her ten, and after-

PROPRIETY OF CONDUCT.
, (Concluded.)

Though it is our duty to assist to the utmost
■our fellows in distress ; when a greater portion of
it has been brought on through their imprudence,
by a neglect of those maxims and rules. of con-
d ;ct, so necessary for every ono to follow ; when
from our previous knowledge of the objects of
'■■compassion, we know positively that all might
have been avoided by a more judicious line of con-
duct. ; our hearts fetl.but half that pity which
distress ever elicits from the 'sympathetic bosom ;
and our hands give but half what; they otherwise
would. Many are thc blessings arising from pro-
priety of conduct : in'the decline 1 of life the ap»
probation of self, and the good wishes of friends.
How pleasing to be able to recall to memory past
times, with perfect satisfaction to ourselves ; to
know that our conduct has (ever been considered
by the world, jiot oaly as creditable and honoura-
ble to us, but to our whole; community."

It is really astonishing, that 'we should waste
to much time upon the frivolous amusements of
tht hour; but upon subjects winch .require, cool
consideration, our eyos thould bej closed, and our
minds prejudiced against : the ttidst disinterested
attempts to improve our condition, aa i i.o ren-.-
iier us moro .respectable to the wojld.at '.txge.

What few remarki wc have hitherto made;

reprobate the practice in others. We say

king it.

wards fifteen dollars she still declining.hc le t

her. The next day he returned and offered her

power,

it from conviction, and without prejudice,, that -twenty five dollars. She accepted 'tho offer,
association with dissipated w.dtos, and the allure- and* with the money purchased twenty-five,
mcnts of the grogshop, '"'are more ruinous to the : Bibles, which she distribute:! amomr her des-

lower class of our colour, thin any other vic>-.

tituto migbonrs, under" such conditions, that
the priest could not obtain their

SHOCKING OUTRAGE. | ^ P/ ,^._ T he following is an ex-

It appears, that, onthe 1/th ultimo, George tract of a letter from thc officer now station-
Bland, being in a state of intoxication at ttie . e «l in the Persian Gulf, to Lieut. Gen. Sir W.
house of ..■ ohn Caasady, -on Tobesaufky, Bibb , Kcir Grant, of thc Crescent, in Batii. It is
county, . (Georgia,) about nine miles .from* dated.

Macon, abused and beat ftli.s. Rebecca Cas- j January l~i, 1827.

sady, in the presence of her husband To; "You nil! doubtless, recollect Ramak bin
him she called for protection, but the drun- ' Janb'er, tho most notortous pirate in the Gulf
ken monster, instead of granting his wife : whohi v/e saw at Busire. His place was cal-
thataid which every man would offer to a jed Daman, ho was constantly quarrelling
decent female in any condition, and to the: with/some one, and kept the whole Gulf utl-
worst of women in. Mrs. Casady'a delicate | se ttlod. Thc people of Bharieu having stent'
health, leaped upon her likewise, and the j a fleet to blockade Daman, Rainak got into. a
•two brutes seemed, emulous .to see which j % vell iequipped vessel, au-J'wont ail around the
could inflict the heaviest blows, with sticks, irGulf to try to interest some of tho tribe in his
stones, &c. She suffered severely from her behalf, but not being able to find any friend:
bruises and prognostics, of a premature de- } ie returned, and having communicated with
livery until the;5th inst. when her murdered his sen, the garrison, ran along sido of the
infant was ushered into the world to be the vessel in which the Sanac.k of jiharcin's nc-
silent herald of it3 own fate.'- The frontal j phew was. They fought desperately for
bones with their cartilages rent were buried jsotne time, when the B&arlen chief drew off

two foreigners. , The-6hiy } amt^0^£am
was the lo8S- : of «. little' •^ : fro% , MI
of ono of the parties.— ^—i .J|ieVCo|ottj
People of Rochester ^'eie^fl^^^^eji
of slavery with becoming imSfit^fll^iw--
dress, by Mr. Austin &te*Mify&4§$0(l$ ^'y.
hi-fh tenns ; by the Rochester na'p^ifc'^^p/ \
The jury have brought in d verdi'c^of/«»^,-j
against Jacob Barker and ,S. L. Yer^ily#t, ,
and of acquittal for Matthe.w LrJ)avi^yf^ ;>.'
The trial of Hugh 'V^Clanenj for th^tifem.-,'
of Robert I Stakes has-,c\<m4irMiif^^bf^^:'-
found guilty of manslaughter.— ■f^^ham' - ;
broke on Sunday afVrnbon, at 'tAosp^^ti^k'.-^
street, by which about ten house^We^|de#^'" -
troy.ecj — — On dissection,a tumour occ^iM-}'-.,
cd by wearing a busk, or .tight'iedm^iil^V '
been &>i:nd on the heart of a yoag/Ja^y^&V-v
/lied oi'a snpp{>3Dd consutopti d n .-~-?^^i™jBi ; -f*- * .
arc said to be more than 400- 6illii^^t^£^|Mi^
in Philadelphia, and 300 in Ne\i-Ybt%tr-fr-'P •■'
The Cashier of the Franklin, Bank of ijfojij*^}
Jersey, requests the holders of .bills -Qn^i^^V ^
bank not to make any 'sacrifice on ".tfieritfsjjtVy.
they siay stand a chance of getting' their aid-

ney back. Forty-five million $wbfa'$jp'fi<

salt, are annually mahufacture'a. in tteffip^f-^

— A. coloured 'man was killed at.-JSw^V'.Y

ieth-town a few days; ago,.by.jthe accide^rl'^
cut of a scythe, in the hands of anoihWjnaiifA

who was showing his skill at mowing. v ■' 'j

A sporting, n.a.rty from Waterford, Me.' lat^y : 4 7 r
brought in JUtfU squirrels, 34 crows, SO^crin^^'-
8 hawks, 4 woodcocks, 1 bear, 1 liedge-hdj^ij ^
1 woodchuck. A Mrs. Grant of Fr.ankfprt^j /

Me. supposed to ^.be. insane, attena'p'ted^hd^
life of her husband while he ;lay asleep, ' Ky
striking him thrice on the head with an
She then left the house, and fled for tHe' l
woode. The man is still living, and hope8>re> -

entertained of his recovery. The question ) '

has been asked in a Kentucky paper, .whetH-jj *"
er Gen. Jackson has not been engag'ed;fq?$> < -.',

in the brains, the hipbone was disjointed
one of the legs and. the two arms were bro
ken, and most: of the muscles so bruised as
to have more the ;resemblance of putrid jelly
than of organized matter. This part of the
h ; rrible transaction is attributed to Bland's
beating the mother over the abdomen with a
horn. A Coroner's inquest- was convened,
und, on the award, the two savages were,
on Friday lest, committed to the jail of Bibb
county. It is believed, that Mrs. Cassady
cahuoi. live.— Macon Messmger, June 11.

Sudden Exit —Mr. James Kearney 7 (cur-
rier,) was »dro\v'ned in the Passaic river on
Saturday evening last, whither ho went for
bathing. He \vjas in company pwith others,
whorode down 'the river to a place called
the Dam, where it is esteemed' safe for bath-
ing. -'Without- the least alarm; he was 'on a
sudden miasing by the company, who soon
found him dead, in water not more than
breast eep. It is probable he was 'seiied
with a fit, and'thus strangled in the water
without a struggle or a grodn. He has left a
dependent widow and a family. Jof small
children, to mourn the loss of a' Husband, fa-
ther and friend.! -

The colouredjpeople in one of tht? princi-
pal towns, in the state , of New- Vork, (we.
forget which,)., tjvhile rejoicing in ^ their free-,
dorn on the laie aimiversaryf iseem not .to
have forgotten'.' tb at % part .of their race are
still in bondage.] and instead of firing aa iaia-
t'.yigun^ .as U\er|e are states in /the :-. (Inion,
hred only the number of ^b^e tket ackaewl-

to: his- fleet, to get reinforcements of men,
He then told the rest of his vessels. to keep
off and not interfere, as Ramak and ho would
fWht it ou^. They again grappjed,and fought
for some time. Ramali finding that his men
Wi^re tailing fast, told them tljere wa3 no 1 hope
of j success, and <ha| ho was about to blow,
them all up. Maimed from hurts in a former
fight, (you will recollect that he lostnhree
inches of the . bone, and yet retu'iued^his arm',)
and blind a3 he was led tothe magazine, with
a lighted torch —fired it, and the Whole ves-
sel wbs blown to atoms, not a distinguishing
'rein riant being left of Ram3l:. The Bharein
vessels blew. up, likewise, but several of its
crew| were saved. The official report es'ti-
mafos -the number kiile'd at no less than two
hundred. ■ 1 .

pa'pt. J^flm/.—rLetters have 1 been received
at the Admiralty , announcing thp arrival of
the Ifecla, on the I9th April, at Ilamerest, in
Ncjr^egisn Lapland, after i a delightful pas-
sa£e {of .15 days. The Reindeer for tracking
tho boats to >a certain distance over the ice;
worej expected down from Alten in. a few
days iwhen Capt, Parry would proceed : di-;
re^tto tjie northernmoslj part of Spit'/sber-
gen, 'where he hoped to arrive in the middle-
of 'May. ■'/' '>

■ •^be- bill annulling « tho marriage of Miss
Turner and - E. G./ Wakefield, passed the
House; of Lords on the Ctbi and was likely to
pass, through the Commons with rapidity as
Mrl Peef s suggestion to admit the evidence
taken before , the :Lord3, wa9 acceded to.—
Gr^ai indignation was felt against the offea-
der.

markets, for sale ? If it be true, it will add ) '''''
to the fame of the Hero of Orleans.^— C^ttfe
f>r the IVhooping Cough.— To "one' Kn$\&!?M
v.i It of tartar and ten grains of cochineal (pW-. r-',^
verized )• add- a gill of water, to be sweetened j \$
as given —Dose for an infant, a tea spoon ftiU'.-j V'
tour times a day, increasing the dosemrprtV v |^'
portion to age : an adult may tafee; two "ifajffe^p : |:

spoonsful in the same time.— -P. D

A prisoner in tho penitentiary at Richmond,

cut his throat in a fit of despair. The wound is "':! '.-''

•upposeJ not to be mortal -A :spn ,-of -Mr,, - t f ■'

Elijah Howard, of Rochester, whilst ,bathin)j

m ith other boys, got beyond his depth and. Was -"li - ^

drowned.- Dr. Ira Delano, of Chihcotbo, ' ' j '%

Ohio, put a period to bis existence 'by moan* Vj ' :
of laudanum. i ■

MARRIED,- /

. On the ; 7th, by the Rev. Dut^n; ^ri-'fe- ? S;';.-
Hani '' Thomas to. .Miss Eliza Marshall. \

On the JCth, by the same. Mr. Jame* Gar-
ret to Miss Dianah Purknitj t

On the 1 8th, by the same, Mr> Jptf/taW |--
Stevenson to Mi a Harriet .Sail*. ' . , / , " ! : ,

In St; Philip's ^Church, on the 16th"-jn»tant,'
by the Rov. Peter Williams, Mr. Joseph WU '■'{
iiam» \to Miss. Harriet If 'illets. ' ' ' 1 4 ' '

On the 1 7th, by the same, Hf. Peter Ogdtn
to Miss Margaret , Montgomery* L '

DIED,

On Sunday morning last,' the ;Rev 4 >|*laiStt;#
VARICK3ishop of the African:- W^B6ih^
nection. : .- • ".. , '• ■,

.,rf!

m

W Friday, \ ... .
31 Saturday .' .
22 Sunday . ,
^3 Monday ; ...
rtJ Tuesdky. .. ..
Wednesday^.

7*.

MSTftT.

HYM5 TOR ST. STEPHEN S DAY

BUttOf HEBEH.

The Son of God: is gone to war

A kingly crown to gain.
His blood- red banner streams afar !

Who follows in bis train ?
Who beat can drink hie cup of woo,

Triumphant over pain ?
Who boldest leaves bis cross below^

ffe follows in bis tram.

Tha martyr fust Whole eagle eye

Could pierce beyond the grate ;
Who saw hi* Master in the sky ,

And call'd on him to save •,
Like him, with pardon on his tongue

In midst of mortal pain, .
He prayed for them that did the wrong.

Who follows in his train ?

A^lorions band, the chosen few

On whom the spirit came,
Twelve valiant saints, the truth they knew,-

And brav'd the cross- and flame
They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel,

The lion's gory mane, .
They bow'd their necks the death lo feel,.

Who follows in their tram ?

A noble army, men and boys,

The matron and the maid,
Around their Saviour's throne rejoice,

In robes of light array'd,
Thev clirnb'd therdizzy steep of Heaven.

Thro' peril, toil, and pain-
Ob God ! to us may grace be given

To foUow in their train 1

•j STANZAS.

BT T. HOOD, ESQ..

1 remember,! I remember

The house where I was born,

The little window, where the sun

Came peepipg in, at morn ;

He never came a wink too soon,

Nor brought loo long a day ^

But now, I often wish the night

Had borne my breath away 1

I remember,.! remember

The roses, red and white,
l The violets and the lily-cups—

Those flowers made of light ;

The lilacs, Where the robins built, ,
: And where my brother set .

The laburnum, on his birth-day, —

The tree is living yet !

I remember, I remember
Where I was used to swing,
• And though the air would rush as fresh
To swallows on the wing ;
My spirit flew in . feathers, then,
That is so heavy, now;
And summer pools could hardly cool
The iever on my brow !

I remember, I remember
The fir trees, dark and high ;
I used to think their slender spires
Were close against the sky :
It was a childish ignorance,-—
"But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven,
Than when I was a boy !

THE HONEST MAN.
All are not just because they do no wrong .;
But he who wilt not wrong me ic/ien he
He is the truly just I praise not them
V ho in their petty dealings pilfer not j
Bai him who spuroa a secret fraud,
•Where he might plunder and defy surprize.
His be the praise, who. looking down with scorn
On the false judgment of the partial herd,
Consults his «»wn dear heart, and boldly dares
To be (not merely to be thought) an honest man.

good luck to-day, boy, yon; have Rot your
stockings turned wrdngi aide put." Pat turn-
ed round with great ^uickneda, and surveying
with the utmost complacency the and rem-
n tints of what had tjnee boeh hose, answer-
ed,—" Sure, honevj I knovf that ; and dont
you know why I ' turned th>m ?" " No, re-
plied the other. " :Why. *t?* Pat, and' he
gave a knowing wink with his eye, bekase
they are holed on the other side." ...

To icash printed Calico. — line as little soap
as possible, and not with, hot water ; put a
little pot ashes and n-cntly swill. thern, taking
rare not to rub the cJoth too much f wrinff it
nut in cool spring water, and dry it in th<
open air. .Bv this menus ninny colour* will
he improved— a- y indeed hut such as are
mere, water mlnurfj, an<i of this kind good
clothes are seldom Spoiled.

Jlftd Things. — An unfaithful servant,
smoky house, n stumbling horso. a .sroldintr
\vif<\ nh achinr tooth* an emptv nurse, nn un-
nitiful child, an incessant tnlker, hoffs that
break through on^lo^ire?, a dull rnmr. and a
pimpled face — n butting ram, musnnitoes, and
bugs in a bed chamber, and a dandy. '

VAXUETEXS.

i DR. TH03P,

j No. 10 ColUd-atrett,

INDIAN PHYSICIAN and BOTANIST,
returns jhis sincere thanks to the public in gono :
r*l, for 'past favours, and solicits their patronage

' futuije. . ' ..

N. Bi Ho cures all* diseases of the luiman sys-
tem ; with roots and horhs, freo from the use of
mercury. :

Noi. 182, South Sixth-street, below Pine,

Ol'EKKU BV

CHARLES SHORT.
For tho Purpose of accommodating People or
Colour, Strangers and Citizens, with
BOARDING AND LODGING,
By tho Day, Week, .Month, or longer.
He is furnished with every thing to enable
him to keep a House of the first-rate kind ever
openudin the City of Philadelphia; and will spare
no pains to merit the public patronage.

July 25, 1*27 18— 3m

ECONOMY IS NOT PARWMONY.

S. MOLLEST ON & J. JfOISINSQtf,
TAILORS and Clothes Dresser*, respect*
fully nnnounce, that they have. ento«>d into \mtU '
nen>hi P .r"id have opened.an establishment at No.
51, Broad-street, (three doors above Beaver st.)
where they respeel fully solicit a continuance of
that patronage which they have heretofore enjoy-
ed, and wheh it will be their study to continue to
merit by punctuality and superior workmanship. .

Gentlemen 'a Clotuing made to order, in the
newest fashions :— • Gentlemen and Ladies' Gar-
ments. Habits, and Mantles, dressed and- repaired
with despatch, and in the best manner.

• All orders thankfully received and punctually
attended to.

jEPMns. Mou>tsTO}f can accommodate from six '
to oight Gentlemen' i.'»oaid<°ra..

NICIIOL S PIERSON,
RERPtcri i'lly informs the People of Co-
lour, that his MEAD GARDEN, No 13, Delan-
ccy-strject,' was opened on the evening of the fir:t
of June, for the accom mod itlon of genteel and
respociable persons of colou r.
No admittance for unprotected females.
New-York, June 1st, 1827. 13

Absurditv of-tlw-.l^ntrUsh J>»r». — To burn
a house* of which jhp. criminal is tenant at
will, is capital ; h"* >f ne nns 11 lease, it is
only a misdemeanor. To wound rattle is a
penal crime, to wound a man is only n misde-
moanor. A cornedinn who performs to a
theatre rovnl. is n -reputed person; but if the
same comed'rn plavs the same character in
a theatre which wants the stnmp of rovn'ltv,

he ,^ a rofrue and aivnfrshond. A ^pentlerow ' WEA1UsG APPAREL of superior quality, both
May hun* on the ff round of. n(JW arid 8obond ., mndcdt whete cuslonurs will b^

CLOTHING- 8 TOB.13,

M: ?AB, South Sixlli-streel, Philadelphia..

THE Subscriber respectfully returns his
sincoro thanks to his fricrids and the public in
general, for their favor and patronage. He
informjs them, that he continues to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADJ5

of larefe property <

a man of small property, while a man of
small propertv may rot hunt on h ; s own
ground. Pf>ers and members of Parliament
canno be a rest.-d !for debt, but their credi-
tors may.-— London papir.

Smart Pevly.— In 1 Philip TT. kimr of
Spain sen* the younff Const" bin of CnsMle to
Home, to felicitate: Sextos V, on his "exalta-
tion; thp Pon^. displeased that so voting nn
ambnssador- had been dpputod tn him. could
not help saying, " And wpII. sir, did vour
master want men. bv sp.ndingr to me an. am-
bassador without h<«ard ?"_«' If mv sovereign
had thought," replied the proud Spaniard,
" that merit consisted in a beard, he»would
have seot vou a buck goat, and not a 'gentle-
man- as I am.'

People-had rnther he thought to look ill

accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-
some stylo. He also informs Families and private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price, and
ready sale for their goods, by applying to
- : DANIEL PETEltSON,

p Xo. , 218, South Sixth-it. Philadelphia,

N. B. Tay luring carried on in its various
branches, and on the cheapest terms.

JAMES LAW,

FXA3T U A.T2TGOA T DHESSEH,

177 William- sired, A r cio-York,
CONTINUES to cleanse and dress Coats.
Pdntaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls, in
tho neatest possible manner. He also makes, al-
ters and repairs Gentlemen's Clothes, to their en-
tire satisfaction, and upon the most reasonable
terms.

Hia mode of dressing clothes is by steam
SPOiVOiNG, winch ha bus followed with much suc-

than old • hwmw. it is possible to recover . CCS . H for several .V"«s P»st ; All kinds of spots or
Kom sickness; but there is no recoveririff sta.n. aro extracted, a,.d the clpth restored to" the
f . i b appearance of now: and "this he .engages to per

uom age. ornj x yj t |, out anv injury t«> the cloth, and at least

eqval io any thing of the kind done in this or an;
other iCity of the UniLed

Woman. — The christian' doctrine, nssietns
woman to the man a? the partner <>t his la-
bours, the. soother of his evils, his helpm te
in perils, his friend in afllictinn: rot as the
toy of .his looser hours, or as a flower which
once e'ronned he may throw away at pleas-
ure. — The Monastery.

May .8.

9— 3m

It is a curious fact, that men stationed in
light houses are not permitted to have their
wives with them, probably because- it is op-

nrehehdod that the trimming of the lamps Pantaloons,"' &c. on a difiorent plan from that oi
would be neglecte<! for the trimming of the the Dyers, having a composition f'->r so doing,
1 ' * % which enables him to dress Clothes so as to leave

their lappearance equal to new. ; He restores

" HlMUTi -. si) KCOXOMY."
UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND

JOHN H. SMITH,
M. 122 North- Third- st. (above Race,) Phi-

■iufie'.ftfiia,

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
neral, that he still continues at the abovonlace
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's doats,

Clubs.— Clubs are some times very perni-
cious modes «f getting along to one's grave.
I niean singing, drinking, or even spouting
clubs. The last perhaps, is the least danger-
ous. Singing clubs, consisting of young men,
lead many to bad habits. Society never can be
. good without females to sweeten its rigidity,
and soften its asperities. I have known a dose-
en club men in my life, and I have counted
nine -of them go the " Roadi to Ruin.

!

Sign To hear a death-watch denotes that
there ia a ^ittle insect near you. To see
strange lights is a sign there is something to
~c»iise them^ or that your head is disordered
To see an apparition or to be bewitched, is
an incontestib.le evdence that you are lack-;
ing. in coniibou sense.

. J^oj»««.|--There l is a tree in Mexicana,
rwhiefe.w so tender that a man canot touch
>ny of iU brances, but it withers presently—
^jidy'a credit is of equal niceness— a. small
tobch may Wound and kill it.

An honest Irishman was accosted on the
»V Belfast, by a brother Hiberniafi,
Atrth Ftt, you are going, to he in

husbands— -anff yetj none but married men are
to be found in thes[> posts, which are irreatly
sought after by persons coveting a quiet life,
and wjio, by a long course of curtain lec-
tures, |; lie v;e been trained to watchfulness,
ahd.accustomed tosleeple.-b nights. — London
Magazine,:

Horn to have a good -mtmrnf. — To some one
who was '/fotnplaining- of his memory,; Dr.
Johnson said, " Pray \- sir,, do. you ever forget
what money ypu have in 'yojjr. pocjket? or,
who gave you the last kick on the shins that
\ r on had ? -Now, if you pay the same atten-
tion to; what you read as you' do to your tem-
poral concerns, and your bodily/fcK»jgs, you
would; iaipi.ies8 it ag deeply upon your mem-
ory." I

Tht, tvn> <Cat» beaL-rlt has been confidently
asserted that the black snake of North Ame-
rica, hp»s the property of expanding ijself to
such a. degree, that he has beetif. known to
swallow a bvilk twice as big ae his.oVvhi

Our- informant sta'es, that two of these
reptiie8. havixig lately come in contact, and
both feeling the 'demands of appetite, the
firs^Bssiiant began on the tail of the other
witli jguch vigorr that he sodri made bjs an-
tagonist look abopt, who, believing 'in the
dodtrine of retaliation, be^an to pay him in
his own coin, i»nd thus they began mutuaJlv
to shallow each other, un^l «ot * vestige
eitew»»tol»e»ee% '* *

Seams, &c. to thoir original colour when worn
white, and will warrant them to wear three months
alter dressing, and then can bo re-dressed. Also,
Ladios' Habits and Merino shawls, in the neatest
mann'ur and upon tho shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms. Being legally bred to the business,
and possessing a competent knowledge of Dress
ing and Cleaning Cloths by Steam Sponging,
which is the only complete manner of effectually
removing the staim caused from grease,' tar,
paints, &,c. he needs only a.trial, to' afford him an.
opportunity of giving satisfaction.

N. |B. J. S. constantly keeps on band.New and
Second handed Clothes of every description, which
ho aspures the public will be sold as low, 1 if not
lower than at any other establishment in the Uni-
ted States for cash or barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase would find it ranch to their interest to
call a|s above, and examine for themselves

QjfThe highest price given for Gentlemen'i
clothes

(JQ- TAILORING WORK carried on, and
Clothes repaired .-—-New Cuffs, Collar* and Buttons
put cjn, if requisite. He keeps on hand, Cloth,
Velvet, and Silk of all colours, for dointc up same.
Aiiril20,lB27. •

LOTS WANTED.
TWO LOTS, or the rear of two lots, whero
ther^ is any convenient conimuaieatton with the
street, are wanted, for the erection of a Presby-
teria|n Church ' The location must be between
Reef and Spring, Hudson and Orange* streets.--
Onejlot within the jbove bounds, 25 feet or more,
by 7,^, would answer

InWire of S. Ei CoairnH, fio. 6, Vwick-street,
j pw-York, March 20..

For Coloured Children of both Sexts;
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for the
admission of Pupils.
IN this school will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use of
Maps and Globes, and '
HISTORY.
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.
Reference. — Rev. Peter Williams: Rev. Jaipet
Varick. Rev. S. E. Cornish, Rev. Benjamin Paul,
Rev,- William Miller.
New -York. March M. 1

DISUASOJS CURED.
THE Pib's. iMscntan.; il hinds of "W'.unds,
and Bruises ; also a remedy lor the growing in of
.the toe nails, for oppression of the Jungs,. iclons,
fistulas, and the bite of a mad dog, , if application
be made within twelve hours, by ' ?

SARAH GREEN Indian Doctress,'
12 21 Collect-street.

LAND FOR SALE. ~
THE subscriber is authorised to offer tohis
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Lakp,
at less than one half its value, provided they wilt
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by co*
loured farmers. The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being on the banks of the Delaware,
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o*>
pening a direct navigation to New-York civ, "^'lie -
passage to cither city may be made m one day oi \
less. The land is of the best quality, and well
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his bretfi-
ron, who are capitalists, will at. least invest 500 or '■'
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take
the liberty to 6'ay, thisjand can be purchased for
5 doiiars the acre, (by coloured men.) though it
hns been selling for §$5. He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purehoee will be. safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured* ianiihcs, would be conducive of :
much good : With this object in view he will in-
vest 5UI) dollars in the purchase

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New- York, March 20.

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AUTHORISED AOENTS.

C. Stockbridge, Esq. NorthYarmouth)j\Iiin*^|
Mr. RCubon Ruby, Portland, Mo. \ - :
" David Walker, Boston. ■ i";

Rev. Thomas Paul, do. .• .J':

Mr. John Remondy Salem, Mass.
" George C. Willis,' Providence. R.I. \ i
" Isaac Rodgcrs, New London, .Conn. \ ;
«• Francis Webb, Philadelphia. ' . : \>
" Stephen Smith, Columbia! Penn. : . M
Messrs. R. Cooloy& Chs, Ilackett, BalUmote^ J
Mr. John W. Prout, Washington, D.'C. ;<y : '_
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Mr. Theodore S. Wriglit, Princeton, N. p- '.;'M
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Rev. B. F. Buglies, ,Newark/N. J.- .^M
Mr. W. R. Gardinof. Port-aurfrinw, Uq1&$
Mr. Austm Steward, Rochester. ' '. ■
Mr Paul P. Williams, Flushing, L. I. f
Mr. Leonard Scott, Treatati,!N. J. r;M

"RIGHT EO US NESS tiji A L TET H A 1^ ATI ON."

< ORNISH & RUSSWURM,
Editors and Proprietors.

HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
(Concluded.)
As the Israelites were liable to be sold on-*
3y in consequence of poverty, for! crimes
v.ijcIi could subject them to this faje might
■be commuted for money, it is not likely any
of -hern would be exposed to sale, either to
their hrethren or to strangers, until their
l<:itds were afieny.ted. These alienations, ex-
cept in the case of houses within the cities,

* ...... A 1 i « »ttA .... .. -T l..U>

f Tcre not. erpetual, but in the year

lee returned to their former proprietors.
{L iv. xxv. 23, 28.) Hence we may discerr
the reason, why. until that time, the rever-
" service
liberty,

of jubi-

s:enary proprietor might prefer the
of a wealthy master to a house'ess
In the time of Jeremiah we find, amongst the
corruptions of the age, a disregard to the in-
junctions of Moses relative to the'eirjancipa-
tion of servants, presenting in glaring colors,
aod assigned as on*? of the principal causes
pi' the impending judgments. (J.er. xxxiv.)

In the foregoing quotation, it is observable
•that the servants purchased from among tne
strangers are to be taken as an inheritance
to the children of the purchasers, . but no
such provision appears in the case of the He-
bre-A serv'aiit. This is said to be construed
"by the Jewish doctors as excluding 'daugh-
ters and other heirs except sons from any
claim to' the sei vices of those Hebrew ser-
vants whom thtir fathers had purchased.
Hence upon the death of a master, jvithodt

Hebrew servants were

^surviving" sons, h
"immediately free.

The general tendency as well as particular
provisions !of the .Mosaic institutions, jwas in
fa vo.-.s of personal freedom. The servants

fiifiif ;ed in the religion and made partakers
of the covenants of their Israelitish masters.
Tho.se who - embraced this religion became
3Ie!''rews by- adoption, and entitled to tine pri-
vilege.-* of Servants, of the native class; The

Jewish eomiT-piitatora .say that if tney were . _ . , - « ,

.not-converted within a vear, they were to be ! bondage wn^ as far as the manners of the
<3i mhwed^mi ret.urned.to the stranger from ! V.' nRS would-ad^it, divested of every degra-
^J eoce thev came. This may probably liave ; ding appendage. That servants were uni-
b*en onlv upon condition that their purchase , f ? r .« nl y regarded as objects of special atten-
aionpy was repaid, and that if this was not ! t,0 , n ' A' «d that the slavery extensively pre-
done/ther were bound to fulfil their term of ? yalent in subsequent ages, may read, in. that
eervice ; that is, to *erve till the year of jubi- \ venerable code, .Ms own severe and unquali
fas. If that was the construction admitted, | fied reprobation. [Jlfr. Obs.

Ihp. unconverted heathen and the native Ife-

wealth and poverty, without producing any
degrading br permanent distinctions.

The operation of these causes may be tra-
ced in several parts of the Jewish history.
Thus we find {1 Chron. ii. 34, 35,) Sheshan
giving his daughter to an Egpytian servant ;
and the pfophet Samuel assigning to Saiil
and his servant, the chief place, among them
that were jbidden to the feast. (1 Samuel
ix.23;)

The law respecting female servants as ex
plained by the Jewish doctors, will be briefly
noticed.

Females became servants by being sold by
their fathers ; or by the servitude of their
mothers, or- by captivity in war, when as al-
ready observed, they were .deprived of their
natural projectors, and thrown upon the cle-
mency of tile victors.

A hlebrefy- bondmaid, was not allowed to
be sold by! any but her father, nor even by
him, tiniest she was under twelve years of
age ; nor toj any but a Hebrew : and even in
this case the master was to bind himself to
betroth her jeither to himself or his son when-
ever she completed her twelfth year, " for,"
says Jarchijl "the money of .her purchase is
that of her espousals." If at that time the
master does; choose to betroth her to himself
or his son,;|she must neither be sold nor re
tairiedbut become immediately free.*

If a man espoused! a captive taken in war,
she was entitled to all the privileges ,of a
wife, and her children, were to be treated in
all resheets as though she had been original-
ly free. In case she became disagreeable
she might be divorced as other wives were
liable to be, but hot sold or otherwise depri-
ved of I her liberty. (Deut, xxi. 14.)

From thislfeview; of the mostt : *i>o»»fc-««>de-
bf laws whicih history has delivered to us, it
is obvious that the design of the legislator,
was to mitigate tne system of slavery as far
as it warv admitted at.all and to give to the
current of legal administration a direction
towards its iotal extinction. Tliat personal

Vew servant were placed in the same situa-
tioi in regard to the power of redemption,
each being redeemable by their ov ii peo-
ple.* ■ '

The state of servitude' was terminated by
.abuse on the part of the master. Mutilation
ti.o!<gh hasty and unpremeditated, gave a ti-
tle 'io freedom. If a man smite the eyej of his
•servant or the eye of his maid, that it perish,
he shall let him go free for his eye^s sake.
A»d if a man smite out his man servant's
tooth, or his maid servant's .toothy he shall
•ot him go free for his tooth's sake. (jExod.
x.\i. 20, 27.) This precept is constru'ed by
t!iC Mishnic doctors to include not only all
casps of act ual mutilation, .hut those miiior in-
juries by ,w|]jch the use -or beauty of any of
tlie members is permanently impaired;

A very important consequence of the tem-
porary duration of servitude was, that the
3aws intended for the protection of servants
were likely to be observed. The servant, if
abused, might when free demand and enforce

• "According to some writers a redemption fee
was payable according to the time unexpired un-
til the sabbatical year.

LET EVERY MAN MIND" HIS OWN
BUSINESS.
Of all things, deliver ha from the man who
attends to his neighbour's business and leaves'
his own at loose ends. A nieddling body
is a torment to his neighbourhood, and not
mucv comfort to himself, for, continually in-
terfering in that which is none of p is busi-
ness, iie subjects himself . to the just reproof
of thotse he would thrust his gratuitous ser-
vices upon. It matters not whether it be in
religion;, or politics,-or the common concerns
oi domestic life, Jet every man attend to his
own business, and then every man*s business
will be; attended to. Advice comes soon
enough " when asked, and no man Jikes to
have his neighbour's nose gratuitously poked
into his family concerns, his out of-door bn-

restitution. The odious and degrading dis- { siness, pr his : manner of thinking upon any

tance between masters and slaves, . which
.perpetual and hetedi'ary slavery seldom fails
*o produce, conld then have no existence.
Freedom and servitude mk'ht pass'ahtopg fn-
xnilies and individuals, like the vibraticjns of

* The humanity to servants inculcated by the
arecepts of Moses, dons nut appear ? < be totally
lost, even at the present time, among the depres-
sed and injured remains of that once celebrated
race. Jn 17dfi, a subscription was set on fo>t, itt
the island of Barbadoes, to eatabliah a general
dispensary for the use of the sick poor; a|Iarg©
part of whomj were w»dl known to be supernnnua-
ted or worn opt slaves— aha hdoiied by their own-
ers to perish m the st reets. Of the sum.suoscri-
oed to this charitable purpose, upwards of one
^nth was contributed, collectively and individu-
nui libera,
the Whitfl

ally hr the Hebrew nation : th^ogh their'
yr-ibablyfall short of one (wrntieth of t
luhabitaQtfl of] parbadoes, nr.d not one hun<
otiho property of the island is in their haiias
.J*ckso& Ut&rs on tilwcry, p. 138.

subject; all believe it is their privilege to do
what they think fit in their own premises,
and to do it iiVtlieir own way.

The man who interferes with the business
of others, ahpost always neglects hie own s
and while'dding that which no one thanks
him for',; not ijufrequeritly permits bis family
to coin| to vjant. N(^ man who strictly at-
tends toj whatj interests him will have time or
inclination to manage the concerns of his
neighbobrs, he will pursue hiB own course,
suffer others to do the same , he wtll be ge-
nerous enough to believe other folks know
something asjwell as himself. It is intolerable,
to be continually bored, in this r way, in the
most triyial eyery day business of life. What

is it to, me, if
c umber jvineii
of furnishing
nibs his|ra:0!
of the iheralj.

ooy neighbour permits his cu
to run on the ground, instead
them vith bushes as I do — or
on an old book cover, instead
et/ap — or prunes hk fruit

.irees wifh a csiarie or fine B4W? Wb»t ritflit

have I. to find fault with the dress or educa- < bays or browns, and will jnot associate with a.
tioh of his family j>— with the colour of his ; black horse. The colts alluded to were uncr
hat or the cut df his coat ? And if he build j ceeded by -others ; Piid Ihe .gander, though;
a house, does it concern me whether it front ' he seemed sensible of, land sorry, for, the
north or south— or whether it be large or | change, speedily ingratiated himself with hii
email, convenient or inconvenient ? if it does ! new friends. These he iattends in the pad*
rot— j fit be my neighbours rjght'to consult j dock during the day, follows them home at

night when the weather is coldj and if acci-
dentally shut out of the stable,' patiently bir
vouacks behind the door, and : is always ready
to clap liisf wings and go k-field early in the '
morning. When in the park, - his sole occu-
pation seems to be to stand near the head of
one of the colts, carefully watching all it* ' ,
motions, and accommodating his position to
that of his friend, by paddling when he
walks, and flying when he runsrp Young ..
v- , ... ■ . . m ,- '. horses', when disturbed, very easily! break in- ;

be absolute; m Id, not tyrannical. The laws , l0 a „ and tb ' e ^ nder Inanages if>

$™*i U !*l keep so near the cott, theft he may be seen

flying vigorously alongside, of him, it is cer-
tainly strange that it never occurred to him

his own taste in these matters, let us 'yield
him his right. And when dipping our fillers
into other pe«»ple> porridge-dishes,we chance
to get them scalded let it tea- h us to mind
nobody's husiness but our our own. — Warren
Star.

ON FAMILY GOVERNMENT.
In spite of modern whims about liberty and
equality, the government of a family, piuat

clared the dependence of the child on the pa-
rent. The weakness of youth must be sup-
ported, and the violence of youth repressed,
by trie hand of age and experience. Paren-
tal tenderness is tod apt to degenerate into

to take a ride. If the mouth of the other,
*vhile collecting provender, should come too
near his feet, he stretches forth hit neck, el-

. , .' , ,*r/. 7 i ., , „ "tsar "is leou lie Birei.ciieti loriu uit; iicub, c -

pa i°?«??L woaknoaB. " If you pfease, child,'' ( evate8 hia Wi » hifise8 „ and h othef

a "fii S T U ' »?» ar 'm; re b '-° 0n ^ swered fmotidn e admonishes him to keep at a proper
with, " No, I won't." The reins of govern- A iatnnitCt rp hnit „ u „ oh , aa , „ ra ; o aa ^\\ am

merit should be always gently drawn; not
twitched like a curb bridle at one time, and

distance. Though geese graze as well t
kine, the bird in question is rarely peen nib-
bling a pile. of grass, and his chief depend-

danghng loosely at another. Uniformity jn enc5 , we ". believe, is- placed on the stray pic-
parents produces uniformity m children. To ' k i es 0 f corn he caters in the stable. On one
whip at one minute, and to caress, or let the occasion the yoang horses a t Alln««P '
culprit go unpunished, for the same crime, at , removed t6 a / rfd & SO me distance, and theft-
another cannot fai to injure the force of pa-! the gander had to rfrcc a very dreary-
rental authority. ( onsider before you threat- period of widownood. If he could have spo-
en : then be as good . as your word. «I will ]{en or gini ^ hi3 ditty would have been, « I
whip you if you don't mind me," says the pa-,i wander dowip a' mv lane ;" but when the
rent m a passion.- " T am not afraid of it," , co i ts re tumea— that' is, ■ the bay ones-^he.
says, the child. The; parent flies. .toward* it :. WM see n. hnrrvim? to > m**t i tb«m r half r«in r
in a paroxysm of rago : the child prefersflight ninff half flyin tnifceackjing forth his con-
to bmken bones. « You may. go now, but Kra tu] a tions to the' very topmost note of the
you shall have your punishment with interest £ arnmUt of j ov , i n April last; we happened
the next time you do so.'' /T don't believe f a be at Allaion, an/as a matter. of course
that » thinks the child. It is experience that ! visited the hiped bf whoi , b eccentric; habit* ,
gives the parent the lie. "But," say you, : we |md heard se much. * A new scene theft
» whips and rods were the scourges of the prej f ented itge if, j n the course of the day, a.
dark ages ; the present.age is more enlight- ; 8C(irft or two of capita ] highland bullocks had
ened : m it,. law is reason : and authority.i& been let into the field' andithese the gander
mildness." Beware of that reaso* which sepn)fid ^ ]onk on with a my j aun diced eye.
makes your, child dogmatical, and the mild- ; By mere ' accident one 0 f 1 them approached
ness which makes him obstinate. ^ .j t0 - Q near t}] - favoUrite colt— an intrusion.

There is such a thinjr as the rod of reproof, j which was rt!sented ; fay; a fierce and rather
and it is certain, that m numberless cases ar- i ailffhable . onset The bill of the bird war
guments produce a better effect th,an corpo- dar ^ d at the hard bead of the enemy, and

no I mintuhmonr I ot t wicn hu ttpnnni< ir oA * . ..... i * < . i . • t

h . ... your anger has > subsided. ■ advanced to the 'charge, v^as again assault-

Cease rot till you have subdued the will of . ed nd affain ret reate2 ; until his brethren^
the offender: if you do, your authority is at p eroe i vin ^ . what wa8 : going forward, joiped
an end. Let your commands be reasonable. | n the TO | lee and Very nearly hemmed 4he
Never deliver them in a passion, as though . iet in> ^ ur firflt irnprees ion was thafthc
they were already disobeyed ; nor with a ' biped would be tossed and gored till not e,
timid, d.strustful tone^as if you suspected inion gtuck together; but in this we were
your own authority. Remember that scold- '^ listaken , Each % f the bullocks was assailed
ing is right .the reverse ot weighty reasoning. ; in t t0 its no grnal] ama} ie m e.nt, if not dis-
K is the dying groan» of good government. , ^ the a88ai j an t, maU gre his great cou-
Never letit be heard under your roof, unless!^' appeared t0 be, placed inasadquan-.
you intend jour hoase should be a nursery of. d * ' ^ did aU he co fa to rescue the,colfc'
faction, which may at some future time, rear f b J; h unsuitab i e company, by biting hi*
its hydra head, not only against you, but in . hee]s and . mbblirtg at his head. The docUo
opposition to the parents and guardians ,of janitnaI Rt i engt h". good-naturedly yielded to»
our country. Patriotism, as well as charity, ; his wishes , rfnd the horned belligerents, on
begins at home. Let the voice of concord be ; ib i art ratified the armistice by offering;
heard ,n your family : it wiir charm your do- j fa 4er moleBtation.^m/rtw Courier.
meshes to a love oi oroer,— British Methodist
Magazine.

MEETING OF THE MONTHS;
Oncd upon a time all the months resolved

Ecc\ntric Gandcr.-y The following story,

the truth of which we can vouch for, , is not r r — i -v v ^

only curious in itself, but evinces pretty for- Jo dine together ; and i afte^ a ^reat deal of
cibly that whimsicality and eccentricity are e ' 51 " " 1 -'*«*»'-•*•'-'•—'— «»
not confined to the human species. Mr.
Whigham^ of Allahtop, has a very large
gander, which was ; hatohed five or six^ears
i goj and which h'ad scarcely attained! tlie
monthk of majority, " when he contracted I a
dislike to his own species. Whether- : this
arose from disappointed love, or a disposition
rififtiualiy goose-t\nihropkalt might puzzle! V he
detpetft naturalist to determine; but cert j. in
it is that'-he feels so. little pleasure in the vo-
ciety of tLe fair who hsve feathers on tiicir

backs,' that the race would speedily become
extinct, were all ganders as ungal T iant ' as'
himself, in 1828, -there were two •'Jt^W ! j»7
colts grazing in a field adjoining . t0 ' Afatitofy
* D ^Hj he l^> ^ Cached himseJrse
- T i^ $F ^irn- tlieir companion
night *nd df ay , f xf « m thiB< or 80me othet ciy-

<WS#*£'ce, lie wtaina a strong tpjurMtj to

hot blood, , and some little ;ooolness in [.deci-
ding who. should dp the hoiiours of the tabl« y ■
the choice fell upon . December ; for though,
this gentleman has rather a cold exterior,
yet, under. his own roof, he is the very pat--
tern of hospitaJitv and the jspul of glee. ' It..
was determined that the entertainment'
should be a picnic, and a 'capital enterte^r
ment was furnished forth aniongit the«fi. Ja-;
nuary sent ice to cool tbjr wine } t ' jf'ebrnary.
brought an enormous o<ie tt eat to it; March
and April ; a ppiied the fijih and the lam»; •
Ma ^ tarnished the early vegetables,; aud un- ,
iertook beside to decoiate the]' table with
flowers ; June brought ^plenty of cider with ,
oim ; July and August furiiished. fthe dew t;
September sent a COurnej of . game—ail f*"

Aborts andjwalnnts, and,sei^t,%fjr§j-4f oys-
ters; and ibe worthy host supplied alt" "defi-
ciencies, =and provided the wine. January
was, placemen the right hand of the chair,

r , T vv f-i wu ***y *ig lit. «•««■' vi

and' Novemoer on ihe left ; and Ju

=4s

liavepflfejfr sejn. then\,when>gy irrelsi, hawks,
and'mischeviduirbbys attempted to rob their
neBts or cat&h their young ones; but they
seemed- to'b^ drawn by some allurement or

une, a good enticement, fcand not by any constraining or
humoured, open-faced fellow, sat at the foot i provoking power ;) ' indeed, I thoroughly
of the table. Nothing could be better arran- j searched all ! the fences and trees in the vi-
ged than this. j • j cinity, tJo fin*! some nest or young birds, but

That sweet blushing beauty, May, \fas all could find none,
the toast ; and many were the compliments | What this^'agcinating power, is, whether it
she received upon the excellence of Mr con- be the looker effluvium, or the singing; by,
tributiori of early vegetables. 'May had /many the vibrationlof trie tail of- the snake, or any
admirers ; January tried, to look sweet upon ..thing else, Ij will not attempt to determine,
4i.r, but beiwas riOtto heV taste, and sbV'con-. possibly this!' power 'may' be owing to difTer-
trived to Icipk. auother way. June also paid ent causes iji different fond of snakes. But
her marked* attention but May vnd^e '.had 'j so far as thje .black snake is concerned, it
J^«,*; comnanionsjall ,tpeir lives, and^she .neriaeems,^ be iliothing more than' an enticement
^er could regard him as a lover. Poor April ] or allurement with which, the snake is endow-
was evidently dying for'her, but she thought;, ed to procurti his .food.
Tiinj ficlt-ej antk besides,' he was too younV. - P. S.— Sijice this case- occurred, I have
September bad' tBe . advautage of him ; forj heard several respectable people, who have
with b\\ the good qualities of. April, jie waslabjo'seen bijrds charmed,- observe that they
<of mature age,, and more oven in his temper;] have heard jnusic .occasioned by the vibration
October, also, affected to play the beau and ; of the snake's tail, which they being near,
look, young ; and it was wonderful to .see cour age. That- snakes \make music thus I
bow dextrjojusly he contrived to, hide the ap-jknow ; and also that. birds are extremely cap-
proach of {years, ' itivated with! music— but whether this is the;

Besides! hjve-zn.akingt there was nojlackpf only means that the snake uses, or whether
jest .and' repartee : March Was. full of diyhu.-' all kinds of snakes use it, I am not prepared
mour, which he played #off very effectively {to say. — SW^an's Journal.
upon the prim maiden November, who took ' —

.it nil in good, part: but,JHly 4 who was ahvo. Awful Occurrence.— On the 28th ult. James
wnirtly hit, began to take, up the jpke! warm- [ Ackl'ey, 54 collier, in the service of Mr. Scow-
ly, until August mi]dly interposed, and resto- 1 croft, of Hindley, near Wigan, died 'under cir-
f Oif good homour. Icumstances so Wtremely awful, thai I take

When th> ladies retired, December, propo- the liberty of giving you the particulars of
ee'i ihe r health ia a bumper; and June, who them, which were related to me by. the son of
considered himself a. great favourite with : the unhappy man. Ackley was a person great! y
them, was beginning, to return thanks in a j addicted to the shocking vice of swearing. On
flovvery speech, when he was coughed down: the 22d ult. his wife was taken ill, but be hnd
by Decen b/ r and, March. [no sympathy for her sufferings, and told ht c

The dining-room .party. soon joined; the la- 1 that she 1 was "/ortng." On the Sunday fol-
dies at the tea-table,; and after tea, ^he old • lowing she died 0<i the following day his sou
folks wenit to.cards, and the young ones to j paid him a visit, and the father said to him,
music, P-retty May. presided "at too piano- « John, thy step mother hath tricked me, I
.fort*?, and- April, stood by, and now and then I thought tp have died first, but nevermind, I
put in a uoto, his face sometimes covered | ghall die before they take her out of the house "
with armies, and sometimes a tear triembling . aV this time he appeared to be troubled with

in hm eye. October sang a hunting song ; no complaint, but what he called his d d

and Autetw.arbled so sweet and melancholy \ asthma. His son earnestly remonstrated witli
an air, that, the noisy party at the ca>d table - him on his wickedness, and implored him to
laid down! their cards to listen; and even; bethink himself of a future state, but without
April was attracted, f<rom the Hebe charms of
May, to the more tranquil and maturbr beau> '
ties of her cousin..

At lerjgth every one delighted with the
entertainment broke, up, April and June both
escorted JMay home : September took care of

_ August. Oetober.had promised to take charge
, of November, but having sat down 1 tp some
old.- ale with March and! December, j Novem-
ber, left them, in a huff, and went home alone.
At, what. hour the, three gentlemen Heft, the
table is not known, but it. is believed that
X>ecember sat them both out.

Fascination of Shakes.— I have often heard;
stories about the power that snakes have to
charm birds and Animals, which to say the
least, I always 1 treated- with the. coldness of
scepticism, nor could I believe them until
eonvinceii by occular demonstration] A case
•ccurrediin WUliamsbiirgb, Mass. ope mile
couth 01; the house of public worship, by the
"way side, in July last* As I was waking in
the roadiat noon day, my attention was drawn
to the fejrice by the fluttering and hopping of
a robin red breast, and a cat-bird, ^ybich up-
on, my approach flew up, ohd perched on a
sapling two or three rods distant.-, at this in-
jtant a large; black snake reared 'his head
from the! ground near th6 fence- If immedk

effect, Hpjsaid, that " there was neither God,
nor Devil, nor' Heaven,, nor Hell }" that if there
was a God, he was an unjust one, or he. was
asleep, and had forgotten us. Tne son could
make Ooimpression on him; be was hardened
in. unbelief On Tuesday, the 27tb, he was
often J\eard to utter the most dreadful oaths,
which were! principally directed to his unhappy
children. jOn Wednesday, the day on which
his.wife's fdneral.was to take place, he lay < on
the squab :sort of sofa) quite speechless. A
neighbour," who* came to attend the funeral
said it was time to serve out the bread, (a cus-
tom on such occasions in that partofiho coun-
try) when a sudden change was observed to
take places in his body. All the perspns"pres-
ent arose to look at him; he presented a dread-
ful spectacle, andj awful to relate, in less than
two minutes, he breathed his last ! fi; more
easy to conceive than to describe the feelings
of the bye-standers, on witnessing this awful
visitation* of the Almighty— Manckestir Cow.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

FOR TUE FRIEDOM S JOUHKAL.

What shall I tat?

Eat sound and wholesome food, three times
a day; and be particular to have it, each and

_, every day, at the same proper hours: be

atply stdpped back a little, and sat jdown up- Ueiriperate in your food, and remember the
on an eroirience; the snake in a fewj moments ' s!:we of appetite is am^ng the meanest of
«lurik again io the earth, with a calm, placid ! slaves-. ':
«ppe6raiice, and the birds soon after return- bui what shdl I drink*

■Kogto froi iSr),ain,; h^w^uld^otjtepirt^ thq | You may 4 b« ture that .%(;!ittle was said durh?^-
mxif btit filiai' Qrowso,' a Germany some' years ; the 'pastage.' _ For how cbuld convmatioa b*-
i>fter, taught the English the art of manufac- ; maintained, whero it was perceptible, that great
luring them. IRuinWi England.-. ■ j pftjndice existed on the ohf aids, and considers '
S aasH^H==t!a^f!^ti^■i , -. l • - - ^-Ss»« j bl e independence -and hauteur of mind >n theoth-

Miaasfflsc^B Mvi&STihlLi ief - In all8uchca,,e,, a ra f n ' s ^^^8.,^

*\EJF-YOHK, AUGUST 3.

: his best resources — with ihein he csn revalvc

plans, which may hove the happiness of thous-
ands of his fellow* at st nko : i'nt ritisted most
bv< his mind, who cannot,, on such, occasions,,
floe to its inmost recesses for shelter from the in-
justice of the oppressor, orj the contumely of the

■JfO THE SENIOR EDITOR— N«» I.

New-Haven, July — .

DF A^i want of time, and the imperious calls of > roud - To ,flc the idcn isi alway^consolbg.that.
dutyJ have nover permitted you to visit New- ! thifl « only our probationary state-that in the
.Edgland; a iew hasty lines, perhapB, principally
devtttod to nfl 'inquiry into the present condition

of our raco in that highly favoured port of the
Union, may excite a moment's interest,, and . b»
worthy of a moment's pcruBal. However iinpcr 1 -
feet tfie sketch may be, all I hope, will be forgot-
ten, from tlie motives which prompt me to the
undertaking.

next, no man will be valued or despised on ac-
count of the complexion Which an European or.
African sun may have imprinted.
" Life is a frost of cold felicity^
And Death the thaw of all our vanity." '
As yet 1 havo said nothing concerning myac*
commodations un board the boat ; not through
forgetfulnuss, but because the recollection of such!

About 7 A. M. the steam-boat Hodson left occurrences is always painful.* No accommoda;

Slip, [for New-Haven, Conn, crowded with pas- . liona were tln-ro for colourod passengers, and it '
sei.gers. The fog, which wan considiirable at the was altogether owing .to th» friendliness of ray
time of our departure, grew more dense as w,e re- \ brethren, that I received what I did. The labours
ceded from the city; until I almost began to fear; of the previous wee-k had nearly exhausted my
that we should be compelled to put into Borne ; wearied frame, and when 1 enquired after break-
port, before reaching our destined haten. About fast, for a birth, none could be had, though neaily
11 Aj M. howsver, it cleared tway beautifully, all were unoccupied ; it being contrary to all the
leaving all aboVe sunshine, and all beneath watuj-s ; rules of humanity, and justict, and cqua'ily, that
and. reminding me very forcible of human life, a person of colour, howevur respectable, should,
which, often at its commencenwut, appears sur- sloop in the cabin of the Hudsoi>. Oltemporai-
founded by almost insurmountable difficulties ; O ! mores ! How honourable are *ocb things to
arising from want of friends, poverty, and many this enlightened age, ! howl honourable to the en-'
other evils to which human nature is subject; and /lightened and humano proprietors of the Hudson"
which, to us weak and erring mortals, is always f Ought not such trid<;s t<j» be published io the
a cause of complaint and despair; but w hich, af- world, that all may feel grateful to such noble and
tcr overcoming, through prudence and economy, • consistent defenders for liberty and tquaiity'.—
we behold serene and beautiful, gliding peaceful- \ Such things, we know, are mere: trifles,' aad are?'
ly, like many a sweet rivulet, among the difirf. ' unworthy of o moment'6 thought J but as I do not
through various meanderings until it reaches its possess neither the humility nor patience of Job,
termination. Such appeared the day, the remain- • how can I tamely Bubriiit to be s6 treated ? Much
der of which was delightful. | has bi-en said upyri the pleasure of visiting strange j

I will say nothing of the delightful views which j parts; but to a man of colour, what are, these? I
every where meet the eye, in passing through the • Many who profess themselves frfendly, 'aad with-
Sound ; as my local knowlwdg« is not sufficient to j whom wo *ro aoquftlotod, j dar« Wdljr. f^eitgsyM
enable me'to particularize; Of the passoiigers as | us, assisting by their unmahly coriduct to jtrea'gth-
little can I say'' Two or three fine countenances en and encourage existing; prejudices.

ed and i lighted upon the ground jnear the
enakey $rst stretching their wings i upon the
ground, j and spreading their tails, they com-
menced (fluttering round the snake, i drawing
nearer at almost every step, until they step-
ped near or acros«|. the. snake, which would
often move a little,, or throw himself into a
different posture, apparently to sei7i bis prey,
which i movements, t noticed, seemed to
frighten the birds, and they woull veer off a:
few feet, but return again as soon as the
£nake was motionless. All that was. wanting
for the isnake to secure the victims seemed
to , be, ,that the birds should, pass near bis
head, which they would prqbabiy ; !)ave soon
^one, bpt at this moment a waggbi drove up
ano'-Jtopped._ This frightened the snake and
it c'rawVC'd- scr.ess the fence into t le grass ;
notwithstah'dmg, the birds flew oyer^ the
fence into the £rass a/*^, 811 ^ a PP e ired to be
bewitched to flutter rouna tueir"^ ^ met ' aj ?^
it was nbt until aw attempt was male
the snake that the birds would avail. theife v
*elr«s of their wings, and fly into a forest
^One hundred rods distant.. I .

. The movements of tlie hirds while around
ihe: sriakjes seeinedfto bo voluntary, knit witb>
out \ he jloast constr/unt. nor did" they utto?
.wy UjisUeseinjr cried, or aj>{«ar ejjrtgedjO*!

Drink pure water, the best of all drinks-—
If this will not do, then.drink'cider or beer,
but iii small quantities i but never, no, never,
drink rum, or any kind of intoxicating li r
quors ; for they are ruinous to health, and
productive of the greatest 5 : miseries : take
care, don't touch the poison that. is made by
that moriatrous worm—I mean the worm of
th* still..
And hfw shall J be clothed %
Clotlietd in clean and neat* hut. not superio-
garm«5it;s: be prudent, as well as industri-
ous:: asa.ve your money, and have it in the Sa-
vings Bank, (the poor man's friend j and. then
you v /ill -have always have! a friend in neqd ;
and nevcR forget, that if you are fillfiyJn
your/ person, or your family, that you. give
evidence of a low and degraded mind,. Did'
you ever see a man or ; woman, of reapectabi*
iityi; that would consent to be. the companion
5p£ -iijjltb' ?. J^ov«ir. Dinatly, let your co.nd uct,
rtjvjo^ and all who hear you, be always such
asudjajyf v honour, God, your AJ^akar, and it wll,
'" ' ' * ' ' ^ " '- - ''-'a the'

It iW^t tsrd'r to elevatel and- ennoble

*m«er,of «

For.the Freed**

-Vt'ore first

nsdttfactured lit Gng!and» *h«yt loJ«%. vy *

appeared among the crowd. The siibjfjct of thu
late African celebration in this city, occupied the
attention of not a few, and many an inquisitive
glance was cast at me; which, corttvinly, you
know, could not nriso from .ny thing remarkable
about me; but from the perusal of a certain
sheet, sold by a rascally set of villains, to* .defame
and lower us as much as possible in public esti-
mation. One would suppose, we were already
low enough, ibut it seems these fellows think we
may be lowered still a little more ; and I bolieve
they are right. For none will questi&i the re-
mark of a certain Editor, who truly observes,
" thRt. the advance the freo blacks had mufa of
late years is really incalculable."

I felt sorry, that so many apparently respecta-
ble gontlemen should countenance 6itch libels, by
purchasing, and freely circulating them among
their 'friends: it certainly indicated but a small
portion of sound sense : for how various aro the
interesting subjects which might always be profi-
tably discussed on such passages. Nothing, how-
ever, displeased me more, than the ignorant ob-
servations of our brethren on board; the boat, con-
cerning the ;JouBNAi ; thinking that the afbr esaid
trash and it! were one. " They had frequently
seen the JotwwAL on board ; heard the remarks
of the passengers ; and if 1 looked around I might
boo, one in jhe hands of the passengers:',' How
great my disappointment and pity were, that any.
of bur race could be so ignorant concerning the
purposes f«>( which the Jouksal was published, I
need not write. Could I help grieving for their
ignbranco i j Could I be ignorant of tlie causes of
ourj dogradptiou i Could 1 help feeling deeply
anxious upon the subject of African Educatiuii ?
Let every other thing be done to improve oiar
coddition, all our labour, will, be in vain, if . this
forinB not t^ie ground work— the grand 'Axchimo-
dean 1 ever.; flow important, then, that^all our
leading, men? should have a duo eunne of its! inea-
tin^ble vai|ie~Bbould strke ah in their power,
though deprived themselves in o/irty lilVs,i from
cirCmnslaupet beyond their coutrooi; to diisemi-
naie it. Truly it ist the -pearl above all .ear tidy
vaiue,one particle of ^hiclf, all the ihinw ojf Gol-
cohda and l^otbsi cannot purchase. So entirely •
am i devoted to the cause of EdWjticn, that ali
others st e|n to me of tir.air consequi iir.o ; aiid
wh, He in meditation .upon Uy all gthexe a;;e lor^
- -Hen.' I" - '"' ' ' . . •

I had almost forgotten to mention, that among
the passengers were tour sons of Erin, who after
wandering through various parts of the Uni 6,
with indifferent success, were about t* try their -'
luck in the " land of steady hibits." We should i
think, their chance for success would briiu**
small, from the many whejm we i daily see travel-
ling from one part of the -Union to anqthtr; but.
who over saw one of them discouraged?

Before 5 P. M. I was safely ' landed in Now-
Haven, at some distance 1 from the city~over *.
inile I should think. Ycurs, &c. •

HORRIBLE ! MOST HpRRIBLE!
In the last number ^f thii paper, notice
was taken of a " sAoo^njr ei:cur*isn, whioh
was recently published] in Alabama. Thrse
men Were thph killed without a shadow pC
authority, other than lawless power. Belotf
is detailed an account of (he BURNINO
OP Ai HUMAN BIKING ! ! ! with merely I
semblance of legal p^qcesa. When will, th*;
measure.of those heaveh-darihg monsters' itr '
iquity [be filled ! Truly, [the aim of an aveng-
ing God will soon be" extended over their di*!
moniab heads' ! Is it jJos^tWe that these thingpf' :
can be practiced und^r thej x government «
the United States f and dare the pretended
friends of liberty loftger bold theYr^ peace?; A .
man that is luke'wann in such a case, has be£
come as callous-hearte^ as the piince of e«P
himself. His soul musjt be seared, and dec*?
to every human feelinij. Bvit read tbowtr-
ch. 4 .— Qtniw of Uni tfman. ' / :

TUSCALobsX,jAlab. Junej^3
Horrid Occiiimee.~S'orh« timo-daringf fyj
In st week one of thos^ outrageous trans*?*;
ti <»ns4-and we' really thinks disgraceful fe*
d ie character of civilized man, took phwj .•■
Aioacibe north east bojundarV line of P«rt$£ |
ii-djoinihg Bibb- and Autauga: cobnties. •
•circuins'ances,.;we iire bforhjiied by a genttg

oi a neighbouring planter was cnvKjr
with: the theft, McNeilyi ib^cpr^ny^nB
his bifotho!-, found tlie'hegro driving ■hfci$&jk
ter's ivagon, tiiey stii/ed binv and either ^
or w<li " ' " ■ - : - ■ ■ ••■ • - - -M*-***
•rro stab;

nour ia^ts-war^ls thV negro

« about to clitaltse him, when thf -f^fl
iibijf>.i McNsHyj sot' at be died itf#/.

as taken bef?p

{ a Justice of the Peacel' whe-^

after- sctie^l

FREEDOM'S JOFR1W..

83

liberation, waved his authority. — perhaps
through fear, the crowed of pet sons from
the above counties had collected to the num-
ber of t?<>venty br nighty, near Mr. People'3
(the justice: hiwe. He acted as president
of ibie mob, and put the vote, when it was de-
cided he'should be immediately executed* by
being burnt to death — the sable culprit was
led to alree and tied to it, und a tyrge quan-
tity of pine knots collected and placed around
him, and the fatal torch was applied to the
pile, evei*i against the remonstrances of seve
ral gentlemen who were present ; and the
miserable being was in a short time burnt to
ashes. An inquest was held over the remains
and the Sheriff of Perry county, with a com-
pany of about twenty men, repaired to the
neighbourhood where this barbarous act took
place, to secure those concerned^ but with
wh it success we have not hearr , but we hope
he will succeed in bringing the perpetators
of so high-handed a measure to account to
their country for their conduct in this affair
This is the second negro who has been thus
j>ut to death, without Judge cr Jury in that
oounty.

From, the Rlckmond Compiler of July 24.

Inquisition taken at the house of William
<Jrace ? in the county of Henrico, on the 18th
of July, 1827, before Jesse Reese. Coroner
for said county — li Upon viewing the body of
tlir: deceased, Isaac Reed, a free iian of co-
lour, and upon the oaths of a jury, summoncr;
to inquire in what manner th^ aaid Isaac
Reed came to his death : state, after hnving
•carefully examined the body of tin* deceased
and finding thereupon stripes in aide by the
lash of a cowhide, or lash of some kind ; and
also that the deceased having a: rope icd
-aboHt his arms, a part of which | extended
across the throat to the lobe of each ear, lea-
ving a strong impression on the.-ineck, and
causing 1h\f tongue to extend bejor.d the
teeth, and considerably swollen ;]and also,
that they have examined several witnessed,
whose testimony goes to prove that W illiam
Grace, Samuel H. Whipple and David Hen-
derson, of the said county, committed the
above recited acts of violence on j the 16th
and 17th instants, at the house of the said
William Grace. The Jurors were unanimous-
ly of opinion, that the deceased capie to hi$
uirraiii fey-tfee hsxtde of th*> said Wm. Grac*.
S. H. Whipple, and D. Henderson, and not
otherwise."

We understand that the above named per-
sons have been committed to Jail, and their
•cases will be laid before a called 'Court on
Thursday next.

An inquest was held in this city yesterday
•over the body of a negro boy named Chtfrlesj
,«bout 12 cr 14 years old, the property of Cap-
tain Carter. The verdict of the jjury is in
these words : That the said Charles came to
his death in the following manner- " He was
put into the 6moke house in the yard of the
[at by order of. his master, placed upon a
chair, and a rope tied loosely round; his neck
for the purpose of alarming him, and deter-
ring him from the commission of some act
disagreeable to his master ; and that the boy
was found off the chair, and that! the rope
not being long enough to allow his feet to
reach the floor, he strangled to dearth. The
Jury say this happened abdut 11 o'clock this
day ; and that be came to his death in this
way and not otherwise."

We understand from the Coroner, that a
man servant belonging to Capt. Carter, was
examined, and stated", that his master order-
ed him in the morning to take the- boy and
tie him in the smoke house, that he did so ;
rR&king him stand on a chair without a back ;
that he put/the rope around his neck loosely,
and' tied it to a beam above; tridt in the
course of the mornjng he had occaeion to go
into the smoke house twice, and found him
etili on the chair. He begged to be released.

We understand that bis master adopted
this mode of punishing him for pomej offence ;
trtid that after he thought the hoy had teen
in confinement long enough, he requested his
sister to go with him to the door and beg for
his release, and that he would release him
apoarently at her solicitation. They went to
the door accordingly ; but on opfe.nins' it,
found him off the chair and lifeless. Medical
aid was immediately called for, and! unavail-
ing, efforts made to restore life. '

The Jury are said to be of opinion, that
Capt. Carter intended no injury to] the boy.
The event excites considerable interest, and
we state tine circumstances as we have recei-
ved them.

AVaro En.terprite.—Thp. Montreal: Gazette
mentions that .great numbers of negroes, have
settled, within a few yp«r«. in the western
parL? o*" tipper Canada, where fhpyhav'e in-
troduced t'" 0 c-.dtore of tobacco, a 1 ) ? in six
jre^r.; r.ikH tiie export froaj almost: nothing
to 500 or oOb h^*s!i«adg.

huhon Literature.— Davis' Cusick, an Iridi- Which threatened to plunge the country in ail , Friday Wrning lai!*,! a fire broke out in Lew*
of the TuBbktoi trib#, (saVa i the U. 3. Ga- the horrors of anarchy. ■ j •• ij-street, in a Pof f3e|Iairr>Manufactbry which

zette) has recently published, in Lowistown, i Some ill-disposed persona, the enemies of.
Niugura r 6ountvi Kf, Y. a book entitfen' ^ Sket- ponce and public tranquility, irifluericed by'
ches of the Ancieiit Hiatory of the Six Na- ambitioflj and avarice, imagined that there
! tions, comprising 1st, a talc of the fou ndation was no other mode of promoting their Own
' of the Great Island.' npvr North America, the advancement than by conspiring against the
two infants born", and 'the creation of the; uhi- chief of ithe State. Hut it was not only at
verse j 2d, A real abebiint of the. settlement . jfoy life they aimed : it was to pillage andMe-
of North America and their dissensions. 3d. Utroy your property, and to rhassacre your fa-
Origin of the kingdom of the Fire Nations, rhilies! Yes! it was on Jthe general sorrow,
Which was . called "a Long^ House.;; the wars, that they founded the hope of elevation. But
fierce animals, &c. Cusick who has thus Heaven, has not permitted them to accomplish
placed himself at once among lh,e literati of iho horrible crime ; the conspirators were
our country, has embodied in his work the arrested^ and delivered into the hands of the
traditions of his nation, and given a most in- law.

teresting narrative to the public, told, as we i ; Citike'ks— It has grieved you to learn the
gather it, in the phraseology peculiar to the atrocity of this plot against the safety of the
people of his complexion. — fanquirtr. ; fc?tate. Be assured, that you may confide in

. . the energy of the Government, and that this

Baltimore Justice ! ! — The following singur odious attempt is well calculated to excite
lar notice has been published in the Balti- you to greater vigilance. Your interest re-
more daily papers Is not the writer a sec- quiring you to maintain order, you may defy
o.-»d Lycurgus ? If not, he is certainly a small tbo attempts of wicked men. from whom no-
one. ■ We congratulate the citi.-.«ns of Balti- thing is sacred, and whose designs will al-
more upon the ouiightened views <jf her jud- , ways be^unmaskad ; no matter under what

5

ges and mayors — jrreat and small.
Mayor's O/fuc— -Notice to Persons of Colour.
Trie city watchmen are authorised antl di-

c<<nning the* bide their ambition.

SonuipRS— Although 'among your ranks
some traitors h ive been found, who wished

rectcd to" arrest and convoy ro the Watch to wound the bosom of their country, I have
Houses of their districts, oil persons of co- the satisfaction of -knowing? that there are
lour found in. any ;;f thu stri>o:.». lane.;, alleys, some brave men, who will lay open their per-
or any op. -; grounds • in tbeir re; pective • fidious machinations. The crime, of a few
Wards, at or aiVr the 'nous of U o'c.'ock, P. | officers and subalterns, unworthy of marching
M. unless suci p«. f:.on shall have a written by your side ought not to tarnish the honor

permit,, from his or her ranter or mistress.

JACOB SMALL.
Afayor of the City of Baltimore,

Two young men wete recently arrested. in
Boston, upon thn charge of stealing from a
third person, a sum of money : on examining
the rogues, the money was found — and the
following " means whereby they lived a
dice box, one loaded die, paw paws, and
what in New-York is called a sweat cloth,
and three packs of playing cards.

We are not in the habit of recording a list
of accidents to gratify the vicious appetites
of those who cater for a feast of the kiud,
but think the - following catalogue of . misfor-
tunes, which have happened in Bristol during
the present -week, is ' unparalleled in the com-
mon event;.* jof 'a community '—r- Mrs. Wads-
worth, wife; of Mr Joseph Wads worth", fell
and broke her leg — Mr. John Bradford fell
and. broke .his leg, Jiia life is despaired of— ■
M/s. Wadsvorth, wife of Dr. VVadsworth,
was precipitated down a pair of stairs and
very dangerously injured an infant child
wHich was in htjf arms—a child of Mr. Mark
Anthony D'Wolf fell and broke its arm -a
chijd of Mr. Ghamplin Bowen dislocated its
shoulder— a eon of Mr. Charles Munro fell
from a load of hay and broke his wrist— a
sonjof Captain Henry Munro was badly hurt
by falline from the limb of a cherry tree— a
child of TMr. Benjamin Hall was seriously in-
jured by falling from a chamber window. —
N.Slar.

CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE PRESI-
DENT OF HAYTI.
To the politeness of his very attentive cor-
respondent at Port-au-Prince, the editor of
the Genius of Universal Emancipation is in-
debted for a letter containing the following
important information, received just as this
paper was going to press.

July 2, 1827. For several days, we have
been alarmed by the detection of a band of
conspirators against our President The in-

of an army which deserve the gratitude of
the nation, and which possess my entire con-
fidence. Faithful to your duty, you will con-
tiii'te to sustain, in the opinion of the world,
the immortal glory which you have acquired.

Given Jit the National Palace, Port-au-
Prince, the 4th of July, 1827— of Independ-
ence the 24th. . BOYER.

Glasgow, June 2 — An incident of an ex-
traordinary nature took place a short time ago
in the Cal'ton." Tim wife of a shoemaker had
been for a considerable time lyiogillof afev^r,
but was gradually recovering. She, however,
suddenly relapsed, and her husband and friends
supposed she died on the second day afterher
relapse,' about 2 o'clock, afternoon. The usual
formalities of stretching and laying out werij
gone abbuti: her husband procured /money from
his employer, and ordered mourning; for the
family; Next day* about 12 o'clock, as the
Wright was taking measure for her co/fin, she
gave a sneeze, and otherwiso made a stir with
her body. lOu taking off the grave clothds, she
looked up in a wild manner, and made a mo-
tion with her hadd as if she wanted something
to eat. A few cordials were administered to
her. She was then put to bed, and enjoyed a
good sound sleep. She has since gradually re-
covered, and is now considered quite out of dan-
ger. — Glasgoro Chronicle.

[Swimming. — A Dr Beadle of Manchester,
hAs undertaken to swim from Liverpool to
Runcorn in one tide> and without the. assis-
tance of either corks or bladders. The die*
taince by water is as near as may be 24 miles,
arid the modern Leander is to commence his
performance, on . the 10th day of July next.
The swimmer is to take a dejune in the wa-
ter, but not, we presume, "a la fourcheitt. Re-
freshments are to be handed from an accom-
panying boat, but he is on no account to
touch its sides, or any other thing that will
render him the smallest assistance. Mr.
Egerton Spiitb,— a very expert swimmer him-
self—shakes hiB head gravely at the propo-"
sal, and trQly says it will be next to a miracle
if the swimmer gain the bets in dependarice.
Even Lord Byron, with all his fondpess for
the element of fishes, durst not have mooted

wm entirely destroyed* Several adjoining;
buU.dirigs Were materially injured. Th'6 tto?
tory was insitfed'for pfytop-f^Slifht Bu«-
dingt.~A hew three; story; brick building m
Robiiison-stfeet, fsir doWii on Friday'las^
while- the workman were j engaged Wpon it*-
Two persons were killed and several bsdl^
nun. — The town ofAahohlMass. have offer-
ed a reward, of $500, |- for t$e detecting and
bringing* to justice the person's concerned ?&
buroing the -meetinf •house jn that place.— —
Red squirrels are very abundant in the 'wes-
tern part of this state. scarcity of hhtt
has emboldened them |to. enter the towns an'dp
villages to seek for food. — rGe/i. Wads worth

of this state, is said to have
000 sheep.-r—The increase
the whole United States is

per week.— -Strang has bebu fpund

the murder of VVhippl'e.'

On his farm 13,-
of- population of;
about.7000 souls

The newl

rof

boati North America is fcaiti to be the most,
lower-" ) boat in tho .v orld. \ She gerfonnei;
ior passage to AlWny in !ten hours and ai
hnlf.r — ZorahColhurn, the greatmathemati*'
cal genius, is novv a 'minisieriof the Meth6d(st.
Connexion at Norsvibh.— -•---^ons'ideriftMe^
Kickness prevails in Canada ! arabrig the Cmii"
grants from Great Britain. ! Nurhhete have
died.- Mr. Brady, ' wounded by 'the dis-
charge of a cannon, at - \yilthington, Del,
died;onthe 8th inst. : Two of hi3 brothers
were blown up, and instantly killed, wi^n
Mr. Dupbnt's workij wcw i.lestroyod some
time since. A third was on the opposite airie.
o: the Brandy wine, a.t lihe same time/'dnd was
so injured, that ho dflyd in ja few days, be-^
ing tiie only person on that side of the river ;
who was hurt. — -Time's Vlirtnges. — A.Tkka-
tre is being built at Slalem, Mas*.- — Water-
melons are remarkably! abunqant in Charles-
ton. The clerk of ];be markjet, counted for
sale in one day .5653. He bald never before

formation wa3 derived through one of the 1

guards. The- name of the chief promoter of j so rash a project ; and supposing Dr. Beadle
this wicked conspiracy is Belgarde.— He was ] to; he .sane and serious, we can only compare
formerly a domestic^under President Petion, ! him to the web-footed,Neapolitan, mentioned
and recently under Boyer, who had'&uch con- ' by old Father Kircher, -yho used to bundle a
fidence in him that he elevated himfto the rank • water-proof mail on his back, and wend his
of lieuteuant of horse-guards'. He has made • watery way from Naples to Palermo.

his escape. Yesterday the President .addres ;
sed the troops publicly, and air the officers
afterwards in private. He boldly depicted the

. „ The largest man in America, Mr. Israel

evil. designs of the cons;,irators, as well as the . Tibbits, aged 50, died in Medbury; he weigh-

futili
am tol

ity of their machinations. His address, I « ed mo £ than 450 pounds.-~The pirates- of
;old, was Very energetic ; and the officers brig Crawford have been sentenced to be

. , r - % „■ bdep acquitted. ■,.

proiiouncod an outlaw. Yestei day four of ) c hiia was discharged without trial— The
the consp irators were shot. The President ; w If e 0 f Tiinothy" Beach, of Caldwell, N. Y.
is detonnuied Jhat the laws shall be rigidly c Jmnjitted' suicide in a fit qf insanity to which
entorced. All is now quiet, and I hope such gj »e was giibject. She took a razor and went
an attempt will never again be made." j u , the looking-glass and cut her throat In the
Liberty. ' *' **"' " ** " M 1 -

' Lqualtty. p*

FROCLAMATiON, ' ' ' | dy
By Jban Prt lik? BdYEu, President o/Hayli. \ M" 1 .
IiArriRNS :~- ' i be

Divine Providence, which watches dver the ' *J
destinies of Ilavti- ha^ jiw! g v:;n us a new "
proof of his pro'teuiion,

known more than 3000 in any one day. A

fire broke out in Philadelphia on, Monday lasC
in Wood-street, which destroyed. five build*
ings. — —Palm leaf hats are made on anje^-
tensive scale in pedhahi; '&fa<?^Miimdy t -
against bed-bugs.-^ After cleansing tbe 'I#tf-
stead thorough^ rub it: over xyith h'og> lard',
The'iard $ho'uld.be rubbed on with a wootetr
cloth.^-^Bng® will not infest .silch a bed-,
stead Tor a '^bole Be*s6n,<-Cincinatt: QaxtUe.
— -The editor of the Nan^acket Journal
states that during hi3 're^xJi^clir tha^t---
and, h^ has never seed one person 'even -par-
tially intoxicated.—— The ' Ari'ade, erecting
in Providence," is said to coveria larger spacV
of ground than any other structure of Jthe:

kind in the United States. i-The coloured..

population of Niagara township exceeds the
whites by four-^i—Pi ve houses -of public
worship are now building in Bbst<jn.-^--^-In
the town of Hinsdale, Blass. which contains
duly 822 inhabitants,^ there arq owned 16,000
sheop.— Chnrles Carrel, the lastisurvivor of the
Declaration of Independence, js said to have
given $70,000 towards th,e Ohid and Maryland

rail road. In the* compact part" of the

town of Warren, It. I. th.cre. are 176 dwell-
ing houses, 76 widows, and' Upwards- of
240 fatherless children; These were mostly .
the wives and children of seafaring men and
mechanics, who had died at sea, in the West
Indies, and elsewhere ——Counterfeit notes
of ?he denominations of 50, 20, arid 10 dol-
lars on the bank of the United! States is said

to be in circulation through the country -

On the 22d inst. a young man, supposed to be
deranged, iu.mped from dnboard the Sandus-
ky, just below the Highlands, tfind was drown-
ed.. — i— The master bulldersibf Utica, have
determined not ' to -employ 1 a journeyman
given to intoxication. This argues well.-— —
The officers who went to Canada to bring '
Malapar to this city, have returned without
him.-< — George Stearns, aged 16 months,
son of Mr. Jouatnah Stearns M Boston, fell

from the chamber window and [was killed.

The City Inspector reports the] death of 134
persons during the week ending on Saturday
last;— 36 men, 20 women, 43 boys and 3%
girls. i -

MARRIED, !
In poston, Mr 1 Henry Vai Vronhtr, of
Lowell, Mass. to Miss t&cirika Webster \ of
the former place. ' 1 '

03 s * All Communications foriihis paper, by
mail, must be post paid ? or they \unll not be at-
tended to. j

A.tiSflfAHAO.

esence of two of her dhlldren.— ^ A reme-
fof intemperance has been discovered by r
ssrs. Read and Howard of Boston, said to
equallyj efficacious with that of Doctor
mhers. It.i

is sold for half the price of
DoctorChajEnbera'.— — Mr. Jacob Manning, of
u' disclosing" « 'Soi thfs city, jumped fro.n on board the Provi-
6 - .f >d$uce St»«,aj r Boat^»ud WH ^Wed.^-^Qft

AUGUST.

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FREEDOM'S JoIdRNAL;

POETRY.

LINES ON SYMPATHY. I
bright as the beam that shone on the ytjung
earth, . , .

fresh aad exulting from her recent birth,
Purer than purest wave of ocean, flows
From pity's eye the tear for other's woes.
The wondering Indian, Nature's untaught
child, . ...

'Nurs'd in the bosom of the trackless wild,
Where fiercest tempests howl along the sky,
Owns the soft power of heaven-sent sympathy !
In utmost lands, on ocean's wildest shore,
Far as the mnuntaim rise and billows roar,
The- pang at other's pain, the secret start,
Frocfaims her empire o'er the rudest heart.

^UnCh&ng'd by lime, thy glory shall surpass!
The warrior's trophy and the column 'd brass;;
Match'* with thy might how vain his vuuiitcd
fame !

His laurels wither, and ids boast how tame !

And when the little that he was or did,

At last in dim ibrgetfuhiess is hid,

While other conquerors still tand other deeds

Of fame miscall d, as age to age succeeds.)

Pass on, and others fight, toil, bleed, to raise

Their litt le meed of infamy or praise, .

Tby triumphs yet shall shine when' tunc hath laid

Warriors and princes in congenial shade,

Unfading and recorded, fair and bright,

At Heaven's high gate, and character d in light!

Soother of grief, thy seraph voice -"C own,
in every clime, on every shore made known ;
Though dangers hover round, though sorrows
blight,°

Andau^.j mte induce a darker night,
There, sweetly shmmg forth, thy ndiant form
Shall ohase the darkness and forbid the storm !

Oh ! who could bear, by angry tempests tost,
And thrown, a wreck, upon some desert coast,
In hopeless solitude, by dull decay,
Unheard, unseen, to linger life away ?
Better to find, when high the tempest raves,
The seaman's tomb, beneath the wandering
waves.

When he.* the foe of Jove, by Ister's plains,
W is bounu on high in adamantine chains,
Fix d iu iirm fetters to his W»«|y rock,
Ue bore the lury of the tempest's *hockjr :
Chill fell the showers of heaven upon his ho*.d,
And on his bloom the scorching sun-beaio fed ;
Olt, from his brow, the star-bespangled m^ht
Voll'd the fierce splendour of the blaze of light ;
But never came the balmy gilt of sleep,
His waritd eyes eternal vigils keep;
Jkn< y'li the noon-tide ray and wintry storm
J'",-, j . h. j bright aspect and his godlike form :
*\ . . . \ n Ac was cbeer'd by pity's sigh,
j<Vi,.- e'en his woes were sooth'd by sympathy !
1 ,n- sea-born Nereids, from theii coral caveB,
C;:::e from alar, along the ocean waves,
1 dar'd commiserate the foe of heaven, |
A. -d' share the grmfs of him,-the uulorgiVenJ.

'Prometheus. [Liverpool Merc.

FkH.:SDS.
Erirnd after friend departs ;

\*> ho hath not lost a friend ?
There is n ■ union here of hearts

That rinds not here an end, -
Living nor dying, none were blest.

Beyond the flight of time,

B -yond the reign of death,
Tiiere surely is so.oe bhs.-ed clime

Where lite is not a breath ;
N>r life's affect. >ns. transient fire,
Wh ise sparks fl) upward and expire.

There is a world above 1

Where parting is unknown,
A long el.-rnity of lovo

Formed ior the good alone ;
And .uitii beholds the dying here
Translated to that glorious sphere ! j

Tims star by star declines

Tj!i all are passed away,.
As morning high »nd higher shines
" To pure and perfect day! ;
Nor sink these stars in empty n'ght,
But hide themselves in heaven's own light.

A Rebuke— The Earl of D — — h.jwho
joined the opposition against Sir Riiber.
Walpole, anc was so violent for the de l {ruc-
tion of that ac =.te minister, returning one day
from the House of Commons, suddenly ex-
claimed : '

" 1 have it here in my pocket !" ;'

" What have you there ?" enquired hi* lady—

« 1 have (replied he) the head of Walpole in
my pocket!" • !

" Then put it on your shoulders*'— said his
lady.

. Epitaph on a Captain Joitts. j
lt Tread softly. Mortals, o'er the bom/s ,
O f . the World's Wonder — Captain Jones— ]
V\ no told his glorious deeds to many,
But never was believed by any, ;
IWerity, Jet this suffice, j .

'Ho sworo--'- 1 v — VC { |j Crc jj e n u <> \

Grateful Lawyer.—A wealthy 1 a wer lately
left a legacy to the house of Bedlam, and,
being asked the reason, eaid he had got hia
money by fools and madmen, and thought it
but fair to leave them a portion of it by his
death.

Marriatre.— The learned Agrippa tells us
that the inconveniences of married life hap-
pen, not so much through the*faolt of the
women, as the netiUgence of the men, for it
•seldom happens that the women are bad un-
less their husbands are worse.

Miseries of Wealth vs. Want of Money. —
' It is to have a subscription paper handed
,-ou every hour in the day, and be called nig-
gard if on refuse your 'name. It is to eat
t-jrkey ntid drink wine at a dearer rate than
vour neighbours. It is to have ev^ry col-
lege, infirmary, nnd asylum; moke a run upon
;lie bank of your benevolence, and then won-
der at the sniallness of the dividend. It i.s
to have sectarians contending for the keep
ing of your conscience, and lawyers struggle
for the' keeping of your purse."— Mass. Jour.

Getting on One 1 * Leers again — A traveller
from Gotienbnrgh arrived at an inn, in a
provincial town, where the loquacious inn-
keeper inquired, among other things, how
the. people of Gottenburgh did ? — " Oh !" an-
swered the traveller, " many of them have
<rot upon their legs again." — " How so ; has
trade become more brisk ?" — *« Ah, no ; I
it. can that many, who .or some years have
?<ept their carriages, art now obliged to learn
to walk."

Pabelais mentions n jud»e, who. for thirty
years, maintained a character for sound and
impartial judgment; but at last it became
known that he decided all the causes that
came before him by. the throwing of dice.

Innocence. — The sweetest ingredient in
mirth is innocence; it heightens and refines
the humour, and doubles the relish of every
enjoyment. I have seen many bad men bru-
tally merry; but never one of them quite
upon, easy, and unchecked in his mirth.
Thai absolute serenity, that supreme ease, is
solely the gift of virtue.— Lett, on Mythology

The Flotoer Forgit .vie-Not. — Mills, in his
work upon chivalty, mentions that the bean
tiful little flower called Forget-me-not, '\w
known in England as early as the time of
Edward IV. and, in a note, he gives the fol-
lowing pretty incident, in explanation of the
name : —

" Two lovers were loitering along the
margin of a lake, on a fine summer evening,
when the maiden discovered some flowers oi
the Alyosolis growing on the water, close to
the bank of an bland, at some distance from
the shore. She expressed a desire to pos-
sess them, when her knight in the true spirit
of chivalry, plunged into Uie water, and,
swimmii g to the spot, chopped the wishe i-
for- plant ; but his strength was s uable to ful-
fil the object of his achievement; and feel-
ing that he could not regain the shore, al-
though very near it, he threw the flowers
upon the bank, and osting a last .affectionate
look upon his lady-love, he said, " forget-me-
not," and was buried in the water."

Augustina Sairagossa.-^- At the siege of
Sarragossa, in the year 1809, Augustina f-ar-
ragossa, about twenty-two vyears of age, a
handsome woman of the lower class of peo-
ple, whilst carrying refreshments to the
gaie8,.arrived at the battery of the Portiliu,
nt the very moment when the French Gre
uad absolutely destroy ed every person th;u
.vas stationed in it. The citizens an t boI
diers for the moment hesitated to reman
he guns ; Augustina rushed f. rwaro over
the wounded and the slain, snatched u
natch from the hand of a dead artillery-
man, and fired oil' a twenty-six pounder; then
jumping upon the gun, made a solemn vow
never to quit it alive during the siege ; and
having stimulated her tellow citizens, by
this daring intrepidity, to fresh ' xertiotis,
hey instantly rushed ii>to the battery, and
Lgain opened a tremendous fire on the ene-
my.

Two free thinking authors, said a booksel- i
ler, lvheu I was a little- low in the world, as- !
sure*, me, if I would print their works, they
would see me up, and indeed they were as
good as their word, for in six weeks after I
was set up indeed, but it was in a pillory.

When the great Duke of Argyle was ono
night at .tin? theatre, in a widejbox, a persci i
e tered. the same box in boots and. ' spurs .
The Duke aro*e from hia *e'at, and with grerf t,
ceremony expressed . his i hanks to the strb
gi'r, who souiewhat confused, desired to Ikt <w
for what reason they v ere thus . b-estowetL'—
The buke gravely replied — *'Fo? r^gt bfing- 1
jug your horse into the box.'

[ HAME/.i & SMITH,

\M. 177 William-street, M Y.
CONTINUE to cleanse and dress Coats,
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls, in
the neatest manner. Thoy also make, alter and
repair Gentlemen'* Clothes, to their entire satis-
faction, 1 and upon the most reasonable terms.

Their modo of dressing Clothes is by STEAM
SPONGING, which thoy have followed with
much success for several years past. All kinds
of spots or stains! arc extracted, and the cloth re-
stored to tho appearance of new; and this they

stored to tho appearanco oi new; aim huh uj« :> y
engage to perform without any injury to the
cloth, and at least equal to any thing of the kind
done in this or any other city oi the United
States.!

August 3. 21

DR. T^OftP,

M. 10 Collect-sired,
INDIAN PHYSICIAN and DOTANTST,
returns his sincere thanks to the public in gene-
ral, for past favours, and solicits their patronage
in future. ■

N. B. Ho cures all diseases of the human sys-
tem ; with rootB and herbs, free from the use of
mercury.

""tow mww&T~

Mb. 162, South Sixth-street, below Pine,

Ol'F.NEU BY

CHARLES SHORT,

For the Purpose of accomnmdatini. People ok
Colour. Strangers a»d Citizens, with

BOARDING AND LOD JING,
By the Dtiy, Week, VI out h, or longer.
He is furnished with every thing to enable
him to keep a House of the first-rato kind ever
opened in the City of Philadelphia; and svill spare
no pains to merit tho public patronage.

July 25, 1827 18-3m

NICHO - i6 i'lFJtSON,
RRRPfCTf L'^uv inforiH the People of Co-
lour, that his MEAD GARDEN, No. Delati-
cey-3trect, was opened on the evening of the first
of June, for the accommodation of genteel and
rcspec/ahle persons of colou r.
No admittance for unprotected females.
New- York, June 1st, lb27. 13

cras&p store,

' jYu. 218. South Sixtk-slreet, Philadelphia.

TifE S'lbacriher respecttully returns hi,
onenre thanks to his frinids and tbe public ii
general, for their favor itnd patronage. Hi
informs them, that he con'r.nies to >;<;cp a largi.
i ^ort/iient. of Ocitlemen s READY- MADK
VBARI^G APPAREL of superior quality, both
lew and strc irid-inui led, -.vhete customers will be
accommodated at tho cheapest rc\te,-and m hand-
-oifii! style. He al«'.i inrorius Families and. private
Gentlemen, who have second-handud Clothing for
sale, that they w ; ill ineet with a good price, anc 1
ready sale for their goods, by applying to

DANIEL PETERSON.
Xo. 218, South Sixt/t-st. Phtiadeiph
' N. B. Tu'.'l-iring carried on in its various
ranches, and -m the cheapest terms.

" BEAUTY .1X1) ■ ECONOMY."
UNITED STATICS' SCOURING, AND

JOHN H. SMITH,
.Vo.,122 Xorth-Third-st. ( above Race,) Phi
IfiAeiphin,

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
neral, that he still continues at the above place
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's Coats.
Pantaloons, &c. on a different plan from that oi
the Dyers, having a co-nposition b.>r so doing
which enables him to dress Clothes so as to leavf:
their appcavance equal to new. He restores
Seams, &c. to their original colour when worn
white, and. will warrant them to wear tliree months
after dresMng.-and then can be re-droasi.-d. Also,
Ladies' Habits and Merino shawls, in tin* neatest
manner and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms. - Being legally bred to -the-. business,
and possessing a- competent Knowledge of Dress
ing and Cleaning Cloths liy Steam Sponging,
which js the only complete manner of effectually
removing the Btain- caused from grease, tar.
paints,: &v. ho needs only a trial, to afford him an
opportunity of giving satisfaction.

N. B. J.'S. constantly, keeps on hand Slew and
Second handed Clothes of every description.-which
he assdrcs the public will be sold as low, if not
lower than at any other establishment in the'Uni;
ted States for cash or barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purqhasc would find it m ich to their interest to
< all as above, and examine for themselves

inr'iphe highest price given for Gentlemen's
f loth oh i . -

tEH TAILORING WORK" carried on, and
'Clothe* repaired.— New Cuffs, Collars and Buttons
put on, if requisite. . He N keeps on hand, Cloth,
Velvet^ and Silk 'of all cotours. for doinar up same!
J ApriHW; 1827.! >t ;

LOTS WANTED.

TWO LOTS,| or the rear of two lots, where
there is any, convenient communication with the
street, arb wanted, for the erection of a Presby-
.tertari phurch The location must be between
Reed ind Spring, Hudson and Orange streets. —
One loi within the above bounds, 25foet or mor«»,
by 75, Would answor

Inquire of S. % (Turkish. No. b'. Variok-it^cet.
Ke^Jfork, March SO.

ECONOMY IS NOT PARSIMONY.
S. MOLLESTON & J. ROBINSON,^

TAILORS and Clothes Dresser*, reapect-
fully announce, that they have entered into part-
nership. :■ id have opened an esiablishniont at No.
, r >l, Iiroad-strect, (three doors above ;Beaver «t.)
whore they respectfully solicit a continuance of
that patronaire which t fiey have heretofore enjoy-
ed, and when it will be their study to continue to
merit by punctuality and superior workmanship.

Gentlemen's Clotuing made to order, in the
newest fashions :— Gentlemen .and Ladies' Gar-
ments, Habits, and Mantles, dressed and repaired
with despatch, and in the best iiiapnr r.

All orders thankfully received and punctually
attended to.

Oj'Mrs. Moi.m.stok can accommodate from eix
to eight Gentlemen Doaiders.,

ASO'BO <\lr.
for Coloured Children of both, Setts,
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for th*
admission oJ' Tupils.
IN this school will be taught
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ENGLISH GRAMMAR. GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use of
Maps and Globes, and :
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LAND FOR SALE.

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much good : With th : .3 object in view he will in-
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FREEDOMS

«R iCliTE OUSNESa T/X A IiTIJtH A RATION,"

CORNISH & RUSSWURM, ;
Editors and Proprietors.

A LETTER • j

To M. Jean Baptists Sat, on the. compard- ■
tint expense of Free and Slave Labour. By
Adam Hodgsok. j

Sir,-— It is with much concern that I ob- <
j=erve,in your excellent and popular work on
Political Economy, the sentiments you ex* 1
press on the subject of the ; comparative ex- :
pense-of free and slave labour. Accustomed
to respect you highly, as an enlightened ad-
vocate of liberal principle^ and to admire
the philanthropic spirit which porvadesjyour
writings, I cannot b.ut regret deeply ,j that
opinions bo much calculated to perpetuate
slavery should have the sanction of yoijr Ku- ;
thority; and that, while you denounce the
slave-system as unjustifiable* you ddmii that
in a pecuniary point of view* it may be the
most profitable. i '

As this subject is of peculiar importance at
ihe present moment, when efforts are making '
both in this country and in France, to Effect
the gradual abolition of slavery in the Colo-
nies, t will not apologize for addressing! you. :
*The same regard to truth and candour, vjrhich
secured your reluctant assent to an opinion
little in unison, I am sure, with your feelings,
wiU lead you to examine wtol^ impartiality
any facts or arguments which I may nqduce
in ray attempt to controvert it, Jvlany of jthem
I am aware, roust be familiar tp you, but pos-
sibly even these may appear in a ; new tight, ,
and derive some addition;.! force fromjtheir -
connection with others which have )x*t fallen
under your observation. .

The expeijae of slave-labour resolves jtself
into the annual sum which, in the ayejrasre
term of the p/oduetive years of a slave's life,
will liquidate the cost of .purchase or rearing, .
and support jn old age, if he attain it, [with
interest, and the sum anfluuljy expended in :
his niaimenance. ' „ • j

If we flmit ihe case of purchased slaves, ;
and suppose them to be. bred on the estate, ;
4 and op breeding i« now. admitted , to b<|, un-
der ordinary circumstances, the cheapest j
mode of supply, your argument will,ga5n by j
the supposition.) the expense of free labour
will resolve itself into precisely the sam^ ele-
ments, since the wages paid to free labour-
ers of every kind, must be such as to enable:
them, .one with another, to bring up a family, \
and continue their race. : j

Now it is observed by Adam Smith, 'f The ,
wear and tear of a free servant is equally at;
the expense of hjs master, and it generally ;
costs him much less than' that of a slave.; The i
fund destined for replacing and repairing, if
I may say so, the wear and tear.of a slave, is
commonly managed by a negligent mfster,
or careless overseer. That destined fojj. per-
forming the same office Jwith r igard to the
free mau, is managed hy the free man' him-
self. iThe dison'efs which genetHlly prevail
in thd economy of the rich, naturally jnttor
dime themselves into the management df the i
forme r$ the strict frugality and parsimonious
attention of the poor, as naturally establish
themselves in that of the latter." ThepRus-
sjan political economist, Stqrch, whq had
carefully examined the system of slavery in
that, extensive Empire, make* the same re-
ma*k,i almost in the same- wordsi Humeex.-
presses a similar opinion in decided terms;
*nd I have now before me a statement from
cue' of the slave districts in J.he United States,
ia wh|cb it is estimated, that,- taking the pur*
chase-money or the expense of rearing a
slnvej with the cost of maintenance, at their
.actual rates, and allowing fifteen yedrs of
health and strength, during which to liqui-
date the first cost, his labour will be at leust
25 pei- cent dparer than i that of the free la-
bourejr-in the neighbouring districts, j

It is-pbserved by s, plainler, in a letter pub-
ijahe^by the Hon. Joshua Steele, a member
of the .cott&il in Birbadoea, under the sig-
natory of -riuld Xylon, j" The truth* is n that
although we plant much there ground 'than-
shonl^ be sufficient to produce provisions to
feed jajp/ lj|bouring slaves, yet the nee roes,
freling tha? they have ho direct, property in
these [crops, and that we y must buy more to
supply them if those'cropsYall short, the cqi-
tivatbn is negligehily performed by theta and
the produce- is 1 afterwards stolen by ti e ne-
gro njatchm en or their confederates, » > that
we seldom reap a third part of what should

be (he nature 1 and probable produce. But if
we ooufd depend on their diligeiiee and edo '
nomy, in cultivating' tented tenements aiiiJ,
carefully storing their crops; they rhight un-
doubtedly be maintained better than they are,
and at a much smaller expense than it cbsts
us at, present ; hot only by our wasting three
times as much land as might be necessary
for that purpose, hut also by our cnltiyatiiig
it >yith a reluctant gang to bur . loss." From
inquiries made with refererice to this subject
it appears that the average weekly expunge' in
the Liverpool Workhduse/ for provisions in-
cluding ale, wine, spirits, tea, sugar, butter,
&c. given to the sick, is 2s 6 %4d per head,
exclusive of rent } whjle the average weekly
expenditure of spven families, taken from
among the labourers of a' respectable com-
mercial house, is only Is 5 l-2d per head, ex j
elusive? of rent.

Trom the preceding particulars, it appears
highly probable,' that the cost of rearing .rind
maintaining q slave, would render his lahbiir
under ordinary circumstances, at least as ex-
pensive as that of the free labourer. Let us
next examine which' is the^moit productive.

And, here I shall aga,in avaij^m^elfof the
observations of Stqn?h r the Russian ecdnd-
niistttr-*'* Jljhe' slave working always for ( ano T
ther, and never for himself, being limited to
a Mre subsistence, ' iiind l ¥eeih]|''no prdspddt of
impVqving his Condition, loses all; stir^um^to
exertion^ he beQomes a madhiVie, oiksn ferv
obstinate and . very difficult to manage. A
man who is not rewarded iW proportion to his
labour he performs, works as little as he can j
this is an acknowledged truth, which the ex-
perience of every day confirms. Let a free
labourer work by the day, he will bejndoT
lent; pay him by the piece,, be will often
work to excess;, and ruip health. If this
observation is just in the v case the.free ia-
bourer, it must bo 'stUV-lnbre so . 2x1 that bflhCf
slave."

'I Whilst the. ancient Romans cultivated
their larfds themselves, Italy Was renowned
for fertility and abundance, but agriculture
declined when abandoned to slaves*. Then,
the land, instead of being: brought under .the
plough, was trarisformed jpto, meadows, aqd
Ike nibabitant8 of ih/js fine country bdeamo
dependent for their subsistence ' oh provinces
situated beyond tae sea; The small proprie-
tors and farmers disappeared, and the same
country which had formerly presented the
smiling aspect of a crowd of village^ peopled
with free^meh in easy circumstances, pecatne
a vasfsolitude, in which were, scattered ^exe
and there, some magnificent palaces; '.which
fdrmed the most striking Contrast' with those
miserable cabins and' subtetranean debs in
which the- slaves were shutoip. .These facts
related by the Roman historians, af.p attested
aud explained by .Pliny , -CoJiunieUa, and Var-
ro. .* What was the*cause of these abundant
harvests i asks Plihyi speaHittg of tjio early
periods of the republic.- ' Il ls, that at that
time, men of ' consular dignity devoted them*
selves to thu cultivation of itheirfields, which
are now abandoned to wretches loaded with
irons, and. bearing on tb^ir forehead the|
brand of their degraded conpitjon.' Tfee Su-
periority pf free oyer biave labourers, is even
acifnowledged by the masters, when they
have sufiicient -'idtfllligbnee' to judge of the
difference, ' aud sufficient honesty to ovovy
their -sentiments,... Recollect, on this subject
the passage of Columella, which. I haye alrea-
dy .quoted, und in which, hodepic^s.the negii-
gOnce and perverseness of slave luboorer^ 5
in the same- chapter, Ke aiivances 1 as a funda-
mental principle, that whatever b'c the n'attfe
of the cultivation, the labour of the freo cul-
tivator is always to be preferred to (feat uf the
sja^e. Pliny is of the same dpinion.'.' . j ■

f " Observe, that this^testimohy irt (kvour of
free labour, is giv»yi by Romans, who were at
opce proprietprs of .slaves and the most emi-
nent writers on agriculture. of tboir time,"
« jln mariUfacture3,.tn«80peVion^ of the tree
labourer oy^the slayO ii still ,mpre ohyiou*.
than in agriculture. ;'fU$mwp 'mjaWft^M-
ektend in Russia, the more people b'&fin td
feel the truth of 'this remark/' In-' lo^f Mi
Panteleye^ a manufactiirer in the distriet of
Moscow, gave liberty to *}\ hu, workmen who
were slsv.e.s, ^be number of s.wbora; amorfhte'd

■tyWM&W'- The^p.^earlM.^Wiou- 1 '
tm did the same." . ' :> . J ; : ■

.'];., ' (To be Cbttfmicii) ' ' ; ';.

; EXiTRACT ' FROM AN ADDRESS, ;
Delirer^d on tU Celebration of the Abolition
of Slavery in the '.State.' of Mw-Yorkl July
} 5th, 1837. By N. Pam, Pastor of the
\ rienn baptist Sooittyin the City of Many.
I " Amlong the ma'ny v who have vindicated
the caupe of, the oppressed, within the. limits
'of: this j state, '.'we are proud to mention the
names of Eddy and Murray, of Jav' and
Tompkins, wlio, together with their fellOw-
philanthropists embarked in the holy cause
of emancipatioh, with a zeal which well ex-
pressed! the sehtinients of their, hearts. Tliey
proved the ms'elvos to be inflexiblp against
scorn, persecution, and contempt ; and al-
though all did hot live to see the conflict end-
ed, yet, their survivors never related their
exertions until the glorious year 1817, when,
by the wise and patriotic legislature' of this
state, a law was passed for its final extirpa-
tion. We will mourn Tor those who are gpne,
we will honour those who survive, until time
extinguishes the lamp, of their existence.
When {load, tbev shall stil| live in our memo-
ry ; we will, follow them to their tombs, we
will wet their , graves with our tears ; and
upon ih^ jmart of every descendant bf Africa,
their deeds shall be written, and their names
sbal). vibrate siveetJy frOni ear to ear, down
to the latest posterity. Prom what has.'alrea-
dy , taken place, we are, encouraged to expect
still g^r^ater things. VVe lpok forward with
pleasing anticipation to that period, when it
shall no longer be said th^t in a land of free-
men th,ere aril, iben in bondage; but when
this foul stain • will , be* entirely erased, and
this worsjtiOf pyi.lsf will be foreyerdone away.
T^e progress; of emancipation, tliough slow,
is povettbeless certain, because ihat God, who
has ma^ie of one blood all nations of t^en, and
wfeo is said to: be no respecter of persons, has
fO^jdecreed ; 1 therefore have no hesitation in.
declaring from: this sacred place, that not oh- ; "
ly throughout .^lie IJnited States of America,
but. thrbughput .every part of the- habitable
wqrld. v/here slavery; exists, it will, be abqi-
ished. However great may be the opposition
Jdf those who are supported by the traffic, y e t
p|*very ; will cease. ; Tlie' lordly planter, who
|has' bis fbousands,' in bondage, may.- etretcb
;fiimseif|upon bis. couch of ivorv, >irid sneer at
the exertions which are nmde.r.y the hunuuo
|ap^ benevolent; or. be may,ta> k e his stand «.p-
joa tbo.flqor ofj Congress, aD.d mock the piti-
jfuligenorpsity of the .east o\« west for diring
to medtfle. with the subject, aud attempting
itp. expose. its injustice: ho, may threaten to
jresist Kll efforts for o. ^ cne ral .or a partial
emapcipation, Seven yo a dissolution of the
;Un|Qn;,fiut stijl I de/cl-j.re that slavery will be
j*? 1 "?** i 0 un^vers x\ Aa &. not % partial emau-
cipation must 1 taV place; uor. is the periou.
: f » r dwtent.. T^o indefa^gablo exerUons of
.Ihe pmlanthropists in .Eugland to have it
^bplished, their ? West -India Islands, the
irecent iey^ntions in South ; America, the ca-
^^^mandiexchange of power in the Isle
;o| waylf^ |,ho restless disposition of both mas-
\tyf *^4 8 ^ ye In the. sodthern; states^ the con-
stity.tiQb of our government, the. effects of
jUtrsrary and moral instruction, the generous
f^eHggs of the pious and! benevolent, the in-
i flyience, and spread of the holy religion of the
jOrpssiof Chrisi, and tho irrevocable -decrees
i of Almighty ;God,> all combino their efforts
and; with united voice declare, that the power
Of tyranny must be subdued, the captive must
ibe iiberatedr the. oppressed go, free, and sla-
; ven': must re vfrt. back to iu origihul chaos of
jdarkneiw, and be forager annihilated from the
eaith. i ,Did I believe that it would always
, continue* aud that; man to the end of turn
would be permitted to;usurp the same undue
authori y (over his feilowj 1 IiwOuld disaliow
4ny aljb'gianpte- or ,oblig«tui« I-j was under to
my felloe ^aturesv or, ;any:iWimis«ion that
l;0,wea ha the, fews of ^country ; f would
f« e W : twrw»p#rintei>ding' power of Divine
[Prat idenco m ^ tho affair* of this life ; I would
TtdmuW the rtligion of the Saviour of too
woild, and tre^t as tb,f 1 worst of men tbe min-
isters of the everlasting gospel ; I would oonl
sidsr my brbls as a book of falso-and delusive
fables, [and odmmit it to the flames ; n*K 1
WOMW ajtill jfolfartber ; I wcwlU at onci co«;
fesa. myself ah jiAeist, and deny^ the exis-

tocee of 4-hoij^

\TbO'

A.cijERicA r L7LBG|*^;.. : ; .
fYUo#,iOg r ai^uimg;;_a^

frpm a forth-coming, work., by tlie author of
•' Traditions of Kiinburgb;" <° bc « w "" ; d»
*« iThc Picture of Scotland." . w
MirHinch. a Jjule injland patisb Village ih
P|fe, near the road .between Kir.ka^y, * n r
l»ar, derives a sort ;of interest from a legend,
connecting it with (he harne of. one or'o'u'r:m.«|t'-
diktinguifthed 'j3-)veir£ing». ; -,'^0|es. '.the Fifth, ^1 in
ihe course of % 'pedes triad: tour ! through F ire,
is |8aid to have corne in (ii^i 15 ^ to . -^j^fjh'
arid to have calkd »i the only -pi*icje^of e.nvdi tain-
ment then in th« village, for the purpose of re-
freshing himself. The . landlady; had pnjy pno
room, and that was engaged ,by <he clergyman
and schoolmaster of. th? parish; but t|»e ^K.inff
haViog no dbjootkvn to the society of two siich
respectable peiiions, did jnot scruple ..lo;en ( tQr
and seat himself at the sarbe table; When some
time, and a good deal of liquor, had been , spent,
the reckoning called ; anil, as James hid .net
oeen present during above a third of the.wnplo
sederunt, the schoolmaster propose^ i tljat 4e
should pay a imai'ler share accordingly, .But
this way of reasoning did pot satisfy tl>e. clergy*
man, who vociferated that it had been Ihe cus-
tom of Mirkin-m., frum time immemorial, to
pay higgUly-pi§;glely. without regard >» tm
quantity of iiqur<i- which each individual mig!?*
^ave drank. tRw schooimaster attcm|i,te4,to
convince his boon companion of the sel^hncss
and absurdity of this system, and particularly ;
asserted the impropriety crf\ carry ing; ; it .1*^©'
practice ia the present casc^ inasmu*)! as ibft
person in qm.«tion was a istf anger, and should
be treated v/ith hospitality insteadiof injustice.
•»No, no, '$ bawhd tl:e priest* 4 higglety-
pigglcly's ihs word in J^aikiocb, and 1 wijj 'hc
as lang a* J+»ae otiy thing to do wi?U~ri(We.e!,
w^el<* s aid tht K»ag, who] had; not yet spdkep,
• Wggl ely-piggtbt v I he*t ?' laying! , flown v hi*
whole. 1 sharc'.of the reckoning. • " His Majesty
iram ediately a,fter took -measures;. to. put the
ach oolmasler and minister of Markincirf Unon
ar/tq1i : a t ibotini? «ii a satajry:, at niuce to vqward
1 'iie generosity df tbie formier, and to punish the
sordi'dness df the latter jt^s furtbee4said*4hai
tHb salaries of' thcsO two jiir^cchiardkjDitiries,
couthiued nearly vqual ti^l times nijA^ob^gon*
bjs and -that 'the Bchoolmnster of -MaYkijich as
<Ullralher better bffthan| most of Iris 1 brethricn
id tbat respccf^ ! ' '■ • - • .

This story-Is only traditioriiry | but it is
somewhat hotter ja-ntheiiticated- than most
stories which haVet been! handed'down solely
b^ the popular voice. 3 has the credit of
being very ged'ei'ally tol^, and hlmo3t alway*
wjithdut the least VSria^n. The author of
ithis wdrk; in the cfou^e of bis travels through
'Scotland, has^ for oiie ! thing, been told it
tnirteeh several tirtms by different clergy-
en of the* cliUrch of j Scotland; at wHo<e-

fflan^es/b*' wA^^'ii^ertainbdV iu different c
'Mrs of the kingdom." | 1 :

Hovy painful must lie the reflections of s»
youngl man, who baa imoyed.the privilege*
of society^ iRWfal instruction, aud,faitbfu! ad-
monitjOn, to fiiwl himself krrestediin his wick-
ed caibor by tin afinim^taKetahd.abeutta
rq ceiJIjtiie penalty of m %wjfiif b» orim#s,
while { compa ring! hia advatittges . ; w ith; • hio
present cirouriistsncos. Imlced be may;

; j'£li's miotV^tog^eifr^n^Wrin^r^i^c.
1^ so happcno4 ..thin.! th> writer of [tint W
present w.henecveraltco^victs arrived at/ono
o^ our State PeuitttntiaHes. Among tho

number was a ; voyajg
•fitwwty^ur.vbart,
sild.welldresgqd.l' On
m involuntarily exclsii
ttMT?—Al4*l too.late;
menti justly -due him
ihstructious such alsccne,.andi suc^-lai
are /calculated to afford ito. youth* It si

of, about the ago
g'ood aipcaranccv
;bi»>g ; into the prison
sdj'^^ase J come to
:o: ( avoid the puniaii-
his crimes. What

S

teach i them to obqy the! firaj esidimaml with; V
promise ;-,to: honour their parents ; td avoul
va^jn company j and in a word, to remetnber::
'^ftheiryootM^Amil^
Hk •* deep iute fett in
" entering lipon^ft
t>i kissws lit* «vil
hlthfti^ ib*1

their Createiriintl
to;a;p*rO!»V!vf : h- -
tbtwolfateioi
scenes; of 40
propensities.o
pwedofs*of:|i
a ipqette'.Jik*
anxious ,'solicl!

mi M0]*Wia)p

4hf.% \-,& y.

mm-

ORIGINAL- C03\IMUN1CAT 10NS V

Wo present our readers with the following Ex-
tract Of a Lcttgr, lately received from a distin-
guished Abolitionist : in England. All our true
friends must agree with the views of the writer.

I ibeV to exist in Virginia, if they continue to
*<f if their wp^^^

i bwpers of that state would open their eyos
| to liieir real ^interests^. they w'ou^U ufford- an
! asylum for the free blacks, which it "is" propo-
sed to sen dtp >_ A frica. v

4 To refiirn " again to that Emigration
sclicme. Jt has one positive and direct evil.

■ '• ' « Ltvinpoei,, Cth Month, 15th, 1827. H $$>&P |##

u u » V i ■> iinnsao ,V i> ai .!; nmn «t fof the country," because .wages arc so low
"Though both our Houses of Parliament , , , J t fimJ employ * ents ? No 8lich
.Wonanimous^

surcs tor the ame mra . on of the state of sin- \ t * ^ : > be incr £> their . i ab ours
very, and for ■ its u toute ex nction,^t they, o ^ competition witti the labour, of
have aimed at do ng i through he colony ., -j..^ m .- fe iVd would' destroy si a-"
themselves, and little .or nothing has yet been i_ ^. * .. . ..• -

done"; and if we had nothing else, we should
have room for discouragement. But, happily}
the. principles of free trade are making* great
progress, and ori the late debateon the suty
ject of our trade wkh India, the Members
connected with the Government, acknowled-

very itself; ! Is* it not the feelingy tba"t this
schemer insures- the existence of' slavery,
whjch, causes it to, be patronize.d , by the,slave
holders? I do not mean .by this 1 , .that ab-
stractedly considered, they .are ,sp : fo'nd of
sjnyery.as to wish' it t'o continue' ; 'but they
CpijisidPr it so delicate a subject, that'ihe^y

jed Us vast imjwrtance, and g<«ve us reason ^ gJ . a su p^rt" ahy scnome which 'ft
toexpect they ivould go'on ^gradually remo- ^flf to lba'vc it untduphed. :f / 1 "

ving the^stades toa free trade /•■ - ; " I have desired my friends, J. P.Co'pP &

"The West Indians have great interest mi > r pt-v, 7 •• -•.».. • >.*: - ■
Parliament, arid this must considerably ob- j b0 P' ?' ^iJa(,ejpi
struct the progress of Government, in the'
measures which' it is clear they would wish
to adopt; but I feel confident all will in the
end be carried, and tiipn slavery in the Brit-
ish colonies will have received its death-
blow V for it is the bounties arid protection^
in favour of the produce of the slave labour-
er, which is the chief support of. slavery
there.

' I cannot but rejoice to see so many ef-

complete sejts of all the number's of. ybur Pi-
pe/ which Ji.tiye been publislied, and five co';
pies of the succeeding lumbers as' they d.6'me
outy. ! ; • "'

•' Sincerely desiring the. success of your
undertaking, I remain' y<uirs;,&c."

1 " '■'

■ ....

'.FOR THE FnEJinOM-S JOUrO'AI..

Oli Medillia r— Real happiness, iriethinksj

I

forts making, in one way or other, on your ;I never- knew, and what in hours of juvenilr-
side, for the amelioration or ultimate extmc- , tv < i called pleasure; is gorie'frorirme: '
tion of slavery. This shews good : feeling,"! * The davs of childish i tihoecrtee,' also, have
! and it is next of great importance, that this acquired Wings, " and have flown aWaV. To
feeling -should have a right direction. It is,; pi ea s U re-, Mahltus, is 1 a stranger/' ; his soul
I am convinced, of great importance for pro-; sickens anil droops in the contemplation of
moting the civilization of. Africa, to have ^set- ; th e universal 'mutability of all sublunary rriafi
tlements on its coast similar to those of Si- ter; and ere ldiifr, it must perish by the over^
' erra Leone and'.Libena; find so far 1 accord ; whelming prejudice Of an ungeneVbus 1 world;
with your Emigration Society. But as any 0nC(J) asj ^ as the wobdlarid songster,'
moans of removing the slave population from p,vd carcles^us an eastern oiuW^early bWa'
your states, I consider it altogether visionary. fiumme r's morrr.hfe deligM it^was to'bouud,
The respectab o individuals who haveijoined like the mountain fawny ove* t he hilfe W his
and patronYzed this society, seem to have native i an a : : or mUrk'the rivulet as it rippled
yielded to the prejudices, and the erroneous amon{? the pebbles, winding 'its way aFeng
y.ews ot the slave-holders. They have gone . tH& m afgih of a craggy hill. Of hd woul'd
into the question, as too, many others have ; aesce^mi irttb the luxuriant daleu,' and pluck
done, as one of great difficuhy ; and so it us £lie rich carnation, With -the gaudy tulip, and
truly: but they have , lewed it as one of so the S we'et violets, with yellow hearts : and
much delicacy, that it was not to be ap v cu n - t He pale floweri of the wood-anembrie,
•proached with open eyes, ; even some of .its which h,. vim* bound up, *1he^ posy Man-
most important features were never to-beluu^. .wouid-'i>resent--to Aledillia, fdr : wliose
lppfoed into. L In this way, I arn persuaded, charms hig -bosom th?illed with iniioteht re-
an evil which all admit, will never bp remo- g(inl Blit BO w the '* beautiful flowers of the
-ved^all Us. bearings must be openly and. Gentianella; and' the blue- bells of the Camp*-
fearlessly examined,- .We mustnotexpect to nella," please him not. The violet and \»he
remove so great an evil by yielding to preju-; ol6e bloom, "but: they bloom not for' hi. n. The
dice. ahd -error, _ but by bringing it fairly to ; j. 0SG; m$ forth its' damask leaVesj and blushes

in all its native beauty. It exhales fragrant

have acquired enough of history, if we know From his exalted alatioii, you naturally tApccf
VtotOttfrg^^^ hi» connt«nai)c« r " *

'Tfs true the time has peen, when to darn a ! IUJr aro vou disappointed ; the mont casual obscr.

stookin^iand i>oak-» pudding- well„was con-
ei'de'red the en'd and aim of a ivomahls being.
Buwhose were days when ignorauce blinded
mens* eyes* Tlie diUusibn of knowledge has

r would immediately select him from a hundred
others, as a nion of superior intellect : and accor-
ding.to my notions of crumology, (ndt Dr. Spurt-

destroye(| those degrading opinions^ and men j hcim's) would perceive that the individual wa »-

^dt^'^'a'Vy 9^.<^ j^c'iwiio eouId^lhinV deeply, and r<»»b» 'profound-
thT6 arercapau'le arid •deserving of cultufd. i ]y f upon almost any subject upon which' ho

epoyjtf only,;stir us: (q greater; efforts. ; We
pqsspss.jjot.tbe advantages with those- pf.our
8^. wjh.oie eHine are-npt colored like pur p,wn:
bpt w > e.cj^'..iropro^e.>vh?it, ! l.itt!o* we.haypj.and
make ^ .our ope talent iproduce two-fold. The
l'nliuencf that.w.ejbave.pyer the male sex de-
mands, that o.ur. minds : should be, ipstiMicted
a.nd, improved ;with' : the principles of educa-

would rccirr to him, that he was (what the Dr.' iV
in reality,) a deepviAathomSitio'inn ; b«ing one of.
the greatest which th* country has prodpeed.

As the subject of conversation previously to his ■
entrance was Colonization, Mr. J— -— briefly^ re-
peated the principal objections whwh our breth-
ren had to the Society, and the leading members

tipn and religipn,|in prdpr;that this .influence ' thereof. Mathereaticians, 'are menwho :»«y but
shopid bp. propprly directed. ; Ignorant . our- . little'; such 1 whs the Casoof Dr: D. f believe ho
selves,, how cen we Up expected to form the : - w onc 0 f tlic Vice-Presidents of the ' Society. A
ifcitjds of our. youth,, and. conduct, th.em in the j ^w more.conimbn place remarks, and a poliicin-
paths of 'know edffe P how can we " teach the : . -. r • . _f- • ,• j j t ■•

y ■ • •.-iT <T . L' I ♦ n ■;(■ n.r'n „^r,o vitation from the D;r. qongludedsthe interview,
young; tflfe« bow to, shoot, .,U we have none . .

ourselves ? TJhere is a great responsibility
renting, aoaiewbcre, and it is time for us to be
up and, doing,. I .would address myself , to all
mothers,' and say to them, that while: it is ne-
cessary. |tq. possess a; knowledge of cookery,
and the yario'us mysteries of pudding-making,
some.^hiiig inore is requisite. It, is their bpun-
ileij'diity to store 'tn'eir d'aughters 1 minda \yith
tiseful Ifear'njihg,! J They should be. mad'e^tb
deyqte. liieir leisure lime to readlng.'bppk's,
whence''fe.jf'\V.ojild deriye valuable infOrma :
fiop, l^hjch, could, pever be taken froni ,'them;
I Will jipt longef trespass, bh your time and
patience. I merely 'th'ro\v out these hints, in
order tUUi sonie nidi e' able pen will take 'up
thesiibjfe ;: ■'<■'[ ■-• MATILDA.

jRK, AVGpST 10..

the light of truth.

' \irginia is np\y the g.-catest seat of the ! 0 a 0 uTs, but, its delicate tint ple'ases hint not ,
internal slave trudej the people of that state j.. ne jtheK are. .the drooping • 'Mrits -of : Mab1ias
priao themsolve? in.being.tbe first. to propose jrevived bvr , ilg r icl, fragrance. ' All, all to^fifiTi
the abolition of the.slaye trade. But; I must i. s .insipid ;; the wide universe'-presehts a

TO THE SENIOR EDITOR—No II.

. r ' jNEw-HAvr.s; July — .

Dear Sir;

Aa 'the object of thy Visit was principally among
our' brethren, : I bail 'determined previously to
ioavin^' Kew-lforli,' to procure lodgings among
them, if I tarried dne'day only in a place. After
some, enquiry, I found , myself comforLably settled
the family of Mr. . S — — . The remainder of
the day .wae spent in enquiries, and m making a
few calls upon the most respectable of our breth-
ren, who 'all' appeared 'rejoiced to 1 see me in N. H. ;
ahd pVoiriised to' uise aH''their inftuence,' in for-
warding the object of my visit, Tlioy immedi-
ately saw ■ thje . gcetjt advantages Uk e)y . to . arise
frpui, tli£| Journal j , and .the necessity and expo
diendy. that we should ■possess sUoh au engine,
un'dter pqr' own control. After 'much; consulta
tidn of what was 'iriost •' expedient ; to be ! ' done, it
w-a's" 'determined to call' a' public meetiricj, to take

_ . , - ■ ■. • . , • ....... ..„,....„„.,. - — presents

own, I ieel at a. loss to know what humanity ^tirdafy-sepulchre; and is destitu'td Pfits'AVoii-
has ( gamed by., the ..abolition of one slave : | tedrcbarms ; , vVliere*er his eves' dhanc^ to ; - ,-

trade, and -the substitution of another, per- re3 t; ; thece he beholds prejudice" ¥t'erhly i>h.e subject 'into,considexatlon ; and.sb ( e,What our
haps, quite as extensive, and, in some 0^13;^,.^ headed by; calumny, the lister of. ^; : J^.irog»rep!iyerprw'i)W : to 4° tow^ds.up-

contuihelyftand hideously arrayed in the ; at !

features, even more horrible. In 1810,. Vir-
ginia had Si 12,513 slaves; in 1820,425,153.
At the rate of general increase in tbe United
States, Virgrinia ought to have had in 1S20,
fully 500^00. It may then be presumed that
75(XK) have heen senV but of 'that state
ten years! Was the African slave trade to
* Virginia ever carried to a greater extent ? '
If the lahdownefs of Virginia could be in-
duced »to look this subjeat fairly in the face[
they would soon see the groat itttpolij^, even
putting humanity out of the question, of sUf-
fering this trade tb contiuue. • In proporlipri
to the number of people, if they aie profitai
bly employed, id the value of land. 'As slaves
iucrease upon the land,., their value will ne T
oessarily diminish; but this is no loss to their
owner, who -is also the owner of the land,
which is more j than itferoafced in proportiort
to the diminished; value- of >the slaves. u lf
land is plentiful^ and labourers scarce, land
will have little value. The price of labodr^
and the price of slaves, where that stnte ex-
ists, will be. high. If labourers become plehf
tiful, the price of labour, or slaves will dhnit
nish, until they are not worth holding irt' a
state of slavery at all: but. if. the- market
price of the produce retnains the same; it
will be merely a transfer of valiie from* the
slaves to the land. • Thii would bo the case,
• even if- no greater inducementfi wete- held
out to quicken the exertions of the labourer p
but \vhen he .is converted into a freeman^ he
■will be induced ito be'sb much'more iadustri-
ou?, as not only to increase his owUiComforts,
but also the profits of his former majrter, nov*
become his ^landlordi . In this cbuptry, no
rank ip society stands so high as the o wners
of the land, who are receiving a revenue
from an independent tenantry. Such a. clafe»
^of men exist in your country, but to a yery
«nall .extent. Awl Uow, I wpuld * ask,, are

tire of injustice.'
• * Oh ! cease ye ltttkrWrds to' warbl.e' in the
grove, and ye : w-ir/dsi to rustle among the
trees. Tlie icy finger^' of deaths more fatal
than a ,weapon^dipped in the ^ 'Itolioh Ujia's,"
has touched' the; heart of her,; whos'P 1 lire^h,
was s %-eeton than* the spicy groves of Persia 1 ,;
wlio9e sighisoftcas the. mildest 'zephyr, iftif
more fragrant, than the breeze o'f the cltfhk-
•mow-tand. ti«> ,t h--u • . ; ;/ ?- " il

Her eye! beamed - with apgelic^ mildness,
andexpressed vthe sbul immortal;' MediUifa
woJs beautiful^ andiehe was virtutjiis. ■ fj'oihini
who was-afliiote'd, she: wotild 'kinUlyi whispbrj
in his ear,'ir'ords of the sweetest consolatioyj;
and beside; the'eouch of sickness VKhe woul^
kneel with idn adfniniatering han'dv nhik& Od\
brkl, she' first pointed Mariltus to distant 'hap-*
•pinoss,>and (bade him .raise' soul and dii eel;
hisi attention to a futiffenvorld. ' She pdinte'd
liim to tiie place-where there is no preiu'diefej
»and where injustice' isumJaiown y whilej shej
as lkindly.' UidedlManltas to ascend (hp' liigh--
estyummit'ari famo?sitemporal >0mpirp^' Jiutj
alas ! ! this ^ngel'is.na more. > : She has rdtirea
from the sciPietyjof itr'aTisient beiAgil, bed 'h^r
spirit worships ™ tlie presence of thit fl$ngj
byfwlfose pjbwe^ it>was : incorporated with - ail
dafthlv teneitieuEt • *i-±/>9\ ' --i-i '■'

Messrs. EoiTORiiJ, -li K :w ■'>:<. Sf't^'h |
. -.Will-yoq allow ai female: /to^ofTera fewrej
roarka:«poiji shbjept-thWe/y oir inustiallo w m
be all-important. I ddjiflaiinpw'.itbab » arty
of your papers, you toe. said sufficient upon 1
thp educatipn o^feniatps. . I^pae you are not
to be classed With' tlidse, who think, tliM^ur
imitnPmatical ^itowUtifc should be lihfited
to " fatbotning the diah-kettle," «nd that we

up-
holding; pur! hands,, in ourdabours.tbr tho .common
•gobd'otj-d'ttr raoe»' : '■' 1

vfurlti ihc '-titfxb niorningy 'acc'ompan'iiid' by-Mr.
B— I '|w|iite.d. lippn J- — — , who ' preaches
to' pur brcthf en ;heie..,'Mr r - J— — , was -at his
jpoips, ^'(lie.r.0, .1 hadjt]|ie ) pleas.ino of seeing several
ifineiengrkVuigs^iiTheifirm; you 'well kndw,' have
'abq'Uirt/d no smMl^bgrdo of celebrity, from" the
Variods /bcautiiul' sljccimeng of tJirlir J skill,; which
are "udilyjboCo^fe 7iti*e'"pu|»H9'. Their name was fa-r
°ni}jv» r -| rfnt' *^»Vtio ''^idXtbink to ( ftnd ilr. S, S. J.
^ojgreat-jt philanthropist,; ,aqd' sorwarm ;a fritnjd }o
tho improvement of odfc. brethren, i : He is a prac-
tical 'and hdtive iphllahthVopist; 'not ohe;'" who
wwhfes'wibrtto'usy: ^nd wbiild bK willing to do' l !iis
l^ri^'ifl^hci^'wb^d'.didj; ! biit 'one, { wh'ti' ^feeling
tbe uiipo|{^ ^jr'ecept.'of ^'dr

rV?^V; ^nW.P^of 8 / fls ye' would, .that ; ojtb>rs
fhouldi 4^ untQ;yob<"! strives all in, his power' tp
.walk, ih 4he. foottdeps ' pf \m Lbrd and Master |
feeling asls'Pi ( ed;iha't ! though liis labpbr«4re arhb : ri^
■fiw d9?rflis/jd qf^ljbia.parth,at.the final.dayj -they
will. hot.bp lesa acceptable to- Hmj who know* no
dififemacc between the'prinoV and ' fho .bog'g'dr; .
A 'fefio|:; m^^jijf «t may 'be as wlifte and fair :

'As; p^larJsnb^Vs,' 6r <*beruh> garhic

' Wh!re 0 tninb '^'blacic as, hell; aa'dWm'd Wi'tjiirt, j
BaSi&.'tofe lily VUUbncss of •th^'ikiu^ - ';• ' ' : '

if Are ,r^t f 8p*h jtqpn more to be. os^nvjd, ) tlian
thpsp wjtj» hsye jjwn tlieir tens of trVoiisahds^ drid
.dPsolate^^bittes?-. 'Are tlMey not ttt*-,«.Wte*tf the
earth' V'< [ How blind \U«A [ is human ! - Jiid^mbiit,
which- av ards mora horibur tp thti wa^lpr,' v tbari
to tho "iMan of Itoss!';' _ ; ;t
At MrJ J- — v s rodm^ '-'l had 4 ' bib honour of an

New-HaVen possesses many distinguisried indi-
viduals, upon nearly all of whom I waited, and
was politely treated by all, except onc. But what
of that ?' My. little' knowJedgo of human - nature
had taught me enough to. know; that great men,
like little i?n}n, have: thpir likes and dislikes. \ had ;
not lived so long without profit, I hope the word
politeness will be- properly defined, in ■ Mr.- W 's
forthi-c'Pming ''Dictionary. ' But :thb • individual •
whom riiad tbe greatest desire to sPe hero, was -
AristideS. )ftc is tlie author, 'yo'u \vpjl know, of-
three essays, I believe, (as I [could . not procure
them,) , published . last spring, in tho Ne;vrIIaven
Glironiclo, jagainst the'views and dps/gns. of .the
African Improvement- Society of |New-Havcn.:
Btrt'Wbo is Aristidcs ? A rri'an'of coiisiderable te-
'spectability-r-a man of considprabie'pr'Pperfy, ac-
quired by his own individual exertions/ More'tbpn ,
all, this, Arfstides is a. .man .of sound sense—
shrewd' man ; > artd one of wjiom, I should supr-
pose, his equals would stand in snmP awe. Better'
than all still; and the redeeming part 1 of his anti-
pathy, against uft is> tliat Aristidcs lis willing 'tb 1
bear what wjo have to pay' in our deijihee 'against
his views: and. to convince our readers. of the
truth of this,w.e' aie. proud to assure them that Ar-
istidcs is a subscriber to the Fkt.kdom's Joukx.u.
With Aristidt-s I had but little conversation,, as
lime on neither side permitted it. His'piecrs
would be very acceptable to us, as some champion
among our brethren might be round, .who would'"
be willing fiO ontcr.thp arena against, him.- But I-
haye said soimuclr concerning others, . that voir
begin to thi'nkthat ithe' all-imporl ant subject, of
tho prpfeciit crindition 'of ou'r people, has been for-
gotten. " No siich" thing/ Can a mother forget
her. infant. ? Can a /na* j'qfT c'clonr the present de-
graded! state 'of his brethren ? ' Can jhi c ' exist, ' n nd
not.be anxious, to use all the, means in his poircr
to bettor, it ? .From what I could jcarp,, .1 blioold
tliink the.preslent number of; persdnslof . eolopr jrt
N,H. amounted to nearly right hundred. Among
them are spm6 respectabie' characters, whd,- hy
the cxercide of prudence j_and 'c'cb%fny, have ac-
quired 'hartdsbme little properties'! I' rejoice whoii-
ever I see .^ucky.as $ double rncontijvo is placed
before every , one - who jpwns .only one ftol of
ground,' to cpnduotiwith.prvtdcuoe and economy;
in order to acquire' moi<p.. Such, niy dear Sir,
have been y;bur views on this subject ,' and such,
It bPcbVes ydtt to urge upon odVOretbrcn throa^it
the columns / of ' the' Jpuas'^ f ; But jvbile .we
jofce at thp ( resDpc^bjlUjj^iu^li, sp/pe ofiOu'rr^ewr-
ilayen . bmhreo, have; acquired i> we i oannoA)WP
mourning, that- so many ishp'old I remain as vaga-
Ijorldsf 'and pbtcasls— k rh'lisdnce to society «iid*a.
dikgrace : tbl. : us'ah ' ; .Hfenc'e't' 'vlpv^t)ie'objed»
wHich' tire 1 '^hk^inl^iy^iilcM Sbcje^r df 'New-
.Hflvep are jinxipus P-f k^c^piwh^ng, ; as one ^of
,the, noblest. ]in which mpn ; of,.gnIig}^eJ-. minds';
pan;engage. ! .Wliat cau .bp'^rpr^enabj^ingito-.tiie ) -
dignity of man, than itb <mh'ghten ; hii* ffeKB#-^te l
Ponvinee Miii 'thfet 'eductatiPh'iihd' g«oil \56ndbct .
are all whicjr ' biight WMingdisli^d 5 Wiil: Wtm
another; 'Su'rfeiy^tlieir libouV i»''6iio" oHdv'U, which
shobld • m eei* t be' pqrdh I * supjioU of '» ver|f jdfilV
tian 'ihr^i-L t| ^umbrrs' amon^nts i'n^niDcr»
nearly all tljcn^qst djf\ ! mguk|l»e4 *lfii'% ^-f?P^
Haven.; . M ycit, iitii^''4t^jii^pt^Y^9e t -
we .to Iook;for'muph,;W-tiie<Soci«fty lias J»e#n>-but :
lately Psttm^h^i ^' ■ ' >M}r\n\'< :

•; GuK br;ct|^en^r4 o X' 'w'ac'V {
buUt r i eqpp^80,'fpj t d;^hif^^^
finished.; 'Btnjtc^ -and ' ifi?a 'aough' • iookirig ij»ing f ri .J^
answers pre^ty>?eli, ■■ Iupwe rpt^ ^ta^vfiff^iS
from whericp ^baF'priyeik tsijerid^ Whither Mat f,.

intr<*duction tb thd Rev' Dr. D. of Yale College, j thc P foad friiw of the Atlantic, prjthe butniat

sands of Sahara, provided our hearts be bumble
and truly penitent. Tht i city' jnippbrt&Hrt o *feboofs
during three months i:i the year, for the distraction
of colored children, which must appear to eVery priu
too short n time.' As the African improvemepjt So-
ciety have got into operation, we truat something-
msre will be done for their instruction. For in
vain do men talk of sending us, nearly fts ighoraiit
as the beasts that perish, to Liberia, to be gov-
ernors, juAgxii and generals, &c. &c. Let us be-
hold their efibrts here to" enlighten us, >aiid. fits ua
for colonists ; let their professions and principles
ngrre, before we have any thing to do with their
acJitmc. — Ypuis, &c.

A melancholy cueni.r~.Oa_ the "20th inst. du-
ring a violent thunder 1 shower, four men in
the^omplbyrtieritof Mr. J. Gordon, threenniles
north of this yiilagre. who were collecting
hay, look' shelter .under .a hay stack, when
the lightning struck it, set it on fire, and kil-
led two of the men, named Horace Avcrill,
and Caleb Orcott. The fluid stru'ck'nearly
upon the top of Mr. AvernTtf Head, 'a part of
which passed ove,rthe back, pan of it, while
the remainder penetrated ii and discharged
itself at his left ear; on the body of Mr. Or-
cott there was no external mark,,. and both
were found in a sitting postuic with tH'eir
arms folded. The two other men were stun-
ned, but soon recovered, though they narrow-
ly escaped destruction, as they would' have
inevitably been burnt up, had 'not -Mr.: Gor-
don who" had just *left the stack, discovered
the fire in season, to -save them from tbe' : de-
vouring clement. — Syracuse *V*. Y. Gazette.

Great Jlork. r ~T>\rt!v young s'lrte. employed
at the Ivy Cotton Works, jn Baltimore c'oifu-
ty,. vyove.*|durjng the month, of ,July ; lust,. and
within the regular working hours of twelve,
to the day, and having 4thrult. a holiday, the;
quantity of 4174 yards of 4-4 superior sheet-
ing, in a 700 reed, and above square* On;
the cloth being examined and measured, and
its quality approved of, the proprietor, Mi'.;
■-Geoj'sro . Campbell, presented the forernost
who had wovuii 1403 yards, v/ith a beautiful
printed dress — and to the two next, he gav
each a .handsome shawl, inforcning them that:
industry was sure to merit its due reward. —
American.

A Cotton Manufactory is about to be put
in operation at Petersbur'gh, "V a. by a compa-
ny of gentlemen, incorporated at the lastses-
sion of the legislature of that State. The
necessary funds have been subscribed, and
the site of the Factory purchased on the Ap-
pomattox river. .. This is the first establish-
ment of the. kind in our sister state, and we
have no doubt will be rap:idjy followed by
fliers. ' 1

sumptiye evidence exists acces-
sary totyili ftliftbP ''-U3!l©88 r< ftiif vtSb&tiftny is
corroborated 1 '^ SttangVeViderice;' It is pro-
bable sb^e J wiUibe-.ac<iuAt^ed. ( by jthe. jury/.f y, >
... Since t|io ; abpy,e, was in type, wo.-haya.
learned by the We vviYork papers of ,ye*ter,-
day, that Strang's ; tesliniony was refused by
t|ie Court on Friday ^'morning. After thhvde-t
cistppro! tlfe.C^Wt»: tiie ,caus^ was .abandoned
by the> prosed utioiif-aurj witlmit.iityjtafopge
the jury brought in a .vordic t of hot guilty with-
out -leating tSoir-seatB. • -

The Court passed 'sentence on Jesse Strang
on.' F/iday, viz. 'that he be' hb'rtg On Fitd&f
the 24th of 4:ugjist iiist. ' . . ' . *

Three Spaniards. — The Norfolk jBeaoon,
says, these unfortunate -men have confessed
the crime for tSvhiicih ffieyfofe'to suffer, and
many others.bf dieeip atrocity. . It. is regretted
thattTar dj? should have -escaved, frqm ( a pub :
he atonement tor his horrible guilt. ."He/
was'buried afc low water mark,, near Old Point
Comfort, with his face downward, and every
mark of ignominy; Three .'hours*- afterwards
he was disinterred, his head taken off, and
despatched to Batimore. for the inspection of
the'GallSja.nd Spurzh'eims of f th$t city. .They
will, probably! find tho organ, of !dosifUctive^
nessjmely de^Neloped.'' ; ....

EQUALITY.
• The slaves in Virginia give that State sev-
en Representatives'- in Congress. The' free
white population. of Virginia .is' only so much
larger thau the whito population of Massa-
chusetts as to- entitle* heir to two more Repre-
sentatives— arid yet the former has nine more
than the latter. . ;

The white population of N. Carolina/jV not
so; great by 100.000 as that of Massachusetts,
and yot that State hjas as many] Congress men
as Massachusetts. .;;<.•■; '

•> -The number of white 1 inhabitants in South
Carolina, is not so great -id that of -Maine by
OOjOOO— but S.'Carolina has two more Repre-
sentatives in Congress, than we ''have), T.hc
free population of Maine is about £00,000—
ttiat of Georgia only 189,00.0; and. yet. Geor-
gia ^&s, as many lie preventatives gs^A%iue.

Georgia, South. Carolina, North Carolina,
and Maryland, with an aggregate of. -one' mil-
lion. |of freemen send as many members -to
Congress save one, as all the i New-England
States, with a million and a Ztrz//'; inhabitant*.
If thfose states : "send 38, .New- England ought
in. proportion to send 57. She has:bht j '£0. >: Is
suchta state of 1 things' equal ? But such are
the advantages of slaves to the southern
states. ' And yet slaves do nyt vote, ^A while-
man ( at. the South has a . i-epresen.^ati v.e po ' wer
greater by about fifty per cent than a free-
manvat the North liaai ■

;iWa«(jad {laahqrja,; there!, .', h.uvjpg, , in nineteen jcipjee, over whicn i£&TjfkflUng and wound*
, s * -- « «*> j n gj gevcrdl ftl6h wfto were arw6rl beneath.

— -j-A fairiilwiwi Rochgit^r; >Wft8 taken dan-
gerously and fli 1 pi ) ul;^eo)|sly.jy, ..on^mjay
webk, and jpymWik in (great. j4??t|y^i</fnd
danger the ^JjpSft.dJKy. ^beirril.liip^'iyjBa.Qq*
casion^d- by eating'iJfra . jgreen -cheesy lMij>-
pos6d to have been poisp.n,ed.- r - r -Coi Coil,
grocer,, of '■'NprtyU^
sale ~ c : ~ - i —

[fnon|£^ dxwwi ,the . A'tian^c, , in, $. w t 'djxccT

'tiW - i->Y-.;.f.!K.- ■■.'} : ■'■<■'- : V - •..

!• 'Ffk Frarich.^-'By (h& arrival; last evening,
of the' packet ship 1 Edward Ciue3liW,"w<5 de-
ceived Paris papers to t?ie l^th of June, bear-
ing h 4 elnnbbWtid?ng'8 cdtjc^rnih'g ihmmka
mm r fii6\ls'ind JIM HiUidi W ';o/ :J Wiotk Mvt
perifJUt U Ihe sibordV in a ! .battle -'foiip f on
thfe : 10th f of MiyV '-' Humanity bleeds in y bo- :
holding "this mWrabfe, b(it' hefditi 'iSeoplbi!

Melancholy. — In the cot'irse of the past
•week", three young men have died, in eonser
<juence of drinking beer ; and cider drawn,
through the lead pipes and brass' p'umpg, in
cfcmmon use in our taverns. The' oxide of,
lead and the verdigris extracted by' the; ac-,
lion of these supposed conveniences, fdrfn in
their solution in these liquors a hiost'baleful
poison. Oi' thtj truth of this statement there
\;:u\ be no 'doubt, as we are informed that /the
Jttv. Dr. M'Auley, of Rntgers-street chijich,
attended the unfortunate sufferers in^'their
jast. moments, and can certify to the caiise of
their illness. ' We hope that the keepers of
public bars- will" discontinue the use of these
generators of poison. The beyer'age in ques-
tion are much more harmless, than thp ardent
spirits too generally demanded in preference
to them but if thus adulterated, ; are, even
wore pernicious in their effects.-^-.Commerctal ■
•Mvtuli&er. ' . . -.. , ; ;

Trial of Mrs. Whipple.— Mrs. -Elsie D.
Whipple, .indicted for: a felony for having
been accessary before the factjeto the inurder
of her husband, was arraigned' before the;
Court qf Oyer and ^Terminer- at r ;Albany oH
Mondav the 30th u It. .' The daV was cliieflj*
-consumed in em^aiihell'ing a jury: To many
<A' the' jurors objec jjons wv re taised some
of wliich'we e overruled, and o^hets §pstain-|
ed. On Tuesday morning the t , nat i c.ornmen|
ced— a number, of witnesses wieirer'.ex^minedl
^nd the whole dayV- and the two days follow*
ing were occupied without closing the:..testi|
loony on the part of tlie State. jTbwardB th^
close of Tfjursday the DjstrtcU Attorney oioV
ved that Strang be esaminetl as'to i«4iat h^
Mnew ( ofihe 'guilt of the pihsoner, wliiph wai
objected t<i bj t $1$ prisoner's counsel); and 4
J Wig argumerj(^ f DS'jed. The; (nje^iion. ^as-no^.
decided Ky.the judge at our J a^t ad vice's fronj
A'bfiny. Frpm the: testi'mbny'..aijeatty pub r
yiehedythc 'iiifiddity of Mi-p. Wbjpl' l«4o hot
husband is too apparent— and strong pre- 1

Fne People of pplour.—r^. very interest ing
debate recency ^^occ.urrqd in ^ the English
Hous'e df Cominon§; on'tHe q'uest'ron ol' meli-
orating the condition of freeipebple of colour
in the- West-Indie's. Some simnartant'Cand
to us novel) facts weie stated. The " brown
population 1 ' (i. e. free -coloured pebble) of Jn- ;
maicn alone, is worth property to-the'' amount!
of ^000,000.' Thev are* said to' Consist of|
3rt;0d0' souls. One of them| a Dr. Di'cke'jisbn,!
letfat' his death $000,000;, ariotlierfMrV Swa- 1
ney. '$750,000; a Mr. Iviriga'ii^aiOO^OO : 'and
a Mr. Jlenjamiff ScoU, $5,^50,000. 'All the
pimento, plantations, ,(exce.pt ; qne) in the isl-
and, belonged to.th.eni ii and yet these people
were:sufFering under Iheimoat grieswus legal
oppression. -Tbfr debate in Parliam«nt ^even-
tuated' in nothiiig'8atjsfactor.y;^V. f. EnqJ

A few evenings since a sten'm erigine/ o'n
the preniises b'f:M. ! Durnais, dye'r,' a< : ^utehiix,
riear.jl^e'uilly. 'bridge^ blew: uj> witji a^trein^n.
tlous explosion; '.'$&$ ,'boil^r, j|[fter. .%'piiig' it*
way .through a th^Q^^v^all, fell in- -the garden !
belonging to.th^e^'tabliViimention banks
of the.Seine.,;- The ifuel inan^vap Killed, and!
<hii body foundiiri d-drea Ifully! mangled alate.j
M; l>nmas diod"6n tlie-Mlowing-'dayj,' rrferely-
friom the shockvas'he hod f reoeived^rVo'wbund.j
The report w^aB'as'loud asHhat 'of a thirty-six)
poun'dev: ' Neither 'W'Wfi victims 'h'a've, hny
children. , The workniaa f wras .re.ce.ntly" ; mar-
y\e^.^Part3 ipapej:. Jl t ' J ' ' 4 .' ' ;; : ; • , •

■■^injpfhr(C^.cuii(siaiw(i^^ London Star
mentions that when the Kenflnfii&fnUni was;
on rrre-in the Bay of-Brscay, (Jor.-^l-tcgregor

sta-

, . , . , , , visit t<>
t he^ea,^de>ttiia l t.,l8|»ij<U
the identical bottle, with ^he jp.&iixk ij, wad

slaijgbtered like' dog? '5 but'nlaiihbbd' exdlts
in thr'aeipfefate 'aliif UnyieMty courage with
Which, they meet destruction, instead, of sla
Very. The Greeks"' it seemS, liad ffsserh'hled
10,000 ihb'n for the' felief of Athdns. Fbiir
thobsa'h:) -jfidd ^idrched in the 'direction of ; As-
Binato; at'the'/hbrth of the Py^u's, for'the
pmprjse 1 of attacking tlib ! Turks' ; ih the r'eaV,
who occupied ^ fortified position among* the
olive \grovcsj vyiijlo' the othertroOps' were to
attack 1 thdm(irj fro>it. On the 4th, 'Kafjaska-;
kl dodni-ien^e'd 'the at!ack : 'on the Turk^-'ri'nd
it>qs hilled, uoitH thhe 'himdred of his^men'.' ' On,
the '6th, afi enghgornent' tdbk -place "between
Jlie Turks #hd those Greeks iVho had effected
a laridiiigf from r the "fleet. 1 T\yb ' thousa-.d
liieh, sent jiy Redschid- Pabha', httadked them,'
it'i/d'the defeat' arid ; slaughter*of th6 Greeks ;
was h'brrid. Out of 22 Plulhellbriists, 18 A-ere
killed. The i'otaI : !6ss of the Greeks, in lulled
was 2,500\foen. Lord Gocfjrane^' wi(h dilli-
culty, succbedep in taking On board the fleet
the remnarit of the army, and Gen. CJuirch,,
in rallyitig' his troops, narrowly c'iciipe'd be.-:
ing made u'risoniirV— D. Adv. ;

T lie rep.ori; of , the death of Major tmiii 'g,'
the*- celebrated! traveler, in A fiica,., ia.contbi-
VUctof] oil, the authority of letters from thp
English .Cjonsul .at 'jPripali. It is said that
Laing arut Qlapperton have .met at Timbuc-
tpd, and are .quietly living there. . '

, Qn the ovorting of Thursday last, MrtChas.
(j!reaji,,:the veteran aeronaut made: his .60th
dswuil indiis splendid balloouj 'from the tow n
of Newbury, in Berkshire.- -. The followiyg
interesting particulars: of : hisj tempestuous
vjoyage are givten by Mr.. Green. ^ TJie mo*
uient the machine was disencumbered, of 'i ts
weights iti was tornj by the violence of the
\\|ind, from the exhausted assistants^ who had
been eontending with the combined fury of
the elements during the -whole day^nnd bounv
died . ofF with lho; velocity of lightning- in! a
south-easterly direction, and. in a. very 'short
sjtaice; of time- attained an. elevations of nearly
two miles, i -/At, this elevation we perceived
two immense bodies of cloifds<operated' on by
contrary currents/of. air, until- .at. length they
bedame nuited ; -ift't; which moment' my;ears
were aasai led , by fthe most: awful and long-
continutSd poal tet* thunder I ever heard. Tnese
cloudswere- a dull mile beneath ds ; but per-
ceiving, other strata floating at tho*saaie ele-
vation we -were sailingj which'from their ap-
pearance^ j- judged rto-be. highly; charged With
electiic . matter^ 1 considered - it prudent to
discharge 201b. of ballast; and wb rose near-
ly-: half aimile. above . our/. former (elevation,
where I considered we were perfectly safe,
and beyond thejr'inthience; However 'awful
odr situation 'might have been considered by
those on earth who witnessed the s1»orm which
followed, it was highly interestiog to us, as I
had an opportunity- of observing, amongst
otJie'r pheHomeria, that -.at*" every discharge of
Ihunder,. all the detached pillars of clouds
within v a mile ! round, ibecame attracted, and
appeared to. concentrate ; : their force with the
liftjtr bouy iof clouds alluded to, leaving the
ajtplospheredlehr and calm' below and around
M*trAi)utnf;>G(nii:.

fThe Richmond Enquir'erstatesi that orders
haflre beCh sent out to Key West, to require
th ) departure' of Commodore Porter r.fj-ouj

th it station. -A son dt'' ( the Rev; Thomas (

Sihith, of Chuta'uque, : :; W'ai9 s Killc'd' by 'the ac-
cidental, discharge -of a gurj, while, getting
dvfeKa 1 fe;riefc f .V'His- ^ogreMnieil by;the body
nHl"!! i I i t, y l i 1 1> i h » ;t h e' 1 vi'o u nd^; and on seeing
tHe { bri)ther-df , 'th]s ' de'c"«a's'ed- ! i\e£t morning,
^rkn" ! 'tb\v;ardi3'' hini,' 'and ;; after' Bracking a' : mo-
} !p6hii rett'iriied 'to th'e ,! nddy: 4 -ri^The public
adtyinistratof'ha^

niilgi : whfo f Svds's'o'me tira'e c an assista'iU 'to Dr }
Chambers, '-to' "dispose ■ of 'the 'mfedicine- ; ho w
'prepared.. "Afid' MK-'Famiiiig end Dr.' J. G'.
H^t/^iriStlcfceed 4 to the^'b^inesaof Doctor
C^ahi!J*s ; in : the "trttOre 1 jirejiaration' and • diia-

scrup

in Louisiana, „„,.,. „ ........ r „

dHrik the gre'a't^iJti'cjtra'nti V of : ar^enj^pir|ta.
A gallori wW' p^'c^ife J, : '.«hi^ ^ Wp^^-HP
in a- few minutes.'j' krld the! pe'^n wh^q ^r^Qpo-
sed the bet went' for more ! buf on' his return
found the other !ffeleta;=^l<ttirmg' ; ttie 'Itst
twenty years : ,>t!he ( city of Phikd'elphia ! Aw
ex P 6nc|ed $2,^20,000 Tor ; m rvMief /'of '.ffie
poor.— — -^A'genileMri in" PHt'do'el|yhia #as
lately sued for. thirty *oveh dnd a. half cdntA,
and the costs Of uuit amounted to two- dollars
befoi-e the mattor ehd'ed- i ,U— ; — -A youn^ wb-
tnan, of < 'herry Valleys' affected by li^htmng
so that she was jsonsojess; wa* resuscjtalf^
by the'opplication brcoldi wMeri- and /after-
wards of ca-nphoili— .-The Newr York' Chris-
tian Advocate and Journal^ chichi has^ot yet
completed its first vo][ume^ Ijas J 5,0j)0 K sub-
scribers. -Thp Winnebago Indians ,'jiave

had several engagements ; witti t^e whit^g, in
which a niunber were killed ;on both sidles.

At the last accounts from New-Orleane,

Mobile, Savannah 8nd/Charles'(p'n," 1 thoa|j .dla-
ces were remarkably heathy for tlje 'seaapn.

The steam-b#/QjMo;'; jo.H iior way frpm

Pittsburgh to' Wheeling, struck " a" rbek' in
three feet and'a-half water, ; and sunfc upbft
the spot.- — Grand' Sptctaclti^'A bfig^f 300
tons h as been pu Vc'Hisea'bV' the- tavern-keep-
ers at Niagara Falls; ; 'ShbIis to be decorated
in a splendid -niannej, with all oher canvaa
spread, and pilotetl hy a Fi-enchfnan into.lho
Rapids above the Horsesbdo, The pilot .^ifl
then ascend in a balloon- from -<>ff ' the 1 deck,
u pon the brig's enterjlis:..tuc iiwsd of the Rl-
pids. It is to take place ; the Jast week in
September.-— -^—During 'Oie' storm of last
week, a building erecting iott :lhe.<:comer of
Greenwich and Leroy streets;' folldofcn -a#d
is now in complete ' ruins.'^-^- The : Wsfsh-
inirton Insnrahr-e'! C0r.6pRny- ; 0f Pr^vidente,
have presented $500 to Edward Dbb.s&n,
mute of the Crawford, as a! te^ttWphy 1 of Res-
pect "for his se'rVic^8;;r^--^Fbi?r'^y8'\vere
drowned near Ne\y,-If aven,|P.n AVcdnesdiiy of

last week, by the upsetting of a boat —

The schooner' Miranda, of New-Orleans,
picked up nearly outside the Bilize, .a Ken-
tuckian, in a canp'O, ' havijig both bo^'.arid
stern broke , out, and sornR half do'ze'n pota-
toes on board, bound: te/^Iprida,;wh.er,e, he
said, he was going ■ &&ljafi^~-- l K . pejrsqjv in'
Philadelphia, on Sunday :inorning, finding
himself overcome with. .the':heat)?.sat down
upon the steps of an auction store in Front-
street, and expired in a f6w! rhihutcs.- [—f-
Singular. — One ,of the. cut; glass lamp's Oil
7Jack„ No. 53, was. lit pn, Saturday ;fprenoon,
by the reflection of the ,sjin, while on; the
stand in Chathain-Squai*e.-4— -'-The steam-
boat North LAmerica- ileft here for- Albany on
Saturday, with between 400cand 500 passen-
gers. When near' WedtviPoinfc both her
cranks*were broken* and/ she could pr«cefld
no further. T.be^oa^^ii^reifume her trips
in ten days.— A newly 'fledged patriae,
ljaving four legs, was found in a. meadow,
near Washington^ on ""VVednes'day Tatet.-—
The City Inspector, T^ports- the;tTodth' v 6f 144.
persons dii'ring'tlie'weok'enlding bn Satufday
last.' ' ' . '. ' ." ' ( ' u •!!'' ' ;1 . : "' V* '!! ■ " <i

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Tn this city^ b^'Jtiie'jge^lB., ^^,^1;; j$? \
stph llaton tp Alis^ i4 ffli^-$$ ^?0f^fV^v
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ctmUn&td for ty 'tijk+UtUir, jfa* already f 6ee» "
ably odcttpied' b^ S 4 CoIomtU Btdtmort**'*
J^v'Bivfs/ , > i / <fe.^n*o< ftiiblish, not being
afil't to ty$ijife$-ifTeid fnean^pjg $;tht writer. ■/
" Muta," is.inforBiedj.tkat uw rfo not file
bur coitymunicaiian&f-and ihercfoh i idnnot gr&
txffy him. ' \ . .'. ... . ".

Wf3m j bfSrikib^cold- ftateri
tlreiawl a^'di(fe«t*appened at'Mau'ch Ch'uttki
Wm'&fa i&fr ©heof tl^ca^ ladeb'^ith

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YOST&Y.

THE GRAY HAIR.
Com* let rod pluck that sihrsr h/iir '
. W luch 'mid tJiv curling locks I sec ;
The withering type of tins* or care
Haih nothing,: sure, to do with thte!

fears here not Vet impaired tho grace
That chsrmes me once, tltat chains rac now I

And Envy's seltfj Love, cannot trace
Oo* wrinkle on thy placid brow ! '

Thy features hay e not lost the bloom
That brightened them when first we met ,

No— ^rays i.of softest light hlume
The unambitious, beauty y ct !

And if the pawing clouds of Caro "
Have cart their shadows o'er thy face,

They have but left, triumphant there
A holier ehat m— more wishing grace 1

And if thy voice hath sunk a tone,
. And sounds more- sadly than of yore,
It has a ewcetness all its own,
' - Mothinks I never marked before.

Tans, young and fair, and happy too—

If bliss itxteed may here be won
111 spite of all that care can do 3
- Ir* spite of all that time has done.

Is yon white hair a boon, of love,
To thee in mildest mercy given ?

A sign, a token from above,
To leadthy thoughts frdm- earth to heaven ?

To speak to. thee of life's decay;

Of beauty hastcning to the tomb j.
Of hopes that cannot fade away ; (

Of joys ihat never lose their" bloom ?

Or- springs the- line, of timeless snow
.With those dark, glossy locks entwined,

'Mid' youth'sand beauty's morning glow,.
To emblem thy maturer mind.

It does — it doe* ; — then let it stay;

Even Wisdom's self were welcome now;
Who'd wish her sober tints away, f -.,

When thus, they beain ftoni beauty 'a, b'row • ?.

DI TANTI PALPITL
Dearest, dry that tearful eye-
Dearest, check that mournful, sigh
Let not hope thy bosom fly^.

Nor sorrow longer move thee:,
For by that pale cheek I swear— .
By those eyes of, beauty naro— ^
By the pur« soul shining there —

. I'll never coase to love thee.

Dearest, dry that tearful eye, &c.

Tlowers may, cease to bloom in spring,

• Birds of sweetest note toeing,
Storms be borne on Zephyr's wing,

• But hone shall reign above thee
In this breast, U> which, thou'rt deaf
As to misery Pity's tear^

As to. Heaven "a heart sirlccre—
And stiU ril fbndly love thee.

Dearest, dry that tearful oyo.. &c.

Ever be thy mind in peace—
Eyes may thy joys increase ;
Love shall make thy anguish cfiasc.

And every hour Bhall prove thco
Skill mbfe dear than in the past-
No gloom thy bliss shall overcast*—
And, by my hopes of heaven at last,

I'll ever warmly love tbee.

Dearest, dry that tearful eye, &c.

Tiiere is an inscripriojj op thp ; great boll at
Rangoon, in the Burman language mid cha-
racter, cut-in twelve lines round the circuiii
ference of the hell, which) rt-eords the virtues
ot~the graater* and . tjie mewl* of the gratit.
The bell, from its sue, is, g, cuvious speciineu
of the progress madejby the Burmnna in tne
art of using and casting njetal, ; as it forms a
rather unmanageable mass, .feeing *i e clared to
wisigb 15U55 vis, or about 5G,0i\> wounds
The great bell of St. Paul's: weighs b'lt U r
4;0 pounds; and there, are few bells in Eu T
xbpe larger than the Rangoon bell, e-xoept
the TSsar Kolokot, or King of BeJk, of Jttos-
■ cow, which weighs 4^000 pounds. The
ttaugoon bell was presented, about forty-five
years ago, to the temple .of Swe-dagtm, by
Jgenku, the grandson of Aliiungpkbra. whom
European's call Alompra. In the late war it
•wasj.c-iiioved from the ttmple, and rtnatteuipt
■was made to put it on hoard a. ship, but in so
«loio-r it fell into the river, whence; ' after re-
mai ling some; months,, it was again raised,
*nd restored £0 its iorrher situation.

A very remfirkafrle- natural Miomaly may
now beseeo at the house of Mr Barnes Bird,
fciggshield, Kirktyntop-^reie young harps
suckled' by two cht^l The cate lwtiikittoJxed
in aae hay -basket^ in the] byre* A ruthless
haatf tore away their progeny, and consigned
them to a watery grave. Ltrnd was the- grfef
-01 this fair griusalkios. In the midst of ifcohe
•f them hied her to>the field, and bwwiht^n
Aer joouth, A^un.irhare ; this she^csjofW jto
care of her companion, and went and
lete&ed two others, in suecesgio* | '.an,4 erer

since, the cats have jointly suckled the little
toundHnirs! in the ^ most ctirefUl' <rid ; t«»ird^r
h sritocT. ' Strange' coalitifih* kre trre •H«i 4 'er
the day; but this is the oddest 0? tit thit
h»»o yet come to our knowledge ; U ietjome*
thing more than, even, the Jton %U .UmA jyfng-
down in peace, togejher,^Cffrtts/«- r^r»o,<.

". In Baiavia, '^', Y., k loving couple wer«
linked tiagethp^ in; the hands of Jtiatrirnany
last weekj. .^ho hAd no. more than made a
clear, way from the'souwe'stfaan they .felt to,
and had a real, box.; They, hpwev«r v pp rted
very lovingly, with no other injury than, that
of having, their ft ......

,The lodgings of a ^andy' wefe lately robr
bed of a p^ir of stay. », a sinellipg, bq^tlfij two
pair of artificial ev l ebre.w$, .arid a .white stir-
toutt in s jpecket of wfjich, were three love
letters, wiitten to himself in his own )ian4«
.writing. - . . , , — rv ! , . .

Qri%in of Disthic,-—" I toll you honestly
what.f ihink is the cause of the complicatea
maladies of the human race ; it \s their gtHr-
mandmng and stuffing, .and stimulating those
organs (the digestiye^td an, . excess, thereby
producing nervous disorders and irritation,
Th«. state of their minds is 'another ^graho
cause;, the fidgetting aiiddigcoiitentih^ your-
self about that wjiich can't be jbcljied,} pas-
sions of all; kinds— malignant passiors, and
wprldly csrea, presfjing upon the mind, disturb
the cerebral actions, anil do a great deal' of
harm." — Jibernethy^ Lectures.

Fish alive, ho ! or a New . Qrealion* — -On
Friday, irj k the course of a charge against a
fish-hawker, for selling unwholesome fish,
.Goldham • the . BillingBgate . superintendent,
told the Lord Mayor that the tricks played
by the vender^ of had fish were most ingeni-
ous. The cunning fellbws who were on the
look-out for economical ladies, painted tho
gills of the fish they had for sale, and stnfled
them with new 'bowels. As soon bb the fish
was dished, it was foutid, in every instance of
deception, that there was a more extraordina-
ry contrast between tho body of the fish arkl
the bowels than philosophy could account for.
This very defendant had played olf a singu-
lar trick ob a lady, at whose house a party
were to dine. He exhibited u lar<*e Dutch
plaice. It was painted and polished outside,
and 6tuffed well with the viscera of a codfish
and turbot. " Bless rny soul." said the lady,
who -was '--attended by a servant in livery,
" what sort of fish is that ? I never saw the
like before." She then turned up the gill*,
which had been just rubbed over witb^bul-
lock ; s blood, and finding ail right,- she asked
the vender the name. "Oh, rMa*nm," said
hc y ^ that's? one- of* the most delicious fish in
the world ; it is a thousand times better than
a turhot."r « ■Why." said the lady, " it is like
a turbot." . u It is a neW 'fish, Ma'am," said
he, " justj sprung,! and wo call it a turbanet j
most people would buy this sort, but they
cartm>t afford to do so." The lady determin-
ed to astonish her company, purchased the
turhanet ; but .was herself astonished on per-
ceiving, .^hon the covers were ; removed, 0
stale Dutch' plaice, the smell of which was
quite enough to deprive her of all her guests.

A Westmprelan ! jury, at the last quarter
sessions, acquitted a boy proved to have sto-
len a jacket, but recommended him to' be se-
%-erely reprimanded for stealing it.

Singular and Pluttnl.—Tiie Hex , J. h.
<3rant was met a few years ago* by a young
ecclesiastic of Oxford .University, acebmpa-'
nied by a few pupils under his care, who very
jocosely exclaimed, " Sir, we have had a dis-
pute in our school about the difference of the
terms phenomenon and phenomena ; what is
your opinion of the difference ? M . The ques-
tion excised «H ttoe;, risible faculties of the;
Philosopher* - ut when sufSciently recovered
he >y rote as folio wh ;

When <otie bright scholar puts the fool's cap. on '
He makes {himself a real phenomenon \
U o^»*rs jfin .him^ and asses bray,
They" ^altogether make pli'moraena.

SkcAdan's &aiue*.~A Scotch clorgyman.
had.vLs ito; London, and seen among ctrter-
tricks /j/ pulpit oratory,.. ' SheridanV. Pauses'
exhibited ' . During his first sermon after ,his
return, lie had cecasion at the termination of
a very impi waionf d sentence, \o stop all ot a-
sadden. - apt -V pavwr in " mute and breathing
^lence,"J t> e P re * enlor ' w ho t bad taken ad-
i ntfige j of hit \ immamorial priviiejge tp sleeo
out the sofmoii v.imagipUjg from oesaauon
sound, that the t dii^iw h .WM^^V'^r^S^
to :%., close; sta. rted up .with" sgitaUoo; aqd, in
an audible voice read out k\» vsual "Epraeui-,
per fa iprayex !' Wf fto«fe
the good naturod orator over hU l^ t ;p)a-
0»?f. »t tke.i«a>ne Umo Imp hp

lalMiWer, " "* ' ' "' ' ' " "

^the.i:
wv. y«

Hoot lamjo; msj| J whatV the
nae dene f only nne. o;" Soeridan's

HAMER ft SMITH,

CQNTIOTE' to cleanse and' dree*; Coats,
Pa'irUkiohs, Liidi'es'' Habits aiid.Mcriho Shawls, in
the ireateit manner. They also make; alter ond
repair Oenth-mch'si Clothes, to their ehtirc sati»-
faxsVwn, and tfpoh the most reasonable terms. : -
Their ittlodo of dressing "Clothes is by STEAM
SPONGING, which they have followed with-
much success for several years past. All kinds
of spots! or stains 1 are extracted, ; and the clpth re-,
•tored to the appearance of new;, nnd this they

engage to perform without -any, injury to the
cfoth, and at least * 9 ««/,to,auy thing of the kind
done in this or any other city of the United

States. .
. August 3.

M. 16 Collect-street,
INDIAN f^YSlCIAN and BOTANIST,
ifeturns hjf sincere thanks to the pablic in gene-
ral. tor [tast^'favours, and solicits- their patronage
in future.

it. Be He cures all discusBB of tho human sys-
tern ; with roots and hq.rbd, &ee from the use of
inercijry. . ■

Mb. 182, South. Sixth-street, below Pine,

;' Ol'KSEO BY

CM VRLBS SHORT,

For the Pur^wsc of accora:nodal*r»t Ptopi.s or
Cor.oun, Strangers arid Citiaens, with
HOARDING AND LODGING,
• By the Day, Week, Month, or longer.
He is furnished with' every, thing}* - "-
him tn keep ii Mouse, of the firet-rato ■
opened. in the City of Philadelphia; and will »par<
no puiUs to merit the public patronage, i
July 95. 1827 \ 18— 3m

'MCtiOLAd PIEKSON,
REsr »cTrt'Li.y informs the People of Co-
lourjthat his MKAD CfARDfiN, No. 13, Oelan-
coy-street, was opnuod on the <>vcning of the first
of June, 1 for the. jaccoinmodition of genteel and
respectable persons ,o£ colou r.
No admittance for unprolt-cted females.
' New-York, Juric. 1st, ,lti87.' 13

M. 218, South <Sixlh-8lnel t Philadelphia.

THE Subscriber respectfully returns hii?
^incoro j thanks to hie; friends nnd tho. public in
general| for' tlif-.ir; iaVor and jiatronagc; He
informs i them; that- he continues to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE
VVKARMG APPAVRE^ of superior quality, both
new aud second handedj where customers will he
iiccommlodated a^ the cheapest rate, and in hand-
some tstyle. He! also informs Fnmilips ^nd private
Gentlemen, who, have second-handed Clothing for
: sale;, thqt they vyill meet with a good price, rtnd
ready sale for their goods, by apply jnst to

DANIEL PETERSON,
. .. ... ,. J\o. 218, South Sixtli-st.. Philadelphia.

N. B. Taybring ..carried on^ in its various
'sranr.hes, and od the' nhetipefit'lernis.

'V BEAUTY A>*h EClhXOM F."
' UNITED STATES' SCOURING; AND
STSA3E $POI7aX^Cr>
JOHN H. SMITH,

■ Ab. : 122 Mkk-Tkird-st. (above Race,) Phi-
' hulelphia,

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public ;in ge-
neral, that he still continues at the abov« plscc
.the-.Scouring an f d Dreeing of Gentlemen 'sCo^ts,
Pantaloons^ &c. 09 a diflereiit plan : from that of
tho Dy jrs, havjing 0 composition for so doing,
Which "c|xxabl«8 ljiiii to dress Clothes sq as to leave
their ■ a,jipcarancje.; : equal to. new. He restores
Seaihs, i\,c to' their 'origins! colour when worn
white, and »vill warrant themto wear three months
after dr<i»j<ing, and then can be re-dressed, . Also,
Ladies' Habits and? Merino shawlt^ in the neatest
manner »nd upon the shortest notice, ou reasona-
ble -terms. Beiog legally bred to the • business,
and posfessing a "competent knowledge of Dress
ing anu Cleaning Cipths, by, Sfeavi Sponging;
which is the on^y complete manner of effectually
remo'vibg the stain/ 'caused from grease, tar,
paints, dec. he needs oiily a trial, to afford him an
oprHirtuiity of giving satisfaction.

,'N: ,B.|J. S. constantly ' keeps on band 'New and
Second handed Clothet; of every ^description', which
he assures (he public - iwill be sold ns low, if hot
lower than at any otluir establishment in the Unit*
ted States for cash or. barter. Gentlemon .wishing
to purchjase wotjld hnd iit tnueh to their interest to
cw as above, ar)d oxaiijiine for.,theniselvt'£i
^.iBpp-TiiB highest; price given for Gentlemen's
clothes '

It? TAILORING ' WORK carried on, and
Clothes jpepaired.— NeiV Cvifis. Collars and Buttohs
pht on, if requisite, jf lo kei*pa on hatid, Cloth,
Vet vst. and Sjlk of all colours, "tor doin nr tip same.

ApfiiaMaSj.

TWO LXITS, er, Uh« rear- ofctwo InU, where
there is any cofivcui out communication with the
£tf«rt t are wao^ f.Wtho erection of a Presby.
terian Chhrcji j Ttm- location must be betweea.
Reed arid 8.UTinf , If odion and Orsnge streets.—
One lot WHhlri lie above bounds, 25Teet or mors*
by 75^ wovld ntiswur , ^ •
'■■ Indiilee'M ,l SiE. l C«S!rjsn, No. 0, Varick-stfcct.
'.«sitf-Y«c^ Mvch ^0 V ' ' '

EpOtNOlJIt IS W-T PARSIMONY;
S.. MO^LE^tiN R^INSpK,

TAILORS tndr Cicithes Dressers, respect.
fully innouncc, that thoy haye entered, into part-
ner»hii., p id have opened an estiiblishmeht at No.
51j Sroad-8treotV (throri doors nboire Beavwst.}
whore they respectfully solkit a eenrfiraanec of
tha^ patrorlage which, they have hektsfore eajoy-
•d p and wlich it will bo their sturdy to- continue to
merit by punctuality and superhir worknianship.

' Gentlemen's" Clothing made to order, in th*
newest, fashion's :'— ^Gentlemen and Ladies' Oar.,
merits, Habits, arid Mam ties, dmssect and repaired
with despatch* and in the host manner.

AH. orders, thankfully received and punctually
attended to.

..jp'.I^Ra. I^q.lt.sStos can accomraodato from nt
to eight' Gentlemen Boaidefjr.' | ""*"' 1

"* ® 9 mmm m^ ■

' For Coloured ' .adtdren ^f boih Sexts,

Under St. Poilipy Chuifch, i» now ready for th»
admission: of t^ttjpjb.!
'l$ this school wiUbe taight
READING, WRITING -. ARITHMETIC.
ENGLISH GRAMJMAR, GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use of'
Maps and Gt*6ei», and
HISTOR'V. ' ! ■ '
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter,

Rf/erenre.--Rcv. Messrs. P. Williams, S. E?
Cornish, B Paul, and W. Miller. ;
New-York, March 14.. i 1

- LAND FOR SALE.

THE subscriber is authorised to offer takist
coloured brethren, 2,000, Acijes.af e.\celleat Li»iv
at less than one half its. value,' provided: they wiU^;
take meatuses to settle, or neve it «ett{«d, by'cs*^
loured farmery. The land is iri the -state of New- ;
York, withint 70 miles of the eity : Hi location H;
delightful, being on the .batiks of the. Delaware ^
fiver, with art open navigation ta the Oiiy *if TW«'J :
tadetphia. ! The^ canal leading from iheDelawars^
to the Hudson river posses ibtou|h trW twct,.o^|<
pening a direct navigation to Wew-i|ork ciij
passage to) either city may be made in one day sr |
less The/ land is; of the beat quality,, and Wsjlf
timbered. i . r ;

The. Rubscriber hopes 6haJ..some of bin br*oi»4
t<m, who pro capitaliets,-wili at icane!iiivc«4'g«fr«f- .
1,000 dollar.s, in these lands. To such he will talk.
the liberty to sgy, this land can be purchased- ftf-"
5 dollar's !tho acre, (by coloured men,) thpUgn'Mt"
has been soiling for.$2o. He also takes- tbplibcrtf •
to- observe that the purchase will Be; safe and ifo :•
vantageoiis, and bethinks suc.fi a «fttlement,ibrifl» '.L
ed by coloured )familivs, would bo 'conducive .■$:■:•;' 8
much gorid t : With this object in view he wiH 'ii|; *
vest 5U0 dollars in tho puicliase \ '.

SAJVlUEj. E: CORNISH: i

New-Yprk. March 20 • I V

N.-B. Cmnmnnicationu oH tho 8Ubj^t,postpa8|.'/;
will be riceiVcd- and al tcidcu to. ! . - : !

T nit FREED OWS JOUR &Afc, '

Ip publisjicd every Fruilv .atNo luaChurch-strscfeS
. New. : York, .../v. ft]

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half yearly in advance. If paid at the 'tiiue o*;|
subscribing, 0 will be rscieived. '■'['

-03/ N^.DubBcriptiox>,,wil| bc.rcceivcdmr.aw»fi
term, it^'aii' One. ar. , . j ■■■'•\n

., Agents who. . procure -^nd pay foij five snbii*pV;
bcrs, sire entitled to a sixth! copy gratis, for 'o^sv
year. ' / ' '''.';' ■' " ^

No paper discontinued until all rtn'earagca are .
paid, except at the discretioh of the' Editors. ■< '■''}

AH communications, (except those of Agcnt») ; .,
must be^o>X paid. ■

RATES OF ADVERTISING. |
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V each ijfcpetitioh of doi; - : - ] - -
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N. B. 15 per cent deduction for | those p«rsij»#?:
who advertise by the year j 12 for jo wos. } sadl-;
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C. StflakbridgejtEs^NwrthYarmeu.tWJ^^i:
r Mr.lRc.ubenRuhy,;Portland, M«iv ;

« . jDavid^alker,, Boston, -j. , •
, Rev. Thomas Paul, do. ^ [
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Me* «ri*.TtlV(3owlijy!««^l^i

Mr. John W; Prout; Waahftjgton,D. c: < ^
Rev!. Nathshiel!Paul, ^k2iS?l ; ' ^ :

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W. R. G^rdin|.T, Pi;rt,av-jPrh^e,.H«r*:
Austin Stewaird, ■Rocheiltr..--.,' ,'. '
Paul P. Wijlialms. i>sh1>s, Lt, ■ ■
Leopard Spolii; Trijslim.jrl. J
John Shiields, New-HW*4 ' C«i«u .
W- D. Baptist;, Fri deric^rilii VapV
K. P. G: Wrijf htr Sch^i^dJ.- '■■
Isaac Glasgow, Ncrwiiih/ Cos^U' • j i-

" R^l G jl T E 0 U S, NESS E ?.A1» T E T II A NATION."

•CORNISH &. UUSSWURM, )
Editors, and Proprietors- $

^A LETTER , j slave beingj fronj* the nature of slavery,

7b M. Jean Baptiste Say, on the.rtompam' '■ thief,) and compare ,tlie whole amount with
twt Expense of Free and Slave Labour. By,'., the .wages of a- manufacturer of, iron or wool
A ©AM Hodgson- j in England V you will see that labour is much

' (Continued.) cheaper there, than. it. ever oun be by ne-

■ Brougham, in his Colonial Trayels-in the Ura,»l a , ob-

t:oncurs m these sentiments: > t .require* ^ ^ d e . lra(]e i3 impolitic, on the
very little argument to piove,that thejp.an- , broad ' principle {hat a maUi in a stated bpn-

' duge, will not be so serviceable, to the com-
j mum'ty as one who acts for himself, and whose
I whole exertions are directed to ; the . ad-

• tity of Work which may be obtained from a ,
labourer or d»uJge. is liable to be affected as
much by the injurious treatment he receives,
as by the i illness in which he may be er-
iii it led to indulge. Wnen. this drudge is a
shve, no motive but f*»ar can operate on his
diligence aud attention. A coiiatmit ipspec-
tion is, therefore, absolutely necessary, and
a perpetual terror of the lash the only pre-
vention of indolence ; but there ;ire certain
bounds prescribed, even to the power of the
lush; it may force the unhappy viciim to
move, because the line of dinting ion be-
'tween motion and rest, ' • oetion and re-
pose, is definite ; but no punishment can com-
pel the labourer to strenuoiii exertions, be-
cause there is no mea-ure or standard of ac-
tivity. A state of despair, a:id not of indus-
try/is the never-failing consequences of se-
vere chastisement; and .the consian: repeti-
tion of the torture.ohly serves to blunt the
sensibility of the •■'nerve's^ and disarm punish

vancement of his owu fortune ; the creation
of which, by re^rular. means, add? to the. gen-
eral prosperity of the. society to which he be-
longs. This undoubted and indisputable fact
must be stili more strongly impiesseri on the
mind of every one who. has been in the habit
of seeing the ; manner in -which slaves per-
form their daily labour.- This indifferenco.
and the extreme slowness of every movement,
plainly point out the trilling interest which
they have in. the advancement of the , work. I
have watched .parties labouring in tbe same
field, one of free persons, the other of slaves,
wuich. occasionally, though very seldom oc-
curs. The former are singing, joking,' and
laughing," and are always actively turning
hand and foot; whilst. , the lal.tet are silent,
and if they areviewed from aditfte distance.

r t »ent«fits terTOfs.V;The body is injured, ^ nd j their^ movements are scarcely to be percu
the mind bceoriii^ailittle willing as the limbs ve ?: „ , ..• ' . tU . . «. . ,
are able to exert " '"" Hall, adverting to the pernicious effects of

" Hume remarks', "I shall add from the ex- ^very on the southern statesef North Me-
perienceofthe planters, that slavery is as | nca, observes, hxperienee shows,- that the
little advantageous to the m^ter as to the j . ll ' < )er,or T d \ M

man. The fear of punishment will never \ ma fi Mow ; thatof an equal number of Iree
draw so much labour from a slave, as the 1 ° r f v „. l ' „ tl ' \i

dread of.being turned off, and not getting "itelligent American gentlenian,Mo

another service, will give a freeman/ I who " W™f 9 , on . flub 4" ct were sent out '
Burke observes, in his treatise on Euro J remarkva have in one of my answers, ex-
^uu settlement* «-I am the more, ea.m::ccJ!- \ P°f 1 . l ! ,e effect of .sldye-cuUivaUon on the
if the necessity of these indulgences, as Soil ot our country, and' on tnd value* of real
slaves certainly cannot go through so much ''■ e9tate vl 1 w '»l^ r e further observe, that m-
work -as freemen. The mind goes a great

depcndently of this, there is no fact more cer-
tainly believed by every sound mind: in this
country,, than that slave labour is. abstrac-
tedly in jitself, as it regards us*. -.a great doal.
dearer, ihanjabour performed by free men}
this, is susceptible of clear proofs;.

THE BU11IED ALIVE.
* * * * * * * # # *
I had been 'or' some' time ill of a low and
lingering fever... My strengthgradually was-,
ted, but the sense of life seemed to become

way in every thing, and when a man knows
that his labour is for himself, and :hut the
more he labours, the more he is to -acquire ;
this consciousness .carries him throu . h, and
supports him beneath fatigues, under which
lie would otherwise have sunk."

" That the proprietors of West-India- es-
. tates," observes Dr.- Beattie, u would he in
any respect materially injured by employing
free uervants (if these could be had) jn their
several manufactures, is highly improbable,
and has, indeed, been absolutely denied by

those who were well informed un this sub- jmore and more acute as my corporeal powers
ject A clergyman of Virginia assured nie, , became weaker. I could see by tbe looks of
that a white man doejygpuble the work of a'1 the doctor that he despaired of my recovery ;
flave; which will not seem wonderful, if .we : and" the 1 soft! and whispering sorrow of my
consider that the former works for himself, ! friends taught me that \ had nothing to hope",
tnd the latter for another ; that by the law, j One day towards the evening, the crisis
one is protected, the other oppressed ; and ^.took place.'- I was seized with a strange and
that in the articles of food and clothing, re- j indescribable quiverings — a rushing sonnil'
taxation and rest, the free man has innumer- j was, in my ears,— I saw around my couch in-
tble advantages.; It may, therefore, be pre- i numerable strange faces : they were bright
{•unved, that' if all who serve in the Colonies ..and visionary, and .'.without; bodies. There
T.ere free, the same work would be perform- [was light and solemnity, and I tried to move,
^d by half the number, which is now per ., but could not. For a short time a terrible
formed by the whole. The very soil becomes ; confusion overwhelmed me, and when it pas-
more fertile under the hands of freemen, so ;eed off, all my recollection returned with the
fays an intelligent French author, (Le Poi- , most perfect distinctness, but' the power of
vre)who, after observing that the products | motion had departed. I heard the Bound of
of Cochin China are the same in kind with j weeping atmy pillow— and the Voice of the
thoee of the West Indies, but of better quali- j nurse sav, " He is dead."— I cannot describe

ty, and in greater abundance, gives for a rea- J what I felt' at these words. I exerted my- u.t

men,

that the former are cultivated by free } most power of ' vioJition to stir myself^ lut \
i, and the latter by slaves and therefore j could noi move even an eyelid. After a shor.
argues, 4 that the negroes beyond' the Allan.- : pause my^ friend drew near ; and sobbing and
tic ought to be made free.' 4 The ear; h,'says ^ convulse^ with grief, .drew his hand over my.
he, ' which multiplies her productions with (face, and closed my eyes. The world. was
profusion under the hands of a free-born la- j then darkened, but stiU'I could hear, and feel,

"bouier, seems to shrink into barrenness un-
de/ the sweat of tbe slave.' "

"It is an illigrounded opinion," says Frank-
lin, in his . Essay on the Peopling of Coun-

aud suffer.

When my eyes were closed, J heard. by the
attendants that my friend had left the room,
and I soon after foimd the. undertakers .were
. America preparing t 0 habit. me in the Wrments'of tbe
■™!L P .^? }y cl >efPness of. manufac- f grave. Their thoiightie^s.he5 wa« i indre. aw.'

tries, " that by the labour of slaves America
may possibly vie in cheapness of manufac-
tures ,wtth G;. - Britain., The labour of slaves
can never be so cheap hefe, as the labour of
working met? is in Gjreai. Britain; Anyone
may compute it. Reckon, then, the interest
of the fi>3t purchase of a.slave, the insurance
or risk on h'^ life, his clothing. and diet, ex-
penses in his sickness and loss of time,
tas by his j neglect : of. busia^ - (neglect,
which is natural to the man who is not
fo be benefitted by his own care or diligence)
expense of a; driver to keep him at work, and
Sis pilfering from Vuneio time, (almost svery

:ul than the ^rief of my friends'; Jliey. . laugh-
ed at one: another, .as they, .turned. me from
sidff to side, and treaied what \hejr believed
a corpse with the most appallihglribahljry.

When they laid. me out, -these; wretches
retired, and the. degrading formality of affec-
ted -lnournihg Commenced. For three days
a number! of frietids called to ^e.e nie. t heard
them, in - low accents, 6pqakVo,f what.'
and ' More than 6n^ tbuche'd f me wjili f
ger.' : Oii the third oayj some of libm ,,
of the sajeli of goir^tion ia the-rqem.-

The cpffitt wafc procured— I whs lifted jitid
laid in.' My friend placed my head on what
was deemed its Jast-piHow, and I felt his tear
drop on my faceV

, When all .who hid any, peculiar interest in
me had for a short time looked at fne in. the
coffin.,! heard then) retire ; and the underta-
ker's then placed the lid on the coffin, and;
screwed it down. There. were two of them
present — one had occasion to go away before
•t.he Jt t.aak was done. I heard the fellow who
.was left begin to whistle as he turned the
Borewrnails: but lie checked himself, and
completed tfio work in silence. ,

I was then left alone, — every one shunned
the room. I knew, however, that I was' not
yet buried ; niid though darkened and mo-
tionless, I had still hope:— but this was: not
.permitted long. The day of interment arriv
ed— f felt tile coffin lifted and borne away—
I heard and felt it placed in the hearse.—
There was a crowd of people around ; some
of them spoke sorrowfully of me. Tbe hearse
began to move— I knew that it carried me to
the grave. It halted,'and the coffin was takfrn
qwr—Ifelt myself carried on the shoulders "of
mem by the -inequality or" the motion-— A
pause ensued— 1 heard the cords of the coffin
moved— 1 felt it swing as dependent by theu'i
— It was lowered, and rested on the bottom
of the grave- 1 — The cords we're dropped upon"
'the lid— I heard them fall.— Dread ful was the
e,ffort I Vhen 'made to exert the power of ac-
tion, hut my whole frame was immoveable.

Soon, after, after a few handsful Sf earth
were thrown upon the coffin — then there was
another pause-rafter which the shovel was
employed, and thes*und of the rattling mould
as it covered me, was fur more tremendous
than thunder! But I coidd make no effort.—
The so 1 und gradually became less and less,-
and by a surging: reverberatfon in the coffin,
i ^^>w-|tiiat tjhe giave. was ,iUled=»».ipj.aiit1 thut
tkii 'sexton w4s treading in the earth, slapping
the grave with the flat of his spade. This
:too ceased, and then all was silent.

I had no means of knowing the Itipse of
ti ne ; and?: the silence continued. This is
deatlu-thoughtfilj-and l am doomed to remain
in the earth till the resurreation. Presently
tjie body will |faJl into corruption, and the epi-
curean .Vorrti,! that is only satisfied with the
flesh of nrmn, Will come to, partake o< the ban-
quet that has ;been prepared for him wtyh so
much solicitude snd care. In the contenipla-.
ti.on of this hideous thought,. I heard a low :
and undersOund; in the earth Over me, and I
fancied 'that the worms |and the reptiles of
death vvere doming— that : the mole and the
rat of the grave would soon be upon' me. The
soui.d continued to grow louder and hearer.
Can it be possible, ! thought, that my friends
suspect j.hey liave. buried ine too soon ? The
hope was truly like light bursting through
the gloom of death.

r -The 1 sound ; ! ceased, and presently I felt the
hands of some: dreadful being working about
my throat.- They dragged riie out of the
coffin by the head. I felt again the living
air, but !it was piercingly cold ; and I. was
carried slwiftly away— I thought to judgment,
perha|>s to perdiiibn.

Wnen-Tjoi-nd to some distance, I was then
thrown down like a clod— it was not upon the
ground. I A moment aftof I found myself on
ajcarriage ; arid- by the interchange of two
or three brief "sentencea, I discovered that I
■w,as -in tlie han^lB of two of those robbers! who
UVe by pjunde^iHg the grave, and selling the
bodies or parents,- and children, and friends.
One o 1 ' the meh sung snatches and scraps of
obscetie songsj '.as the cart rattled over the
payemems of the streets.
; VVhenlit halted, I was lifted out, and I s'bon'
pefceiyed by the closeness of the air,- and the
chnngbixjif tem|ie'rature|, that I vya's carried in-
to a room ; and, J being| rudely stripped of "my
sblfdud, Was placed naked on' a table. By
the convorsation of 'thie two fellows withjthe
eferyartt vfhb admitted thein, I learned that I
was that nightfito be djssected.
. )My> ey'es w^re still! shut; I saw nothiog;
-but in 4 shoi t time I h bard, by the bustle in
the robmj that the students of anatomy were
'assembliiigi '; Some of them oattte round the
itable, anq* exanyfned'me mimiifely;' They were
niiqased to find that so ' good a subject had
been procured. 1 The dembhisttatbr hitilself at
Ust camd in; h ' '■' ;v

< J*revip^8' to- jbegihning the disaeclion, ite
proposed {to.tryj on me !some galvanic experi-
meni^it^d an! apparatus wa?' 'arranged-! for

that purpose. The first-shock vibrated through
all my ; nerves,; they rung-, ami jangled like
the string, of a harp. The student* expressed -
their ad/niratiom at the convulsive effect.-
The second shock threw my eyes operij aAd
the first- person I saw was the doctor who-h'ad «
attended me. But still I was ad deod : • I could*
however, discover among the stu'de'nta the fa*
cesof many with whom! I was' familiar; and
when, my eyes wereiopened. Iheard my name?'
pronoqneed by aevel|pe:f the students, with' .
an accent of awe an| compassion, and a :wis!r
that, it ihad been ;som,e other'subject. •. ?

Whe.n they had satisfied themselves with'
the galvanic phenomena, 'the I demonstrator
took the knife, and pierced rne on the boson»
with the point. I felt a dreadful crackling,,
as it were, throughout', my whole frame— a
convulsive shuaderihginistantlyfollowed/'and
a shriek of horror'ro:?e from all! present The
ice of death was broken up — my trance end- •
ed. The utmost exertions were made to re-
store me. and 'm the course of ah hour I wa$
in the full possession of;all my facultieWw-
s * * #; # .# *! * *' # ■

[Edinburgh; Magazine,'' j"

• : -^»^- -

11 WHAT DOlES ¥OUR- SUGAR COST'?^
A Cottage CosvEBSi/fiON on -the su*"-
ject of Bkitish N«GRb SuaVebt. *
Woman. — " Do look, Jenny, Who is knock-
ing at our door ?" . j •

Daughter— ( looking out of thp window.)—
" It's a Lady, mother* I was just, going to-
change my cap. Mother, ehe rs come in alt
ready ; do speak to her." J

Lady. — " I call ed 6h you as t 'passe d th is-
way, to ask if .yoii, Jerihy' 5 help to keep a poor
black negro in slavery ?" I

Woman, — "Oh, d'ear, madam! 7 keep a
slave !" ! ! '

Lady.i — " I sadly fear that ydu are one of .
those who eat' West India' sugar. Every
twenty-five people who eat! Westj India sugar,,
keep at least .one; slave to make what they
consume! ; ftnd the more you eat; the inorja -
they wort. Will you permit me to look' at the
sogar ydu eat? ,,! , . ■ I

Woman.— '♦Here it is, Ma'damf I bought it .
on Satui day: last." i ,

■Tke Ladif looks dt it sorrowfully^" I am
very sorry for you, for the Bible; says * With
What roebsure ye mete^ it shall be measured
to you again and' it also says, * Be not.
partakers of other men's sins.' But, perhaps,
you do nht know, wliat this sugarj cost ?

Wvmaii,.—" Oh yea, I do, it cost; eight-pence
a pound." ' ' .

... .1(0%.—" A 'Crentleniian thtitl knew very,
well, who came IVom the West! Indies, told ,
me he was once" helping to paclt .some pun- .
cheons of rum. A negro who| helped him
happened to hurt his:hand, and it bled, and ,
he washed his han/l itf ojue of the puncheon^. .
of rum. The Gentiemah reprove'd him for .^
and saidj * Your blo-oil will be d.rank in l En«* ".
gland.' The negro answered, 1 You no think
Massa, when you eat our sugar t you drink our
Hood. 1 " \ : ' ! • ■ !' ,

Woman.— " Blood ! in tli^t engrtr !"

JLorfy.-i-Remember, I asis;cd you what your .
sugar cosjti and you answered tne, eight-
pence a hound ; but I will} tell you what it
really cost}; and you will rither never taste '
,eugar agiiln than eat any more |s>f it. The
poor black negroes who mad^> it, ^ere at first
stolen away fre.m,.^heir ow|p pountry— rstolen
a\vay chiefly to make sugan ; I will 'ttH jrou
some of their sufferings; whtch'h&ye'beeB'puT
into|verse, and all thes6 cruelties haye been pro-
ved to be tpte before the commitlet &ite 'tfflitge •
of 'Commons ; and ten thousands could tell:
the same t^ale as Yamba even ntJw } : for, th&
French and otherSvSteal >them'etilL'.' '

'From the buehot even- tid4 '
Rushed the fierce irtan-irteaiing orewi ' '

-Seiz'd the children by my side, !

! . Seiz'd;the>wretchi3d Yamba too. •

Then fori love of filthy gold, v '
Straight thoy bore melo the iseaij>

Cramm'a me down a akvcrship's .hold, •-.
Wher^j.^ere hundreds uto^'d like flfc. -

Naked on the plat form .iyingy ^- '--V 11

I Now W» crowi the tunfbliri> ,w»v^, ...

iBltr iekin^, sickening^ f^i;alini,;dyi^gj >

; X>e^ of ahtmp for ^rj^^| brave , ;
, Nau«eou^i horse-bean« they bring tjqjhi - '

; , Sick and sad .we cannpt .^i . I

Cat mu»i cure ,tho eulk8,.tb^y ; «ry>
' 1 Powtt' pur throats the v f^w tUe 1 »ea£ ,.

« When wg had thus stolen, them from their-
own country We conveyed them to another,
three thousand miles off ; and then took them
to market, and sold thorn like beasts; and wo
«e1l them like beasts still, though the slave-
trade is abolished, and often part husbands
from wives, and children from their parents ;

* deed of shame to Britons brave. 1 Thev are
now, in 1826, still SLAVES ! ! 1 When En-
glish people sing, 1 Rule Britannia, Britannia
mile «the waves,' and shout for joy when the
«nding comes, * Britons never xotil be stave*,'
ahould thoy not also feel for their fellow crea-
tures, as well as themselves, and Bing, ' Bri-
tons never, never, vritt have slaves.'

" But as it is, we 'at this day allow them to
%e ranked with cattle. They are advertised
to be sold with carts and horses. They are
eold to pay their master's debts ;* if he wants
thoriey he may take the children, and even
the mother, and sell them before the eyes of
the agonized father, ff the late recommen-
dations of our Government should even take
jdace, the daughter at 16 in Trinidad, and at
14 in the thirteen chartered colonics, may, if
%er° master' pleases, be sold away from her
parents when she moa* needs them to protect
iter, and when the vilest of meu may choose
lp buy hcr.-i-Thus Yamba tells us the ten-
derest ties of nature may be torn asunder-

* Drove like cattle to a fair,

See, they swll us young and old ;
Child from mother too they tear,

. Ml for love of filthy gold.
I was sold to Massa bard,

Some have Massas kind and good ;
And again my back was ecar'd,

Bad and stinted was my food.
Down my cheeks the tears are dripping,

Broken is my heart with grief,
Mangled my poor flesh with whipping ;

Come, kind death ! and bring relief.'

To make sugar the poor slaves in crop-time
•nvork both night and day, and well may they
, «ay,~ .

* Why did all-creating nature

Make the plant for which we toil ?
Sighs must fan it, tears must water,
Sweat of ours must dress the soil.
Think, ye roasters, iron- hearted,
Hi Lolling at your jovial boards,

Think how. many backs have smarted,
H For the sweets your cane affords 1'
Hm " In St. Bomingo, which is an island very
cB| flea . r Jamaica, the free negroes have doubled
H their numbers, very nearly in

TWENTY YEARS,
though there has been a great deal of fighting
in this island, and blood-shed; While in
Jamaica, it may be seen, from the returns
made by the Government, that forty thou-
sand slaves were in that island in the year
1690. Eight hundred thousand have been
brought there since, and now there are only
three hundred and sixty thousand alive.

" Now do you understand what your sugar
cost! Life ! Life) the life of man, the life of
women and littlef children."

Woman. — " Oh ! Madam, you make me
tremble. I will never touch another bit of
this bloody sugar, as long as I live. But
pray tell me, don't these poor creatures make
coffee, and they say that don't hurt them like
making sugar ?"

Lady.—-" By one story, published by order
of the House of Commons, you can under-
stand what coffee costs your fellow-creatures
who are under this cruel and merciless sys-
tem.

* See Jamaica Gazettes.

t An eye witness informed the write, that mo-
thers wbo had sick children were often obhtftd to
go to work and leave them ill, and often came
back and found them dead By their mothers
being over-worked, numbers of children are de-
stroyed before they are born.

f7b be Continued.)

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

Messrs. Editors, —

Among the many engines, whose object it
is to keep alive the prejudice of the whites
against the coloured community of this city;
I perceive that the "New- York Enquirer"
stands foremost on the list.

In that paper of the 10th inst. in an article
•entitled, The Negroes, the Editor indulges in
a strain of scurrility, the most dishonourable
to himsel'.', and calumnious of the people, at
whom it is levelled. He asserts, that " there
are lew subjects connected with the moral
and . political well-being of the community,
which are more fitted to excite feelings of
anxiety and alarm, than the character of the
negro population of this country." But for
the sequel of his lamentation. I would have
been induced to conclude, that his fears were
«*ssUed by tb.e weil known-fact, that the' pear

pie <iffe eolb<ft- in-New-Y*rk, are^eeidedly
more respectable in character and condition
at the present day, than . they have hitherto
been. If this is not indicative of their sus-
ceptibility of improvement, and ominous that
in time, with but two-thirds tho advantages
in possession of their detractors, they will
have attained a standing, equal at least, with
their friend and advocate, the worthy Mr.
N— ,then there is no correa pondeneo between
Heaven and earth. • ' ;s,i ,

So far from taking a " lively interest in what-
ever regards the *me!ioral ion- of > their ! condi-
tion"-— he has, with a few exceptions, always
betrayed an ardent desire that they should
be retained in oppression and servitude, by.
his unceasing and unprincipled attacks upon
their best political interests. has, it is
trtie, condescended, in a few jnstahcee of
late," to jbestow some small meed of. praiso,
upoh African intelligence and deportment;
under circumstances, however, that be could
not have done otherwise. What avails it,
that he has praised and encouraged us, if in
the nextjmoment, he spies out the defects Of
the unenlightened and vicious in order to
censure our whole body ? It is like the man
who builds his housq with unteinpered mor-
tar, and Ore he has reared the roof, has the
mortification to see it fall, a mass of ruins,
beneath its own weight.

I am fully aware, that many of our breth-
ren are , dissolute ; and that their general
conduct is highly reprehensible ; . also that
something should be done to stay the current
of vice. On these points we are perfectly
agreed. But can this professed friend, or
a"ny other white man feel more deeply on such
a subject than the rational aod well informed
of our own colour? Besides, why cannot
similar inconsistency of conduct, in people of
the Editors own caste excite his indignation ?
Why does he uot call for public censure and
correction oi the cote and bird-catchers among
the whites, who infest not only Broadway,
but every place of public amusement, and
whose obscenity shocks the eyes and ears of
all genteel people ? This, I do not expect,
so long as he looks at the people of colour,
through, the " camera obscura" of prejudice.

I would entreat the Editor of the N. Y. E.
through the medium of your columns, to dis-
criminate motfe widely, between the virtuous
and vicious among us.; to remember that the
nation from which he sprang, has been long
held, in the utmost contempt in most parts of
the world ; and that in sympathizing with his
own house, he would cherish a fellow-feeling
for' us.

I am not covetous of sitting at the table of
Mr. N~, to hold by his arm in the streets, —
to marry his daughter, should he ever have
one".— nor to sleep in his bed—neither should
I think myself honoured in the possession of
all these favours. MORDECAt.

NAt,,

FOR THE FREEDOM S JODRNAt.

In the fallowing, Messrs. Editors, I design
to give our people a particular account of
their origin, and as far as I am able,to acquaint
them with what nations, people, 'and family
they stand connected. It would be certainly
a great satisfaction to persons to know from
what race of people, country, or family they
sprung originally. And . the ignorance* in,
which the greater part of the inhabitants of
the world, even among many of the most en-
lightened nations labour under, in this res
pect, is much to be lamented. This ignO'
ranee, says Bishop Berkley, is owing chiefly
to the barbari tramontani,"* and other
northern nations, who have from time to time
overrun the face of Europe ; leaving a mix-
ture of their spawn in all parts of it, so that
no one knows whether he caine originally
from Scythia, or Asia ; from a civilized na-
tion, or from the greatest brutes. Wars and
invasions have done much to increase this
ignorance, and destroy, or interchange the
inhabitants of most countries. And the great
variety of complexions met with at the pre-
sent day, in ray opinion, has, very probably,
originated in these two sources. The Per-
sian and Hindoo historians, or traditions, as-
sert, and with much reason, have, proved,
that man originally was black, or, of that
dark swarthy colour peculiar, to all the na-
tions of the East, where man was first pro-
pagated, and which Europeans call black:
And tlie historians, of Europe have, with'
equal plausibility, shown that man originally
was white. The original colour of man . be-
ing very deeply involved in obscurity, I w»U
leave the subject to be discussed! by the
learned.; and simply Mdmitting, there were
originally but.two distinct colours, black and
white, the Ethiopian. or African ; the white,
or European ; and proceed in the attempt, to
show the African; from what race of i people,;
country, and family he has originally .descen-
ded, and to what nation he now stands con-
nected.— It is certain, the origins) name of
Egypt was Misraim; from Misraim, Meso-
raim, or Meisoraim, as the learned Bochart

explains* it hi tir* Fouifth Book of his Geogra-
phia Sacra, ind Monsieur Du Pin's Hiatory
of the Old Testament, Chap, vkand others.

All ancient authors agree, that Egypt was
once the richest and happiest country in tho
world; flourishing with plenty, and even
learning, before the patriarch Abraham's
time.; tor, says the groat Bishop of Meaux,
and other historians, the Egyptians had arri-
ved- to such perfection, in the arts and scien-
ces, : even in the earliest - times, that Moses
was instructed in the sciences of the Egyp-
tians. Triptolemus, the founder of agricul-
ture, came out: of Egypt; Bacchus, the first
who taught' man to convert the juice of the

Erape into wine, came also out of Egypt, or
ybia, which borders on ; and Herodotus
says, Pythagdras and other learned men.
went into Egypt to be instructed of the
priests. ; It is also a well known fact, that
with the' Romans, and Grecians, their great
mens' education was not considered com-
plete, until they had made the tour of Egypt.
I am thus profuse in my observations, be-
cause, in the first 'placo, I would let my breth-
ren know, that though ages have witnessed
their truly lumentable degradation, they are
no other than the descendants of this once
illustrious people, to whom, even the literati
of the day, while they use; in contempt, the
epithet " Negro," are indebted for much of
their intelligence. Eupolemus, an ancient
writer, taken from the Babylonian monu-
ments, and preserved by Euaebius, in Book
9th, savs, that according to the Babylonians,
the firs't was Belus, the same with Kronos or
Saturn: from whom came Ham, or Cham,
the father of Chanaan, brother to Misraim,
the father of the Egyptians, who, with his fa-
mily, first peopled Egypt.f It being, thus,
satisfactorily proved, that the Africans are
the descendants of Ham, the son of Noah,
the smallest doubt cannot exist, that these
degraded, and too long oppressed people are
the same, with the once noble and virtuous
inhabitants of the empire of the great Sesos
trig, and enterprising Mmris. That the Af-
rican, of the present day, who. is so generally
accused of every species of infidelity, and
who the 1 vile Calumniator represents as dead
to every ennobling quality ; stupid, and inca-
pable of moral improvement, is no other than
the unfortunate descendant of the Egyptians,
whose learning the ancients vainly emulated,
and to. whose eminence in the sciences, the
modems have not attained,
v Seeoiuily, It is not to be supposed, that it
was at the confusion of languages, about a
century after the flood, when certain tribes,
of the family of mankind, journied acoss
the inhospitable deserts, oi by some other
way, entered on the continent of Africa,
and took up there, their abode in that burn-
ing region ; because, at this time, numerous
as were the inhabitants of the East, there
were immense tracts of land in the adjoinipg
countries unpeopled, ana" producing sponta-
neously all the necessaries of life, and even
luxuries, for the sustenance of. man: and
rich in pasturage for animals, and. beasts of
buroeri, which, doubtless, he had in bis do-
mestic! service. But, it is my humble opinion,
that our people, the undoubted descendants
of Ham. who are of the Egyptian family and
of the illustrious Mizzoranian house, took up
their abode hi some of the adjoining and fer-
tile regions of that country, rendered dear to
them by nature and ] the traditions of their
forefathers. Then at what time, did those
tribes, who have been since .known by the
name of the 1 country vyhich they adopted,
travelled out hf Asia into Africa, if not at the
confusion of languages? To this question,
Messrs. Editors, I will give you my humble
opinion, strengthened by some of the first
authors. It is well known, and out of all
controversy, that about four hundred years
after the flood, there was a very great revo-
lution 'in Egy^t, abd in the surrounding coun-
tries. ! It is certain, also, there were kings in
Egypt;' in Abraham's time ; and historians
agree, that these kings were the impiouB and
yfle Hrcksoes, or Hycloes, who Josephus, in
his Contra Appina, Book ii. says, an old
ptian word signifying King Shepherds,
irig of Beasts, given them by the native
Egyptians in contempt and detestation.

I say, it was during this invasion, when the
Mizzoranians; or\ ancient Egyptians, being
most incredibly oppressed and hunted by the
impioys Hicksoes, were at last compelled, to
leave I the land of their ancestors in the pos-
session of their cruel invaders ; and seek
elsewhere a borne. Driven out by so terri-
ble an ejiemyj their very name was dreadful
to the inuocent Egyptians, who inspired with
- contempt' off their diabolical customs, and

their brethren in Africa and Colchos, settled
a colony there also.

Fearful of tiring your reader* with t©*^
much prolixity, I propose, Messrs. Editors, taj§
presont them with the conclusiob of this 'GoM
nealogy in the forth-coming number of your
Journal. S.

, * Tho Italians call tho northern ipcoplo barb*,
rous.

f Of these people, Bochart and Herodotns t*j t
their hair was short, black, and frizzled : and the
form of their feature varied- with tjheir. tribe*, <*
norans ; but, in every other respect, 'they greatly
reaomblod each other, which proceeded from their
springing from one family : and had not been cor-
rupted by marriages with other nation*. And of
whom, the celebrated Bishop of Meaux, in. the
third part of hia Universal History, give* a won-
derful description .of their justice, their piety and
virtue. The Egyptians, ho says, had such,a hor-
ror of shedding mens' blood, that they -punished :
their criminals after they wore dead ; which was
as much in terrorem, as if they had been punish* '!
ed when alive.

awed {by fear jof their ferocity, travelled out
of their, county in tribes, intent on finding a
peaceful home in the most distant parts qf the
\yide Extended region of tho' East. At which
time, two or n)ore tribes, in their wandering,
entered Africa',- but by which way historians
have not been! decided, 'and settled there a
colony; ! as other tribes of this same people,
and a{ this very tupey entered China, and like

'roii Tuz freedom's journal.
Messes. : ftorroBS — j

If it so seemcVt uuio you, J tcould like &
place in your columns, from which J may now
and then take a view of matters, things ant
persons in general. Jtows,

Observer,.
OBSERVER, No. I.

It is a thauKleiis orfice to expose the deed&
of the designing, ana ueiend the weak aud
inexperienced from the power of tne strong,
auu subiie. And very often the; only reward
a man natli, for enduring tne shafts ot malice
and the laugh of the scorner, is the con*
sciousnead of tne rectitude of his own hearty
tno silent response of the Jittie monitor wun-
iu, that teils nun in Jaȣi|mge mute but elo-
quent, ' ne has done Well' ttad | widely,' .. la
proaecuting iiia assign, the Observer is aware
tliat nic< intentions will frtjtyueiijly be called
in question, anu the purity his] motives dis-
believed, it matt' rs not withh^m. He well
kucwti that the men who have laboured most
tor the welfare of their fellow beings, have
been mosL slandered and abusedi Tne Grand
Judge ot Israel, tuat man, above ali other
men in soberness and truth, in his endeavours
to unite the scattered remnant of bis breth-
ren, who have been' as a by-word and a re-
proach among all nations, was laughed at by ,
on unfeeiijig world as an arrant :inipostor ani
cheat. The great discoverer of the skull cap,.
who is in nimself the Galen anajLonginua of
the Western world, has been branded as a>
lunatic by some, and by others considered a*
more knave tiian fool. With such examples
of the perversion of mens' judgment, the Ob-
server is not very anxious in what estimation,
he may be held. A consciousness of the
well meaning of his intentions^ will be tatr
only reward he would covet. Having said
thus much, I sliali' dispense with farther pre-
face. The following letter I received from
a particular friend of mine. She is an elderly
lady, of great piety and benevolence, and ad-
vice from one of her age and expeiience is
hot heedlessly giveu, and should mot be heed-
lessly heard.

Dear good Mr. Observer ,

I heard from a friend of mine, that in thes*
degenerate days you was going to uplift your
voice against the vices and great wickeuie*
of the land. It is some consolation to find that
there are some, who think it no shame to at&n| ■■
up in the cause of religion and morality. But
I ain glad you are coming out. You know Ia«
a regular attendant at church, pn that holy
day, after the toil and bustle of jthe week, it-
is refreshing to the true believer to repair tfc ,'
the sanctuary, to offer our homage to the
great I AM. I need not tell you how I hays-
been grieved at tiie conduct of soine young la- ,
dies who sit in front of me. jl'he.i have a habit,
when any one comes in after the! service his
Commenced, to turn their heads jround to see ■
who it is. This occasions considerable in-
jerruptioh to tliose who, Jiko myself, go t*
bear the Word. I hope you will say some- 1
thing about this, for it is impossible te derive
any profit, where you are disturbed every
five minutes. Yours, |

I must proceed to my- task! as in duty*,
bound. And sorry am I that in my first Ea- ■>
say I shobld be obliged to administer the rod^
of reproof, to any of the softer sex^ I have; -;
always liad a special regard for the daugh- li-
ters of our mother Eve, and . it is this that; 1 .:
prompts jme to address them at . present. ; •
There is; nothing more becoming roryobai.; ^
ladies, thhn that they should pay decent res? , -
pect to the rules of propriety- And surclf ;
none will say; that it is uo ofienbe again** 1 |;
propriety to mis-conduct id church. .

The churcH is; no place. for us o,g.o fotXte i '.
sole purpose of seeing and bei-M; seen. W*-'^ .
should let no unholy thought, no wordly care j. ;
intrude upon - our ' minds. I And far froin. u* '0\
should be the lebt appeajrance of levity. *

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

91

hope these few words will produce the in-
tended affect.) I am sure the portions in ques-
tion will see the impropriety of their beha-
viour. While on the subject, I would remark,
that it would be well if the practice of coming
into church after the commencement of the
service could be dono away with. It is un-
pleasant both to the minister" and his congre-
gation, to be disturbed by the entrance of
those whacan, as well as not, come earlier

.\EW-YORK, AUGUST 17.

ftj* NOTICE. — While tee feel grateful to
ihose of our' Patrons, who have complied with
our terms; the interests of the " Journal,"
compel us toremind our delinquent subscribers ,
of the necessity of their paying ; as no papers
uillbe drliveredto any tchose bills have been
presented so repeatedly,.after the issuing of our

TO THE SENIOR EDITOR— No J1I.

New-Have h, July —,

Dear Sin,

As stated in my last, a meeting was held in
the evening, in the African Meeting-House, ac-
cording to previous appointment. Sorry am I to
aay, that the number assembled was very few.
Females, be it written to their credit, composed
a large majority; in fact, th<v spirit of enquiry
among them, whether derived from their mother
Eve or not, is always greater than among an
equal number of males. Hence we find so many
more of them engaged in the active duties of So-
oieties, which bay© not only the moral improve-
ment of man in view, but whose aim is also, to
disseminate the -charitiea and necessaries of life
among the poor and sick. After a fervent prayer
by Mr. J- — , and the object of the meeting hav-
ing been briefly stated ; extemporaneous addres-
see, well suited to the occasion, were delivered
by Messrs O — , A — , and B, recommendatory of
the Journal. The speakers all endeavoured to
present the object in a fair light, and in my hum-
ble opinion, acquitted themselves very credita ;
bly. The meeting adjourned, after having ac.
■eomplishod but Comparatively little. While I
feel thankful lor the zealous endeavours of our
friends here, to forward the extension of the
Journal ; I cannot help regretting that so many
of our brethren should absent themselves .from
the meeting; for how could it appear in any other
light, than a dislike and an opposition to any ef-
fort, which had a tendency to raise us in the Bcale
cf beings. These are lamentable facts, but true.

Next morning f waited upon Mr: W — --, whose
fr.r lings have long been warmiy enlisted in our
cause. He stands ready, I may say, upon the au-
thority of friends, to engage in any cause which
shall have a tendency to promote African Educa-
tion : and, in prosecution of this important sub-
ject, he is willing to go Eost and West, North
and South. As usual, the conversation immedi
ately turned on African Colonization ; but vain
werft all our efforts, to convert " Tun au 1'autre :"
as I found, him, so 1 left him ; and as I entered,
so I departed. The Colonization Society appears
to have some few friends in New-Haven.. Almost
orory where I called, the views of the So»
oiety were immediately introduced for conversa-
tion.

The Society has been very zealous and suc-
cessful in imposing upon the public, the foolish
ides that we are all longing to emigrate to their
land of " milk and honey" and a thousand other
Munchausen stories, too trifling and inconsistent
to be repeated. I deem it high time that our
friends, in different parts of the Union, should
hnow the truth of the matter — that we are all, to a
man, opposed, in every shape, to t,he Colonization
Society, and its consistent President. Justice to
some Coldnizationists here, compels me to state,
that they candidly acknowledged they did not be-
iievc, that the climate 1 of Liberia was suited to
the constitution of emigrants from the New-Eng-
land and Middle States. You well know, that
such men as W — , C — . M— , and, a long South
ern list, care not whether the emigrants die the
next day after their arrival in Liberia, or not; ha.
\'ing obtained all they dusired, our removal from
this country— for their own personal safety, and
the bettor security of their slaves Mcthinka,
s kve-holdcrs must be somewhat lacking in their
crania, to dream even of being able to keep in the
nineteenth century, nearly two vtilligns of their
fellow beings enslaved ! Knowledgo must spread-
Tt cannot be kept from them. : D.id all other me

thods fail, 1 verily believe, lik« heaven's fiory
lightnings,' it would descend upon them. Can the
justice of God tolerate bo much iniquity and in-
justice ?

You may well suppose, I could not omit, though
milch hurried, visiting the cabinet of minerals)
gallery of paintings, library, &c &c. appertaining
to the College. Vale College, one o f the first in-
stitutions of the kind, in the country, was founded
in-1700, and located in New-Haven ; but the next
year it Was removed to Saybrook, and: in 171 G
again to Now Haven. The buildings aro the
three Colleges, each four stories high ; 100 feet
in front r and 40 foot deep, built of brick ; an ele-
gant chape] of the same materials ; and in the
rear, a . fine building, the lower part of which;
serves the students for a refectory;' and the upper,
for a cabinet of minerals, and a lecture room for
the professor of chemistry. The library contains
about , 000 volumes. Theological- works occupy
a considerable number of the shelves. Among
them are many rare and valuable works. The
Cabinet of Minorals belonging to Yale College, is
tho most extensive and valuable in tho Union :
besides its intrinsic value, it possesses many ad-
vantages from its admirable arrangement. The
specimens of Basalt, from the 1 Giant's Causeway,
Ireland, and Aerolite from Weston, Conn, arc re-
ally nolle. The specimens of Agato, Mar-
ble and Organic* remains, were various and parti-
cularly fine. But from the hurried manner in
which my visit was performed, I cannot particu-
larize one-tenth part of what is really worthy of
notice. In the same Hall, stands the collection
belonging to the American Geological Society,
which also contains many articles Worthy of no-
tice. I was much pleased with beholding several
cases in the Cabinet, inscribed " Citizens of N.
H." They speak volumes in favour of the public
spirit and liberality of her citizens.

New-Havon is pne of the pleasantest towns in
the Union. It is handsomely laid out, and Bhaded
with trees; the streets crossing each other at
right angles. To city travellers, it has more the
appuarance of a country town, than many petty
country villages. Having previously heard much
concerning its BuryingGround, I could not depart
without paying it a visit. It is really deservin
of the celebrity it has acquired. It is the finest I
evcpeaw. The ground is divided into certain
square lots, which have been sold to different in-
dividuals, and by them surrounded with a low rail-
ing, in many instanced, with the initials of tho fa-
mily inscribed. The monumental slabs aro in a
finer order than we generally see them. Some
are really elegant. I was particularly struck with
those erected on tho College lots, and General
Humphrey's. It would be well ,*for other towns
to follow the praifae- worthy example cn* New- Ha-
ven, in laying ont their future burying places.

About 11 P. M. I repaired to tho stage-house,
where I had a small specimen of Yankee, polite-
ness, in the bar-koepbr inviting me to go to bed
for one hour, for which he had the condescension
to charge only twenty-five cents. The stage was
not ready till some time after twelve, when four
others and myself took our seats within, where
found one weary passenger Nocturnal trav-
elling, you know, is scarcely • ever pleasant, at
best ; more especially when we happen to find
ourselves in the company of strangers. A few
common place remarks therefore,,, wore pretty
much all that was said on the occasion.^ But when
day-light appeared, and displayed jo us Sol, ri-
sing from his ocean-bed, the exclamation was ge-
neral on the grand and imposing spectacle before
us. For wlio can behold tho Sun rising in all his
splendour, and not reflect on its great Architect?

About 6 A. M. we arrived in Middletown, tho
present location of Capt. Patridge's ! Academy.
The town has a pleasing appearance ; at least in
passing through the principal street. In M. many
persons of colour reside. Merely passing through,
I had not the means of making any enquiries con-
cerning their numbers, standing, &c< . j

I am happy to be able to state, from information,
that their improvement of late has been conside-
rable.; Means are about to be taken to erect a
house' of worship for their sole use.' This augurs
well, as we may always expect something more,

concerning a celebrated mercantile house in M.
which is worthy of being repeated. It was this :
that the " Post Notes" of E. Bank, often circula-
ted in Cincinnati, the day after th ey wcro dated
in Connecticut ! How tho Bank maintained its
credit so long is mysterious. It has, however, since
failed, and sorry am I to say, that in its train, it-
has brought nearly loss of fortunes to many wor-
thy individuals.. The rido from M. to Hartford
was very agrcoablo, as the morning was fine, and
the passengers though nothing willing, to con-
verse, troubled mo not with impudent insinua-
tions.

About eight, A. M. we arrived safely at Hart-
ford, with fine appetites for breakfast. Having a
letter of introduction to a rospectable man of Co-
lour, I was unwilling to try thepoliteneBS of Hart-
ford lan crrris or, notwithstanding the fame
which Connecticut has acquired in distant lands,
for intelligence and liberal feoling3, in no part of
the Union are the people more prejudiced against
persons of colour. In travelling ii. the stage, : I
have ever considered myself, so far as money
would go, as good as the . b est; and holding this
opinion, have ever been unwilling to accept any
other treatment than the best.

Animal. Yours, &c. &c.
i ■ in—

The Weather.— Since the summer of .1817,
says the Charleston, S. C. Mercury of the 30th
ult. we do hot recollect that our city has been
visited, at this period of the year, with such
heavy and continued ruins as we have experi-
enced late|y. During the whole of the last
\veek, it has rained, day and night, with very
few and partial intermissions. The rain, tooj
has generally been unusually severe, lite-
rally pouring in torrents, and deluging the
streets.

suicide on the 28tli July, it Nottoway, V*

On tho 26th and 28th ult| two persona were
found dead in Oakham, i Mass. ; the one, a
man, was found dead in allot near his house,
the other, a girl J3 years old, was found sus-
pended from the limb of an apple tree, hav-
ing hung herself. — r-A man -named Christo*
pher Hood, working on the Canal near Pat-
erson, was lately crushed to deith by the*
falling of a huge stone from the bank upon

him. There are now one thousand men

employed on the Morris Cantrt. — : — rMr. E.
Hart, of Berlin, Conn, was stung on the
night of tho 2d jnst.l by a bumblebee, whick

caused his death in five minutes. Tho

President of tire United States has been on a
visit to his friends in NewfEngland.— -— ■— A
rich silver mine has been discovered near

Brooksville, Indiana.' It is reported that a

person in. Boston, has offered $100,000 for

the manuscripts of Mr. Jefferson. — : The

Mackarel Fishery on the coast of Massachu-
setts, has almost entirely failed this season-
It is a singular fact that the five first Ameri-
can Presidents, completed their terms of ser-
vice at the age of 6U Should the present
President be re-elected and retire at tho ex-
piration of his second termj the same will be
true of him. Ride anH Sail. — A boat-

A coroner's inquest was held on Monday
afternoon in Pitt-street, by Lambert Thomas,
Esq. over the body of Peter Ridout, a free
coloured man. Verdict of the jury, " death
from some cause unknown to the jury." The
deceased was stnted to be a man of tempe
rate habits, particularly in the use of spirt-
tous liquors— he was a hod carrier, and when
in the act of loading his bod, dropped sudden
Jy dead.— Bait. Patriot.

FROM BATAVIA,
The shif- Jasper, Capt. Swift, arrived on
Sunday night, from JJuiavia. Sailed April
85.

The war still continued in Java. There
were 3,000 European troops on the inland
and about as many native troops in the Dutch
service. 3000 Dutch troops were daily expec-
ted to arrive from Holland. The Dutch man
of war Atlanta passed Anjier, Batavia, April
23. It was verysickly among the troops; many
died. A battle was fought, in the interior
on the 14th April, in which the Dutch troops,
under the Baron Vexola, burnt 50 villages.
Only 3 or 4 Europeans were killed. Coffee
at Batavia Scarce. [Boston Pall.

The Paris Etoile of the 23d says," we an-
nounced several days since, that a treaty was
about to be signed by the five great powers, to
save Greece. We have since had to deplore
the occurrences before Athens. We are hap-
py in having! it in our power, this day to an-
nounce that idecisive orders, in conformity to
thej preceding arrangements, have been given
by [Russia, France and England, to reu-
nite^ their respective fleets and separate the
corrihatants. i This step, may still, it is Ho-
ped, be in time to save them."

The Observer of Trieste, of June 14, says
on Friday, the 10th, the Turkish fleet of 28
sailj was seen passing between Capo d'Oro
and| Andros- jIF.it had gone towards the Gulf
of Athens, ii; would, have spread great con-
sternation both on sea and land, and would
have struck a memorable blow ; but instead
of that it suddenly took the direction of Sun-
da, in the island of Candia.

Paris, June 20.— The Marquis de Lafayette
has been proclaimed Deputy of arbndissement
of Meaux, hi a • majority of 141 out of 281
M. Tr 1 " '■ • -

votes. M. Trouchon obtained 139 suffrages.
M. de Castelbajac, son of the Director Gene-
ral df 'the Customs is dead. [The Etoile
thing; and could our brttlnon but be, united in speaks of this young man as having promised

builder in Reading, Pa. made, a trip to Phila-
delphia a few days ago in rather an extraor-
dinary manner. He constructed a boat that
would carry a wagon, and a wagon that
would carry a boat Thus shifting and sail-
ing by turns, he arrived at Philadelphia,
where he sold the boat at a good profit, and

returned in the wagon. The burial of a

Mrs. Hester, at Tuscaloosa, was lately ar-
rested, on suspicion of her not having died a
natural death, when on examination it was
found that she was much bruised. The hus-
band and one of his sisters have been taken

into custody. The rifle ahd ball used by

Strang in murdering Mr. Whipple, together
with the fragments of the pane of glass
through which. his aim was taken, have been,
presented by tho District Attorney to the Al-
bany Museum. Suicide;~~A. Bolin bung

himself, in consequence of a quarrel with his
Wife, in his own housej near Lewis' Cordage, :

Manufactory, Boston.- Near Raleigh, N„

C. Mr. Stephen Low was stabbed by a slave
in the field, while attempting! to punish him.
James Thorn, of the same county, has been
apprehended for shooting a hired servant ia
a drunken frolic— A boat, with seven col-
oured persons, was overset on the 22d ulti in
crossing from James-Jsland to Charleston, 5
of whorri^vere drowned. Among the number
was a male child, five years old, whose body
had been recovered. His head was entirely
cut off, and his body much: lacerated and"
gashed by sharks.— A gentleman was lately
fobbed on the Providence turnpike of about
$150, by three emigrants from England. The
gentleman was shockingly beaten and bruis-
ed by the villains; They haVe not yet been.

laken.- Two persons; were found dead, in

Baltimore, on Monday last. Verdict of the
jury on the first, Act of God; and on the. se-
cond, Death by intemperance and the heat of'

the weather. A Carpet Manufactory wag

destroyed at Dedharu, Mass. on Tuesday eve-
ning of last week. Loss from 12 to 15,000
dolfars.— — At A.lstcad,;.N?H. a majority of
the soldiers assembled for annual training,
voted that they would not drink ardent spi-
rits. The French frigate Circe has arriv-
ed at Norfolk, with twenty-five persons sick;

of yellow fever. Greit damage has been

done to the farmers and mill owners in the

inity of Lexington byj the late tremendous. .
rain. Fences, mill-dams,! &c have been swept
away. The Kentucky river, we understand,
rose 40 or 50 feet.- — [The City Inspector
reports the death of 174jper8ons, during the
week, ending on Saturday last ; viz. 47 men;

28 women, 68 boys, and 3D girls. The

deaths in Philadelphia, during the same pe«\
riod, were 127.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

The Congregation of the 1 African Metho-
dist Episcopal Churchj under the general su->
poriute.ndence.of Rev. Bishop Allen, will hold
a CAMP MEETING, jin the- township of'
Flushing, King's county''; nboiu) two and a
half miles east of Flushing Village, in the
woods, belonging to Mrl B. Areson, on the
23dinst. SAMUEL TODD,

1 Elder in Charge.

Mw-York, Aug. 13,1827.

when wc find them so spirited. Union is every

>ur brttlnon but bes united in ;-«-.- - -- --••»» —

their efforts, we might effect almost any thing "Mature excellence ]
As light, however, is dissominaling daily, we may ! T"" i ' ' " ! ~" '~
confidently look for mere of it among thom. a! I & ttminari>>

Ninie persops died- in Philadelphia, during

few miles from M. we took in a young man from

Cincinnati, Ohio; apparently not more than thirty, ;he vv ^ ek en( i ing Saturday, August 9th, by
his gray hairs would almost porsuade ono that he . ,!, in kihg cold! water und being overcome by
- pvas between fifty and sixty. He stated one fact the heat.- — —Capt. John. Quatles conimittod

ALMANAO.

AUGUST.

16' Friday, . . .

17 Saturday . .

18 Sunday . . .

19 Monday.. . .

20 Tuesday; '. .
21-' Wednesday,..
22 Thursday, .

Sun
Rises.

5 11
5 12
5 14

5 15
5 16
5 IB

5 Yj

Sun
Seta

6 40
« 48
<i 46

C 45

44 1

0 42,
6 41

. Moon's
Phases.

* 009 ;

l.ISES WRITTEN IN. R1CIW0S0, . .CHURCH- T A KD,
YORKSHIRE* ■

" It is good for u a to be hf rc : if thou ' wilt let ■
us make hero three tabcrnacfci! ; oi o for thee, and
one for Moses, arid one for Elias." '■'..'].

Matt. xvu. 4.

Methinks it is good to b*'h*>re ;
If thou wilt lot U8 build-^but for whom ?

Nor Elia* nor Masts appear , f
But the shadows of eve that encompass the gloom,
The abode of the dead, and the place of the tomb.

Shall we build to Amlition t oh, no !
Affrighted he sbrinkeih away ;

for, sec ! they would fix him below,
In a email narrow cove, and begirt with cold clay,
To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey ! <

To Beauty f ah, no !— she forgets ' ;
The charm* which she wielded . before—

Nor knows the foul Worm- that he frets
The skin which but yesterday fools couldadore,
For the smoothness it held, orthe tint which it
wore. .

Shall we build to the purple ©f Pride—
The trappings which dizzen the proud f

Alas 1 , they are all laid asi<!« ;
And here's neither dress nor adornmnnl allow'd,
But the long winding-sheet and the fringe jo* the
' shroud,! •'

To Riches ? alas ! 'tis in vain ;
Who hid, in their turns have been hid:

The' treasures are squandered again ;
And here' in the grave are all' metals forbid,
But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid.

To the pleasures which Mirth can afford—
The revel, the laugh, and the jeer ?

Ah ! here is a plentiful board ;
But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer,
And none but the worm iz a reveller here;

Shall we build to affection and Lore ?
Ah, no ; . they have with.er'd and died,

Or fled' with the spirit above ;
Friends,, brothers, and sisters, are laid side by side,
Yet none have saluted, and none have replied..

Unto Sorrow ?— The dead cannot grieve ;
Nut a sob nor a eigh meets mine car,. .

Which, compassion itself could relieve!
Ah ! swectiy they slumber, nor hope, love, nor fear:
Peace, peace is ,the watch-word, the only one
here !,.'.'.

isk for a Bishqprick ^^ecause, Holy Pa-
iher, I do riot y* ant one," replied Wcssell^

Charity Scrwwn.—ftean Swift, of eccentric

wbieh,di 8 gu«ted many of his hearers, ; which ^^;fe tt ^ r ^ f^Ll^lSS
coming to his knowledge, and it falling to
his lot soon after to, preach another ee/moir
of the like kind in the same place, he took
apecial care tb avoid falling ititb the same er-
ror. His text was; " He that hath pity upon

In.a>ou80.at,the Broomic.law, ,a cat it now
engaged in rearing! and ^nursipg. twu kijtenSf
aboirt'«|'x weeks bldi 'SoHie ten or twclye'days
agb; ; 'a mousey certafnly df ' insiuhatiriif mariner
abci, address, formed a most intimate and
e mouse
bed and

board witicthem. What M most extraordinary,
the bid, cat often takes, the mou.se in its mouth
from que place of the House to another, but
neither'she hbr tho 'kitten's ever hurt it,' though
they oflcli jostle antl set their paws on it, whilst

ihe P oo7~ londeth Wo the Lord^an'd that fcedin^ifl-thesam^platter, [^d ^ tl gh;Ma.
»,hdh h a hmh rrivfin will he dbv him airain." \ Puss, the mother*

which he hathgiven will he pay him again.
The dean, after repeating his text in a more . ,
than commonly. emphatic tone,-added, '[Now, kdier of mice.,
my beloved brethren, you hear the terma of
•this loan ; if you like the sbcbrity/dowri with
your djist." It is worthy of remark that the
quaintnbss ami brevity of this sermon 'produ-
ced a very large contribution. — Anecdotes* of
Stcifl. * *

still is, anoValways has
been a most indefutigable,. watcher, catcher,
Qlasgow ,Chroiiicle. •

, JVb. 16' Collect'street,
INDIAN PHYSICIAN and BOTANIST,
returns his sincere thanks to tho public in gene-,
ral, for past favours, and solicits their patronage
iri future. i
N/- B: H* cures all diseases of the human sys-

Henri/ Stephen.— In the printing-house of - , - .

this great scholar, every person spoke. Latin ; torn ; with roots, and herbs,' free from the use of
from ' the master, to the old muid who served mercury,
iu the shop.! The brothers were so anxious
to have all books' accurately printed at their

press, that after diligently examining every
shbet twice before thby printed it off, they
put out a third proof at their door, and pro-
mised a louis d?or, to' any person who should
find a fault in it. t ..

A Curate of great learning and merit, but
without any prospect of preferment, found an

No. 182, South Sixth-strett, below Pine,

OPENED BV

Unto Death to whom monarchs must bow
All, TiO ! for. bis empire is known, ;

And here there are trophies ,7now ! . , ..

Beneath, the cold 'dead, and around the dark. stone, ! meets the lady at a fair, and would have; re-
Are the signs of a sceptre that none. may disown ! i newed his acquaintance,; but she, pretended

I ignorance at first, and said she, did <not. know

CHARLES SHORT,

For the Purpose of accommodating People of
Colour, Strangcrs'arid- Citizen!;, with
BOARDING AND LODiilNCJ,
By tho Day, Week, Month j or longer. -•"
, t 4 . He is ftirnished ^yith every thing to enable

opportunity of preaching before' Bishop him to keep a Houso of the first-rate kind ever
HoughysWho was so well pleased 'with his opened in .the City' of Philadelphia; and will spare
discpurse and manner- of delivery, that, after no pains tp : merit the public patronage,
service, he. sent Jiis complimbrts to him, de- July 85, 1827 18— 3m

siring to -know his name,; and where his liv-
ing was, " My duty to my lord," replied ithe
clergyman, " anfd tell him my name is Lewis
—that Jiving I haVe none; bufc-my: starving
is in "W ales." This; smart answer did- not
displease the good bishop, who, some time
after, presented him to a valuable benefice.

A clownish gentleman who courted a
young lady, and ^agreed *upon the marriage,
espied a pretty mare grazing, which he w oiUd
have into the. bargain,. The father being un-
willing to part with the mare, the. match Was
broken off.— A twelve month after, the wooer

. The first tabernacle to Hope, we will build,
And look-for the sleepers around us to rise .

_ The second to Faith ^wbich. ensures it fulfill'd,
And the third tq the Lamb of the .great-sacrifice,
Who bequeath.'d us them! botli when he. rose to
tlie skies !.'"''.
Iiichinond, October 7 ,1816.

* The above lilies, amongst other poetical effu
sions, .are from the pen of Herbert Knowles, of
Canterbury. Though left unfinished, they may-
give some idea of the early excellence and supe-
rior, abilities of this youth, which were sufficient
Uv mure him, in an eminent degree, the favour
of t a> most eminent poet' of the present .day
(SyJthfsy ;) but. the advantage's of this friendly
connexion he did ltot live to enjoy.. U. K. died
in the neighbourhood of Richmond, on the ,17th'
of February, 1817, at the early age of YJ, deeply
lamented by all who, knew him.

lines:.

BY THE KOK. G. TUCKER, OF VIRGINIA.

Days of my youth ! ye have glided away ;
Hairs of my yout h ! ye are frosU d.and gray ;
Eyes?of my youth ! your keen sight is no more j
Cheeks of my youth L ye are furrow'd all o'er j
Strength of my youth ! all your vigour is gone ; .
Thoughts of my youth l.your gay visions are.flown!

Days of my youth ! I wish-nbt yoUr recall ;
Hairs of-my youth 1 I'm content you should fall;
Eyes of my youth ! ye much evil have seen ;
Cheeks of iny youth! bathed in jlcars have, you
been;

Thoughts of my youth ! ye have led me astray;
Strength of my youth 1 why lament your decay ?

Days of my age ! ye will shortly be past ;
Pains of my age ! but a while, .can ye last ;
Joys of my age ! in true wisdom delight ;
Eyes pfray age ! be religion. your light ;
Thoughts of iay age I dread not the cold sod ;
Hopes of my age ! be ye fix^d on your God !]

VARIETIES

John Wtssell— Sextus 4th, having a great
«steem for this learned German, sent for him,,
and ssid " Son, ask of us what you will, noth-
ing shall be refused to yon, that becomes our
•barter to bestow, and your condition- to re-
ceive."— «« Most Holy Father," replied he,
" I shall never be troublesome to your holi-
jiess, — you know I never sought after great
Ihings— the only favour I have to beg is, that
you will permit me to take out of your Vati-
«an Library, a Greek and a Hebrew Bible
*\ Yom shall have them," said Sextus; " but
what a sioiple man you arc— why do you. ngt

him. u No, (said he) do you not know me ?
Why I w^ bhee suitor to yon !■'•—" I crave
your mercy, sir, (said she :) now. I remember,
you came a wooing to my father's mare, and
6he is not married yct<"

A Scotch blacksmith, being asked the
meaning of metaphysics, ejfplaine'd it as fol-
lows: When the party that listens dinuajken
what the party who s"peaks means, and' the
party who speaks diniia ken what he means
himself— that is' metaphysicsk

A country magistrate, in England, lately
observed, at the quarter sessions,' '".that the
county madhouse was in a very crazy state !"

Tis better to be Judge, said Bias, between
strangers. th>n between intimates ; forj by
the first, one is sure 1 .'to 1 gain a friend, and by
the other 'ah enemy.— Fuller.

Challenging a Jury. — An Irish officer, not
very conversant. m law. terms, .was lately tri-
ed for an assault. As the jury vyere coming
to be sworn, the judge addressing the major,
told him, that if ' there.., were, any . amongst
them to wbom he had any objection thatiwas
the lJnie,to challenge them : •* I thank your
lordship," said the gallant prisoner, ^ but
with your lordship's permission^ I'll defer
that ceremony till after my' trial, and if jthey
don't acquit me, by the pipe. of , Leinstet, I'll
challenge every mother's son of them,! and
have .'em out too." . . ••

Contentment.— -When old Dioclesian was
called froth' his retreat, and invited to resume
the purple, which he had laid down some
yeajrs before, 1 he said, " Ah! if you could see
those fruits and herbs at Saliha, which } cul L
tivate with my own hands, 'you :would never
talk to me of empire.'^ ; - .

Queen Elizabeth.— -The excess. of respect-
ful ceremonial usfe.d at, decking' her majesty's
table, though, not in her presence, 'arid Uie
kind of adoration and genuflexion paid to her
persOp, approached to Eastern homager—
When we observe such w^orHhip offered ito an
old; womin, with hare rie'ek, hlack" tebtn, arid
false red hair, it makes ,e^e smfle^
reflect what masculine sense waa -couched

NICHOLAS PI EH SON,
REspf CTi ully informs the People of Co-
lour, that his MEAD GAllDEN, No 13, Delan
cey-streetj was opmibd on the evening of the. iirst
of June, for the accommodition of genteel and
respectable persoos of.colou r.
No admittance for uii])rotiictcd females.
New-York, June 1st, 1827. 33

OHSA? 3&0THXN& STOBK,

Ab. 218. South Sixth-Street,- Philadelphia.
THE . Subscriber respectfully returns his
sincere thanks tb ,12X3: friends and the public in
general, for their; favor and patronage. He
informs them, that he continues' to keOp a large
assortment; of Gentlemen's: READY-MADE
WEARING APPAREL of superior quality, both
new and second-handed, where customers will.be
accommodated .at the cheapest rate, and in hand^
some style'. He also informs Families and private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price, and
ready 'saia for their goods, by applying to

DANIEL PETERSON,
Jfo. 2l3,\Soutk Sixth-st. Philadelphia.
B. Taybring . carried on in its various
d on the cheap

sranches, and

lapest terms.

' . il BEAUT$ JiND ECOXOMW
, UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND

JOHN H. SMITH,
A"o. 122 NorthiThird-sU (above Race,) Phi-
[ ladelphia,

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in ge-
noral, that he still! continues .at the abov« place
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's Coats,
Pantaloons, &c. on a difi'erent plan from that of
the Dyers**. having a composition for so doing,
which enables him to dress Clothes so as to leave
their, appearance equal- to new. He restores
S.qams, &c. to their original colour when worn
white, and'will warrant them" to wear three months
after dressing,, and then. can be redressed. Also,-
LadieB 1 Habits and: Merino shawls, in the neatest
'riia'nriof and Upon the shortest notice,' on reasona-
ble terms: ' Being'. legally bred to : tho business,
arid possessing a competent knowledge of Dress
imj and Cleaning Cloths by Steam Sponging,
which is the only complete manner of effectually
removing the stain* -caused from grease, tar,
paints, &c. he needs only a trial, to afford him an
opportunity of givjng satisfaction^

Ni B. I. S. constantly keeps on hand New and
Second handed Clothes of every description, which
lie assures the public- will be sold- as low, if riot
lower than at any other establishment in the Uni-
ted Stoics for casli jor barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase would jfirid it innch to their interest to
call as above, ; and exaihinc for th'ernselv'es '
J OTTThe highest) price given for Gentlemen's
clothes

KT 'TAILORING WORK carried on. and
Clothds ropaired.-rNew;Cuffs; CoIWrs and' Buttons
put-on,; if- requisite,; He keeps on harid; Cloth;
Velvet, and Silk of all colours, fordjoinff' uu same.
- April 2o, 1827. j . 8 y

LOTS fVJMVTED.
•TWO -LOTS, br the rear of two-' lots, where
there is any convenient communication with the
•treet, are wanted, for the erection of a Prcsby-
terian-Chdrch The location must be between
Reed- and Spring,' Hudson arid Orange strt'ets:-^.

under those weaknesses, and- wfaibb H d ^
command such awe from a nation like E»g- | Inquire of S. El ComrrsH. No 6 V«*ick at^i
hnl-Paul KentzntrU Journal, . » Ncir<York J ^kqI W ' ' Vwck - strecL

HAMER & SMITH,

CONTINUE to'clean«e ..and dres« CoaUr, .
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habita a.nd >Ierino Sbawjg, iu
tho neatest; manner. They, also make, alter »nd
repair Gentlemen's Ctolheij, to.iheir entire satis-
faction, and upori the oiost; rcww_j»j»blje. tei^ia.

Tlip^r mode of dressing Clothea is by. STEAM
SPONGING, which thoy; have followed wjtb
much 'iiiccess ^ for several years pant. AIT kYnds'
of ; spots or stains are extracted, 1 and the cloth re-
slored-tb the^app'earan'&e ol' 1 new; and fills '" they
engage to perform without any ( injury, to the
cloth, and at least eyuW tb any thing fi *be kind
done in this or any othcir city of tho United
States.

SCHOOL.

For Coloured Childnn of both Sext$,

Under St. Philip's Church, is jiow ready for th»
admission of Pupils.
IN this school will be taught
READING, WRITING; ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use of
Maps and Globes, and
HISTORY.
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.

Reference.— Rev. Messrs. P. Williams, S. E.
Cornish, B Paul, and W. Miller.
New-York, March J4. 1

LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren. 2,000 Aer<j:s ol excellent Laud,
at less than one half its valuo; provided they will,
take measures to settle, or nave it settled, by' co-
loured farmers. The land is in the atate of New-
•Yfirk, wiiiiin 70 miles of the city : it» location is ,
delightful, being on the batiks of the Delaware .
rivof, with an open navigation to tlic city of Phi-
liidelphin. The canal le^aciing from the Delaware
to tho. Hudson river pass-as through the tract, 0-
pening'a direct navigation to New-York cil,, ""be
p'assnge to either city may. bo made in one day or
less The land is of the best quality, and well
timbered.

The- subscriber hopes that some of his breth-
ron, who ure capitalists, will at least invest 500 oc
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by colpured men,) though it
has been selling for $25. lie also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase 'will' be "safe and, ad-"
vantagcous, and he thinks such a sdttlemeriit^fonii- '
ed by coloured families j would bn conducive of
much good ^1 With this object, in view he will La- ',
'vest' '500 dollars in the purchase

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"RIGHTEOUSNESS/EX ALTETJI A NATION."

CORNISH & RUSSWURM, \
Editors and Proprietors. J

A LETTER
To M. Jean Baptistk Say, on the compara-
tive Expense of Free and £Zai)e Labour. By
Adam Hudgso.v

( Continued.)
It is' observed by Mr. Ramsav, who had
twenty years' experience in the West Indies,
" I am firmly of opinion, that a sugar planta-
tion misfit be cultivated to more advantage,
ami at much loss expense, by labourers, who
were free men than by slaves." Dr. Dickson,
who resided in iiarhadoes as Secretary to the
late Hon. Edward ilay, the Governor of that
island, observes, in a letter published in his
valuable work, on the Mitigation of Slavery,
" You need not be informed, that it has been
known for many ages, by men of reflecion,
that the labour of skives, -whether bought or
bn'd, though apparently cheaper, is really far
dearer in general than that of free men."
" The arguments which support this conclu-
sion, as applicable 4,0 modem Colonial slave-
ry, were long ago assented to ami exemplified
by men intimately acquainted with and in-
terested in the subject." In another letter
in the same work, he gives " a calculation
made under the guidance of M. Coulcornb,
an able mathematician and experienced en-
gineer, wiio for many years conducted ex-
tensive military works both in' France and
the West- Indies, and lias pub.ished the re-
ault of his observations." From this he in-
fers, " that field slaves do only between a
third and a half of trie work despatched by
reluctant French- soldiers, and probably not
more than a third 01 what those very slaves
would do if urged by their own interest, in-
stead of brute force, as Mr. Steele express-
ed it." In speaking of Mi. Stool's experi-
ence in another jdace, he remarks, lie 1ms
ascertained as a fact, what was before known
to i he learned as a theory, and to practical
men as a paradox, That the paying of slaves
for i'-tir labour, does actually produce a very
rrrrui profit to their owners." Again, this able,
and experienced writer observes, "The plan-
ters do not take the right way to make hu-
man beings put forth their strength. They
apply main force where they should apply
mor il motives, and punishments alone where
rewards should be judiciously intermixed.
And yet, strange to tell, those very men af.
firm, and adirm truly, tiiat a slave will do :
more work for himseif in an afternoon, than
he can be made to do for his owner in a
whole day or more. Now what is the plain
inference ? Mr. Steele, though a stranger
in the West Indies, saw it at once, and re-
solved to turn it to account. He saw that
the negroes, like ali of. her human beings,
were to be stimulated to permanent exertion
only by a sense of their own interests, in
providing for their own wants and those of
their offspring. He therefore tried rewards,
which immediately roused the most indolent
, to exertion. His experiments ended in re-
gular wage, which the industry he had ex-
cited arming his whole gang, enabled him to
pay Here was a natur 1, efficient, and pro-
tit able reciprocity of interests. His people
became contented ; his mind was freed from
that perpetual vexation, and that load of anx-
iety, which are inseparable from the vulgar
system, and in litth better than four years, the
annual ndt charano of his property was more
*A.t?i tripled."

u 1 must additionally refer," remarks the
same intelligent writer in another place, to
an excellent "pamphlet, entitled Observations
on .Shivery, (published in J786. and now out
of print) by my late worthy iriend Dr. James
Ainicrsiii who shows that the labour of a
West India slave costs about thrice as much
as it would cost if executed by a free man;
Taking another case, he demonstrates that
the'-hibour of certain colliers in Scotland,
who, till our own times, were subjected to a
mild kind of vassalage, regulated by law,
was twice as dear as that of the free men
who wrought other coal-mines, in the same
country, and thrice as dear as common day
labour.'"

'• It is observed by Mr. JMham, " It may
b.? desirable to know that % sugar}' better and
cheaper than in ourislahd, is produced in the
Ea.-:t liiJjifvi.by free Jabourers. China, Bten-
gal, and*' Malabar produce quantities of sugar
and spirits, but the mosf/considerable estates
are near Batavia. The proprietor is generally
a rich Dutchman, who buihls'on it substan-
tia! wo; ks. lite rents the estate off (of 300
or more acres) to a Chinese, who superia-

hibitodj labour would be highest, courts pari- 1 says he is a negro, and knows well he must
bus, in that in 'which slavery was proscribed, work ; but that they work from morning till
But. experience proves the reverse.— Storch late in the evening picking coffee, ' and when
observes, that those who hire slaves in Rus- ho comes homo, between' six and seven in the
sia, are obliged to pay more than they who < evening, instead of going home to get some
hire frpe men, "• Unless they livo in a place victuals, ho is ordered to work till twelve at
where the competition of free labourers re- , bight, bringing mud from one place to. anoth-
duces to a level the hijee; of slaves and the e.r. Ah™ on Sundays they are ordered to

Wages of free labourers. The interior of
Russia, and the capitals of that empire, fur-
nish proofs of the truth of this observa-
tion. In the capital, the competition of free
labourers is the greatest, and although
the wages of free labour are very high there,
the hire of slaves is, notwithstanding less

work, and if they should refuse they would
be flogged/ Philip makes a similar complaint.
l< Thomas says he is an old man, and the work
that the manager gives him to do is impossi-
ble for him to complete, from the weakness
of his body and state ; for which he is always
punished, and kept contiuually in the'stocks."

than in the interior." Thus it appears, that ! (p. 50.) \
in those parts of Russia, where free and j " The resull( of the complaints made to the
slave labour are brought into competition, Fiscal is seldom given. In this irlptance it ia
slave labour is only reduced to a level with! given in very laconic terms, and will tloubt-
free labour by sinking below the average Mess surprise pur readers : Two direeted.to re-
rate which it maintains in the rest of the em- ceivc sevewtv-kivk lashes."

pire.

tends it, and re-lots it to free men in pafce s
of 50 or GO acres, which they plant at bo
much per pec ul (133 1-3 lbs.) of the sugar
produced. Tho superintendent collects peo-
ple to tako off the crop. One set, with their
carts and buffaloes, cut the caries, carry them
to the mill, and grind them ; a second set
boils the sugar, and a third set clays and bas-
kets it for the m trket; all at so much per
pecul. Thus tho renter knows what every
pecul will cost him. Ho has no unnecessary
expense; for when the crop is over, the last,
men- go home; and for seven menths in the
year, tlv c ane-planters only remain, prepa-
iing tho next crop. By dividing the labour,
it is cheaper and better done. Jffter spend-
ing two years in the West Indies, I returned to.
the East in 1770, and conducted sugar-works
in Bencoolen on similar principles with the
Dutch. Having experienced the difference
of labourers for profit and labourers from
force. I can asse-t that the savings by the
former are very considerable. By following
as nearly as possible the East India mode, and
consolidating the distilleries, I do suppose
our sugar Islands might be better worked than
then now arc, h hvo thirds, or indeed one-half .
of the present force. Let it be considered how
much labour is lost by overseeing the forced
labourer, which is saved when he woiks o>r
his own profit. 1 hav>- stated, with the strict-
est veracity, the plain matter, of fact, that sugar
estates can be Worked cheaper by fret persons
than slaves." ' ; :iv

"Marsdon, in his history of Sumatra," says
Dr. Dic kson, " highly commends Mj^Jkifc-
ham's management of the sugar-work&at
Bencoolen by free labourers, and says that
the expenses, particularly of the slaves, frus-
trated many former attempts of the lOhglish
to cultivate the sugar-cane profitably at that
place."

• I think we might safely infer, from the
preceding particulars, that, under ordinary
circumstances, the labour of free men is
cheaper than that of slaves ; but there are
many other considerations which strongly
confirm this conclusion. -

If slave labour were cheaper than free la-
bour, we should naturally expect, that, in a

state where slavery was allowed, land, ceteris The doctor examined her, and ordered her! there would soon'bean end of slavery; of'

"WHAT DOES YOUR SUGAR COST r"
A Cottagk Conversation on tiik sub
ject of British Nroao Slavery.
(Concluded.)
From the Fiscal's account, printed by order of
the House of Commons, June 23, 1820.
page 39.

"Mr Grade, the manager of l'Esperance,
is charged by the slaves with various delin-
quencies. A pregnant woman, named Rosa,

vyas employed picking coffee with some other . „ , , .

vVomon. Thinking they did notpick enough, [ neighbours who deal with your huckster,
or well, Mr. Grade ordered the driver Z on dag \'ever)/ one, to tell him— • We want sugar Wct>
to flog them. The driver did so. Rosa had 'this, and we will -have no other:' keep your
.previously objected to working, as being too | word, 'till he has got the right sugar, then
tjig, and being unable to stoop ;' but the ma- j eat in peace, and thank. jGod thati/ou were
iiager overruled the objection, and she went f born free, and beseech him earnestly to re-
tb pick coffee on her knees. When Zondag j lease these poor blacks from slavery. I
tjaine to her, 'he said to the manager, This j know n poor blind woman who is confined
woman is big 'with child. .The manager re- to her bed, and there she lies, begging God
plied, 1 Give it to her till the blood flies out.') to help 4 them to, right who suffer wrong.'
She w^s flogged with the whip 'doubled, j She is often asking him to pity her poor
This was on a Friday. She was \af
field on

Mother.—" We will never, never more eat
sugar."

7)aughtrr. — " I'll never msre drink any
coffee at all. that I won't."

Lady.—" You may have very good -sugar,
not made by slaves, like this"—- {shews her'
some free sugar.)

Woman.—- " How am I to get it ? I arn it* '
debt to our huckster, and I know he only-
sells that vile slave sugar."

Lady. — " Go and ask an honest worthy
grocer, who was never known to tell a lie or-
deceive any one, to give you a pinch of free- «
sugar, with its price per pound written on the
paper. Then persuade twenty-four of your

■sent to the i block fellow-creatures, and. to rid them out

paribus, would bo most valuable in the dis-
tricts where that system prevailed} and that
in two adjoining states, in tho one of which
slavery was allowed, and in the other prohi-
bited, land would be least valuable in the
latter; but the contrary is notoriously the
fact. In a late communication from America
on this subject, from an intelligent observer,
it is remarked : "The system of slave culti-
vation, as practised in the United States Of
America, has likewise a most,destructive ef-
fect on the soil of our country. The state of
Maryland, though a slave state, has compa-
ratively hut few slaves in the upper or west-
ern part of it ; the land, in this upper dis-
trict, is generally more broken by hills and
stones, and is not so fertile us that on the.
southern and eastern parts. The latter has
also the advantage of being situated upon
the navigable rivers that flow into the Ches-
apeake Bay, and its produce can be convey-
ed to market iat one-third of the average cx-
p'enso of that from the upper parts of the
state ; yet, with all these advantages of soil
situation^ and climate, the land within the
slave district will net, upon a general ave-
rage, sell Cor half as much per acre as that
in~fhe uppoY districts, which is cultivated
principally by free- men. This fact may be
also further and more strikingly illustrated
by the comparative value of land within the
states of Virginia and Pennsylvania, the one
lying on the south, am! the other on the north
side of Maryland ; the one a slave, the other
a free state. In Virginia, land of the same
natural soil and local advanta/cs, will not
sell for one third as high a price as the same
description of land will-command in Penn-
sylvania. This single, plain, incontrovertible
fact speaks volumes upon the- relative. value
of slave and free labour, and; it is presumed
renders any further illustration -unnecessa-
ry:"

If slave labour were cheaper than free la-
bour, $ve might fairly infer that, in a state in|
which slavery was allowed, free labour would-
be reduced by competition to a level with
the labour of slaves, and not slave labour ^tb.
a level with the labour of free men; and that
in two adjoining states, in the one of which!
slavery was allowed, and in the other pvg^

Saturday, but, being seized with J of the hands of the wicked.' If every English
her loins, was sent to the hospital. J woman would only ' do what J recommjend ;
Examined her, and ordered her! there would soon be an r~ J ~ c ~ 1 ~ '"■
tb the field again. On Sunday she was j British slavery, T mean."
delivered of a dead child, after u severe! Won an. — " I wish to help them too, Ma'am;
labour. The child's arm was broken, and j but what will my husband say? I hope he
cine ,cy(i was bruised, and sunk in the head, j will be as willing as I am to give up the slave-
This 1 , woman had had seven 'children before ! sugar."

by one husband. The driver Zondag, and Lady.— "I have been told that he is a\
several others confirmed the above state- j sensible man, and -that he fears God: he
ment. Tho driver being particularly asked, [ knows that, these poor creatures are stares,
•whether, on his representing that Rosa was and he will remember that * all things what-,
pregnant, the manager had used the expres- \ soever yc would that men should do io you>
sion, 'Never mind, Hog her till the blood ; do ye even so to them.' If the blacks were
cnmesjVreplied, Yes.' " • (pp. 25 — 27. ! in your place, and you in theirs* what would

Woman weeps. — u Why, Madam, is a black : yon wish them to do for you ?"
woman to be used worse than a white 'one ?" t Woman. — ' Oh ! I should wish them to pity
Daughter weeps. — " I can tell vou, mother : mR > 1,11(1 P ra 7 for me^ and to beg others to
—because, because, mother, s,V has no one to pray for me, and pity me, and the less they
stand up for her. Father would not let you of the 8 "5' ar r wm whipped to make, the
be served so— nor William either." 1 should have to make ,• and if my voice

Lady.—" But if the father of Rosa's seven co,!,t! r <- ,ac! > the. ears of sucli kind friends, I
children had raised his ajrui to defend her, he sl)on,fl S ?} T . ' Blessed are themerciful fortliey
would have been put to death. This is one shfl)1 obtain , mercy.' • May the blessings of cf
of their laws— « Slaves who shall strike', or . P oor black woman be on your bead,
offer, or dare to strike, or use any vu.ienee! I think, except their own slaves,

towards their master or mistress, shall, for '^ne that were greally distressed, ever plea-
tbe first, offence, suffer death, transportation, to Britons without being helped. Our
or such- other punishment as tho court may * *yes , w0 ": f) ha „ ve L hoRfl he«d before noiv, if.
think fit to inflict. And for the second of- their Uceding flesh could have hud tongues
fence, death,' without possibility of escape, -to tell us their wrongs, hut the cries ot o>ir
Do not ivcep for them rny good girl, hut try i slaves have been unheard and their .gronns
to help them. Tell others how they are used, : could not reach us: thews 'has been silerf. en-
till every body helps them, arid "listen once ; d™"?* uncomplaining y. oe. their very abject-
'rpore to'their tale of woe." ' nos* prevented them, like the beasts, from

, mm- , , -.sending mosseneei'B to us, to beg -for our

"General Murray, the late governor -of; hd? . amj it i3 - t , jjs tho , 1? |,t, « theycar-not

_„ .-. . ! plead for themselves,' that gave me courage

j prosecution of Smith, the Missionary, , f 0 knock at door t,his morning, to ask

1 1 1 1 1 on fin 1 1 ! - - J . ... v ^ » . .

Demerara, well known by the share he had : .\ (J for thn , naclves » that' gave me courage
m the prosecution of Smith, the Missionary, ,f 0 knock at door thi ^ m0rnin p. 5 t o ask
has two estates in Borbiec, Resolution, and , w hat your sugar cost ?' and now I have
Busses iLust. On the 23d October, 1891, | J anc j lipof T vou, «nd have begged voii. to'h^lp.
the manager of the former estate, Hopkins, ; t) w j H ^ pefi)!?e ? RerDC mber*that 4 who-
wns reproved by the Fiscal for having, given : so his ea r 3 at the cry of tho poor,,

tjhree successive floggings to a JNegro named ; he ^ shaU c - ..^.f h , V sh oll -;ot. be
Mark, who states, —

the .

( "He [has been flogged severely by 1
rnanager,-Vn account of complaining he wasip 8U bn ii. 14.
'mck, three V different times; onfce twelve, | some verses b

_ cry .himself,
heard.' Prow xx'i. 13. and -^y with D-.tvid,
Deliver me from bhind ?i!i!rin'«38, O '^od.'

Good bve/l.wi! 1 . have you

, to read wh\v.«. I «m -rone.. t .n& I

pother time thirty-nine, and again twenty- ! thank von for ii-teni;'.^ to me 'ly-"— •
■p^laslies have. been inflicted*; 'shows marks \(The Lady gats au:iv )
y^everie flogging, and much neglected."—) \?q\. pf >Otl A PR f (' AN>>, .

etftfomp^aint from the sauje e.6tate. -.Michael- j . arc kyiiVoa . :k

94'

mm

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

What I heard of their hardships, their tor-
tures, and groans,
fs almost enough to draw pity from stones.

I pity them 'greatly, hut I must be mum,
For how could we do without sugar and nun ?
{•Specially sugar, so needful we sec,
What, give up our gingerbread, coffee, & tea !

Resides, if we do, theFrehch, Dutch & Danes,
Will heartily thank us, no doubt, for our pnine,
iftr* do not buy the poor creatures; they will-,
And tortures and groans will be multiply'd
still.

Tf foreingers likewise would give up the trade,
.Much more iu behalf of your wish might be said;
But while they get riches by purchasing blacks,
Pray tell me why we may not also go suacks ?

Your scruples and arguments bring to my mind,
A story so pat, you may think it is coin'd,
O i purpose to answer you, out of my mint;
. But I can assure you I saw it imprint,.

A youngster at schookmore sedate than the rest,
Hud once his integrity put to the test;
T li 5 comrades had plotted an orchard to rob,
And askM him to go and assist in the job.

He W3s shockM, Sir, like you, and answer'd —
•'Oh no!

What ! rpb our good neighbour ! I pray you
don't g-n;

Besides the man's poor, his orchard's his bread,
Tin?'u think of his children,for they must be fed."

«'Yr»u spc^k very fine, and you look very grave,
]5>i{ apples we want, and apples we'll have;
If van will go with us, you shall have a share,
If not, you shall have neither apple nor pear."

They spoke, and Tom ponder' J — " I see they
will go,

Toor man! what.a pity to injure him so !

Poor man ! I would save him his fruit jf I could,

But staying behind will do him no good.

u P* the matter depended alone upon me,
His apples might bang till they dropt from the
tree; [too,
But, since they will take them, I think I'll go
He will loose none by hiCj though I get a few."

His scruples thus silenced, Tom felt more at

ease,

And went with his comrades the apples to seize;
Ife bla.'n'd and protested, buijoin'd in the plan,
Il'e' sbarM in the plundea, but pity 'd the man.

Daughter — " Why' mother, Tom was as
great a thief as the others, after all."

Mother.— " &> he was; and we shall bo as
bad as the planters, if we share in the sugar,
and pretend to pity the slaves: we shall be
nether more nor less than Hypocrites like
Tom."

O ilGLVAL COMMUNICATIONS.

ted by tho Society reject unanimously a>l
with acorn tho proffered bopn. Yojir enemies
at the 1 south 'droad the consequence* that
must result from an united state and national
patronage of the Society: and wilLrejoice to
contract an alliance with tho free coloured
population, to prevent the necessity of cman-
eipntirlg their slaves, and placing them iu a
hnppy community of their own colour. Is it
then wise for you to pursue a course which
will induce your numerous and powerful ad-
vocates to give up your cause in despair, and
which in the opinion of the slave-holder will
strengthen his claim to his slaves, and fur-
nish him with u plausible pretext for doing
nothing to meliorate their condition ? If you
wish not to go to Liberia yourselves— if you
cannot advocute the cause in which the So-
ciety is embarked, because its President and
some few others of its patrons are not con-
sistent, I pray attempt not to prejudice against
it the minds of those whose condition may be
improved by going to Africa. 1 pray you lo
appreciate justly the motives of your northern,
and many of your southern friends, whose
great, object in patronizing the Colouration
Society is to to undermine gradually the sys-
tem of slavery in this country, and to intro-
duce civil and religions liberty, peace and
happiness into the laud of your fathers—
a land "which the avarice of nominal Chris
tians has been desolating for ages.

A SUBSCRIBE*.

F )H THE KRIEDOM S JOURNAL.

COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
Messrs. Editors, —

I have repeatedly noticed in your Journal
remarks against the scheme of* Africau Co-
lonisation. To mo who for years have taken
a lively interest in the condition of your race,
it has been a subject of great surprise and
astonishment, that your paper should so of-
ten be the vehicle of such sentiments, which
are unanswered and are directly calculated
to repress the efforts of your warmest friends.
It is well kuowa that some of the best men
of whom this country can boast, have long
deeply deplored the evil of slavery, and been
ready to adopt any pkn which, in its opera-
tion, micrht eventually destroy it, rfhd at the i then the vigorous prosecution of the coloni-
same time, promote the welfare of 'its wretch- ' *m»g scheme tend to change the tone of pub-
ed- subjects. These men have bi-cn able to lie feeiiiig in relation to the subject of skive-
discover none which, to all concerned, can j ry, wiil intelligent individuals of youi colour
apparehtly 6c as beneficial as that of coloni- j exert an influence to oppose it r Will tiiey
za:ion. In their attempts to accomplish their ; thus sadden the hearts o: their mosi ardent
benevolent object they have been obliged to j IVjends, and prevent them from struggling on
encounter the strongest prejudices, resulting | iu their cause, with the expectations of being
from the impression so long and so generally . able ultimately to aboiisi: slavery ? Will they
entertained by the whites in regard to the ' uol rather reflect again on the objects of the
character of the coloured population. The • Colonization Society, enlarge their views of
that Africans could rise to the dignity of ' it, and consider who areamong its most tea-

government, unconlrolletfpby.a $onso of in
feriority, .which here is impressed on h\B
mind as soon as he is a moral agent, and un-

reproached by those who, though no better
tliAn himself, yet would gladly tramplo him
in the dust. They plainly saw that it was
only on some foreign shore, the wished for
experiment could be made. For here it was
manifestly impossible to present to the mass
of the coloured populatiop such motives for
exertion — such inducements as would lend
them to take their proper rank in the scale
oT human existence, as could be presented
were they to be located bra land by them-
selves, where the presence of the white nyio
would have no blasting influence in the for
mation of their churacter. Though individu
als might rise, as they iu many instances had
already risen, to a very respectable standing
in the community ; yet public sentiment they
knc\v, must for a long period, perhaps forever,
debar even such from participating in all the
rights and privileges of ciu/.ens ; certainly
from being eligible to the various offices in
the gilt of the people. Thus a large class of
our population would be without a most pow-
erful incentive to the attainment of a high
elevation of character. It was in view of
such a state of things, as well as from'other
noble motives, that some of our distinguished
patriots, and many of our christian philan-
thropists, embarked in the cause of African
Colonization. In tho prosecution of their
mighty enter prise of benevolence, it has been
their constant aim to contribute to their hap-;
piness of the African race. They have in-
deed struggled with many discouragements,
but their efforts have been crowned with as-
tonishing success. For never has a colony
founded^under so embarrassing circumstan-
ces, been so prospered as that of Liberia. Usi

friends have considered this unexampled! African, i3 not so insupportable
prosperity as an indication of Providence that; nay imagii The only difficulty,
the time had come to send back the descen-
dants of Africa, wit.'i the blessing of civiliza
tion and Christianity to that vast empire of
superstition and heathenism. In doing this,
tho promoters of colonization have confident-
ly believed, they sh.op.UI not only bless degra-.
(led Africa,'hut gradually revolutionize pub-
lic sentimefit in this country in regard to the
condition of our coloured population. For, if
Providence should continue to smile on that
colony — if it were apparent that these Afri-
cans from our land could be influenced by the

true spirit of freemen — govern themselves, j from Colchos. The Sidonians, who Budiart
and by industry beceme independent in their likewise proves to be the descendants of
circumstances, no longer could the slave- Cham, had the use of shipping long before,
holder assert, that it would be cruel to einan- the children of Israel departed out of Eg pt.
cipatc; his slaves, because they were incapa-l Egypt is bounded on the one side by the end
ble of taking care of themselves. The result; of the Mediterranean ; on the other side by
of the experiment would clearly refute lusj the Red Sea, dividing it from Arabia; this,
assertion, show -him more conclusively than , ancient writers called the Lesser :-ea, as be-
ever the injustice of holding his fellow-men j„rr much narrower than the .Mediterranean,
in bondage,, and arouse his slumbering cotin-\ which they culled the Great Sea : und that
t rumen to the glorious work of emancipation. [ colony of Egyptians which was carried to
Nor have the friends of colonization been' China, sonsrht their fortune by sea, when the

for the fkekuom s joukv.il.

Messrs. Editors —

Agreeable to my promise of last week, I
present to your readers the following, ii be
; in continuance of African Genealogy.
That the Chinese are the same with the
as people
says Bi-

8 hop Berkley, is to know how they got from
Egypi[ -to China, and this difficulty is sur-
moiititable. It is certain the Egyptians had
a viery early, khowledge of navigation and of
shipping; they were necessitated to make
:u$g'Of boats, by reason of the annual over-
; fi[b ; \Whg of the 1 Nile, a-;d to pass the various
branches into which that famous river di-
vides itself in the" Lower Egypt. They we -e
expert navigators long 1 before the Greeks,
whose 1 first and finest ship was the Argo,
built by Jason, to fetch the golden ii

disappointed in their expectations. Nev
has there been so much correct feeling on
t he subject of slavery as within a year past.
The great change oi public: sjntiment in re-
gard to it, in Maryland and Virginia, is main-
ly to be attributed to the efforts of the Colo-
nization Society. Some of tbe slave-holders
in those states begin to look at slavery as
they ought to have done long ago: they
press a willingness, and actually do avail
themselves of opportunities, to improve tbe
condition of their siaves. Within a few years,
more has been done, wlucri promises a favo
rable result eventually, towards breaking up
tiie system of slavery in our country, than
mid been done for half a century before, if

freemen, found and transmit to their posterity
..republican institutions, has been regarded by
the mass of our population as chimerical in
the extreme.. licence one great reason for
the prevailing sentiment in our nation on the
subject of African colonization, at the time
the plan was started. by the lamented Samuel
J. Mills, and other nob e spirits that glowed
with, enthusiasm to promote the welfare' of
. your people, as well as that of oux common
country. But determined to attempt repay-
ing in part the immense debt due to injured
Africa, they went resolutely forward to con-
summate their work of mercy. They knew
that deeply rooted prejudices were to be erad-
icated and public sentiment changed, before
their ardent hopes could be realised. They
inew also that in this country no fair 'experi-
ment could be -made, which would demon

lous and worthy patrons? and though they
may rind some enrolled as us members, and
even as its olhcers who are slaveholders, and
who now meau to die such, yet will tiiey not
recollect tnat even such are controlled by
public opinion, and may yet be induced to
emancipate and prepare their now abject
slaves to become freemen in the land of their
fathers ? Shall the 'consideration that compa-
ratively few of the patrons ot the Society, are
insincere, induce you to cool the ardour— to
check the exertions of thousands who are ac-
tuated by the most disinterested motives in
your cause ? Every attempt on your part to
render tbe Society unpopular and odious$j£
injuring your cause. Your friends a^tjie.
north have despaired of finding even $paV
tial remedy for the evil of slavery iroMmid"
olher quarter, and many of them will

strate to the nation what the African could ! posed to abandon youi cause a9 .dioppess,
J&ecome, when op. his own soil, under Ms own j when tboy learn ^q,t the clads to be b#eiii.-

invasion by the Ilieksbcs had compelli
them to leave their country and seek a habi-
tation in the remotest parts. The learned
have agreed that the tribes of Egyptians
which settled China, and who hnve been
since known by the name of the country
which they adopted, entered the Red, or
Lesser Sea,, and were carried beyond the
Persian-Gulf till they came to Cochin-China,
from whence they got into the main conti-
nent, and thus peopling -that vast empire,
preserving their ancient laws and customs
inviolable: and -.Bishop Berkley thus., posi-
tively says, that, notwithstanding the vast
distance China i; from Egypt, the Chinese
came originally from that country, about t -o
time of the invasion by the King Shepherds,
or Ilicksoes, who were the descendants of
wicked Cush, that destroyed the peaceable
state of the first Egyptians, and comp ""
them to flee into other parts of the world for
safety. This was before Jacob and his sons
went into the lund of Egypt, and whoever
compares the account given by the learned
Bishop of Meaux, in the third part of his Uni-
versal History, of the lives, manners and
customs of the ancient Egyptians with those
of the people of Coma, will find tiic-m to
agreo in many points : : \ As, first— Their
boasted antiquity. 2'. Their. so, early know-
ledge of the Arts and Sciences. 3d. Their
veneration for 'learned men. who have the
preference before others. 4th. /.Their policy,
and patriarchal form of government. 5th.,
fheir unaccountable superstition for their
deceased parenis. 6th Their annuaf visit-
ing the family of their ancestors. 7th. Their
peaceable disposition, and their mysterious,
religious ceremonies.

Josepiius against Jlppion, distinguished"
two lingua^ea! of" the ancient Egyptians, the
ono sacred ana-full of mysteries., Jikfj-the ca-
bala of the Jews, and the other common ;
vords being made up of. monosyllables,* -.sit.
;tO;*e!jier .like the Chinese: all of which
rfove the people of China, to bo originally
Xgyptiaus, arjid were descended from the
^e^pranian house, to which i the Africans

■ Again, Herodotmt tells us, in his Euterpt
Book ii. thijt the Egyptians . pretended to'
have been the first inhabitant? of the earth •
that the ancient Egyptians were extremely
proud of themselves, despising in th ir hearts
all other nation*, and regarding ♦.bom a* no
better than brutes in human shape.

This, nlso, is the character of the Chinese,
ubjoctcd lo the like pride and contempt of
other nations, they nay all other nations
have but one eye, whereas nature has <r t - vf)n
them two, signifying thereby, 'ho;v much su-
perior they think themselves than other men.
It is certain the Egyptians married u U: \ t
nigh relations to keep up their namiM, or
tribes; so do the Chinese, in like manner,
not. to prophane their blood, as they say, with
other mixtures. — Again, the Chinese hold" to
the MdcmpsgrhoJiis, or transmigration of
souls, an opinion very ancient, and carnc ori-
ginally from Egypt, where Pythagoras learn-
ed it.

it is Well known, that the ancient Egyp-
tians worshipped the Sun,* long before -.he
gods Apis, Isis, and Ambis were introduced
among thorn by their idolatious invaders:
and the Chinese, until about six hundred
years before Christ, when the religion of
Lnotfte and Foe were introduced auniig
them, worshipped the material heavens, as is
seen in the condemnation of the Jesuits by
Pope Clement XI And lastly, the great
predilection which I be .Chinese discover for
artificial gardens, or the hortipen.fif.ss, of the
Babylonians, on the Cops of their houses.
The use of pyramids among the Egyptians,
and their great preference to internal navi-
gation ; their canals and artificial lakes, that
of iSlcerisf being the most wonderful ; their
emblem* an 1 hieroglyphics, and the Egyptian
nomes,t or divisions of the country, into-
which divisions and subdivisions, Geogra-
phers say, the Chinese empire is similarly di-
vided.

Thus far, I have sho.vn why the people of
China should be considered as a colony of
Egyptians. That tiiey departed out of Egypt,
at the invasion by tho Hicksoes, and entered
on the continent of China about the time
when other tribes of them, being oppressed
the cruelties of their invaders, fled into
Africa.

Thus far I have endeavoured to acquaint
my brethren, that to the Chinese nation,
whose judicious policy has preserved, them,
through all the revolutions which the world
has undergone, securing to them their origi-
nal laws and patria venal customs ; — whose
!th is .incalculable, whose unceasing in-
dustry, from time immemo ial, has supplied
the world with specimens of unrivalled ma-
ufactnre ; and whose empire, though ext'-n-
i^e, is a complete gardeu, rendered so by
their skill and diligence. To this extraordi-
nary, people, so worthy the illustrious nation
from whom they sprang, and who have es-
caped the rapacity of princes, and have .-sur-
vived the ravages of time; you, my unfortu-
nate brethren, with th^m, have one common
origin. The same calamity which drove them
out of Egypt into China, compelled you to
flee into the inhospitable region of Africa;
less fortunate than they, ages have witnes-
sed your wrongs, and time will restore to
you happiness. S.

* Nn-om, or No-on s.gniiles Mezzarannan, or in
the old Egyptian language, the house of th« Sun.

t The lalce of Mueris, according to Diodorus
Sicnlus, and Herodotus, w.is an hundred and (our
score French leagues in circumfori-nce.

{ From No, comes the Egyptian noines. or di v
visions of the country.

FOR THE TRKKPOM S JOIUXAI..

OBSERVER, :\o. 11.

I never feel more inclined to tic the fatal
nposo and vow ubuisaiKC to Hymen, man af-
ter visiting my friend Tom's "family. Torn
has been now married about two years, a suf-
ficient period, in his opinion^ to lest the du-
rability of the sj stem. J recollect when he
married, and no poor fellow ever uttered the
word • ies,' with more faltering tongue a d
trembling heart than did Tom. It was un
experiment, he said, he was about to make,
the issue of which he'did not well know, and
upon his good or ill success depeuded^tis fu-
ture happiness. Two years have elapsed
since he changed his state, and that the
change has been for the better, none who
know Tom will pretend to dispute. One look
at his wife will convince you of Tom's taste
... Jiese matteis. She isYvery little body,
and certainly 'not calculated to make much
noise in the world. But if it be virtue in wo-
man to- make her home a - paradise on earth»
to render it the abode of gentleness and
peace, where scandal ii riot known, and the
scolding woman unheard, then is she deserv- .
mg of high pnise. I have said she was a
little woman, but'let me not be understood to
mean that there was any thing of insignifi-
cance about her. Her face was an index to

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her heart, open, frank, generous. To gain 'say. this is not tho case. "Wo -frequently find him
her friendship -was no easy matter, blit when indulging in the mean and miserable pleasuro of
once obtained, it was certainly worth preser- j 8 i and(trin g bis fellow -sufferers; endeavouring to
* ing. Modest and ""P™™"** "» J>*' ; a ate their a . and thcreb 8tiluUng
riortment, you are sure to meet nt her house ; . ■ . t i, { [

none but women of similar characters. With ; hl8 learnin g> wit and talents, to the basest purpo-
se bold and unfeminine she hold no cpmmu- We have always found Major Noah a " mass
nioit. Possessing in herself all the gentler ; of contradictions." One day our warmest friend
virtues of her sex, it may well be supposed and the next our bitterest enemy. We fear that
■she was no friend to the assumption of the 1 in mora , jud t> a s well as political affairs,!*
Irecihes by anv female. . ... .... . , ... . ,

In short, she was such a woman that could 18 as «h«*«*Ie as lh6 ""J*-" a doubl °
T see her ' liko again,' I. should unhesita- ' ed ™a»> 'ho is unstable in all hit ways,' and at tho

. tingly doff my bachelorship! There is no latest period of his history,' it may be aBked,
scene more holy, none oiore calculated to " what good has he done, to church or state r"
make ns satisfied with our. short stay on^ We appeal to the public, and to Major Noah's
earth than the sight of a virtuous married bctter f fle ?j n<r8| f or the justice of his position, and
■cmplc oach striving for the ha pmess of the h h ^ rf Hc mftB ^ „ tJje

other. Here are two beimrs. who have joined „ • .

their heart, and fortunes, and vowed before frfie nc S rocs * f thls Clt 3' arc a nu,sancc 15,com l ,a -
<Jo<! to live together until death shall claim ,' rQ bly greater than a million of slaves." Who
■ouo of both unto himself. It is r sacred bond, can envy the heart under the influence of such
und he. who conld deliberately endeavour to feelings, at ihis enlightened age of the world; and
c'issr-vcr a ti? thus forme , is a companion thai too, in a republican country ?
inert-' fit for demons than for civilized man, 1

The Major cannot say so much respecting his citated by blowing breath^own his throat !. r f
brethren.! j — ■ — Two boys, who were returning to this

doubt not,, but a man of colour, suitably I cit y< e"WM c . a,y09 on horseboct, were
'struck by lightning, and the two horses, tw»

calves, and ono/of fthe boys killed. Com.

Porter whs at New-Orleans on the 18th ult.
He arrived there from Pensacola. For 11

qualified, wonld bo as cordially received, as an
ambassador at any of (ho courts of Europo, as
though bo were never so white Coloured men,

If hra-j
-whore (
""The c

Th-.-'t
But ih-

li-iss
If fh : .* I

It aw
EI. sew he
But her.

It is

iiess is not in the domestic hearth, j
]sc ehall u e find it ? j
imp .may have its fame, the court its

if -it re its wit, the board its mirth;

Wo rejoice that the wiso Legislators of ibis
State, by their acts, have long sincu denounced
such sentiments; and we should think it beneath
the character of Major Noah, to remain in this
city, "the cat's paw" of the slave-hplding scc-
•u..t calm, a "heaven where turns of our country. .»

r : heller— too domestic hearth ! . , . ..

'artless, if this be drear, ^nd while wo lament, that too much truth is

ireu r.'ii h.-po '<■'• find a haunt on earth. contained in tin; picture of Broadway, blackguards,
here we uv.xy b<: careirss. gay, caress 'd, prostitutes, &c. ; we deny that it is confined to
and <<nik bcr-.;, wo cmi; be bust. tho people of colour. Our streets and places of

is pnim'jl to rdlect how often we see public amusement are nigbtly crowded with the
™'-"-' -ho have fuunas.ni to live and cherish ; above characterSj O f tho Major's own complexion,
the bein ,r , v v ho i. coaimiiied her all to their , ., , , , ,

. . . , . VV« wonder the bachelor has never seen them,

protection, vioiai mg their w.vs in the very rr . . .

fa.'.e of, high ticRi-c.i. O.i-e posted of the However disgraceful to our city it maybe, it
object of their alfert r, am! their promises , is a fact, that respectable ladies cannot walk our
are ail orgotten And she who reposes in ' public promenades alone, after dark, without be-
coi ficence, ttnd yields to fiieir earnest ing disgusted 'or insulted by the rude conduct of
base females and their paramours.

in Europe, have filled tho most hnportaut stations. | years past the average proportion of denths
They have boon appointed to offices of trust, both i m^Bosron has been onein4lrN. York one in
oivil andimilitary ; and they have been elected to \ Baltimore one in 35; Philadelphia or e- in
the chair of Science. . I Pj2 -T~ An ^V ment has »^n made in Ber-

n . „ . . , • . .. muda, for splitting straw. Counterfeit fiv$

Finally, we enter our protest against the india- j Mlar bi]ls ^ ^ » Bmk of Geneya arf} m cir .

criminate abuse of our brethren, which is too j dilation.— — -My kingdom for a horse — A
often indulged i» by little minds. Such conduct I gentleman in Ohio gives notice, that he will

discourages the virtuous among us, while it re-
moves motivos of inducement from the vile, and
renders the slanderer equally a nuisance wif.li the
slandered.

solicitations in bestowing her hm'i niri Ji'iavl.
iind.- 'oo late that she lias been most wofnlly

deceived, and is left to pine away and i Suclt baseness- of character and conduct,

•'• Waste her sweetness on the desert air."
Th^ro is one whose course is not long for
ithis world, and who I knew in other days a
gay and e.prightly olrl, and laughing. as the
incrry u'Onl'h of May. Her wan cheek and
quivering lip tell a tale she would fain con-
eenl. iSiie married one whom she thought
endued with every generous feeling, but who
proved to be possessed of no one noble trait.
He was every thing else, but what she

ean assure the Major 's confined to a very small
portion of the people of colour; and we would
wish it were confined to a smaller portion of the
whites. We hesitate not in saying, that there
are thousands of our brethren, of whom he so
unfeelingly writes, who as deeply regret the con-
duct of the vile, as himself. Yet it is beyond
their power to correct the evil. Our civil autho-
rities should do it, without respect to condition or

:i)li!ss. soulless, worse than both were he,
sighting all the heart should- hoard with

.'ould v-a
And lei

ght him. ' Continual neglect has worn ' colour. Many' of us have wives and daughters,
upon her spirits, and destroyed a constitution whose character and mtere.sts to us, are sacred
that was never strong. Her fate is like hun- ; and dear ; and therefore we h.-i as much interested
dreds of her sex, whom the ensclty of man ;ln lhc rcmov;l] ut thu nu j aance , „nd the good mo-
hn-.i brought to a premature grave. j , r4l . r ., ■,. . .

° • c * j rals of the city, as any of the cit izens. As to our

; own families, we > ndeavor to bring them up in the
way they should go. and at all times, have held
ourselves ready to lend our influence and- effort, to
any thing that had for its object the. improvement
of our colour. Uut all this avails nothing with
our detractor Major Noab. He is for ever harp-
ing on Broadway, negroes, prostitutes, &c.

We cannot toll why he delights so much in
wounding the feelings of the respectable and ub-
offending of our brethren, by exaggerating tho
conduct of the unenlightened' vile. If bis inte-
rest for us consisted in any 'hing more than pro-
Patrons, who have complied ioith {css[mh ho would discern 'between the virtuous
Journal,"; and w ickcd; and in venting his prejudico, and lo-

j-uilty

lis nights in loosest revelry,
iisb:)som"s partner to abide
women feel who love and see
; deserted, and their hopes destroyed.

.VE W- YO RK, J U G UST 24.

([J 3 N OTIC E. — Wh He we feel graUful lo\
those af Oi

oi/r terms ; the interests of the

ro:ir.p?l us to remind our delinquent suhscribers, j veiling his wit, would aim at tli

of the necessity of their pnjfing ; as no papers] Major Noah's efforts to increase the prejudice
u i'i be delivered to any, uhnse bills hove, been : of the lower orders of society, against our brelh-
pnsnrfed co repeatedly, after the issuing of our * e n, is exceedingly unkind. Tho mob want no
.Vo. '-iG.

MAJOR NOAH'S « NEGROES."
Though the same ground has been ably oceu-
-jii^d by our correspondent Mordccai, yat, as the
conductors of a public Journal, we feel it
duty, to notice the unmanly and slanderous
tsck on" the coloured population of this city, con

leader. Blackgmrd:; among the whites, arc suffi-
ciently ready to insult decent people of colour.
The Major ought to have gamed experience from
tho situation of his brethren in other countrios
and learned to bo more cautious.

In speaking of the rights of our brethren, the
a l_ Major prefers the great law of social intercourse,
-as he calls it, to the example and laws of his

predecessor Moses, Governor and Judge in Isrtti.l.

tained in the New-York Enquirer of t he 10th inst.
We should think, if Major Naah were a man of; VV(J are astonished that so great a stickler for the
reflection, he would' be the last, to aggravate the 1 "S hl8 of nian > should' so deny himself We are
wrongs of the. oppressed. Has he f-»rg.-.:t^n. that | not ail »hition9 fo.r the amalgamation spoken of by
this is the only country, in which li,t:~di.«iuuiants\ tiic - Ma J or ' > et we ,,0 P" that our readers will not
of Jibraluim, sustain a standing equal to that of j insider us assuming, Wlum we tell them,' that
the African? If he has, it is time he should be . Dt!ltJ,er the coloured man of wealth and cduca
reminded of the fact. The 'Eternal ii.;th said ;
am] the decree lias gone forth, that his brethren

We learn from the Savannah Georgian, of
: the 7th instant, that Captain Gardner, of the-
schooner William, has been again impri-
soned, in consequence of a charge of piracy,
made by Mr. Bartlett, and forwarded from
New-York lo the U. S. Marsha).

A letter from Key West, dated July Gth,
states that information had reached' Unit
place from Matntr.as, of the capture of a
Spanish vessel by the Mexican brig Bravo,
Capt. Wm, Wys'e. The pri.e wa.4 loaded
with specie and silks, and h said to be worth
from one to two hundred tfiousaud dollars.

A letter from Key West, dated July Kith,
states, that O.pt. Ifopner, of the privateer
schr. Curabobo, lus been commissioned in
the Mexican Navy: the Curabobo has been
taken into that service, and her name changed
by Commodore Porter to that of Molcstndora,
in wich' character she has made a very suc-
cessful cruise, having capture;! several Spa
nish vessels since she received his Mexican
commission.

The sale of t he Jots owned by the slate of
New- York in the villages of East and West
Oswego, took place a few days since under
the direction of the Surveyor Generai. The
value of the lots had been previously apprais-
ed at 44,880 dollars. They however sold for
$1)1,341. This amount must be a valuable
acqu silion to the Common School Fund of the
State. About three-fourths of the lots only,
were disposed of.

The stage from Boston to Rutland, with 11
passengers, was overturned at Btdlows Falls last
week, and several persons were injured by the
upsetting, though not dangerously. The acci-
dent happened by the carelessness of the driver.,
in rapidly driving up to the door of a house.

A trial of great importance to the West
Tndia Colonies had just taken place in Lon-
don. A female slave was brought to England
in 1852 from Antigua, with her mistress,
and nfierwards. retiirned to that island. She
was, two years afterwards, claimed on the
part of the Crown, as a manumitted slave, it
being contended that the fact of her having
once been in England, made her forever free,
and that her return to Antigua did not inv
ply her return to slavery. Lord Stowell
wnuld shortly give judgment in the case.

i jtiun, nor the colouied lady of any claims, would
| have any difficulty in attaining to all the. e cqna

shall bo a proverb" a hissing," and
word" among the nations, until the Millennium
glory , or ihe fullness of the Gcntde world. Tins
decree is as unchangeable as the bi ity himselt :
still there may be individual exceptions, a^od per-
haps tiie Major is one. But knowing the situa-
tion of his brethren in other countries, aud hav-
ing just emerged .'r mi a s.-.aie of restric - . iuis in
this, we 'sho.ild ex. . v.; him to sympathize with
the oppressed of every hue. But we regret to

_ j rights : nor would we trust the Major, had w t .
daughters with the dowry of a fif ty or a hundred
thousand : we fear he would forgot the law of
J ghts and shades:

tiie liVh-jor. that the .man of colour, possessing
tquud pus .naJ advantages, enjoys equal rights
Colour is no disadvantage ;to a man in Eunpo,
Asia, nor South America. If he possess 'he socne^
education and opulence/ Jae is equally respected-

Several cases of Yellow Fever have ap

peared in Charleston, S. C. A Society of

Young Ladies has been . formed at Lynn,
Mass, to meet once a week, to read in turn
to ;he society, works adapted to virtuous and

literary improvement. ; A man, named

George Ku^esser, committed suicide, -by
drowning himself at the confluence of the
Lehigh and Delaware rivers, fnlcmp'rancc

urged him to the fatal act. Mr. Demarest.

wife and two children, while crossing the
Ilackensack river, was precipitated into the
stream by the horses taking fright. Mr. De-
uiarest and children were saved. Mis wife

was drowned. The navy of the U. States,

when all the vessels ordered* to .be built are
afloat, will consist of 1:2 ships of tiie lino, 20
frigates, Itj sloops of war, and sundry.smaller
vessels. To man these will require 20,000 men.
~ — The sea-serpent is said to have been
wounded; by a harpoon thrown by a seaman.

exchange a terrestrial and a celestial globe

for o horse. The Condor, now exhibiting

in Philadelphia,, with tiie Big Walnut Tree, .

was purchased 'for $1,000.—^ -A man . ba«

been committed to the house of correction in
Nantucket, for fifty days, on conviction of t

| drunkenness. —Governor Edwards, of

Illinois, has ordered out six hundred militia
and directed twelve hundred more to be in
readiness to act against the hostile Indians. —
Great Connecticut Race.— On the 7th instant,
a trial of speed was had between R. Ensign
of Ware Flouse Point on Conncc. icut river, in
a small boat, by sculling, and A. Allen, of the
same , place, on fopt — distance G miles'— bet
$50. Gov. Duval, of the territory of Flo-
rida, has issued his proclamation, offering a
reward of 3200, r or the apprehension and de-
livery of John T. Watkins, charged with the

murder of Jesse Butler. On Friday last,

Mr. Jacob Penney, of Simsbury, while driv-
ing a loaded team, in Hartford, Conn, fell
from the cart, and was almost instantly crush-
ed to death by the wheel, which passed di-
rectly over his breast. On the same day,
Mr. Abraham I ? all, a man of colour, was so
severely wounded, by a scythe, that he died
from loss of blood, before assistance could

be rendered him. The wife of Mr. John

Kelly, now residing in Wolf Creek township,.
Mercer, Penn recently from Ireland, lately
had five living children at one birth! They
all died shortly after. Previous to her leav-
ing Ireland, the same lady had two at once ;
and on her way. hither, while in .the state of
New-York, she had also five at one birth —
making in all twelve children within about 18
months ! ! ! The first number of a new pa-
per, called the Ulster Republican, published

at Kingston, has made its appearance,

The last .number of the Albion -contradmtB
the statement in circulation, that the Albion,
was forwarded to the Canadian subsorib> rs
free of cob liial postage, by order of the pro-
vincial government. Tiie City Inspec-
tor reports the death of 128 persons during
the week, ending on Saturdf y, the 18th. The
deaths 'in Philadelphia, during the same_ pe-
riod, were 09. • . . .

DIED,

In this city, Stephen J. youngest son of the
Rev. S. Dutton, aged 7 months.

In New-Haven, Conn. Mr. Newport Freeman,
a native of Africa.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Crvis has been received, and shall appear
soon. Jf e shall be happif lo near from him of*
ten.— Clauksox's candour we admire; but
cannot insert his' communication, unless con-
siderably amended.

AMERICAN CONVENTION.
THE Twentieth Biennial Stated Meeting
of the American, Convention for projnoting the
Abolition of Slarery Sfc. will be held at Phil-
adelphia, on 3d day, (Tuesday) the 2d of 10th
mo. (October) next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. To
which the Abolition and Manumission So-
cieties, not yet represented, are invited t»
send Delegates.

EDWIN P. ATLEE; Secretary.
Philadelphia, 7th mo. (July) 31, 1P27..
N. B. Printers of newspapers, throughout tine
Union, are respectfully requested to give the
above notice a few insertions.
Evtractfrom the Consitution of the Convention,,
" Article 2U. The Convention shall be com-
posed of such representatives, as the respec-
tive Societies associated to protect the right*
of free persons of colour, or to promote the

and to have gone oft' with the harpoon stick- | abo j itio ;, 0 f Slavery within the United States,
ing in his. body. — -The Irish population oi , ; m „„ tUinb tn 01 ,, m '^ t nvmridod that

America is said to exceed five hundred thou-
sand souls. Lorenzo Dow appeared in Ro-
chester a few days since, and preached to' a
numeTous audience in the court ya rd. He
wore his hair and beard long r and was dress-
ed ina blue, coat, light coloured pa ntaloons
and a spal skin vest. — : -An extensive

may think proper to appoint, provided that
the number from any one society shall not ex-
ceed ten." ,

A£iXffAFAO.

in reference to other countries, we can assure fought prevails in Georgia, wholrcornfields
" ' ' "'' * ite destroyed.- At York, U.'jC. a person

iroke into jajl, and stole 365 dollars public

cash. man in WiLou county, Tennesr ■

£e«» stated that his son Jame-a diH on the
10th of Jujie, and continued do" 1 for h.i'f an
hour, and had got cold> wheu hts was resins- {

AUGUST. 4

Sox
Rises.

Son
Sets

. Moon'b •
Phases.

24 Friday, ....

25 Saturday . . .
2G ^Sunday

27 Monday . . .
23 twsdny '. . .
2'J Wednesday % .
30 Thursday \ . !

5 21
5 23
524
5 25
5 26
'5 38
, 5 49

6

6 37
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6 35
6 34
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JjOSTHY.

FOR THF. FREEDOM'3 JOURNAL.

RESIGNATION. — A POEM.

By JAMES GROCQTT, JL'tf.

Man born to sorrow, even from tho womb,
Seeks for that vision, Happiness, in vain —

He courts it to tho entrance of his tomb,

Through days of trouble and through years of
pain.

Ho sr rks it in allsublunary things, —

In riches which will perish and dceay ;
For wealth soon plicB the pinion of her wings,
' And in her golden chariot flies away.

He seeks it on the " damask cheek" of love —
That period sweet — that pleasurable pain ;

Heaven may cement and bless it from above,
But ruthless Death unlinks the ho!)' chain.

He seeks it in the confidence of man,

In friendship's dear, bt/t prostituted name,

But worldly Friendship, faithful to it« plan.
Can light or quench at will, that ready flame.

He seeks it ever— in tho hall — the cot—

In verdant im aciow, or in mountain-wave —

Til! all he leaves behind liim its forgot,
And all he sees before him is— the Grave.

Lo ! the Divine,' in d» op reflection erics,
While inspiration movcn his «aered iongue,
Earth's highebt title ends in " here he lies."
" Aud " dust to dust" proclaims his noblest song.

Son of misfortune, has thy early spring

Been blighted ere the browing of thy flowers ?

Or has cold sorrow's intervening wing
Excluded sunshine— intercepted showers ?

Hast thou discovorrd in that sorrow aught
To live or love, for in, the world or men ?

One single consolation they have brought,
To claim remark from thy recording, pen ?

To note it as a miracle on earth,

As seen by chance, though evermore desird,
A virtue of an unexpected birth,

YNhich bretth'd this moment, ~i:d the next cx-
pir'd.

No — in thy mournful chronicles the world
Is mark'd with tasks unproritably dene,

And when tlic scroll is to thine eye unfurl'*,
Read " alt is canity beneath the sun."

Bow wifh submission to the will of God, —
Yield to the blow, however hard thy fate ,:

In humble. Resignation kiss the rod —

In temp'rance, patience, and submission wait.

The favor 'd Monarch} of fam'd Israel's throne.
Fell from its honours in a single day :

No God — no crown — no kingdom could Ire own,
And Shimei cursed him on his banish 'd way.

Tho monarch heard — nor punished yet the word,
But bow'd his sacred head to insults worse,

Resign'd — he bade his servant sheathe his sword,
And said " behold the Lord hath bid him curse."

The man of Uz.t beyond all other's blest

In what kind Heaven and yielding earth could
give,

Had. more of anguish pour'd into his breast
Than any other man could foci — and live.

_A Prince in splendor — in possessions vast,
Beyond example with contentment stor'd

Besfirar'd, and smitten by a single blast —
He saw — he felt — and said "It is the' Lord."

Oh ! wait with patience — many SRe the day
Of clouds, and storm, and darkness, and af-
fright-
To-morrow breaks an unexpected ray

And warms their bosoms with redoubled light.

Dr. Young, t David. \ Job.

(To be Continued.).

VARIETIES-

Jldvice. — Would a man wish to ofiend lib
friends? — let him give them advice.

Would a lover know the surest method by
which to lose his mistress? — let him offer
advice.

In short, are we desirous to be universally
hated, avoided and despised, the means are
always in our power. We have but to advise
and (he consequences are infallible.

The friendship, of two young ladies, though
apparently* founded on the rock of eternal at-
tachment, terminated in tho following man-

A few years since, some part of tho Ferry S
Inn, Tdrpoint, heiug on ih-c, the BCrvani giri
was directed to uwaken two gentleman, who
were asleep in an upper room. She knocked
at the door, and with tho greatest simplicity,
said, " 1 beg pardon, gentlemen, for disturb-
ing you, but tho house is on fire,"

The late Rev. John Murray was distin-
guished for the poignancy of his wit, and ta-
lents for repartee. On a certain time when
meeting his friends -to celebrate some festive
occasion, and tho joys of Bacchus were re-
sorted to, as a heightener of social merri-
ment, he was accosted with " Mr. Murray,
don't you drink ?" ' Drink !' retorted he, yes,
that I do— -I drink like a beast.' He yet re-
frained from helping himself over liberally to
tho*u8e of the bottle, (as every one else pre-
sent did) -which one of his companions re-
marking, observed, 41 Why, Mr. Murray, how
absent you are— I thought you said, you
drank like a beast." 4 And so I do,' rejoined
thy preacher, for a beast when he lias drank
enough, desists from drinking ;*and so have
I.' — Fall ■ River Monitor .

A paper entitled the " Pool's Gazette" is
said to have been commenced in Prussia — in
which probably are published all accounts of
duels — ruins by gaming and speculation—
deaiha for love — accidents from intempe-
rance^.&c. &.e.

Married ladies who wear bonnets made of
the chequered silk, now so much in vogue,
are facetiously cklled ••checkmates."

There was some time ago, — and we should
suspect he is not yet dead — a Presbyterian
parson in London, who engaged to .supply
quotations upon any subject wiiatever, at
eigiiteen-peuce an hundred.

Cardinal Richelieu. — An officious informer
came lo ted Cardinal Richelieu of certain,
tree expressions mat some person had used
in speaking of him. ' Why how now!' said
the parutiml : uo you dare to come and call
me all these names to- m/ face, under pre-
tences of their having been said by hi; neat
gentlemen? 1 and ringing nil bell, said to tiie
page in waiting — ; Kick that, fellow down
diWt.'

Matthews in one of his entertainments rai-
sed a heavy laugh, by teliing the following
story of an lrisnniau driving a pig. Animals
of this species are well know ibr their obstir
nacy, and for their perseverance in endeav-
ouring to go any way but that which you
wish, them to lake. Mattiiews asked the
Irish bog-trotter, where he was. taking the
pi£? ant; the following colloquy ensues.—
• Spake lower.! " Why should 1 speak low-
er, r. I only ask whither you are driving the
pig?" 'Spake lower.' -What reason can
you have for not answering' so trilling a ques-
tion :— ' Why sure, I would answer. . your
swate honour any thing,, but 1 am afraid he'd
hare me.' 1 What then. 5 ' ' Then he'll not
go, for I am taking him to Cork, but making

PftBEPpM'Sj jOURNAt^

i believe he's going to FeznoyS

Domestic Economy.— Some courtiers were
talking oi thoir household affairs, and in par-
ticular of the wages they gave their'servanls.
One-of them observed, that he gave his mai-
tre d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a second that
he allowed his six hundred; " And 1," said
one, 14 go far beyond either of you, for I al-
low mine four thousand francs per annum."
At first the whole party were astonished at
this -exorbitant allowance. At last one of
them' thought of putting the question, "But
do you pny him " Oh uo," saitUhe.

Happiness. — The greatest of all plagues, is
the plague of common sense. The fool is
happy in his ignorance, and the enthusiast in
his uream; the lover in his mistress ; and the
coxcomb in himself. Bui what is to beoome
of the poor man, who- has too much discern-
ment to he deluded into happiness, and is too
w so to enjey the blessings of vanity or folly?

A good one. — When Sheridan was making
one of his great displays in Westminster'
Hail, he. observed Gibbon among the auditors'
and complimented him by some allusion to
his " luminous pen," An acquaintance af-

jier: *sMy sweet girl, I do not think:ybur fi- Ueywards reproached Sheridan with the in-
gnre well suited for dancing; and as a sin- fsihcerity cf his compliment, and' wondered

' ^ere friend of yours, I advise you to refrain
from it in future." The other naturally atlec-
ted by such a mark of sincerity, replied, !' I
feel very much obliged to you, my dear,
your advice ; this proof of your friendship,
demands some return: I would sincerely re-
commend you to relinquish your singing, as
come of your upper notes resemble the melo-
dioufi squeaking of the feline race."
'■ The advice of neither was followed—the
-pne. continued to eing>and the other to dance
-~-Aad they never after met, but as enemies.

incenty

how he could use the word " luminous" —
"Oh, it was a mistake," said Sher/dan "I
meant vol-uminous."

The duke-" of Marlborough observing n
soldier leaning thoughtfully on his nit^ket,
at tho close of the battle r>f Blenheim, ^cod-

Best Summer, and Winter-Strained.

SPERM OIL.
-TjIE subscriber beg8 leave to return , his
thanks to his patrons for past favours, and takes
this method oi informing .them and tho public in
general, that hn constantly keeps on hand a mip-
ply of Seasonable OIL, of the first qunlity, which
ho will deliver in any part of the city, at tho
shortcut notice. ■

ffj* A liberal deduction made to Churches, and
thoso who buy by the quantity.

, y JOHN ROBERTS,
25 Currant-alley, third door above Locust-
534- 3m street, Philadelphia.

DR.THOHP,

JVb. 16 Collect-sired,,
INDIAN. PHYSICIAN and BOTANIST,
returns his sincere thanks to the public in gene-
ral, for past favours, and solicits their patronage
in future.

N. B. Ho cures all diseases of the human sys-
tem ; with roots and herbs, free from the use of
mercury.

.Yo. 182, South Sixth-street, below Pine,

OPKSEO «V

CHARLES SHORT,
For - the Purpose of accommodating People of
Colouii, Strangers and Citizens, with

BOARDING AND LODGING,
By the Day, Week,. Month, oi longer.
He h furnished with every thing to enable
him to keep a House of tho first-rate kind ever
opened in the City of Philadelphia; and will spare
no pains to merit tho public patronage.

July 2-->, 1827 * l.S— 3in

NICHOLAS PIERSON,

Respectfully informs the People of Co-
lour, that his MEAD G ARDEN, No JJelan-
cey-Btreet, was opened on the evening of the first
of June, for tlic accommodation- of genteel and
respectable persons of colou r.

No admittance for unprotected females.
New-York, June 1st, 1627. 13

H AIMER h SMITH,
STEAM SOOltXHUHS,

Ab.177 miliam-atreet t JY. Y.

CONTINUE to cleanse and' dress Coatg
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habit»and Merino Shawlg \»
the neatCBt manner. Thoy also make, alter 4i
repair Gentlemen's Clothes, to their entire sati*.
faction, arid upon- the moil reasonable terms.

Their modo of drtssinff Clothes is by STPAW
SPONGING, which' they have followed will
much success for several years past, AIJ kind*
of spots or Btains are extracted, and the cloth re-
stored to the. appearance of new; and" this (| Ifc v
engago to perform without any injury to thi
cloth, and at least equal lo any thine of the kind'
done in this or any other city of the United*
States. !

August 3. 2i

For Coloured Children cf both Setts,
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for the
admission of Pupils.
IN this school will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC-
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO.
GRAPH Y; with tho* use of
Maps and Globes, and
HISTORY.
Terms from two lo four dollars per quarter.
Reference— Rev. Messrs P. Williams. S. E
Cornish, B'Paul, and W. Miller.
JSew-York. March I4 ; . 1

CHEAP STOBE,

No. 218, Soitth Sixth-street, Philadelphia.

THE Subscriber respectfully returns h
sincere thanks to his friends ami the public in
general, for their favor aud patronage He
informs them, that lie. continues to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READ\-MADE
WEARING APPAREL of superior onality. botb
now and second-handed, where customers will be
accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-
some stylo. Ho also informs Families and private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed Clothing liu
sale, that thoy will meet with a good price, and
oady sale -for their goods, bv applying to

DANIEL PETERSON,
.Vo. 218, Sqjith Sixth-st. Philadelphia.
N. B. Taybring- carried on in its various
srannhes, and -m Iho cheapest terms.

" BEAUTY AND ECONOMY.'*
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STEAM UPOiSTttlttG,

JOHN II. SMITH,
.Yo. 122\\ orth>-'fhird-st. (above Race,) Phi-
ladelphia)

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in. ge-
neral, that ho still continues at the abovi- place
the Scouring aud Dressing of Gentlemen's Coats,
Pantaloons, &c. on a different plan from that of
tho Dyers, having a composition for so doing,
which enables him to dress Clothes so as to leave
their appearance eo^ial * to new. He restores
Seams, <S:c. to their original colour when worn
white, and will warrant them to wear three months
after dressings and then can be re- dressed. Also,
Ladies' Habits and Merino shawls, in tho neatest
maimer and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms. Being legally bred to the business,
and possessing a competent knowledge of Dress
iog and Cleaning Cloths by Steam Sponging,
which is tho only complete manner of effectually
removing tho stains- caused from grease, tar,
paints, &,c. he needs only a trial, lo afford him an
opportunity of giving satisfaction.

N. B. J.'S. constantly keeps on hand New and
Second handed Clothes of every description, which
ho assures tho public will be sold as low. if not
lower than at any other establishment in the Uni-
ted StatC3 for cash or barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase would find it much to their interest to
call im above, and examine for themselves

QTPThc highest price given for Gentlemen's
clothes

0\ TAILORING- WORK carried on, and
Clothes repaired. — New Cuffs. Collars and Buttons
put on, if requisite. Ho keeps on hand, Cloth,
Velvet, and Silk of all colours, for dointr up same.

April 20, 1627". •

LOTS WANTED.
TWO LOTS, or tho rear of two lots, where
there is any convenient communication with the
street, are wanted, for the erection of a Presby-
terian- Church The location must bo between
Reed and Sprfmg, Hudson and Orange streets.—
Ono lot within the above bounds, 25 feet or liiora,
by 75, would janswer
* Inquire 6f Si E. Cornish, No. 6, Vorick-strcct.
i New-tor^, March 20.

ted him thus: "why so pensive, my friend

after bo glorious a, victory ?". "It m&y be glo- (pr 1 All O^ukks for Job* Book, or Fancy
rious," replied the- soldier; "bull amthink-i. ; m'iftll'WVIWfSMi
tag, that allthe human blood I have apat.thisl ; . . 4Jr tt»4l« «4llrfl*
day has; only earned me f6urpe'nce; ,h ' . I Lem. at tiie Office, 152 CwRcn-StnEET,

-i *vrux »■ r-soatpTLY attsnded to.,,

LAKD FOR S.1LE.
THE subscriber is authorised to offer to hi?
coloured brethren, Acres o; excelknl Lash,
at less than one half its value, provided they will
take ojoasurc-s to s» ttle. «>r hnvo it settled, bv e>
loured farmers. The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location h
delightful, being on the banks of the Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the city cf Phk
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Dplav;:re
to tlio Hudson river passes through the trav;. o-
pening a direct navigation to Nev.-i ork cil^ "^'le
passage to oi;her city may b" made in onedavor
le:»s. The laud is of the best quality, and well
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his broth*
ron, who are capitalists. v/ilJ at least invest f.Ol'or-
1,000 dollar.-, in theao lands. To such he will tab
the. liberty to say, this land can be piirchased for.
5 dollars tho acre, ( by coloured men,) though it
has been selling for £25. Ho also takes the liberty
to observe that tho purchase will be safe and td-
vantageouB, and bethinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured families, would be conducive of
much good : With this object in view ho will ia-
vest 5U0 dollars, in iho purchase

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neither bo kept up nor increased by other
»n ma » r» ~ ^ <^v ™ ^mom-a- i m eans - The laws added their sanction to'thw
3bBI.Js*s Baptistl Sat, «i <fce conipow salutary change, which no laws «6ul(| of them-
tivt Expense of Free and Slave Labour. -02/i s i ftV es have wrought. The rights of slaves

came to be recognized, the conduct of the
master to be. watched, and the practifce" of

An am Hodgson.

(Continued.)
When in Norfolk, Virginia, in the win-
ter of 1820, 1 was told, that many slave? gave
their masters two dollars, or nine shillings a
week, for permission to work for themselves,
and retain the surplus. I also 'ound, that the
common wages of slaves who are hired, were
a«ie3d per week and their food, at the very
time when flour waB 4 dollars, or 18s per bar-
rel of I961bs. and beef and mutton 3d to, 4 d
per lb. Five days afterwards, in travelling
through the rich agricultural districts of the
free state of Pennsylvania, I found able-bo-
died white men willing to work for their food
only. This indeed, was in the winter months,
and during a period of extraordinary pres-
sure. I was told, however, that the average
agricultural wages, in this free state, were 5
or (5 dollars per month, and food ; while, in
" Norfolk, at the time I allude to, they were 18
dollars per month, and food. If it should be
replied, that in the town of Norfolk, the price
of slave labour was likely to be much higher
than in the country, I would ask, why it *
not so in the principal towns of Russia ?

If slave labor were cheaper than free
labour, we should naturally expect to find it
employed in the cultivation of those articles
in which extended competition had reduced
profits to the lowest point. On the contrary,
however, we find that slave labour is grad-
ually exterminated when brought into com-
petition with free labour, except where legis-
Jative protection, or peculiarity of soil and
climate, establish such a monopoly as to admit
of an expensive system of management. The
cultivation of indigo by slaves in Carolina,
Imfcfuetrij abandoned, and the price of cotton
reduced one-half, since these artictes have
had to compete in the - European markets,
with the production* of free labour; and not-
withstanding a transportation of three tiroes
the distance, the West India planters declare
that they shall be ruined, if sugar from the
East Indies shall be admitted at the same
duty .as from the West.

If slave labour- were cheaper than free
labour, we might reasonably infer, that in
proportion as the circumstances of the
cultivators rendered economy indispensable,
either from the difficulty of obtaining slaves,
or other canseo,the peculiar features of slave-
ry :\ ould bo more firmly established, and that
every approach to freedom would be more
sedulously shunned in the system of culture.
l<u' it is found, by the experience of both an-
c.-r nt and modern times, that nothing has ten-
do 1 ' more to assimilate the condition of the
s H-t! to that of the free labourer, or actually
to effect iiis emancipation, than the necessity
ii.i'iosed. by circumstances of adopting the
mo-it economical mode of cultivation.

" In ancient times," r.ays Brougham, " a
'jreat part of the population of the most pol-
ished states, was the personal property of the
rest. These slaves were chiefly captives, tar
ken directly in war, or purch *sed from other
warlike lotions who had obtained them in
this w'iv. The constant hostilities which at
that iime ihided ihe people of all countries,
rendered this a ve-y fruitful source of supply.
})uring the rise of Athens and Rome, accor-
dingly, when many foreign nations were by
rapid 'steps conquered, and when others, still,
unsubdued, could sell the persons of their
weaker neighbours, there was never any
scarcity of men in tfie great slave-makets.
The cruelty of the treatment w hich those un-
jbaopy men experienced, was proportioned to
the ease with which they were procured; and
we have already remarked how intolerably
their lot was among the very people, who
oailed eveiy foreigner a barbarian. As war
became less common, and the arts of peace
were more cultivated, this supply of slaves,

emancipation to be encouraged. By degrees,
the slaves were incorporated with their mas ;
tera, and formed part of the great free popu-
lation, which was rather mixed with, than
subdued by, the Gdths."
To the slavery of the ancients, succeeded the
boudage and villenage of their Gothic conquer-
ors. But the difference between the two was
marked and important. Tha Greek and Roman
slaves were imported; the Gwtbic slaves were
the peasantry of the country, and born ou the
spotv unless during the wars which accompanied
the first inroads of the northern tribes. Accord-
ingly, we find no parallel between tho rigour of
the ancient and of the modem slave system;
and a foundation, was laid in this essential dif-
ference, for a much more rapid improvement of
the whole society, than took place in Greece or
Rome, notwithstanding the superior refine-
ment of the classic times The slave first
become attached to his master, not as his per-
sonal property, but as a part of his stock, and,
astricted to the soil, to use the language of the
feudal ages; By degrees, the mutual interests
of the lord.and his villeins, in this progress of
national improvement, operated that important
change in the state of manners, out of which the
modern division of ranks, and the privileges of
the lower orders, have arisen in the civilised
quarters of the European community. Firtt,
the villein obtained the use of the land to which
he had been annexed, and of stock in which be
1 ad been comprehended, on condition thaJ a
certain proportion (generally one-half) of the
produce should belong to the lord of the land,
and proprietor of the stock. This great change,
one of the most signal of those events which has
laid the foundation of human improvement, by
degrees too slow for the observation of histori-
ans, was owing entirely to the ma'jterdiscover-
riug how much his interest was connected with
the comfort of his slaves, how necessary it was
to treat well thai race who-e toils supported tbu
community in ease, and whose )o.->f could not be
epaired; how much more prefii mle it was to
Uvide with the vassal the fruits, of his free and
trenuous exertions, limn to monopolize the
canty produce of his compulsory toil. Ai» soon
is the right of property, and ihe secure en
jnyment of the fruits -of labour were extended
. !•» the vassal, the pr.-:<rress of improvement
became constant and visible. The pioportion
of the fruits paid to the lord was diminished ac-
cording to a d- finite standard; the peasant
having been permii.ed to acquire property, pro-
>iitd his own stork, 'and obtained the power
of changing his roidrnee, and commuting the
nature of hisservicp By degrees, the jent came
loi be paid in money according to the number
ofj competitors for a farm; and they who could
not. farm land themselves, sold'ihcir labour .to
ot''crs for a certain price or maintenance.
Lastly, the legislature secured the lease of the
farmer with the same certainty that it secured
the property of the landlord, and recognized the
0'>e as well as the other for useful and indepen-
dent subjects."

A similar progress will most probably bo the
result of that abolition, the supposition of which
we are indulging, (the abobtiou of the blave
trade.) That this idea is not chimerical, the con-
sideration of a few facts, very little known in
the history of America, may convince us."

The peculiar circumstances in the situation
of ihc'Spanish and Portuguese colonies ofSouth
America, have already partially operated some
of those happy etfecls which '.we may exj ect
from the abolition of the slave-trade. The high
price of the negroes in the Spanish settlements,
partly from absurd regulations of trade, from
the deficiency of the. Spaniards in the practice
of commerce and naval affairs, causes that wan;
of hands which would prevail in its' full extent
were, the African trade stopt." . "F'om these
circumstances, and partly, no d--»bf, : <>m th

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

POR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

MILITARY ACADEMIES.

" Although I am aware that the subject of
the following remarks are not applicable to
the main object of your papor, yet, it would be
ah injustice to the Editors to suppose, for a
momeht; v that they did not take a lively inte-.
rest in whatever may concern the general
welfare., I; nder this impression, I take the.
liberty of tendering to you, some few objec-
tions that have-often suggested themselves
to my mind, in relation to Military Acade-
mies.- On this subject us well as on several
of a public nature, I feel that I have the po-
pular voice against^me. But I never have,
nor ever will be deterred, by a circumstance
of this kind, from a free and public expres-
sion of my sentiments. I know and have ex-
perienced, however, that it is not at all times
a very easy matter to obtain a channel for
their communication, as there are few public
presses so independent as to publish what
may be unpopular; and thus it is that error is
so often forced upon the public mind, because
to hear both sides can alone lead to a discove-
ry of truth. In Baltimore, last winter, this
was clearly evinced, when every thing unfa-
vourable to {he Memorial in Congress in be-
half of the Slave population, was published;
but not so on the other side; Nor was the
least indignation expressed by the Editors
there, in behalf of one, who had been unmcr-

o.f course, decreased; and when the Roman j peculiarly indolent character of the colonists
empire, tottering under its own weight could j n those parts, there has arisen a much belter
think of nothing less than new conquests, j eys tem ol treatment than any other European
there was an ena of importing slaves. Accor- ' colonies can boart of." ""Other views of in-'
dwgly, with the progress of real civilization, , terastfowK corded to confirm and extend
but sail more with the diminution of. wars t t his sv*»^iwi$ess and equity towards
and conquests, was introduced a milder sys- |the slave¥; ah^ We legislature liny" not failed
tern of domestic government, a greater huma- ! D y eve'rv prudeni interference; 'to ?i-pi*f' the
nity towards the slaves; and a more careful jnferior'race in the acquisition
attention to breeding, when the .stock could j privileges."

l'the acquisition of rights and

cifully used, on account of his publishing out-
rages against humanity, against men, who,
alth ough of a darker complexion were still
their fellow men. But it is only necessary to
become acquainted with the editors generally
of that city, to discover their illiberality, anri
their subservience to popular predjudicc,
whether right or .wrong. But excuse this

f reamblej foreign from the subject to which
promised to call your attention ; my pen in-
sensibly le!d me on to reprobate conduct, so
unworthy the name of republicans, or con-
ductors of our public prints. My business at
present is to investigate the principles of
Military Academies, and to exhibit the ef-
fects which I think are likely to be produced
from such institutions. The principal object
is cleariy to combine a knowledge of the mi-
litary, with the civil, sciences. To enforce a
rigid discipline : to bend the youthful spirit
to the yoke of military superiority. To
strengthen and make robust the body, by ear-
ly exposure to the duties and hardships of a
camp, to enable us to have experienced and
useful officers in time of War. These with-
out doubt are the causes which lead to their
establishment. And although under the dy-
nasty of Napoleon, ihey may have been high-
ly useful, when the only road to preferment
was the military one, on which rested all the
hopds and expectations of that ambitious.des-
pot— yet is it politic in our country, under
our government, founded on peaceable prin-
ciples, and which is in exact opposition to
the late Emperor of France ; is it, I say, our
pidicy to blend the civil and the military cha-
racter? To have the best sources of educa-
tion, closed against such as may not wish
their children made Soldiers of ? Let us ex-
amine the effects likely to be produced, dis-
passionately and without prejudice ; and I am
certain many of my objections will be found
tenable and cogent: Does not experience
teach us that persons x long in the army, or
who have spent the early part of their" life
there, are afterwards incapacitated for any
other kind of life ; that their feelings and
opinions are always such as befit the soldier
rather than the statesman, and that they are
seldom averse to ytar, because it will afford
them employment, and a chance for fame. —
But is this, ! let me ask, a spirit propel to be
engendered under our government ? Let the
prudent and cautious politician ansWer this
inquiry. Id it possible that young boys wilf
not have thiir heads turned by all this mili-
tary show and parade, when, marching about
the country'; giving dinners, toasts, &c. We
have! seen the older and the wise dazzled by
such; scenes ; and led away by them to plunge
into 'dissipation and worthlossness. We all
know the effects of early habit on the mind,
nor should we he unmindful of the 1 old and
true ; udncr.o.f •« that a* the twig is Bferit th<

^'b lnclifed" 5 -'

tion are less/ attractive to the youthful mirid,
hence it follows 1 that , this will engross, the
most of their attention as* well as occupy a
larger»share of their affection. But ray op.
ponents may inquire if I do' not wish good of-
ficers for our. army; if I am content to leave
all to a raw and undisciplined militia ? I an-
swer, that I consider, our liberty and security, ■
and consequently our happiness to depend on
the courage, honesty, and patriotism of our
hardy -yeomanry ; and although I would have
a small standing army at all times kept up in
our country, yet our 'main strength should be
in a! high-minded free people whose spirit has
been broken by military restraint, and who
will never endure it, but when their good
sense' teaches them their country's necessi-
ties may require it. Here I must beg to be
understood as not advocating a standing ar-
my to that extent that could even possibly en- #
danger our political institutions, but only'
such a one as in the outset of a war, might
prove efficient and instructive. If- there be
an evil in a standing army, however small, it
is at all events a less evil than to create a
military spirit throughout our land, by this
system of instructing our youth. But ray-
fears on this subject may he colled visionary.:
I maybe told it is not possible to halve the
youth of our country generally instructed at
these Academics, that it requires much patro-
nage, (and wealth generally produces patro-
nage) to get them there. But ray opponent*
may concede too much in this, defence, and
show me there is something like aristocracy
in this business, and that the door to military
office will only be open to peraoris.of a cer-
tain description. For in the event of a war,
who would be the most likely to get commis-
sions? Doubtless those who hail obtained a
military education, and had this principle
been- acted on earlier, we should have
been without some of our most distin-
guished officers, who were both poor and ob-
scure in early life. But I may be told that
wealth must always tend to aristocracy, so
far that they Have, the best opportunity, (per-
sons of this description) to obtain good edu-
cations. Granted, but let not government
assist this tendency. On the contrary, let
her funds he extended throughout the land,
in free schools, where all may loam, and not
concentrated in a large mihtary establish-
ment at one spot, where few can come. I
am the advocate of the many, and not of the
few. CIVIS.

for the freedom s journal;
Messrs. Editors —

In conclusion of African Genealogy, I pre--
sent the readers of your Journal, with the
following:

It will not be necessary to expatiate on a'
subject, with which every man of letters is
fully acquainted, and a prolix account of
which, to the 'unenlightened, must render it
tedious and unimportant.

In my feeble attempt to apprise, my breth-
ren, for whom i feel deeply interested, of the
different nations with which the/' are con-
nected, the people of Colchos and the Sido-
nians and Carthagehians should not be omit-
ted, they being originally Egyptians, and de-
scendants of the illustrious Misraim. . They
kewise departed out of Egypt, when fre-
quent invasions had compelled them to it.
To substantiate this fact, it will nbt be expe-
dient for me to quote but one or two authors,
whose veracity has never yet been. question-
ed : and they whom, I shall first summon to
my aid, to prove, that the people of .Colchos
were originally Egyptians, are Herodotus
and Uochart; the former of these great men,
whoso ailtiquity is not less serviceable in
the support of this assertion than his respec-
tability. His account of ancient 'Egypt .and
of its '"inhabitants, has ever been received'af
authentic. In speaking of . the people of Col- ;
chos, this historian says, in his Euterpe " it
is' certain 'that 'the 1 ' people of Colchos 1 were
•iginally Egyptians." And the great'Bo-
chart so often quoted, in his Phaleg, bays, in
express words, " Casiflacos et Canthorteos ex
Egypto rhigra'sse certum esjf ; ,ahte.Abr«4harai
tempor)u"*'.ahd an ; «|ncient author of much '
credit, irr speaking of) the^ great revolution); in
Egypt, which was created by the : King -Shepi:
herds or'Hicksoes, whose cruoltv competed •
the ; Egyptians ;fe. withdraw out of their ceun-
ti y, and di'spersKihemselvos into' ao : inany

'Thectiior parts of educa- 1 colonics,, says; it. i^luibit ificredjbi^, that-

men should go so far , to 6cck* a habitationy
yet it is certain, that in this invasion, many
of the Egyptians fled by way of the Oreut
Sea; they could not go by land over' the Isth-
mus, because the llicksoos poured in upon
them that wav: This great sea as distin-
guished from the less, is the Mediterranean,
and those who fled by that sea, says Bishop
Berkley, were the colony, which went to Col
chos. We must not suppose they went all
the way by sea to Colchos; -quite round by
the Straits of Hellespont ; but they crossed
the end of the Mediterranean, and went by
land the shortest way Uey could, till they
came to the borders of the Euxine sea.tf from
whence they got into Colchos, and peopling
that country, past time has witnessed Uieir
greatness, their heroism and their proficien-
cy in all those attainments, which ennoble
man, and which have ever merited of the
Moderns, their highest degree of reverence
and admiration for the Ancients. Neither
were the Sidohiahs, who are so celebra-
ed, 1 oth in profane and sacred, history,^ less
than a colony of Egyptians, who left Egypt
when invasions and calamity had dethroned
humanity, and assumed the sceptre of jus-
. tice.f Of the Caithaginians, whose great-
ness has long since retired with time, but
the remembrance of whose heroic character,
and whose love ofliberty must live imperish-
afely ; whose fame shall survive time,, and re-
main a lasting monument of the grandeur, of
fallen Africa ; the learned Bochart so often
quoted, says; they were originally Kgyptaius,
and he provec beyond question, that they
were a colony which first settled the land of
Canaan, and who, in after limes, were driven
out by Joshua. The same author in his Cha-
naan, proves almost demonstrably, that, they
dispersed themselves over all the islands and
seaports. of Europe, Asia, and Africa. In his
preface, he quoted a most remarkable pas-
sage out of Procopius dc bello Vandalico, of
a pillar, that was found in Africa, with a
Phmmcian or Chanaan inscription,]) which
signifies, " We are those who fled from the
face of Jesus, or Joshua the robber, the son
of Nave;" Eusebius, inChronico, has it much
the same; and St. Augustin, in his city of
God, says, that the ancient people, about
Hippo in Africa, who were the remains of
the ancient Carthaginiai.?, if you. asked
them, who they were, would answer, We are
originally Mezzaramans. Of the Carthagi-
nians, or if I be permitted to say, the ancient
Africans. Bochart, in his Chanuuif book, 1
Chap. 37, says, they were the greatest mari-
time peojle of the age in which they lived:
that by order of the .Senate of Carthage, Ilim-
no the elder sailed round the greatest part of
the world, and after his return, delivered un-
to them an account of his voyage, which is
called the Periplus of Hanno. This Hanno
lived before Solomon's time.§ This is the
people, my brethren, who were originally
Egyptians and descended from Misraim. : —
They first built Tyre ; and in after limes,
being influenced, by their love of liberty,
thus returned into Africo, where they reared
the mighty Carthage, upon whose ruins the
learned are of opinion, that Tunis is now
standing. They are those, who descended
from the same house with yourselves; with
you, claim their origin from the immortal
Misraim. And they are the very people, who
so often shook the power of the renowned
Home to its centre, and stood for ages the
only rival of that empire, which writers were
vont to style the Empress of the world.

Since 1 have taken it upon myself to make
Biy brethren, acquainted with all the nations,
to' whom they are in any way directly con-
nected, it would be well for them to know,
that about A. M. 2298, Greece was colonjsed
by Egyptians;*! who, mixing with the natives,
built towns and formed a number of commu^
nities, independent of each other. The va-'
rious inventious and Arts, which they intro-
duced among the original inhabitants con-
tributed to augment their comforts, and to
civilize their manners.

To such as may be unacquainted with his-
tory, it,may appear fictitious, when they are
informed, that the people who were led by
Xenophon — headed by Leonidas, and haian-
gued by Demosthenes — received iheir first
lessons from Africans; I say Africans, be-
cause the African has been proven to be the.
descendant of the Egyptians, and therefore
the African, and the Egyptain must be one.
except fraternal connexions cease, by a resi-
dence in different countries. l»e this as-it
-will, I must be privileged, to consider the
Egyptian and the African as one people.
Athens, the famous classic city, was built in
the year v J556* by Cecrops, who brought a co-
lony of Satis from Egypt, and the jlrst skip
which appeared in Eurepe was brought to
Greece from Egypt by Dadarn'us'j this wag
. in the year of the world 14SG. How. ungrate-
ful is man! How .flagrant, has been«iein T
gratitude of , the Europeans, that to (he .de-
scendants of their kindest benefactors, they
have be,en most unjust and cruel. Their
Iwlaing sad ^iieix intelligence, and tie basis

of thoW very Scieft'cos^y^The iMpi^oving of
which, they have held a rank superior to tho
inhahUairts of p the other ^cq^enJs^.cMae
originally' ?rom tfio'Tofefaihers -ortho Afri-
cans, toward/ whom they have ever.dcatywith
injustice and wtth' disgrace «6 ; therhselVei.
Tho Egyptians being enlightened and learn-
ed, diffused knowledge 1 "among the Greeks,
who afterwards civilized the RomansJ and
the. Romans extending civilizati66'w|th ; thpir
arms 1 ; civilized thV% T 0rld. Dut, alas T it Ib hot
generally remembered what the African was;
but the question is, ; what irhe now ? Clirim-
ing his ovigiu from the. mightiest nation,.he is.
regarded as the, most . unwortjiy being in na-
ture. Ah ! my unfortunate brethren', time
alters all things, it passes never to return, and
your former greatness is buried wit,h time in
forgetfulncss; but there, i3.a Providence, who
never sleeps; and who has promised, that a
period should arrive, in the which Ethiopia
shall stretch forth her arms. ,

The, readers- of African Genealogy, doubt-
less,' will .excuse all the inaccuracies, when
told that the writer of it is quite a youth, -

* It is certain, sny3 ho, that the Casfiur: jjjid
Capthpnei wiint .out of Egypt beforo Abraham's
time. Bochart Phaleg. book 4. chap. 31.
t Vide — Bochart, ftollih, Fenelon.
t Berkley, Gibbon, Rollin.
|{ It is observable, that tho Cananean Phoenici-
an or Carthaginian language, was tho sarAe as'
tliat.which was spoken by the ancient Egyptians,
and by the Chinese, having a great many signifi-
cations lor the same word.
§ Bochart Geographia Sacra.
H RoUin, &c.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOUllXAf.

Conversing a short time since With an in-
telligent friend, we touched upon the future
prospects of our brethren. What , is- more
natural, than that when the reflecting meet
together, they should take into view a subject
cf so vast ah importance ? ;v

My friend, who has long distinguished him
self by his activd exertions to promote the in
te rests of our race, suggested the improbribi
lity'o'f their elevation above the condition of
menials, so long as they did not more gener-
ally turn their attention to agricultural pur-
suits; and so long a* they continued to press
into the cities and populous towns of the TJ-
nion. .

Remarks like these, carrying with them
their own evidence, needed not to be accom-
panied with arguments to prove their propri-
ety; in fact, this is a subject on which I have
long pondered, and an early attention to
which I sometime since concluded to be the
most speedy method of effecting the object of
our solicitude. From these considerations, I
am induced to offer to our brethren, the fol-
lowing thoughts on

AGRICULTURE.
Experience has taught us, that agriculture
of all other, pursuits stands pre-eminent. E :
qually so, from the dependence in which it
holds the. other arts of civilized. life, as from
Divine appointment, whereby it is evident
that man is destined to derive his support di-
rectly or indirectly from this never failing
source. So that whether we be engaged in
manufactures, or commerce, or science, still
we must look back to the 14 parent art," agri-
culture, which holds precedence of all, and
from which they necessarily sprang.

If we look back to the period when men
lirst began to pay that -attention to this art,
which it so well deserves, we shall find that
those nations who have neglected it, have
generally continued in poverty and insignifi-
cance, while their agricultural neighbours
have attained. an enviable superiority.

To say nothing of the ancient. Egyptians,
and others, whom we know.to have once held
an elevated rank among the then existing na-
tions of the earth, and among whom the agri-
cultural art appears to have been esteemed of
the highest importance ; we have only to take
a comparative view of the internal economy,
of the nations of the present day, in order to
.determine in whose favour the preponderance
of wealth, honour and glory terminates—those
by whom due regard is paid to agriculture, or
those by whom it is neglected.

The manufacturer is dependent .on the
commerce of nations for subsistence, no less
than the merchant on the tranquility of his
country for the secure voyage of, his ships.— :
But .let us 'suppose . the nation involved in-
warfare* the ■ merchant's, ships, must either
be detained in port, or dispatched, at con 1 -
sitlerable risk, of capture by th^ , enemies'
cruisers. In fbe event of a blockade, there
scarcely exists > {possibility of prosecuting
commercial, intercourse ; the manufacturer,;
in such a. cajse, has no opportunity of shipping
his goods, and if goods cannot* be shipped,
there will be no demand for such in the m%r-
ketj and consequently no sales effected.. The
Issue, .to merchant and manufacturer, -gener-
ally, is ai) irretrievable insolvency.

Events .like these, the industrious and fru-
gal farmer Wat most times enabled to avoid.

rtovfile cha%ge of trhich is unwor-
thy* i a sacrifice on the part of our friends.

man of colour, ever 4 being raised to his pro'.
per standing in this country : an idea wholly
unworthy the enlightened members of ths
Colonization Society. The spirit of the times,
"us "Well (is the movements of Providence,
strongly indicate the contrary. Such a view
of the subject Is dishonourable to the' Su-
prernfc, and contrary to reason and scripture.
As well may the christian relinquish all efforts
to christianise the world,- believeing-tf use*
less to attack confirmed, habits of obstinacy
and rebellion, against God 1 " and his Christ, as
under the influence of the belief, that pr'ejtf-
dice will for ever predominate over justice
and equity, in this country, c6asc to combat
that crying evil. I cannot hero refrain from
saying to the Advocates- of colonization, that
any plan which implies in our brethren or
their descendants, inferiority, or carries with
it the idea that they cannot be raised to a re-
spectable standing in thi3 country; but must
be accomodated to sdme other place and cir-
cunistaiicesj is wholly at war with our best
interests, and we canuot'view the Advocates
of such sentiments, iri any other light, than
that of enemies, whatever their principles
may be. Wo fear that such of them, as re-
sort to sveh means and hesitate not from the
press' and the pulpit, to expatiate on the de-
gradation of the coloured population, and tho
impossibility of their ever being raised to
equal rights, will do more towards increasing
predjudice against our brethren-, and retard-
ing the cause of emancipation, than all other,
classes of our citizens. Fourthly, Your cor-
respondent claims for the Colonization So-
ciety, the honour of having changed public
sentimetit in Mnryland and Virginia, in re-
spect to .-ilavery. Is he not doing inj ustice
to the " Gmius of Universal Emancipation^
and i ho several Abolition Societies ?

Fifthly. He censures.you for opposing that
society, because, comparatively few of its
members are slave-holders, and consequently
inconsistent -hi their conduct. It is not com-
paratively few, but a majority of the parent
institution, that come under that class. Nono-
of the public orators, before that honourable
.Body, have on any occasion represented th'it
society, as contemplating, the final Abolition
of Slavery ; hut-the contrary, as having noth-
ing to do with s'avery.

As to discouraging your friends, they are
friends from principle, and until their princi-
ples are changed, cannot abandon your
cause : except it be -in their efforts in behalf
of the Colonization Society, in which particu-
lar, we would say, " save aid .from our friends.' 1 '

Finally, Your correspondent observes, that
our enemies at the South would gladly joi:<i
with us, in opposing colonization, and there-
by prevent tho necessity of emancipating
their slaves. This is not a fact. Perhaps'
vour correspondent is not aware that slave-
holding states make use of the colony as aii
apology for enacting the most oppressive
laws, and grinding' out the free population
from among the slaves, believing their slaves
will thereby not only become more profitable
but more content. Colonizing the free peo- '
pie of colour in Africa is never going to fa-
cilitate emancipation, but rather to retard it3
progress. Let the friends of the people of
colour, endeavour to make an intelligent and
respectable community- of colour in this coun-
try, if they wish to. facilitate emancipation;
this will appeal 1 to the hearts of slave-hold-
ers, and do more in breaking the bands of
slavery, than a thousand colonization schemes.

We hope the Advocates for colonizing the
free people of; Africa, will, cease substituting
their own imagination anil wishes for facts,-
and submit to a xair and thorough investiga-
tion of the subject.' We suggest the follow-
ing plan, as nothing can be gained from a
ditfu8edi3eussion of the subject. ■ 1. The jus-
tice. 2. Th.e necessity. .& The. influence. •
4. The result of the plan, which must occupy
a series of numbers.

■ With sentiments of the highest respect for
all our friends connected with the Coloniza-
tion Society, and with sincere regard for the
objects of colonization,

I am yours, 1 <fec.

INVESTIGATOR,

A Fad.- An, honest Dutchman was recent- . ,
ly travelling with his wagon; when he reach-
ed the well known " Hot Springs ;" the' road
passing near and the old gentleman ''being' in.
a strange" part; and ignorant of the heat of
the water, stopped his team for the purpose,
of watering, tjje'm. lie loft his son, Who was
with hiin ; §tandihg with the horses— the old
geiiUemah, took ;his water bucket, and dip-
ping it into 'tlieSvater'fouhd it s'u'rWichtly hot
to scald an egg.— At this the old gentleman

wajs much alarmed; -'He. hastily gathered up

tutidns, to govern'and provide' for'tliethselyes, his biidketj arid addressing his son most ve-
The contrary idbk'is advartced by' very' few' hemehtlyj tie exclaimed— §hon, Shon ! oh my
at the present $ky, ahd when'ddya'tt6ed; ar-j.Got .'-rtrive.oh wit all your might r vor pe suVe
gues wilful obstjnacy.or self interest/tad/be-,; Shoh, Hell is not Von mile frohi dis pla^'e»

UU proWbe' i« •'alwl ty
consumption; on his own farm, he .obtains
nearly^ aH^ig^^*^nUalaM^ corofo^ji^iuifla^cii..
'arlicTes as tie^must "ol&t'aln'Trom tlie merchant,
are obtaihed as it were,, in exchange. for pro-
dubo;1a'ken to' market. Hence we observe,
he may rely upon his own resources, sodong
as he will till the soil, sowr the seed", and titer
raius descend in their season. Who then is
nfo"^ mdep6fident*han tlf^corisiffeo^farnl^
r wHb tWp MmrWoftis toatflSfi nib/o <Kan lid ?
and from whom must tho essentials for prose-
cuting n'war^hb' supply* trf the army and na^
vy be derive,!}, jf, it, be not. derived from. him ?

Fir?t, th en, M those ^of our brethren Who
ard located 1 upon jfarms, allowing that tljoy
lid've; 'no, ^Immediate, 'interest in the property,
cobtiii'ue' j;i th $ £ prf sent,einploy ineni, Ihey
wiite'acape/.cohtag'ion of (he vices, and temp-
tations to tVio luxuries of cities : they will
command $ more respectable standing in sb-
ciety'th'a;h the mass of their brethren, rushing
into the already too populous towns.to indulge
in idleness ana dissipation ; to lengthen the
catalogue of vagrants, to fill the mouths 6f
.their' enemies' With arguments against them,
to wound the feblihgs of their more discreet
brethren, and every why 'shamefully- to abuse
their « { young freedom," as a certain editor
would express it.

Secondly, Let thosewho are now in these
city, destitute of trades, professions, or pur-
suits by which un honourable subsistence
might be obtained, retire from the scene of
comriierce. Of these, many have been bred
farmers, but have 'abandoned the artless toil
of a rUral life, for the more ungrateful tu-
mults of the metropolis.

Suppose a few familief), possessing each
some means, were to embark in the measure
I have been considering : that they purchase
a parcel of cleared land, in a fertile region
and convenient to some market town : that
they devote their time to the culture of this
land ; and that they are enabled by diligence
and skill,' to appear at market with provisions
as good and as cheap as their white neigh-
bours: Would ihey not meet with as ready
sale?

\ This example would havo its influence to
entice otliefs to engage in tho same pursuit ;
and by this means the city would be cleared
of numbers -to whom employment could be
given by men of their own colour, but who are
now scarcely able to find means adequate to
sustain them. And in process of time, the
whole would be convinced of the superior ad-
vantages derived to the agriculturists, over
those continuing in cities ; at least so far as
it regards securing the comforts of life, re-
spectability of character, and ability to edu-
cate their children. ■

Were our people to become so far convin-
ced of tho truth of these remarks, as immedj-
atelyto embrace the object recommended, I
feel assured, that the result would be highly
beneficial to many thousands of our race.

I am in hopes that some experienced agri-
culturist, will Cast such light upon the sub-
ject, as will ren ler it clear to the niinds of
those interested.

Peteb Paez.

FOR TIIE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
Messrs. Editors,

.1 was happy to find (by your last number) a
disposition in your correspondent "vi Sub-
scriber," to investigate the merits of the Col-
onization Srciety. Of all temporal subjects
that agitate the public mind, there is none in
which the fiee population of our brethren is
so deeply interested— none in which we feel
so desirous,- that' truth may prevail. Were
not your excellent paper made the ready me-
dium of so important a discussion, it would be
unworthv the high standing it.has obtained,'
and would prove its editors callous to. the best
interests of their brethren.

It is not my object to reply to' your corres-
pondent : the answer to all he has advanced
may be found in yourlNo. 1.7, signed A Col-
oured Baltimorcan — which we recommend to
his perusal. My present design is to take a
cursory view of hie several argument's,' a3
preparatory to a thorough investigation of the
important subjebt.

I have ever found the. advocate for coloni-
zation actuated by the. same popular motives,
and when opposed, resort to the same popular
arguments. Your correspondent advances
the following, j First, That some of the
best inch in the country have been,, and
still are, engaged in the plan. AH this may
be, and yet, a Correctness of principle does
not he'eessarity impiy, a correctness of judg-
ment,- Secondly,, That cblbhi2atidrt v is neces-
sary, in' order |tb,eonvince! the dhdmies'bf
ertian^ipintion tliat Africans possess capaci-
ties equal with the whites, under tlie sdme
circumstances, to maintain' Republican Iristi-

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TO THE SENIOR EDITOR— No IV.

Hartford, July — .

Hf.au Sin.

Having delivered my introductory letter to Mr.

G , I was kindly received and entertained by

bim during my stay here. As my time was to bo
^hort, I delayed not, in publishing the object of
my journey, among our brethren ; but though I
found many wellwishcrs to the undertaking,
few v.*er« willing to aid us by their subscriptions.
But 1 rii'iat. not omit to mention, as some excuse,
in a measure, for their backwardness, the expense
tli> 'v hnve lately incurred in the erection of a
pretty little brick church, and the shortness of
my stay. From our ignorance generally, you are
aware, that it requires some time, before our peo-
ple can be made to comprehend the usefulness of
any new cnterprizc ; more especially, one, of the
nature in which we are engaged. A wailing
about the city considerably, and seeinji alt pretty
much that was worthy of observation,, and being
stared at by every petty shop-keeper, and his
dandy-clerk, and every half bred countryman, as

same strange animal, 1 returned to Mr. G \s,

with my head " pnuty full of notions," concern-
ing Hartford politeness.

| New-England", you know, ia generally considered
as Yankee land, by the iMiddle and Southern
Slates; but Connecticut and Vermont are the
states, where you behold the original Yankee,
with all his notions, restlessness and inquisitive-
ness. "Whore are you from, if I may lie so bold?"
■• Where are you going, if / may be so bold?" are
common questions from these polite folk. Hartford
is a pleasant town, but will bear no comparison
with New-Haven, its great rival The state-
house, which is now undergoing 6ome repairs,
has a fine appearance ; but, ^suppose, it will not
compare with the one, about to be erected in N.
Haven ; for I must inform you, that the rivalry
between these two large cities is so great, that
each must have a state-house for the legislature
to meet in, every other year — colleges, that the
polite citizens of each, may enjoy equal literary
rid vantages — and as the one is about to have a
canal, the other of necessity must dig one also, in
order that its good citizens may enjoy the pleas-
ures of canal navigation. It is really silly, to sec
the spirit of opposition carry tilings so fur : why
^ill not the good citizens of Connecticut, invest
the thousands about to, be .expended in the erec-
tion of another state-house, for the use of Yale
College, or some other institution ?

f am aware, that my remarks are beneath the
notice of the enlightened citizens of Connecticut;
but I care not ; as they are not written for their
« uificatiot, but merely to employ an idle hour.
In no part of the Union is prejudice carried to a
greater extent than it is here : the house of God
even, is not exempted from it; as I am credibly,
informed, that until very recently, ohe^church did
not admit persons of colour within its consecra-
ted walls! I mention the fact, not as affecting
myself more particularly, as no organ-loft or third
story shall ever contain me, but as a small speci-
men of Hartford - liberality. If it be our duty*
ever to hiy aside pf ide and prejudice, in any place,
and on any occasion, it must be in'lh'e house de-
dicated to the worship cf. God, and on that day,
which he has consecrated to his service. .

Having an introductory letter to J. P- , Esq.

of the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb,
With the greatest pleasure, I embraced the op-
portunity which it offered, of visiting the various
departments of that celebrated and benevolent in-
stitution. By Mr. P , I was introduced to the

different officers ; and 1 embrace with pleasure,
this method cf rendering my thanks for their po-
lite treatment, and the gratification I enjoyed
from my visit. The first thing, which immedi-
ate! \, strikes the eye of the, visitor, is the order
and regularity which reign throughout; and the
finnling countenances, and apparent happiness of
ttase unfortunate beings, towards whom, until

very recently; the means of education lift ve hefcr
been extended. Though we apo; naturally led to
suppose, that ther* ftiiut have been Dgrff^Qftd
Dumb persons in alleges of tho world, wo fati
hothing concerning any attcnjpV having beori
made to instruct them, till the time ojf, Pedro.de
Ponce, who lived in tho sixteenth century and
bf whom, it is recorded to his honour; that he in-
structed the Deaf and, Dumb, and taught them to
speak. Sinpe then, among the many who have
distinguished themsolves, tho names of Do L'-
Epee, Df. Watson, Sicard and Braidwood stand
pre-eminent. Tlie htttqr commenced an Academy,

*lc*epy, wouh^ address a fe^ words.io thp*o with-
out ^Joujed), exhorting th^tn to boar then- lot,
j^ith; patience, and to Mesa God, for .having •.be-
stowed on. them such christian masters and mis-
tresses." Whert will the nibhster, . prejiidico, be
done away, qven from among Christians. ? Until
nearly t\io breaking up ot the Cornwall 'school
established and supported by the benevolence of
the religious public, no admission was allowed,
nor provision made for youths of colour ; (Afri-
cans,) though .it was evident that' some of th«
youths, there assembled, from tho different parts
6f the globe, had more of colour in their skins,

in Edinburgh, in 178G, with only six pupils, which . than jnanVf ft g ainBt whom lhe Ao X s of th \ scm \.
he\continucd to his death in IBM.- Dr. Johnson, j' naiy W ere closed. The friends whV> wore so zoal-
whOse partiality forlheScotch iswell known,speaks j 0UjJ in reinoving « t j,i R barrier," mcW our thanks;

though tho almost immediate breakhrg up of the
school, allowed us not to profit by their wise and
honourable interference.

| . Between eight and nine next morning, I loft
Srlartford }n the mail-stage, in company with a
^oung Bostonian, for B. ; Wo had travelled but a
few miles, before wo took in three other pasucn-'

very favourably of it in hia journey to the W^st
orn Isles ; and it appears to Have been a subject
of considerable curiosity and wonder to his on-
lightened mind : for, says he, " aftor having" seen
thb Deaf and Dumb taught arithmetic, who
would bo afraid to cultivate tho Hebrides?"
Ever,y thing is done by signs, even to teaching

the'; letters of tho. alphabet. The quickness ofl gors . a ltiwyer, bankrupt And farmer, nil young
these signs, which to u» seem as incomprehensible j , nen> The former/' profession-like, was all talk
as the hieroglyphics of the ancient Egyptians, \ and somewhat witty; while the farmer, who had
are perfectly understood by them; as the most f nc . vcr hardIv been' out of the boundaries of his
casual observer may notice, from the intelligence j nativ0 town? listened with all possible attention
which, at such moments, beams through their j t b hear the 'squire talk, " half confiding, half
countenances. Of all thu acts of the legislature ] doubting." After safely dropping his squireship,
of Connecticut, none reflects more honour upon (the farmer, following the example set him, began
tho state, than the Asylum at Hartford. To do j to > relate, anecdotes concerning his townfolk ; and

good is ever pleasant ; but to be the first in lead- I f ew young ladies in the town of , escaped his

ing the way, and pointing us to objects who have ' nolice He diBp i eased n.o.much, in speaking dis-
hithf-rto been regarded as Useless members of so- re8pe ctfuily of an agricultural life ; but as my
ciety, not from any misconduct on their part, but | ^eet is already well filled, I must leave my no-
from tho decrees of an All- wise Creator, is 'still ^cq 0 f the bankrupt, <fcc. for the next.
more, pleasant. Connected with the Institution
are mechanic shops, where such of the pupils as
choose it, may be instructed. I challenge any
one, who has the least spark of humanity about
his heart, to visit one of these shops, and behold

Yours. &e <fcc.

A trial of much interest took place on Sat-
urday last, at the City Hall, before a court,
the skill, industry, and activity, of 'these silent ' composed of John Michel, Esq. justice of the
, . , " c , , e , 4l . , .. -.Quorum, and two Freeholders. Tiie narlie;*

workmen, and not feel thankful that the hand of j jj if iiri ^, f „ ; „r- ,,,„,.„ Tf.,.,.,«K

philanthropy has been extended to create for
them almost a new existence. It would have de-

lighted you, to.have seen the look of recognition
which lighted up tho faces of many, at bohoiding

Mr, S , who accompanied me. Ho is, you

know, a citizen of H— 1 examined several
specimens of their work, and. according to my
poor judgment, must pronounce them equal to
anyleversaw.

The mode heretofore practised in Europe has
been to instruct them in Writing, Manual Speech,
or Dactyolology, Vocal. Speech, and tho exploita-
tion of the meaning of words : whether it is the
'same at the' Asylum I cannot' say, as I only wit-
nessed the examination of the pupils in the two
first. • Their present number amounts to about
ono hundred and fifty: and no one who beholds
their apparent comfort, contentment and lively
countenances, and reflects on the inanimate coun-
tenances of others of their, brethren, unto whom
tho advantages of education have never been ex-
tended, Can hesitate one moment concerning the
propriety of patronising the' Asylum. The build-
ing is pleasantly situated on a rising eminence,
nearly two miles, perhaps, from the state-house.

Washington College, a new foundation, princi-
pally, if not wholly, under the control of Episco-
palians, is also located at Hartford. Want of time
prevented a visit to it. I Ifearn, however, that it
has gone into operation under very favoiable aus-
pices. The number of students amount to about
sixty.

From what is set forth in the commence-
ment of these letters, you naturally expect me
to say something concerning the situation of our
brethren here : but I can only 3tate a few facis
concerning them. Their number has,, 1 believe,
been computed at five hundred : r bui whether
there has ever been d 'regularly formed society,
among them, I cannot say positively ; but at pre-
sent, it strikes me, that one was formed some
years ago. If not, measures are about to be* ta-
ken to form one; as they have, now a house of
their own, to worship in. No school has yet been
instituted by the generosity .of tho citizens cf
Hartford, for the education of thei^children : • it'
m&y be/ that they 1 - are tolerated and pcrriutte , g' to
occupy some little corner in tlie different fiuo
schools, and when the teacher, finds thne,-vhe "do-
votes a few heavy, minutes 'to their iri^rd'e'tibh ;
reminding mo of an anecdote *fecehily related by
a traveller from the Soo^h, of certain zeaioi»s mis-
"onaries there; " who, \Wien their -'hearers withjc
the building, (whites,). became, iniittentire and

put upon their trial"; were Hannah Elliott,
free black woman, together with her Daugh-
ter Judy, and ( her Sons, Simon and Sam.
They warQ severally indicted under tlie act
of 1740. for hurboring, concealing, ontertain-
ing two female children, slaves, aged about
6 and 9 years, tho property of a lady of this
city, the extraordinary concealment and dis-j
covery of which was mentioned a short time
since.

After a patient.investigation of all the cir-
cumstances of the case/the prisoners having
the aid of able Counsel/the cou rt found them
a)l guilty, and sentenced them, in accor-
dance with the provisions of the aforesaid act,
as follows: Hannah Elliott, with having har-
bpredlhese slaves, for the term of two years,
and her children, with having harbored them
respectively, for sixteen months each. The
ppnalty under. the net, is a forfeiture of ten
pounds currency for the first day and twenty
shillings currency for every day after, to
the use of the owner of any ^lave so harbored,
cpncealed^or entertained. The act also pro-
vides that, in case the* forfeiture cannot be
lbvied on' such free negro, together with the
charges attending the prosecution, the par-
ties mi^s't be sold, at public outcry, aod the
money arising from such sale, be applied, in
the first place, towards the forfeiture due
to the owner, &e. and the overplus, if any, be
paid into thVe public treasury. — Charles. Cour.
VSth hist.

Sbtimmavg.

Surgical— X child of M. Mctcalf jr. of
Kcene, N; H. aged 2 years, had a" kidney bean
lodgedjin the treachea orwindpipc. At.the end
of 7 hours, when the child was near to death
by suffocation, Dr. Twitchell cut in and ex-
tracted tho j bean. The child enjoys perfect
health. Ten thousand 100 and, ninety
foirr passengers arrived in this city, from the
1st' January tci the 31st July, of the present
year, of which number 8,3f>l arrived in May,
Jqne-and July.-- — —Mrs. Whipple is said to

huye gone |ta Cahada.— ^>r.. Preston, of

New-York, has disoovered a remedy for in-
temperance} which; he considers superior to
that of^Dr.j Ghamblers.. ; ■ ' • A girl 3 years
old,' lately poriB'hed'iti-'fyedericktown, N. J.
by.eating cherries (which had boon in rum)
wliicji slip foifnd in<the street where they had
beeh' tltrbwn.-^— liewis & Clark, in their, tra-
vel^, mentions a .t'ee'Sf.S. feet high a: ; d only
thrjoe .feet.iii dianje.terv-rt— — i^Ve.—O^n Sun-
day raoriiint^, a fire broke out in Canal- >treet>
yi*t|»e' ; 'bric.k building ' JSo. 73, pcoupiejil as a
tin ; shop, which was entirely consumed/ The
adjbining ljbuse '«>as ■ consider ably ; injured.
Datna^e estimated at. $1,000. Canals.—
r The : ;unitedf length of all the ..canals now in
progress, in|-tiii3 couat'ryi pr^irably. ct|UBJt: 800

miles. On Monday afternoon, Wm. Mc-

Ginnis, a native of Ireland/aged 28 years, in
attempting' to take hold dff/tho «tc$m boat f
from Fulton-market tO'Brooklyn» ; wRs dragged
overboard and drowned.- — Tuelastinstalrnent
due nor slaves, and other property, atnotintingr
to $600,000 has been paid by the jftritish rnini*^
ter to Mr. Clay. -.^General Stephen Van
Rensselaer is the owner of a manor extending
24 miles square, on each eido of thd'.Huda^n,
and of which Albany/ the capitol of the most
important, Btate in the -Union, is the centre.—
In Worcester county^, Mass; there are now in
operation* eleven factories for the manufac-
ture of woollen clotl) nlono, which turn out-
yearly (572,050 jards of satinet; fci,300 yard*
of kerseymere, and 108,200 yards of broad
cloth; the value of which is estimated at
$845,88^.— Two coloured girls aged 9 fc 7 .
years, were kidnapped about J7 mOntha since
at Charleston, S. C'. by a 'free woman, sakl to
be their aunt/and confinedb'etweeh the joists
and floor of the house. They were both na-
ked, and their skins had assumed whitish ap-
pearance from the dampness and moisture of
the place of confinement. The discovery of
their concealment was made in an anonymous

letter to a magistrate.-— In this-city good

peaches are selling at one shilling and six-
pence and two shillings the half-pe'clt, while
in Philadelphia; fruit of thi3 kind/of, a large
size and exquisite flavour, brought oh Satur- •

day, but 25 cents to the bushel! The noted

George F. Weems has again been brought
before the Municipal Court of Boston,, on an
indictment of larcenies. On Thursday last
for stealing Mr. Felt's great coat, he was sen-
tenced to 10 days solitary confinement/and
one year hard labpur in the State-Prison; for
larceny in the shqp of Mr. Warren, he was--
hlso sentencd to 10 days solitary confinement,
und three years hard labour, from and after
the expiration ^f the former sentence. — tt-
T he pleasure sloop Dread, from Dover, while
opposite Whitehall, on Monday 1 afternoon,
was suddenly upset in a strong N. W. wind.
Two men in her were taken off by David Ke-
leo (pilot) and James, Hamill (boatman) from
Whitehall. Capt. Cdhoonc of the Revenue
Cutter Alert, also dispatched a boat with four
oars to her assistance. On Saturday eve-
ning last, a female with red hair and mascu-
line appearance, made a successful attack up-
on th<j Milliners, Hatters, and Shoemakers, in
Chatham and Pearl streets; obtait ing hats as
a sample frdm the milliners, to sh aw a lady 'in
the neighbourhood; proving successful in
Pearl st. she made an attack upon a respec-
table hatter, .corner of ChatrJlM^and Pearl
streets, and progressed in ChathW), and had
the hardihood to go to the very house where
she stated she lived.— — The brig;Doris,whrcli
took out 95 coloured persons as emigrants,,
arrived at Munrpyia, on the 15th July, all in «
good health. One of the crew died in tho
port. The Philadelphia Arcade, is com-
pleted and is to be lighted up the; last evenings-
in August, and 1st of September; — ^~*The
number of foreign letters received: at tho
Post Office, in this &ty, on Thursday and Fri-
day of last week,: amounted to 7,020 -~-84
deaths occurred in Pliiladelphia, during tha
last week, *

MARRIED,

In tins 'city; on the 23d inst. by Rev. B,
Paul/Mr. John Davis to Miss E. Young.

By the Rev. 8.1 K. Cornish, Mr. Bunts
Henson to Miss Elizabeth NxcKoUi

On the 25th inst.;by the same, Mr. Thomas
Jackson to Miss Maria 'Fompkiiis.

. DIED, t

On Friday, the 21st inst. Mrs. Dianah
White, aged 61 years; formerly of'Cbarlesv
ton, S. C. , * v

On the 19th -iust.'Stiss Catharine Graham^
aged 20. . .,

TP CORRESPONDENTS,
SpECTATORyOEStaviR, No^S\and'Kihave

been receivtd, ■and shall appear next mejk.
VV, ii.;L. .must be\ aware, that it becomes w

not to insert a co^nmuntcation, in which.

oitn feeble efforts are! so highly praised.

NOTICE— Tlie person (supposed to

J>e a coloured mari)'who exchanged at 'Arnold's 'Of*
dee on Saturday, the Quartet oPa "Pifitc picket m
itie last Lotterv, for a quarter in the Lottery'wliicilt.
draws on the othi Sept. is requested to call &h#*tr-
ah error rectified,. whicA will provengteb tbhiMW^
vantage. ' ( GEO. W. A11NOL0,

Aug.-27, 55-lt 1 . SI^Broaihwiy.

SEPTEMBER.

JsUN

Rises.-

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Phases.

31 'Friday, . . ; . . .
1 Saturday ...
• 2. Sunday . ..
.3 Monday . . .
4 Tuesday
h Wednesday . .
. 6 Thursday . .

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FREEDOM S JOURNAL,

POETRY.

I

I'OR- THE ^.SJEDOH'S JOtJBNAI- ,

RESIGNATION.— A POEM.

BV JAMES OKOCOTT, Jl'N.

( Concluded.)
.■joiao men have wandcr'd friendless' 1 through the
land, *

Through dangers where the brave might, stand

• aghast ;

The eye of Faith still saw God'B breaking hand,
And found a solace and a home at last.

Some too have look'd upon their vacant purse,
Whea'to its owner it had nought to givo ;—■

\ heavenly agent' dissipates the .curse,
And bids the hopolesa victim u jrise and livc."^

Think how the Widow's cruise of oil was apar'dj
Still day by day increasing more and more,

Till plenty '& fullness, and in plenty shar'd,
Nor did her meal reduce its needful store.

So may a present want be soon supplied,
A small possession make a large increase,

Some good Samaritan, who ne'er denied,
Will pour the balm of pity and of peace.

Think 'st thou the mourner, that thy sorrow's
sting

Is less that that which good Elijah bore ?
Or dost thou doubt the Haven's sable wing
. Ib less obedient than it was before ?

No! No! be comforted— but be thy love
As firm, as fix'd, immutable— as sure

On him, whose hand dispenses from above
As when thou wast in comfort — and art poor.

This is the touchstone of a> Christian heart,
Firm to its faith, although the soul may grieve,

To feel a blessing in the pungent smart
To groan — yet triumph— suffer— yet believe.

Oh ! trust in patience— hoping, trust the Lord,
Although unstrung thy harp of joy may be;

Yet may it give a most harmonious chord,
To bless the minstrel in the minstrelsy.

Then learn thy solace in thy prayer of praise,
The sure successor to the prayer of -voe —

With holy David, holy rapture rais'd —

In strains more lively let thy numbers flow.

Like him wrapt up in meditation deep;

Dwell on his wond'roua love— his mighty ways,
Whose eyes ne'er slumber — nor in watching
sleep,

But sees thy nights as clearly as thy days.

Like him invoke the sacred God of light,

Like him draw down the heavenly healing
" balm,

Like him in rapture take thy holy flight-
Like hi mj gififioiise the all consoling balm '

There never hv'd the man who Iov'd his God ;
Whose life though ehequer'd was not somehow
bless'd —

Upon his body never scoarg'd the rod,
And left his all confiding soul unblest.

There never was- -who fix'd his thoughts above,
Wh-ie'er regretted through a world's rebuke —

Nor one who trusting in a God of love,
That loving God a* any time forsook.

There never is— that bows the suppliant knee
That sues for pity at the shrine of prayer;

But Heaven, in kind approving smile will see,
And write forgiveness when he asks it there.

There never will be — but the good are fed,
When friends and riches are' entirely ^gone—

Who prays sincerely for his " daily bread,"
And humbly asking, prays " Thy will be done."

* " Oh could I so perfidious be,
To think oi once deserting thee."

Earl pj ' ShaJUbury.—A bon mot of thii
Earl, wat hia truest character — o

.Charles the 2d said to him, on* day,
Shaftibury, I believe thou art the wickedest
fellow in my dominions/ — He bowed and re-
plied, 'of a subject, Sir, I beltero I— am.'

Bad Pun.-~1 crossed the river Mersey in a
crazy boat. It blow a gale, and when a fe-
male passenger cried " Mercyon us !" Lee
LewiB exclaimed I hope not."— Dibdin's
Meminis.

Countryman and B«udle.—A short time
since one of the beadles of thiB town took a
quantity of butter oway from a countryman
because it was deficient in weight ; and
meeting him a few days after in a public
bouse, suys to him 'You're the man I took
twenty pounds of butter from? " No I
bea'nt," replied Hodge. k I am sure you are,'
says the beadle. ' I tell ye I bea'nt, rejoined
the countryman, und if thee lik'st, I'll'lay a
guinea ou't.' 'Done,' repied the beadle, and
the money was quickly posted. ' Now,' said
the countryman, thou did'st tuke away twen-
ty lumps of butter from me, but if there had
beer, twenty pounds you'd hove had no right
to take them, and this, continued he, very
coolly, pocketing the money, will pay for 'the
loss 6f the butter.'

A profligate young Oxonian, whose knock-
er was nearly worn out by the incessant sin-
gle raps of a host of needy duns, aflixed the
following irrevcrend quotation on the door of
; his room : " I know your necessities before
iye ask, and your ignorance in asking."

i Rheumatism. — We are assured by a person
I who has experienced its, effects, that the fol-
lowing is excellent for rheumatic complaints :
; spirits of hartshorn 1-2 oz. ssveet oil 1-2 oz.
i laudanum 1-4 of an oz. honey 1-4 of an oz.—
IJVfix, and apply with friction to the. part affec-
ited. Bind on flannel to keep the part warm,
and make use of the ointment morning and
! evening. The above ointment, says our in-
| formant, is likewise useful in sprains, and
; other cases in which opodeldoc is recommen-
Ided.

VARIETIES-

Mathematical Habits.— Joseph Saveur, the
eminent French mathematician, was twice
married. T.he first time he took a very sin-
cTjlar precaution— he would not me»'t the la-
dy till he had been to a Notary to have the
conditions, which he -intended, to insist on,
reduced into writing, for fear the sight of her
should not. leave him sufficiently master of
himself. This, says Dr. Hutton, was acting
very wisely, and like a true mathematician,
who. always proceeds by a rule and line, and
makes his calculations when his head is cool.

Sang Froid.r— During the peninsular war, a
French General, whilst engaged inaction,
■was. abdfat taking a pinch of snuff from the
box of an Aid-de-camp on his right hand,
■when the latter was struck by a ball, which
killed him on tho spot. The General irome-.
diately turned to an Aid- le-camp on bis left,
and said; " I will thank you, Sir, to give me a
pinch of snuff out of your box, as y our . friend
has tak en his along with /uW

Cooke, the tragedian, said one morning at
lehearsel, (in Drury Lane,) that he meant to
go to the next Masquerade, but did hot know
what new character he would assume. w New
character," said Fawcett, suppose you go
Miter." -

Philosophy. — Aristippus having demanded
I fifty drachmas (about e 25 shillings) of a man
| for teaching his son : 4 How ! fifty drachmas,'
cried the father, * why that's enough to buy
a slave!' — 'Indeed,' replied Aristippus, ' buy
him, then, and you'll have tivoS — Rollings' An
dent History.

The poet Carpani once asked his friend
Hayden " how it happened that his church
music was almost always of an animating
cheerful, and even gay disposition .-" To this
Hayden's answer was, " f cannot make it.
otherwise: I write according to the thoughts
which I feel: when I think upon God my
heart is so full of joy" that the notes dance
and leap as it were from my pen ; and since
God has. given me a cheerful heart, it will
be easily forgiven me that I serve him with a
cheerful spirit." }

Cure for the Ring Warm.- — A friend in
Charleston has given us the following receipt
which he say's he has known to effect a. cure
of the ring worm in very obstinate cases : —
Take a half pint tumbler, and fill it nearly full
of strong vinegar — then put in a new laid
egg, (the newer the better) — let the egg re-
main a few days till the vinegar eats the
shell entirely oft— then throw away the egg,
and apply the v inegar to the part affected,
once a day for a week or ten days, which
will effect a cure. During 'the application it
is necessary to keep the bowels open by salts
or some gentle medicine.

A London Auctioneer being requested to
hold a Public Sale, replied u I cannot cry to
day, because my wife is dead."

NOTICE TO HAIR-DRESSERS.
The Subscriber, desirous of relinquish-
ing' his presenl occupation, offers his Stand, and
all the implements necessary to carry on" the bu-
siness, for sale. •

The said stand; in the town of Paterson, N. J.
fifteen miles froin the city of New-York, is un-
doubtedly on"e of the / best in that growing and
flourishmg^own. It is situated on Main-street,
near Broadway, opposite Mrs Willar's Tavern ■
rent low, and all arrearages settled up to this
date.

For further particulars, either person oily, or by
letter enquire of. HENRY' P. HALL.'.

. Paterson, August 24, 1827. "

Six cents reward — Ran #way from the
subscriber on Monday last, 27th inst. Robert
Contino Dubois, an apprentice to the Barber's
tfade. The public ire forbid trusting or harbour
y^g him under the penalty of the law.

HENRY ^DUBOIS.
Maw YorhyAug. 27, 1827. mark.

Best Sumraef, antl Winter-Strained

I SPERM OIL
THIS subsc/ibler bogs leave to return his
thanfra to his patrons for paat favours, and takes
•this method of informing thdm and the public in
general, that he constantly keeps on hand a sup-
ply ot Seasonable OJL, of the first quality, which
ho will deliTer iri ! any part of the city, at the
shortest notieo.

lET A liberal deduction mado to Churches, and
tho so who buy by tho quantity.

JOHN ROBERTS,
95 Currant-alloy, third door above Locust-
24-3m a,trect, Philadelphia.

»a.Tzr.oiir,

No. 16 Collect-street,
INDIAN PHYSICIAN and BOTANIST,
Teturns hiB sincere thanks to the public in gene-
ral, for past favours, and solicits their patronage
in future.

N. B. He cures all diseases of tho human ays
tern ; with rootB and herbs, free from the use of

991 ®ST TO3?at&*

No. 182, South Sixth-street, below Pine,

OPENED BY

CHARLES SHORT,
For the Purpose of accommodating People of
Colour, Strangers and Citizens, with

BOARDING^ and lodging,

By tho. Day, Week, Month, or longer..

He is furnished with every thiijg to enable
him to keep a HoUao of ^he lirst-rate kind ever
oponed in the City of Philadelphia; .and will spare
no pains to merit the public patronage.

July 25. Ib27 J 8— 3m

NICHOLAS PIERSON,
Respectfully informs the People of Co-
lour, thathis MEAD GARDEN, No 13, DcJan-
cey-strect, was opened on the evening of the first
of June, for the accommodation of genteel and
respectable persons of colou r.
No admittance for unprotected females.
New-jYork, June 1st, 1827. 13

CHEAP OLOTHIHCt STORE,

No. 218, South Sixth-street, Philadelphia.
THE Subscriber respectfully returns hii
sincere thanks to his friends and the public ii
general, for their favor and patronage. H<
informs them, that he continues to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE
WEARING APPAREL of superior quality, both
new and second-handed, whero customers will be
accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-
some style. Ho also informs Families and privat<
Gentlemen, who have secorid.-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price, and
ready sale for their goods, by applying.to

DANIEL PETERSON,
' JVo. 218, South'. Sixth-st. Phi tail c(phia.
N. B. Tayloring carried on in its various
sranches,and on the cheapest terms.

"BEAUTY JlS % ECONOM Y ."
UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND

JOHN H. "SMITH,
No. 122 North-Third-st. (above Race,) Phi-
1 (adelphia,

RESPECTFULLY informs tho Public in go
neral, jthat he still continues at the above place
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's Coats!
Pantaloons, &c. on a different plan from that oi
tho Dyers, having a composition fur so doing,
which enables him to. dress Clothes so as to leave
their appearance equal to new. He m,t<-m.
Seams, &c. to their original colour win n worn
white, and will warrant them to wear three months
after dressing, and then can be r«;-dressed. Also
Ladies' Habits and Merino shawls, in the neatest
manner and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms. Being legally bred to the business,
and possessing a competent knowledge of Dress
ing and [Cleaning Cloths by Steam Sponging,
which is the only complete manner of effectually
removing the stains caused from grease, tar,
paints, &c. he needs only a trial, to afford him an
pportunity of giying satisfaction.

N. B. J. S. constantly keeps on hand New and
Second handed Clothes of every description, which
he assures the public will be sold as Jovv, if net
lower than at any! other establishment in the Uni-
ted States for cash or barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase would find it much to their interest to
call as above, and |exarnifte for themselves

[CrThe highest price given for Gentlemen'*
clothes ,

QT TAILORING VVORJK carried on. and
Clothes repaired.4-New Cuffs. Collars and Buttons
put on', if requisite. He keeps on hand, Cloth,
Velvet, and Silk of all colours, for doing up same.'

April 30,1527.

HAM&R & SMITH,

M. 177 miwrn-itrctt, M Y.

CONTINUE to cleanpe and dre«« Coat*
Pantaloon^'Ltdsc* 1 Habit* ;»nd Merino 8hawl«, i«
the neatest manner. They ahw make, alter and
repair Gentlemen's Clothetf, to their entire gati£
faction, and upon the most reasonable term*.

Their mode of dressing jfJlothca in by STEAJH
SPONGING,, which they have ^followed with
much jmcccBS for •qvcral yeara past, All kinds
of spots or afaihf are extracted, and the cloth re-
stored to the appearance of new; and this they

engage to perform without any injury to the-
cloth, and at least equal to any thing of the kind
done in thia or any other city of the United

State*.
August 3.

SCHOOL,

For Coloured Children of both.. Sexes,
Under St. Philip's Chnrch, is now ready for the
admission of Pupils.
IN this school will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use of
Maps and Globes, and
HISTORY.
• Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.

Reference..— Key-. Messrs. P. Williams, S. K
Cornish, B Paul, and W. Miller.
New-York, March 14. 1

LOTS WANTED.

TWO LOTS, or the rear of two lots, where
there- is any convenient communication with the
street, are wanted, -for the erection of a Prcsby-
terianChurch- The locatiop must bo between
Reed and Spriiigl Hudson and Orange streets. —
One lot within the above bounds, 25 feet or more,
by 75, ! would answer

Inquire of S. B. Cornish, No. G, Varick-strcet.
{tew-York, Ma/ch 20.

AliL

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LAND FOR SALE.

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Land,
at'less than one half its value, provided they will
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured farmers. The landi is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its locatien ia
delightful, being on the banks of the Delaware
river, with an open na%'igation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o-
pening a direct navigation to New- York cii, "'he
passage to either city may, be made in one day or
less. The land is of the 1 best quality, andwelf \ ,
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The subscriber hopes that some of his breth- \
ron, who are capitalists, will at least invest 500 or \
1,000 dollars, in these lands.. To such he will take i
the liberty to say, this land can:be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it ' •
has been selling for $25. He also takes the tiberty .
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured families, would be conducive of
much good , With this object in view he will io.-
vest 500 dollars in the purchase

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"RIG H T 0 TJ S N E 8 8 R X A I T ET H A N A T I O N."

C*)RNI«rt & RUSSWUUM.l
Editor* and PntpHntots. \

A LETTER
To M. J$aN Baptistf. Say> on t^e eompartf*
<t»t Expense of Free and Slave Labout, By
Adam Hodqson

" Thus we meet with many very singular
analogies between the history of the negroes
in South America, and that of the villeins or
bondsmen of Europe, in the earlier feudal
timesv All the gold and jewels in Brazil
have, for many years, been collected accor-
ding io the same plan that the feudal lords
adopted tor the purpose of qinckening the.
industry of their, vassals. The master 'sup-
plies, the slaves daily with a cr ta r quantity
of provisions and tools, and the • ..-.vc is e.Vli-
ged to return, a certain quantity of gold or
jewels, according to the navure, of the
ground. Every thing that remains over thi*
ration, the negro keeps liimse'.i, were the
balance millions. The gold-mir. ea ofPopayan
un;i Choco, in Spanish America, are wrough'
in the very same way. 'The finest pearl
fineries in . South America, those of Panama
for example, are in Lhc hands of negro' ten
ants, as it were. These ure hound to give
a certain number of pearls ever? week. The
negroes in th^. towns a^ allowed to hire,
themselves out to service or different kinds,
on conditon of returning to their meters a
certain portion of their wuges: 'he rest they
may spend or hoard up for their own mse."

After a slave h,:^ in ar.v ut thft.se various
'•'v-'-S acquired property, he endeavours
.p':v.';l:.i--i hi*. freedom If the master is
-y-.rih;;.:;;. ir, f,U ■ it: nu, :,'.}.-., uv may apply. to a
;:.r.ris!rn;c:. who apr-.uiKS <>worn appraisers to
::.r th'- price at which tiic slave shall be al-
: - to ivrr ins freedom. Even during his
.-slavery, the behaviour of the master tow art's
him is strictly watched: he may complain to
'the magistrate, and obtain redress,which gen-
erally consists in a decree, obliging the mas-
ter to sell him at a certain rate. The conse-
quences of all these laws and customs are ex-
tremely beneficinl to the Spanish and Portu-
guese power in : America. While the slaves
. are iaitbfi 1 and laborious, the free negroes
are nnm reus, and in general much more
quiet, useful, and industrious, than in the
other colonies. Most of the artificers are of
this class; and some of the beet troops in the
New World are composed entirely of ne-.
groes who, by their own labour and frugality,
have acquired their liberty."

It is hardly necessary to remark the strik-
ing ana'ogy between the state of the Spanish
and Portuguese negroes, and that of the Eu-
ropean bondsman, at a certain period of their
progress towards liberty?* 1 We find the' same
gentleness of treatment, the same protection
from the laws, the same acknowledgments of
lights, the same power of acquiring property,
granted to the American slave, which prepa-
red the ( mancipation of the European vassal.
In some particulars, we observe another step
of the same progress; for in many parts, the
negroes are precisely in the situation of the
clonics partiarii, or metayers of the feudal
tunes. In one respect the nego is even in a
more favourable situation, his reddendo (if
1 may use the expression) is fixed and defi
into ; all the overplus of his industry belongs
to himself. The metayer was bound to di-
vide every grain with his lord. The former,
then, has a much stronger incentive to in-
dustry than the latter had. As this differ-
ence, however, arises, not from the progress
of society, but from the nature of the returns
themselves, easily concealed, arid with diffi-
culty procured : so, in 'some other respect9,
the negro isjnot in such favourable circurn*
stances. But the great steps of the process
of improvement are materially the same in
both cases. Both have in common the great
points of a bargain between the master and
the slave; privileges possessed by the slave
independent of, nayy.in opposition to his mas-
ter; the rights of property enjoyed by the
slave, and the power of purchasing his free-
dom at a just price. This resemblance, in
circumstances so important, may fairly be.
expecte^to render the progress of the- two
orders also similar. In the negro, as in the
feudal bystemv we may look for the eonse-'
quences. of those great improvements hi
voluntary industry, more productive labour
ac t the ; mitigation and final abolition of sla-
very, when the clave shall have been gradu-
ally prepared to become % free subject.

Some of the gtood effect*; that have flowed
from the national character, and peculiar
circumstances of the Spanish and Portu-
guese, have been produced also in Duti h
America, by that -great competition of capi-
tals, nn,d the ma ny difficulties which lay the
Dutch colonists under the necessity of atten-
ding to the tallest savings. If, from this,
s.urcc, combined with the facility of impor-
tation, bia arisen a cruelty, unknown in
oth«r cronies, it may be doubted whether a
compensation for the evil is not afforded by
another effect of the same c-rcum-tances : —
the general introduction .of task work, which
\he keen sighted s.irit of a necessary ava-
rice has ta\;ght the planter of Dutch Guiana,
to view as the most profitable manner of
working his slaves. Nothing, indeed, can
conduce more immediately to the 'excitement
of industry, than the introduction or' task
work. 1 seems the natural and easy transit
tion from labour to in-.'ustry; it forms in the
mind of .he slave those habits which are ne-
cessa.y for the character of the free man ; it
thus piepares him for enjoying, by a gradual
change, those rights and' privileges which
heloii^ to rcedou]."

Ot that modification of shivery under which
the' slave pays a ta:{ ot tribute to his master,
for permission to work on his own account,
and to which su:.h important effects are as-
cribed in the preceding extracts, Ktorch ob-
serves, " This milder form or slavery has
been adopted by diiferent nation?, but I doubt
if it has existe-i any whore to the same ex-
tent as in Russia. It is one o. the most effi-
cacious means of mitigating the fatal effects
of slavery, and if there is ever any serious
intention of abolishing it, this institution of-
fers the, most simple a d least inco.- vonient.
means." Now it would be difficult to find a
irongcr proof of the paralysing influence of
slavery on liiman exertion, than the benefi-
cial results which have followed the substi-
tution in its place of a system so oppressive
as even Mrs mitigated form of bondage is re-
presented to be by intelligent travellers. Mr.
Heber remarks : V The peasants, belonging
to the nobles^ in Russia, have their abrock
raised by thel means of getting money. It
then becomes, not a rent of land? but n down-
right tax upon their industry. Each male' pea-
sant is obliged by law tp labour three days in
each week for his proprietor. If the proprie-
tor chooses to employ him the other days he
may; as for instance, in a manufactory,'' but
he then finds him in food and clothing. If a
slave exercises any .trade which brings him
in more money than agricultural labour, he
pays a higher abrock. The peasants, em-
ployed as drivers at the post-houses, pay nn
abrock out of the drinkj-money they receive
for being permitted to drive; 'as otherwise,
the matter might employ them in. other 'less
profitable labour, on his own account. Some*
times they pay an abrock for permission to
beg." in despite," says Dr. Clarke, "of
ail the pretended regulations made in favour
of theipeasant, the tax he is called.on to pay,
or the labonr he is compelled to bestow, de-
pends wholly on the caprice of his tyrant,"

Task- work,, another important, although
earlier step in the progress from slavery to
freedom, than a participation of earnings-
with- a master, and another instance of 'the
substitution of a cheaper for a more expen-
sive system -of cultivation. I found to be al-
most universal in the AtlanticJmgfjfif
rica, where tobacco, coHpn* i
staple articles of product!©]
heard of an instance of it in
tations of Louisiana, where greaTproi
dcr attention to ecdnoniy less'necessaryf

If slave labour were cheaper than free la-
bour, wo might confidently presume that es-
tates would be tendered less productive by
the emancipation of the slaves which cul/
tivated them; but the presumption is. contra-
dicted by experience. « A few Polish nobles^
(observes Coxo, in his travels in Poland,) of
benevolent hearts, and enlightened under-
standings, have acted upon different princi-j
p.ea, and have ventured upon the expedient!
of giving liberty to. their vassals. The event!'
has shown this tobeno. Ies3 judicious than' 1
humane, ho less friendly to their own inter-
ests than to the happineSB of the peasants;
for it appears that in the districts in which
the new arrangement has been 'introduced*
the population of their villages .has been con-
siderably increased, and tile revenues of their
estates augmented in a triple jJrojporGoaJ"

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

FOB THE >'BEEDOM'S JOUR* AL.

The following pieces, published in 1820,
may not be unworthy a perusal b^ the read-
ers of the Freedom's Journal. j

" Much pains have been taken in various
parts of the United States, to impress on the
'■ minds of the people a belief that the Missouri
Question, has been righteously jand ami-
cably adjusted ; and that all who arc dwsatis
tied, are unfriendly to the Union of these
States !— These charges and insinuations are
ungenerous and untrue. 'No moral people
ever set up political expedience, in opposition
to moral right. Let the question under con-
ieideration be fairly stated: is slavery, as
practised is the West Indies, and the United
Stales, consistent with sound morality, and
Christian principles ? M'Henry and Jefterson,
two slave-holders, and distinguished states-
men, haVe long since answered expressly in
the negative. The former has pronounced
Slavery' " totally repugnant to the tir^t im-
pressions of right and wrong— a species of
violence- and tyranny, whicii our rhore rude
and barbarous, but mure honest, ancestors de-
debt we
to show

that it is at variance-' with that ldw which

tested."' And further adds, " it is
to the purity of our religion,

Warrants Slavery." Jefferson, trembling un-
der an apprehension of divine justice and re-
tribution, tells on anticipation of the eventual
struggle, which must ultimately take place
between. masters and slaves ; "The Almigh-
ty has- no attribute, which can take side with
us in such a contest." Where is the moralist
or true' Christian, that dares say, — o hold in
hopelesss bondage his fellow crentuie and his
posterity, is doing as I would th it others
should do to me, and my posterity !
1 Men may pretend to brand wi h infamy
the atrocious crime of 3eidng a freeman, and
reducing him to the condition of a brute ;
vjlhi.le they claim a right to hold in perpetual
Slavery, those who have long been obbed of
tjieir natural rights. But where have we
any evidence, that the God and Fatlier of all
men, will make any such unreasonable dis-
tinction?,

Those States which are the infallible ad-
vocates, for the continuance, the extension,
and .consequent increase of Slavery, have
••yery thing to fear from a dissolution of the
Union; while the free States, which, from
moral and religious ..considerations, cannot
jdstify unmerited and unconditional servitude,
are in truth the firmest friends of a virtuous
and lasting union. And nothing sport of a
solemn perversion of their amenability to the
.paramount laws of God; will ever induce
them to that dismemberment, but too plainly
threatened on the floor of Congresn. the last
sessional *

^hali the pagans of a Grecian Republic, be;
p.ermitteij to rise up in judgment, nnd cbn 7
demn us, by testifying that, notwith|standii)g
thfi/ had rejected with . d.sdain the dazzling
prospects' of advantage, from a single act of
perfidy and injustice ; im, who prete id to be
cnlijgliteued Christians, and advocates of the
rights of inan, have audaciously pen isted in
trampling' on the. natural rights of myriads
of our fellow mortals, in defiance of the eter-
nal bripcjples of justice and equity.

. While the people of the United States du-
ly appreciate the advantages of a righteous
union, let them not deceive themselves- Does
their present union depend essential! / on the
'parties' being . held to support oppress on, and
toferate a boundless mass of injustice?. If it
does they ire undoubtedly leagued in 1 5rhnii.nl
ossbc}a|ion ! and no inconsiderabli? mare of
guilt rests on every State in the eonft deracy.
', Therefore it cannot avail the free States,
Jik'e PoluUy 1o wash their hands, and declare
.their innocence: they ought to avv£ke i:nd
exfjrt themselves to the utmost, to t o away
this exetrable abomination."

• SLAVES Y.
!s ,ilarkt hoard ye not that piercing cry
Which shook -the waves and rent the sky

E'en now,. d'on now, (in yonder wentern s

Weeps puloj Despair and writhing anguish roars
In dpirk Missouri now with hidepus yell,
Fierpe Si.Ayr.av stalks, and slips the dog* of hell;
From vsle to vale the gathering cries rebound,
Ahdisable nations Jrc-mble at the sound !
•r>Ti Lioi^jLATrtRs ! ye who«e' suffrage sjvajs
Colufnibia'a ^wid^wheip none to despot horoago
pays;

Who rif ht the injured ami reward the brave,
Stretch your . strong urni, for yo have power f6
nave!

Throned in the vaulted heart, his dread resort,
Inexorable Consciknck liolds.his court;
With still small ' oiee the plots of guilt' alarms,
Bares his. mask 'd brow, his lifted hand diaarms;
But, wrapt in night with terrors all his own,
He speaks in thnndi.r, whkn tiik deko is Dowt!
Hear him, ye Skbtatks ! hear this truth sublime,

* He WHO ALLOWS 0PPRK591O.X 811 ARKS TUB
CHIME ! tj

No radiant pearl, which ciosted Fortuna weare,
No gem, that twinkling hangs from Beauty's cars,
Not the bright stars,, which night's blue arch
adorn,

Nor rising Suns that gild the vernal morn,
Shine with such lustre an the tear that breaks
For other's wo down Virtue's manly cheeks."

for the freedom's j0urkal.
Messrs. Editors,

I have observed in one of your paper*, ft
notice of the African Celebration in this city
on the 5th of July, from the Connecticut Her-
ald. I regret thai, the editor of that paper,
who has given abundant evidence of his good
wishes toward the African cause, should, in
hie haste, unceremoniously condemn one of
tho speakers on that occasion, whose argu-
ment he could not huve understood; for the
obvious reason, that he heafd but half of his?
Address. Had he remained in the house un-
til he had heard the whole address, (notwith-
standing it was delivered under embarrass-
ing circumstances, and from the short notice
which the speaker had from tho committee,
could not but be extemporaneous and unfin-
ished,) he would not have been disposed to
speak so meanly of a gentleman, whose tal-
ents and benevolence justly entiile him to>
the respect and confidence of the community.
The views of the Bpeaker aie sober and judi-
cious. From personal knowledge, gained at
the South, and from extensive enquiries
which he has made for several years past,
while labouring for the improvement and sal-
vation of the people of colour; he is far from,
the indulgence of the factitious zeal of which
h,e is charged. {Although ho is a decided
enemy to slavery] he would advocate no way
of emancipation, but that which wisdorn dic-
tates, and. 'the' Gospel warrants. That Di-
vine Providence is preparing such a way, he
clearly proved ; and urged his hearers to the
exercise of every virtue, and to tho improve-
ment of all their privileges— that their exam-
ples might speak; the blessing of freedom —
and that their influence, with that of all their
virtuous brethren, mi^ht be felt more and
more, until justice and benevolence shall
break every yokel and the oppressed go free»
SPECTATOR*

FOn THE FREEDOM'S J0CHS.A1.

Messrs. Em to as, —

• I have looked \ with lively interest at the
progress of your labours, as displayed on the
pages of Freedom's Journal. It is' a great
and difficult work! -to C4st light on the deli-
cate subjects, which principally engage your
attention, in such a way as, at once, to be
faithful and prudent I am persuaded that
you feel deeply, and mean well, »od that you
would not, willingly, bo instrumental in re-
tarding tho progress of a cause vshich is ytpr-
thy of your best ajffeotionB und labours. Yet
I own that in rending the third letter of the
Junior Editor of jyour paper, written from
New. Haven, and published in tjie Journal of
the l*th inst., I was forcibly reminded of an
old proverb — " Save me from my Jriifids, and
I will take care of my enemies." I allude
especially to tho I paragnph relating to the
American Coloni/ktion Society. H s «'as fol-
lows — *> As usual khe conversation* immedi*
ntely turned on Africa ri Colonization; but
vain were all our efforts to convert, " I'm an
Pnutre;" as I found bim, so I left him ; and
as I entered, so l jlepaned. !

4 The Coloni?.atjon Society appaars to have
some few friendsl in New-Haven. Almost
every where I called, the views of the Socie-
ty were immediately introduced for conver -
sation. The Society, J*ns been very aealous
and successful in imposing upon the public,
the foolish idea, that -we are all longing to
emigrate to tfieir loud of" "milk and /tonej/,"
and a thousand other Munchausen stone?
too trifling and irjednsiatent to be repeated.
I deem-it high time that our friends, in differ

mu parts of the Union, *hp\*W know the^bedrrn&lhcr sh&ld

truth of the matter -that we ore all to a man,
•'pposed, io every shape, to *he Colonization
rioeiety, and its consistent President. Justice
«o some Colonizationists here, compels me to
-vtntc, that they candidly acknowledged they
did not believe, that the climate of Liberia
was suited to the constitution of emigrants
from the New-England and Middle States.
You well know tbtt*uch men as W. L. M.
and a long Southern list, core not whether
the emigrants die the next day after their ar-
rival in Liberia, or not; having obtained all
they desired, our removal from this country
— :or .their own personal safety, and the fcet-
ier security of their slaves. Methinks slave-
holders must be somewhat lacking in their
crania, to uream even, of being able to keep
i:i the nineteenth century, nearly two millions
of their fellow beings enslaved ) Knowledge
must spread. It cannot be kept from them.
Did all other methods fail, I verilybelieve, like
•heaven's fiery ilightnings, it would descend
upon them. Can the justice of God .tolerate
jso much iniquity and injustice/"

Now really I could not well conceive, a bet.
tor method of checking the progress of Jifri-
'•an rights in all their extent, than to attack
in the name of these rights the American Co-
lonization Society. The ignorant, coarse,
Mtter way in which he assails this best friend
of black men, may disarm and destroy itself.
'Jut if not, — if he has any influence with his
coloured brethren, or is desirous of promo-
:ing their best interest—how can he speak
thus of this society ? Consider the objects of
'.he society — They are no less than to erect
a republic on a healthful coast — where free
men in name, may be free men in fact,~- and
enjoy rights, which they do not, and cannot,
enjoy in this country ; to spread the blessings
of the gospel of Christ over a whole conti-
nent, which is peopled by his fellow-men, who
are perishing without it; to put a stop to the
nefarious traffic in human blood which is still
carried on upon the whole coast of Southern
Africa, by teaching the natives the guilt of
the traffic, and by furnishing an- asylum for
the recaptured slaves— and to afford the oc-
casion "of instant freedom to numbers of poor
slaves, whose masters will let them emigrate
{however wicked this may seem, yet it is
true) to Africa, but will not let them be free
at home.' These are some of the objects of
this Society, which has no earthly interest in
the success of its plans but the love of doing
good, and which has demonstrated the wis-
dom of its plans, by their success.

In all these there is no coercion. The free
coloured people need not go, if they do not
choose to go. The poor slaves will, no doubt,
prefer Liberia to a slave-ship — or a slave
plantation. And if, as your unfortunate tra-
veller says, the climate of Liberia, is unheal-
thy for northern Negroes, (as to the middle
states, facts are entirely against Imn,) yet
how few are there in New- York and New-
England of this people, compared with the
great body of them, living and yet to live,

in the possession of all these favours." Now
every well informed and observing man knows
th*t these matt«m<dep«^'*p«nt;B8tr«i)d t!p'
on relative circumstances entirely. The dis-
tinction is derived from the: relation lot the ;
parties to each other- and from the effects of
these relations, not from any original dispa-.;
riiy.

Thus it was that .a white traveller ijn ! .the 1
heart of Africa, vvas^;not ; m4iiy ' yews fcgiMo ,
an offer of marriage to a black woman, rejee-
Jed wjth expressions of horror, at his, colour,
and of indignation at his impudence. ' On
the contrary, inifthei expedition pf.ljewjiB and
Clark — the man most admired of the whole
party, and the only one, to whom the hand of
divers Indian princesses was offered "in mar-
riage, was, " Big jVat," ( this, was It^inkfhis
name,) a eervant and a. coloured man. The
history of the Jews, to whom.allusion ismade
by " Mordecai," will strongly .illustrate the
same statement. Their colour varies from
the fair European to the sooty Asiatic, and
yet their condition (consequent character) it in,
which effects toward them so unfavourably
the nations and the men of the earth, from
Hainan down to your misnamed correspon.-,
dent M'oidecai. There is ho reasoning against
these feelings. Ladies .are perverse things,,
and cartnot be forced even to love agahut
their will, and on such matters, public „opin;
ion like the ladies must be humoured a little.
And alloyv me to ask, if the way you- adopt,
is the best way, to plead the cause of your
injured countrymen ? Will it not rather pro-
duce reaction, and operate against it? We
are not arguing the question, whether the
slave-holders, public opinion, and 'the ladies
ought to feel so; but seeing it is so, how
ought you to write and act so as. to enlighten
the public mind on the rights of free, and en-
slaved coloured men in the United States ?
Think you that if this number -of your paper
were to penetrate to one of those large farms
in the South, where, by the laborious and
long continued efforts of Christians, the poor
slave is beginning to read the bible, by per-
mission of his hard master, he would not at
once tear the blessed treasure from his trem
bling hands, for fear that such matter would
next be put into their hands ? How think
you it would effect a Southern Legislature ?
How the slaves themselves of the south and
west? Would it not do unmingled injury ?
Will it do any^ good to prove to them that
they deserve white wives, and are " as good as
the best; when they pay their money," or, "
will add, when the/ do not ?

Is not your work to throw light on the sub-
ject of slavery in general, and on the horrors
of the slave-trade, bo*.h external and intornal,
to elevate the character of the fr*e coloured
people ofUhis country ? and by all means
that are wise and righteous, to help on the
cause of final, universal emancipation ?

If these are your objects, (and they are of
great and prbcions consideration,) then I am
persuaded, .'hat to persist in the'eourse re

. iserver, I am dying to
the descendants of Gorman redemptipnork, 1 get married. All my young acquaintance*
and . transported criminals. All these tae j. are mowed,, q^^

CwwtitMlon ■ -irerd'og^'K^tif'' tti'* boustifutHiir ' oilir . 'ana" T am" suro I would] not die an old maid
Republic, and as being free . and equal, arid I for all the world. My iobject in writing to
while untigjitebus usages, deprive the slave you is to ask your advice. Mother always
of agency in his person and actions, thejy J speaks very highly of you, and.says you have-
■have no right to meddlo with the free moto ! at heart the intereBtrblf all of us females,
of colour; many of whom emigrated to tlJejYou must know there is a young man, who
country ,as . other . freemen, y *nd never havje ' Wants to pay his addrcssfes to 'me. he<is well
l>eent the mW •'disiftritly connected- wtfh any. to' do in the world,' antl I-'doh't-know as 1
of its slaves; and who are as truly Ameri- would have any objection to him. But moth-
.cans,- .as .the President of the United State}}, ! er says I must not think of him, for he jg fimh-
and as much entitled to the protection, rights leas and inconstant, .and more than all, he is
land privileges of the 'cbuntry as he, while | a male coquette. This la'st word I don't un-
they behave themselves. ' ! derstand, for how can n man -be a coquette ?

Subh are the>people for whom the Colbn|-M*ut my mother says ho ip, and I fuppose Bhc
zatioh Society have taken it upon themsel vds | must know, for she had a great many beaux
(without making them a party in their delibe-J i" ber youth. She says be will neve make
ration6,.or consulting their wishes at all) top good husband, becaus^ he has courted eve •
devise and ;pro-ecute plans for their total re- ,17 thing that's courtablt, from' sixteen to
rooval to tho coasts of Africa. Is not this 'a twenty-five. Now, for my part, Mr. Obser-
aross encroachment upon the rights of frbrn i vcr, I can't see the great harm of all this; A
four to five hundred thousand coloured citi- 1 * Qa b must seek until he i finds, for I suppose
zens ? Is it not reasonable that we should i rnenJiave as much abhorrence to be old bach*
suspect the motives of any body of men, who 1 c ^ts, as we girls have to be old maids. But
indulge in such an astonishing usurpation of do give me your opinion^ whether you thir.k I
our rights ? We cannot tell how the Society had better encourage him,for if you think with
could expect any thing else, but opposition » Ti e> I know mother will consent, for she pays

from tho enlightened of our brethren.

Whatever the* Colonization Society may
havelsaidto the contrary, there is not oite
out of every ten thousand from Maine to tile

a great deference to any thing you say.
Your humble servant,

HARRIET.
The case of our correspondent Harriet, is

This is a tr„ fi nint,,™ nf tho s n n lol „ . „.;n ™ tt > who make no se . c > et °f their conduct.

iarther South, to whom it will be healthy. If; marked on above, will help toperpetuaie the

you are not acquainted, with the reports and
the periodical journal of the society, appear-
ing from month to month at Washington,-. I
would advise you forthwith to get them. If
you, or rather if your Junior Editor, is ac-
quainted with them, I will not say that he is
unfit for his work, hut I will say the cause of
Slavery, has not, in this land, so strong an ad-
vocate. How sad, how shameful, thus obsti-
nately, to pull down what the wie and good
are so laboriously, and alas so slowly building
up ; and that too in the name und imaginary
services of a friend. '
While attempting the work of a friendly cen^
sor, I will indulge in one other train of think-
ing dictated by a sincere regard for the cause
of injured Africans, and derived from a care-
ful observation of several years. It refers to
the distinctions which are made in this coun-
try, between while men and free black men.
These seem greatly to molest, your associate
and your corespondent Mordecai. See as
follows.

"The ride from M. to' Hartford was very
agreeable, as the morning was fine, and the.
passengers, though nothing willing to ccn>
verse, troubled me not .with impudent insinua-
tions. About.eight A. M. we arrived safely,
at Hartfor.d, with fine appetites for breakfast
Having a letter of introduction to a respecta-
ble man of colour, I was unwilling to try the
politeness of Hart 'ord landlords, for notwith-
standing the fame which Connecticut has ac-
quired in distant jands, for intelligence and
iiberal feelings, in no part of the Union are
the people more prejudiced against persons
of colour. In travelling in the stage, I have

evils you propose to remedy.

WILBERPORCE.

foil THE FIIKEDOM'S JOURNAL.

COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
M. I •

According to the plan I suggested in my
last, I proceed to expose the injustice of the
Colonization scheme. If the colony be con-
sidered ns a Missionary station, a .home for
recaptured Africans, or an Asylum for such
slaves as their masters may see proper to
emancipate, in those states where emancipa-
tion is prohibited without removal, or any
e.w.i, i^e purposes, we give it our decided'

>f?™ l U T Ct T ° f thG S K° Ciely 5 8tiil Jt ' y°™8 w °™n would show their dispTca-'

sorting to the same measures, with their iri-{ * V * > *
fluence and talents, they could have as easily ■ „ ^ *
persuaded such as have gone, and such as M ^ E V ER, T

may go, to emigrate to Botany Bav, as to Li- > mQn ot X our be nevolence will always lis-
beria. : [-to any plan, for the improvement of his

In this way do the Colonization Society 1 fell , 0W8 in mo / alB ttnd education. I therefore
trifle with .the liberties of five hundred thou- ™ ake .. no »P°'°ffy for troubling you with these
sand freemen of colour, whose rights to the • S W U nes '« °" the lm P or t ance of forming a
country are equally as good as theirs, or any l : Pbat, «S Society, among our brethren of thi#

other citizens, and many of whose fatheh
fought and bled for the liberty we enjoy.
Where is the justice of their conduct as a
Society ? ; By what law or example are they
guided ? iSurely not by the sacred Scriptures,
nor the example of the primitive Christians.
Surely not by equity nor reason, and we
should say not:- by an unbiassed conscience.

city. No one at the' pijeaent dav, will pre-
sume to dispute the extensive influence which
Lloquence exerts upon mankind. It was this
that added force to the vvords.of Paul, and!
mado a. monarch tremble on his throne. In
all a^es of the world, if. has wielded a tre-
mendous power over ti e affairs of men*
Need I mention/ how a Demosthenes, tried

Were there a shadow of jusifce in the cold-' J? f0t '? e vf ,, " ro ] )f,,n «l»nt .of^Ls coiiutrymen

from their long sleep of inaction, nnA oppose
the progress of th« invajders of his torn

een carried bv its "« B .F™grcss oi w« invaders of his touniry?

consideration 'that H, 1 ? lo 5". en 1 c . e WMW arm ofthe warrior,

officers, andmeni- ^1? ?n coiintry'e ^

J in its concerns : , In ,atf>r - ft .fifJieridaiH ami a'

,..n 5 : liurke, have caused injustice -and oppression

to totter from their high; places: and quail in
the dust beneath them. i. What caused the

approbation/ ' But if it bo considered as an,
Asylum fo- the free coloured population ! of
this country, we protest against it, as"' 'being
unrighteous in its motive and movements,
and- as an unwarrantable meddling with the
rights and interests of a large portiori of our
citizens. That it is not a Missibhury'statiop
is plain, from the fact that no missionary so-
ciety have ever considered it as such; neither
have there ever be en any efforts made,' by its
patrons, to procure qualified missionaries for
the colony. If the objects of the Socieiv
were emancipation, and the establishment, of
an asylum for the emancipated, why not tell
J'.dge Washingtonj and a host of its slave- '
holding worthies,' that they may abandon it
at once ? It is u6t fair that they should be
deceived, and kept ignorant of it? true mo-
tives. There is no doubt but the Society, as
Mr. Clay, its monthly publication, and its

nidation scheme, or a single argument in its
favour, wc might have been
plans; simply from the con<..„_
there are! many ministers, officers,
bers of (fhurcbes engaged
but as it is, our population will have increas-
ed five hundred thousand, before that Sociej

ty will |mve removed 'five thousand. The a U iu- -»»^« -««^

free people of colour will never po to Africa , ADO,,t,on ot t Jle .''-lave trade," but the glowing
Coionizationists; had as well abandon the lan ^ u . 8 ^. and 0 vl r v,,J colouring given, to. ito
scheme Ht once. It is too absurd and trifling • a 3 t1 °9 1,natl ?" 3 ? „ I do not- expect a Debating
for men of-education and talents to promote , lCty vv,n malfe us a, l^endans,butituill
or believe in. I speak boldly on this subject ' ; T ge 0Ur l )ouer ^ °f reasoning by teaching
for while I possess but one voice, I know that ! 1!? t0 e *i )res ? ot . lr thoughts as brief as po^i-
I : speak the sentiments of nearly all my breth 1 - le, , and t0 lll . e best advantage. It wili alst
rem AJy nexc .communication will be on the °u- ' U - S t0 ° etect "t a dance whatever so^
necessity of . colonisation, meanwhile I will 1 - iry 18 contained .in.
offer as ttn-.apol.ogy for- any warmth of feelini ' 0 .PP 0 ". ent - . Por c "iy#clf
^at.mflv'be apparent in this, the derp inte? °™ntwn of such a
rest ofouivbtethren and their posteri y, for:if£^
many senejaikms.to come, which is inv-olved s " b ^ rt . t - to better P 911 - 3 1
ofi the Coloni?ation So-

Yours, &c.

INVESTIGATOR.

ever considered mvself, so far as money would • fl£ ,J„t u 1 t - - , t t ,

go. as good as .the best; and holding this 3Vt & Z °T ld f ^templates the removal

opinion, have ever been unwilling to accept of Mrt ?! I Tl * T ^"v™ tp the

or any other treatment than the b«t" ii£^l£k whlBh - ^am- W ?' V LT^ e
' 'a^n. Mam not covetous of sitting ' oMictlt^^^^ 5 ' ^?

table of Mr N to hnlrf him hv J.ia p , ■ f' ■ 11 scie ^ c 6' religion, wealth, and

«»o 0 id ovc. have o„r to

And a wain,
at the
arm in the ^treets,-

i'OK THE ' WEOOM's 30VRHAL.

OBSERVER m.

Mr. ObsJjryer,-^ 2

I am a' young girl, not out of my .teens, and
with a decent share (if I. may believe people)
of personal chaims. I have had several beaus
(my-grandfalher a short . time ago left me a
smalt legacy,) but have seen none who have
made an; impression on my heart. You must
not from, this infer that mine is made of stone,
for I : oss>re yqp, I am very tender hearted

sdmething'will be done,

the arguinents of an
, m eon vi need that
Society "-woqld be;()f
, to iis. t I leave tU
peus than mine: hoping that
*" find that soon.

YOUNG MAN.

The course which u ill (ultimately be norsu-*

ed. hy.Uie British G » wLm^vith regard to
the sl^es. in the W I . ia Colonies, a P/? cars
asj-cj quite doubtful , T : e propo Jiiou recom-

the slaves: in thc ; W I j iia Colonies, appears.

n.v.u e »-•'"']' -\ yGi y tenderhearted.

But the fact is, % mother is. a very particu'-
lar old lady, and has made me, unwillingly, I
confess, , turn, aj deaf oar to all my suitor.3.
She saw . ell they want is the money my
grandfather left!me. If this is to be always
so, I wish I had no money at all j for to tell

mended to^ the colonial iecrishtures for Voir
adopuon,.- during the last (car; hi Loid Bi-
thurat, have ben rejectedilmost in toto. They
Were- ass follnwe: v
I I,.; The estal»li & hment[of a protector and
| : gmydian of slaves ; c. rhhe . admisMon of tHe
, evidence of ihvoa. in courts of justice : 3. The
giving. to shivvH the power under ceHain i tro-
.flimns, of . purchasing the ir freedom; 4 The
legal inedtution of marriage among rhi- navrs;
5., The suoprcssion of .fcfiridav markets, and
SundayJabour; 6. The iouferrmg on slavfi
a iegal right of acquiring, preserving and .
transmitting, properly; 7 The prohibition of
•he separation of famdi^iy legal process; ,&
The abolition of the dm ng whip, the regu- '

\

.•F*tefijw?ips:j!|Wfi:

Jation and record of punishment, and the aboli-
tion of whipping females.

If is to be recollected that the colonics had
ex pressed a disposition to meliorate the condi-
tion of their slaves,' and to pave the way fori
their gradual emancipation. On receiving
these propositions, however, most, it not all the
legislatures, says the Christian Observer,
promptly and unceremoniously rejected bills
founded on them, .** with furious tirades about
that constitutional liberty which thev are daily
outragingm the persons of others."— J). Adv.

JStEir-YORK, SEPTEMBER 7.

WILBERFORCE. .

Wo beg leave to refer our readers, to the com-
munication signed li Wilbtrforcc" as a document
worthy of perusal, 'befall who have been halting
between Colonization and rfnti- Colonization. We
insert it, at the particular request of the Rev. Dr.
Samuel Miller, Professor of Ecclesiastical Histo-
ry and Church Government, in the Theological
Seminary, at Princeton, N. J.; who has thought
wroper to inform us, " that the enclosed paper,
signed " Wilberlbrce," is not -written by mc, nor
by any member of my family; but as I, in the
main, approve of its. contents, I take the liberty :
of transmitting it. and of requesting a place for it
in Freedom's Journal."

We place " fVilbcrforcc,". before our readers, in
order, that they may judge for themselves, what
liberal ideas our Colonization friends (according
to the Rev. Dr., our best,) entertain of us gene-
rally. It is a fact, worthy of notice, that our
bitUrest enemies think not more contemptibly of
us, than do Colonizationists generally- -that no-
.thing serves more, to keep us in our present de-
graded state, than the revolting pictures which
are drawn by Colonization Orators ion the fourth
vf July, and other public occasions.

As "IVilberforce,' has taken great umbrage at
certain sentences in Letter No. 3, addressed to
the Senior Editor, we challenge him to disprove
-any thing therein stated. We think' it becomes
fhirn, after having given vent to so much personal
• abuse against the Junior Editor, to stand forth in
ills own name, and convince him and others of
their -errors. We can assure him, .that no notice
would have been taken of his communication, had
not his good friend, the Rev. Dr. inclosed it un-
der his signature to us } for though we are per-
sons of colour, we are not ignorant of the contents
of the " Jlfrican Repository," nor of what apper-
tains to us of right, as Editors of the Freedom's
.lournal.". While we feel willing to pay every
attention to the counsels of those, who style
themselves our friends — while we concede all we
ean, to tiieir mis-directed efForts, \ve should be
wanting in our duty . towards our brethren, did
we not express ourselves openly and candidly up-
<m all subji c s which concern them,, without fear
of such men as •■' W." As mischievous as our
paper may be considered in his opinion, and the
Jlev. Dr's., we candidly believe, it has already,
<iuring its short existence, effected more towards
bettering 0 ur condition, and enlightening the
.mind* of our people g<-nrral!y. than the Coloniza-
tion Society, during its •• Un years ' existence.

" W.," unable. to refute the statement concern-
ing " northern Negro-. s. ' a a he is pleased to style
them , says, t: as to the .Yiiddle States, facts sre
entirely against him," hut without citing one so-
litary instance to prove this assertion, goes on to
state the great objr^gte of the Colonization Socie-
for which, no doiufl, he will receive a vote of
thanks, at ti.eir next annual meeting. . Great
stress is laid by ;{ W." upon what the Society is
likely to eik:ct from the foundation of a colony in
Africa, towards the Abolition of the Slave Trade,
&c. ; but why would he traverse the Atlantic to
accomplish an object, for the attainment of which,
lie has only to travel to Maryland or Virginia, (if
"Hot already a resident of tlx; latter,) and there psc
•all his btntiohnt. endeavours ?

We can assure him, that with open eyes he has
pu' a wrong construction, on the meaning of our
fwpected correspondent " Mordtcai." M." has
no desire for a white wife, as he has long since
fomcti an union with one of his own colour. Ha-
ving greater objects in vie-", we wish not to enter
^to a discussion concerning " ladies' taste," and
tither matters of a like frivolous nature.

For the objects contemplated by the publica-
tion of this Journal, we refer " W." to our first
number. There,, we conceive, he will find them
^itdpnUt/ftdhj. though according to his ideas,
varsity. JUNIOR EDITOR.

Last evening, Mr. 'RICHARD VAUGHAN, of-
Richmond, Va. was set, apart, forthe work of the
Gospel • Ministry*, in the Abyssinian iBpptist
Church, in this city. Sermon by the Rov; B.
H. Cone.

From the Frcdonia Censors
Our village was thrown iutd a ferment 01
Sunday evening last, by an attempt made .by
tbroe oriour men, to arrest some" six or eig^lrt
coloured peeple who came into this vicinity
several weeks since., iSomcjthflpats being used,
and a pistol presented" to a cit^jen for interfe-
ring, a warrant vyas ..issued, and, one-of ilhe«mcn
taken and secured over night; tfie v 6ther's Jiay
ing secreted themselves in the .wopds. In the
meafi time, as wc arc informed, the black*
were carried on board of ■& vessel at Dunkirk
by some of their brethren, and the .vessel set
sail, which is the last we have heard 6"f them.

A friend, to whom we are : occasionally in-
debted for an interesting aMicle, has handed
us the annexed. Our readers will understand
that this is only an estimate of peaches in a
single square.

The following statement of the Peach mar-
ket, on Saturday morning last, at 9 o'clock,
if deemed. worthy of publication, is at your
disposal.

Number of full baskets, in and out of
the' Jersey Market, between Front
and Seco'nd, 1.097

Empty baskets, ascertained from en-
quiry to have contained peaches, 410.

2107:

Besides the above two thousand one hun-
dred and seven baskets ! it is supposed that at
least from twenty to thirty carts. were loaded
at market and wharf between -5 and 8 o'-
clock. The baskets are of the size called
bushel baskets and the peaches were sold at
12 1-2 cents per basket! \—U. S. Gaz. ;

Mysterious Stranger. —The body of a ma n
was louud last week, lying', in a thicket of
bushes near the Boston road. . The body was
much decayed, am' appeared to have lain there
several weeks. Nothing appeared by which
the name or residence of the deceased could be
discovered. He appeared however to have de-
stroyed himself, and to have done this with
great deliberation For his coat and hat were
laid together a little distance from him: a stick
put through' his neck-handkerchief, and twist-
ed part way round, as if he had strangled him-
self by means of it. The verdict of the coro-
ner'* jury was, we are informed, that he came
to his death by his own hands;

Death from Opium. — A young man appa-
rently insane, and about 23 or 24 years of
age, died in this city on Sunday morning the
20th inst. in consequence of taking opium.
He came to this place last winter and .was
engaged for some time us a hackney-coach-
driver; had formerly been a seaman, and has
made a voyage to the West Indies in the
brig Stranger of this place. lie has intima-
ted that he was born in Roxbury, Mass and
that his parents have kept a public house in
Bostoi . and are now in Andover. His name
he has called J times A. Stevens, and at other
times James A. Skinner. About two weeks
since he attempted to destroy himself Ajth
opium, but without success, his design being,
('i-covered and medical uid being promptly
called. He repeated the attempt last Satur-
day evening, and sv. allowed a large quantity
of opium; he then became alarmed, and
(with, though an erroneous, notion of "billing
the life of the opium 1 ') drank two full tum-
blers of brandy, and called for an emetic
The most assiduous attention v, as .rendered
by. the family, with which the unfortunate
young man boarded, medical aid: was soon
procured, and the most active emetics and
other ^remedies Were administered ;.mit a.pro-
found i stupor came on and terminated jn death
about 3 o'clock in the iiioini fljfev 'rhe body
was decently interred on SuiBRaftefil
— JYew Haven Journal. ' : ^W ;

'13,500.'; On^in average, .H0p.' J slup^ a^e in
Hie river'at one fime^tbge(ih|er^vitfi!34l0' bar-
jges and ? 6thter"flma11 craft ejnhloyed in lading
and uhlatfi'ng them ; 2288' baVges 1 ' arid ofrer
craft'efigdged \a 'the'irMd 'trade, and 30W
wherries or small boats for passengers/ 'To
this active scene which' the port of London
exhibits, a»e-,to be added 18OOO watefrpeniac.
tnally employed in navigating the wherries
and ordft, 4Q0O labourers :ladiflg- or unlading
ships, and;, 1200 revenue officers .constantly
dping duty ,on .the riven. besides the crews of
tfee several ..vessels., This scene occupies a
space/pf six mil»s. on the. Thames* from two
ir)ilefl : above to, four miles below the London
Bridge, arid Limehouse.

■\ A wordko Hit Drunkard.— A votary of Bac-
cHuai .who had recently come down the North
river, got intoxicated and went up to the
Hook, where .he fell asleep on a stoop, and
oi» waking found he had been robbed- of

360 or 400 dollars. Two : hundr.€jd sheen,

oh their way.fro. > the interior of Germany ,tp
Hamburg, for importation to Boston,; were
all burnt up, in cpnkequence of the barn , in
which they were JiJyejBiighted, 1 being struck
by lightning.-^'TUpmore of Major Burr, of

FOREIGN.
Carriages without Ho)-ses.—A coach-maker
in Dublin has ron-t meted a cartfege with
three wheels, uh;<. h can be p.-jpelled at the
rate of from eight to ten miles an. hour, by lev-
ers, acted upon with much case, either by tlu
hand or foot, independently of horse or other
power.! The new carriage makes an angle
with. greater facility tlnn a coach drawn by
horses,! and can be' set back as rapidly as for-
ward. I The mtker, says a Dublin paper, i.-
buiiding another .."carriage on an improved
arid lar^e^cale, intended a model, to supercede
the system of carriages drawn by horses.

Port, of London. — The trade of London
employs about 3500 ships, the cargoes enter
ing jlhd ppit being annually not'. less tjian j

Concord, was broken open on the 19th ult
and a piece of fine broadcloth, worth $70,
taken from it- A theft of the same kind was
perpetrated on the same gentleman about
two years since'. — —It is said that many per-
sons have recovered at the Lunatic Asylum,
in 1 Hartford, owing to thi peculiar treatment
of Dr. Todd.— — A store Was lately broken
open in this city, and robhed of two dollars,-

and. two barrels of rotten eggs! — Mr.

Henry Waiilwright, of the firm of Jackson
arid- 'Wftirt wright, of Boston, was drowned
wMle bathing in Charles river.-^- A par-
cel pf villains, of Brunswick, Me. have set on
firs and destroyed the huts of some inoffen-
sive Indians, on the 18th ult. who were on
their annual visit to the land of their fathers.
An Indian child is missing, .and it is suppo-
sed that it perished in the flames. A reward
of $100 has been offered by the selectmen of
Brunswick,: for the discovery and conviction
of the offenders.—— The collection on Sun-
day last in St. Patrick's Cathedral, forthe
be licfit of the Orphan Asyiurn, amounted to
$5i37 33. A very mortal sickness pre-
vails. in Oswego, and among the labourers of
the Oswego Canal. The Spracuse Gazette
states, that numbers are dying daily, and in
one instance five died in one day in the same
building. — -The persons tried in Canundai-
gua for a conspiracy to kidnap Wm. Morgan,

have all been acquitted. On the 20th ult.

Mr. John Hitchcock of Sandy Hill, mistook
the cellar door for that of his bed-room, and
waB precipitated with such force as to cause

his instant death. The sail boat Paul

.lonOs, which left hero Sunday afternoon'on a
party of pleasure, on her return near Staten-
Island, a lady having dropped hdr merino
shawl overboard, a seaman, by name,. Peter
Patton, immediately sprung from the boat,
and succeeded in obtaining the shawl. 'The
boai instantly put about to his relief, but 'the
current was so strong, he sunk before they

could reach hun. Mr. J. Birdsull of Sing

Sing, killed a rattle snake week before last.
Just before he came up to the snake, he: saw
several ' young snakes making down the
throat of the mother. On opening the snalte
thirty-three young ones were found, each 10

inches" long; The Aurora Borealis, or

■Northern lights, which were seen with' sueh
brjilliancy in this city, were also witnessed at
Boston, Albany, Washington, and vatjions
other places. — —A quantity of Arsenic 'was
thrown into the. w«ell of the Shaker's estab-"
lishihent at Enfield,. Conn. It was sufficient
to poison 1000 persons.- — £hameful.->-Wlie
free persons of colour mentioned in our last,
as .being cpnvi6ted of harbouring two; Colour-
ed children, who were slaves, were sold ac-
cording to the sentence of the Court, for
$942.-- — A fire broke but in Rutland, liast
wenk, which destroyed eight or ten buildiiigs;

-A cartman was killed in 'this city, o l n
Tuesday of- last week, while' attempting "to
bridle his horse. On the same day , Ailrbri
Smith, while crossing Broadway , was knock
eU f ,dpv\ii by a ilaciney coHfih and seriohsl}
injured.— -At tjhe ^ugust term oiHhe Court of
Sessions in this city, 49 persons were convic-
ted of various offences. A great number of the
abovp had previously been in the state prison.
John; Wilson, 1 convicted of 6tealing,whs offer-
ed his choice of the U. S. Navy, or the peni-
ten'tipy, and chose the latter !— A jury iofin-
qub'st on" a - dead body, at AJbany, hag return-
ed a : |verdict, that the " diseased died of My
riuk [tremens, j bt ought qri by the imprudent
use of Dr. Chambers' medicine. — r-D*owked
in 'the' Penpbscot, July 29th, by falling ; from
,the , wharf! in Hanipdpn, Joseph , Brooks, , aged
60. jHe had/been heard to say, in referepca
te ah; exchange of. worlds, tjiat he had hoped

he should be d o\&t#d, so that he mMght hafar
a quick passage tp Hell, and wished also, to»

have a bottle >of rum with him!-~ A lady .

in North Caroling, died of a disease called
the cold plague, eStor a few hours sickness. —
The population, of Albany is • estimated at
18,000.*—: — r Thq dying confession of Strang
has been publishejd. He accuses, Mrs: Whip-
ple of being the chief instigator of his mur-
derous deed.'—- -A reward of $200 is offered
by Arthur Levy, ^lo. 5 Dock-atreet, for the
apprehension of a, -man wlio ','haa Tobbod him
of a trunk containing 950 Spanish' dollars and
$.250 in U. S. Bank bills.— —Mr. Jacob
Gorgds, of Eli/abethtown, Lancaster Co. has
made a pajr of (scissors, which weighs less

than the sixteenth part of a grain.— A.

man in York, LL C. offers to construct a ma-
chine at the expense of $1000, with which
he will safely go over the falls of Niagara,—
American half dollars with ten per cent al-
loy are said to be in circulation in Canada. — -
The barn of Benjamin Zelly, of Mount Holly,
N. J., containing a. quantity of 'new rye and
hay/ was destroyed by fire on the 23d ult.— »
Mr. John Rtgle, of Lower Mount Bethel, Pa.
lost his life in opening a lime-kiln, on the
3.0th ult. The arch sustaining an immense
weight of lime, gave way, and precipitated"
him into the kiln,' at which time the hot lime
closed upon him neck deep. He survived
qply a few hours after being taken out, hav-
ing literally been rbasted todeatn. New-
bold, the person who purchased a number of
slaves in Norfolk,! yii.fi counterfeit money,
has been arrested at Fredericksburg, in Vir-
ginia.^ ~rAt a la'te Camp Meeting in New-
town, Winchester district, there were 5,454
white persons, ST^ coloured, 1>007 horses,
128 waggons and c'arts, 74 gigs and cafria-
gea, 71 tents, many of which were doubled.

The City Inspector, reports the death

of 117 persons, during the week ending
Sept. 1, viz : 27 men, 23 women, 36 boys aijd
31 girls. The deaths in Philadelphia, during
the. same period, -wdre 82.

MARRIED,
In this city, on the 31st ult. by the Rev. B.
Paul, Mr. John J. Lkwis to Miss Diana Smith;
Mr. John Edwards io Miss Josephine Tarel ;
% Mr. John Fall to Miss Agnes Richman ; Mr.
Perry Chambers to Miss L. Vollon.

In Charleston, S.'C. on the 12th July, Mr.
Thomas C. Cox to Miss Rebecca mvers.

DIED,

In St. Domingo City, Hayti, Mr. Joseph
Minah, formerly of this : ity,;0ged 51.

On the 3d inst. Alexander^ eon of Mr. A
Elston, aged 13 months.

-">»©©*>—

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Colonization Society, No. I. has been
received, and shall appear in our next.
Bolivar, is under consideration. .
Othello, we cannot insert, unless assured
of kis right to make the request

AMERICAN CONVENTION.
THE Twentieth biennial Stated Meeting
of the Ainemcan Convention for promoting the
Abolition of Slaiery \Sfc> will be held at Phil-
adelphia, on 3d day, (Tuesday) the 2d of 10th
mo. (October) next, at 10 o'clock, A : M. To
which the Abolition! and Manumission So-
cieties, not yet represented, are invited to
send Delegates. ■ \ '

. EDWIN P. ATLEE, Secretary.
Philadelphia, 7th mo: (July) 31, 1827. .
,N. B. PrintDrs of nejvspajicre, throughout th*
Union, are respectfully requestod to give the
above notice a few -insertions. .

Erlractfrom the Consitutio:' of the Convention.

Article 2(/. The Cpnvention shall be com-
jiosed of such representatives, as the respec-
tive Societies associated to protect the rights
of free persons of colour, or to promote the
abolition of Slavery within the United States,
may think proper 'to appoint, provided that
the nurnbi -r from any oho society shall not ex-
ceed ten;'" ' ,

NOTICE— The person (supposed to

be. a coloured man) who exchanged at JjlrnQltftQf*.
ficc pnjSaturday, the quarter of a Prize Ticket in
th'e last Lottery, for a quarter in the Lottery which
draw's/on the' 6th Sept.'is requested' to call &'iitfve
ah error rectified, whicA will prove' mudh to his ad-
vantage. GEO. W. ARNOLD,
A.dg.27, 25-lt 313 Broadway,

SEP.TEMBEH.

7 Friday, . . .

8 Saturday . .

9 Sunday . . .

10 Monday . . .

11 Tuesflaij . .

12 Wedms&ay .

13 Jhtrsday .

Sun
Rises

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5 42
5 43
5 45
5 46
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6 21
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TOR THE FREEDOM 8 JOUBHAl. .. i

FREEDOM.
My harp has long neglected laid,
And very little music made ;
My Mnso, at length, has fannd tlic fire,
And Freedom sweet attunes ray lyre.

Frkf.hojTs ernbalm'd in every heart,
And oh ! how loath with it wc part !
Pursu'd by all, by all desir'd,
Caress'd by all, by all adrnir'd !

Freedom's the statesman's proudest boast,
And she's, the patriotic toast ;
, She is tho theme of all the sage,
And beautifies the poet's page.

Freedom nerves the warrior's arm,
Amid, the din of Mara' alarm,
Tis this thai cheers the martial band,
Contending for their natal land.

Freedom"* trie nurse of Science fair,
And fosters gen'us bright and rare-;
She places man on equal ground', -
Strews peace and plenty all around.

O, Freedom, fair goddess of peace f.
Appear, and oppression shall cease ;
0,'list«n, O, pity and see !
O, speak, and the slave shall bo free. B. B.

GREEK SONG.
■Mount, 6oldier, mount, the gallant steedy— :

Seek, seek, the ranks of war :
'Tis better there in death to bleed, '
Than drag a tyrant's car.
8trike ! strike ! nor* think the blow unseen
That frees the limbs where chains have beea..

Oh no '. each dying shout that peals

From continent or isle,
Each smoke that curling slow, reveals
A city's funeral pile, —
Are heard a«d seen among the free,
Whose hearts are struggling, Greece, with. thee.

On, on, for Karaiskaki's hand!

Look where the crescents wave;
They glance above a ruined land,
Like death-lights o'er a grave :
One prayer, one thought, of Marathpn,
And they are quenched, — on, coldicr, on !.

But jet, if not the glorious past,
Nor hope of future fame,

Nor chains of steel around thee cast,

Urge thee to war with shame ; —
Thinking that beyond the parting sea-
The prayers of beauty rise for thee.

Nay, cast not on thy infant child,

That Inok of fond regret —
Mind not that shriek of sorrow wild —
Thy wife shall clasp thee yet—
God, and the fair across the wave
Watch o'er the children of the brave.

Then, soldier, mount the gallant. steed,—

Seek, seek, the ranks of war; *
*Tis better there in death to bleed,
. Than drag s tyrant's car;
One chsp — one kiss — tlicn soldier, on—
Afld win another Marathon. SIMdMDES.

VARIETIES

Comparative Nutritive Properties of differ-
ent 'kinds of Food. — In bread, every hundred
pounds weight are found to contain eighty
pounds of nutritious- mutter ; butcher's meat,
averaging the various sorts, contains only
Ihirty-five pounds in one hundred ; broad
beans, eighty-nine, peas ninety-three: lentils
(a kind of half-pea, but little- known in.Eng-
land,, ninety-four pounds in one hundred;
greens and turnips^ which are the most aque-
ous of all the vegetables used for domestic
purposes, furnish only eight pounds of solid
xiutrittpus substance in one hundred ; carrots
fourteen pouiida'i^3d r wbat rer/iarkable, as
befog. hi c^po^|p£t9. -the hitherto acknow-
ledged t|§prj-i>^';^updred pounds of pota-
toes only. yieW ;A*-jrifty : five pounds of sub-
stance valuab]^*lj(iutrition.

Transparent So%.—fv.\\o\v is the basis of
all soaps for the toilette, known under the
name of \Vindsi-r ; because olive oil forms
a paste too difficult to molt, and having an
odour loo powerful for mixing with perfumes.
Tallow soap dissolved with hoat iu alcohol,
returns to its solid state on cooling, ft i? this
fact which lias led to the discovery of trans-
parent soap. When well preparer], this soap
'should have the appearance of fine white su-
gar candy. It may aisc? be coloured, and
vegetable colours are for this purpose prefe-
rable to minerals. Any person can make the
soap by putting into a thin glass phial half a
brick of Windsor soap, cut small, filling the
phial half full of alcohol, and placing it near
the fire till the soap is dissolved. This mix-
ture put to cool in a mould gives the transpa-
rent soap.

Steel— Its chemical composition appears to
• be identical with that of white cast iron; that
is to say, it is formed of pure iron, carbon,
and a thjr^'hody, eycl* as aluminium, siltcum,

maganose, &c. which 'cnderjr ftable the .
union # the cirfron rind iron. The difference
between tne white cast iron and iteel *p-J
pears, aqcordinf to Muller, to. reside only in
the mechanical arrang<Jinent of the mole*
culea.,

Mr^Brown'a principle of producing a va-
cuum [by tho combustion of Gas'in a cylinder
was lately applied to the propelling a vessel
on thl Thames. The experiment' was made
with Several nautical and scientific men on
boaKtl, among whom were Captain Shaw, R.
Ny., Pr. Wilson Philips, and the inventor,
Mr.Brown. The .vessel was a largo Thames
galley ; the persons on board were fifteen in
number ; the weight of the engine was three
cwt., and there was an additional weight of
five Cwt., yet they made' way at the rate of'
ten miles an hour, against a strong tide. The i
gas used is produced fronvwater, hy a strong
heat of a coke fire.-— London H'ttkly Re-
view* ,

A riiarried woman of the Shawnee Indians
made 1 this beautiful reply to a man whom she
met rjn the woods, and who implored her to
love land look on him Oulamou, my liiis-
bandj' said she, 1 is evermtfort my eyes, ami
hinders me from seei% ; 3©u.'

A country squire having indulged rather
liberally in his libations to the jolly god, but
still thinking himself sober enough to walk
home, reeled off upon the right road as if it
were by instinct. JIaving walked about two
miles, as he computed, but which did not ex-
ceed a quarter straight forward, he met a man
of whom, he asked, how far he had to go
yet ? Two Jong miles, was the reply. " Oh,
it is not the length of the road that troubles
me, ; but the breadth of it," exclaimed the
squire— at the same time making a start to
go forward, he gave proof of the truth of his
assertions by hi» first motion being zig-zag
from right to left.

A plain, good hearted kind of a man', who
understood that a poor widow and her family
were reduced to extreme distress by the
death of a cow,which was their principal sup-
port, generously went round among his
neighbours to solicit that aid which he was-
unable to give himself. He told a plain sim-
ple, and p thetic tale, and received from
each a liberal donation of— regret, sorrow,
and sym. athy; but, thought he, this will not
buy a cow, and he consequently redoubled'
his ; exertions and to the same effect- He
now got out of all patience, and being an-
swered as- usual by a real son of MWass with
a plentiful, shower of sympathetic-feelings v
exclaimed, " O y«s, 1 don't doubt your feel-
ing, but you don't feel.in-the right plnce."
'Oh (said the Grmsus) I feel with all my heart
and] soul.' M Yes, yes, (replied he) ! don't
doubt that neithe.?, "but I want you to feel vn
yoxir pocket"

Sleep— Sleep has often-been mentioned sa\
the) image of death; "so like it," says Sir
Thomas Brown, "that I dare not trust it,
without my prayers." Their resemblance is
indeed striking and apparent ; they both,
when they seize the body, leave the soul at
libqrty, and wise is he that remembers of
both, that they can be safe and happy only
by virtue.

Bugs. — A gentleman who, when travelling
hasl frequently been annoyed by these noxious
vermin, informs us that he has found out a
cheap end efficacious method of getting rid
of \hem. He hangs a small bag of camphor
lo his breast on going to bed, or places rt be-
tween the slfeets, and though he has often
been compelled to sleep in beds infested with""
thejse disgusting creatures, has never been
bitten by theni since he began to use this
simple precaution. — Westmoreland' Chronicle.

Best Summer, and .Winter-Strainod

i SPERM" OH;.

THE subscriber begs leave to retflrn h;
thanks' to his patrons for past favours, ami tnk
this method of informing them and tho public
general? thpfe he constantly keeps on hand a bu;
ply of Seasonable OIL,. of the, first quality, whic.
hertill deliver iri any part of the city, at th
shortest notice.

(CT A liberal dcducti»i» madirf to Churches, am
thoio who buy by the quantity.

■ 'jOHN ROBERTS,

25 Cnrrant-allcy, third door above Jiocusi.
... 24-ilm :. ■ street, Philadelphia.

Original Anecdote.— A tad, on delivering
his milk a few mornings ago, was asked why
he milk was so warm, ' I don't know/ he
replied, With much simplicity, V.uless they
put in ivarm water instead of cold /' — Ports*
movlh Jour.

NOTICE TO HAIR-DRESSERS.

The Subsqrlber, desirous of relinquish-
ing his present occupation, offers his Stand, and
afl ,the implements necessary to carry ou th« bu-
siness, for sale.

The said stand, in th© town of Paterson, N J~
fifteen miles from tho city of New : York, is ujir
doubt edty one of the best in that growing and
flourishing town. It is situated on Main-street,
near Broadway, oppbsiU Mrs; WilJar's Taverns
rent low, and all 'arrc.tragcs settled ap to thi#
date.

For further particulars, either personally, orby
letter enquire of HENRY P. HALJU

JPatcrson } dugvst 24, 1897.

PR. THORP,

No. M> Collect-street,

JJJ-D1AN PHYSICIAN and BOTANIST
rns his sinboro thanks to tho public in gon.'
ral,i f or irast^ftivours; and solicits their patronagi
in future.

N. IJ. Ho corps all diseases of the human aya
torn ; with roots and hcrbsr, free from the uso of
nipfcury.

No. 182 r South Sixth-street, below Pine,
ope.vko nr
CHARLES SHORT,
For the Purpose of accommodating Pr.ovtr. or
; Colohk, Strangers and Citizens, with
BOARDING AND LODGING,

By the Day, Week, Month, or longer.

IIk i.i furnished with every thing to enable
him t<> keep a Ffouse of the first-rate kind over
opened in tho City of Philadelphia; and will spare
no pains to merit the public patronage.

July 2.>. 1*27 _ IS — 3m

NICHOLAS PIEKSON,

iRespil ctki'lly informs the People of Co-
lour, that his MEAD GARDEN, No V.i, Delan-
ccy-strcet, was oj>ened on tlio evening of tho first
of June, for the accommodation of genteel and
respectable persons of colou r.

No admittance for unprotected females.
New- York, June 1st, 1827. 13

ttHBAF OXOTHSNG STOBB,

No. <J18, South Sixth -street, Philadelphia.

> THE - Subscriber 'respectfully returns hb
sincere thanks to his friends and the public in
general, for their favor find patronage. He
informs them, that he continues' lo keep a largo
assortment of Gentlemen's" READY-MADE
WEARING APPAREL of superior quality, both
new and second-handed, where customers will be
accommodated at the cheapest rate, an;! in hand-
some style, lie also inform;? Families ond private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price, and
ready sale for their goods, by applying to

DANIEL PETERSON,
AV. 218, South Sixth-st. I'kiludelplna.

. K. I». Tuyloring carried on in its variou:
sranches, and on tho cheapest terms.

HAMF41 & SMITH
STEAM SOOUaiRl,

JVb. 1 77 miliam-stnd , N K
CONTINUE to cleanse and dress Costf,

intaloonn, Ladies' Uabitu and Meino SbAwU,^

ic,neatest manner.' They al«o mike,-. liter aa4
v-pair Gentlemen's Clothes, to the r cnih>e t^tii-
action, and upon the most reason ble teinii.

Their mode of drejsing Clothei by BTEAJt
SPONGING, which they have tpllowed with

:uch bucccv* for several years pnst. All kiiid<
■)* spot9 or stains are extracted, and the cloth re-

• oredto th« appearance of new;- and thi» they
•ngage to perform }vithout any injury to (ho
idoth, and at /east equal to any thing ofUhe kiad
done in this or any other 'city of th« Unit«d
States.

August -3. " 21

gOKOOX.,

For Coloured Chilfaen of both SextS)
Under St. Philip's Church, is now retdy for .the
admission of Pupils,
IN t his school will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO.
GRAPHY; with the use of
Maps and Globes, and
HISTORY.
Terni3 from two to four dollars per quarter.
Reference— Rev. Messrs. P. Williams, S. E
Cornish, B Paul, and W. Miller.

New-York, March 14. 1

" BEAUTY JIXD ECO.YOMY:' .
UNITED STATES' SCOURING, AND

JOHN II. SMITH,
No. 1^2 NortZ-Third-st. (alqte Rase,) Phi-
ladelphia,

RESPECTFULLY informs the Public in go-
neral, that he still continues at the abov« plirce
the Scouring and Dressing of Gentlemen's Coals,
Pantaloons, &c. on a dift'nrent plan from that of
the Dyers, ; having a composition for bo doing,
which jt'nables him to dross Clothes so as to leave
their appearance equaf to new. He restores
Seams, &c. to their original colour when worn-
white, and.wi.Il warrant them to wear tlwrec months
after dressing, and then: can be rc-dresscd. Al:
Ladies' Habits and Merino- shawls, in the neatest
manner and upon the shortest notice, on reasona-
ble terms. Being legally bred to the business,
and possessing a competent knowledge of Dress
ing and Cleaning Cloths by Steam. Sponging,
which is the only complete manner of effectually
removing the stavm caused from grease, tar,
paints, &o. he needs only a trial, to afford him an
opportunity of giving satisfaction.

N.B.J. S. constantly keeps on hand New and
Ejccond handed Clothes of every description, which
he assures the public will be sold as low, if not
lower than at any other establishment in the Uni-
t0d States for cash or barter. Gentlemen wishing
to purchase iwould find it much to their interest to
call as abov^^l examine for themselves"

O^he ^jSp 1 F ic0 gi VCI * &t Gentlemen's

' flpTAILORING WORK carried on. and
ClothcB repaired.— New Ciiffa, Collars and Buttons
put on, if remiisitc. He keeps on hand, Cloth,
Velvet, and! Silk of all colours, for doinsr up same.
April 20y1627.

LAND FOR SALE.
THE- subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren; li.OOQ Aor<sf of excellent Lasb,
at les3 than cne half its vului;, provided they will
take measures to sotrle. <, r have it settled, by cj.
loured farmers. The land is in the state of Hem-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its hscafioh it
delightful, being on the banks cf the Lekware.
river, with an open navigati(»n to the city of Phi'
ladelphia. The c«nal I'.-adin;? frun, tiie DeTsy.ar*
to the Hudson river [.a;-.n-s "through the- tract, 0'
I pening a direct nayigati'-u to Ne.w- York ch^ ""be
(pas5a<rr: to either city may be ;hade in one'ddyor
'less Tho land is of th-: h-st quality, and wt'i
timbered.-

The subscribe;- be.pes that some of lib brffh-
•ron, who are capitali^'s. wiii at least invest ~Mcc
1,000 dollars, in ti\t su lands. To such he wiiliaka
th^ liberty to say, this land can be purchasd-for
;.') dollars tho a^re, (by colom t d men.; though it
has been selling tor He also takes tiie libotty
to observe thai the purchase will be safe and ad.
vantagcous.and bethinks sucii a settlement, term'
ed by coloured families, would be conducive of
much good : With this object in view he will in-
vast 500 dollars in the purchase

SAMUEL E. CORMSH.
New- York, MaTch 20. '
N. B. Communications on the subject, post paU (
wiii be received and attended to.

LOTS WANTED.
; TWO LOTS, or the rear of two lots, where
there is any convenient communication with the
street, are wanted, for the erection of a Presby-
terian Church The location must be between
Reed and Spring, Hudson and Orange streets.—
One lot within the above bounds, 25 feet or more,
by 75, would answer

I Inquire of S. E. Cornish, No. C, Varick-glreotl
I New- York, tfarch 20.

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i Left at'tuk Office. 152 Ciwjrch-Stiieet,

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ACTHORiStn AGE-STS.

C. Stockbridge. Eeq.NorthYarmouth',Mai«*.
Mr. lleuben Ruby. Portland, M<A

" David Walker, Boston..
Rev. Thomas Paul, do, :
Mr. John Remond, Salem r Mass,

•« George C. Willis, Providence, R. I.

«• Francis Webb, Philadelphia.

" Stephen Smith. 'Columbia, Perm.
Mess™. R. Cowley & H . Grice, Rnltimor*/|
Mr. John W. Prout., Washington, D. C.
Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Albany. . . '
Mr. Theodore S. Wright, Princeton, N.X

" Jame3 Cowcb, Ncw-Brunswiek,N J.
ReV. IJ. V. Hughes. .Newark, N. J.
Mr. W.R. Gardiner. Port-au-Prince, Hajt*

u Austin Steward, Rochester.
Rev.W P. Williams, Flushing, L.J.
Mr. Leonard Scott, Tremon, Jf. J "

" John Shields, New-Haven, Conn.

« W. D. Baptist, Fredericksburg, Vl- •

" R. P. G. Wrighf., Schcnef.ady, '

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CORNISH &. RUSSWURU. }
Editors and Proprietor*. j'

,v letter,

7'o M. J;:an lUrvfsrv: Sav, on l/ic Compa-
rative Erptnse of Free and Slave Labour.
By An am Hodgson.

( Continued.)
'•The first noble, (continues Coxe) who
granted freedom to his -peasants was Zamois-
ki, formerly great chancellor, who, in 1701,
«.mfram;hiscd six villages, in the palatinate of,
Musovia." These villages were, in 1777, vi-
sited by the author of the patriotic letter--,
from whom 1 received the following informa-
;inn: — On inspecting the parish register of
births, from 1750 to 1700, that is, during the ^
ten yearn of slavery immediately prcce<3in^ : f^een^ro'
tiioir enfranchisement, ho found the births '
■VM'f in the first ten years of their freedom,
from 1700 to 1770, 028 ; and from 1770 to
the beginning cf 1777, 57(5. By these ex-
tracts. :> appeared that, during the
First period, (here were only 43 births } ear j 1
.Second ditto (12 ditto >

Third ditto 77 ditto > } ear -

"The revenues of the six village.-*, since
their enfranchisement, have been augmented
in a much greater proportion than their po-
pulation. In the state of vassalage, Zamob-
ki was obliged, according to the custom of
Poland, to build cottages and barns for his
peasants, and to furnish them with food, hor-
se?, and ploughs, and every implement of
agriculture : since their enfranchisement,
they are become so easy in their circumstan-
ces, as to provide themselves with all these
necessaries at thrir own expense, and they
likewise cheerfully pay an annual rent- in
lieu of the manual labour formerly exacted
by their master. fly these means, the receipts
of this particular (state have been nearly tri-
pled.

" The example of Zamoiski ha* been fol-
lowed by Chreptou its, vice-chancellor of Li-
thuania, and the Abbe Bry/.olowski, with
similar success. Prince Stanislaus, the king
of Poland, has warmly patronized the plan of
giving liberty to the peasants, lie has en-
franchised four villages not far from War-
saw, in which he lias not only emancipated
the peasants from their slavery, but even con-
descends to dhect their affairs. He explain-
ed to me in the most satisfactory manner,
that the grant of freedom was no less advan-
tageous to the lord than to the peasant, pro-
vided the former is willing to superintend
their conduct for a few years, and to put
'them in the way of acting for themselves.
He intends giving the public a particular ac-
count of his arrangements, and will show
how much he has increased the value of his
estate, as well as the happiness of his pea-
sants. 1 '

It is stated in the supplement to the Re-
port of the Privy Council, in reply to the 17th
of his Queries from his Excellency Governor
Parry, answered by the Hon. Joshua Steel, a
planter of 1008 acres, in the parishes of St. $
John, St. Philip, ami St. George, in the island j u

! mate, in the one of which -slavery is allowed,
and in the other prohibited, land is most valu-
able iu that state in which it is proscribed ;
j if it has appeared that slave labour has never
been able to maintain its ground in compel!-
I tion with free labour, except where monopo-
! ly has secured high profits, or protecting du-
: t'i»\s afforded artificial support ; if it has ap
poured that, in every quarter of the globe; in
proportion as the circumstances of the plan-
tor rendered attention to economy more in*
' dispensable, the harsher features of the slave
system have disappeared, and the condition
: of the slave has been gradually assimilated to
that of the free labourer ; and if it has ap-
peared that the mitigation of slavery has
id, by experience, to substitute the
alacrity of voluntary labour, for the reluct-
ance of compulsory toil ; and that emancipa-
tion has rendered the estates on which it has
taken place, greatly and rapidly more pro-
ductive — [ need not, I think, adduce addition-
al proofs of the truth of the general position,
that slave labour is more expensive than the
labour of freemen.

And here, perhaps, I might safely leave
the question ; yet since your arguments, al

>y SLAVE Tit.VDE.

On this subject we collect some particulars
from the " Twenty First Report of the Lon-
don African Institution." The measures of
various governments on the Slave Trade, are
passed in review in this document. Fkanck
during the past year has improved her legis-
lation on this subject, having subjected to ban-
ishment, and a fine equal to tho value of ship
and cargo, on the parties concerned; together
with confiscation qf tho ship arid cargo them-
selves. These, with other penalties provi-
ded, arc independent of -.those incurred for
the crimes committed duri.ig the voyage,
such as the murder of slaves. The past year
exhibits however little diminution - of the
French Slave Trade. It is the practice of
tho traders to have double sets of papers,
their "awn and generally the Dutch also, with/j
which they are supplied at St. E.ustatia, irf'
connivance of the Dutch authorities. Th
arc shown to French cruisers, while
the French they elude English capture,
new Jaw is however, expected in Franc_
The Netherlands have indeed acceded tl
mutual right of search ; but their colonii
functionaries place themselves in opposition
to the government, which does not act with

, , y - . " , w ' . LW Villi 4> 1/ » Ul IJlJJVULj U U WU J Xi\J b U VI ill

though ot a general nature, and not restrict- atlequa J e vigour . Svxiy evinces one nnvary

ed in their applieaiion to any peculiarity of
circumstances or situation, seem to be deriv-
ed from a somewhat partial view of the state
of things in the West Indies, I shall proceed
tj examine, whether they afford any presump-
tion that those islands present an exception
to the genera! rule.

The comparison which you have made be-
tween the price of slave and free labour iu
the Antilles, appears to me by no .means to
warrant the conclusion you have drawn from
it. Where the proportion of free, labourers
is extremely small, and labour is rendered
extremely degrading, or at least disreputable
by being confined principally to slaves, it is
natural that the wages of free labour should
be high ; and the question is not, whether at
a given time and place, free or slave labour
is the highest, but whether both are not high-
er than labour would be if all' the community j
were free, and the principle of population :
were allowed to produce its natural effect, on
the price of labour, bv maintaining the sup-
ply and competition of free labourers.

The other argument which you adduce, ap-
pears to me equally inconclusive. You ob-
serve, <; The very obstinacy of the planters in
defending slavery, proves that it is an advan-
tageous system for them."
■ And does man indeed, then, always act
with an enlightened view to self-interest? Is
he uniformly vigilant to observe, and prompt
to, pursue his real good, however remote, and
requiring whatever sacrifices of present, ease
and gratification ? Does prejudice or passion
never blind or mislead him? nor habit ren-
der^ him slow to follow the dictates of his
better judgment ? The conversion of the
laves in the Colonies into free labourers,
j must be a very gradual work, demanding

of Barbadoes : "On a plantation of, 288 j much patience and assiduity, — involving
filavec, in June 1780, viz. 90 men, 82 women, ! possibly, some present risk, and requiring, it
56 bo/s, and tiO girls, by the exertions of an j may he, for its complete success, tho consen-
able and honest manager, tfcere were only : taueous efforts of the planters.. And is such
fifteen births, and no less than fifty-seven i a task likely to be undertaken spontaneously
deaths, in three years and three months, ^n "
alteration w;.s made in the mode of govorn-
'>!}:: the slaves, the whips were taken from
ail the white i^ftryants, all arbitrary punish-
!iic-!!?s worn abolrPftfed, and all offences were
tried, and sentence parsed by a negro court,
in joiw ifiars ana three r- onths, , under this
change of government, there were 44 births,
in.' only 41 deaths, of which 10 deaths were
of superannuated men and women, and past

by the body of West India proprietors, whose
concerns are managed by hired overseers '}
who consider their capital as invested, if not
in a lottery, at least rather in a. mercantile
speculation, from which it is speedily to be
disengaged, than in landed property, which
is to descend with all its improvements to
their children's children ? Is not the whole
history of Colonial cultivation ; ia not the
long and violent opposition of the planters to

labour, some above 80 years old. But iri the i the~dboJition of the slave-trade ; is not the
tame interval, the annual nett clearance of the , reluctance they evinced to breed, instead of
tstate was abort three times more than it had purchase, their. slaves, when the latter plan
been for ten years before." \ was so notoriously the most expensive ; is not

If, then, it luis appeared that we should ' be ;t!,eir unwillingness to adopt the enlightened
naturally lea to infer, from the very constitu- arnl profitable suggestions of their able coun-
tion of human ncture, that slave labour is edlor and I experienced associate, «• The Pro
more expensive than the labour of free men ; mssional Planter ;'' are not all these irrcfrb-
if it has appeared that such has been' the f^le proofs, that the practice of a planter,
"pinion of the most eminent philosophers and like that, of other men, may be at variance
^lightened travellers in different awes and with, his intcre£t— especially if. in unison with
co-mtries; if it has appeared that in a state his prejudices and his inclinations ? ' If you
where shivery is allowed, land is most valua- 'should require additional' evidence, 1 refer
We in those districts where the slave system y ou t0 Brougham's Colonial Policy, where
prevails the least, notwithstanding <'redt dis- the fact is illustrated and explained, in lan-
odvantuges of locality ; and that m adjoinin* J?uage, somewhat less courteous, indeed, than
states,, with precisely, the same soil and cl£ 1 &m willing t0 adopt, but wjth the usual

• force and ability of that powerful writer.

ing course of evasion in the colonial function
aries, and 3 indifference, .if not faithlessness,
in the government ; and though the number
of Spanish slave ships condemned in the last
year at Sierra Leone is only six, yet the nurn
ber was immense : they swarm on that coast.
The British treaty with Spain does not admit
their detention, unless slaves are found oi
board, though the indications of s'lavc-tradin<
are as clear as the sun. Tliey watch theii
qpportunitity, take their slaves aboard in a
few hours and sail for their destination.

" The number of slaves captured onboard
these six ships wus JotiO; but one of them
being overset in a tornado, the slaves on
board, to the number of 107 perished. The
crowded state of these ships, and the suffer-
ings of tho slaves from that cause, and from
the ravages of dysentery and small pox, are
now become such necessary incidents of the
trade, that they excite no* surprise. One
case, however, which occurred so recently as
February last, ma}- be specified. It is that
of the Paulita, Antonio Terrara, master, cap-
tured off Cape For mos:. by Lieutenant Tuck-
er, of his Majesty's ship Maidstone, with 211
slaves on board. Her burden was only 6*9
tons, and into this space \vere thrust 82 men,
50' Women, 39 boys and 44 girls. The only
provision found on boaid lor their subsis-
tence, was yams of the worst quality, and
fcetid water- When captured, both small-
pox and dysentery had commenced tiieir rav-
ages. Thirty died on the passage to Sierra
Leone, and the remainder wore landed in an
extreme state of wretchedness and emacia-
tion."

It appears from a letter of Mr. Canning's to
the British Ambassador at Madrid, thai thes.
vessels are chiefly sent out from Havana,
aild are equipped both for trade and war
but their trade is in human be ugs, and their
rear is piracy. If they obtain slaves, thoy
land them surreptitiously at the back of Cuba,
and enter Havana in ballast; it otherwise,
they seiie I ho first vessel they mee t, and if a
slave ship, the better.

_ "An instance is then mentioned as having
recently occurred, in which a prue, with an
English prii.e crew, had disappeared, murder-
ed, as H is supposed, by these pirates. In
another instance, the Netuuo, Brazilian slave
ship, piizo to his Majesty's ' ship Esk, was
proceeding to Sierra Leone in the charge of
Mr. Crawford, a. Master's :mate, when she
was boarded by the boat of a Spanish vessel
called tho Carolina, mounting ten guns. The
pirate Captain and another, who were threat
eriing to drag Mr. Crawford from the prize,
we're shot dead by him, and the remainder of
the boat's crew jumped overboard, and re-
gained their vessel. An action ensued, when
the pirate was beat off, but not till one wo
man-had been killed and another wounded
on board the'Netuno;"

The functionaries at. Havana appear in
this- matter of the Slave Trade, to feel no ob-
ligajtions either of humanity or national faith.
Und-.r the very, eye of the Commissioners,
slat'e ships are 'fitted- out/"

"ISome of t!he cases arc of a very aggrava-
ted |des<;ripti^n. In one case a vessel, the i

Minerva, is chased into the harbeur by two
British ships of war. Not ; *e is given of the
fact to the Civil and Military .Authorities;
Offiers of the Captain General's suite visit the
ship and see her livmg cargo ; and notwith-
standing all this, two hundred slaves, which
wefo on board, are landed in the presence and!
actual view of the British Naval Officers be-
longing to the ships which had chased her;
and when this disgraceful proceeding is de-
nounced, and in the incontestable evidence of
the facts laid" before the Local Authorities,
there instantly seems a concurrence among'
them to take no step to recover the slave*
and punish the' delinquents. All they think
of is to question tho sufficiency of the proof,
and to quibble about the law of the case."
Portugal for a long time refused to aban-
this trade on the score of the necessity
[t transatlantic possessions. But though
" is now independent, the trade contin-
,nd Portugal has recently advanced a
to carry it oh for the supply of her Af-
islands, the Cape de Verds,&c. whence
jg8 easy to take slaves to Brazil or Cuba.
; . Canning has however represented to
Portugal her distinct engagement to use her
fag only for the supply 'of her transalantic
possessions ;. and the result of the corres-
pondence on this subject is an undertaking
on tho part of tiiat power wholly to extin-
guish the traffic.

By a late treaty of England with Brazil,
the final period of the Brazilian Slave Trade,,
is fixed three years from, its- date, (March, .
1827) and the subjects of Brazil concerned
therein, are thenceforth to be deemed guilty
of piracy. Thus, in three years, the Slave
Trade will cease to have a legal existence in
any part of the world. Hitherto, the Brazilian
enormities, made known at tho Mixed Corn-
mission Court at Sierra Leone, have been
extreme.

" Between the 1st January, 1825, and 31st
July, 1820, upwards of 1,500'BraziIian slaves
were condemned into freedom ; and it ap-
pears, from the Sierra Leone Gazelle, that se-
veral important captures were subsequently
made. One, the Principe de Ouinee, freight-
ed with 008 slaves, and strongly armed, was
gallantly taken, after a desperate resistance,
by Lieut. Tucker, in a small schooner, a ten-
der to his Majesty's ship Maidstone. Anoth-
er, the Intrepida, measuring only 100 tons,
had on b .ard 310 slaves, in a state of great •
wretchedness and emaciation, seventy- of
whom died in 40 days. A third, the Invinci-
ble, with a cargo of 440 slaves— a number, it
seems, 03 short of her full complement; but
these were so crowded together, that it be-
came absolutely impossible to separate tho
sick from the healthy; and dysentery, oph-
thalmia, and scurvy breaking out among
them — the provisions and water being of the
worst kind, and the filth and stench beyond
all description — 180 of the number had pen-
ished in less than 00 days.

Two Brazilian ships brought to Sierra Le-
one for adjudication. were restored because,
though they had taken their slaves on board
north of tho line, they were actually captu-
red south of the line, for which the treaty
had not provided.

The slaves on hoard these two ships, the
Active and the Porpetue Defensor, amount*-
ing. in till to 390, when they understood they
were to be given up to the .claimants, muti-
nied, and effected their escape to the shore;
and having made good their landing there,
the acting governor refused to permit force
to . be used to recover them ; and they are
now under the tare of the Colonial Govern-
ment.

The Report says it is to be regretted, that
no arrangemouts have been made- with the'
UK1TED STATES, for the mutual suppres-
sion of this trade ; and it then pronounces a .
strong censure on the Internal Slave Trade
of this country. Humanity has much to de-
,horc,' and national policy not less, on this • •
painful subject ; a ad though some tnisapprt-
htnsion and exaggeration concsrning <it f fit- ■
vail in England, y*t it is deepfy to be taM*n-
ted that* we should (tj/brd to those who regaro*
us at all time's tvith national prejudice, so just,
a ground of .censure. We heartily join in -the r
sentiments of the concluding Jparagwjah'.b.l*
*.he Report. ; ' • - ' .

" The time, it maybe hoped, is -f««f ap-
proaching, when a better feeling, wiii per-
vade every part of the world pretending to

<-.' '"•"'"i^' j'."

106

FREEDOM S JOtlkNAll

Christian principle and the .light of civiliza-j
tion; and it is no slight eneoura-jement to
the'aherishing of this hope, that a Decree lias
recently appeared from the Kmpcror ot Aus-
tria, remarkable both for the principles it as-
serts, and the sanctions it -impose?, utterly
abolishing slavery through the Austrian Do-
minions. "Every man,' 1 says' his Imperial
Majesty," by the right of nature, sanctioned
"by reason, must be considered a free person.
Every slave becomes free rom the inowent
he touches the Austrian soil, or even an Aus-
trian ship. The free governments of Great
Britain, America, and France may learn a
salutary lesson oi justice and humanity from
-this Monarch."

WJSST INDIES.
The following are Extracts from the Se-
cond Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry
«>f Administration of Civil and Criminal Jus-
tice, m the West Indies; the Report being
limited to St. Vincent, Dominica :

In speaking of the Criminal Justice of
£5t. Vincent, the Report says—

The Provost Marsiial General is here, as
an other islands, the executive oiiicer of all
fche courts.' The Chief ustice'said, "He
da wis a right of acting as Marsiial in the
Court of Admiralty."

For carrying the sentence of the li
execution, in criminal cases Hie Mai
allowed by the colony .£13 12s. ; but
ted, that kt italways had cost him £/0
It is alter all," he continued, " executei
miserable manner. The culprit i;
tree, and placed on a rurn puncheon, win
they pull from under him;" % %

In the gaol are confined persons of every
description ; debtors, criminals, runaways,
and lunatics. It is 'quite large enough, and
separations might be made very easily. Tiie

Bv general opinion, custom, and practice* .250 pagrs, and containing 4hc jacts (tnd dc-
'"■ " * ; " iv and ean, tftils oii \mhich the Report U fouiid'td, ' follows

upper part is quite commodious and any; tiiCj^

universally^ if not by law, slaves may
and do acquire properly, deal with it and dis-
pose of it as dheir own. There is an Act,"
continued the Attorney-Gimeral, »« now before
the L;:gislaturtyand it will probably pass, es-
ubhshing sueh'a right in slaves." . 'The Chief
Justice said, "be had known many slaves pur-
i:!];i,0 iheir own freedom with their acquisi-
tion.-.," and mentioned a particular instance
occurring. 4 - lodtistry and prudence have af-
forded many the means of. being enfranchised,
and they have been so ; but.it is not yet legally
obligatory on the master to acquiesce in it —
I iiope tb'see the day arrive. 1 ' " It is intended
to- be done shortly," said the Attorney' Gener-
al. Tneic are instances in this island of slaves
purchasing slaves.

* *> #'

In the island of D uninica, and speaking
of tl:o administration ol Criminal Justice, tlie
Report proceeds —

The condition of the gaol will best be col-
lec'.ed from the following relation of what oc-
curred to myself, on visiting it, for the purpose
of a personal inspection of the degree of ac-
commodation it afforded. I found the outer
door open, and an inner door off its hinges,
and broken, 'and entered without any obstruc-
tion into the yard, when I ascended a crazj
staircase; and" found myself in the debtors'
parlment, the roof of which was greatly de-
ed, and in several places admitted the rain,
debtor, whom I saw there, a gentleman
a Major in the army, informed me thai
reason he did not walk out precisely i..
same manner that I had entered, was be-
so he had given his parole that lie wouL
not lie, however, forcibly represented his
serious, and I thought, well louuueu, apprehen-
sion, that in the probable event oi a hurricam-
happenuing in a few weeks, (it being the com-
mencement of the hurricane season} the build-
and its tenants would bo all swept away'b

cack dommeni,,}

0 ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

— i —

tion he sometimes pleads and offers. " Peace
bo within thy walls, prosperity within thy
palaces ; yea, " her very dust and ruins ,
precious in hia eyes." J. II. K.

■eiher, I had afterwards an interview wit

lowvr part {the cel.s) very much the contia- ^ govcnior u on lhe subjec , aud L . jrd
ry ; they are dark and ^ damp^ » 1 know- .-^^ proJnised t0 do ev my thing m his pow

man," proceeded the Marsiial, " confined
there from September to February, who c;
out so altered that 1 scarcely knew him
changed from black to yellow."
. The wail is strong, bui there is only a
gle door, = whence it has happened that tae
turnkey has often been knocked down by u.<
atout fellow; and it is easy, by mean* of some
oi die buildings, to get to the top oi the .vail.'-
Tcore is no separation of criminals from ;
debtors, or of men from women, ao-.i no ciassi- ;
ficaiiou aocoiding to toe nature oi' the offence
or a^e of the acoussed. The Judge once di- .
reeled solitary coniinemcnt, but uey cat: no;
means of .currying it into effect.— p. 2:1.

in no case can any c uoared person, in tins
island, be deemed a f/eohu.d&r, except for
the purpose of leasing or assigning ins prup-,
erty. lie is entitle/ however, when h oe. :
" to hold land ami slaves," and has. i appre-
hend, a freehold interest; though not a f. co-
lloid tenure (to qualify him to vote at Elec-
tions, &c.)

Slave evidence is not admitted against free
persons, in cases wncre other eviuence is un-
attainable. Upon this defect in liio laws, the
Chief Justice remarked. .. "Tiie accession oi
, clave evidence against free , ersons would
seem to be, sometimes indispensab 1 ;.' neces-
sary to public justice. The i'irst person who
was tried before me for murder, in this isl-
and, was a free negro, who had most pioba-
biy committed the crime of which he was ac-
cused ; but he escaped, because the dying
declaration of the murdered slave coulu not
be admitted in evidence against him."

i prom is

■ or, to cU'oct the removal of the debtor to
i more secure place.

I The gaoler k< has particular orders to apprise
ia medical man ot the iilncs of any slaves, iiu-
I mediately when i uccurs,auu to provide an'yoom-
forts the, require; the expenses are defrayc
by liu: owner oi tiie slave, or the colony." —
• I) ,'OLors. if procure their o>vti medical a;
ton.iaiirs." A, tiie best pros^/vative ol m aim
on the huniano suggestion oi the Ea,i o 'Hun-
dingdon, J ho gaoler esualh empl.n .-> prisoner?
in the garden, mr an hour oi tw..>, m uie eoo
of trio 'mortung ,ni evemi-jf. -p. 44.

Slaves are only dogged by tiie. public oifi
car, in cases where that punishment make-
part of their sentence pronounced by mu*is
irate s or courts of justice.

The cug(} is the place of confinement for
slaves, who' are sent there by order of the
magistrate:*, or to\vn-war>iens. ,; That is,'
says tiie cage-keeper. disorderly persoi.s,
slave? saucy to tneir masters, &.c. "runaway s
or iliieves are sent to tiie gaol."

" Tiie cage is secure, but it is not dry and
healthy, for the rain comes in at the top-'-
that is," said tiie cago-keeper, " it oozes
through the walls."

It is large enough for three men and three
women, and the present cage-keeper, though
he had been in office nearly three years, inn
never had charge of above half that, nam
her.

It is the duty of the cage-keepor to whip
j slave:?, or to see them wlftpped, though slaves

In this case as we are informed, a dollar J f'^f 1 10 * j" l f e ^ ™ n 6C, " 1

thupretiumamor^lrad been paid to the uc- \ K^tlu m lS J *X \ i

i . iL .' ,v- ,ii lie nogs the n wit h a cat uuoii the shoulu

ceased by the prisoner, a soldier m a black. , x \ r nynnn .. , , 1

regiment" After the gratirication of his pas [ Lo ^ »° T«>«, , J ,° tfS f V V>

8ions, the fellow insmed on th< ■ restoraiion ! ^ e ^ ^ te"' ^"^^"

«of U e silver;" the girl made an animated : ^\ j. *° p ^1^%^ i'"'

i ,i ° ii . ll ii -.1 each slave Hogged, thacowskni and cart-
resistance, when the soldier stabbed her with ^ &a hlstr| - ents of pmi[sh J^ ^

x 10 ■ away with, it is in the character of clerk' oi
the market, not us cage-keeper, that this'of-

fcis bayonet, and left her bleeding on
ground a little wav in the wood : in which

annauon she was discovered shortly alter in f d ' in i n nicuhg these puidshmenr,,

adv.ugsta o. She gave nis accoun (which d , ha j fl 1(1 £ !

co :>d not be received at e trial) before sne- • ^ K ■ M » MJ c i.

ex ired. t he ( elect in the has could not, , d J ^ p u ,„shmen t s arc°fewer hun
p,;naps, be rendered more apparent.-p. 24. jtiiey used lo be> yiavos Mt r n in aa private

rr, .i .^i , f 1 whipping, but they feel a disirrace from a

. To the question, whether the power of the; ; b ; ° unislmiei / in Ul - ■ Ir0 ! n *

w>\.- tor over the sia\e was considered absolute ' - : ■ ■ . ...

in this - ialano, ' t!;- Cmel Jumi^o oxciaii
l< Ta:s query nea.'l astonished me

^i^ucirivLr t l ^i,t u ^f s r? nev r co T itted . to ^ e iu

any oihcr subi,eiV' &e. &c. The Attorney th % J f n ^/ 0 l °^ er tU » e tMn 94 houw.
a ■ l oil «* \ T • i.f> h- ..wo ooiwr ni ' N ' 1 Jie Commissioners required .the cat

rSX^^JrCi, «"> t!«na g i ?tr ,to.weihtor ro .

*L of »bv«. n BDdor'consKleratico." • ! are .« *!"»">« °f

Chief iv-;^ " there murtte . nece^.y ; ™'' fl'-". tbe .', r «'?
M bcrd,,,,u,r, onii obedience from "sluve lo J, I'fe' S, nf- „-lf °r f^.,' 0 f

,lOB ' [The JJppcndix, confistivg of upwards of

> market. The clerk
L 'jof the market don't (he insisted) favour any:

^bi' t 1 ll0 is on 0flt ' 1 t0 flo = ali alik * ) » ne mts
it ' women just as hard as the men."

_ J Slaves arc never committed to the cage

f ■ this island, for a longer time than 24 hot;:

KOR Till! KUEKDOM S JOURNAL.

AM K life AN €OLO?a^ATlU% SOCIETY.
jVo. L

During the retirement of a fdw days, from
the ordinary avocations of life, I know not
huw 1 cun better comply with the injunction
of " redeeming the time," than in the way
intimated in- the title of these communica-
tions. 1 am pleased, that a weekly paper is
established among the " People of Colour, 1 '
because of the facilities it affords l' r an ex
tensive communication with this neglected
portion of our community. Tins, I acknowl-
edge, is not the only reason why I patronise
the " Pkeeuoh's JorttN-vn;" and yet it is
one not to be ovei looked, in a land, svhere'.
emphatically, " knowledge is power." Ot
this power, the free People of toiour are ac-
quiring a small share, in despite of the many
and appalling difficulties they labour under
They must now be won, not driven. The)
have reasoning powers, for whose proper ex-
ercise they are responsible in common with
others; and they beg leave in matters which
deeply affect their interests, to form their
judgments according to the evidence laid be-
fore them.

Among the People of Colour, the author of
the following Communications has many ac-
quaintances, whose friendship he is not asha-
med to pn/c ; and, under a full conviction,
that it is the right, and privilege, ana duty of
this class of his feilo a -citizens, to decide
freely and intelligently for themselves, and
to act acoordingiy, he now addresses to them
a Series of Essays on li Tin: +iuwican Soci-
ety for Colonizing the Fret People of Colour. 1 ' 1
This Subject has already received some no-
tice in the columns of the ; ' Journal, '' but
not of that extent, nor altogether of that sort
its importance demands.

1 am happy to hud, that some of the warm-
est supporters of the UolohLatiuii Society,
in Philadelphia, also pai'ruuuo tiie '• Jour-
SAh" A. they were aware at. the time of
subscribing, that the views of its Editors
differed widely from, their own on the sub-
ject of Colonisation, we cannot but appreci-
ate their conduct in this particular. Sucn
persons cannot be inimical to African weal.
They DeJieveu, that a paper' propeny edited
i'V coloureu men, could not fan to attract the
nmice, and to elevate the enaractur, of tne
coioiired community. Suth mends to tile
v.oiomiiation .Society, cannot " dread an m-
vesWgation of tiio principles on wliich tiie
rSoeiety is based." in tneir breasts,- a wel
retfulaied jealousy of their insiiiutiun, 'can
eAcite iio iears. i hey kno.v, thai if- il be ol
Uou it-must prosper; and that if il be over-
thrown by a iittle canvassing' of its moius,
eijey may well abandon il. iimeeu, it ougnt
;ot to excite, surprize in aijy cue, that the
Coioiired People are a little suspicious & j-jj. \
!ous on this eject. Can wc expect to liuu
men in a mood for d ; ^passionate aigumenia-
.ioii, wJiose every n<nir has been tiauq led
mi, and whose lccliugs are perpetually blis-
tered anew by insinuations in regard lo their
physical, menial, and moral structure.- Let
not the advocates of Colonization he dismay-
ed, at the tardiness coloured persons mani-
fest to Jail into thuir scheme. Shouid there
ever be an excess of jealousy in the case, it
is not ominous of ill. A little over-bodmg of
'feeling and of expression, only indicates a
lire bciioikth. that promises much, when pro-
perly tended: it is only, an evidence, Lhat
ttiese people appreciate thuir rights and in
terests, aud are unwilling to waste them in
every chimerical project.' Such are the al-
lowances which every friend of the Coloni-
sation Society must make for the prejudices,
us he will account them, of die People of Co-
lour, on this subject. Asperities, However,
of expression, ought to be carefully avoided.
They predispose those readers, whose fa-
vourable opinion is most desirable to an un-
favourable judgment of the man who uses,
and of the cause which needs, them. The
reader, it is hoped,. will Imve no reason to
complain of this evil in the Essays now con
ternplated. 'Their author feels kindly to all,
and iiopu3 to express himself so io most. Lie
will; have occasion, to make unfavourable
personal allusions but seldom, uuu then only
"lewd fellows of the baser sort," whose

iprosccutioa*."

to 1

feelings, if they have any, have no claim to
be spared, nor their blusteringa to be heed-
ed, jnor their tJmilca to be courted.

■Meanwhile- the reader may assure himself,
thai the author is not knowingly nostile to
Afr can interests. He is not ah indifferent
spectator ofjtbo movements now mukiiio- in
herj behalf, ilor wholly unthankful for what-
ever betokens good to her sons here, or else-
where. That " Ethiopia joay stretcli forth
her' tJRnda unto God," is a ra-oouso and pcti-

FOR THK FRKEDOM S JOURNAt.

Messfs* Editors, —

I have for some time contemplated, with
feelings of regret, the ardour and zeal with
which Christians and Patriots engage in aid-
ing the Greeks, and in sending Missionaries
to the most remote parts of the earth ; at the
same time forgetting, or seeming to forget,
that there are thousands in their own coun-
try, far more wretched and more deserving
of compassion. They forget the old proverb,
'• charity begins at Ziorne." If they love not.
their brethren whom they have seen, how
can they love those whom they have not
seen ? Should a tribe of Savages, who were
in a suffering condition, be visited by a -nan,
who should inform them, that he had left his
intke co intry, and come a very long jour-
ney, in the hope that he should be able to al-
ley rite their sufferings; would they not idol-
ize such a man f But should they learn, that
he left u large .family, who must inevitably
perish in cousequence of his leaving them,
would it not-be apparent, that the desire of
gaining popular applause, was his only ob-
ject ? And would not even the Savages exe-
crate such a man ?

Is not this a just comparison of the con-
duct of our Missionary Societies? Should
>he Heathen be told, that the good Chris-
tians in the Uiuted States, who ./ere taking
so much pains to enlighten than; regardless
of the laws of God, or the rights of manj
unjustly held in bondage, and in barbarous
ignorance, near two millions of their fellowi
beings, whom trey had inhumanly torn from,
their kindred and country ; suppressed their'
energies ; trampled upon their rights ; and
used them as beasts of burden ; would not
even those unenlightened Heathen say, Sure-
ly, nog!>od can come from a people among
wjiom such barbarous injustice is tolerated !
And would they not regard the Heralds of
Salvation, as agents, sent to rob them of their
rights and liberties ?

• About six weeks ago, in the iiope of inter-
esting the better feelings of some, in beiiaif
of the oppressed Africms, 1 wrote the fol-
lowing

SERlOrs ADDRESS TO THE MIS.
S . u ;» r A it i' S O C i & T 1 uo.

You semi Bibie-'s and Missionaries to the
uttermost end.-* of the eartu— i'ou. compas-
sionate the waiioerert. oi the iiuuse of Israel
— You use your utmost cnueavours to en-
lighten the idolatrous rieaufeii, and to teach
tneui the knowledge of the only true Cjou : —
Nor is the roue Barbarian, or uie lawless.
Savage, forgotteu.— Whereov.er human toot-
steps mark the earth, the knowledge of God
is proclaimed, — the Gospel preached.. Your
ministers daily, implore tiie Almighty. to bless
the efforts of tue wandering iuissiomuy, that
through his moans the Heathen might be en-
lightened — the Barbarian, softened — the
vago tamed. — The ohjects of your solicitinie
are afar off! and are there none in this happy
land, who have a- claim upon your bounty,
upon your compassion? I blush for my coun-
try ! Must I tell it? Yes: in the United
States, a land blessed with a free govern-
ment, salutary laws and a delightful climate,
arc. thousands ami tens of thousands oi oar
fellow-crea(ures / groamug in darkness, . ia
bondage and in despair.

The Brainins, Hindoos, Heathen, perish in
Ganges' sacred stream ; are crushed beneath
the iron car of Juggernaut; or are consumed
upon the itinera; pyre.— 1 key Jive- free, and
die voluntarily. Yet you thinR their situation
deplorable, .and .leave no means untried to
remedy it. Look in our Southern States;,
you will there see a clus#of degraded be-
ings, abject, miserable beyond description;
who have been criieJly torn from kindred and
country, inhumanly yoked with brutes, and
fettered to tho soil! These poor Slaves are ■
too low and degraded,, to excite compassion
in the breasts of Christians; thty are not re-
membered in the prayers of tlie righteous—
the light of truth breaks not upon thtm-\o
them the bible is not sent—to their benighted
souls, no kind missionary whispers words. ot*
comfort, i Notwithstanding, they are kept in
a situation, by their cruel tyrants, ' in which,
■tlwiy ciih learn nothing but to till the soil, 9i
to bear heavy burdens : yet even in this de-
graded state, the feelings of nature triumph
over bondage, the Slave, (yes, a Slave) dares
to love ; his barbardus Master suffers him to
live with the woman of his choice— for what?
To augment the number of human wretche*,
and .when it is for his interest, he inhumanly,
tours the wife from her lmsbaud^-t he chil-
dren from their parents— Ties, that ta the
free;> constitute tho dear felicities of lifa
serve but to aggravate their woes. The gen-
erous parent's heart is broken, when he cop
templates, his wretched offspring doomed A
Slavery from their birth - r all the°ties of !</> •

Li:

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107

of kindred, disregarded by the lawless ty-
rants. 1 ask you, I appeal to your feel-
ings, a.* men, as christians, if these are not
more objects of compassion, than those to
weom yru send missionaries ? The sufferings
of the Slaves cry loudly ;or vengeance ! the
means are in your power to alleviate those
sufferings; will you neglect to improve those
means? Shall it he said, that the Americans

are less humane than tln« English ? Shall it j lef "'the Africans go: the measure of their
be said, that yon traverse the eas and the '.crimes is nearly full. The groans, theHears,
farthest corners *bf the earth to iind objects ' the anguish of the sufferers, have reached
of. charity ; while the most abject, miserable ; the throne of Mercy : the God of justice wi

requested him to procure for me all the pre-
ceding numbers, if they conld be obtained'
I think 1 may venture to assert, that the
Southern rJeople will never set their Slavos
at liberty ; they are in the same state, that
the Egyptians were, when they held' the chil-
dren of Israel in bondage. They are, like
the Egyptians, cruel and oppressive; and
they harden their hearts, that they will not

race on earth, remained unpitied, un^uceoui
ed in the bosom of your own country? For-
bid it, righteous Heaven !

The foregoing Address I sent to the Edi-
tor of the fur publication, but

he would not disgraee his paper by inserting
any thing in favour of the outcast Africans.
I ihen sent it to other Editors ; but not one
of them will publish any thing in favour of ! My dear Observer,
the Slaves, for fear of destroying their popu-t 1
larity at the South. On the contrary, they
attempt to prove, by fallacious arguments, ; Qj^gj. 4 ,
that the condition' of the Slaves is far prefer- ;
abl- to that of the free blacks. The Slaves, '■
they say, have no care, no anxiety; every ;
thing is provided for them by their humane
masters. While the latter, poor, ignorant ;
creature*, unfit to govern themselves, and |
suffered to run at large, become a nuisar.ee I
to society. That the free blanks a e thus lg- i
nor.mt, is an indelible stain upon the charac
ter of the whites ; — they have no opportuni
ties of getting inform , tion.

pour oat his wrath, upon their oppressors,
without mixture of mercy.

S**** Ii

FOR TUB FREEDOM S JOURNAL.

OBSERVER. — NO. IV.
! A little man's the noblest work ..of God.'

qualify him for its dutic«, to tho liberal patronage tremble In his coffin, or ho is perfectly inno-

of our brbthreq and friends.

SAMUEL, E. CORNISH.
NtW'Yrok, Stpt, 14,

NOTK

Jls jtfr.jCoRrmii uriU be^^j^ng throvgh
different parts of ihe co'untn/, he half* a pried so

ftcccpfofa General ^en#or the < Journal,' paper of the 24th7aga°inst Judge VVashingVoa,
and is hereby authorized to trans act^tny busi- I was at Mount Vernon a few days since,

cent of the charge. Wo wait, and with no
common anxiety for an explanation on tho
part of Judge Washington. This is a charge
that admits no ordinary explanation— there w t
there can be no alternative.
More of Judge Washington. and his 'slaves,
To the editor of the Morning ('hroniclo.

Sir : I have it in my power to give you some
information the charge that appears in your

hess relating to it.

Joiijr B. Rusmvurm.

I I read your Numbers as fast as they ap-
pear, and with much pleasuic. But, my dear
ver, it is almost the onl' pleasure I
have this side the grave. 1 am fond of soci-
ety, and delight much to join the circle,
where woman's smiles impart joy and happi-
ness to all. Yet amid the enjoyment of such
a scene, when voices are in high ghjjc, and
the laughter of maidens is .heard, I am the
most miserable puppy on. earth. Yes, I Tom
Little, with a soul tremblingly alive to every
j r i tender feeling, and with a deep devotion to
In , .;• rt "the cause of the daughters of Adam, am tit-
it uiej are em- j tered at and , laughed at by them ! And why,

my dear Observer, you are ready to ask ?
Forsooth, J happen to be five or six inches
below the common standard in height. I

ployed "by the whites, it is only to do the
lowest drudgery. If they send their children
to our public schools, they are sure to be in-
sulted, and scornfully treated by the other n .> • ■ - .1 * •. - w

ii -,„i n i'^n«i,„ n , fw. ♦ ,.„.^i know you will think with me, that it is unfair
sc holars ; ana oftcniimes, tnev are treatea t „ .^^.^.^ ,„i r i ■

A'OTICE.-

and . was told by some the slaves, whose
countenances were remarkably indicative of
despondency and dejection, that more than

« „„. nv „ . - . fifty -of their companions (51> as I believe) had

Subscribers are informed, that been 8ol(1 but a ' WC(;k b l etbrc t to h ew

the second half-yearly payment, tn advance, - ■• « * ..

for the " Juurwai.," is now aue.
.Yew York, Sipl 13, 1827.

.COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
As some of our friends, who are friendly to the

Orleans, for ton thousand dollars,' the whole.
One would have thought that the poor crea-
tures w ho were left, the aged and blind, had
lost every friend on earth.

I enquired the reason. They answered,
that husbands had been torn from their wives
and children, and that many relations wero

measures of tho Colonization Society, may think left behind. Take, the following comment.

I asked an old slave if he was living at
Mount Vernon when George Washington,
died. His answer wns, "no sir— not eqlucky
—I should not have been a slave now, if I
had." The reader ought to know, that
George Washington set all his slaves free
upon his death, and that Judge Washing*-
ton is his nephew.

to undervalue a man on account of his size ;
for they well know, at least they ought to
know, that I had no agency in the matter. I
think, my dear Observer, if you publish this
letter, they will see their injustice in ridicu-

with cruelty or nogh-ct by the instructors.
In 1816, 1 heard a man, who was a -public in-
structor in Portland boasting, thot he had
im: tie all the .Yegio children quit his school.

"One ! lack fellow, (said this brute in human i- ' i ^ ^ • « . ■? , , , .

. B Upe.) *e«-n.cd deteimined to come at all ^ \ m **> ior that wh,ch »>e had.no part
events. I one day ordered him to clean out f n0r l0t - 1 our ^ v M er ' T t'ft'T i?

fne vault, belonging to the school-house—' JuauiiLU
this had the desired effect: the black imp; For our friend Little, we who are little
went off, and I saw no more of him." (This ourselves,.(being .some five feet three.) feel
I know to be a fact.) j no small consideration. A uisc man has said,

I have observed that the coloured people, j ladies are perverse things, and there is no
who 'ivr? some distance back in liie country, 1 forcing them to love against their will. The
ar- 1 much more intelligent than those that ; utmost we can do, is to intreat him to hear
live in cities, or sea-ports. The reason of; his misfortunes like a man, to show thorn
this- i~. because the country people are more ' that, if the "compound of bone and muscle,"
friendly, ai d consider them rational beings : which compose his bodily frame is somewhat
like themselves. I spent most of the year 1613 less th:m the portion unsigned to other men:

in the town of . and although I was then he has a heart equal to that possessed of yore

b;i? II year.-: old, yet 1 as distinctly recollect by Goliah himself. Let him recollect for his
the family of Peru Brackly, as if it were not ! inward satisfaction, that the Empo/or of all
a mo'iitli since. This was a coloured family, ! the French, who made both lords and ladies
and the only erne in. the neighbourhood; they j bow at his feet,— was- a little man. John Pe
had a large family of children, who wore dis- j ter Boyer, President of Hayti, and possissor
tin!ruiahe(i lb.- their intelligence, industry j of the hearts of all the flaytien ladies, is a
and good morals, and were as much b-doved j little man. Alexander Pope, the child 'of
respected as any family in the neigh- j song, was a little man.

' Pope who said,

It was this same

hood. Peru was not bom in thraldom,
although he was for many years a slave; he
v:z< kidnapped on th« 'coast of Guinea, ac-
cording to his own account, when he was but
six years old, brought- to America, and sold
to a gentleman in" Massachusetts. I many
times heard him tell the story of his court-
ship and mani.ige, which was truly divert-
ing; he nianicda free woman against the
will of his master, ;-nd as he loved his wife
l* n <t, he took a French leave of his master,

and went to live with her, a short time before j ^=^=^ : = = = r - -.—-^-^^ - -= ; ^=-»
the slaves in that state were set at liberty, f FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.
During my rc;i.icnce in — , the youngest son j

An honest man's the noblest 7vork of God:
Which, according to the rules of interpret-
ation, adopted by"Divines of the present day ;
signifies,

A little man's tho noblest work of God.

Lastly, we, ourselves, who are welcome in
every house, honoured by old maidens and
loved by young virgins — are a little man !

ot 'this Peru, whose name was also Peru, d
an action, that had he- been white, would
have for ever stamped him a Hero. They
lived near the Seven Mile Pond, and in the
winter season skating was a favourite amu.se-
Jiient with the young 1 men of the place. One
evening the young Peru, and two other young
Jn-m, were skating ; the two last wero a little
before Peru ; they came to a large open
pi;ico in the ice, which they did not discover
till t ; ey were so near, taat it was impossible
for them to stop. Peru heard his companions
phmge in the water, and as quick as thought,
threw himself upon his back. In an in-
stant, he crepi to the edge of the ice, and
U'hen his unfortunate companion appear-
ed upon the surface, caught one by the hair
°f his head, and pulled him out, the % other
sunk the second time: on his reappearance,
«€caug-ht him in tiie like manuer, and pulled
out. Peru was then but sixteen years

old. '

^1 feel confident, that the circulation of the
F:v:tfom's Journal, will, in time, be the' means
sf ; 4 -really improving the condition of the free
f ;"ured people. The Editors of our Papers
ar ^ so nurrosv contracted, that !hey never
Rationed tlie Freedom's Journal — and I was
^noratit of its publication, until about a week
^ t( »- I accidentally saw your twenty-second
" iiiiber. I was highly pleased with iU? con-
.? e _ 1! island immediately called on your x\gent
! » this place, and subscribed for it; "and

NEW-YORK, SEPTEMBER 11. 1827.

TO THE PATHOS'S AND Fill ENDS OF

" frkedom's JOURNAL."
Six months of our Editorial labours having
expired; by mutual consent, and gocd wishes for
tiiu prosperity and usefulness of each other, our
connection in the " Jocunaj.," is this day dissol-
ved; and the right and prerogatives exclusively
vested in the Junior Editor, J. B. Russwlkm.
. The reasons for the dissolution of our connec-
tion, are as follows :— fully persuaded that it "will
be for my health and interest, I have resolved to
remove to the country; and with the consent* of
the Presbytery of New-York, of which I am a
Member, and to whom I am responsible, as cir-
cumstances will .permit, to devote myself exclu-
sively to thc*work of the Ministry, as a Mission-
ary, or otherwise, as I may bo most useful in the
country.

I, therefore,- fully convinced of tho usefulness
and necessity of " FresihimY Journai.", 1, in ele-

vating the lone of feeling, and improving tho mo-

that our opposition, to the said Society, is more
pointed than necessary — as many may be igno-
rant of the extensive meaning of " consistent, 1
as prefixed to " president," and, consequently, of
the following article ; we deem it an imperious
duty which we owe to Ike Public, to republish it.

Man is a short-sighted creature. In forming a
judgment of other mens' intentions, their conduct
: is his sole guide. ITow plausible soevor their
pretensions may be, it always becomes tho party
most interested, to leave no stone unturned, to ar-
rive at the truth. We admit, that the objects of
the Society, a3 set forth, arc of a popular nature,
and are such, as would immediately arrest the at-
tention of the philanthropist and patriot, who
might be zealous to alone to an oppressed and de-
graded people, for the wrongs committed by their
forefathers; but we query, whether it becomes
such, in justice, after perceiving that Slavery
formed its foundation stone, and was tho Goddes3
its present supporters (a great majority) were de-
sirous of erecting a temple in honour of, and of
perpetuat ing, by the removal of tho free people of
colour to the coast of Liberia, to assist by their
contributions, and by tho influence of their
names.

From various sources, we loam that tlie friends
of the Society hajve been making great efforts
during this season, to get up a Memorial to Con-
gress in its behalf: and to carry this into eiii-ct.
no pains have been spared to procure signatures
:i the different states.

As we are desirous that a public expression of
our views of the Society should be betoro the
community, before the next meeting of Congress,

c would suggest to our brethren, the propriety
of calling Public Meetings in their diil'erent cities,
nd of expressing their views of tho Colonizing
scheme publicly.

We commenced not this short article with a
view of discussing tho merits of the Society. We
can,.assure ou? readers that, though we have ex-
presed our decided disapprobation oi the Society,
wo wish to see the subject fully discussed in our
columns, being truly anxious to make a few con
verts among our friends.

The late Gov. Phillips, of Massachusetts, one
of the Vice-Presidents of the Society, was a man
of enlarged views and immense wealth : distribu-
ting' it by bequest among the various charitable
institutions of our country, had the Society merit
cd a share, would she have been, neglected by this
benevolent and holy man ? But to our article.

From the Baltimore Morning Chronicle.
Explanation Wanted— Wo hope for the
honour of humanity, for the'sanction of truth,
for the purity of the Judicial e. mine, that the
following paragraph, is inconect, which we
extract from the Genius of Liberty, Tuesday
last,; a paper printed at Leesburg,'(Va.) con-
ducted by an editor, alike conspicuous lor his
talents and for his modesty.

" |6n Saturday lact d drove of negroes,
consisting of about-' 100 men, women and
children, passed . through this town for a
southern destination 1 .*

Fifty four of the above unhappy wretches,
were sold by Judge Washington, of Mount
Vornon, President of the Mother Colonization
Sockty;" ■ . I

There ; is in our apprehension, no middle
groujhd to be jtaken in this case ; the proprie-
tor pf Mburjt Vernon, '.the abode of that

&ummarg.

On Sunday evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock,
ifwo of the. crew of the sohr. Little William, bound
to Baltimore, rose against the captain with knives,
wounded him in the •head, and then brought th«
schooner to anchor a mile below the Narrows.
The Captain hailed the ^ettiauger Vice-President,
Beatty, who with his crew and the pasaengers
went to his assistance, and brought theschooner

up to town on Monday afternoon. Unlucky

Shot.— A farmer of the west, lately shot a squir-
rel in his wheat barrack, and soon after discover-
ed it on fire, probably from the wadding^ flo

lost his buildings, grain, and hay. A paper is

to be established at Buffalo, to support the cauee

of General Jackson and Capt. Morgan! —

Forty-one passengers lately left Pawtuckct in

the stage coach, for Providence. In Leomin-

stor, Mas3. 150 persons are employed in the man-
ufacture of conibs. The value of the articles-
manufactured yearly, is i 00,000. A -child of"

Mr. Nathaniel Osboui, of Norwich,* Conn, was
run over and killed by a baggage waggon on the
evening of the aist ult. fr had been at play in
the street, and being fatigued, had sat down in a
deep rut. The driver mhitook it fbr a bunch of

rags. ' Quick travelling. Mr. James

Bride, agent for the Boston and Providence Citi-
zen a Coach Company, came on express from
Providence to Boston in two hours and fifty min-
utes.- It is pjiicl upwards of 60 females voted

at the late elections in Canada. Unexampled

passage. — The steamboat North America per-
formed, last week, the voyage to Albany, making
all tho usual landings, in I I hours and 2 minuted,
against a stong north wind. She left the wharf
at New- York, at 5 minutes past fi A. M. and ar-
rived in Albany at 7 minutes past 5 P. M„

Henry L. Me Duff, supposed to be from Dutchese
co. put an end to his life a few days ago in the

town of Glen. The out rage at Brunswick,

Mo. upon a company of Penobscot Indiana, has

been amicably settled. Rapid strides in the

Laves. — At the August tsrm of the Supreme
Court of thi* state, 2:3 members of the law were
admitted as counsellors, and 46, as attornies of that

Court, in all 70 ! A society has been formed

in Philadelphia, to encourage the consumption of
produce raised by freemen, ip preference to that
of slaves,

Washington,. that ' rt belonged,- not to Virginia,
not tn Amewjia, but who dignified by his birth
, , ., , ; the world that' we 'inhabit, whose character
ral and domestic condition of our brethren, do re . g tfa I e „ oper ^ y 0 f all ages and of all nations,
commend the panic, in ihe hands of ito preieht .»] iae either done,. a deed, that would make the
Editor, whose education ' and, talents amply! stinpW'Tttawtbe" Ajijj&ican hero almost

MARRIED,

On last evening, by the Rev. S. E. Cor-~
n'sh, Mr. Titus Dickson Miss Amelia
Lewis.

\t Hanover, Morris Co. N. J. on the 25th
ult. by the Rev. Aaron Condit, Mr. Gtorge
Honeyman, of 'New- York, to Miss Ckftrhtte
Linn, of the former place.

At the same place, by the same, on the?
same evening, Mr. Jeptha Hedges to Missr-
jYanrj JJnn, both of Hanover. • '

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Bolivar is requested to call.. Coloniza-
tion Society, Nos. 2, and 3, have been
rccei'-ed, and shall appear in course. — The
Due am, w under consideration. Several com-
nmnications, i>ostag>: not vaid, must rt'
main urti\oticed.

SEPTEMBER.

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15 Saturday . . .

16 Sunday ....

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FRE R POM'S JfOTTBjNAL.

Land of the wise '. whore Science broke

fnke morning fr-m chaotic deeps,
Where Muses, ho'lv nrophot, woke,

Whore Parsons," youthful martyr, sleeps.

LarH of tii'' brave! where Carthage rcar'd
'Gainst haughty R«ii"', a warrior's crest)

Where Cato. iikea God revered.
Indignant pierced his patriot breast.

Land of >.he scorned, the exii'd race !

Who fainting 'neath oppressive toil,
Witlt never-ceasing tears retrace

Their palm-tree'shadu, their lather's soil.

Shall blest Benevolence extend

}jfr angel reign from sea to sea.
Nor yet "ne glance of pity bend

Deserted Africa! on thee.

And must, ihy brother's hut red find

A doom that nature never gave;
A curse that nature ne'er designed ?

The fetter— and the name of slave?

Haste '. lift from Afric's wrongs the veil,

Ere the Eternal Judge arise,
Who liBis the helpless prisoner's wail,

And counts the tears from misery's eyes.

Oh ! ere the flaming skies reveal

That frown which none can meet and live, • ■
Teach her bcf.ire His throne to kneel,

And like her Saviour pray — " Forgive."

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Oh! what is pleasure, in whose chase,
Life's one brief day i? made a race

Of. vanity and lightness ?

A star to naze on. whe.se bright crown,
We wait uri«i! the sun goes down,
And find when it has o'er us shone.

No war::iih m all its brightness !

And what is Friends!,!), r— that false flower,
Which spreads its leav a: dav-lighfs hour,
And closes them at eve ; —

Owning its petals to the light,

Swel breathing, while the sun shines bright,

Uut shut to those, who midst the night,

Of doubt and darkness grieve r

And what is Fame ? — the smile, that slays,
The cup in which ••weet poison lays,

At hr.«st the flowery wreath

That'q twined around the victim's head. ^

W lien midst sweet flowers, around i* spread.
And harps and timbrel's sounds, 'tis led \
Melodiously to death ! j

And what are hopes ? — gay butterflies, I
That on t he. breath of fancy rise, /

Where e'er the sunbeam lures them;

For ever, ever, on the wing,
Mocking our faint steps following,
And if at last caught, — peri lling,

In the grasp that secures them !

And our. affections, what are they ?
Qh ! blossoms smiling on the spray,

All beauty and all sweetness;—

But. which the canker, may hy bare,
Or rude hand?' from the branches tear;
Or blighting winds, lay withering there,

Sad types of mortal fleclncss !

And what is life itself ?r-a sail,
"With sometimes an auspicioo* g.ile.

And iorae bright sunbeams round it

But oft'ner midst the tempests cast,
The low'ring sky, the howling blast,
And whelm'd beneath the wave at last,

Where never plummet sounded

and it is a vicarage without a vicar*— B<:«
there 'is no lack of Sermons; for one ofth.
innkeepers, bearing that namfc, and his bli-
ther, a butcher, have each a large famil;
The toll on the bridge, is enormous, ami. i
taken every tifrffe.P aBS or ro-pass. If yc
want a post-c|M^^Ton must ta ke it eithu
from rtrnntWHjppd the tolls will cost fou
shillings, <3^Hjp'RiclinioiJ(l, which is tw<
miles off. .*

* The vicar madft .^iinselfconspicuous at Thur-
tell's trial, and has ever since been absont.

A bat: ''"at a Sunday school near Pre6ton,
after hearing read the passugc from the New
Testament, " Blessed are the peacemakers.
for they shall be called the children of God,"
was afterwards asked; in the usual way of
questioning the scholars, " Who shall be
called the children of God ?" and replied
" The cotton-manufacturers." On being fur-
ther questioned as to his reasons for such an
answer, he explained himself by saying, f hai
the cotton-manufacturers were piccemakers
because they made pieces !

A gentleman on horseback finding himseP
at a spot where four roads met, asked a coun-
tryman, who was working on one of them
where it run to. Clopdole, raising himself
from his stooping posture, and scratching his
head, replied with a grin, " I doesn't know
where it rins to, Zur, but we finds it here
every morning

Magnetism.— By the aid of a verv sensitive
magnetic needle, invented by M Lebaillif, a
singular property has been discovered in bis-
muth and antimony. On bringing these me-
tals near the poles of the needle, they exer-
cise or. one polo as well as on the other a very
evident, repulsive power. After numerous
experiments;, they appear to be the only me
tala which exhibit this phenomenon.

Six pictures of the apostles, in the most
splendid style of the Spanish school, but ob
scared by dirrand varnish, were purchased a
few months since, at an auction of imported

Babylon.— The Hon. Capt. Koppel, in the
narrative of his visit to this ancient ppot,
says, that the Tower of Babel,- the brick-
work of which, in many parts, is completely
molten, resembles what the Scriptures pro-
phesied it fchouJtl become, " a burnt moun-
tain." From the summit of the tower, Capt.
Keppel.had a distinct view of the vast heaps
which constitute all that now remain of an-
cient Babylon : a more complete picture of
desolation could not well be imagined. The
eyo wa idered over a barren desert, in which
the ruins were nearly the only indication
that it had ever been inhabited". t: Ir was
impossible," adds the enterprising traveller,

to behold this scene, and not bo reminded
how exactly the predictions of Isaiah and
Jeremiah have been fulfilled, even in the ap-
pearance Babylon was doomed to present :
'that she should never be inhabited; that
the Arabian should not pitch his tent there ;
that she should become heaps': that she
should he a desolation, a dry land, and a
■wilderness."'

Curiosities of Kite. — At.Kevv there is nei-
ther doctor, lawyer, nor; baibef; trie postmas-
ter, it U saidJ e&u neither read nor write :

A CARD.

£especteuli;y informs his friends, and
public generally, that his House, No. Ift'i
fmrehlstrect, is still open for the accommodation
■■' genteel persons of colour,, with

&OAK1MNU AND LODGING.

Grateful for past favours, lie solicits a con--
muance of the same. His 'house in in a healthy
•nd pleasant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
pense will be spared on his part, to render the si-
.nations of those who honour him with their pa-
ironagc, as comfortable bh possible.

New- York, Sept. 182~. 20—3m ■

NOTICE.

The " African Mutual Instruction

So curry, for the instruction of coloured Adults,
of both Sexes," will re-open their SCHOOL, on
Monday Evkmxii, October 1st, at tlo ir former
School-Room, under the Mariner's Church, in
Roosevelt-street The School will be open on
every 'Monday, U'cdm ■■mlay and Friday Ercnings,
at half past li o'clock.

Those desiru'ns of leecivin^ instruction, will
be taught to Read, Write anil Cypher, until the
first of April, 1>2S, for the small sum of one dol-
lar, to;be paid on entering the school.

An early application is requested, as there will
be no allowance made for past time. Those who
wish' to become Members, may join, by calling .on
the Secretary, No. 551 Pearl-street, near Uroad-
street, any day before the first of October, Sun-
days excepted.
Aaron Wood, James Myers,

William P. Johnson, Arnold FJzir,
E. M. .Ofrkanus, Henry King,

Trusters.

Lost Articles Redeemed !
CHARLES MORTIMER, 93 Church-

street, rcsp
prepares a

the parts of broken Glas

informs the Public, that. In
prepares a CEMENT, with which he can unite
■ r * ' ' China, as firmly as

IIAMER & SMITH,

steam sooitraEns,

JYo. 1 77 jmiavi'Stnel ,N.Y.

CONTINUE to cleanse and dress Coata,
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Mci no Shawls, in
the neatest manner. They also in tke, alter and
repair Gentlemen's Clothes, to the r entiio sati».
faction, and upon the most reason ble terms.

Their mode, of dressing Cloth-en h by STEAM
SPONGING, which they have tollowed with
much success for several years p3st: All kinds
of spots or stains are extracted, and the cloth re-
Btorcd to tho appearance of new; and this they
engage to perforin without any injury to tin-
cloth, and at least equal to any tiling cd the kind •
done in this or any other city of the United
States. * 1

August 3. 21

BCUOOIi,

For Coloured Children of both Sexi.i,
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for (!>
admission of Pupils.
IN this school will be taught
R E A D 1 N G , W R 1 T IN G , ' A R I T H M E T K '
ENGLISH GRAMMAR. GEO-
GRAPHY; with the use of
Maps and Globes, and
HISTORY.
Terms from two to fov.r dollars per qnarfcr.

-Rev. r it -ssrs. P. Williamn, S. E
■r.d W. Mii ; er.
h 14. 1

Cornish. M Paul.
, Now- York, Mi-

He mends Glass GLOBES, CHINA ao.i
GLA.SS WARE, of every description, with out
little .'injury to their appearance ; and warrants
the prlrts to cohere as before broken,
pictures, in Groe~k-8trdet,"'by a baker, mCorf ^ • AI1 or f ( ;rs thankfully received, and punc-
ventry-ftreet, London, for nineteen or twen- tua J'>' a ^ ,:n , "'i to f , ,

ty shillings. The purchaser has had .thcia[

perfectly cleaned and 'framed,, and it is said

hat he has already been offered from 10 to
£1 5.000 for them.

A Bull, not Irish. — At an inquest lately
hold at Lirnohouse, ou the body of a new-
born female infant, which was discovered by
some hoys on a previous day in Lnnehouse
Fields, and which to all appearance, had ne-
ver • liroathed— a Juryman ; ut the following
question to Mr. Walford. a surgeon, who had
examined- the body: " i)o i/ou think ^ or can
you inform me if its parents arc Irish'. 1 "

Disagreeable Hypothesis. - — Two persons
were once engaged in an argument. 'Sup-
pose,' said one of them 'that you owe me two
thousand crowns.' "I wish," replied the
other, " that you would suppose some other-
hypothesis."

Anecdote. — In the parish of Cockpen; (near
Daikcth) a poor woman was once employed
to sweep out the church every Saturday,
for a penny a week. So much was she dissa-
tisfied, however, with this remuneration,
that she one day resolved to put up a prayer
within the church for an enlargmcnt of her
income : and not receiving an answer, she
continued her entreaties from week to week,
'until a wag, having overrhcad her, esconced
himself on the next opportunity below one
of the seats, and while " Lucy "

Best Summer, and Winter-Strained

SPERM OIL.
TI7E subscriber begs leave to return his
thanks to his patrons for past favours, and takes
this method of informing them and the public in
general, that lie constantly keeps on hand a sup-
ply of Seasonable OIL, ot the. first quality, which
he will deliver in any part of the city, at the
shortest notice.

OTP A liberal deduction made to Churches, and
those who buy by the quantity.

JOHN ROllERTS,
2o Currant-alley, third door above Locust-
24-:im street, Philadelphia.

luOXD FOR SALE.
.TUP, w.,!),s-:ribcr is authorised to offer to his
col utre,}. brethren, ii,000 Acres of excellent L.inu,
at lo-vn. than one half its value, provided they will
e. measures to settle, or Vive it settled, by co-
[ * 'ired farmers. The land ,.s in the state of New-
• Vork, within 70 miles of the city : its location is.
| delightful, being on the banks of the Dtiauaie
; river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
Udelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tr.ict. o :
pening a direct navigation to New-York cii_. "^be
passage to either city may he made in one day /r
less The land is of the best quality, and well,
timbered.

The subscriber hopes -that some of lu3 brcth-
ron, who are capitalists, will at hast invest :"t'0 or
1. 000 dollars, in thc3C lands. To such he will Uko
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it
has been selling for $'25. He also takes the liberty
to observe that the pii'rchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed hy coloured families, would bo conducive of
much good : With this object in view he will in-
vest _ >00 dollars in the purchase

SAMU/EL E. CORNISH.

New- York, March 20: /

N. Ji. Communications on the subject, post paid,
will be received and attended to.

20R. THORP,

.Vo. Hi Collect street,
INDIAN PHYSICIAN and BOTANIST,
returns his sincere thanks to the public in gene-
ral, for past favours, and solicits their patronage
in future.

N. li. Ho cures all diseases of the human sys
tern ; with root3 and herb*, free from the use of
mercury.

devotions, he called out " Ye hae enough al-
ready for what ye do!" wheu to this she in-
stantly. made response," If that be thy will.
I mun e'en haud sac : but I think ye might
hae made it tippense !"

Two citizens were lately comparing' notes
upon the merits of their spouses ; ^Iine,"
saiu the one, " would be a very good wife, if
she were not so talkative." ' ; Talk at Eve .'"
replied the other, " Why; you are a happy
fellow; 'my wife talks morning, noon and
night."

NOTICE TO HAIR-DRESSERS.

Tire Subscriber, desirous of relinquish-
ing his present occupation, offers his Stand, and
all the implements necessary to carry on the bu-
siness, for sale.

Tho said stand, in the town of Paterson, N J
fifteen miles from tho city of New- York, is un-
doubtedly one of the best in that growing and
.was' at her I nourishing town. It is situated on Main-street,

LOTS WANTED.
TWO LOTS, or the rear of two lots, where
there is any convenient communication with, the
street, are wanted, for the erection of a Presby-
terian Church The location must be between
Reed and Spring, Hudson and Orange streets. —
One. lot within the above bounds, 2f>fcet or more,
by 75, would answer
Inquire of S. E. Consisit, No. G, Variclostreet.
New-York, Marfih 20.

iTF All OntEjts por Jou, Book,* ok F^ncy

Left at the Office, 152 Cnuacui-STnEETj

WILL BE PHOMPTtr A-TTEJiDED. TO.

Uroadway, opposite Mrs. Willar's Tav
rent low, and all arrearages settled un to this
date. '

For further particulars, either personally, or by
letter enqurei of li L:\RY P. HALL.

Peilerson, .'Id'tust 24, H27.

No, 182, South Sixth-street, below Pint,

OI'ESEi) 13 V

CHARLES SHORT,
For the Purpose of accommodating Pf.oi-i.e of
Culouk, Strangers and Citizens, with

BOARDING AND LODGING,
By the Davj Week, Month, or longer.
He is furnished with every thing to"enahle
him to keep a House of the first-rute kind ever
opened in the City of Philadelphia; and will spare
no 'pain's to . merit the public patronage.
July S3, 1S27 IS— 3m.

. ,i NICHOLAS PI ICRS ON,
JR.E s-v'i, crv v l JjY informs the People of Co-
lour, thntihis M.EA1) GARDEN, No 13. Delan-
eoy -strici, was opened on the evening of the first
of Junuf, for tlie accommodation of genteel and
respecfable persons of colou r.

No admittance- for unprotuctei females.
Nejhr-Ybrk, June 1st, 1827. 13,

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New-York.

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AUTHORISED AGENTS:

C. Stockbridge, Esq. North Yarmouth, Maufc.
Mr. Reuben ftubv, Portland, Mo.

,; David? Walker, Boston.
Rev. Thomas Paul, do.
Mr. John Remond, Salem, Mass.

,; Gcorg« G. Willis, Providence, R. T.
Francis Webb, Philadelphia.

,! Stephen Smith, ("olumhio., Peim.
M'essrs. 11. Cowley & H. Grice, Baltimore-
Mr. John VV. Prout., Washington, D. C.
Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Alba'nv.
Mr. Theodore S. Wright, Princeton, N. I. •

" James Cowes. New-Btunswick, N J-
Rev. Ji. F. Hughes, .Newark, N. J.
Mr. W. R. Gardiner. Port-au-Prince, IlaytL .

" Austin Steward, Rochester. |
Rev. VV P. Williams, Flushing, L. I.
Mr. Leonard Scott, Trenton, N. J

" John Shields. New-Havent Conn.

" W. D. Baptist, Frederi.cksburgh, Vft,

t: R. P,. G. Wright, Schenec'.ady.

" Isaac C. Glasko, Norwich, Conn.

u Thomas Braddock, Alexaadria^Di C

FREEDOMS 'JftURffAL. 4

"RIGHTEOUSNE SiS El A LT E T II A N A T I 0 N."

BY JNO. B. RUSSWURM.

mm

.TOAR.1UAGE ■ CUSTOMS, S;c. OF YAM- portions, but the husbdiH is obliged to fur-
nish them with a bundle of linen, part pf
which must be made, into a. head-dress for
the marriage ceremony.
The marriages of the S'amoides are atten-

OUS NATIONS.
When a Laplander intends to marry, he or
his friends court the father of the damsel

with presents of brandy ; if he gain admission ( . • ■ T , . .

to her. he offers her a beaver's tongue, or ■ ( | .\ v ! , a vor ^ ri j agreement If thev have
some other eatable, which .lie rejects before ! a , ch ' ld ' they ch /'f e ". U * I .
eompanv, but receives in private. The lover j ^ n,e ^ <> r ,f lhe y ha W cu . . to . n . ,cet a re a '
is obliged to purchase e-.ery visit wit h , ti»njie suggests a name, which is geaeiolly.
a Hottle of brandy, which he presents to the \ adopted. ; ,

lady's father. If the old gentleman should i " Turkey .marriages are chiefly negotia-
chance to be enamoured of the liquor, which ! ! C(1 b .V tlie \^ >es - (W e are 8t "7 . lt ,t3 not t,,( ;
is generally the case, he prolongs the period ; Cl,st0f11 , «'Uh us.) f he terms being agreed
of courtship for many years. Luckily for the i U P°»» bridegroom pays oVvii a certain
lover, the fair one's father is compelled to re- ,s , um of mone y- ? ^ence*is taken out from
turn the liquor should he at any time refuse th f P ro P Rr , magistrate, and the marriage is
his assent j solemni ed. Itts then celebrate:) with mirth

In Denmark, marriages are often contract- ' and jollity, and the mon-y - sually expended
ed several years before the parties live to- j ui furnishing a house. 1
gelher. The gentry sometimes give portions J The Greek women marry atlthe qge of lif-
to their daughters; but the burghers, and ■ teen. During courtship the ldver serenades
those of low rank, part only with clothes, .! his mistress either In front of the house or
jiousehold goods, and a wedding dinner, till j from the water. On these occasions he con-
their death. ... ^ burthen of his passion, which is ge-

The young Greenlander, in general chooses j nerally warm and sincere Upon the eve of
Lis wife for her skill in housewifery an x a>w- j the marriage day, the bride is led. by her fe-
ing, and expects with her no dowry : the wo- i male acquaintance iii triumph' to the bath,
men prefer a man who is dextrous in hunting Numerous attendants and music are to be
.and Ashing. "They seldom have illegitiiiiate.. fomid on these occasions- The bride, pro-
chikiren. It sometimes happens to a divorced j fusely adorned, and covered with a red veil,
wife, . r l young widow, who, though held m i proceeds with a solemn pace, supported by
gre&t contempt for the looseness of her mor- i her female friends and relations. The splen-
did torch of Hymen still maintains its place
among the modern Greeks. It b azes in their
processions, and is an attendant in the cham-
ber of the newly married couple, where it
remains until the whole is consumed. If by
accident it should become extinguished, the
most unfortunate presages would be drawn:
to prevent which, tfnremitting vigilance is
used. The bridegroom and bride; before
their presenta'ion to the altar, are each
adorned with a crown or chaplet, which, du-
ring the ceremony are changed by the priest.
A cup of wine, iunmxliatfcly after boned io
lion, is first given to- the married couple;
then delivered to the sponsors, and finally to
the witnesses of the marriage. The bride,
supported by her friends, is .accompanied
home; they prevent her from touching the
threshold of the door, which would he con
widered ominous. She is then compelled to
walk over a sieve- which is coveredwith a
carpet, in the w; y to her husband's room. If
the sieve should not crackle as she passes, it
would be reckoned very prejudicial to the
lady's honoiu; but all iire hapjjy, provided the
ordeal proves propitious.

In some parts of Switzerland, no marriage
can be solemnised between persons who dif-
fer in their religious principles and both
men and women tire bound to pay some res-
pect to the parity of years. A noma n is en-

gre&t contempt t

a!s, frequently makes a fortune by selling
her oun children to those who may happen
to have none of their own. Polygamy is no;
ait aether unknown among them, but it rare-
ly happens; not that they are ueteTred from
31; idea of crime i'r dis raire attaching to
.thin state, ■ for ttiey consider that man has
a particular claim to respect who by hie in-
dunry is enabled ie niaiiitaiu more than one
wife. To be without children is esteemed a
gre-'t reproach ; in such cases the marriage-
ce )/r:tct is, as it v. eve by consent broken;
f< he usau bus only to leave ins house in an-
il-. r, und not to reuirn tor several days, and
ti.fi wife, understanding hi- meaning, will
0 h'k up her things and remove to her own
If i*-iul3 It is r,--i:ai for a nia.n a few days after
tit e death of hi-; only wife, to adorn himself, his
children, and his ho-ise. in the best manner,
in order to ren :er himse..lf agreeable to
some other fair ; but to do this, hi.- kauJc, or
ii'tle boat, and above all, his dai ts must Le
ir: the lines* order. ' He doej- not, however,
maray, till the expiration of a full year, un-
less lie has small children, and 110 one to
•nurse them. Where there is : more than one
wife, and the chief or prope'r one dies. toe
j ir.ior wife takes her place, «nd, if possible,
pays, more attention to the motherles children
than she does to her own.
In Kussia the lower classes have a mar-

riage ceremony peculiar vo . themselves ; joined to stay six months in 11 t tote of widow

When the parents have, settled the prelimi
' varies of a match, which is often done with-
out the parties most interested havitrgseen
each other, the bride is examined by a num-
ber i t females who are boiu.ni to correct ai.y
defects they may discover in hrr person. —
Ou her vvedding day she is crowned with a

hood before she con alter her condition ; and
a man, thotieh not expressly limited is advi-
sed to wait a reasonable time, to obviate
scandal, and to show tliat he has " felt the
hand of God."

In Venice, the noble ladies are allowed no
jevudlery, except the first year after marri-

gariand of v ormwo/id {'sota n what ominous it ; ag

inns! he confessed,) and the priest, throwing.! ""in Portugal, notwithstanding the watchful
a handful of hops upon her hi. 'ad, invokes the I eye of the duenna, the lovers contrive to ex-
blessing, whk-h is, that she may he as fruit- j 'change- billet-doux ii\ a manner that deserves
iu! as that plant. | notice. The little boys who attend the altars

The Braiskia 'Tartar Tribe, subject to ; are genewlly the Cupids on this occasion :
Rw-ssia, may marry as many wives as they : tht-y receive *tne letters from the lover,. make
can purchase ; the price is generally paid in ■ jbf-jr way through the cro'wd till they ap-
CbUle, and the amptials are celebrated on the j poach the feir one— then throwing them-
dayihey are delivered. When the husband \ selves on their knees, repeat the Jive Maria.
uies, leaving wives, she who has borne hini J Stella, and begin beating their breast :— after,
•children, or if it be the case with thfui all. j the ejaculation s are fiihsiied thev cross the
tU o'..!yst becomes mistress of the jur/e, or ! forehead, and fallintron their facc'and hands,
Imt. Those who have liad no children re- ' fervently kiss the ground. In the meantime
t'un tc their relations and carry with them \ the letters are conveyed under the Judy's
thes and presents which they may ' drapery, and they bring back others. Sorne-

the

have ifceived from 'heir hufband, and if : times when the' lovers lire corning out of
they should have no place 10 which they may church, they contrive to dip their hands at
retire they continue in the jtirte, subordinate the same moment into the h6iy water font,
to the wife'* mother, and are entitled to a exchange billets, and enjoy the delectable
tenth of the t attle left by the hrsb. nd. pleasure of pressing each other's .fingers.—
rhe Comtek briJegroo.s visits the house Their marriage feasts are attended with a
of his intended bnJc. Ming upon a fine horse, vast expense." The lower citsses often ex
covered with smalt hells, given ' him as a -haost all theii resources On these occasions,
prpsent from his nearest relatioi-.K. These The nuptial bed-chamber is' adoriied in the
belli announce to her the approach of him to m.. ^t co m! ly. manner with silks,. brocades and
^ :uch she is so soon to be united, and after flowe ts :j even the wedding sheets are trim-
^irn.ge they are carefully preserved by her ' med v. ith the finest lace. Widows seldojn
.w^coratethc nuptial bed on festal ocW-m.s. ,-ivoil themselves of their privilege 6T rp-mar-
■ihe Cossack wives are not only destitute of . ry mg. They never assume .the family name§

of their husbands, but in all the vicissitudes
of matrimony retain their own.

(To be Continued.)

TUt II UINTED HOUSE.

A TAI.E BY h. E. L0R1UER.

About "fifteen miles from St. Louis on the
Bonhomine road, in a lonely spot known by the
name of the " Haunted //ouac." For three
miles round there is no human habitation,
and the ruins of a chimney are the only

he rode on was a fine spirited, ajiitnal, and
dashed on regardless of fatigue, as if he fully
understood the ominous appearance: of the
heavens. As the night advanced, the dark--
ness seemed almost' visible. A ong tue road
there wa-* no habitation- to send 1 its. cheerful!
light across the waste, and dispel the loneli-'
ness of the solitary traveller, by assuring
h in that human beings were near.

In spite of his efforts to prevent it, he felft'
a sensation of fear creep over him when he-
found, by the flames of lightning, that he
approaching the Haunted House. He.

signs of its having once been tenanted.— attempted to sing, but so hoarse and sepul
The stran/- er might pass it without giving it , chral were, the tones he emitted, that he
Alh enquiring glance, or once dreaming th.it ; started at the sound of his own voice. In!
this is the scene of unearthly gambols.— But j V ain did he attempt, with arguments against
with the rustic who knows its history it is far the existence of spectres, te reason himself
otherwise No matter how often he may \ i n t 0 cannness ; the blast moaned amoog the
hate proved at a log-rolling or corn-shucking, ; branches of the solitary trees like a spirit' of
that he is the " man in the sdlkment^-if ; the' air, and the vivid" flashes of lightning 1 '
he is compelled to pass the Haunted House ! wor0 n hu* more dreadful -<han total dark-
after night-fall, he is no longer a hem— his . ne88 . Au owl several times flitted acro,-3 his-
eye is turned with a fearful gaze to the ; pn th with the most piercing screams. To his
dreadful spot, and his heart leaps to las j affriirhted fancy they seemed ominous, that
throut ut the rustling of a leaf. some direful scene was near His spraining

The story of the Haunted House is simply . eye-balls were directed, with painful inten-
this. Several years ago. nstranger, for rea- ! B j lyi towards the place of blood, and his-
sons which no one could fathom, selected j w holo soul was wound np to 'the highest pitch -
this dreary place for -a residence, and not- 1 0 f terror t when a flash of lightning display-
withstanding it was the property of the . c d, just before him, a pale horse, and a rider
United States, built upon it a large and neat i upon it, dressed in the habiliments of the
cabin. A small ill tended garden, was the 1 dead. He uttered a « ild ucre-vm. and in the
only land that he redeemed from the stir- next moment his head struck the earth. He
roundini waste'. The subsistence of himself awoke to consciousness, but immediately re-
nin! wife was procured from the nearest far- , lapsed .when he lound himself clutched by
wet*- \ thr spectre. Soon after, ho f.mud himself

They had not resided here many months, moving through the air, still firmly held in
before he was visited by a brother in a deep t.he phantom's grasp. When reason returned
decline of health. Too ill to labour, and too ' ^ again, he ga. ed aiouud, and beheld faces
poor to purchase otherwise the care and at- atK ] a ro0M , with which he was familiar,
tcntion his esse deman led, he had sought; The Doctor, who rode a white horse, had
out his elder brother, with the fond hope ; token off his coat to enjoy wha: little of cool-
that, under his roof, fraternal affection would ; I)eas belong?' to a'snltry eve/dug in August,
soothe his pain, and ob his death-bed of half ; I J.. b„ re h\ iu ,„ nnaiest bonne, where his
it.-i anguish. ' wild and incoimrent ravings of the Haunted

For many a weary milc : he had pursued : . House, will \>n long rct'nembcred.
"lis way tlrrough poverty and sickness ; and, j ,„„ .,„.„,_. T --, , - ,,

when compelled to seek repose 11 some hos-
pitable cabin, he looked round upon its in-
mates, and thanked Heaven, that he too,
would soon have friends and. a home, lie
found, indeed, the house of his elder brother,
but he found his brother a tyger. -Instead- of ■
the.kindnes anticipate:! he received treat-
ment ht the bare mention. of which humanity
would revolt.

ORIGINAL CdV 5 'i: IC.ATIONS.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOVRSAL.

ijiiiOAN COLONISATION SOCIETY*
i Xo. 1L .

The intentions of an individual, even wheu
.unquestionably good, do not preserve us
Let a relation of the last act of unkindness, from the ills ho inflicts, ,ye.t they palliate his
suffice the reader. In the depth of winter; guilt ami alleviate oi,r misery. Our minds
they lefl him alone, and made a visit forty ox ■ ought to be t. isposed to judge favourably of
fifty miles di ,tan\,wlicn he was too sick to ad- ; the char cters and motives of others. Weed-

minister to his wants or scarce, leave hi-; be
They had been absent several days, when
some people, on their way to St Louis called
at the house, and found him without a fire
apd destitute of ftod. They provided him
with wood, kindled a fire, and* fiom their own
stock cooked him some victuals; but lie could
not eat. Next day his brother 'and sister-in-
law returned, and found, as they expected,
the band of death was on him.

In the spring following, they left that part
of the country, and the house ever after
stood tenant less.

Although no legal investigations were
made, the' people around br inued the treat-
ment of the deceased brother, with the ap-
palling name of murder.

Three years al'ter, a man who was passing
one night during a thunder-storm, beheld the
house in a bla^e. Whether it was consumed
by lightning, or as many believe, by fires
that belong not to eartii, 'is left for the deci-
sion of others.

An incident occurred last summer, con-
nected with the Haunted House, -that shows
how extensive is the empire of superstition.
A young gentleman of the country, who had
often made merry with the tales of the spec-
ire, said to - haunt the place we have men-
tioned, started one day in August, to procure
modicjal assistance for the family of a neigh-
bour. 1 • It was the middle of the afternoon,
when jhe reached St.- Louis. The physician
promised, after haviug called upon two or
three patients^ to set out oh a fresh. horse,
arid overtake htm, before he reached the Ri-
ver dda Peres, j The young man, soon after
leaving St, Ljapis, .took 'a wrong road, a^
savv nighV^losi^g round hini^ black with a
corning sform^ois he struck into the Bonham-
•h^e ?oad t ^ HtUe ftoiu the tiver.. The . horse

less a; imadversion ou the motives and con-
duct of an adver-ary, indicates .a weak cause
or a feeble advocate.. Injudicial process, a
man is to be accounted iunoceni,' until he is
convicted ; ana in moral process, we must,,
suppose him to meati well, until vve have evi-
dence of the contrary. Credulity, however^
is not charity. It is not to be concealed, that
many true friends to Africa, have their sus-
spicions in regard to" the. object of this, insti-
tion. They believ.e' it to be' a, cunningly de-
vised fable, for perpetuating without moles-,
tation tiie evils of slavery. Let us ascertain*
if possible, whether or not, these fears arft
well founded.

Wo must concede to the advocate of tho
American Colonization Society. the privilege--
tilloited to others, of stating the .sort and
amount of . his defence. We must pehnit ■
him, at the commencement of his gauntlet;; ,
to . unlade himself of those incumbrances that'-,
others have appended to him,, and to avail-
himself to the' full of his\unfettered mern-
We presurne therelare. hut few. .-.h*,

hJEr?. W(
will defen

time been adduced m support of this insti-
tution. Persons from, different p.irts of our '
country, of exceedingly diftVrent babit»j*ad".> ■
int'irests, cannot be expectejd to patroniae. it. -
percisely on thq same groundsj. An en%!it- ; '
ened advocate of the Suciejty, mus^ douht*; ,
less admit, that insinuations in regard to the :•
coloured people have .sometimes been thrown:- .
out of no very charitable aspect iie mtwtr
regret, that some. have dwelt so much, upori-
the necessity of ridding community of ]>e4t$
and nuisances ! Hp will only defeod the oIk
ject ; p/ .the' Society ae euch, . He' C911. only-
.maintain that the, jnotiyos ace. good, of tb«
mass of those compouing it. He will merely
claim, thjit ftjlowaacea must be t joade for th»

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

*reju'itee of the white man, as well hs for And brutifhiy argue, (I have heard them!)
those of the coloured mart. He will contend that " black people have no souls, and were
that a good cause ought not to ho injured in made to be liewers of wood and drawers of
onr estimation, nor tluMnotiyos of its friends ' water!"

impeached, because that individuals befriend Such, aB ja general fact,, are the Friends
it on selfish principles. Ue will make his .' and the Enemies of the " American Societ'
appealto one of confessed wisdom, who re for colonizing the Free P.-oplo of Colour; 1
joieed that n go-'d cause was pa romped, and their respective characters are, to my
though it was out of envy. Phil. i. 18. He apprehension, a sufficient guarantee as to
will abandon the ft 10 to their doom, and ex- i the motives of the institution. In this, indeed,
tend his defence only to- the motives of the , as in other grand onteiprises of benevolence,
jjjflrty. I the mass of community are too listless to in-

Tbr my own part, I am protty woll convin- 1 .vestigate its merits or its demerits, or too pe-
ced* that "the motives of the institution are : nurious to contribute to its influence,
pure; and* this, if 1 mistake not, is a point ' Many sincere friends of liberty arc prcju-
conceded by- most of those essays on the sub- diced against this society, from misapprehen-
jcctj which have appeared in the "Journal." . ding find misconstruing the cireumstauces of
The ground cf this favourable judgment, in ' its origin, and by blending the misconduct of
my 'own mind, is the w<dl known character of some of its members with the character of
thus" wno have been, and are its principal ' the iustituion itself. Why, it is asked, was
Friends. Some of our correspondents, and it so liberally patronized by slave-holders, if
perhaps the public generally, are mistaken ■ it be not a mere device of their own ? This,
n: relation to the origin of this Society. It as has already been shewn, is partly a mis-
did not originate among slave-holdersj ; take ; but it is also partly a misconstruction
though its most efficient patronage at first , of the conduct of its early friends. The foun-
whs derived from individuals of slave- hold- . ders of4;he society had a very important, and
iii^r siHtf Piui! Coffee, if my memoiy serves a very difficult work in contemplation. Their
me correctly. us its early and permanent ultimate destination was the slave states,
friend. Its originator was Robert Finley, i Success was not to be . attained without the

Pastor oi the Presbyterian Church in Bask-
inridge, (N. J.) who now " rests from his la-
bours, and his works do. follow him." Of this
fact the reader need entertain, no doubt, be-
cause I knew it to be true, from the testimo-
ny of one yet surviving and ofhigh standing,
with whom Dr. Finley conferred Leforo his
pht> s made pub ic. His most efficient
co.'; ij'ttor and successor in the Colonization
scheme, was E. 13. Canldwell, Esq. of Wash-
ington. This? gentleman, also, was a native
of Now- Jersey, and his character for integ-
rity ««id piety is well known. He died about

co-operation of these states themselves. The
plans hitherto resorted to, had proved abor-
tive. The utmost jealousy had been uniform-
ly manifested, of every scheme which had its
origin. and principal patronage in free states;
No hearing was likely to be obtained in the
South, in behalf of the American Coloniza-
tion Society, if it came recommended from
such a quarter. The founders of this society
acted circumspectly — they acted, wisely.
They took the plan that gave them most
prospect of success. They loca ,£ *d the insli-
t ition within the bounds of a slave- holdiu

two y*? R rp ago. remarking with thankfulness state. They selected for officers, many who

death-bed, " The Lord has heard my
prayers in regard to Africa." Samuel J.
Mill*, Pnstor of the Presbyterian church in
Woodhrid*8, (N. J.) was an early victim to
his zeal in this cause. The Rev. William
Mend, of Virginia, and F. Key, Esq. of
George* own, are among its most efficient
surviving friends. The former of these gen-
tlemen has made sacrifices of time and money
to no small amount, -in advocating its inter-
ests : and the latter, apart from the sacrifices
he has made on behalf of this institution, has
befriended moro Africans in his official char-
x acter than most of his day.

As a general remark, it is true, that the
Imost efficient patrons of the American Cot-
Koni'/atibn Society, are also the most active in
Ttfie confessedly benevolent enterprises of the
oay, and vice versa. The clergy especially,
and of every denomination, as far as my
jknowledge extends, are its zealous advo-
■"'catur-. f do not maintain that this holds
univ. really, but the exceptions are very few.
There b one at Charleston. A certain Dr.
Wurman ! *ho received a vote of thanks from
the Legi<daturc of South Carolina, for a
book be orote in defence of slavery : but [
pre«»*>e the advocates of colonization, are
not very desirous of his patronage. The
i?*=im- Auxiliary Colonization Society has in
it to&rd of managers five clergymen, two
latv-eers, two physicians, and two members
of <5o Society of " Friends." The Society
of Friends were not a little jealous of this
insiuution when first organized, and many of
tLt'.i are so at present; but their suspicions
have tbated greatly; and I am well convin-
; 9d that ere long they will be its most effi-
cient supporters, as thfiy are doubtless the
most cordial enemies of slavery. In. the state
of North Carolina the Friends seem 'to be
decided in their approbation ; and in the city
of Philadelphia, at their last yearly meeting
they made an appropriation of three thousand
dollars, indirectly in support of the American
Colonization Society. I am constrained to-
form the same judgment of the American
Colonization Society, by the convtrse of the
statement just made, by the well known cha-
racter for the most part of those who are its
enemies-. Here, as in the other case, J re-
cognize exceptions, particularly among the
Priends: but the mass of those who are most
Lostile to this Society, may be placed in the
nadir of liberty. My. acquaintance in the
South enables me to speak on this culiio--*
from personal knowledge: v ..^ „ llv ,„[tt'S ot
this institution are the unblushing advocates
of slavery. Of public characters, I would
refer the reader to the blustering governor
of Georgia, and to those waspish members in
Congress, who have been most rancorous in
their hostility to this society. And why. have
thev opposed it ? Because of its alleged in-
terference with the subject of slavery I Be-
cause it is nn insidious scheme to cheat them
;of their property ! They wish to lord it over
v ! .sir fellow- creatures and egwdfe, (Declara-
tion of-Independence, aye and superiors, for
«an any man be lower than snteh .') without

were slave-holders. They gave the South
em community, that guarantee in regard to
their measures, which a people have in re-
gard to a representative when he is . chosen
from among themselves, and has his inter-
ests in common with tbem. Shall we suspect
their motives because they acted discreetly,
in accordance with the exigency of the case?
I am not now canvassing the merits, or de-
merits of the society itself. This, by Divine
permission, I shall attempt hereafter: but I
am now assigning to the reader, those rea-
sons which have inflnenced me to judge fa-
vourably of the motives of the institution.
May the Lord prosper every good work, and
may the counsels of the wicked be turned
into foolishness! J. H. K„

husband and thje father, tfarry Slothful, is in
good health, and spends his. time either at
home^ with a pipe in his inoutb, or in a tip-
pling cellar, full of political matter.

" Father," said Joe, the eldest boy, "will
you get me a pair of shoes? I should like
verv much to attend the Sabbath school." —
" \es ! to-morrow," was the reply.

It was during the revival, when Mrs. L.
desirous to attend the public hnptisnt, of such
as were to bo admitted to churoli fellowship,
asked her husband for a bonnet and a pair of
Blioee, in . a manner, which exemplified her
amiable disposition, and she received of him
the usual currency of—-" To-morrow!"- —
" Harry," suid she, " why don't you go to
work ? Here, Mr. Anxious has called seve-
ral times, and wants you to go to work for
him : the materiats for building are all ready.
If you would only go to work, we might have
many necessaries, of which we stand greatly
in need." "Yes, (said Harry,) to-morrow ! —
to-morrow! — I'll go to work." Thus —

" Day rolls on day, and year on yaar,
And nothing yet is done— —
There's always something to delay
The business to another day.
And thus in silent waiting stood
The piles of stone and piles of wood,
'Till Death, who in his vast affairs
Ne'er puts things orF— as men in theirs —
And thus, if I the truth must tell,
Does bis work finally and well —
Winke'd at our Heho as he past,
" Your nousc is finish 'd, Sir, at last !
A narrow bouse — a house of clay—
Your palace for another day !" S.

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

NEW-YORK, SEPTEMBER 21, 1827.

FOR THE FREEDOM S - JOURNAL.-

" Whate'er thou purposcst to do,
With an unwearied zeal pursue;

To-day is thine- improve to-day,

Nor trust to-morrow's distant ray."

It is the nature of man ever to procrasti-
nate. Allured by the bright prospects of to-
day, he is flattered, that the morrow will
bring with it no change. While t- '-day, man
basks in the grove of plelsure; and lulled in
the lap of Ease, he forgets, that to-morrow
may witness nlLhrs hopes blasted, and he a
son of competency, may be a child of disap-
pointment and the dupe of capricious fortune.
Ever;.pt to defer business of the most mo-
mentous nature till the dawn of to-morrow's
sun, his language is,—" To-morrow I will do
this! — I will execute that thing ! — I will
finish such a piece of work ! — 7 will meet
such an engagement !" How many median
ics, fathers of large families, were One to call-
on them, at any time, would be discovered
indolently seated in their houses', .or in their
yards, with their feet resting in a chair, ot
against the sills of a door, with one hand in
their bosoms and the other in their breeches'
pockets, with a pipe in their mouths, and
with their eye3 neither opened, or entirely
closed, while their business . is neglected,
their children cloathed in rags, and their
w ives unhappy and the objeets of pity ?->- and
whose language is ever "To-morrow ! I'll go
to work. To-morrow ! HI unfold my arms —
1'H be. vigilant — To-morrow! I'll provide for
my children, and to-morrow I'll restore my
wife to happiness." Is not this the charac-
ter of Harry the carpenter? Ask him when
you will, to'frame a building, or to repair a
barn, and he will tell you, " Not to-day—it
is too warm, or it is too cold — but to-mor
row !"

Ho is a man of family, and his children arc
distinguished among the children of the
neighbourhood by their ragged • appearance;
and his wife :s not lefa known, by the dejec-
ted melancholy, which Harry's procrasi.i na-
tion to' execute the matters of his family has
caused to veil her countenance.

Notwithstanding 1 Mrs. L. cannot attend di-
vine services on the Sabbath,' her bonnet be-

The following remarks were intended for the
columns of the " JYcw- York Observer," but as
the Editors were willing to insert but a pari, we
transfer the whole to our columns ; belittv:
that had the Doctor's communication been twice
its present length, the whole would have been in-
serted.

jurod individual, and nothing shall be wanting ox t
our part, to make all the atonement in our power,
^ it respects the Doctor'a liberal views in rcf-
crence to the support of the Joubxai,, we c»n in-
form him, that, while we embrace among our
white patrons, some of the first men in church
and state, there is not one in three, who is friend-
ly to colonization : and among our active friends
throughout the country, three to one, are dir«o(|y
opposed to it, considering it, as warring with our
best interests That our people do not wish to be .
colonized in any country whatever, should be a:
sufficient reason ngainst the scheme, if Liberia
were even a paradise. The utmost that ever will
be effected by the Society, will be but " sowing
the wind, and reaping the whirlwind." While
wo/revore the Doctor as a Minister, and honour
him as a scholar, we must be indulged in saying,
that he is better acquainted with Ecclesiastical
History and Church Government, than wit.i poli-
tics or coloniialion.

The days, we feel thankful, are past, when ec-
clesiastical ccuBuro could excludoa man from the
converse of Ids dearest friends. We are in a land
of Liberty ; and though prejudices are againnt
our acti ng as freemen, they shall not coniptf as
to relinquish onr pens. We will arraign the mo-
tives- of all pretended friends— we will strive ill
in our power to open tho eyes of our bvutr.t. n,
upon all subjects which concern them — fearing;
no man. but appealing to the Searcher of heart?,
for th c purity oi our motives.

Fron the M Y. Observe):

control! With a Vandal barbarity, they con-. » 5 "'? opposed to decency, and neither the little
template the perDetnafjon of slavery, and its *°jr»« ™ ^egtrls have attended the dutnet

Messrs. Enrrons — '

Wo were much surprised with tho perusal,
your last '•' Observer," of n communication from
the Rev. Dr. Miller, of Princeton, N. J., in which
many Useh-ss words are set forth to prejudice the
public against the Editors of freedom's Journal,
by a partial statement concerning our late corre-
sponaent " Wilberforce." We are aware, that
controversies are not profitable to the generality
of readers ; but as your columns have been occu-
pied by the Doctor against us, it is but justice,
that our vindication should appear through tho
same channel.

As the Doctor has taken some considerable ex-
ceptions to our connecting his name with the
communication^ undor the signature of 11 Wilber-
fores ;" we deem it our duty to ■ state, that
we received two letters from him at the same
time; one containing a request, that wc should
discontinue forwarding the Jocksal; the other,
(in which the Doctor fully adopted his senti-
ments,) enclosing " Wilberforce," and requesting
for it a place in " Freedom's Journal:" mean
while informing us r that in case of refusal, he
should take measures to have it published in some
other paper. Over the first letter was written
" private :" but over the second, nothing.

We appeal to the judgment of the public,
whether we have acted* indelicately towards the
Doctor ? Whether after having adoptei re-
marks of " Wilberforce. and expressing so much
interest in thern, without enjoining privacy, we
were not fully warranted in connecting the two
names ?

The Doctor complains of the manner in which
we noticed " Wilberforce." Wc beg hini to com-
pare our remarks with the following indelicate
and severe sentence of J' Wilberforce," referring
personally to the junior Editor. " The ignorant,
eourbe and bitttr way, in which Ire assails thiB
best friend of black men, may disarm and destroy
itself," &c. Tliat propriety of expression does
not always predominate over human nature, is
strikingly illustrated in the communication of
Wilberforce;" and that every thing which con-
cerns our'brethren, is received with a prejudiced
eye, is also manifest from the Doctor's last com-
munication.

If jive have arraigned the motives of the leading
raenijbers of the Colonization Society, we have
donB nothi.og more than we have a right to do —
nothing mo.te, than is done daily as it regards
public nvn. If wo have vilified any man's char-
acter, wc w U upon tho Doctor to specify the ui-

Messrs. i'joiTon-*. — The unexpected ietro*
duction of my name into an editorial arti-
cle in the last number of the " Freedom's.
Journal," published by Messrs. Csmisk $f
Russwumt, of your city, seems to call to?
some explanation of my agency in reference
to a paper complained of iu that article. I
have been a subcribcr to their Journal from
its commencement; and did cherish a hopa
that it would be so conducted as to exert a
favourable influence on the* great-cause of
the improvement and final emancipation of the
children of Africa throughout our country.-—
A cause to which I am not only a warm
friend, but to the progress and triumph of
which, with all possible speed consistent
with the happiness of the nation, I look for-
ward with the deepest solicitude.

For some time past, however, I have been
so entirely dissatisfied with the spirit aud
apparent tendency of that paper, that I could
no onger reconcile it with my sense of duty
to be found among its patrons. Accordingly,
9. few day* since, I addressed a letter to the
editors, requesting them to orase my name
from the list of subscribers, and to cease-
sending their paper to me. For, although I
had paid for it to the end of the year, I did
not choose any longer lo receive 'it into my
house. While I was preparing to transmit
this request, a bighly respected gentleman
of my acquaintance, who is,' at the same
time, cordial a friend to African rights and
improvements as any man in the land, and as
much d'ssatisfied with u Freedom's Journal"
as myself, happening to step into my study,
and learning my purpose, informed me that
he had prepared a communication under the
signature of " Willberforce," which on ac-
count of peculiar circumstances, he could
not conveniently transmit to the Editor liira-'
self, and which he requested me to inclose
with the letter which I had prepared. Ful-
ly approving the substance of tae piece, and
not dreaming that there could be the small-
est temptation to connect my n a ine, before
the public, with its contents. I did not hesi-
tate to comply with his request

I make no complaint of the very delicate
course which these Editors have taken with
respect to tln> communication of which I ff** .
thus the mere vehicle. They have undonbt-
edly a right to manage their own affairs m
their own way. But if the good sense of tbiff
community shall be found to approve ami
support their " Journal/' on its present planf
— if. their perse vet ing efforts to arraign the
motives, pervert the professions, vilify #e
characters, and defeat the success of th*
friends of the colonization system in tbe
United States, shall be countenanced by the
enlightened friends of Africans;— if, inshort,.
the mass of the wise andgpnd among Mi*
6hall bear them out in their present;, policy.'
as adapted to promote the beat interests of
our. coloured population ;■— then I, for one,
shall be ready to .acknowledge myself to
have been cgregiously deceived.'
I am, gentlemen^ respectfully, &e.

SAMUEL MILLER-
Princeton, (N. J,) Sept. XI, imi'

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

iit

Mr. Hendricks, who has returned to this city
from Port au Prince, is the bearer of most im-
portant powers and instructions from the Pre-
sident of Hayti, and intends to sail for Ha-
vre by the first conveyance. It is expected that
soon after his arrival in Europe, the question
between France and Hayti, as regards the
amount to be paid by the la ter government toll
l>e finally arranged^ and also that a commercial
treaty will be immediately entered into betieeen
Great Britain, and Hayti, although little infor-
mation could be obtained from Mr. H. during
his stay at Port au Prince, he having conducted
his mission with much circumspection, and in
which hevave great satisfaction to the President
and the Government : still the above may be re-
liea upon and many very beneficial cxreumstan-
cts may arise to persons, trading with Hayti, if
the above is carried into effect; it will serve to
restore confidence, and remove the present ap-
prehensions. It is said that Mr. Hendricks w
to represent th Haytian Government in Eng-
land and France, as Diplomatic and Commer-
cial Jlerent. after the arrangements are made.

■ S ■ — J) Mv,

Passage of the Vessel over Niagara Falls.—
** I would have written yesterday some few'
lines on '.he subject of the "conde mned ship,"
but it was u'tcly ioipossi le. The public
houses at the Fall a were so thronged, that al-
most every inch of the floor was occupied aa
comfortable sleeping apartments. My com-
panions and myself slept upon three straws
for a bo.d, and had a feather turned edgeways
for a pillow. At 2 r.'c'ock P. M. the word
wag given "she cones! she comes!" and
in about'half an hour she s'.xxu }; the first ra-
pid, keeled very much and in -', her masts
and soars, which caused her again to
right. .

" Imao-ine yourself a human being on
oc;ird, ond the awful <»e nations he must have
■sxperieuced on striking the rapid, which ap-
peared for n moment to he beholders to be
hf-r )a=it ; rut as 1 observed before, on her
masts giving way, she ajjnin righted and was
tun en tideways, in winch course she pro-
ceeded to the second rapid, where she struck
and stuck about a minute, and it seemed as
tho <rh tito elements made their lasfand des-
perate c:!Ton to throw h^r over this rapid.
Jm.c wv.a th-. .\vn completely on her side, fil
h-»: ;uvr! at-riin righted, and proce^d^f* "r h-T
course, Here i;H me remark, vricie were two
bears, a buffalo, a dog, and several other
animals, *<n board.

" The bears now left the wreck, and laid
•their course for

•caught, and brought up to Mr. Brown's Hotel
and sold for $5 apiece. The buffalo like-
wise left, the schooner, but laid his course

about five feet seven inches high. Wore off
dark brown clothes a new napped hat, with
crape, and new right and left shoes. .

No one w ishes him to be arrested or return-
ed. But let him he noticed and rernmem-
bered, to prevent his future depredations.—-
Troy Sentinel'

FOREIGN NKWS.
The late Gales.— We continue to receive
the most disastrous accounts of the effects of
the late gales in the West Indies. The sch'r.
Njbw Packet, Capt. Titcomb, which arrived
here on Saturday from the city of St, Do-
mingo, furnishes us with the details of great
destruction of life and property. Capt. T.
states that the gale commenced there on the
18th ult. from the S. E. and terminated with
the wind from S. S. W. Nearly .all the ves-
sels in tho harbour were driven ashore, and
those at anchor at the mouth of the river got
under weigh at tho commencement of th
gale and potto sea, and were all wrecked
near Hiua River. Several Haytien coasters
were lost. — A*. Y. Gaz.

Df.ll'gg in Chili — The ship William and
Henry has arrived at Gloucester tioin Valpa-
raiso; an i reports that during the latter pi>i t of
Mjy. and first part of June,, more rain fell in
Chili, than ever was known by the ; oldest inha-
ifi.ant. It swept off most of their grist
'"ills, and one thousand Jive hxtndred houses at
Santiago. It was estimated that the damage
ifone would amount to ii millions of dollars. —
The rivers rose so rapidly thai the mail was
not receive! from Santiago for ten .days at a
i-istance of 60 jmile*.

On the <Hh of June, in a heavy north wind,
the ship- American' Hero, of Boston, brig Can-
ad*, and a Liverpool brig were driven ashore
■A Valparaiso — no lives lost. Part of their cur-
cots were saved, but much damaged. The
Canada was sold a few days before to Capt-
Scott, of Boston, and Mr. Andrews, of Balti-
more She had beeu r ut under the Chilian

every vessel with the exception of the Jupi
large a hd small houses, were seen blown ii.
every direction, • which had become a prey t<
the violence of the. wind, and it is with deej
regret we are compelled to announce th(
lossevefy planter has met with, as all their
Mill Points and other buildings together
with the greater part of their stock are de
stroyed, a loss that must retard tho presen
crop and will utlimately ruin the ensuing o ».-*•.
a circumstance much to be lum.ented, as thi
prospect of which exceeded any thing th
island could anticipate for many years.

The King of England held his court at
Windsor Palace, on the afternoon of thf
17th, when Viscount Goderich was presen-
ted and| kissed hands upon bei.'g appointed
First Lord of the Treasury ; Mr. J C. H.r-.
ries wa6 prseehted to his Majesty by Viscount
Goderic i, First Lord of tho Treasury, and
received the seals of the office as Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Lord Wrn. Bentick was
presented by the Right Hon Charles Wynn,
the President of the Bo<.rd of Control and
kissed hands on being appointed Governor.
General of India, in the room of Lord Am-
herst; Cap.Conroy, secretary of tho Duchess
of Kent, was presented by tho Marquis of
Lanadown, principal Secretary of State for
the Home Department, and was knighted.
Mr. Herries and Lord Win. Bentick were
sworn in as Privy Councillors. It was un-
derstood that the Dnko of Portland was de-
clared to be the Lord President of the Coun-
cil. The appointment of Mr. Herries to the
office of Chancellor of the' Exchequer, affords

•vote arrested on their arrival in Newbury-
rt, on the 8th inst. There are nine-
teen jewellery shops in Providence, R. I.
vhere upwards of six hundred thousand dol-
lars worth of jewellery is manufactured; giv-
ing employment to over three hundied per-
sons.- -A barrel of rum exploded in a

grocery store in Lockport, N. Y. recently,
from the snuff of a candle having been acci-
dentally thrown where some of it had been

pjlt ! The Bank of St. Albana, Vt. way

lobbed on the 22d ult. of eight hundred dol-
;ars, by one Alexis Burgoyne. He was pur-
sued to Montreal, overtaken, and lodged in
jail. Five hundred and sixty dollars of the

amount stolen, has been recovered.— : —

Caution to Travellers. A gentleman who

arrived in Philadelphia a few days since,
gave his baggage to a porter, who earned it '■
off, and appropriated the contents of the
trunk to his own use. The thief has been

arrested. Asa King, a carpenter, waff

lately killed in Batavia by a blow from 8
broad-nxe, the handle of which broke while
a person was driving down a plate upon the
frame of a house.— —A man named Henry
L. M'Durf, hung himself on the. 2d inst. with
his suspenders, in the town of Glen; and '
Mr. Isaac Tenney, of Orwell, Vt. hung him-
self in his own house on the same day; they

were both deranged men. John Pinfc-

ney, a seaman on board the brig Eugenia,,
while passing North Point, on her passage?
from Baltimore to South America, stabbed
the chief mate in the right side with a rig-
ger's knife : of which wound be died in about
four hours

in about

Pinkney had been ■intoxicated.

considerable satisfaction amongst the men of; The brig Jane Proctor, which was

The accounts from St.. Croix, of the effects
of the gale of the 17th Aug, are truly dis:
tressing. All the es'ates have suffered more
or less, and on many tha negro houses and
other buildings were entirely destroyed, be-
sides several slaves killed and a great num-
ber of stock. A private letter states, that
on one estate alone, Montpelier, four slaves,
. - and 100 sheep were killed. In the harbour of

shore, where they were Christainstad, only three vessels rode out the
gale. While in Frederickstad. all were driv-
en on shore, some of which . with valuable
cargoes, were entirely lost.
By 'an arrival at Tovtola from Antigua, we

down the falls, and was precipitated over

them, and was killed, as it is said I, by a ; I( — , that the ale of Uie 17thf wds f -, t ' vUh
.spar filling across his back ; as for the oth- i ffreat Hever ity there. In the harbot.rof St.
«r animals, it is not known what became of j 0 { inS) of that island, not a single-Vessel es :
tnen i , I , „ . . . caped its fury, and "those "which were not

"The vessel after going over the second j df}veu Ml sunk at t|ieh . ancho rage. Se-
rapid was turned stem foremost, m which • veral small buildings were blown down', and
way she was precipitated over the mighty j ?ro!U in j ury B nstained throughout the coun-
falls, and when about halt way over, her "

keel broke, and in a few seconds she was
torn to fragments. There were probably
from thirty to fifty thousand spectators who
witnessed this novel and imposing spectacle.

M>\ Andrew L:«i;g, of Montreal, while en-
deavouriiig to fasten a screw in the machinery
of his mill, at Petite Si Esprit, his foot slip; ed,'
sv that his head came v- it bin the range of the
fly whee'. The wheel struck him.in the back
of the head, .ind instantly killed him; and be^
fore the machinery could be ttopped, his body
was r g|;e.! in and dreadfully crushed from his
breasi upwards.

Mr. James Radclifte. an English gentleman
re^iL'».*r1 t Biiffdo. has obtained a patent for
the af.plic.i'.ioi. of stoam to canal boats, From
an exj.eic, ent Jaloly made at Buffalo, it if.
calculated this invention mil effect an entire
revolution in canal navigatimi, as its success
wili supercede the use of horses and conse-
qji'iitly o!'a toivii-.g path. The belief is war-
ranted that a steam engine may he thus em-
ployed which shall move three canal boatts at
tl:e rate of four miles per hour, by the con-
sultation (probably) of two cords of wood to
the hundred miles.

1 A promising Youth. — Joseph Beckenstoes,
for.. e'ly of Geneva, * as employed as waiter at
the Renssellaer Sci»ool. He professed much
piety, and even affected to weep because bis
df<ss was not decent for attending public wor-
ship. His conduct and professions, inspired
confidence and excited sympathy. Clothes
were fm nished last week on crdit. He wen

try..

ST. CROIX, Aug. 19.
" It'is not in my power to dfsc-ibe the
scene, the country presents throughout ; the
north side of course worse than the south.
On Friday noon, the island looked like a
garden in the highest state of c.dtivaf iou ;
the canes tall, wholesome, and promising a
crop equal to onr greatest wishes, and on
Saturday morning, nothing but devastvtion,
our canes prostrate, shewing nothing but
stalks and a colour as if a light fire had been
passed over the land, and singed every plant,
putting the appearance of winter upon the
few remaining trees, all by a furious gale,
from four o?clock, on Friday afternoon, un-
til eight at night.

I am told that at the Estate Annally
there is not a single building standing, of
which many were made new after the gale
of 1825, even to the still house, butts and
worms are lost. Slaves in several places
killed; at Sion Farm 22 mules killed: at
Betty's Hope, every negro house lost ny fire,
which took place in the midst of the
gale."

ST. CROIX, Aug. 20;
On the 17th inst. was witnessed the moft
dreadful gale of wind that this Island has ex-
perienced for some years past ; it commenced
blowing from the NE. point from 32 o'clock,
and increased as evening approached, exhi-
biting in, solemn anticipation what was to be
the result, all the vessels in the harbour were
seen using preparatory means to combat its
pproaqhing fury, but, alas! at half past 6

business, as he is generally esteemed fully
sufficient to what is required from a Chan-
cellor.

Air. Canning's funeral took place on the
IGth. His remains were deposited in West-
minister Abbey. The hearse was followed
by a large number of mourning coaches
and a vast • concourse of people. Atnoncr
those who surrounded the grave at the read-
ing of the burial service, was the Dukes of
Clarence, Sussex and Portland.

The Russian fleet had arrived at Spit-
head on its way to the Mediterranean. It
consists of eight sail of the line, 9 frigates,

two corvettes, &c. all in good condition. A i elected President of
letter from Portsmouth, dated Aug. I3th,j Wnshington, D. C..-

says that out of this force only four line of
battle ships will be allowed to go out to the
Mediterranean, and the rest will return to
'Cronstanilt.

' Accounts from Spain represent the state
of the Peninsula as most alarming. Insur-
gent partes are forming or have already
formed in various parts of the country, and
the leaders in some instances offer bounties
to young adventurers that will enlist in
die service.

cleared on the Kith inst- for the Mediterra-
nean, is loaded with supplies for the- Greeks,
by the Committee.—- One thousand emi-
grants are computed to have arrived in this

city^ately during one week ! Two deaths

fromjthe yellow fever, occurred at Charles-
ton 6n the 8th inst.- A New-Orleans pa-
per of the ?lst August, says " abC-tit fifty per-
sons have' been buried in this city within the
last seven days— a mortality nearly double
the general average among the population."

r — Nine cases of small pox have lately

occurred in New-Brunswick, N. J. -The

Rev. D II. Barnes, of this city, has been
Columbia College,
■The. City Inspector

into the chamber to dress last Sabbath; but! o'clock the wind shifted to the southward
ios.eadof going to the church, he crept out atj and continued to bbw with impetuous vio-
die garret window, and escaped from the roof, lence, until 8, when it gradually abated.

of a woodhouse and disappeared.

ucli >'ar.>ripes iu iniquity oug'ht to be mar-
ked. He is about 10 or 17 years of age; ; h
taoi:ur — has ratuer a mod^t appearance,

At day light, the eye was penetrated .with'
the melancholy catastrophe of the evening:
t' e VigiJ.aut apd one small -craft,were.8een m
various directions, driven by the force i of tir-

Uires ra die r. broad) light brown hair, and is winds on shore— not an . inclo-oire was sf-< :

sjmling, fragments of lumber, both from

Revenue of fioston. — From Sept. 1 to Sept.
11, there have been 47 foreign arrivals at
Boston ; the duties arising on their cargoes

will be half a million of dollars. -The

Missionary Society of the Methodist Episco-
pul Church, has an income of about $0,000
a year. At a late visitation of the pub-
lic schools in Portland, the number of chil-
dren belonging to them amounted to 1,095,

30 of whom were coloured.— -In tho late

fire at Portland, eight buildings were burn-
ed, and one partly pulled dowD. They were

occupied by about 30 tenants. 17,000

Emigrants have arrived at Quebec, this sea-
son, from Great Britain. Mrs. Clarke,

of the New-England Lace Factory, in Ips-
wich, Mass. has established a School in
Newburyport, Mass. for the purpose of in-
structing young ladies in the working of
lace. — - — Sickness. —In the neighbourhood
of Wahington, ; Ca, a 'very malignant fever
prevails, and proves very mortal.-^ — Casual-
ty.~-A Mr. S. Mead, of Middlesex, was killed
in Montpelier, Vt. by the caving of a bank
— j-— ■ Fire .— -A destructive fire took place at
Elizabeth-City, on the morning of the 2nd
inst- when eight or nine stores, and several

dwelling houses, were destroyed. — -A

igarjg of counterfeiters, nt New'-Orloans, ha-
ving in their! possession United States Brauch
Nojes to the amount of two hundred thousand
dollars, have been, arrested arid-committed
to pjrison. — -—A man has been arrested, ond
delijverod to. the authorities of the state of
Connecticut, on a charge of having attempt-
edQto poison one of the Shaker families at

Enpold, on the 20th of August. At Coop-

erstbwn, on 3d. inst. Levi Kelly killed a Mr.
Spoffrrd, in presence of both their wives, the
two.fatnilies Jiving in the same house. Ten
days previously Kelly had 'witnessed the ex-
ecution of S.ljrang. It is reported thut a

persbn has testified before the Grand Jury of
Ontario cotinW, that Morgan was drowned,
and has given i/i the names of those who

j.lunre.' himjiuto the water. —-The crew

> sloop j Polly, charged with killing &
man " rs -~'' 1 ' tr - ! - 11 " ' ' '"

21 Fridtiy, . . .

22 Saturday . ,

23 Sundty . . .

24 Monday. . .
^ Tvesday . .

„ , .. ■ 20 Wednesday,

in Portlaud-ii&rbQiir, in August last,; 27 Thursday .

reports the death of 93 persons, during, the
week ending Saturday the 15th, viz, 26aen fc
1.5 women, 30 boys, and 22 girls,

MAMRlEt> 9

In this city, by the. Rev. Peter Williams,
Mr. James C\Morelle to Miss Catharine Jack-
son, of Albany. .

By the Rev. B. Paul, Mr. Richard Gilmore
to Miss Hannah Brumjietd.

By the same, Mr. David Merritt to Mrs.
Margaret Collick.

In this city, on Tuesday evening last, by
the Rev. C. Rush, Mr. James Coker, of Bal-
timore, to Miss 2Hiza M. Collins, of this city*

DIED,

In this city, on the 16th instant, full of
vears and full of honours, u rested from his
labours," that " his works might follow hira£
the christian, the patriot and the bhalanthro-
pist, THOMAS EDDY, Eoq. His, family
and friends are not callad upon to " sorrow
as those who have no hope," but *.itk delight
may dwell upon the truths of the gotpel, as
exemplified in the character of the hufband,
the father and the friend. " L»t me die the
death of the righteous, and let ray last end
be like unto his."

The name of Thomas Eddy, and the deeds
of worth which filled up his life, will be re-
membered, and revered, by the coloure.f- po-
pulation of our country, and their de^ipri-
dants, to the latest generations.

In Charleston, S. C. : on the 1st inst M*.
John Cole, aged 28 years.

SOTJCE.

As Mr. Cornish will be travelling through
different parts of the cdxmtry, k- h t) Agreed to
accept of a General Jigincyfor the ' Jour*a i/
and is hereby autliorked to transact any busi-
ness nlating4o it. '(

NOTICE.— Subscribers are informed, thai
the second hulf-yearh/ payment, in advanct }
for the " Journal," is now tln^,
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POETRY.

t09. THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

THE MANIAC— A BALLAD.

Close 00 the beach; where Ocean's waves •

Roll wild and furious to the shore,
A pining maiden sits and raves,

Jler sighs commixing with the roar.

'Twas once, ah ! once her breast know joy,
And tears south d not her blooming cheek ;~

But there are. griefs th*! heart deslroy,
And woes ot which we little reek.

Lovt !— and ye who never felt

Its pam, its bliss, may scorn' my tale :

Te ne'er *t- Beauty's shrine; haw knelt,
And felt her power o'er all prevail.

Lo*tt fill'd her breast, nnd faiui'd its fire ;

Its object all the heart could ask,
In fancy paint, or could desire

To sweetly in its sunshine bask.

.But &r o'er Ocean's waste must rovo
Her Edward, to the Eastern shore ;

And \ ealth once gain'd, her love lio'd. prove,
And ptray from his ador d no more.

*Twae «ro! for ore. his natiwe land

He jMCos'd in extacy. again.;
The fhip that bnre him liiet did. strand,

And whetm'd hi in in the surging main.

This broke her tender heart at ; nee; — •.

She roams at mini nnd eve, tis said,
An emblem of pa It; Sorrow's self,

A melancholy maniac maid. ARION.

STANZAS. .
Oh let me die in my primal day,

While my morning sun with brightness shines,
Ere thi* cokl world chase my joys away,

lire the blushing llowcr of life declines.

Oh let inc die while life is young,

V. hile feelings live and the passions play —

While the bounding htart to love is strung,
And affection warms in fancy's ray.

Oh let me die. while joy 'is blight,

Ere the blissful hours of ) outb i'.re flown ;

While the soul is pure and the heart is light,
And sin and grief are ail unknown.

Oh n t me die before the woe,

0 h- ; •neliness of age .-.hail come ;
tyhn.- jonih and hope stili brightly. glow,

Then softly. make my earthly tomb.

M' Liiiiiks lh:ul' could' calmly rt-st,

If.spnng fl nvrrs bloomed above my head—
\ Meth:iiks\l' ;_."■;' ne'er ivied my breast,
'Tu lo bleep in i: tj <,i;issy bed.

|Ana cht-re wii. c.ino ; hoy say a chill;

'A tRa^'mo^ :,;ijTi;pui the heart,
gW Inn .lis earJy -.ir-.b.< ;'j.> arc still,

And the light oi youth una tiope depart.

Then let me die m my primal day,

While my morning sun With brightness shines.
Ere the coid \v< rid cJitse my joys a way.

Er« the blushing flower oi lire declines

[Juointngt'ountr.

The fltval Liars.— A. Fiench nobh man,
a<i. resting himseli'iately'to three of his sei
vui. .-, promised to reward the one who should
t( ii 1 1 i in the great bar ho. Tne first s-.iid that
he had never toL a ho — (ho second averred
tha.i he could not. u li one — the third candi-
daie, however, pro'. fi lmself the best auopi
in : he art, a/id obiameu the pri/.e, for he as-
sure.) his .easier mat bmh his tellou servants
hue jn.T-t toitt him the rr,;th.

»•/ (harmed Life.— If, as the old saying
govs, tne toil., time':-..- the charm, the hero oi
the >i>ii(.-ttiii { : para-graph most certainly bears
a <-; ;;tr!ii..-J life. There is. at present, 1 ving.
ii; 'i uiiageis: <i-us neighbourhood, u man t.hc
li*> been three Hums married ; each of hi-.
Vi'.i-; : names were the same; he had three
children by eueh. and each lived \yith him
trine year.-;, lie was a 'widower bei-vocn
enc-h marriage three years; has three <• iil-
d: <■ living, the third by . euch wife, and iieir
)>, • ii-'iay- -to v it bin three d»y$ of each >>;!>
(■ . hit? lust wile h is been dead three you
8: o expects to be married again in three
Ii .oi; lis '. — Paisley paper.

Agri<u!iur*~- If o small trench is dug
shout Hiree or four yards fioin the stem of a
f :t tree, and a small quantity of salt is equal-
1 hstribiited in the trench, when dissohe-i, ir
ii onveyed to the roots, by means of. which
!' i tree v\i!l be invigorated, and tho quantit)
pf fruit increased. — Berks' ChronicU.

Steam Carriage. — An extraordinary sensa-
tion was excited in the neighbourhood of Re
gent's Park, towards dusk on Thurs lay eve-
ni;:g sVmgh/, by the sudden appearanco of
C'-rney's newly invented Btearn carriage,
which coursed through the streets m. ihe
back of the Diorania. round part btthe ISew-
x?*d, and up the ascent of the Albany-road,

at\the rate of eight or ten "miles an hoin% car- 1 ' 1cveM t g school.
rying several persons inside aud bflbind.. .It. AN H vKNINCi SCHOOL for persons o 1
seemed to move with the mp8t uqrlept ease, i C ol<>ur . % v.ill be opehed on the 15th of Octo
and without aojr- perceptible nom from, the, fe ^ if) xhe jifricun School Room in Mul
machinery, or any appearance of smoke ?r * bpt wh ^ rewin etttU?ht

atenni whatever. The person, who. sat in, ■ 3 j b
front, an condu clear,, evidently .held the. carrir i READING, VVRITIN G, ARITHMETIC
ago under complete command, ghiding'it with ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEO GRAF HY,&n.
grent exactness, and whenever th^ crowd Tv>llM , T hrea Ddlb * per Quarte'r, payable in
which gathered about it became, tnuiplasoine, ' a( | vnnoo . ... n„ w ' B . ror o to half poBt o'clock.

Khooting away from them . with speed' equal
to that of a mail coach,

Sept. 1*5.

A CAHI>.

Disgraceful Superstition.— In the beginning ■
of this month, at; one of th- oyster vessels
was lemming to Gorey, in. the island- ot* Jer- 1
sey, at night, she struck on a rock^ and went Rkspectkully informs his fnonds, and
down. The crew, however, apt.toa rock at. the public genet ally, that his Houso, No. 15»
the ebb tide, and having saved a little powder C'hvrck ( street f is still opon for the. accommodation
from the sinking vessel, kindled it by small of genteel persona of colour, with
quantities at inteivals, and with loud . rics j t OAT! DING AND LODGING,

endeayourcd to m- ke the jr situation ' krmwn. , M for f> goHcita a con .

At this time some fishermen were at work on ; tf t of ^ g » araR nja h ' oU8(j 5s in a henlu ■ •
the shore, and saw the signals of the unhup- ^ ietlhiMll t ut - thc c}l . arld no pftins or ( . x .
py men, and heard their shouts ; but owing . '„ ^ wi ;i; bo spariu i on |,i 3 .part, to render the si-
to a nolio!i that what they heard and saw t uati«iiH of those who honour him with their pa.
proceeded from the ghosts of wretched mari- , tronage, as comfnrtal)!;: as possible.

New- York, Sept. 1827.

ners, which were sairl to frequent the coast
in bad weather, instead of rendering aid to
their pool* fellow-creatures, they wer** seiv.ed
with affright, hastened to their homes,
whilst the whole of the poor sufferers, who
might have easily been rescued, perished on j
the flowing of the tide.— Southampton Htr.\

Rise and Fall of tht Nations.— The author
of the Life of Cicero, speaking of the opinion
entertained of Britain by that orator and his
cotemporary Romans, has the. following elo-
quent j.a.sagc:— u From the railleries of this ,
kind, on the barbarity and misery of our isl- j
and, one cannot help "reilrcnng on the sur-1
prLsiriir fate and revolutions of kingdoms ; 1
how Rome, once the mistress of t:ie world,
the seat of arts-, empire,, and glory, now lies
sunk in sloth, ignorance, and poverty, enslav-
ed to the most cruel, as well a< the most con-
temptible of tyrunts,— superstition and reli-
gious imposture,- — while this remote country,
anciently the jest and contempt of the poiii'e
Romans, is become the happy seat of liberty,
plenty, and letteis, flourishing in all the arts
of refinements of civil life, yet, perhaps, r un-
ning the same course that Rome itself has run
bofore it; — from virtuous industry to wealth,
from wealth tu luxury, from luxury to an im-
patience of discipline and corruption of mor-
als, till, by a kKal degoneracy, and loss of
virtue, being grown ri|je for destruction, it
becomes a proy. at last, to .some hurdy op- 1
pressor, and, with the loss of liberty, loosing |
every tiling that is. valuable, Kinks g-raduully '
K|/airi to its original. Imrburioth." — 52d JYola to
Ath Cunlo of CuilJc Harold.

- i Lost .Articles Redeemed !

a toi;c:i ok 'i ui: scbmmeI

Speech oj the Irish Jiarviskr m Mr. Mallhcio's CHARLES ' OKTIMER, 03 Churcl:
i.ldtalioiiii. ! street, respiset lull v inloniis the Public, thai he

"(lenllemen, Ii:a.e upon y ou as the chil- prepures a'OKMENT. with which Im can" unite
drcu ol'.ivaiiimated -nature, breathing the di- ; tiie parts of broken Glass, or China, as iirmly as
vine b^ee;.us of the odoriiCMuud heavens that j'tJver. ,. r ,-., t „i nnrv a j

surround the constellations! Ye are' not ! Ho jnends Glass GLGfih^ C1IINA and
hke the eold-bloodh.i reg.cKies that overran . WAIth. of every doscriptmir w.th bul

i evoiut.onarv and revohUouLeu Fiance, w ith j ! tll(! '"J 11 ^ «°, ^ ITroZUn " *

. * , a } . . i the oiirtu to cohere as before broken.

t:,e region-hae bluet ot tempestuous whir:- R A]J or(Ji;rs thankful , y received, nnd punc-
^uids, nor the hre ongeivlered war-brands ; tua |j attended to ^7
that Uiiew tne snows of Russia into a thaw, j ^ O \v-York, Sept. 14.

ami levelled Moscow m the iuiporeeplib.e J — : —

rum that must amalagate the wouder-sirick- j jj est SuimVier,: Mild VVinter-Strhihed
en senses of admiring nations, lroui Uonstan- . (

tinople to tiie Peak of Tenerifi'e ! 1 caiinotl oi' LKM OIL.

jiidulgo in bi'gu-flown lucubrations, when It TIIE subscriber begs leave to return his
.iiii sjjcakinu' To men who know all the giori- ; thanks to his pati<ms for past favours, and takes
uu^ rel'ulgencies ot indescribable humanity m this method ot informing them and the public in
a more <.i •ssicai and legislative capacity timn ♦general, that he constantly keeps on hand a sup-
ny. Uku over graced "the Aiedes, the Per- j F lv °- n fa i, :J f. ona ' ot , c 7r ( l ual| ty. which

. n t ■,.„„.!, r> m . , e . he. will deliver in any part of the city, at the
.ans, u.c fcoai.uimuuns, or the Piicc.iiciaus ; J '

Nt )TICE.
TriE " African Mutuaf, Instiutptton

SncivTY,- for the instruction of coloured Adults,
of both Sexes," will re-open iheir SCHOOL, on
Monday Evknino. Clctob.T 1st, at their former
School- Room, unde.i th > Mnrinrr's r 'hurch, in
Roosevelt street Tllo School will b,-> open on
every Monday. Wrdttrsduy and Friday Errnitigs.
ut half past h o'clock.

Th'so! desirous of ifcceivin<r instruction, will
he taiifi-ht. to Head, Write nnd Cypher, until the
first of April. Jri2d. for the small sum of one dol-
lar, to bi} paid on entering the school.

An early application is reqiu.Vod, 8.< there will
be no allow, nee made for past time. Those wh"
wish 1. 1 become Members, mav join. \y callinor (! n
the Secretary, No. .">■") L Pearl street, near Hroad-
Btreet, any day beion' tlm first of October, Sun-
lays exciep'ed.

Jiarotti Hood, James Myers,

it Hum P- Johnson, Arnold K.'zic,

K. M. Jtfrlcunvs, Henry King.

Trusters

EVENING SCHOOL.

The subscribe! 1 respectfully informs his
friends, that he purposes .opening a JSIC! HT
SCI100L, ,on the first of October ensuing, prin-
pully for the beiiefit of Adults, in tlio. Bawcinent -
St. Piin.ir's Church, in Collect-street la
w hich will be tftiight
ltKADlNO, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
p V SW GRAMiM A R, *c. Ac.
oO pdr Quarter, payable, in advincc.
To open at 7, and close at '.) o'clock

B. F. HUGHES.

New-York, Sept.. 15. iJd

MAMER h. SMITH,
STB AM SCOURS AS, ,

Ao; 1 77 William street, JV; Y.

CONTINUE to c lea, ,8c and dress Coats,
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls,
in the neatest manner They also make, altei and-
repair Gentlemnni* Clothes, to.iheif entire satis-
faction, and upon the most- reasonable teinib

Their mode of dressing Clothep ishy.STPAM-
SPONGING, which they have followed with
much success for several years past All kinds
ol spots or stains are extracted, and the ch.ih
restored to the appearance of new; and this I hey
engage to periorm without any injury to tho
cloth, and at least eriuuijo any tiling ol the kmd
done in this or any othOr city ot tho United States.

Aimusi 3. 21

LJLVD FOR SJILE.
THE subscriber is authorised to olTer to his
coloured brethren. 2.000 A i res o< excellent Lasd^
at less than one half its value, provided they will
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured farmers. The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location ig.
delightful, being on the banks of the Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. Tho canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o-
pening a direct navigation to New-York cit, n, he
passage to either city may be made in om; day or
less. The land is of thc best quality, and well
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his breth-
fon. whti are capitalists, will at least invest . r >00 or
1,000 dollars, in these, landa. To such he svilltake^
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased for 1 '

dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it-
has heen selling for He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous.and he thinks such a settlement, form- ,
r-.l by coloured fait.iltes. would hi', conducive of
much good : With this object in view lie will in-
vest ">;To dollars in the purchase

SAMUEL 12. CORNISH.

New- York, March & I.

N. B. Communications on the ■ subject-, postpaid,,
wi 11 be received a:id attended to

XT All Oui tas rou Job, liooa, or Fa xc vet
Lr.F-r 4ttiik Ofkicb, CuuacH Strbet,

Wll.l. Bf I'ROMITI.V A/rrKSUKIJ r.).

.< reiore i will, w.tn modesty, confine m)-
tiii to tiiis glorious consummation, tiiat eve-
ry natural generation siiouhl live without ag-
•avatiou, under every uoprivatioii, and nev*
a.!:iiV;r themselves to be annihilated by the
siiiiulta-.mout), obMo.\ious, deteriorating, and
wboniinubie coio-ooanoii of inceuuianoH, vvJio
aocimiulate but to separate and degenerate
wiio bhould never be in^miridte.-

ii/.A; liberal deduction made to Churches, and
those wiio buy by the quantity:

' JOHN ROBERTS,

2"> Curiant-alley, third door above Locust-
2l-;5m ' street, Philadelphia.

jYo. 1(1 Collect -street,
AN PHYSICIAN and liOTANIST,

jiru. o.) — And, my country men, hear me, and ! returns iiis sincere thanks to the public in gi
uuii t be blit/d .' Ii \ could mount the wing id ral ». 1 ' 01 " i^ favours, and solicits their patronage
horde Pe'^-.iuus, 1 would in over mount Heli-
con, und tra\ei the laud of lilgypi, to emai.e',-
pute and • elucidate all t ha. can reverberate
to substantiate the emacuJation of all that
puts you at present in a consternation."'

An infallible remedy for the Tooth Ache.— A
.lady (>■ ii.is town h;ia fa von'reo us oili). the
ml -owing ituipe. which she says, has never
a;!«;d to produce the <!es red enVt, although
used in ion nieiable instanies. M:ke a sola
lion o:' camphor and puiveiise.i oayenne pepi
per ; dip therein a small' q .antiiy of raw, cot-
ton an ; Hp^lj it to the affe' ie ; tooth, and it
will give iiiiiiie:iiate rel ef. To prevent the
compositum's getting to (ho th ->;it, lay a bt.i
of ag o er tin tooth for a ievv uiojnents i ---ff'*(r
mington Htrald* -

\n lutur

N. lii. j/Ifl cures all diseases of the human sy
ti-.o : with roots and herbs, free from ihe use of
p. ■ -u ry|.

jXo. l\52 t Soyth Sixth-street, below Pine,

• OHKSF.ll BY.

[ CHARLES SHORT,

For tho! Purposo of accommodating P>;orr,E. of
Colr.oua, Strangers and Citizens, with

BiOARDiNG AND LODGING,
-By jlhe Day, Week, Month, or longer.
H>i \H, furnished with every thing to"" enable
him to keep a House of the hrst-rate kind ever
•>penod in the Ci£y of Philadelphia; und will spare
no pains 1 to merit the public patronage.- '
' July^ld37 t ; ld-om

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• RIGHT E O il S N ESS K X \ LT ETH A N A T I O N."

BY JNO. B. RUSSWURM.

JMARRIAGE CUSTO&S, &c. OF VA-
RIOUS NATIONS.
(Continued )

In Scotland, the .weddings of persons of in-
ferior rank ure managed in a very sociable
manner. The company consists promiscu-
ously of the high and low. Each guest con-
tributes according 'to his ability or inclina-
tion : for which, a deceit {'.inner is provided,
and afterwards a jovial dance. When the
parties happen u» be -ervants in respectable
famiiie!:, t ':i<. , . C(>iitnuutions are sometimes so
liben). tf.^t tiiey are sufficient to establish
tl:c yi'uiiiy couple in the world. -r

iJ-.oiianan reports a law of Evenue, or Ew-
■y.i ill. of S.;oihind, by which it was ordered
that the hr 3 t mghl of a nobleman's marriage
should be the king's fee ; and (hat the noble-
man, besides taking, the same liberty with
the commoner's wife, should ngaiu command
their company whenever they pleased. Mal-
coni III. at the entreaty of his queen Marga-
ret, changed this indulgence into a fine of
half a mark, 0 to be paid by the husband in
lieu of purling with the privileges of his bed
for the tust night.

In Ireland, weddings are always celebra-
ted with much dancing. A number of coun-
try neighbours among the poor people fix
upon some young woman, who ought as they
think to be married, and. they agree also up-
on a young fellow as a proper husband : this
bring determined, they send to the fair one's
cabin, to inform her that on the Sunday foi-
iowing she i3 to be horsed, that is, carried on 1
mors' backs. Sha must then provide whis-
key and chief for a treat, as all will pay her
a visit after mans for a hurling match. As
soon as ahe is norsed ihe hurling begins, in,
which the young fellow appointed for thei
huabaud has the eyes of the company fixed!
oh him : if he come oft" conqueror, he is cer-
tandy married to the girl ; but it another is
victorious, the prize is transferred to the vic-
.lor. 7'hese trials are not always finished in
or.e Sunday— -they occupy sometimes two 01
lhree, and the common expressiorfwhen the
contest is over, is, that such a person is
goaled. \

The Circassian young women are brought
up by the mother, who teaches them em-
broidery, to make their own dress, and that
ol iliejr future husbands. On the day of mar-
riage, the father makes the bride a present,
"but reserves the greatest part of what he in-
tends to give her till the bir h of the first
child. On this occasion she pays him a visit,
receives from him the remainder of her'por
tion, and is clothed in the matron's dress,
consisting principally of a veil.

In China, marriage is peculiarly reveren-
ced'by the people, ar.d protected by the law.
The adulterer i* alwa;. 8 punished with death,
■and the same punishment is usually inflicted
upon him who ecduces an unmarried woman
from the path of rectitude, A Chinese often
enters into tiie marriage state without seeing
the woman be espouses. His knowledge of
lier is generally gained from some female -
relation who acts the part of a tnaich-maker.
If, howpver, the husband is imposed upon
uith respect to her age or figure, he can, if
•he pleases, obtain a divorce. The father
gives no dowry with his daughter; on the
contrary i ihe bridegroom is obliged to pay
him for his wife. The amount, to be given is
generally decided by the aforesaid murriag^
negotiators. The parents of the bride hx
the day frr the performance of the ceremony,
taking bpecial care to consult the calendar
for a lucky one. At the Appointed time the
bri 'e is placed in a chair, or close ipalanqnin,
and is surrounded by persons of both sexes,
carying torches and flambeaux evep iu the
middle of the day. A troop yf musicians,
with pipes, drums, and hautooys, tna;ch be-
fore the chair ; her family follow behind ..-r
The key of the chair in which she is enclosed
is committed to the custody of a irnsty ser-
vant, to be delivered to! the husband only
who, richly dressed, waitsjat his gate>fbr the
arrival ol the procession. j When it approach-
es the; key is put into bis hands, by
means of which, at Jie fir^t glance, he learns,
his fortune. If he is discontented w ith bis in-)
tended spouse, he suddenly shuts the chair
and sends her back to her relations ; but to
get rid of her, it costs him a sum equal to
that he gave to obtain her. If he is. content-
ed, she descends from the chair, and enters

the house; she is then committed in-
to the-.. hands of the women, who par-
take of an entertainment and remain with
he r the whole day; the male part of the guests
are treated in like manner by the husband.
The women amuse themselves , separately,
and the men-do the same in another apart
1 inent. A handsome Chinese damsel, who
! unites accomplishments with her beauty,; will
,' fetch from 4i>0 to 700 louis-d'ora, while there
I are some who sell for less than 100.
I TIip Tartars, in general, are not restricted
in the number of. their wives, besides concu-
- bines, whom they choose from among their
j slaves. The Mahometan Tartars must not
. contract a manage within certain degrees of
1 affinity ; but the pagan may marry any of their
kindred, except rhei natural mothers: it is not
unusual f >r the father to take his. daughter to
wife, and they generally abandon their wives
when th. y draw near forty, considering them
thenceforth as no other than servants, whom
they provide with victuals, foj. taking cal-
ami tending upon the young wives who sue*
ceeo to their places. .It is usual among some
of the Tartar tribes for a young pair to retire
and live together as m m and wile for one
year : if, during that ti my, the woman produ-
ces a child, their marriage is completed; but
if not, they separate at pleasure, or agree to
make another year's trial. Traces of .this
custom may be still discovered in the law of
Scotland, according to which a marriage dis
solved within a year and a day, and without
a child, has no legal consequences, but re?
stores the property of each party to the same
situation as if no such alliance had ever ex-
isted. We believe a somewhat similar cus-
tom is still prevalent in the Isle of Portland.

The ceremonies of marriage at Thibet are
neither tedious nor intricate. . Their court-
ships are carried on with little art, and
quickly brought to a conclusion. . Th'? elder
brother, of a family,, to whom the choice be-
longs, when enamoured of a duinsel, makes
his proposals to the parents, arid' if his suit is
approved, the parents, with their daughter,
repair to the suitor's house, where the male
and female acquaintance of both .parties
meet, and enjoy every kind of festivity, for-
three days, at the expiration of whjchl the
marriage is complete The priests of Thibet,
who 'shun the society of women, have ho
share in these ceremonies, or in ratifying
the obligation between the parties. Mutual
consent is their only bond of union, and the

parties present are witnesses to the contract,

which it seems is formed indissolubly for lilK-fj* of her acquaintances; — all
By mutual consent, however, they may part, ic V™<, tli.ttfraj.a single woman, she
but then they can never marrv again. It is "" >u A " Kn ~ & " rtn

a remarkable characteristic in this country,
that polygamy assumes a different form from
that of other eastern countries : the women
being indulged i:r a plurality of h islands.

The Siamese, previous to any nuptial con-
tract, are obliged to consult nn astrologer,
who calculates the nativity of the parties,
and determines whether their union is likely
to prove fortunate or otherwise. If hisdeci -
sion be favourable* the lover is permitted to
visit his mistress three times, at the last of
which the marriage portion is paid, and with-
out the performance of any religious ceremor
ny the nuptials are reckoned complete, and
soon after they ljve together. In a few. days
the, priest visits, the married couple, sprinkles
them with water, and- offers a prayer for
their prosperity. ,

in Tonquin a plurality of wives is allowa-
ble, and the husband- may cja,im a divorce on
the most trifling occasion ; but he, must res-
tore the effects which , the wife possessed at
the time of her marriage. The same indul-
gence U not allowed to the/woman.-' A wo-
man convicted of adultevy is |hro,wn to an el-
ephant, bred for the purpose* w.hp, taking
her up with his iruni, tosses her,in the air,

and when she . falls, tr.amplea.iier upder his
feet, and crashes ner.tq piqce,s/, A man may :
sell his wives andchildjen,, which,' in s tjmes;
of scarcity, the poor no scruple in-do-l
ing. . ,, : ...... ' : ... . ... ,

Among the Hindoos, between the age of
seven and ten the children, are given awdtv in
marriage, and are suffered to contract an* in-
timacy with one another ; but, they *o hot
live together till, some years after, from]
which time the woman is never permitted to
see her parent*. Polygamy is allowed, but
seldom practised.

The marriage ceremony as performed *t;

Ceylon is thus described : — A whole family
;gj>es in a body fo ask a youngiwoman in mar-
jriage ; the more numerous the family, the
[greater title it has to her. It is of course the
i Whole family that marries, consequently the
Icnildren Vefong to the family, in the same
wjay aa ^he lands, which are never divided.
I The ceremony is performed by uniting the
right thumbs of the man and woman, over
wjbioh the priest throws a little water, and
pronounces the words necessary for the oc-
casion. As soon as the consent of the par-
ties s obtained, a magician is consulted to
flic the day and hour. The two families then
miect at the Inus^ of the young woman. A
gfand feast is prepa/ed for the occasion, and
the house ornamen'.ed according to the cus-
tdm of the Eitst. The magician consults his
books, and holds a clepsyara or water-clock
»i his hand. The instant the lucky moment
arrives, thetnarried couple are covered with
a;piece of cloth, their right hands are joined,
filtered (Vuter is throwi. over them, a cup
containing cocoa-:, ilk is passed several times
over their heads, and thus the ceremony
emis.

DISADVANTAGES OF SINGLE BLESS-
EDNESS.

Miss Becky Drigtfid .as a single woman,
had vainly expected to escape the snares and
anxieties of the married 6tate. She had
heard and aeon much of the indifference or
thle ill-hUm'our of husbands— of the troubles
aiid vexations of children — and she thought
frbm theie evils, 1 am at least free ; — I can
g<^ where * like, do what I like, and live as I
like. But poor Miss Becky soon found her
mistake, f Brothers and sisters married/ ne-
phews and : nieces sprung up on ail hands,
etlchandiall expecting to be distinguished, by
Abnt Beck 1 * bounty, while every parent lev-
ied the f hiost inconceivable taxes upon her
time and; capabilit ies.
I i" Aunt Becky, will you giVe me this
sa|id one ; " you know she litis no use for mo-
ney » ..[■•

!u Aunt Becky will do that," said another.
" for the ihaa 'alwayB plenty of time."

i" Aunf. Becky will go there," said a third;
she likes a long walk."

Ikt eirin the labours imposed upon her hy
her own Relations were nothing compared to
the constant demands made upon her by
the, world in general, i. e. by the whole cir- /
* ' " under' the

could have

nothing to do but oblige her friends. When
in| town, her life was devoted to executing
commissions from the country-— inquiring the
character of* servants — hiring governesses
arid grooms^-finding situations for wet nurs-
es! — getting patterns of pelisse cloths from
e^ery shop in town — trying to get old silks
matched j with new— gowns made— gauzes
djjed— feathers cleaned, fans mended, &c
&c. &c. The letters alwayB beginning, " As
I jfiud I ain really in want of the things, and
the carrier leaves town on Thursday, I trust
ydu will dontfive. to have every thing ready
i>y| that titne.' ? But one of the letters, drop-
ped by Miss Becky in the course of her per-

ambuiaticlns, twill best illustrate this part of
hdr personal narrative.

' " M t bear Miss Becky,
i ." I taije^this opportunity of letting,. yon
Know we ; ;are all tolerably well at present;

trn ?i you continue to enjoy yiour usual
good;hwHh\ I return the tea you sent last,
as we : think it- very inferior to 'that you

— , .- r .- . — - .ery infe.... ,„ ...,. rr .

veni formerly ; a hid as therp has beeri rather
| all u / ppjrrtn > e price of teas, there can be.no
7 -^sjp'n ,, ££>r'si>.ch a falling off in the, quality,}
a'tjd. uYileia. Candy- tuft can give t somethinjg
""*"* ~"-' u $r at the same price, I ( '.wpuld just

., .., and' try"8ome other shop and have
^ipg^i pidre to ^do with. 'Candy-tuft Eliza
ild' J'ane,
qrtupity

with their best' love, take this dp,
:0f..|eadiqgJn'',tbeTr'6jd black velvet
r-.—g. -yhicji they -w^wfi. you tocpn'sult'Ycl-
/i^aiM^er. about :l'tfiey have been told
& blacl yeavet can. be . dyed either grass-
ten, px Wight crimson, and if Yellowleys
pin 'iparrant ^ their standing, they would pre? ■
fear having vhem i good rich crimson | but if
hot, they must just put up with a full green,
aa much>n the grass and off the bottle as
MuibJiexj J am very sorry to tell you, your
pri/Hgt, Janny Snod^rass has turned ou| yery

ill. I find her lazy and idle, dirty, disobli-

fing and insolent, and not at all the person
was led to expect from your chara- ter of
her. I m'tiBt therefore trouble you to be on
the look-out for another. You know it is not
much I require of my servants ; Hit there are
some things it is impossible to dispense with,
and which I must make a point of. Of course
she must be perfectly sober, honest, consci-
entious, and trust-worthy, and in every res-
pect unexceptionable in her morals. She must
be stout, active, cleanly, obliging, qyiet, or-
derly, good-tempered, neat-handed, and par-
ticularly tifiy in her person. All that l re-
quire of her is to be an excellent worker at
the needle, a. thorough washer and ironer,
and a generally useful and accommodating
servr nt. Margaret sends her affectionate re-
membrances, and when you are at leisure,
requests you will order a pair of stays for
her from Brisbane's as soon as possible, as
she is in great want. She sends a pair of old
ones for a pattern, but they don't fit ; you
must tell him they are both too tight and too
short, aud shoulder straps too narrow by a
full straw breadth. The old busk she thinks
may do, or, if it should be too short; perhaps
you may be able to get it exchanged for one
larger. As Flint the gunsmith's is at no great
distance from Brisbanes', John would be
much obliged to you when you are. there, if
you would step to him, and tell him that he .
is going to send his gun to have the lock
mended, and to be sure to have it done in the
most compktc manner, and. as soon as he pos-
sibly can, as the shooting season is coming
on. When done he may send it to you, with
a couple of pounds of gunpowder, and a bag
of shot, No. 5. As the holiday time is coming
on, we may look for the boys some of these
days, and, (if it is not putting you to any in-
convenience,) as the coach stops you. know,
at the Blue Boar, perhaps you will have the
goodness to have your JNanny waiting at the
office for them ; and if . you can manage to
keep them till Monday, it will be adding to
the favour; but they will require constant
watching, as you know what romps they are.
I do not expect to be confined before the
29th at soonest ; so if vou can manage to
come to us leturixt it and" the20tti,. it will be
yery agreeable to us all, I assure you. I was
in nopeff I should-not have had any more to
trouble you with at present; but upon bear-
ing that 1 was writing to you, Tom begs me
to say, that he wishes very much to get some
good fly hooks for trout- fishing, four red
cock's hackle body^ four Uack green plover's
tuft, with a light starling-wing?« body, and
four brown woodcock's wing, and hare-foot's
body. I hope you will be able to read this,
as i assure you it has cost me some labour to *
write this from Tom's diction. I am afraid
you will think us very troublesome, but I
know you do not grudge a little trouble to
oblige your friends. Mr. Goodwilly and the
young people unite with me in best wishes ;
and t remain, my dear Miss Duguidj yours
most sincerely, ;

GRACE GOODWILLY."

P. S.— Eliza and Jane beg you will send
them some patterns of summer silks, neither'
too Ughl, nor too dark, both figured and plain f
with the different width & prwes^&L alio that
you; would enquire, what is. the lowest price of
the.ftanrfjomM/ ostrich feathers that can be
had ; and if you happen to. see anjr very pret-
ty wreaths,, you. might price' them at the same
time, as they are^ divided between feathers
and flowers. Those you. sent from Trashbag'a
wete'quite soiled, and looked as if they had
been 'worn* Mr. Goodwilly takes this oppor-
tunity of sen/ding a couple of mors, which
he. begs you will send to Steele's the ctjtler T s»
at the back of the old Birk Stile, to be sharp-
ened immediately, as that is a thing he cannot
want. " G. G.

" P. S. I find it Will be necessary to send
Jemima in to Bain the4)enti«tj to get some of
her teeth taken ovt, cs her mouth is getting
very cnwWerf. I would take her myself, but
cah not stand these tilings ; so must beg th*
favour of you to go with her, and set it done.
I tear it will be a sad business, poor soul! as
there are at host three that must come out,
and great tusks they are ! of course it is nor
every one I ' could trust her with for sues an
operation ; but t kuow l can rely upon jout
doing ever^ thing that can be don*. \¥ill ;jou.
ask that good -for-nothibg creature, Heelpfeq*

Hi

'if the children's shoe* ate wer io be sen*
home? . ,

* Yoofs in haste."

Sometimes Mrs. Becky betook herself to
th* country ; but though she often found re-
tirement, there was seldom test. Whenever
a jray husband wag leaving home, Miss Becky
was in requisition to keep his dull sickly wife
company in hk absence—or, .dee [pena, when
a vbung wife wished to amuse herself abroad,
" that good creature, Becky Duguid," was
sent for, to play backgammon with her old
ill-natured husband; and when man and wife
\yere leaving home, then Becky Duguid was
called upon to nurse the children and manage
the servants in their absencp. ' fyfritoliQM
aooundtd. M ail io disagreeablp scenes or dull
parties- She was expected to attend all, ac-
couvhmenUt, christenings, deaths, cheetings,
and burials— but she vyas seldpm asked to a
marriage, and never to any party of pleasure.
" O, Sliss' Becky doesn't care for these
things, she would like better to come to us
when we are! in a quiet way, by ourselves,"
vaa always the come-off. " ( I don't kndw.
what the cares of the married .life are," Miss
Becky would sometimes say, and oftep.er,-
think; " but; I am sure I know what the trou-
bles of the single state are, to a. stout,
healthy, easy-tompered woman like me:—
What is it to he the wife of ope crabbed old :
man, to haying to direct all the crabbed old
men in the country ? And what is i.t to.be
the mother of one family of children, to hav-
ing to look after. the children of all my rela-
tives and acquaintances r" i

But Miss Becky's reflections (like most
people's reflections) came toq. late to benefit
herself. She was completely involved in the
toils of celibacy before she w|as at alt aware
of her danger,, and vain now*" would have
been the attempt to extricate herself. Such
was Miss Becky Duguid walking in the vain
show of liberty, but in reality fettered hand
and foot by all the tender charities of life.

DISCOVERY L\ A&IC.l.
The following is an extract pf a letter from
Mr. Ashmun, agent of the Colonisation Soci-
ety., to the board at Washington.

"An excursion of one of our people in the
interior to the distance of aHout 14U mi'es,
has led to a discovery of the pdpulousness and
aomparative civilization of this District of
Africa, never iil.1 within a few months, even
conjectured by myself. The same individual
is :i-)»v nbseut on a second journey ; the par-
tK'iiars of both, I hope to be lable to present
to hip Board by the next conveyance. In
the meau time, it may not be without interest
to observe, that we are situated within fifty
leagues of a country, in which a highly im-
proved agriculture prevails; where the norse
is a common, domestic' animal ; where large
tracts of land are cleared and enclosed
where every article absolutely nccossarry to.
comfortable life, is produced by the soil or
manufactured by the skill and industry of
the 1 habitants: where the Arabic is used as
a written language in the ordinary commerce
of life ; where regular and abundant markets
and lairs are kept,and where a degree of in-
telligence and. partial refinement distinguish
es the inhabitant!*, iittle compatible with the
personal qualities a taoned in the current no
UDiiB to tiie age of the people of Guinea."

Mr. Ashmun proceeds to state, that it has
b. en ihe policy. oi the neighbouring tribes, to
shut out as much as possibe the colonists
from the interior, and even to, conceal from
them the fact of the existence of such a peo-
. pie as. are now found in possession of the
country at a little distance l\ou\ the coast.
The reason he states io.be, tUeir " desire to
possess themselves of the streams of crim-
xnerce, by Concealing the reunite sources 61
their gains." It is how ascertained, beyond
afl doubt, that the inland 1 H- ib^s are anxious
to open a direct communication with, the coh
or.y, as a large, proportion 6f the exports
ft : um the colony are, at present, from these
interior regions!. lr is believed that opening
a_ flee passage will double, tht amount. Ar-
rangements are making accordingly to effect
this object by amicable negotiations with the
coast tribes, and Mr. Aa.hwuj) thinks there is
* promise of speedy ana entire, success.

Cast, of Slapwy.—lt havingi been asserted
by the adyoojttes of the abolition of slavery,
that the -.WiejSt indies, pcqas*<j>n an. expense
to the country of £1,600,000!, phe supporters
of the, W^t India interest., |relying on the
want of dictinct. oflftcial . documents as to the
disposal-, of viit military and navjal forces, have
v«:.tured to deny the espent^ is so , great.
To meet this deoLd a, ttateihent. has-been
made with : great ca.re and iabW> and it rer
suits, that, insjead of £W0fiW*-*7e*h ^
eum wh.ich. iday fairly be considered as ex-
pended /or the support of the. -slave colonies
io no less than £2,1XJ6,232. Such an expense,
tag author of the statement, would be

'tin

uaueettsary for lift sofport of ctfoniesbj
free men in the West Indies, and may there-
fOrr b* added to the most incalculahlo sacri-
fices we are called upon to inake. for the sup-
port of elaveTy.^A<mctatfer Odz. • ■

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

v'SiiM* the pttblicaiion "■ jfairican Colomd,
tion Society, Nos, 1 and 2, wo have received the
fbllOwinsrTiote from the writer •

'.'Mr, Russuurm — I designed that the public
should kaow, both my. name and =• place o£ twip
dence.- ,Mj reason* wore, U In caw of oppofvi
tipn, that the arguments might, be met with Caspar'
ncss, a more likely case where the adveifarj';
stands confessed 2. A conviction that tho ar'?,
guments presented to notice, which wilt else be
laid aside without a perusal, or after a Very cur-
sory one, would be seriously pondered by many
coloured persons, who know the writer as one
who has always' felt and manifested a iympathy
in their' sorrows. Yours, &c.

JOHN H. KENNEDY.

Philadelphia, the loth of Sept. 1827."

FOR. TllR FREEDOM S JOURNAL.
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY
JVo. ///.

Its Bearing on ihe Interests of the tree

People of Colour.
T ; be preceding essay disclosed the motices,
of the American Colonization Society, so far
as a judgment may be formed of th<;m from
the characters of those who bejriend it, and
.of those who are its . enemies. When men
truly virtuous and enlightened, who have the
field of operation fairly in view, evinpe a de-
cided and continued approval of an enter-
prize, we ought not hastily to denounce it as
wicked or chimerical. We ought to lend a
friendly^car to their expositions, reserving,
however, the liberty of judging ultimately
for ourselves. If the American Society for-
colonizing the free people of colour, when
tested in its own merits, do not commend' it-
self to our approbation, we must decline any
participation in its measures. The arguments
in behalf of this institution, so far as they
relate to the people of colour, may be ranged
under two general heads: — The, influence it
is likely to exert on those who ure already
free ; nnd, secondly, its„influence on slavery,
1st. It is alleged, by the ad vocates of this
institution, that it must, by the Divine bless-
ing, conduce to the happiness, of that portion
of the coloured community who are now free,
Its immediate object is, " the removal to the.
coast, of Africa, of those coloured persons
who ard now free and willing to emigrate,
and of . such othersias may hereafter be libe-
rated." It compels no one to go, it offers no
insult to i hose who slay, nor aftei his arrival
on the coast of Africa need any one remain,
unless he. find brighter prospects than those
he has abandoned.

'i he . elevation to which an . individual
mayattain, depends, under God, on the cir-
cumstances ha, which fie is placed, Remove
from ..him the proiuptives to action, and u .tlie
springs of Jife stund. still." Tiie marble un-
til polished, differs but Jittle in appearance
from common. lock. . U.pon.the' coloured man
these .promptives. to virtuous- enterprize, do
not operate, or but feebly He is placed, un
der the blighting influence of circumstances
and prejudices*, which in ordinary cases ;he
cannot surmount. He cares notjo be quali-
fied for eminence, because, if qualified, he
cannot attaiu it. This evidonces no inferi-
ority on the part of the coloured rmtn, as
sdme stupidly argue. Place any set. of men
in Jus situatiou, and. if they ; be notiuhder rer
ligiyus iufiuence, (and the mags of -.society. in
lio country is under the direct anfluence. of
religion,)' you degrade t. em, if not instantly,
yet certainly... Some suppose that the Colo*
nidation Society is. based upon the'; implied
inferiority of tiie coloured man, "and hiS un-
fitness for the society of the while mari,' But
this is an uriaulhotised allegation' a gainst t.He
society," however it may hold against some,
individuals who are in, and against nia'ny
who are out ofj this society. Its' prihcifiles
and its operations adrtiit, lid such interpr^ ii'
iion, nior have its acknowledged oifgaita ever
so commented on them. It' Ippend^hbtrifs
Amen to those pr ^judices, which ' 6Ve,n in.
northern states, prevent the coloured; man
from rising above [Htfrnindl! 'cith&istiip; .'; ! '.tt t
neither created the^y.prejudices^iic^r [ dp^' ft :
perpetua,te them.. It takes' for ^tti.edi iti^
deed; what no'man can deny; that Uiese pre*,
judicesj do exist* and" that they hiy$ exerted,
and are' likely to exert, a mo^t baleful, uflu-
ence upon the coloured population! . V 'U. the
society to be blamed ft r. ari evil, which ex- ;
isted before its organization 1 Or for acting,
in reference, to, it,' and providing as far, as in,
them lies, n remedy against its influence! Bef
catse the United States, or the. respective
states, oi Ui» -people of the state% underva-

ltM» the coloiirad rnuvmust ^tha tntitc
lie ai our door, who lament the evil !

That tbi« e vil exitta, and if one of no ordi-
nary! magnitude, every man must admit.
Three Hundred Thousand Freemen virtually
disfranchised ! Themselves and poaterity de-
barred, if not by law, bj\he equally relent-
less Influence of circumstances and prejudice,
fromj attaining even. to mediocrity in society!
A; ; feiv have risen, ariicr will rise in despite of
every obstacle ; but the raaoB, in this state of
things is consigned to poverty and degrada-
tionLThe only ground of controversy is, as
to the morfe of remedying this state of things.
Why, it is alsked; may not the coloured man
be regarded iaiid treated in ad respects as on
ah e^ual footing; in this land ? The friends
of the Golohization Society believe, that a
batter- method for elevating the coloured
community, even in this country, cannot be
adopted than that they are now pursuing. It
is not to be attained by argument, but by a
silent influence of another sort. When a re-
spectable colony is established, and the colour-
ed merchant shall visit our shores, argument
in the case will be superseded. The cuiour-
ed man at home, will imperceptibly rise in
influence and respectability, through" tne in-
direct influence of those from tne Colony.
" If Mabomiried cannot bri-'g the mountain to
him, he can |go to it."— If we cannot remove
the evil, it would be wise to remove from it.
If the coloured man cannot attain t-.e stand-
ing to which he is entitled here, he can at-
tain it elsewnere; and the indirect, the re-
actihg influence he must exert on those he
leaves behind, will be of more service to them
than any thing ho can do here. The Colo-
nization Society offers him a helping hand ;
provides' for him a large and fruitful field ;
invites him to "sit under his own vine and
under his own fig-tree," to breathe freely of
the atm-'sphore and to partake at large, and
without molestation of the fruits of liberty.

Such is the tkeory of the American Coloni-
zatidn Society ! not erected as most theories
are, by mere fancy, but arising out of the well
established principles of huinuti nature. Let
us advert for* a moment to fact. What has
the society accomplished towards the attain-
ment of these desirable objects ?' The colony
was at first unfavourably located, and the ar-
dour of its friends was somewhat damped by
the afflictions that befel it. But was ev.r.a
colony planted without some difficulties? The
evils! suffered' at Plymouth and Jamestown,
were tenfold greater than any which have
been experienced at Liberia. The diseases
incident to every colony when first planted,
are attributable to other causes th m climate.
The colonists 1 were destitute at first of shel-
ter^ of; wholesome nourishment, of medical at-
tendance. I know of no colony ever planted
id ;so unfavourable eirciimstutces, that wasts.
equally prosperous at the same period of its,
history as tiia^t at Lioeria. Wages are high,
lnduitry *s general, commerce already begins
to thhve, education diffused, morality audire-

ligioh' predominate every, circumstance be- .... _ , ,,.,. .„,_ , „,.„.,

toi;ehs a healthful state and rapid growth, j pmducelt7l~w¥l- ^
VVe hear ot no dissatisfaction; none re-em- 1 hour to procure it ! for mc. H it as all men
bark as they did trom Hayti. Letters arrive j |, a vo their rights, an<: although it is my right
uimost every month Irom respectable emi- to command his services ; because \ nave
grants y.xprcss.ve ot their entire satisfaction, the power, yet it is his to submit; I will there-
ifiey have land in abundance,' and of the;; f ore enve him of n

dt4^ia^infroportio«4«4h« population. The
emigrants on their arrival, especially if th«y
•on* from a high northern latitude, must he
acclimatised: But with the comforts and at-
tendance they now have this is no very seri-
ous matter, and is very seldom fatal. How
prospects ** on this dim spot of earth" could
be more flattering than those now .presented
to the Free-Coloured, man in Africa, I am at
a losrf to conceive." They form a striking
contrast with the prospects of the mass of
free coloured people in thie country. Had I
further object in view, but the benefit of this
class of community, I must, with my present
information,berfr»end the American Coloniza-
tion Society. I do not. detain at present to
solve objections on this head, A future num-
ber, with Divine permission, shall be devoted
to the solution of the difficulties of every sort
that present tberabclyee. Admitting cheer-
fully, " that God hath made of one blood all
nation* of men for to dwell on all the face of
the earth." * I remain, your affectionate
friend and weH-wisher,

JOHN H. KENNEDY.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27, 1827.

»OR TEB .FRBEDOM'S JTOURWAL;

SLAVE i V.

Mr. EniTOR —

The history of Slavery is but .a record of
crime,, of a perpetual warfare between
strength and weakness — of the triumph* and
cruelties of the former, and the patience and
sufferings of the latter. Opposed to slave-
ry in any form, stand reason, justice, mer-
cy. In favour of Slavery appear selfishness^
collusion, cruelty, cowardice. Reason de-
crees, that *• all tne.i are born equal." Jus-
tice adjudges the rights of all men to be the-
same ; and Mercy, sweet mercy, lets fall a
te»r, whenever these divine principles are
violated. Slavery has existed iri all age^ of
the world, says the apologist of the slave-
trade. So have robbers, murderers and
thieves.

But slavery, at least, in a qualified sense;,
was sanctioned by the Jewish law. So was
the whole system df tythes. If you plead the
benefit of the first position; church establish-
ment may certainly claim the benefit of the
latter Will the >• locates of slavery in this-
country, admit th^ plea in favour of a church
establishment? No. This single laW, which
fell from the lips of Him; who spake as-ne*'
ver man spake," — " As ye would that men
should do unto you, even so do ye to t Cu*
has levelled ;the odious system of slavery for-
ever. '

The arguments in favour of slavery are
ever the same. ' They probably had their ori-
gin in. tne depraved heart, of the first villain
that seLed upon the services of his follow,
and doomed 'a brother to a state of bondage*
They may be stated thus 1 Inasmuch as I
am stronger than my neighbour, and' can sub^-
ject him to my power, anil inasmuch as it is
far teas troubie to consume food than it is to

most fertile sort, and every stimulant to in
dustrly that is to be' ha in any land. About
two weeks: ago, I perused in manuscript, a
letter from a highly respectable emigrant, to
his mother-in this city;'dated 19th'Peb. 1827.
A feW yearsiago, l this individual was a'sluve.
Jrieis now able to' read and write, aiid has
atnutised considerable property since his emi-
gration. His letter is exceedingly urgent,
mat his relatives take part in his blessings.
It also contains proposals of a commercial,
sort, ana an offer to redeem some of iiis kin-!
dredy who are yet ill slavery in Georgia,
i'iiis man, on his arrivaf among the first em-
grai)ts,r lost- some members of his family by'
sickness ; and his relation* here, are, for this?
reason, unwilling to emigrate. They attn-

tuto to the clifriate, what ought to be ascn-
e'd tb the 'exposure of the early emigrants.
^Can It be ddupted^whether or not the climate
olf Atjrica is-cdng'enia! to her own descendants!.
Tflte'iiite the 'c lony now occupies, is one of
the riiost eligible 'aud' healthful on the cbnti-
ueiiti- TheyMalrea'dy possess 1 ah' extensive
territory, 1 - arid 1 have 'land in their offer to an
indelihite extent ; and their* benignant influ-
encc' i3 spreading itself far and wide, through
that'benighted region. .

When .emigrants now at rive at Liberiaj
they j are copifiirtably provided for. " The
'sun does nptjf 'as at first, smite 'them by day,
au<t the imiohj by; night;" They find comfort-

aule lodgihgRianiJHvhoiesome iood, and kind ^atHotism appeaVs "better upW imfr
trietid?, until; they provide for themselves, ; how iK it developed upon his plantation ?' t
fcacif etngrant is .furnished with as much 1 do ntft single but Mr. Jefl5}rson for any bas* •
land as may enable him, with industry, .to at- purpose— -he was an'able, a profound writers
tain to competence, and even afliueuce. The he possessed many fine traits of character,
Produce conge| nial to the climate^s of that.sort it is true; and I only say, that his continuing
which coramajidB the highest price. Nor are to hold in unqualified slavery, any of his-fel-
deatb /smore frequent in Liberia than in Piula* low-beings, after signing such t declaration

f my free will, whatever I can
spare with convenience fioin his eainipg^.

This, to be sure, wat a very brief way of
settling the ; oint; and tiie first unprincipled
tyrant, shall have the honour of ''evising an
apology for the practice ot every slave-hdlder
o this day. .

Slavery in the nineteenth century is de-
fended upo-. ! the same principles. Indeed it
is beyond the ingenuity of man, to fraiiio a
better apology. No man, not even the, slave-
holder himself, was ever convinced that sla-
very was^'usf. At the memorable epoch, of
our revolution, slavery existed in all its de-
formity in this country. • ; A system of meas-
ures was. adopted by the, mother country,
which Was denounced ? by our patriotic fore-
fathers as illegal, unjust and cruel.' They
resisted those, measures with a spirit becojn-
Vng freemeri, 'and declared in the : face of the
World, that all men were born Jree. .

The- apostle of< the, '\ahci:mt dotni;don, ,
was the author of ' declaration which has
rendered liis ( name immortal. In thai .elo-
quent appeal to the world, and to God,'.
declares/ that '' all men possess certf in ! un-
alienable .right?-— among, which are life, hV
erhf, and' the ' pursuit* of nappiness;: ,1 " Bjit
what strange inconsistency is here of "U. one-
hand the "Sage of Mohticello," pre^e <ts; this
deckratron of rights; in the other, he grasp*
the Chains which hold in perpetual bondage
five hundred of hi4 feww-menf ! ! No ipaa's

US

is. not one of them, nor can hie name .be
forci-d to prop up m cause, which deserves
to b© tottering to it* fall;

We may suppose the slave-holder to re-
flect thns with himself. " It is true there
is something repugnant to the feelings of
humanity in the idea of enslaving my breth-
ren ; but how is my plantation to b^ cultiva-
ted .without them? If I resort to free la-
bour to satisfy the demands of justice, I. shall
possibly reduce my prpfita npon my cotton
and tobacco a cent a pound, and what has
justice to do with my profits ? If compelled
to abandon a system which is. deprecated by
ail good men, must I not retrench my expen-
ses? And will not every master of slaves,
ridicule a compliance tyithr the finr spun ar-
guments of philosophers, christianb and hon-
est men? Has it come to this— must T aban-
don a lucrative traffic in the life and blood
of my own species, and assume the manner*,
and comply with the customs of philanthro-
pists ? Must I leave to the sceptre of justice
and humanity; even though compelled to
emancipate my miserable band of slaves?
Kfo, never. Slaves 1 mast have; and the ne-
cessity of the case is my apology.

The question then is not, shall I have
slaves? but how shall I 'perpetuate my power
ovpr them ? Will they submit to this state of
infamy and degradation, and to the cruel
treatment which the very nature of slavery
compels me to adopt; except they are shroud-
ed in moral darkness ? Should they become
acquuainted with Mr. Jefferson'6 bill of
rights, will they not claim the benefit of his
arguments ? If permitted to examine the
storehouses of science and literature;, will
do; th* reasoning of the, moralist and the di-
vine, impel them to resist my tyranny, with
the same spirit that Mr. Jefferson did that of
the British government? Will not similar
consequences result from a similar strug-
gle?

My slaves then must not be taught to read,
lest the writings of such men as Mr. Jeffer-
son should fall in their way ; they must not
be taught to reflect, lest they should be able
to contrast their situation with mine ; and
becoming indignant at the discovery of my
crimes and of their sufferings, should make
one mighty effort to break their chains, and
rid themselves of a master. My safety then
dei>ends upon their ignorance ; every avenue
to light and knowledge must be closed. The
footsteps of the Missionary must be watched;
tao messengers of tlie Gospel of peace and
salviition, must not bo permuted to enter up
on my plantation ; the <rlad tidings of a sal-
vation, wrought out by a Being who came' to
bnrst.tlie prison doors, that th. captive might
go free, must not he sounded, in the cabin of
my slave. His ears may not be visited with
trie calls of mercy; his heart nv\y not be pu
rified by that faith which opens to the mind
of the v/eary captive, the "glories and the li-'
bertyof a world, where mas. or and slave are
equal.

No, no ; tiie glorie.s t*f that better
world must not be permitted to .shine into the
souls of my siaves,-lest a knowledge of Je-
hovah and nis utfrihyr.es, suould entice Ihein
to cry to Him for succoiir; lest their pray-
ors should quicken tlie march of justice, lesi
the ind gnctiou of an angry God should over-
take me, even in this world. With all these
precautions I may possibly live in ajaety, and
onjoy the sweet satisfaction of sleeping un-
der the anodynes of swords and piato s.— -Af-
ter all, however, is thero not danger that
some who are thus held in bondage may ob-
tain their free lorn, may obtain the means, of
gaining a knowledge of men ^and things, of
tin.* natural rights -of mankind, of the means
that have been practised by siave-holders
and dealer*, to kidnap the i norant sons and
daughters of Alrica? • Will not these free
people of colour communicate this -knowl-
edge to my slaves, and will not they sigh for
the sweets of liberty ? How th^n shall this
evil be prevented r Canriot some means be
provided, to- send these free people of colour
out of the country, acd may not- this nefa-
rious scheme be &o concealed under the
sanction of great names, so shrouded under
the. garb of religio.*, that! the trick may not
be 'liscovered ? Is it not far better to' con-
tribute the value of a slave or two, to an ob-
ject which promises 'me- the undisturbed pos«j
^f«ssion of tne rest; than tnjrhazard the loss of
th • whole, by permitting, th<Me that are fre<.
to remain in the country ?j '

To the coloured freeman, I. would, say. haa
noi s'lch a pbm been deviled and r erfe* tid in ;
the otm of a SjcL ty; and have not bi»r*freus
at \«mr raoo already fallen victims tu a scheme,
a barbarous » i: is cunning-?

But 9>jp,;j-e we pat a few questions to th- "
. da ve-hold^rs of our country. Do you po-sess
phntaiions rah in value, and great in ex'ioM:;
JPr. un wh' m did you d-. ; iv< your title* ? Have 1
thev descended from your pl.-estois, .and havr
su .cesaive generations lived in splendour upo"
thei: product* ? Or have ] ym purchased fo.
y-u-selve*? Or, in ether ca-e, wdl'you be so
good as to inform us whence the purchase-mo-

ney was obtained,:, waa .it not, the. ear;Ung« t O-
•lavest Wh* it 'bot ttle price of their JiOeM*}
or «arliey the pHc^ of tbiir' Wood ? And is tin!
the tenure b^'wtffch'' toU^okfaotir [tttiifl**
and will yoij attempt Id' excuse the vibjaOoi
of e\ery maxim of jnfctfce and- Honour; by a}
pealing to the la*s of yoW country f TUbm
taws', and I biuBh; to s^y it, do permit one inai
to hold in t erpemal bondage another, whos*
natural right* are the- same. But Weie no
these laws the result of . bargain, a sort of c rh-
promise ; perhaps,! indeed ,' : 'the ; best that could
bo agreed ur on at that time. But what philo-
sopher ever ventured bis reputation by alleging
that these laws were founded in justice ? So 1
we have laws also which Bar the collection of
a debt, of m^re than six years standing. But
did an honest man ever claim tlie. benefit of
such a provision ? No one ever will. And ye
the crime of doing* *o, compared to 'that of en
slaving a feilow-mortab is but a drop to th
ocean. And yet the slnve-holdei 1 : claims th«
benefit of these laws, because it is faV easier
to drive a slave'tban it is to dig the. soil, ami
this is the sum total of his defence !

And are they thus driven' to rest their de-
fence upon the arguments. of a (bot-pad,..or »
pirate! Unhappy, men ! What an awful com-
bination of 5 circumstances dooms you to mise-
ry }: Y,«i dare, notpermit- the light of knojtrlf
edge;- ioreflH*;Upoa- the benighted miiidi of
your slaves, lest' your lives should -be t he; for-
feiture. Vou- dare not emancipate thdlmyilesf
the recollecMon df.thei^'paat-nnWiea^.'ati^'iof
your d imes, . should tempt them to revehgej
their injuries-: upon your head*:. K-jep them
y<>u must, fordid interest; says ho,., and cow
ardly fear, responds the sentiment . ji

ARISTIDfiS.

Aaparating state from'slato, no exclusive le- 1 j&tttttlttnrg.
gifllativAenactmenUcan R8rmancmly.aTrostJ . . . . . • H _.»f n .j „ «i,„ a ,.

^ft al^es of Pennsylvania, and. New-Vork, injurv .„ Coun<r ^ l( Ab/^Nototof tL fair-
•nd which will free those, of the Carolines fi $ d c0 „ nt y bank, altered from their original At-
and Georgia. I nomination of two itd twenty dollaMj «r«4 in cir-

PienUmipg these views of our coloured .pp.- 1 culation. Eleven 5 pertonrf were tobre o# loss

pulatiori. will riot he controverted by candid hurt, and nine of thrfm considerably, at the raik*
a ntt ..reflecting men, I ' proceed to notice tlie ing of a building dfetfigriCtf for an : academy in-

danger to be apprehended, from the plans Marlborough, Maiw. on tho ISth in<!t. : The.

andbperations of the American Colonization j enterprising merchants of Stbnington, Conn haw
Society jo far as they arc knowri and under- n6w . th ™ e 8 . ™ A '% M & J%t g S n ^ fjj
S /|ta^ r lod gfl J that up.ncw^

to the present tune, a d H bioue. and ambigu- tion The t b y lhd 8uit of Ba « ji?i va . Re9 j

ous ppiidy has attended its proceedings,., not in Vermont, iri which the plainiiffclkinwd fSOW'
reconcilable to the dignity of an instituuon,,. damages, has- been, determined iri a' yerdlct J of-

embracing so much weight , of chara,cter,.8p .$30.— MeldUcholy:~-$tB: Loi*: Gorh'api*. of

large a portion of ' tajent, and associated to ( Ncw-Hav< n, fell dbwri a slight of s( air's on Thuri-
bring about the single avowed object of lb* day last, and brpke her neck She. survived but.
eating the free blacks in Africa, for their- fur ) a! short time.*-— The town "of Mobile is said to'
ture penhan'ent jrood. • nave been .uMuiually Ke>lthj tbi% season* onljr,

' : • • - -i.-.— :u •*....«• Btveh of all neos Iiaviiig died up to the jJ5th of

. L. St James f . Hone,

P think 1 we may' properly recognize in our' " fcveh *f al
colbui*.d- populhtion t\Vo classes; One, the August.—-
r.w ki-«u , JL: j:--*- ^;^iu ■ *Vi.^ propose to

FOTl THE FREEDOM'S- JOURNAL. '

COLOMZATW,Y SO CIETY.

No. 1:

The large portion of public attention lately
given to the subject of colonizing the Free
People of Colour, clearly discovers it to be
one of anxiety on the part of its advocates"; 1
and one of real concern on the part of our
coloured population, on. whose future inter-
ests it certainly will have an important bear-
ing. ! '

That those immediately interested, (the
free blacks,) sh >uld view it with suspicion
and alarm is altogether reasonable; for it re-
quires but a limited portion of foresight to
see, that if pushed to the extent conte pla
tod, it will bring about a state of things in
reference to the future happiness of the Af-
rican race in this country, of a melancholy
description : the anticipation of which is
soincient to arouse the mos' insensible to a
sense of approaching danger, and the neces-
sity of endeavouring- to avert it.

Respecting the abstract question of Sla-
very, and its exclusive application to the
slave what is the potent and last argument
of the master in its justification ? Why that
the N'egro race are an inferior order of hu-
man' beings in the scale. of nature ; having
minds incapable of , ossessing those intellec-
tual acquirements and virtue^, which belong
to the whites; hence a su't ordinate station of
slavery and depen-lance is a proper one, out
of which thty cannot emerge. Now on this"
broad and uwarrantable opinion, has the
monster prejudice; reared itsejf, creating a
barrier almost insurmountable to thej ad-
vanceme.nt of this .people in moral and intel-
lectual improvement; as long . as this preju-
dice exists,.. rind in, proportion to ils extent,
will their general freedom and happiness be
retarded . the free blacks looked upon as in-
capable of attaining an elevated character^
and the chains of the slaves nvetted stron-
ger.

But the march of correct sentiment, ac-
companied by . the benign influence of our in-
stituti. us, and th> liberal policy of \o'nr >tate
Governments, have extendejVto, and are be-
ginning to dispel the dark clouds which have
beep.hoverihg over this portion of our com-
munity.; and. liberal and correct views of
their general character, are taking the place
of prejudice and error. It is- seen by the
gre<it ,-body of the inhabitants of the free
8tates,;that under all ordinary circumstances,
theyfr progress in rational pursuits and social
life, is- equal ftp. that, of the- ^hi^es^ of the
same class. UMiuiy Individuals, atnong, them,
are . nobly trampling upon the disadvantages
of colour." the inveterate prejudice of their
white neighbours, and rising, from the depths
of degra dation and misery, to' ari honourable
station in society,- claiming; that ''respect due
to moral conduct and integrity of mind;
these are as beacons, directing then breth-
ren to follow them, and ' the- call is not un-;
heeded : thousands, stimulated by example,
are aspiring jafter .character,, property and
distinction.' conscious of ab ility to attain
them ; all of whicb nothing can entirely pre-
vent. No geographical boundaries, no lines

frbt. blacks residing principally iri' the Atlair
tic states, north of the' Pbtoiriac ; and, the
other, the Southern. That' the' colonizing
system is intended to benefit tlie latter class,
is not asserted by the society a the present
time; It appears to have abandoned' this
irrobnd so' obviously and glaringly untenable,
although it has been stated, and with plausi-
bility too, that the absence of the free blacks
with their vices- and evil propensities in the
southern states, would pr/oduce' a great- de-
gree of contentment andt submission among;
the slaves, whose constaut intercourse with
the class to be removed, renders municipal
regulations necessary, which frequently ope-
rate with severity greater than was intended,
and this of consequence must : be the case;;
therefore remove the free, the cause of those
reguJ- tions, and the amount of misery on the
part of the slaves » ill be lessened. Reason-
ing and argument of this nature, will do very,
well, to apply to those who do not think for
themselves, to obtain their aid in promo-
ting, sefjlsh and interested plans of selfish
and interested men. Weak indeed must be
that oau'ae requiring such arguments to sup-

?»ort it; miserable in the extreme must be
hat measuie, when its advocates are obliged
tjo come forward and say that the deeper the
dbyss of slavery and misery a class of men
are involved m, is their happiness promoted;
but enough for the present, as I shall have
occasion to advert to this most extradordinary
of all subterfuges, in its riiorc extended sense,
asmade use of and applied to the general
question, by tlie society. Are then the
southern people anxio is to ffet^'.le r of the
free blacks ; because they infuse i.. to the
minds f the slaves notions of liberty; arid
because/.tbe unavoidable intercourse of the
two classes, will gradually enlighten .the
slaves,, render them discontented, and dis-
pose them fo. insurrection ? If so, which are
to be benefitted by the separation ? The Col-
onization advocates will ro ply,, the slaves :
but to 'this I enter my unreserved dissent.
To me it is conclusive-, that it will inevitably
render their emancipation more hopeless,
arid I appeal to every reflecting, cairtis-man,
in. this community, if the removal of all the
intelligent, industrious, .enterprising, educa-
ted free blacks, will not tend to sink the re-
piainder still deeper in slavery, degradation,
and' distress ; for, by it, will the removal of
that great' moral influence also take place,
which Providence in its wisdom has put in
operation, to rend the chains of indiviual sla
very, in our favoured country as well as
hroughout tlie world.

CLARKSON.

FjRBiEJ>0:SI'JS JOU

RNAL..

, NEW^YO«K, SEPTEMBEJ

■ )— — '

28,.t«ar. ■■■■

Owing, tql the importance ' of the' Communica-
tions in this, week's paper, a.few linos of editorial
fare necessarily deferred till our nexf.

, TO C0RRBS5O?ri»ENTS.,

Investigator. VVb. ?i »* unavoidably post-
poned. ,.\ 7 . .... . •

j AMERiCAPf, CoiowrzAtioif Society Nos.
4|, and 5, hfiitt l^een received, and shall apfitar
t» cottw'e.-}-SpBRiETi toe cannot insert-— C,.
in, our, nextf^W: H. is under consideration. r-
Bolivar %s requested, to calls Communica-
tions, jot; th* week should arrive ty. Tuesday
atiju farthest.

. NOTWM—Subscribers are informed, tliat
tk second half-yearly payment, in advance,
for the " JiooRNAi.," ts now aue.
. yew Ywk t Sept 13, 1827.

!'■'' MoffeE.
I As Mr. Coarvisn mil he travelling through
afferent' parts of ' the country, he hm agreed-to
accept of % ! General Jlgencyjbr the 1 Journal,'
. and is hereby authoinztd to transact any bust
iness relating to it*

Bfcvenof all agbs having died up to the ,25th of
-•fliWysY W. L. & James f. Hone,
propose to pub!|ah in Boston, a daily, evening p» 7 .
per, under the title of "., The. Evening B.nlletUn;''
■ The steam boat Long- Branch, Capt. Mat-
thew, left Providence pja Ti^esday. afternoon, ana
encountered one of the severest' gales in Long
Idand Sound, that have: been known for sevdra!'

years. A subscription fiaaibeeri opened in

(panada, for the purpose of erecting monuments to; •
perpetuate the: fame of General* Wolf & Mont/-
dalm, who fell on the plains of Abraham, on tae

liJth Sept. 1759.- In the storm of Thurtday

night, a shed near- Catherine market was blown
down, and a man who. had taken shelter under it,
was killed. — r-A cotonen'a inquest wa« held on the
body ot Jacob Woolhyser, of Hyde Park, who fell,
from the bridge above that village a diatance of t4 ;
feet, and was kilLedi— — — From ' the Grienisill*.
■Republican, it appears that the accouritg hitherto
published of the gold mines in South Carolinia
have been much exaggerated. — - — -Dr. Walke*
put a period to his existence on the lOfb in'at. in
Hartford N. C -r— — A s'eoman by the name of
John Harrison, while busy aloft; on board the
packet ship Alexander, fell from tlie shrouds up >tt
deck and was- killed upon the sp.t. ■ — ;The Al-
bany D ily Advertiser states that more than 300
oxen and 100U sheep crossed the Grecn-Bosh Fer-
ry on tlm 24th inst after ' two o'clock.- —A

rencontre took near Cheater court house, S S.
cetwecn Col. Sloees and John McDonald, when
the former was tmot, and expired in conseqence.

— W. H. Rico who, robbed the treasury
of Ohio, recently! m\dH an ancient to escpis fr-m
jail. He vas siused i>y Mm Ebrry, the k iep r s
wife. ".(i.. iifd upon iiiui s .r.ronglv that he drag-
ged h.T over Iw / or threo f.mo.cs. He was finally
couipelied to return to iiu lodgings.

In this city, by thf Re^. Peter Williaras, Mr
William Lewi's to Miss Jane Johnson.

DIED— In thU city, Mrs Betsey Thomas.

Kent.
Chappie.,

Chappk.
Handel,
do.

Chippie.
HaadeL

COXCERTW St: PHI]L1P\S CftpRCH^
The Public is respectfully informed,' that a.
CONCERT of Sacred Music, Will be: given in
St. Philip's Chckch, (in Collect-street.) on
TutsuAT Evening next, under the direction ot
Mr. Rabbeson.

Leudor of the Orchestra, Mr. F. Johmson,
Organ, - - RaSbeSox.

Introduction^- Old Hundred
ORDER OP THE CONCERT — PART I
Overture, Full Orchestra, - Kneeht.
Chorus — " Lord of all power and might." Mason.
Duett.--- ' Praise ye the Lord:"
Solo—" My spng' shall be of mercy;
Anthem— " Christ our Passover."

• PART II,

Voluntary— Organ. . :
. Mhem-^ l waited patiently."
Duett--;" O'i^yely. peace" , *
Solo— 11 Lord remcinber David."
jinthem--* The LW is King"
Solo—" ahad'l Jubrfl^aJyre;". '
,1nthem-r?r«^si for theC(>mmonweaItb. laylor.

Pefformance to commence at half past seven?
.rdock; Pickets 85 cents each,, to be had'of Job*'
Marimdiiiv<"o» Warren-st.i; William Hatoon, 57'
Chamber^rtv;.; Jbhu .R<»bertson, . corner of Nassau i
and Ldxerty-».t-i Cromwell & Hanttib»l, Leonard*
st.. ne^.'dr>or to j>'ji uiiway. and at tbe-tiobrm tbo
e v-niii^of: peformance. ' ,

If the weather Bhould proye unfavourable t th*;
Concert will be postpiined till Friday efening^.
when it will positively take place.

Notice hereby given, to the Mem-
bem of the fRl/SH BljeeATldl^ SOCIETY;
aiid to the friend* 1 of good . order, religion and edj
bc'atibri, that: the 1 »-ociety will- hoM' theii S^onJ
Quarterh MeetiHg ; in -the Hall oo*opi*d by tb*
Second African Presbyterian' Church, o» the Xna
Wednetday in October next at'5! P- ; .

CjftARLljs ll.WV ; WKyR*c.SH?ryi.

Philadelphia* \8ept. l&h, 1887; . _
r N: B. i Stated meeting* 1 of the Bdar«/ ; l*Trt-
day. in: every month. •• / -* -\ yy „ ■

c BT The follnwing p«*oni co»p<^|«r«w >

John Bowew, Pf««t; ■ Jttei&h /Gkfuc»rter,
Chairman of fhe Bbard.-WiUiam West, Tr«a«u-
rer. C. H. Leveck, Recordwg Secretary,

116

POETRY.

FOIl THE FREEDOM'9 JOL'ItNAL.

RURAL FELICITY!

' * I

Oh ! how charming the scenns appear !

Whcn-nature is blooming and gay,
And tho golden harvest is n*'.Kf,

Aud tUe.lawns iiu flow'ry array.

Bow beauteous, tho sloping green hills,
And groves fann'd zephyr's mild breath j

Tli< sHrery murmuring rills \
And the vallics smiling beneath.

To sec, the lambs sport on the mead" ;

The shepherd looks on with delight,
While, the dams beside, gently feed.

And birds mellow sonnets recite.'

In alcoves adorn'd with sweet flowers,
True lovers their vows often plight,

With tales and soft lays pass their hours,
Ana taste the sweet evening's delight !

Tiiose lovely scenes surround the' cot,
That, innocent and modest scat !

Oh ! how allurinjr is thai spot ! '
Where, Virtut finds a calm retreat !

'Tis here the matron plies the wheel,
Or, soothes her darling b*bc to rest ;

How swecttha kisses she may st«al
While, fondly smiling at her bredst.

Beside, the green hill flows tho spring,

Where the Cottager drinks when he's dry ;

Around, the bens cackle and Bing, ;
And the little pigs squeal in the sty.

Thti cow returns home without fail.
With a prcc'wus and plenteous atom,

Then, trips, the smeel maid with & pail,
While, Towser sits guarding the'door.

0, healthful scenes of ncct'rous pe^co !

Remote from cities fraught With broils,
Ti.« here the rustic tills with ease,

And competence rewards his toils.

Scenes, of my childhood and my youth !

How oft I've gambol ed o'er thy green ;
Where, tstand3 the monument of truth !

Where worshippers devout convene!

IS IT SO?
Th^y have told me that thou art •

Not what thy lips have told^
But a fickle thing, whose heart

Is as vain as il is cold.
Th.-y have told me that in turn, •

Pride and envy rule thy breast;
That to-morrow thou wilt spurn,

What to-day thou covetcat;
Tell me truly, yes or no,
Tell rae, lady, is it so ?

They have said those eyes of thine, 1 ]

Which so fofldly beam on me ?
Would with equal fondness shine,

Were my rival near to thee :
That those cheeks thus overspread

With their blushes when we meet,
Would assume as deep a red

Were another at thy feet ;
Tell me, lady, yes or no,
Tell me truly, is it so r

They have sworn that placid smile

Is but meant to lead astray,:
That those lips are lips of guife.

And those cyeB are false as 1 fhoy'-.
That thou now could st bid fajrcwdl,

Without pain, without regijot,— - . .
Such, alas ! the tales they tvll ;

Not that I believe them — yet.
Answer truly, yes or no,
Answer, ladv, is it so?

in the bank for thaw, but write prayer* in
the word of the Book of Life Be thW thy
bank offaith 5 brthitthy eiehaiigej eTen the;
providence of God: and let the wd 11 of tho
treasury be the prophtiti and the apostlea
who went before 'thee*'' ■ -

Reputation.— We must not take up a rash
prejudice, or . entertain a sinister apprehen-
sion of any man up»on slight groonda. Dp
not represent a man, his words or actions ai a
disadvantage ; make the best of every thing;'
a man's good name is like c looking-glass, no-
thing is sooner cracked and every breath can,
sully it. Handle every man's reputation with
the same tenderness 1 thou wouldst have eve-
ry man use towards '.thine. Do not Islander
or defame any mnn, or rejoice to hear' other
men's miscarriages jript open. ''

Kill'pr Cure.*- A Doctor in Scotland was ern-
employed.by a poor man, to attend his wife
when dangerously ill. The Doctor gave a. hint
that he had fears of not being paid. ' " I have,
five pounds, and if you kill or cHre you shall
have it." 1 The woman died under the doc-
tor's hands, end after a reasonable time, cal-
led for bis five pounds. The man asked
the doctor if fie " killed his wife ?'» " No."
'« Did you cure her ?" " No." "Then,"
said the poor man, "you have no legal de-
mand."

Sharp Repartee. — A countryman sowing his
grouna, two smart fellows riding that way,
one of thern called to him with an insolent
air, " Well honest fellow," said he, " 'tis your
business to sow, but we will reap the fruite
of your labour." To which the countryman
replied, " 'Tis likely you may, for I am sow-
ing hemp."

Dr. Hunter, the celebrated surgeon, be-
ing asked by what methods he had contrived
to succeed in all his various undertakings,
answered, " My rule is deliberately to con-
sider before I commence, whether . , the thing
be practicable. If it be not practicable, I do
not attempt it— if it be practicable, 1 can ac-
complish it, if I give sufficient pains- to it-
and having begun, if never stop till the thing
is done. "To this rule I owe all my sue
cess."

A pednntic young man who endeavoured
to imitate the writings of Dr. Johnson, and
had even consider ed himself in some respects
his equal.one day said to the doctor, "What do
you suppose the world thinks of us ?" " Why
(says the doctor) I suppose they think me a
bull dog, and you a tin kettle tied to my
tail." • '

Lord Norbury observing-an officer dancing
one evening with guineas as spur-rowelsi re-
marked, that in addition to his other proper-
ty, he had got two guineas to boot.

■ A plain case*— hit. Sergeant Gardner* be-
ing'Jame of one leg, and pleading before For-
tescuR ,who had little or no nose, the judge
said to him, 'He was afraid he had but &lame
case of it." ".-Oh, my, lord," siid the Ser-
geant, have patience, and I'll prove every
thing as plain as Ike nose on your face."

Force of Habit.— It is said of a Bath Phy-
sician, that he could not prescribe even for
himself, without a fee, and therefore' when-
ever he felt unwell he took a guinea out of
one pocket, and put it in another.

j EVENING SCHOOL.
AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour] will be opened on the 15th of Octo-
ber nejit in the; Wrieari Schod-Room m ^

berry-itroet ; wtiere'wUl be taught 'cipally for the benefit of, Adulta, »n the Basement

READING, WAITING, ARITHMETIC, ^ ^'^^ ^ Id

EVENING SCHOOL.
T»e subspriber respectfully niforms bh

friends, that he purpotea oeehtaf . a .NIGHT
SCHOOL, on the first of October eiuuiag, prin-

ENGIilS H GRA MMAR, GEQGBAPH Y,&c
Tkr*s, Three Dollars per Quarter, payable
advance 1 . Hours from 6* to half past 8 o'clock.
Sept.,lH. • . 28

VARIETIES.

Rev. Mr. Irving and the Christian Ministry.

Extract from the chaipe of the Rev. Mr*
Irving to the Rev. Hugh M:j clean, at his re-
cent ordination, at the Scoth Cburch, London
Wall :— " Oh, if thou grow rich — oh ! if thou
shouklst die rich v I will be ashamed of thee.
Look at the hard hearts of rich men ; look at
their vain self importance ; 'look at their
contempt of Christ, and pray, oh, earnestly
pr*y, to be kept from that gre:.t share,— -
Tby cloak and thy parchments, 1 brother— that
is, thy decent apparel and thy books— be
these thy riches, and then Jhbu canst speak
out against mammon, and tell 1 these men of
thousands and tens of thousands, whom thou
art surrounded wit!i, what they should do
with their treasures. If thoui 'spare them,
God will not spare thee. I gijV# thee it "in
charge this day, that thou reprove them and
their accumulations sharply, i Keep thou
hospitality. Shaw t:;ou to the lordly prelates
what the word Bishop meaneth. Show ''-thou
to substantia! citizens what the word hospi-
tality raeanetb. Show thou; to rich ..men
what the word charity meaneth, and, to all
what faith meaneth. Go thou ; but as poor a
man aa thou came in, and let them bury thee
when thou diest. And if God; should bless
Ibee with a wife and children, put no aoney

Pomp is so. much the seducingn notion of a
Neapolitan, that if he cannot hire a boy to walk
after his wife to church, he, will put on his.
sword and follow her himself, to give her an*
nir of grandeur.. An Englishman would rob
on the highway, or sell himself for a-- slave,
with as much good will as follow his wi.fc to
church in that manner. ^ An gclouVs Li tters.

Fatal ejects of Calumny —A few weeks
a<ro a young female, who worked at a fac-
tory near Doncoster, and who bore on excel-
lent character j put' a period to her existence,
by throwing herself into the river Chesivbld.
The deceased hud lodged sqineti'^e with a
female named Braioley, who, appears, had,
for some reason not exp-ainod,' propagated
malicious reports, to the prejudice of the de-*
ceased,who was.niuch agitate'd and depressed
in consequence. 1 She accepted oT% bed 5 at a
neighbour^ house, sayirrg she " h'» d more
trouble on her mind than she could bear,"
and was missed in the morning. Her pocket
handkerchief was found on the pillow,- and
both seemed wet with tears. On search be-
ing made, her body was found in the river.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict to the
effect that the . deceased, b?ing lunatic and
distracted, in consequenee of a Glanderous
and unfounded report, made by Ann Bram-
ley , cast herself into the river and was
drcj weed. /

A CARD.

Rbspectpully informs his friends, and

the, public generally, that his House, No. 152
Church street, is still open for tho accommodation
of gentrel pcrftorik'of colour, witli

BOARDING & LODGIIVG.

Grateful for past favours, he solicits a con-
iinuanci of the same. His house is in a healthy
and pleasant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
pense will bo-spared on his t, to render the hi-
tuatioris of those who honour him with their pa-
tronage, as comfortable as possible.

Hew- York, Sept. 1827. SC— 3m

READING, WRITING,.. ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, &c. &c.
at .fi oU per Quarter, payable in advance.
To open at 7, and close at 9 o'clock .

B. F. HUGHES.

New-York, Sept/ 18. 28

HAMER &■' SMI^H,
-STB AM S90UBSR S,

' Ab. 1 1*1 Willum-strttt , JV. Y.
CONTINUE to cleanse and dress Coats,
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merin6 : Shawl*,
in the neatest manner. They also make, alter and
repair Gcntlcmens' Clothes, to their entir« satis-
faction, and upon the mopl roasonable trrms.

Their mode of dressing Clothes is by STEAM-
SPONGING, which they hove followed with
mucli success for several- years past AH kind*
of spots or stains arc extracted, and th'.i cloth
restored to the appearance of new., and this they
engage to perform withrut any injury to the
cloth, and at least equal to any thing of tin; l:ii,d
dono in this or any other city oi tho united fci.alt«.
; August 3. 21,

~~~ ~Taxd for sale.

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to hia
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Laki»,
at less th^n one htrlf its value, provided they will'
lake measures to settle, or have it settled, by co^
1'iured. fanners. The land is in the state cl New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location t»
delightful, being on the banks of tho Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
j iadolphia. The canal loading fromthe Dolawart
: to the Hudson river passes through the tract, 0*
TtlE " AFRICAN MUTUAL INSTRUCTION pening a direct navigation to New-York chj, '''ha
Society, for the instruction of coloured Adults, passage to either city may be made in one day or
of both Soxes," will reopen their SCHOOL, on la »J ls of tfao bcst quality,. and well

Monday Evening, October 1st, at their former limbered. ■
School-Room, under tin Mariner's Church, in The subscriber hopes that' some of Ins brcth-
Roosevelt-slreet The School will be open on ron, who are capitalists, will at least invest oOO or
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Evonings\\^ m ' Jt)llaH > »> tbe f^ IantJ »' fo 8Uch be will take
at half past 0 o'clock. | tho liberty to say, this land can be purchased for

Those desirous of receiving instruction, will' 5 d/ > iiars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it
be taught' to Rend, Write and Cypher, until the 1 been selling for $25. He also takes the liberty
fitst of Aoril, lri28. for the small sum of one dol- ^ obaerve that the purchase will be safe and ad-
lar, to be 'paid Ob entering the school. vantagooue. and he thinks such a settlement ..lara-

An early application is requested, aB thero will « d b y coloured families, would be conducive ot
be no allowance made for past time. Those who , much good :^With this object in view he will ia r
wish t . become Members, may join, by calling on vest 500 dollars in the purchase^

NOTICE.

the S icrc'tary, No. 551 Pearl-stre<!t. near Brond-
way, any day before the first of Octobor, Sun-
days excepted.
Aaron Woody James Myers,

H itliam P Johnson, Arnold Elzie,
K. M. Africanus, Henry King,

Trustees.

Lost Articles Redeemed !
C tJ ARLES MORTIMER, 93 Church-

street, respectfully informs the Public, that he
prepares a CEMENT, with which he can unite
the parts of broken Glass, or China, as firmly as
ever.

Ho mends Glass GLOBES, CHINA and

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.
New- York, March 20.

N. B. Communications on the subject, post paid,
wi 11 be received and attended to. "

0* AtL Orubks for Job, Book, or Fxncvnt

Left at the Office, 152 Chorch-8*trret,
will bk promptlv attended to.

The FREEDOM'S JO JiiNAL,
Is published every Frid .<v,atNo.l52 Church-street
New- York.

The price is three dollars a year, payablt
1 * """ " ' ' the time of

mAcfwAnP uwoan, ^"^V^.^V^fy^ly in advance. If paid at
GLASS .WAB,B, of every description with but , Bubf / r5bin ^ $2 50 will be received
little injury to their appearance ; and warrants « • - J uc "»'«■«* c «- .

the pa,rts to coliere as before broken. XT Ho aubscnption will be received for a le«

• N. B. All orders thankfully received, and punc term than One Year.

tirVlly attended to
New-York, Sept, 14.

27

Best Sumiiier, and Wiuter-Strained

SPERM OIL.
THE subscriber begs leave to return his
thanks to his patrons for past favours, and takes
this method or informing them and the public in
general, that he constantly keeps on hand a sup-
ply of Seasonable OIL, of the first quality, which
he will deliver in any part of the city, at the
shortest notice

[pf A liberal deduction made to CbuTchefi., and
those who buy by the quantity.

JOHN ROBERTS.
25 Currant-alley, third door above Locust-
24-3m I street, Philadelphia.

BR T&OXi*,

iM>. 16 Collect-street,
INDIAN PHYSICIAN and BOTANIST,
returns'his sincere thanks to : the public in £ene-.
ral, for' past favours, arid solicits their patronage
in future.

N. Bi He cures all diseases bf the human sy<-:
tem ; with roots artd herbs, free from the use of
mercury. ' '_ : . ' •

. No: 182, tiputh Sixth'itfeet t below Pine,

! OPENED sir

CHARLES SHORT,
For the Purpose of aceonamodatinj,. People of
CbLooRj^Strangers and CitizenB. with
. BOARDING AND LODGING, ,
.B^p the Dav, Week, Month, or longer;
He is furniihed with every thing to enablo
him to keep a House of the first-rate kind over
opened in the City of Philadelphia; and wilt spare
no pains to« merit the public patronage.
July 25 t 1837. . r * 13-3m

Agents who procuro and pay for five subscri-
bers, are entitled to a sixth copy gratis, fi>r oa«
year.

No paper discontinued until ail . arrearages are
paid, except at the discretion of the Editors.

All communications, (except those of Agents)
must be post paid. "

RATES OF ADVERTISING.
For over 12 lines, and not exceeding 22, 1st

insertion, - - - - . 75cts.
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Proportional prices for advertisements which
exceed 22 lines.

N. B. 15 per cent deduction for personi ? adrer-
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moe. , t

AUTHORISED AGENTS. • , ;

Rev. S..E. Cornish, General Ag^ent. s •
.Vaine— C. Stockbridge, Esq: North Yarmouth';

Mr. Reuben Ruby, Portland, Me.
«|^crAt«<«*^Mr. I>avid Walker, .Boston; Ret.
^Thpmf », Paul, do.— Mr. John Rurooad, 6«le«. .
Cortnectkut~-MT. John Shields, Nete-Haven-* ,

Mr. Isaac C^Glafko, Norwich.
Rliode-Istini— Mr. Georap C.Willii, -Pfqvidoney ■
Fennsylva.nia—hlr. Frar^iB'Webb,,PhiHdel'phi«--- •

Mr: Stepiien Smith, Columbia. .
Muryldn4-^M.easTM. R. Cowley & H. Grice, Bil*

timore > i, .' •

Dial, of Columbia— Mt. J. W. Prolut, \yaihingtott;-

—Mr. Thomas Braddock, Alexandria* -
New- York— Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Albany. — Mr.
R. P. G. Wright, Schenec'Ady .^-Austin jSteW-
ard, Rochester— Rev.W P.Will}amB, Flqsdiinf ..
Xtto Jersfy-^Mr. Theodore S. Wright, Prince-
. ton—Mr/. Taraea C. Cowes, Ncw-5run«wick-r. j
Rev. B. F. Hughes, Newark4-Mr. Leonard \
Scott, Trenton. ' •<- i

Virginin-^Mr. W. D. Baptist,Fredericl«burglu-
Hayti—Mx. W. R. Gardiner. Port-au-Prince*

» R I.G H TE.OU S N ESS E X A LTET II A .'"N A T I O N.'

TCARKIAGE CUSTOMS, AC. OP VA-
RIOUS NATIONS.
( Concluded)

In Persia, when a marriage is &grce<l upon
bet" eon the friends of the parties, the wo-
man's person is strictly exnmineil by the fe-
male relations of the inteuded bride-groom,
and -the man undergoes theisarne scrutiny by
the friends of the future bride. If the report
on both sides be favourable, the parents of
the woman demand a price for their diughter,
•ami the paries are married either ^by the
priest or civil magistrate. The day* before
the bridegroom intends to conduct his lady
home, he sends her a present of clothes,
jewels, &c. and on the nest evening he pro-
ceeds on horseback towards the house of the
bridf's father, attended by hi ^friends, all ma-
king their best appearance, and accompaniod
■vrv.h a band of music. The wife meets him
on ! lie rond, mounted on a horse or camel
but completely veiled from head to foot, at-
tended by her friends in their utmost splen-
dour. Both cavalcades join, and return in tri-
umph to the house of the bridegroom, when
the married couple separate from their
friends, who are left to spend the evening in
mirth and revelry; and if the circumstances
■of the parties admit of it, the festivity contin-
ues several days. As regard and "affection
cannot have any share in Persian matches,
which are made wholly by the parents, with-
out admitting the parties to see each other,
so divorces are easily obtained at the in-
stance of ruber party.

In Arabia many superstitious observances
respiting- marriage still prevail. The Arabs
believe in the virtue of enchantment, and in
the art of tying and untying the knots of
fate. ' Marriage is reckoned very honoura-
ble In the Ejst ; a woman will marry a poor
man, or become a second wife to a man al-
ready married, rather, than 'remain in a elate
ofcetmacy; the men are equally disposed
.1o marry, because tlwir wives, instead, of be-
ing expensivo, ; arc rather profitable to them.
, 'Nothing is more uncommon with, them than
an unmarried person after a certain time of
life.

The inhabitants of Manilla, one of the Phi-
lippine islands, purchase their wives, and the
marriage is performed by a priestess, wiio
sycrilkes some annual on the occasion ; after
which, tho hide is conducted home, and the
ceremony concludes) -with an entertainment.
They generally marry with their own tribe,
and with near relations. . Some of the tribes

■ are restricted to one wife, while others ad-
mit a plurality of wiv.s, and divorces for rea-
sonable causes

The Americans marry youn^ ; the occa-
s o which the }oung men have for a wife to
assist them in their labours conduces to ear-
ly marriages and ^reat purity 0i manners:
but the wife wh<> dies ib readily replaced by
another. She is a Jieces?ary friend, ami the
very soul of the family : she: is an indispensi-
bbi resource for domestic affairs— an assidu-
ous companion, and renders home picusant in
those parts of the country uht.-re neighbours ;
are scarce, and where the children soon quit!
. their paternal abode.
■When .a young Knistaux Indian marries,

' he immediately goes to live with the. mother
and father of. the wife, who treat him ns a
perfect stronger til) after the birth of nis
first child : he then attaches himself more to
theiit than his own parents^ and his wife no
Idij'er gives him any other denomination
thin thttt of the father of her child.

Wh':n a iMexican arrives at an nge capable
of bearing the charge of the marriage state,
a' suitable wife is singled out for him ; but
before the union ■ can be concluded on. the
diviners are consulted, and according to their
predictions, the match is abandoned or pur-
sued. If they predict happiness to' the cou-
ple, the yon ng .girl is demanded of her pa-
rents by certain women styled solicitors, who
are among the most respectable of the
youth's kindred. The first lime that these
■ women go to the house of the damsel is at
midnight, carrying with them presents and
demanding her iu the most: humble and re-
spectful terras. The first demand- is always
refnsftd. The second is mjide with various
arguments as to the rank and fortune of the
)'< -ui, to which the parents bf the young 'wo-
n-a.': give a more favournble answer. The fo-
late solicitors return no more. A favourable

answer being -at last obtained, and a day ap- • along with her. , The door-posts were bound
pointed for the nuptial*, the young woman. ! with woollen lists, and coated over with mel-

after a proper exhortation from her parents,
is conducted to tho house of her father-in-
law ; if noble, fhc is carried in a littt.-r. The
bridegroom ami his relations receive her at
thie gate of the house with four torches borne
by, four women. As .-non as the bride and
I bridegroom moot, they offer incense- to one
'another. They 'then enter the hall, and sit
down on a new ami curiously wrought ma",
spread in the middle of the chamber, and
close to the firo ; when a priest v>s part of
the gown of the bride to the .mantle of the
bridegroom: and in this ceremony the mat-
rimonial contract chiefly consists.' They of-
f.*r up sacrifices 10 rhoir gods, am; exchange
presents with one (mother. A feast follows,
of which all the r friends partake, and when
the guests are exhiliarated with wine, they
go out and dance in the open air ; but the

ted tallow, to keep out infection and sorcery
they were then wreathed with various kinds,
of nowers. Virgil alludes to this custom in
his JEneid : (Speaking of Dido, he says,

" A. marble temple stood within the grove,
Sacred to death and to hor murdoroil love ;
That honoured chapol she had hung around
With snowy fleeces, and with garlands
crown 'd,"

Nothing was considered more ominous than
for a bride to touch the threshold with hor
feet when she entered the house; therefore,
upon arriving there, her attendants were
carefurto lift her over. Upon her en' ranee,
the keys of the house were delivered to her
ai/d presented her with two vessels, one
containing fire and the other water, emblem-
atical of the purity of the marriage state.

newly married couple retire within the house fTlie redding. feast was generally splendid
•• • - and . accompanied with music. Nuts were

thrown to ;the younger part of the family by

in which 'they shut themsolvos for four days,
spending the time in prayer and fasting. At
the end ;of these days they are considered as
mnn and wife, \ml having dressed them-
selves with all the ornaments common
upon such occasions, the ceremony is con-
cluded, - by making presents of dresses to the
guests proportioned to the circumstances of
the married pair ; and on that same day they

the bridegroom, indicating, accoi fling to Cat-
ullus,* that he had done with childish 'sports
and was a I) out to enter upon a more impor
tant pursuit than that of mere pleasure. —
"Give nuts to the boys; you have played
long enough with them yourself ; prepare
now for the nuptial song ; give nuts to the

carry to the temple the mats, sheets, canes, i b °yf • Yir S'^ in one.of his eclogues, alludes
and eatables, which have been presented to to tho same custom :—

the idols. _« Prepare the lights

The converts to Christianity among the | O Mnspus, and perform the bidal rUcs :
Congoese, in their nuptial ceremony adopt the ! Scatter thy hats among the- scrambling boys."
manners of the Portuguese • but no persua- J ^ ( j be(] wag then ed b wo .

r L'^fFTT' T" Lhe ,nos f v re,, "r S '"ien, who had never been married but to one
Congoose Catholic, to renounce the custom . • h . , d fc brjde . . with

of keeping as many women as their circum-
stances will enable them to maintain. A-
mong the pagan natives', when a young man
i* resolved to marry, he sends a present to
the relations of'tmv female' o?h>ia cfioice, v ac-
companied by a cup of palm wine, the drink-
ing of which is considered ,as a proof of ap-
probation. He then visuts the parents, and
having received from the hand* of hep near-
est relatiou, conducts her to his own house,
where she remains till ho \* satisfied of her
industry, temper, and those, other qualifica-
tions which at Congo are deemed indispeneri-
ble in a wife: If after two or three years she
is found deficient, in any. of these respects,
he returns her to her parents, without being
supposed to sustain any injury to her reputa-
tion : if, however, the marriage be conclu-
ded, the festival attending is made in a very
sumptuous way.

The t' omans were allowed to enter into a
rnarringe. contract ut the oge of seven years.
A Written agreement was most commonly
drawn up, and witnessed by the friends of
both prrties, and a rincr was given to the wo-
men , as n. pledge. We learn from the au-
thority of Suetonius, that no espousals were
consmom ited by lhe nuptials within twoyears.
The .Romans were not allowed to marry with,
any other nation, and at one time there was
a law prohibiting the patricians and pltbtians
from thus uniting themselves?. . With regard
to the time of performing this ceremony, the
IloWns, were very superst itious : several
months and certain days were deemed inau-
spicious. The most favourable season was
the month of June. Tho matrimonial rites
wore performed three different ways ; Jst
with solemn sacrifices and offerings of burnt
cakes by the pontifex. maximus, and thejla-
men dialis^-iU'is mode was deemed the most
sacred ; 2nd, when the parties bound them-
selves together with the ceremony of giving
and taking a piece of money ; 3rd, when the
woman, with the consent of her friends* had
lived with a man a whole year, without be-
ing absent from his bed three nights. A sin-
gular custom was observed in dressing the
bride, which wag, Ko divide her hair, with
the head of a spear.— Critics are divided as
to the origin of this ceremony. Ovid alludes
to it in. his Fasti—

u Comat'virgineas hasta recurva comas.'"

• ■She was then crowned with a chaplet of
flowers, clothed in a common tunic fastened
with a -girdle, which the bridegroom was la
unloosen, and covered with a veil. Thus ar-
rayed i?he W8s led to the bridegroom's house
by three youths peeuliarly attired.

Five torches were' carried to 'light her,
and a distaff and epiadie^wejre likewise borne

cerVobhy". r It was then lawful for the hus-
band to enter and unloose the ctstus or mar-
riage girdle. The custom was of great anti-
qijity, and j isr often referred to in the old
Greek poets, more particularly by Homer,
Mosechusj and Museus. It was usual for the
bridegroom', on the following day, to invite
all his old friends and acquaintance, and
have another splendid banquet, which was
called repotia. There were two. kinds of di-.
vorce among the Romans ;— the one consist-
ed in breaking off the contract or espousals,
and the other was the separation after the
marriage itself; the former was entitled rc-
pudium, and the latter divortium. Romulus
allowed this privilege only to the men. ' Ken-
net, in his Roman antiquities, states the
common mode of divorce, which was by
sending the bill to tho woman, containing
reasons of the separation, and the tender of
all her goods which 6he brought with her.
Or else it Was performed in her presence be-
f<iro sufficient witnesses, with the formalities
refunding the portion, taking away the keys
and turning the woman <mt of doors. In pro-
cess of time, it was legal for the woman, up-
on showing sufficient causo, to sue for di-
vorce. In the Lex Popprea amongst Ro-
mans, it was ordered that no woman under
fifty should marry a man of sixty, and no
man under sixty a woman of fifty ; but Jus-'
tinian repealed this law,

ELLEN,

A Sketch from " Scenes and Thoughts"

BY WASHINGTON IRVING.

I endeavoured to learn the story of ill-fated
Ellert und the interesting mourner whom 1
beheld hovering over her ashes ; and I found
that they were indeed the pangs of a moth-
er's heart which had caused -the grief I 'had
witnessed. Khe had attended her husband
abroad through many a scene of trial and
hardship; she had dressed his wounds upon
the day of battle, hud she hud watches over
her soldier's .'lowly pallet, with firjn end un-
remitting tenderness ; but bis wounds were
healed and he rose from his sick bed aston-
ished; at l)cr 1( magnanimity and grateful for
her v.affectiorj. They returned together to
their native tioiTntryv that; they might seek a
reward for their past suffering in the bojom of
their jcountry; that gave birth, and in the hap-
py, retirement which they best loved. Sc'v-
era] dhildren! blessed their union : but some
werejnipped in' the bud of infancy, and 'the
rest , jtteinathrely . destroyed e»e" yet they
were fully unfolded into the blossoms.. .On©
beloypd daughter-Uhei? beautiful. Ellen—
alone', remaned, to '.them. .AW the tend ef

"shoots were withefe^.p^ye.thist.^iie ; and ber
.they ,(?berished 4i as r , tbejr ,,«ple remaining
r/Vide, tlveir.on.ly 'surviving prop. Thai child
grow up all that her daajljng parents -wish-
ed; and lovoly in mind as in person, ahc
constituted their sum of happine»a on earth..
—But, alas! the sweetest and. jrjost delicate
flowers are often nipped the soonest by th»
chid wind, or by the blighting mildew. . Her
fragile form but too easily su,nk under, the
pressure of disease ; and like a tender reed,
bent beneath its own unsupported,. weight.—
Her eyes, indeed,, sparkled with! unusual lps-
ire, hut it was no more like the brilliance of
health than the false glare of the wandering
meteor resembles the clear apd.steady efiul-
gence, of the meridian ^sun; and though a
bright bloom coloured her cheek r .it was not
the roay tint ,of vigour, but the harbinger. of
approaching ruin. The .terrified parents be-
held with horror, tho dreadful svmptoms.-i-
In,an agony of mind which none besides can
ful?y appreciate, they tried all that natura
dictated, or art devised, to stop the progress
of the fatal malady. ,But it was too late. .It
madernp'd and gigantic strides: and hope it-
self was soon obliged to droop jn anguish .
The lovely victim saw her fate, before her,
but her wings were plurped for Heaven, and
she wished not to hover longer upon earth.
While her body drooped arid languished, her
mind became strengthened, and fortified ; an
undecaying spirit seemed to shine.jforth. more
visible and. more beautifully, wheiv the mortal
shroud which enveloped it was gradually fall-
ing. At Irmgth life gradually waited — and
waned, nmil its lamp shot up one bright, but
quivering gleam, and then was darkened for-
ever ! She was dead— but. the rose ; still lived
on her cheek, and a, smile. still. .played upon
the .half closed Jips, whose last accents had.
breathed , the fond name of niother h And
thc3G who looked tipbu ; her 'Cpuld sicarcely
behove, but that.she. sweetly slqpt.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

FOR THE ,FJREEJ).0,M 7 S JODBI^AI,.

AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

m. iv : .

Smce the transmisaion of my last Number
for publication, I have received) the " Jour-
nal," of the 7th inst . .My feelings, on pe-
rusing it, may be compared: to. those of an
unpractised mariner, who .lifts taken some
pains to propitiate the winds, and , yet is as-
sailed by a tempest before he loses sight of
land. He almost rogrets that he, has left his
peacefu 1 harbour, and -for a time is at a. loss
whether to advance or to return, . but, being
possessed of a .little passive courage, he ex-
amines anew his bearuigs, and. avails him-
self of his. remaining resources .for the un-
promising voyage.

In my last Ndmber I endeavoured to en-
fold the benignant influence of this- institu-
tion, on the interests of the coloured popu-
lation whp iare already/r«» T.he disabilities
this numerous class df.our fellow -citizens la-
bour under. are obvious, and admitted by alf.
The mode in which these.' disabilities have
operated, and. now operate', Vto ; the. deteriora-
tion of the mass of these' persons, was imfidd-
ed at targe - The eye of .humanity looks
around to.ascc rtain, whether there be.no way
of obviating or alleviating this evil A soci-
ety is, organized, composed of different clas-
ses of persons,. and who patronise it on.' dif-
ferent grounds*' : It has •. contributed neither
to the formation, nor to the continuance of
the disabilities under which the coloured
man labours; but since these actually eiist,
it provides a remedy suited to the exigency.
It deals with men as they art, end not as they
ought to be. It provides for the coloured man
an asylum, where this noxious influence can-
not reach him : its offers are addressed to
the int erests and to >the Hntt Hefts . af ; tho*e,
who njo at perfect'liberty:to'accept them, or
to ^refuse; . Heaveh has smiled upon its ef-
forts—the prosperous state bfits colony as to
wealth, intelligence and reli^ionpewn nt this
early period, presents a' striking- contrast to
that of any equal. number of contiguous col-
oured people in this lanJ. '
- Agauist the civilization of i^/rictf, throuffc
the instrumentality of this ' colony, it ia al-
leged, that, emigcabur m&yjkfirputt, hut can
never civitize ilie -aborigJil* 1 .{o»»£an

US

FREEDO>rs JOL'liNAL.

4~

^ taken by a Virginian, over the signature i No great research ift 'necessary to nscer-
" Cuius iitacchus," who writes elegantly, • lain hoio colonies of civilized emigrants must
and defends Slavery stoutly, in opposition to ■ interfere with this traffic. Even the natives,
the \1cw8 of the "American Colonization So- 1 wrapped as they are in Egyptian darkness,
oicty. His statement derives some plausibi- j were competent to this discovery. Many of
litfr from the case of the aborigines in this j them were at first hostile to the colony, avow-
country. who are now but the remnants of a < edly on the ground of its interference with
mighty people. But in the present instance, the slave trnde ! Among the articles of
■we eend. to Africa, a colony against whom | agreement for the soil the colony now holds,
the same prejudices and anticipations cannot was one to this effect, and for which they
exist— -a people of the same colour, her eons j were not a little strenuous, that this colony
restored. . (should in no way interfere, with the slave

I now invite ti c attention of the reader, to j trade ! Soon after its establishment, it was
the second leading argument in behalf of the attacked on two different occasions, for the
American Colonization Society. The happy ' pu.pose of extirpating it, on the allegation of
influence it must exert on Slavtry. I shall'; its interference with this traffic! i'f hey saw,
■confine my remarks at present to' the Slave as did Demetrius at Ephesus, that these in-
TruAe, reserving the subject of Domestic ■ dividuals were likely to annihilate that "craft
Slavery for future consideration. | by which they had their wtalth." They took,

The Slave Trade is treated as piracy, by I as do its opponents in this country, a partial
the governments of Great Britain and the 1 survey of the colonization scheme. They
- United States, both of which h;ive exerted opposed it, because as yet, their vision was
themselves for its overthrow. But where a not sufficiently enlarged, to take in the en-
mart for slaves exists, the trade will be car- tire field of its influence and operations,
vied on in despite of every effort from with- They regarded it as the destroyer of their
out. If the danger* of the traffic be aug -present gains, without taking into view, that
rnented, the increased price of the slave will it would very soon repay them tenfold of
be a counteracting stimulant. In some res- j those very articles they were now so fearful
pects its horrors will be greater, than if no ; of sacrificing; that in the way of lawful tntf-

efforts of the sort were made. The most hor
rid miseries will be resorted to, in order to
avoid detection, ^ hen escape becomes im-
practicable, the slaves, (some vessels have
been detected in the act,) will be thrown
overboard, so that the owners may not be le-
gally convicted.

The trade (except within the influence of
the colonies of Sierra Leone aud Liberia) is
carried on as briskly as at any former period.
"In proof of this let any consult the reports of
the London African Institution, and of the
British and American public functionaries
employed in repressing it. I do not make
these statements because I do not heartily
concur in the efforts for the suppression of
this traffic made by these governments res-
pectively ; but for the purpose of shewing
that comparatively little is to be effected to-
wards the attainment of this pbject, by ex-
ternal coercion. The slave trade must be
dried up at its source. Our colony at Libe-
ria occupies a territory at one time the fa-
vourite haunt of slaves, and yet it now af-
fords a complete shelter to more than one
hundred miles of coast; und according to the
report of General Turnei, Sierra Leone is
likely ere long to protect one thousand miles
of territory. What might we not expect from
numerous colonies, stimulated by patriotism
and humanity, and expanding their arms in
xUe vigour of manhood !

As some of my readers are probably not
aware of the manner in which the slave trade
i* conducted, it will be necessary lo enlight-
en (if one may abuse language by etup oying
1'iis term in reference to such a subject,)
their minds in this particular: it will then
npoear that any force such colonies might
-employ, must constitute a very email part of
their influence against the slave trade,

tie it must soon yield them, a harvest of those
v^ry blessings of which they now obtained
the dishonest gleanings.

The colony will tend to the annihilation of
the slave trade, in a double capacity. 1. In
its moral capacity, by the direct ami indirect
influence of morul suasion. It will be as a
" city set on a hill." It will be imitated and
emulated. -The adjoining tribes . will avail
themselves of the advantages it proffers to
them, and the colony will occupy every open-
ing presented for the propagation of its bles-
sings. Our colony (in Philadelphia parlance)
will be a Fairmount," a reservoir of living
waters, whence the streams of civilization
and salvation (yes, infidel's salvation !) shall
flow to every part of this thirsty desart. Is this
a dream? If so, it is a pleasing dream.
Awake me not to the horrid reality ! What
must darkness forever cover that lai.d, and
thick da, kness that people ! Must we wait
till the maw of covetousness be satiated, be-
fore we hope for any thing more than a par-
tial alleviation of their woes! l#y no means.
We have now a standing place," for the
erection of a moral lever, by which we hope
ere long to move this " world" of iniquity out
of its orliit. Our colony at Liberia has al-
ready under instruction more than one hun-
dred native children. These arc chiefly the
children of influential persons in the neigh-
bouring tribes, who begin lo appreciate the
blessings of civilisation. One native, on his
return to his own tr;i*e, will exert more influ-
ence than ten strangers could have. The col-
ony has been in existence in its present lo-
cation for iibout five years, and du ing one
at least oV those five, "in the most discoiira
gin. v circumstances. Now that it is in the
•* lull tide of successful experiment," widen-
ing its influence ;n u geometrical ratio, whm

in a moral aensa, the removal of remorse will ef-
fect, the repentance of tho guilty. Bat more of
this in my next communication, which will be on
tho influence of the Colonization Society.
Meanwhile, I am respectfully yours &c.

INVESTIGATOR

crd in the scale of being, or posswi any political
advantages in thin country ; therefore it is nccep-
sary to colonizo us, that wo may bo roused our
rightful standing. Is not this defying prejudice,
and paying homngo at the shrine of one of tho

SroMMt sins; that over disgraced the. human fara-
y ? Who are the propagators *;f such sentiments ?
who is it that possesses thf hardihood, at this on-
lightened age of tho world, to oppose this dark
monster to the progress of light a-d Christianity?
Certainly not the eagle-eyed politician : hu can
penetrate too far into years of futurity , ho is too
conversant with the " signs of the times." But
with deep regret, farts compel us to fay,
it is mostly professors of that religion which in-
culcates the following precepts .— '• My brethren, 1

have not the faith of onr Lord Jesua Christ, the ! / wake the' silent strings; accept the lay,"—
Lord of glory, with respect of persons. But if ye Though in humble prose.
have respect to persons, ye commit 6in, and are
.convinced of the law as transgressors : For who- j
oever shall keep the whole law, and^ yet offend in

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

" Not to .ihe rosy maid, whose former hour
Beheld me fondly covet, tune I now
Thf melancholy lyre : No more I seek
Thy aid Hygexa! sought so long in vain;
But His to thee, 0 Sickness ! His to thee

ono point, ho is guilty of all " Many of them
arc successors of the great Apostle of the Gen-
tiles, who by Divine authority, preached that all
" are ono in Christ Jesus." It is not sufficient

■ ' en J°y* '

anco, the Goddess of Amcrwa, 1 ^^ to , rest hid ho F in

at our dark frees : this is evident from the pleas- 1 Heaven. I hou art a i

I; is, perhaps, a general impression, that ; may it not effect f^r Africa by the end of the
slaves are stolen from the coast of Africa, ' five succeeding years !
b i^ this is a mistake, except as regards a few. j It wiil also operate against tho slave trade.
T .ey are not, it it true obtained in any more i 2. In its commercial capacity It will serve
honourable or less mischievots way; but io j as a place of depot, for those articles that are
al them in numbers is neither possible, . now obtained in exchange for slaves. JSIn-

n»r necessary. The slave trade is a traffic
conducted by the natives themselves at cer-
tain posts called factories, to which slaves
are brought from the interior. The hypoeri*
sy,perjury,atul bloodshed attendant and con-
sequent on this traffic, beggars description.
The slaves for the most part consist of cap-
tives taken in war, and often inroads tire
made upon' defenceless tribes for ihe sole
pm pose of making slaves- At the factories
these prisoners are exchanged for European
produce, which is not to be had al present,
except in barter tor slaves. About two huji

vers now huve a profit of not less than^ue
hundred ->er cent, on those articles which
they give away in barter ! Is it to be suppo-
sed that the African's will sell each otner,-
vvhen they can obtain the s me articles in an
honourable way, und at onr -fifth of the price
they now pay for them! Were nojietter'
principle to be culled into action, selfishness
will soon hiiiderMhem from encouraging the
slave trade.

Tii is, reader, is the grand reason, why I
patronize the American Colonization Society
Did no other benefits result from it, this tne

dred thousand are supposed to be exported i rits all the exertions and • ontrihuttone ami
annually, in circumstances at which human." j prayers, that are likely to be made in its be-
ity may well shudder, and to entail upon their ; half. May tho tide of gospel blessings set
descendants the most degrading servitude. ; in upon every land ! Yours, &c.

nymph —

ith which many of our Journals announced / „ 0fmUd V h mourn r u i mien upm whos(
the expected' union. between Bolivar, and one of *V 6 v - } r 1

our most distinguished American ladies. Bolivar j „ .. ., .,. , , ,

bus very Hue: more white blood in his veins, than £? l€n f Slt 1 f ml ™£; tmd w J tose , heavy eye,
you or 1, Mr. Editor. ( though moist with tears, is always fixed on

To make a religious and intelligent people of' heaven.
colour in this country', is worthy the ambition and Thou torapp'st the world in clouds, but Ihoit
eilbrt of every christian and philanthropist: we i canst tell

claim this fit their hands, and by the authority of j Of worlds where^ all is sunshine, and, at length,
the; Eternal, press its importance upon ihem. Kv- J When through this vale of sorrow thou h ast ''ltd
cry other Mdeme is visionary, m respect to ^ : Thy patient sufferers, cheering them the white

voicing cJloiimt.ui orators of tne probability of j ^^^WW ¥ everlasting nst;
equal righls, 1 will In: re Htate the comparative
numbers of while and coloured people, in North
and dou'th Auieriea aud the West Indies, exclu-
ding the Canadas.
I shall connect the black and thi mixt races;

Whites Coloured Indians
United States 8.0oO,UUO

Mexico i,ayo,fyo

Guatiiuala :&SU, ( j'oO
Columbia Ute.uOS)
I'eru, ano Chili. 'J6o,0U0
Buenos Ayres and .„^ m

y,ouo,uou
i^s?ti,uoy

44O.UU0
I,UU4,0U0

Itiip. of Bolivia
Biazii • i,i:0,QM

\\ est Indies about bUl),;lU0

7dd,(;0()

a,uou,ouo

l5f,367,0UU 12,337.0U0

3,700,000
fccU,UU0
7i;0,UU0

l,0au,uo(»

i.aoo,oco

Where Deaths ' kind angel waits to drythdr
tears,

And crown themteith his umaranlhine Jlowers"

O Sickness ! who hnth not known thee ?—
Who hast not felt all. tbou bust of sorrow?— -
The infant sh rinks at thy touch. Youth is
prostrated beneath thy power, and age
khowledges thy dominion. All have e.xpo-
j rienced thy agonising pain. TJie eyes of all
'have been drowned in bitterest tear.--, and
• the far-fetched asthmatic sigh, " called forth
jby thee," has swelled the aching breast of
all. Yet still, a thousand bless thee : for thou
j art a chastening power, thai winnest marTs
"90,000 i affectioii from the dross, and trivial objects
Under this view of the subject tho colonization (lf a deceitful world. It is when thy fevered
scheme is perfectly futile (as it respects the eo- handa pres.s heavily upon the mortal nature of
loured popuiiuioil'of this country) imU ctpial righls 'nan, tli;-.t the book of knowledge is opened
mure than probable. Tne while population, who [ upon his sight. And it is tfitn, he reads Its.
ure the iniiiont^. when educuiiun :mu rehncments ; sacred truths, and receives it as a treasure ;
bvcome general, cannot retain the ascendancy, , ant i which, when ill the viffour of health, he
but as a w«u policy, will seek a complete a.;.aiga- j would Uisregard .. if thy Visitation, O Sick-
matiun. ihu; ihe providences oi God indicate i u,,., V. „ -i ) r ■ in A

inese re,ults, at some iutu re day will not be de- . n ? M httf 1 c ] ra ^ n . a ? 1 ° CY ; he f a,r ,8 ' &

ned by tho

i day

xpenenced politiciuri, juj

ice nu . ot naturo » or destroyed the tender pleasures
•quay, the uiilueneo oi etiucatipu leJigion, } °. f ,lo 'nestic bliss >•]_» thy |>re B enct>, at tbe btfine"

JOHN H. KENNEDY.-
Philadelphia, 17th Sept. 1627.

It must be evident that this traffic cannot he

carried on but through the natives them-
selves, and that they now continue it, because

it constitutes their livelihood, the only mode

(Jiey now have of obiainmg the produce of

ttie European or American markets. From

the journal of Denharo and Clapperton, it p-

pe<irs that some of the powerful tribes in the

inter or, are desirous to abandon it; hat in so , „
_ doing at present, they must abandon all lor. ^^y^^u have heard from m*.

pigo commodities, a sacrifice which they are ■ •' 3 • • -•

not wflljng to make. The king of fciackatoo,

w hose dominions are sufficientiy near to be

be affected by our colony, has it in his puwet

tc lMiibi ate the trade in a great part of Ce^-
• tral Africa, and professes a readiness to do

go, provided he can be supplied in another

way with foreign productions. The slavers

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COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
No. II.

ITS NECESSITY.

the necessity of Colonization, but for indispositi'm
and aL'60nce frciri hunt' A subject no impor-
tant to us a>< a people, should not otherwise hayo
been neglected. Whoever has lead Wilberforce,
Dr. Miller's communication, or the African Repo-
sitory, must be convinced of jlhe necessity of coun-
teracting the influence of an. institution fending
so mucn to contract the iuind/» of iU member*.

LaCing enjoyed the exclusive use of this \ ^ ^ the necessity of co Ionizing the free peopl,
trade, have benu eun; led to prescribe theirj <*.gteu, on tbeceust ot Africa.-,
ownterms, and to ^ioU for the,,; J^^^TAX
9PBfr9bm Wh WUftles. w they pleaBe r . j niu ^ ti9 ^ t iUt wp n%txr cm be a»tc;ially «4v»a-

*uch is th"

nd relative

advancement of republican priuciph, ....

v. ord c;f God itro all in lavouroi tuis.posiUon. Again
(./oionixationisv argue Colonization, as a necessa-
ry 1 means in Lxteriniuating tno slave trade and
chr.bt utilizing Airica

As such wo riiake no objections to the Colony
whatever ; it^ is when held out' as an asylum for
tlni free population of coiour genoraliy, that v/tt
ojipose it : yet we contend that all tJiu contempla-
ted objects may be obtained much sooner aim at
less expense by other means. Much is said about
the improvement oi tho Colony and its influeuce
upon the natives; still it is very evident that they
bear no. comparison with what have been erllctecf
Dj Missionary families in le»s iime, m India, thn
^auowich inlands %nd other staiions. As it re<
spects tun Extermination of thu slave' trade, it
mdst be circled i>y a moral inJluujce, rather than
pnysicai toroe ; this being the case, whoovQr
read Cii/npboU'b 'i'ravcld in Africa, *ad the readi-
now with which iie imposed his code of laws up-
on the dirft^ent tribes, will bo convinced that if
no could have left a missionary in every place to
sustain them he would iiave exacted au umaedi-
»to. ui.iral iUjlluuncc, minutely greater than any
that will bcjoblained by our colonist* for many
year* to cotjo Finally-, to arguw tlitt coioniza-
tioii is nccetjaary i* facilitating emancipation, is
io argue th.a« the removal of the iuoonviencies <>i
slavery will tend to its final extermination, * pu«-
tioh|u^ M ajbiurd, a* would be, to contend thai

of domestic bliss*' 1
lUl j* t l iu i lime, hast called forth in the heart, u each
better feeling." "Thou hnst taught the soul
to rest upon itself, lo look beyond the narrow
bounds of time, and to fix its hopes on the
sure basis of eternity."— Man' is taught to
prize thee; for while his body shrinks, and
is palsied at thy touch, his soul, awakened t»
devotion, leaps in ecstasy, and he' 'sheds a
tear,—" perhaps as tingeis love to shed. G.

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OBSERVK&— No V.
Surely the serjient mil bite unthtntt inched-
ment; and a babbler is no belter"

There i8 one thing in woman, which, be.
she old or young, han 'some or ugly, wif* or
maid, 1 do Joalh and .abhor. A babbliog-
wnguo is th« " object of my implacable dis-
gu t." I had ra'tner dwell in tlie deiu '*
Caucasus, and abide two years at Libei ii,
than remain one mdhth in the town thai ii
blest with her residence. Has the Yf\*
wings ? . It cannot compete in speed wita
tho Mrords that iisue from her .
Is the sword of the warrior sharp and p'»^-,
erful ? It c»w»ot ila^ »• njany, per fierce

Thou, O Sickness ! by many, art consider-
ed a fyran^, waving the fierce scourge over
unresisting victin.t— A relentless goddess,
presiding over the various diseases with
w hich man is afflicted, and robbing thy vic-
tims of vigour, both of body and mind. Thou

that the above named, should say, prejudice art ^ tt8 ' t ' ruly terrib Jo . and m j \r
exisls not of our creating; they are .watchmen , fc h f fc{ d * f pestiferoug J{

upon the walls, and at the approach of the sword r . h . , . .. / V u ° ,n „
sliould give warning-they should cease not, but ! Actions. And as the lion makes a desert of
cr» night and day, until the master becomes i the ^v s t, where it resides,— as the most
Christ's serttnt, and thn slave Christ's freeman ; . beautiful arid fragrant plant ^roops, withers,
so that (as said by a learned Divine) slavery and | and dies, when within the influence of the
predjudicd may be but names in our Dictionaries." ! poisonous manchineel ; so, the finest model
These advocates for colonization, who, profess to • of.human symmetry, vanishes at the approach
befriends of. our colour, should themselves set j of thee, O, Sickness !
the example. They have never yet tried its The eye ceases to glisten, and recedes in-
force on existing prejudices. Should Christians j - *».,.,,

, . .. „ v . - ... . . ,l . r,stia " 8 I to its socket; feebleness takes the place of
and philanthropists be more liberal m their daily ! njt . t t fl yields to pale

and christian intercourse with respectable people • ^ n , , . ' , . / c u D ,

of colour, the influence would be vast, in iniprov- emaciation ; and beauty shrinks, and quickly
ing and ameliorating their condition. We do not \ expires, when thou, O ^Sickness like the
wish them to elevate our people, in their rude and [ western Caraguata, approach and embrace
unqualified state to equal rights ;— we do not as- '.thy victim. Hut, yet, pale goddess! thou art
piro to civil and military olliccs ; these shall never no tyrant, but a kind admonisher. Thou art
be the objects of our ambition ; our happiniss is • indeed war/, and severe is thy chastening
not connected with such trifling shadows. We : rod ; but thy rod is a purifying one, and '
but wish to be treated according to our merits, ! w hen applied, it reveals many mysterious
and respected as virtuous c.tizens.-Give us the I truths, and awakes the soul from its careless-
same facilities to education and competence as Beciirily . Thv approach, O Sickness !. appri-
others possess, and we are satisfied. Uut by the „„ , J e . J r „ • ' c , , y "

by, if our sable sires could bequeath us millions, av- • seS man of the traIlsienc e of temporal enjoy.

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deep as the adder poison of her tongue; She
hut unlocks her jaws and there goes forth a
. pestilence more deadly than the plague, blast-
ing all that men most love and prize. To
the stormy wind that lays waste trees and
cultivated fields of human labor, making- sad
havoc of life and property, there is a limit.
The sun w ill again shine in its rohea of splen-
dour, and the earth be again clothed in fields
of verdure. Not so with the babbler. The
word once uttered, cannot be recalled ; and
the character of that man or woman, that, has
once been brought underthe operation of her
tongue, will never recover its original purity.
Such is the babbler, and such her p. wer.
Again-t her attacks there is no security.
" Be thou as chaste as ice," she will daub
thee with her tongue, until she make thee no
better than herself To pull down and des-
troy a well earned reputation, is for her, sport,
keen, rare sport. To cause the virtuous heart
to writhe in agony, the very acme of her en-
joyment.

'That paradise on earth, the quiet; calm do-
mestic fireside, affords her no one feeling of
pleasure. It is l.er delight to enter the sa-
cred precincts, and scntter " fire-brands, ar-
rows and death." Is the picture too highly
coloured? Look but around you, and too
many originals will cross your view. Strange
infatuation of man! We give heed to the
slanderer's tale, and almost work ourselves
into a belief <f its truth, when we know it to
be a base and perjured calumny. J.

FREEDOMS JOURNAL.

NKW.YOKK, OCTOBER 5, 1827.

LIBRARIES.

Of the many efforts made by the friends of
learning in different parts cf the Globe, none
have mot with more success, nor been attend-
ed with more benefits to the community at
large, than the establishment, in different ci-
ties, towns, and villages, of libraries: whether
we consider them as public, social, or private.
All nations appear to have been s'-nsible of
their value, whether we recall to the read-
er's mind, the papyrus of the Egyptians ; the
parchment of the Romans ; the pictures of
Ihe Peruvians, or the palm leaves o Sand-
wich islanders. Many of the wealthy Ro
mans had private libraries. Libraries were
also established by several of the Empe ors
as Augustus, Tiberius, Vespasian, Trajan,
und others. Even the cruel Domitian sent to
foreign courts for the purpose of collectinj
and enlarging bis library. In the reign of
Constantino, there were no less than thirty
public libraries in Rome. The most magnifi-
cent of all, was the Ulpiau library, founded ly
Trajan.

We know little about the middle ages ; be-
tween the destruction und ri-vivol of litera-
ture in Europe. It is highly probable, how-
ever, that very few were ''preserved by the
•rude tribes of Goths and Vandals, who, at
that period began to overrun Europp, sp&r ng
neither age, s;ex nor condition. For what
value could men, rude and uncultivated "■ as
Ihe beasts that perish' and are not, set upon
the " lassie authors of Greece and Rome? —
Pin;. dor was all their aim, and little cared
tiiey for the most valuable manuscript of for-
sner times..

B;it former efforts, in former times, when
books were scarce and dear, were nothing
compared to the great principles now in ac-
tion by the moderns. H is true, we read of
the Alexandrian library, containing at the
time of its accidental destruction, five hun-
dred thousand volumes; but whether they
were mere sheets of parchment, each com-
posing a separate volume, is left -uncertain.
Of the advantages to bo derived from the pe-
tuea : of interesting and instructive 'books,
we m od not enlarge : we need not ftssu e
th ;e aspiring after knowledge, that the
p.ir:: to Minerva's Temple, though still with
many inequalities in the road, is as open as
it ever was, to those self-taught men of this
aad former ages, who have been the pride,
not only of their native countries, but of the
age in which they lived.

The. extent of a library js indefinite: and
rules for its formation mu9t depend chiefly on >
the purpose for w liich it is designed* Its real
wrf ficjainal value consists not in the iqumber

of the volumes, but in the goodness of the se-
lection. An ancient sago is said to have
possessed only four volumes.

But though,wc, who live in the present en
lightened era, need riot expect such difficul-
ties in the way in procuring books, or acquir
ing knowledge: we contend, that every facil
ity should be placed before our youth, that
the many moments now spent in idleness an:
dissipation may be employed in storing thei
minds with all. kinds of use-'ul knowledge, an
preparing themselves for future usefulness
"Knowledge is power," we are assured ; am'
I need not inform our readers that were we
as a community, to be judged by that stand-
ard, toe should he exactly in our present condi-
tion, were not the present circumstances, be
yond our control in a measure, really in the
way.

We are anxious, now books are so cheapj
to.bchold a general movement on our part for
the formatioji of public libraries. We need
not cite them to the beneficial results of the
system upon the labouring- classes in Great
Britain; especially in Scotland, where it is
carried so far as to have travelling circula
ting libraries — we need not refer them to the
classes in the community around us. Tn New
England social libraries have long been ir
operation, and where do we behold so mucli
intelligence characterizing the people, from
the richest to the poorest? None who are
our real friends will permit us to strive in so
laudable an enterprise, without aiding us by
the donation of such books as they may feel
enabled to give. We do not expect our
braries will be equal to those of former times,
founded by royal bounty, were not even more
attention paid to the words of Seneca, " non
refert quam multos libros, sed quam bonos
habeas;" but we cherish a hope that a com-
mencement will be made by our brethren in
the different cities. Rome was not built in a
day nor year ; but a foundation once laid, and
the unexampled progress of her increase is
well known. The most difficult part of any
undertaking is to make a beginning : how
from our experience, we fee] assured that
were the matter once commenced, but little
difficulty would be experienced in collecting
small libraries of two or three hundred vol-
umes

Enlightened warrio s of all ages, in the
midst of battle, and the height of their glory,
have been emulous of manifesting their love
of science, to posterity : such was the case of
the late Emperor Napoleon, when he seized
from the hand of a mummy in Egypt, a writ-
ten roll of papyrus, which h ? presented to the
National Library on his return to Paris. To
this cause, are we to attribute the respect
which has ever been paid o learned en, by
contending nations, making every effort to
forward their enterprises in the cause of
science.

Who is ignorant of the great advantages,
which apprentices in this country, and Eu-
rope, have derived from the establishment of
Apprentices' Libraries?" Who is so un
concerned for the we 1 fare of his brethren, a6
not to desire something on the same plan for
our improvement? Man is not a stationary
creature. Living in the midst of civil Led
he roust of necessity progress with
fall into a state of ignorance and degra-
dation still lower. Of the two, who would
prefer the lutter Who can contemplate the
untiring labours of the great ma6ter-spirits
of the present age, and not feel graleful thai
such men were created to be the leading
stars in diffusing knowledge throughout the
world? Of a- certainty, thei names must
survive, when all the boasted works of human
art have crumbled into dust.

We are advocates for no^jfJtopian schemes,'
notwithstanding the " Fredfaian" asserts the
contrary. Were not prejudices and complex-
ion in .the way, it would fee impossible for us,
in our present wxenligkttntd state, to be up-
on a perfect equality with the more favoured
part of our population. As H absurd and impo

contended, that there should be nodistinc-
ion* in society : but we have, and are still
determined Ho maintain, that distinctions
should not exist merely on account of a man's
complexion. We are no enthusiasts : believ-
ing but little in the republican principles of
Mrs. Macaulay, or John Randolph. We have
ever seen innumerable difficulties in the way
against the improvement of our people, and
their consequent respectability; on the one
hand, open and concealed enemies ; on tlie
other, indifference on their part ; but, never-
theless, we are not discouraged. .Our path
js. plain before us. With nothing to do with
the politics of the day— nothing daunted by
opposition from any quarter — having in view
their sole improvement, we have but to pro
ceed, and leave it to posterity, to pass judg-
ment upon us and our labours.

The American Convention for promoting
the Abolition of Slavery, and improvinu the
condition of the African rate, is now in ses-
sion in Philadelphia.

Happiness of being Fl ogged.-The following
is extracted from the Trinidad Gazette,:- 4 ' We
did and do declare the whip to be essemiul
to the West India discipline. Tin*, comfout,
welfare, and happiness of our labouring
classes cannot sibsist without it." The new
Slavh Law of Barbadoes proceeding, we
conclude on this principle, enacts, that "A. y
person may apprehend any slave having in
his possession any sugar canes, sugar, rum,
cotton ginger, aloes, plate, wrought or cast
ron, lead, copper, pewter, brass, tin, or other
article or thing, of what nature or kind so-
ever, without a note descriptive of the same;
vvho, on conviction of any Justice of the
Peace, shall be whipped at his discretion, not
exceeding thirty-nine lashes." — "Anv slave
guilty of quarrelling or fighting with another,
or of insolent language or gestures to or of
any white person ; or of swearing, or utter-
ing any obseen. speeches ; or drunkenness ;
or making or selling, throwing, or firing
squibs, serpents, or other, fire-works; or of
cock-fighting or of gaming ; or of riding on a
faster gait than a walk, or driving upon a
faster gait than a gentle trot, on an> road,
street, or lane, of the island; or of cruelly
whipping, beating, or ill using any horse, ass,
mule, or other c<»ttle ;. or of negligently driv-
ing nny waggon, cart, carriage, &c: or of
any disorderly conduct or misbehaviour ; shall,
on conviction before any Justice of the Peace,
be whipped, at his discretion, not exceeding
thirty-nine stripes."

society,
if, or fall

Summary.

At a court at Rutland, Vt. Miss Sally Olm
stead recently recovered .$500 of V
Dickinson, for a breach of promise. —
hundred students have joined the present
Ah, " '' •"'■>• ......

on .their part, might have saved their lives'
as a wel) charged with carbonic acid gas'
can always bo known by its extinguiehing a

candle let down into it. -~Ay. jj. K f co

who robbed the treasury of Qhio, recently

made an attempt to escape from jail. 1

Mr. Amable Coupat, a weallhy inhabitant of
St. Philipe, was drowned at Quebec, while
going on board the steam boat- He had ob-
tained a dispensation to marry his niece from
the Bishop of Quebec, fie was fixty 'years
of age, had buried three wives, ai d has left
18 children. His niece was only eighteen.

The Savannah river was nerer known
to be so low. Boys wade across it in several
places, and sand bars for nearly half a mile
are naked. — —A rock weighing about 3000
pounds, was thrown into a house in Glouces-
ter, Me. a short 'ime since, by some work- •
men who were blasting. It made s.ad bav-
ock wish the furniture, but fortunately no per-
son was injured. Another weighing nearly
5000 pounds was thrown into a shop adjoin-
ing. More lhari a hundred panes of glass are
said to have been broken in the neighbour-
hood, by the explosion.- Hon. E.. Lin-
coln is re-elected governor of Maine, for 1828.

The Vermont Salt Company began to

bore for salt water, at Montpelier, August 8th.
On the 7th inst. they had reached a depth of
55 feet, through veins" of -flint, hard - and soft

slate, and limestone, but principally slate.

Rev. Daniel Ellis, a resident of Cleaveland
township. Ohio, was accidentally killed, near
the mouth of Grand river, on the 27th. ult.
while gelling on board of the steam-boat.——
The Pawtucket & Providence Hourly Coach
built by N. Fro'hmgham. of Salem, Mass.'
weighs 2,509 pounds, and is calculated to

carry 3G passengers a I a time About

300 seamen, determined to demand higher
wages, marched through the principal streets
of Boston on Friday last, with a flag flying.

On Monday last, near Dobb's Ferry on

the North River, a sloop loaded with hay,

took fire, and burnt to the water's edge..

A rattlesnake was Jatey killed at' Sfafen-W-
and, by a son of Mr. R. Silyas, measuring 4
feet 8 inches in length, and six inches in cir-
cumierence. He had nine rattles; when kil-
led was in a coil, and in (he act of making a

dart at a dog near him. Gnat Crop.—

Forty acres of rye, the properly of D. and L.
Green, of Hadley,.Mass. yielded at the rate*
of forty bushels to the acre, making the whole

crop 1000 bushels, ail from one field. A

company of counterfeiters have been lately
discovered near Kington, Tennessee, with
then whole apparatus, and between 150 and"
200 dollars, ol 50 an.i utenty-tive c «nl> notes
on the Stale Bank of Teir|>e>see. Twooi them*
William and Elijah Skidinore, have been ap-
prehended.

MARRIED,

In this city, on 28th ult. by the Rev. B.
Paul. Mr. Daniel Dickerson; to M ■■(■■. .\f, ;r y
lsaa<- '■■ Simpson—On the 0.n« mst. by the »>he, Lr.
*Q no . Duvid Jones to Miss Sarah Duffte.

In this city, on the 3st inst. by the Rev. S.

of the Berkshire Medical Institution. , , , C . ornish > Mr - isaiah Burtis to Miss Sylvia
—Five dcatfw are announced in a Ver- j q™™'

mont paper, one of 84, two of 8J, one of 8!),

and one of 00. Caution. — Colombian

dollars are said to be deficient in standard
I weight, their real value being only 75
cents. — ■ — In the ate gale the lar^e and ex-
tensive Wind Mill just completed at S. Bos-
ton, wis blown to pieces. —The yellw'

fever is racing considerably at Now Orleans ;

ring the week ending the 2d ult. fhere
were twenty-one interments in the Protestant
Burying Ground, fourteen of which were y*l-.
low fever cases. The house of Natha-
niel Prime, Esq. No. 1 Broadway, has been
lately broken open, :ind robbed of several
valuable articles of furniture. - N A reward of
one hundred dollars is offered for the appre-
hension of the thief, and a similar reward tor

theroturn of the property. On the 13th.

ult.. a young man li-in^ in Darien; Ct. com-
mitted suicide by drinking runi. A mil-
itary review took place in Boston, on the 25th
ult. The President of the United States was

present on the occasion. The population

of Lpwei Canada is about 000,000, nine-tenths

of whom are Catholics. Several members

of a, military company were poisoned by eat-
ing cheese for a luncheon; at the late review

in Boston. Cider is stated to be so plenty

iti Maine, that it is delivered at fifty cents a
barrel. — — r-A highway robbery was lately
attempted near Hingham, Mass. bv three
men, when the person assaulted, knocked
down two of the footpads and secured the
third. — -4-A Marine Telegraph, on the prin-
ciple of Packer's, injBoston,: is about to be

erected In Providence. -Salt water lias

been discovered in Merco»* county, Ky. which
it is supposed wili be sufficient to make 50
or-60 bushels of suit per day A Mr. Leo-
nard Saul and two of his sons, lately lost
tjieir livib by descending into a well filled j

Williams to

3d inst. by the same, Mr Benjamin
to Mrs Margnnt Thomas.

A OTICE.

. The SACRED COM CERT, advertised
in the last week's " Journal," as about to
take place on Tuesday Evening, was on ac-
count of the unfavourable state of the weath-
er, postponed till THIS EVENING.

Pejfonnance to commence at half past aeven
o'clock. Tickets 125 cents each, to be had of John
Marandcr, Oi Warren-st. ; William Hutson, 57
Chnmber-st.; John Robertson, corner of Nassau
and Liberty-sl.; Cromwell & Annibtl, Leonard-
st. nex^ door to Broadway; and at the door on the
evening N of performance.

The NEW-YORK AFRICAN MUTUAL
INSTRUCTION SOCIETY, opened their
Sciiool on last Monday evening. Rev. B.
Paul delivered an appropriate address on the
occasion. Forty members haye joined the
School, sixteen males, and twenty -four fe-
males.

Notice is hereby given, to ihe Mem-
bers of the RUSH EDUCATION SOCIETY,
and to tbc friends of good order, religion and ed-
ucation, that the society will hold theii Second
Quarterly Meeting in the Hall occupied by the
Second African Presbyterian Church, on the irn4
Wednesday in October next at 7 P. M.

CfiARLSS H.LEVECK, Hec^c'ry

FhiladelfiJiia, Sept, ltifA, 1827.

with dam$, or carbonic acid gas, near Colum- ?
htic W par «oyr«e M may be, we have never ^bus, Oiiio, oathfi 5th ult. A little prudence

OCTOBER.

J3 Friday, . . .
, 6 Saturday . .
,7 Sunday . . .

8 Monday . . .

9 Tuesday . .
10 Wednesday.
U Thursday .

Rises.

6 ir

6 18
6.19
6 21
0 28

6 23-
Ms

TSvvl

5 43,
5 42
5 41
5 39

Meosv
Phase*.

POETRY.

•THE PASS OF DEATH,

Another's gone? and- who comes next,

Of all the sons of Pride?
And ia humanity pnrplex'd,

" Because this one hath died ?"
The sons of men did raise, their voice,

And cryM out in despair—
"We will riot como— we will not come,

Whilst thou art waiting thcro."

But Ttme-wenfc forth; and dragg'd theiri on

By one, by two, by three;
Nay", sometimes thousands fell as one,

do merciless was he :
And'atill they go, and slill they go,

The Slave, the Lord, the King';
And disappear, like flakes of snow

Before the sun of spring.

For Death stood in the path of Time,

And slew them as they came,
And riot a soul escap'd his hand,

So certain was his aim.
The beggar fell across his staff,

The soldier on his swoTd,
The king, sunk down beneath his crown,

The priest beside " the word."

And Youth came, with his blush of health,;

And in a moment fell;
And Avarice, griping still at wealth,

Wasrolied mro '****.
And Age stood trembling at the pass,

And would have turn 'd again;
But Time said, " No, 'tis never so —

Thou canst not hero remain."

The brido'came in her wedding robe;

But 1 that did nought avail;
For her ruby lips went cold and blue,

And her rosy cheek turn'd pale. , ;
And some were hurried from the ball,

And some came from the play;
And some were eating to the last,

And some with wine were gay.

And some were ravenous for food,

And rais'd '* seditious cries :"
But being a" legitimate,"

Death quickly stopped their noise;
The father left his infant brood

Amid the world to weep;
And the mother. died, whilst her babe

Was smiling in its sleep.

And some did offer bribes of gold,

If they might ;but survive;
But he drew his arrow to the head,

And none were'left. alive.
And some were plighting vows of love

When their very hearts were torn;
And eyes that look'd so bright at eve,

Were closed ere the mom.

And one had just attained to power,

And wist not he should die,
Till thu arrow smote the stream of life,

And lelV the cistern dry.
Another's gone; and who comes next

Of all the sons of Prid<-. ?
And is nunianity pcrpk-.x'd,

Because this one hath died? »

And stilt they come, and still they go,

And still there is no end ; ^
And the hungry grave is yawning yet, '

And who shall next descend ?
Oh, shall it be a crowned head,

Or one of noble line;
Or, doth the slayer turn to smite

A life so frail as mine ?

HYMN.

. JJeneath our feet, and o'er our head,

Is equal warning given;
a Beneath uu lie the countless dead,

Above us is the heaven !

Their names are graven on the stons-,

Their bones, are in the clay;
And ere another day is done,

Ourselves may be as they.

.£>eath rides on every passing breeze,

Ho lurks in every flower;" ' "

Bach season has ita own disease,
lts'peril every hour!

Our eyes have seen (he rosy light '

Of youth's soft Cheek decay,
And Fate descend, in sodden night

Oh manhood's middle day.

Our' eyes have seen the sfops of age

Hall feebly f 'wards the tomb,
Andyel shall t:arth uur hearts engagcj

And dream of days to come ?

Turn, mortal, turn! thy danger know ;

Where'er thy i<>ot can tread,
•The earth rings hollow from below,

And warns thee ; of her dead!

Turn, Christian, turn .' thy soul apply

To truths divniely given;
The bones that underneath tiiee lie

Shall live for Hell or Heaven"!

' Bishop IIebkr.

The English Language— The difficulty of.
applying rules to the pronunciation of our lan-
guage inay be illustrated n two lines, where
*^jje ?oinbir>i{iqfl,of tiie lettershowgA is. pro-,

nounced : in no - Fewer than seven 'different
waya, via. ■!.."'.•:...
0> «/> °f up* ow, oo, and ocg.
Though the tough con^h aud hiccough

plough methrongh,
O'er life's 'dark lough iny coufke I still
pursue.

The very. Essence of Etiquette,— When the
Emperor Charles made his entry into Doitai,
in great state, under 'fetitoona bf flowers and
triumphal arches, the magistrate,- to do hon-
our to the occasion, put a clean shirt upon the
body of a malefactor that was hanging in
chains at the city gate.— Monthly 'Magazine.

The absurdities of :tavern signs are often
curious enough, but may in general be traced
to this inveterate propensity which the vulgar
of all countries have to make havoc with ev-
ery thing in theshapo of a proper name. "The
sign of tiie Goat and Compasses is a whimsi-
cal instance of this sort of corruption ; this

CHEAP CXiOTHXNCt STOUE,

iVu. 218, South Sixth-street, Philadelphia.
THE Subscriber respectfully returns his
sincere .thanks to his friends, and the public in
general,'.- for their favor and patronage. He
informs them, that ho continues to keep a large
sign is of the days of the Commonwealth, and j assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE

!■ G. &iR DRAPER,

J (Cotourtd Men,)
In Forest-street, [BALTIMORE, Manufacture

ALL KINDS OK

Smoking, and! Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappe, & Maccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and- American
CIGARS.
N. ! B. ; The above gentlemen have Gent me
a large Box of -their- TOBACCO, for sale, and
'should tiie experiment succeed, they can supply
any quihtity of all the articles. 30
SAMUEL K. CORNISH.

tys . . _ . .

was originally God encompasseth U3, and wasl WEARING APPAREL of superior quality, both
probably a favourite .'place of resort for the new and second-handed, whore customers will bo,
Puritans of those days. J "~ 1 _i " * '* ~"*~ ~" 1 1 1

Ancestry. — It was said by Sir Thomas Over-

accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-
some style. He also informs Families and private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed Clothing for

burv, that the man who has nothing to boast ! 8a,c / lha f thoy- will meet with a good price, and
of but illustrious ancestors is like a potatoe- the ; ^ aab tor theK f Jan'ieVp^J' JISON
only good thing belong ing to him is under] ^ 2l8ySouth . Si ^ sL miudelp'hia.

ground. - N/B.i Tayloring - carried on in its various

A certain Parisian preacher was holding sranchoa, and on tJic choapcBt terms.

Philadelphia, Oct. 6. 30

forth, not.much to the satisfaction, of his audi
ence. " lie did better last year," observed
Santeuil, the poet, who was present. A by-
stander asserted, that " he must be mistaken,
for that the present exhibitor had not preach'

EVENING SCHOOL. .
AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons o'
..... • . „ „ .. m . •■. * « . T i Colour,, will be opened on .the 15th of Oct'o-
ed at .ill the year before.''-"! hat is what I j ber next in the ^ frican Schocl-Room in Mul-
mean, answered the poet. berry-street ; where •will be ta'ughc

Honour among thieves-After the battle of, READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
Culloden, a reward of £30,000 was offered to j ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY,&c.
any one wlio should discover or deliver the j Terms, Three Dollor3 per Quarter, payable in
young Pretender. He hud then t?kon refuge 'advance, Hours from 6 to, half past 8 o'clock,
with the Kenedys, two common thieves, whoj Sept. 18. 26
protected him with fidelity and robbed for his
support, and often went in disguise to Inver-
nes^to buy provisions for him. A considerable
time afterwards, one of these men, who had
resisted the temptation of £30,000 for a
breach of fidelity, was hanged for stealing a
cow of the value of .thirty shillings !

EVENING SCHOOL.
The. subscriber respectfully in forms hi*

friends, that lie -purposes, opening . a NIGHT
SCHOOL; on the first of, October ensuing,, prin-
cipally, for. tbo benc/fit of Adults, in thq Bas'tyjcnt
of St. Philip's Church, in Collcct.strcet. In
which will be taught

READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, Actfc; rf
at ;2.ol) per Quarter, payable in advance.

To open at 7, and close at 0 o'clock.

B. -F. HUGHES.

NcW-York, Sept. 18. 2d

HA1V1ER&. SMITH,
STEAM SOOURE21S,

fro. 17? William- street, AV Y.

CONTINUE to cleanHC and dress Coats,
Pantaloons* Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawfe,
in tho neutest manner'. They also rr.ake. alu-r and
repair Gentlomens' Clothes, to their entire satis-
faction, and uponrtho most .reasonable terms.

Their mode of dressing Clothes jh by ST UAM*
SPONGING, which : they have followed with
much success for several years past. All kinds
of spots or sl.vna ,aro extracted, and tho clofh
restored to the appearance of .newi and this ihcy :
engage to perform without any injury to the
cloth, and at least eqr.al to any thing ot the kind
done in this . or any other city of the United Slates.

August 3. 21

A CAKI).

Respectfully informs his friends, and
the .public gonerally, that Jiis House, No. io'Z
[ Church street, is still open for. tho accommodation
. ,. ^ ... t, , of jxentfel persons of colour, with

According to the venerable Bede, artificers I h -

in glass came to Etigland in 674; according! BOARDING S LODGING,
to others in 172G. Rut glass windows were) Grateful for past favours, he solicits a eon-
a rarity, and .a mark of great luxury and tinuanci of the same. His house is in a heakhv
magnificence until 1180, at which time they ; and pleasant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
were introducedl from France, which country !.pens« will bo spared on his • t, to render the si

had received the boon from ttie Venetians.

Shrewd Jlnsioer.*— A woman asked a doctor
whether taking snuff was not hurtful, to the
brain. " No," said the doctor, "for ho that
has. any will not take snuff."

tuations of thosn who honour him with their pa-
tronage, as comfortable as possible.
New-York, Sept. 1827. 26— 2m

Hov

NOTICE.
The " African Mutual Instruction

. Society, for the instruction of coloured Adults,,
lorig have you been in this nutshell of : 0 f both Sexes," will rc-open their SCHOOL* on

a room ? said T. Iloke to a young ensign last
week. " Not long enough to become a ker-
nel," (colonel) was the reply.

From the Morning Courier,
Wife— Abachelor in the west, who con«

Monday iEvenisg, October 1st, at their former
School-Room, under th".- Mariner's Church, in
Roosevelt-street. The School will be open on
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Evenings,
at half past (j o'clock.
Those, desirous of receiving instruction,, will
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A traveller, on the continent, visiting tho
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glass phial. After Eyeing it some time, the
tiavfeller paid, " Do you call this a relic?
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ACCOUNT OF AN OURAXG OUTAMG,
OF BORNEO.

BY DR. ABEL.

Tho individual described by the doctor,
" on his arrival in Java from Batavi'a, was al-
lowed to be entirciy at liberty, till within a
day or two of being put on board the Carsar,
to be conveyed to England ; and w iulst at
largo made no attempt to escape; but became
violent when put into a large bamboo cage
for the purpose of being conveyed from the
inland. As soon as he felt himself in con-
finement, lie took the rails ot tbe cage into
his hands, and shaking them violently, en-
deavoured 10 break them m pieces; but find
ing that tney did net yield generally, he tried
them separately; and, having discovered one
weaker than the rest, worked at it constantly
till lie hau broken it, and maue ms escape.—
On board ship an attempt Doing made to se-
cure him by u chain tautened to a long sta-
ple, he instantly unfastened it, and ran off
with the chain dragging behind ; but finding-
himself embarrassed by its length, he coiled
it once or twice, and threw it over his shout
der. This feat he often repeated; and when
he found it would not remain on his shoulder,
he took it into his mouth.

Alter several abortive attempts to secure
him moie effectually, he was allowed to wan-
der freely about the ship, and soon be-
came familiar with the sailors, and sur-
passed them in agility. They often chased
him about the rigging, and gave him frequent
opportunities of displaying his adroitness in
managing an escape. On first starting, he
would endeavour to outstrip nis pursuers by
mere speed : but when much pressed, eluded
them by seizing a long rope, and swinging
out of their reach. At other times, he would
patiently wait on the shrouds, or at the mast-
head, till his pursuers almost touched him,
and then suddenly lower himself to the deck
by any rope that was near him, or bound
along the main-stay from one mast to the
other, swinging by his hands, and moving
them one over the other. The men would
often shake the ropes by which he clung with,
so much violence, as to make me fear his
falling ; but 1 soon found that the power of
his muscles could not easily be overcom e. —
When in a playful humour, he would often
swing within arm's length of his pursuer,
and having struck him with his hand, throw
himself from him.

" Whil3t in Java he lodged in a'large tam-
arind tree near my dwelling, and. formed a
bed by intertwining the small branches, and
covering them with'Jeaves. During the day,
he would lie with his head projecting beyond
the nest, watching whoever might pass un-
don and when he saw any one with fruit,
would descend. to obtain a share of it. He
always retired for the night at sunset, or
sooner if he had been well fed, and rose with
the sun, and visited those from whom he ha-
bitually received load.

" Of some small monkeys on board from
Java, he took little notice,* whilst under tho
observation of the persons ot the ship. Once
• indeed, he attempted to throw a small cage,
containing three of them, overboard; because
probably, he bad seen them receive food of
which he could obtain no pa.i. But al-
though he had so little intercourse with ihom
when under our inspection, 1 nad reason to
suspect that he was less indifferent to their
society when from our ob.-ei vatioii ; and was
one day summoned to the lop gallant-yiird of
the mai/.en mast to "overlook him playing
with a monkey. Lying on his back, partial-
ly covered with a sad, he for some time con-
templated, with great gravity, the gambols of
the monkev, which' boun^ed'over him, but at
length he caught him by the tail, and tried
to envelope him in his covering. Tiie moh
key seemed to dislike his confinement, una
broke from him, but again renewed us gau'i-
boij, and although frequently caught, always
escaped. The inttj course,, however, did not
seem to be that of equals, for the ourang
oi tang never condescended to romp with tin-
monkey, as he did with the boy* of the ship.
Yei the monkeys had ewiienily a great pre-
dilection for his company : lor whenever Ihey
broke loo.-v, tney tuok their « ay ti hit- ft' '.no-
place, and were otten ,<een lorkii'f <.tio<u
or creeping clandestinely. <rw ■ i'S hi;
Tnere appt art d to be no gradh-»i>/i in ine";
intimacy ; as they appeared as confident!}

familiar with him when first observed, as at
the close of their acquaintance.

" But although so gentle* when not exceed
ingly irritated, the oursng outang could be
excited to violent rage, which he expressed
by opening his mouth, showing his teeth, and
sewing and biting those who were near him.
Sometimes, indeed he seemed almost driven
to desperation and on two or three occasions,
committed an act, which, in a rationjl being;

temperature, especially early in the morning,
when he would descend from the mast, shud-
dering with cold, and running up to any one
of his friends, climb into their arms, and
clasping them closely, derive warmth from
their persons, screaming violently at any at-
tempt to remove him.

" His food in Java was chiefly fruit, espe-
cially mangotans, of which he was extremely
fond. He also sucked eggs with voracity,

ets, and could never escape his vigilant eye.
Sometimes I endeavoured to evade him by
ascending to the mast-head, but was always
overtaken and interrupted in my progress.
When he came up with me on the shrouds,
he would secure himself by one foot to the
rattlings, and confine my legs with i ho other
and one of his hands, while he rifled my
pockets. If he found it impossible to over-
take nie^ he. would ciiiub to a considerable
height on the loose rigging, and then drop
suddenly upon me. Or, if perceiving ids in.,
tentioiij I attempted to descend, he would
slide down by a rope, and meet me at the i
bottom of the shrouds. Sometimes I fastened

an orange to the end of a rope, and lowered J g re » and weakj frequently fall short of the-
it to the deck from the mast-head; and as j de-'ired .landing, and are forced to swim fo?

w ould have been called the threatening of j and often employed himself in seeking them,
suicide. If repeatedly refused an orange V — On board ship his diet was of no definite
when he attempted to t3ke it, he would
shriek violently, and swing furiously about
the ropes, then return and endeavour to ob-
tain it; if again refused, he would roll for
some time like ail angry child upon the deck,
uttering the more piercing screams ; and
then suddenly starting up, rush furiously over
the side of the ship and disappear. On first
witnessing this act, we thought that he had
thrown himself into the sea; but, on a search
being made, found him concealed under the
chains.

This animal neither practices the grima-
ces and antics of other monkeys, no* po^es-
ses their perpetual ~pronencs3 to mischief.
Gravity, approaching to melancholy, and
mildness, were sometimes strongly expres-
sed in his countenance, and seem to. be the
characteristics of his disposition. When he
first came among strangers, he would sit for
hours with his hand upon his head, looking
pensively all around him : and when much
incommoded by their examination, would hide
himself beneath any covering that was at
hand. Hlsmilduess was evinced by his for-
bearance under injuries, which were griev-
ous before he was excited to revenge: but
he si ways .avoided those who- often teased
hiui. He soon became strongly attached to
those who" kindly used him. By their side hp
•WOMond of sitting and gcCting" as close as
po,4»ibie to their persons, would take- their
hands betw en. his lips, and fly to them for
protection. From the boatswain of the Al;-
Ceste, who shared his meals with him, anil
was his chief favourite, although he some-
times purloined the. grog nod the biscuit of
his benefactor, he learned to eat with a
spoon : and might he often seen sitting ut his
cabin-door, enjoying his coffee, quite unem-
barrassed by those who observed him, ami
with a grotesque and sombre air, that teem-
ed a burlesque on human nature.

" jN'ext to. the boatswain, i was, perhaps,
his most intimate acquaintance. He would
always follow me to the mast-head, whither
1 often went for the purpose of reading apart
from the noise of the ship; and, having sat-
isfied himself thai my pocket contained no
eatables, would lie down by my side, annul-
ling a topsail entirely over him, peep froni* it
occasionally to' watch my movements.

" His favourite amusement in Javo was in
swinging from the branches of trees, in pas-
sing from one to another, and in climbing
over the roofs of houses ; on board, in hang*
ing by his arm6 from jhe ;opes, and in.romp-
ing willi the- boys of the ship.- He would
entice them into play by striking them with
his hand as they passed, and bounding from
them, but allowing them to overtake him,
engage in a mock scuffle, in which he used
his hands, feet and mouth. . If any conjecture
could be formed from these frolics of his
mode of attacking an adversary, it would ap-
peal to be his first object to throw.bim down,
then to secure him with his hands and feet,
und then wound him with his teeth.

" On board ehjp he commonly slept at the
mast head, after wrapping himself in a sail.
In making his bed, Ik: used the greatest pains
to remove every thing out of iite <yay, that
might render the muface on which he inienj-
ded to lie uneven; and, having satisfied hmil
seif with this part of the arrangement, spread
out his sail, and lying down upou it on" his
i'ack, drew it over his, body. Sometimes 1
pre occupied his bed; and teased him by, re!
fusing to give it up. On these occasions he
would endeavour to pull the sail fr m'undef
me, or to force rne from it, and would not
iest till 1 had lesigred it. If it were large 1
nough for both, he would quietly lay by

from Mexico to Spain, in the early part of
the sixteenth century, and thence to England
about the year 1524.. By degrees, it spread
over Europe, and within a century was in-
troduced in Asia, Africa, and the' European
colonies. The origin of the. English narhe^
Thirkey, as applied to this bird, is a little sin-
gular. It was first brought to England at a'
time when it was customary to denote arti-
cles of luxury from foreign countries by this
appellation, and as this bird was a delicacy
of novel and rare occurrence, it took the
kind. He ate readily of all kinds of meal, j same name. This error was perpetuated
and especially raw meat; was very lon-i of ! from the circumstance of its being supposed
bread, but always, preferred fruit when he j to Have come through Spam,- from Asia or
could obtain them. (Africa. Some naturalists represented it as

" His beverage, in Java was water, on f having been known to the ancients, but they,
board ship it was as diversified as his food. ; confounded it with the Guinea Fowl. The
He preferred coffee and Lea, but would read- j Turkey is in fact indigenous to America, and
ily take wine, and exemplified his atlach- 1 was a stranger to the old world till after the
ment to spiriis by stealing the captain's j discoveries of Columbus. Mr. Bonaparte h$s
brandy bottle. Since he has arrived in Lon- 1 given a list of twenty-seven names by which
don he has preferred leer and milk to any • he has been called among different tribes of
thing else, but drinks wi;ie and other liquors. I Indians. Prom the author's full description
" In his attempts to obtain food, he gave i of this bird, we shall select two or three pa-
us many opportunities of judging of his sa- ! ragraphs, in which are exhibited some of its
gucity and disposition. He was always vejy j habits.

impatient to seize it when held out to him, | " When about to crosi the river, they so-
and became passionate when it was not soon , lect the highest eminences, that their night j
given up; and would chase a person all over \ may be the more certain , and here they .;
the ship to obtain it- 1 seldom came upon ! sometimes remain for a day or more, as if for 'j
deck without sweetmeats or fruit in my pock- ' the purpose of consultation, or to be duly

prepared for so hazardous a voyage. During
this time the males .gobble obstreperously,
and strut with' extraordinary importance, :: as •,
if they would animate their companions, and ;
inspire them with the utmost degree of bar- \

i the females and^dfuig also assume
ua'airrrf Ifflfe -males, the

dihood

much of the pbmpou;

former spreading their tails and moving si
iently around; At length the assembled mul
trtudo' mount the tops oj^yji3|^hest trees,
whence at a signal nofe^owa leader, the
whole together wjng their way to the oppo-
site shore. A.H the old and fat ones cross
without difficulty, even when the river et
ceeds a mile in width; but. the young, mea-

soon as he attempted to seize it, drew it ra
pidly up. After being several times foiled in
endeavouring to obtain it by direct means, he
altered his plans. Appearing to" care little
about it, h„ would remove to some distance,
and ascend the rigging very leisurely for
some time," and then by a sudden spring,
catch the rope which held it. If defeated
again by my suddenly jerking the- rope, he
would at first seem quite in despair, relin
quish his effort, and rush about the rigging,
screaming violently. But he would always
return, and again seizing the rope, disregard
the jerk, and allow it to run through his hand
till within the reach of the orange; but if
again foiled, would come to my side, and ta-
king me by the arm, confine it while he haul-
ed the orange up

" I have seen him exhibit violent alarm on
two occasions only, when lie appeared to
seek for safety in gaining as high an eleva-
tion as possible. On seeing eight large tur :
ties brought on board, while the Cffisar was
off the island of Ascension, he climbed with
all possible speed to a higher part of the ship
than he had ever before reached, and, look-
ing down upon them, projected his long lips
into the form of a hog's snout, uttering at
the same time a sound hich might be des
cribed between the croai&ig of a frog' and
the grunting of a pig. Aj'tcr some time he
ventured to descend, but -With great caution,
peeping continually at the turtle, but could
not be induced to approach within many
yards of them. He run to the same height,
and uttered the sa*ne sounds, on seeing some
men bathing and splashing in tbe sea ; and
since his arrival in KirgJand, has shown near-
ly the same .degree of fear at the Bight of a
live tortoise."

THE WILD TURKEY.

Extract from a notice of BonapartSs Ornitho-
logy, contained in the 3$th number of the
.ny North American llevitw.
side. If all the sails happenedfto be sei, hit! The author dwells at much length on the
•< ould hunt about for some other Covering! description of the Wild Turkey. He asserts
.mil either t-h ..1 os,c of I he sailor's jackets or |mun;u!!y the oiiginal claim of America to
Urfs thai hupne d to be <: yin-v, or empty si 'this W. 'I In- first certain account of it, he
ii.-.rrmoi k of v.* biaiikeia OH* t;»tf Cap. '* essays* was written in 1525, by Oviedo, in hi*
Good Hope he suffered much from a low} History of the West- Indies. H was sent

their lives, This they do dextrously enough,
spreading their tails for support, closing their
wings to the body, stretching their necks
forward, and striking" out quickly and forci-
bly with their legs. If in thus endeavouring;
to. gain the land, they approach an elevated
or inaccessible bank, their exertions' are re- ;\
nutted, they resign themselves to the stream ;
for a short time, in order to gain strength, .:
and then with one violent effort escape from :
the water. But in this attempt all are not ;
successful; some of the weaker, as they can- '
not rise sulficiently high in air to clear the
bank, fall again and a%ain into the water, and '
thus miserably perish. Immediately after,
these birds have succeeded in crossing a riv--
er, they for some time ramble about without ;
any apparent unanimity of purpose, and a
great -many are destroyed by the hudters, al- '
though they are then least valuable.

u These birds are, (guardians of each-other,.-
and the first who sees a hawk or eagle gives i
a note of alarm, on whioh all within hearing
lie close to the ground.- As they usually
roost in flocks, perched on the naked branch-
es of trees, they are easily discovered by the;
large owls, and when attacked by these
prowling birds, often escape by a somewhat
remarkable inanmuvre. The owl sails- around
the spot to select his prey; but; notwithstan-
ding the almost inaudible action of his pin*.
ions, the quick ear of one of the slumberer*'
phrceives the danger which is immediately;
announced to the whole party by a chuck—'
thus alarmed, they rise on their legs, andj
wauh the motions of the o\yV wbo, dartingj
like au arrow, would inevitably secure th5
individual at which he aimed, did not the lat-
ter suddcnl drop his head, squat^ and spreai
his tail over his back; the- owl then' ^ &n< ^^^ m
over w ithout inflicting any injury, at the very
insta t the turkey suffers himself 1 to fall
headlong towards the earth, where he is se^
cure from his dreaded enemy."

A MISER'S WILL.

I give arid bequeath to roy beloved sister
n-law, Sarah Dennis, four old worsted stock.-
ings, which -she will find underneath n»v
To my nephew, Charles M-Oartney, two .
of stockings lying in tbe box where J k'et

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FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

my linen. To Lieut. Johnson, f of his nisjes
ty'a 5th regiment of foot, ray only pair£of
. white cotton' stockings, and my old scarlet
great coat — and to Hannah Bourke, my faith-
ful housekeeper, in return for her long and
trusty services, tny old cracked earthen pit-
cher.* The will being read after the decease
of the donor, Hannah, in great anger, told
the -legatees that she resigned to them her
valuable share of the old Hunk's property,
and left the room. The nephew, Charles,-in
equal rage, declared he \yould not have it,
kicking over the pitcher; and as it broke,
bVhold ! a multitude of joes and guineas
burst out and rolled about the floor. The
I fortunate discovery niduced the other lega-
! : tsos present, to examine the stockings, which
\ to their great joy, were crammed full of Ihe
precious metal. — Eng. paper.

EXTRACT

_ FKOM AN

ORATION,

Delivered in tne JJJrican Zion Church, in the
City of New- York , on the Fourth of July ,
in Commemoration of the 'abolition
of DOMESTIC SLAVERY, in this State.

BY WILLIAM HAMILTON.

" Liberty ! . kind goddess ! brightest of
the heavenly deities that guide the affairs 'of
men.

" Oh Liberty *. where thou art resisted and
irritated, thou art terrible as the raging sea,
and dreadful as4t tornado. But' where tbou
:irt listened to, and obeyed, thou art gentle as
the purling stream that meanders through
the mead; as soft and as cheerful as the ze-
phyrs that dance upon the summer's breeze
and as bounteous as autumn's harvest.

•'To thee, the sons of African this once
dark, gloomy; hopeless, but now fairest,
brightest, and most cheerful of thy domain,
do owe a double oblation of gratitude. —
Thuu hast entwined and bound fast the cruel
hands of oppression — thou hast by the power-
lul charm of reason, deprived the monster of
bis strength— The dies, he sinks to rise no
more.

"Thou hast loosened the hard bOund fet-
ters by which we were h61d ; and by a 'voire'
sweet as the music of heaven yet strong
and powerful reaching to the extreme boun-
daries of the slate of New- York,- hath de-
clared that we the people of colour, the sons
of Afric, are freu !

My brethren and fellow-citizens, 1 hail
j you ail. This day we stand redeemed from
\"k hitter thraldom. Of us it may be trnly

;ony if

restored ! No more shall the acGurs-
ed name of slave be attached to us— no
more shall the negro and slave be synono-

IUOU8.

" Fellow citizens, I come to felicitate you
on the victory obtained — not by sanguinary
conflict with the foe — there are left no fields
teeming with blood : not a victory obtained
by fierce-flaming, deaths-dealing ordnance,
vomiting forth fire and horrible destruction
—no thousands made to lick the dust— no
groan of the wounded and . the dying. But
I come to felicitate you on the victory obtain-
ed by the principles of liberty, such as are
broadly ana indelibly laid down by the glo-
rious sons of '76 ; and are contained in the
ever memorable words prefixed to the Dec-
laration of Independence of these United
States: viz.- " We ho) J these truths to be
Helf-evident, that all men are created equal,
and endowed by their Creator with certain
unalterable rights ; and among thCBe are
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
A victory 6btairie<? by these principles over
prejudice, injustice, and foul oppression.

";TMs day has the state of Mew-York, re-
generated herself— this- day has she been
cleansed 6f a urdtt foul, poisonous and damn-
able stait.; ( 1 stand amazed at the quiet, yet
rapid progress the principles of liberty have
made. A semi- century ago, the people of
colour, with scarcely an exception, were all
slaves Ji in true, that many, in the city, who
remained here in ihe time ol the revolution,
(when their mast ere left at the approach of
the British) and maiiy too from the country,
who became a kind ol refugee, obtained their
liberty, by leavir g ihe country, who b camo
a kind of refugee, obtained their liberty, by-
leaving the cdunfiry at the close 01 the war,
or a few years' respite from sla\«iiy ; foi aucji
as w«r© found remaining afier the revolution,
were again chain ed by their -roasters. Yes,
we were all in the most abjtci state of sla-
very that can be ioonceived, excepi thai of
our brethren at the South, whose, mite ies
are a little more enhanced. Without going

; bsok to the times of Negro plot, when a kind
of funataciam seizeid the people o'New-York,

^something similar in its bearing- am effi-ct to
the sad circumstance that tc<»k piact- amejijr

• the people of New England, in. their more
tyriwniv ti<ae» 4 ani about a half a cemur) ,

before tho fancied plot, when they put to
death the good people for being witches.

Yes, my brethren, in this state we have
been advertised, and bought, and sold like any
commodity. In |his state we have suffered
cruelly; suffered by imprisonment, by whip-'
ping, and by scourging.

"I have seen men chained with iron col-
lars to their necks. I have seen -.—

but hold ! Let me proceed no farther." Why
enter into the blood chilling detail 1 of our
miseries: It would only dampen "those joys
that ought to glow and sparkle on every
countenance ; it would oidy give vent to the
feelings that, would not be recoi'icileable with
.the object of our assembling. 1 '

"The cause of emancipation has ever had
its votaries, but they stood single and alone.
After the revolution, they drew nearer to-
gether,"

11 That venerable body of religionists cal-
led Friends, ought ever to be in grateful re-
membrance by us. Their public speakers
were the first to enter their protest against
the deadly sin of slave-holding ; and so zeal-
ous did its members become, that the church,

o rig i Sal com mu* ic ation s.

or more technically, the meeting, .
laws : first forbidding its members from hold-
ing slaves for life, next forbidding the use of
slaves altogether. But, the most powerful
l«?ver, or propelling cause, was the Manu-
mission Society. Although many of its
members belonged to the just named society,
yet very many were members of other reli-
gious societies, and some did not belong to
any, but who 1 were, philanthropists indeed..
How sweet it is to speak of good men ! Na-
ture hath not made us calumniators— calum-
ny yields us no pleasure ; if it does, it is Sa-
tanic pleasure : but to speak of good men,
yields a pleasure, such as the young feel,
when talking of their lovers r or the parent
feels, when telling the prattle of their in-
fants."

" In speaking of the Manumission Society,
we are naturally drawn to its founders. —
These must have been good men : the pre-
judice of the times forbade any other, but
men of good and virtuous minds, from having
any lot or part in the matter. Any other
must have • shrunk from the undertaking. I
am, therefore, about to name men, who ought
to be deeply inscribed - on your memories,
and in yourhearts: The names of Washing-
ton and Jefferson should not be pronoun-
ced iri the hearing of your children, until they
could clearly and distinctly pronounce tho
names I am about to give. First, it at great
and good statesman the right honorable
John Jay, the fim President of the Manu-
mission Society. Blessed God ! how good it
is, he has liyt'd to see, as a reward, the fin
ishing of a work he helped to begin

" Next, the good John Murray, peace at-
tend his memory, he was a man that calumny
never did approach, but what she lit her
tongue : he wus the first Treasurer : next,
the not only harmless but good Samuel
Fkanklijv, the first Vice-President; next
the zealous, the virtuoxis, the industrious
Johm Keese : the first Secretary ; next,
general Alexander Hamilton, that, excel-
lent soldier ; and most able civilian and finan-
cier, and first of his pro fission at the bar. —
Next,- thai man' of mora than sterling worth,
Robjvrt Bowne.

The other names which 1 shall give, are
ol equal uurih with those already mentioned,
anil are as follow s :

Alexande r McOougal, Co onel Robert
Trot.p Jo!j;j Laurence. Peter'Yates, Melanc-
ton Smith, William Goforth, Ehenezer S.
Burhmr, Laurence Lmbtee, Zebulon Bartow,
Elijah Om:k, Willinm Shotwell. Joseph Duu-
rcuce, James. Cogswell. Matthew Vickec,
William Backhouse, William Cariman, Tho .
mas Burling, Thomas Bowne, Leonard M.
Cutting.'

These are the men that formed the Manu-
mission Society, and stamped it with those
best of principles, fuund in . the preamble to
the constitution; framed by them. It is too
excellent to pas* over, and is as -follows :
"The benevolent Creator, and father of all
men; having given to them all an equil right
to life, liberty and property, no sovereign
power on earth can justly deprive them of
either but in conformity to impartial lav,s, to
which they have expressly or tacitly consen-
ted ; it is our duty both as fret citizens and
Christians, not only tO regard with pom par s on
the injustice done to "these among us, «ho,
arc held as -slaves, but to endeavour by. all
lawful ways antNr.eans, to enable thorn to
share equally with us, that civil and jr» U/rious
liberty, with which an .indulgent Pro* d .nee
has biesse:d these state.! ; and to »bie> tr/ese
our brethren are as much entitled a6 our-
selves. *

Ir was «n the 25th January, 1785, these
gentlemen held their first meeting, and on the
fourth Qt the following month, they -adopted. a.
rorfi'ifiitioii, headed by the just ijeniianed
most liberal and eqctUtht preamble,}*

EOR THE KIU EDOM's JOURNAL.

AMERICAN COLt^MtfAi'iOjN SOCIETY.;
No. 5.— DOMESTIC SLAVERY.

As most of the readers of tlio "Journal"
probably have little or no access to any publi-
cations o(lhe American Colonization Society,
they will doubtless appreciate the tew fol-
lowing extracts from one which has just reach-
ed me. However, wo may differ as to the
principle | of the Society's operations, all will
rejoice in the welfare of those who arc ac-
tually located in Africa. As these items of
information are given on the authority of two
colored nien who have visited our shores from
the colony, they are the more entitled to
credit; and unless my esthnate be greatly
erroneous, they even more than confirm the
reasonings and statements contained in the
former numbers of this series of Essays.
These extracts are as follows.

"All the interests of the Colony are ad-
vancing :with a calm and steady progress,
which exceeds the predictions of its most san-
guine friends ; while harmony and a general
spirit of: improvement, prevail among the
Colonists; they maintain a friendly inter-
course with the neighbouring tribes, and are
exerting upon them the mo3t salutary influ-
ence. It haB been ascertained that tlie in-
habitants in the interior, from whom is at
present derived a large pioportion of the val
uable products of the country, are desirous of
opening . a direct coinmunicatidn' with the
Colony : and measures are now in operation,
by which it is believed this object will shortly
be accomplished. A vast increase of trade ,

may in consequence be expected. The

Schools of the Colony have ail been reorgan-
ized on the Lancasterian plan, and placed
under the geneal superintendence of the
Rev. George M. Gill, of Baltimore. All tho
children of the Colony attend school. They
are belonging to
Rev. L. Carey's School for native children 45
Rev. G. M. Gill's do ~ - - - 10
Mr. Stewart's do - - 44
Miss Jackson's do . - - - 4()
Mrs. Williams' do - - - 30
Mr. Promt's do - - - 52

total- 227

A small schooner is constantly kept running
between the different factories and the Cape :
■making On an average one trip weekly, and
bringing at each return, a cargo worth $350.
The whole amount of trade thus brought in,
is estimated by Mr. Ashrnun, at $14,000 per
annum, leaving a nett profit to the Colony oi
$4,700 per annum. I iiave conversed very
particularly with two sensible and judicious
men of color who returned in the Doris, (one
of whom has resided for more than five years
in Liberia) and both converse in the most
flattering representations of th > actual state,
and high promise of the Colony. Perfectly
secure from the poiver of the natives, earn-
estly engaged in agricultural and commercial
pursuits, sharing in the offices of a well organ-
ized civil government, in regular and efficient
operation, all enjoying in abundance Hie com-
forts of life, and a number possessed, each, of
property! to the amount of several thousand
dollars; the colonists form a community,
wliM'.h, if we may credit the opinion *-f a re-
spectable individual, from among themselves,
is, •< as happy as any town of equal si>.e in
Europe or America."

Leaving the reader to adjust these facts for
himself, let" ud asHomo tho *ir im.ent. The
last communication was reio.ence totheSlave-
Tra.ie. : It was eeeojiow litr'l ■> comparatively
';ould be done towards xeprT^sTng it by ex -
ternal fojxe : also what iias already been ac-
complished towards this de.drnble object by
tho Colonies at Sierra Leone and Liberia,
together! witn the mo.ie of their opcr tioii.
Their iiifluer;ce ii not mainly that of Sore*,
but that j of moral and commorehii oundon:
b«= diffusing instruction, ano l»y affordiiij at a
much c'hfeaper rate, thos( ver articles which
havv 1 bffen heretofore bart ^d for slavds.

.ae rea ier need -'hardly be reminded, how
-trikuigly this reasoning in all its detail, is
exemplified in the facts pal presented >o his
not ire. We now- transfer ourselves to the
hither *ide of the Atlantic to investigate the
dolorotiE & object ol Domestic Slavery.

The vri:.er is. not disposed to lighten the
shadardt this gloomy picture, nor does he I
account - he interna) truffle carried on from the
more northern to the utmost southern st ttes, J
a whit less barbarous than that on the shores <
of Africa. His object at -present will be to |
shew, That taking Human nature as it liow is, j
Ihtwjtii'-iUf oj (the American Colonization So- .
titty promtffps it ori than anyschiwe yet devised j
towards' lit c in m ediate and progressive ailtvut- ;
<ton ana final v< n. oval of their evils.
: Some| person* seem to be of upiuien that
the slave states will be ultimately argueamw

t..c emancipa iun of people of color. To the le-
gitimate exercise of argument, tho writer; , no
enemy, though perhaps his present belief in its
Uficacy, io iioi tio unshaken as at a former pe*
nod of lite. In its proper prrjyince,it is like that
" Law, which is holy and just and good, 1 ' and
yet when unaided, can effect nothing towards
the overthrow of humiti depravity and self-
isliuess. Tnese will but take a fresh siart,
(such is a literal rendering of tho term Rom.
yi i. 8.) wheu )a ,v or reason goad them. Will
you convince the judgments' of men, that
colored perspns arff of tho same species as
white, and equally entitled to the bleeBing*
of human nature, and to tho immunities of
the land which they inhabit ! Will you prove,
that the coloured man is entitled to liberty,
and that he ought not to be detained in servi-
tude ! Alas, philosopher ! This has been proved
over and over a thousand times ! Besides it.
never needed anv proof, for no sober man ever
doubted it ; and yet. the conviction has produ-
ced — svhat ! When the " declaration of In-
dependence," prefaced by that " self-evident
truth, that all men are by nature free and
equal" was handed round for signatures, was
there a dissenting voice ! I have resided for
years among slave holders, and have con-
versed fully with them on /he subject, and
yet I nefa r found one who pretended to de-
fend slavery on principle. (It \is hardly
necessary to notice anew, and as an exception
to this remark, a certain book written in
defence of slavery : such books can produce
no-otner conviction on the mind, except that
there "are wolves in sheep's clothing"!) But
notwithstanding ihis universal conviction, ihe
work of emancipation has retrograled until
lately, ever since the American Revolution;
Slave States have been admitted' into the
Union, equal in number to those which have
declared for emancipation. With these latter
slavery has never fairly ex'sted. On their
soil, it was like a branch which the tide and
storm had wafted to their shores : On that
of the others, it is like a forest Oak, whose
roots have shot deep, and its branches have
spread wide — It is not to be rocked from its
strong foundation by a few puffe of air, but
ma ; be deadened arid destroyed. For the
persons and motives of the abolitionists every
friend of freedom must entertain the highest
respect. But it is not enough, that persons
mean well and act vigorously, unless they are '
regulated, by the peculiar exigencies or the
case: a Tew -hive-been releasdd, but it is at
least doubtful, whether the chains of many
have not been tightened through the well
meant interference of.the Abolition Society.;
Even the more serious portion of tlie commu- •
nity in slave states, do not listen for a moMient
to the abolition seheme. Slavery, they indeed
regard, as a mural marsh which spreads pes-
tilence in every direction ; but they are ap-
prehensive of an inundation, should its waters
bp instantly discharged — a dyke is needed
for rhoir gradual removal. However erro-
neous- « e may account this reasoning, it pre-
vails in its full force in spite of the 'many
a -.d eloquent arguments that have hitherto
been employed. Sure if nothing has been
effected in this way, wo. may well. look
assur ;d for some other.

In addition to the argument and abolition
scheme of emancipation, one other presents
itself of ominous ; aspect. The H'aytian6 " hav-
ing exhausted the argument," bad recourse to
"such means as God and Nature had' put into
their hands." If there be an earthly prize
worth fighting for, it is thai for which "they
contended. Liut whatever , may be said of
ihe strict jnwhee of this mode of redress, it is
one to. which the wise and humane. would l>e
loth to flee Were it even " a sun? remedy,"
we- will not test its efficacy at iiny rate, others
have failed. If a better one andVa more sure
can be had, wo will give this-' one to the
fierce elements.

[Remainder of Nta V. in our next.]

FOR Tilt; FHKKDOMS JOURNAL.

h'AYTI.— No. VI.
From the Scrap Book of rffricanus.

In flayti, ihe necessaries of life are aban'
dant and cneap; and so fertile and product-
ive is tlie ' oil, thai a Hayticn larmer is »iot
uu-.iei tiiU: necessity Q^fabouring more thai
oue mitt', the . thne. UHiially devoted' to a>f-
riculture in New-England.^ Herds. of catl'.ef
aj»d , droves of swine, rim Wild ip the moufl-
ia»nous uistricts, and millions of coffee ( trt'CS
annually bear, without a hand to gather ^thetr .
nutritive berries* Every tree, shrub and
plant in the Unite-: States r caii by a little care
be rained m ilayti ; {>o wonder, then, that by-
some it ha.-* Leon compared to the garden of
Eden. It > \ \-t \ --remarked by an Ame-
rican truv^jlcr.-toat if t : .e laws peripitted the
svtU.'fueni S^. Americans in Hayti. in twenty
years we, should nee the soil completely oc-
CM'de.i by thein. 1 '

Placed :\h Hayti is, it claijns aU ; the: rick
prodoctinii. . of tin; torrid ,xone, and tnost of
tuoaqot tno temperate j for we find in. fb*

FFHEUOM'S JOIUNAI*

12*

chain of mountains which run from East t«>
West, all tlie different seaaom ; an 1 tompern
tures; the clouds repting, on thi'ir summit;
are condensed into rain, and ffivo birth t.«.
many rivers. The plains which these rivei>
water, the vallies where they form a junc
tion, together with the mountains, even u
their very summits, are covered with the
richest soil ; of t ! ;e fertility of which, we can
have but a faint descriition. No where docs
nature appear more lovely than in the An-
tilles, where she spreads a carpet of perpet-
ual green; where ^he in ever decked in ma-
jestic robes. " Winter dread," can never
shew his hideous head under a sky that keeps
vegetation in perpetual movement.

The island presents different kinds of soil.
In one place, we find it a vegetable mould, in
another, a mixture of this mould with pebbles
or sand. Here, it is loose marl ; there, a
pure clay. There are two principal chains of
mountains which stretch from East to West,
the length of the island. The observer who
contemplates these chains, and the ridges
shooting fromthem, as branches from a prin-
cipal trunk, spreading their wide ramifica-
tions over the plains beneath, sees in them,
the great cause of the fertility of the soil:
he looks on them as as the immense reser-
voir of those waters, which by innumerable
rivers are afterwards borne in every direction ;
he regards them as the means destined by
nature to repel the violence of the winds, and
temper the rays of a scorching sun, as well
as to vary the temperature of the air, and
multiply the sources of human, enjoyment.
Hayti has mines of iron, copper, lead, silver,
gold, mercury and precious stones, i. e jasper,
porphyry, agates and amethysts. Thepoli*
cy of the government hitherto, "

amount to nearly ope million. If well culti-
vated, the island is capable of supporting
from ten to twelve millions.'
Its present foreign trade is considerable',

viviug in exchange for the manufactured
• oorls of Europe and our produce, the natural
productions of the soil : and may we not ip-

uilge the pleasing hope now, that as she has
been acknowledged by France, and recogni>
/ed by some of the lesser powers of Europe,
its^rade will again revive, equal and even
surpass its former prosperity ? It must be so :
for the Ilaytien flag has already been display*
ed in the harbours of Europe and "America.

The republic of Hayti dxhibitu a spectacle
hitherto unseen in these modern degenerate
days : it is. now demonstrated, that the de-
scendants of Africa are capable of self-gov-
ernment: the plea so often urged by the
adherents of slavery, " the poor creatures,
should we free them, will starve to death,"
will now be but " sounding brass 1 ' in the opin-
ion of every reasonable man. I trust also,
that the lesson inculcated by the Haytiens,
will be a warning where man is held in
bondage and degradation by hs fellow— 1
whenever he is denied the unalienable rights
of nature. It will teach petty despots, that
in oppression, the chain has a certain length,
which should they undertake to stretch, may
snap—and bring death to the oppressor, and
liberty to the captive.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

OBSERVER.- — No VI.

The. following letter from a friend, we in-
sert, because tee were present ourselves, and

has been

against the "working of the mines, taking ' knov > that Ufrites the truih > and nothing but
warning from the neglected state of agricul-
ture in Spain, and her former possessions.
The seasons which divide the year in the

temperate zone, are not distinguishable in

Hayti. The year is commonly divided into two

seasons, the rainy or winter, and the dry or

summer. There are also two breezes the

western or sea breeze, .which begins about 0

or 10 A M. risL-g as the sun rises towards

his meridian height, & after it begins to des-
cend to tlie west : it continues with unabated

strength till two or three ibour> before sunset.

The land breeze which then" begins, anJ con-
tinues till sunrise. From the continued effects

of these, two oreezes, comes a continual agi

tation in the air, which necessarily has a great

influence "on its constituent qualities: With

the sea-breeze, the air acquires the' quality

that gives to the lungs what is necessary to

resist the heat, and cool the blood, which an

abundant perspiration tends to heat and im-
poverish. It is for the cheering return of this

breeze that the Haytiens wai?/with impatience.

This refreshing bree-e gives to the whole

body a c .1m sensation, that the soul soon par-
ticipates in; it incites sleep, renders it resto

rative ; and in the high lands, it. strengthens

the fibres, and even prolongs life. In the'

mountain', the thermometer ranges from 72 to

77, while in the towns and vallios, it is as hig
; as 99. The ni» his are often cool enough' to

render a blanket not unwelcome; and there ure

some mountains, whero even a fire is a very
• a .roeable companion some evenings. Faren-

heu's thermometer, rangingfrom 51 to 64 de-
grees.

The natural productions of the island, are
fusiick, lignum itee, t!i bark of whkh is
used for soap ; the capa, the dwarf pine used
for candles; the cotton tree, of which beds
ami hats are made ; *he nedar, the sand-box
tree, the first of which explodes With the noise
"of a pistol j the palm « r^e, whic h fattens hogs ;
the palmetto .vith its cabbage top; the plun-
tain, varilla, qimseia. simaronda, sarsapftrilla,
iii;ligo r tobacco, tamerick, gingerand rice
plants.

The Island abounds in wholesome water,
but so cold in the interior that it must be
drank with cure. It also f.ontains several
U lces, or wha with us would he denominated
ponds, and many rivers, several of which, the
Ogama/Macorib. Va^uay,- Yagir<.y, Yuna,La
Nayva, L'Usaque and L'Artaboniie are large
and well stocked with fi.-h.

The chief cities are Port-au-Pnnce, the
seat of government; Cape IKytien-;e, St
Domingo. A iix Cayes, Jactuei, Jereimc. Leo ~
gaue, a d numerous small towns and v Mages.
If 1/91 the value of exports oxceeilo-i 23.-
£32,000 dollars, comprised in coffee, of which
, there n ere 84,(518.338 pounds; 217,403 iiogs-
heads of sugar; 3,^7,610 pounds' of indigo;
1,52<;,017 poun <>; 4 cocoa; 11,317,226 pounds
of c >tton; and ;i4.4::3;000 pounds of /•syrup;
oesit.es corn; ffi.'iger tobacco, salt; wh,x,
ioney ambergris, a variety of drugs, 'lye rs"
•fcoudsand mahogany. The number of French
Vesads 'employed in 1793, was 710, arid at
periodithe whole island employed 1070
vessels iiavij-ated by 7936' aeanw.'>'. '
..'!»: 1/99 t) -e p. (.uiauoa *as 1,2: : .V0()6. and (
*s u'jv. noi ■'>]:<":-. :)iijiig tlip deso.'*ai.g vva'r-< Mr. Benjamin Lundy, Editor of tjbe Qenlus of
in wuicii .sine iiaa J>eea engaged, supposed- to TJnivcrsal Emancipation, has issued proposals for

the truth.
Mb. Observer,

Wore you at the CONCERT last Fridayj
evening.'' If thou wert not present, then let
me inform thee of thy loss. On Friday eve^J
njng of last week, very respectable audi-j
ence was assembled, in St. Philip's ChurcbJ
to attend a Concert of Sacred Music. The;
singers were the pupils of Mr. Robinson, aj
teacher of music- in this city, who also pre-!
sided at the organ. The Orchestra was un^
der the direction of Mr F. Johnson, whose;
talents are too well known both liCre, and
elsewhere, to need any tribute from me. I
waited the commencement of the perforrn
ances, with more than ordinary interest. I
regarded it as one among other evidences,
thar our people, wore up and doing ; that
they also had caug!>t a portion of the spirit of
improvement that was abroad upon the earth.
And the result was indeed to nie'a sincere
and hiMjrtfelt gratification. The ignorant and
prejudiced, may laugh, at the idea of a Con-,
dert of Sacred Music being got up by Afti-,
cans. We know that their laugh is the:
laugh of fools, whose derision showeth their,
ignorance, and whose mockery, their folly. — j
The performances of the evening were cer-j
tainly, far from ordinary. And if we take:
into consideration, the little experience of!
the singers, the Concert would .not suffer in ! ,
com- '? rison, with -some that are elsewhere;
performed. The Choru.sses. were well sung,j
and the Duett- " O lovely Peace," wa«!
given in fine style. I was much pleased wi,h
the young man, who sung the Solo, of '" Mf\
Song shall be," &c. He has a v$ry pleasingj
voice. I would advise him to conquer al ttle
of his timidity, and give his voice its full
force. But what shall I say of the yonng
lady who sung JubaVs Lyre ? Indeed, noth:
ins. For no" words. of mine can add to h p r
merit. It was, in fact, a charming perform-
ance, md gave us all high hopes of- her ex-
cellence. 1 mwst conclude this scroll, ibr. I
am in dancer (if it is possible) of paying too
much.' Yours, &c. .J. E.

reprinting by subscription, a work ontitled " Le
ters on the necessity of a prompt extinction of
British Colonial Slavery : chiefly addresBcd to
the more influential classes : to which arc added.
Thoughts on Compensation " " By an English
Lady." " Whatever thy Jtunds findtth to do r do it,
toith all thy 'might. ^

We are informed, by Mr. Lundy, that the above
is perhaps the most powerful appeal ever made in
behalf of the suffering victims of slavery, and
will equally apply to the United States, as well as
the West Indies.

Tho work will consist of about 220 pages, prin-
ted on good paper, stitched, and covered with
strong paper, and furnished to subscribers at fifty
cents a copy. .

As we are the party most interested on the sub-
ject of Slavery, we hope all our brethren will
come forward, and assist by the subscriptions,
towards the publication of the above work.
. Subscriptions received at our office, No. 152,
Church-street.

A report of the ir.t cresting trial of Jtihn Wil-
liams, a man of colour, belonging of this city, at
the suit of a Mr. Henderson from New Orleans,
as a run away slave, may be expected at Borne
length, in our next Number, should .the caso be
finally decided by the Judges.

N JK JV - V Q.K It, OC X ; O 1 1 2, 1827.- ...

With'pleasure, we inform our readers of the
publication of Mr Hamilton's Oration, delivered
on tbu fourth of July last. We hope all our breth-
ren will furnish themselves with a copy, in order
that the committee who have so public.spiritedly
put the same to press, at their own expense, may
not be losers by their laudable endeavours to i en-
lighten their brethren. We giye an extract from
, in this day's Journal.

Copies of the Oration for/palqbyT L. J«n-
ningSj HO. Nassau-street ; Johb Robertson, cor-
ner of Nassau and Liberty-streets ; John M»ran-
der, 55 Warr. li'trtrtet ; Moses Blue, 53 Water-
street v George Howard, 15b" (Chatham-street, and
at our Office— Pricey 12 1-2 cents.

The Rev. Dr. Miller of Prince town N.J
has denounced the " Freedo^n's Journal," a
paper printed in New-York, as exerting an
unfavourable influence upon the coidnrod
population of New-Jersey, and as unworthy
the support of thewise and good among them,
The frequent desertion of slaves from c heir
masters, in that State, since the slave^eman-
cipating laws of New-York went into opera-
tion, are ascribed in part to the circulation of
that paper. It is not to be expected that the
slave when told of his. degradation will be
content. "All men are bom free and equal,"
and he who is willing to go down to the grave,
carrying with him the chains of bondage,
whether he be white or black, does not pos-
sess th t spirit of a man.— JV. H. Chronicle.

[From the Quebec- Gazette.]
,$ttenif>t 6f an Eagle, to devour a Boy. — A
very singular occurrence happened the week
before last, in the Parish of St. Ambroise,
about nine miles irom this citjr. Two. boys,
the one seven and the other rive years old,
amused themselves in an adjoining field, iry-
ingto rei.p, while their parents were at din-
ner. A large eagle soon came sailiiig over
them, and with a swoop attempted to seize
the eldest, but luckily missed him. Tne bud
not at all dismayed, sat on the giound at a
short distance, and in "a few moments lepwited
the attempt. The bold little leliovv attended
himsell against his fierce antagonist with the
sickle he had very fortunately in his hand,
and when the bird rushed upon him he struck
at it. The sickle entered under the left wing,
and the blow having been given stioftgly, went
through the ribs, aii4 passing through the liv-
, proved instantly fatal. The eagie was af-
terwards sold to Mr. Chasseur, who has slutted
it and placed it in. his museum, where it may
now be seen. It is the Rmg tailed or Russian
Eagle. The wings expand upwards of jsix
feet. Its stomach was opened and found en-
tirely empty. The little, boy did'not receive
a scratch. Had the Eagle seized him, its ta
lons, r which are of uncommon strength, and
about an inch and a half long, must have lace-
rated him dreadfully. There is little doubt,
without the bird was much weakened by hun-
ger, that a biow or two Irom its beak would
haue" lorn oui^ his eyeb, and with, the instinct
peculiar to' birds ot prey, broken in a moment
'the th in parts of the skull about tlie eye, and
almost instant iy destroyed his life.

Summary

The mackerel fishery on the Meratriichi
coast, has been very unsuccewlui this year.—
A number of Irish emigrants ha ve been aban
doned al Quebec by tie iva*iei <«:.tht vt.-M^
Who brought them over, and promised lo pro-
vide for Ihejr transpoi tation to U. Canada. —
Mr. Litncaiitr, the inventor of the ■ system
which bears his n;«me, is about toopeti a school
at Treiitoji, N. J. —Caution— Mi . JobnlHtKlej
•nti-keeper in W ashuHfton-street, Albany; late-
ly came to his death by iak.ng medicine ol a
quack. The prelehdtd man of drugs" has
since been arreted, ahd is now in prison for
further examination 1 — Mr. John Lusk was kil-
led lately in Pittsburg, in attempting . lo stop
a pair of burses running away witb a wagon.
—William ••Rice has U*n sentenced to six
years coidiiiemerit in' the Pt-mte'nuarv Ifov rob-
bing the Treasury of the tateo' Ohio.— 'Ro-
bert Bush oi Westfiela, Mass, lately murder-

ed his wife in a fit of intoxication by shooting
her through the head I He then attempted to
destroy himself by takiUg laudanum, but did
oot succeed. He has been committed to. pri-
son. — Jdseph Baird, the man of colour, who
was lately arrested in this city, by the requi-
sition of Gov. Troup, as a fugitive from jus«
tice, has arrived in Savannah, Geo. with the

two girls Mr. Samuel Mead, while dig*

King dirt on a hill side in Middlesex, Vt, was
with his cart and oxen, overwhelmed by m.»re

than seven hundred tons of saud and clay

A fellow in this city was pursued and caught
secretad between two beds ; he had robbed a
house in Walnut-street of about $100 ip value

•j :At the^bst term of the Municipal Court

in Boston; tlie Grand Jury returned a bill of
indictment against Ge6rjje P. Weems -for for-
gery.-^ — -Rapid Travelling— An express late-
ly arrived in Boston, from Providence in two
hours and fifteen minutes- — :The citizens of
Portland, Me. are about to erect a mariner's
church in that town.- — The chiefs of tb'e-Sene-
ca Tribe have deposed Red Jacket, the celtbra*
ted Indian Chief, for hi? flagrant immorality,
and his inveterate opposition lo every attempt
to improve their condition. Red Jacket is a-
bout seventy years of age, and remarkably
active — A little daughter of Joseph Fontaine^
of Grossc Ponte.'Michiffan.Tefritory, foil into
a kettle of hot ley, and was so badly scalded,

that she expired in fourteen hours after

Escape from drowning— A . man who lately
escaped a watery grave in Kinderhoolc creek,
N. Y. alter being ma very perilous situation,
exclaimed on getting on shore, '* Gallows claim, .

your right." Dr. Stracham has obtained

100,000 acres of land, for the building and
endowment of a college in York, Upper Can-
ada ■ • •

MARRIED,

In New-Haven, by the Rev. Mr. Garfield,
Mr. A. T. Scott, of Stratfrd. to Miss Tamar
Boardman, of JVonvalk, Conn.

In this city, on the 4th inst. by the Rev. B.
Paul. Mr. James Gun to Miss J. .Lahant.

By the same, on the 8th inst. Mr'. "George
Robinson to Miss Eliza Brown. .1

On the 4th in3t. by the Rev. Dr. Ma tlhcu*? '..j
Mr. Jo hn tcrdiriir to Miss Jane Schenck.

In this city, on Thursday, rooming last, Mr.
THOMAS MILLER, agctf 35/

The friends arid relations of the family are res-
pectfully invited to attend his : funeral, tbia after
noon, at 4 o'clock, from No. 36 Mulberry-street.

NOTICE.

HaviDg understood from unquestionable author-
ity, that. my husband, James Stephens, .formerly
of this city, is now." representing' himself as a man
without family, in the city of New-Yok: "and ii}en>
duavouring to justify his conduct to those who;
have demanded an vxplanatioh of his unnatural,
conduct, he has attempted ;o aspera« and calmni- '
iiate my characteii; cqneoiying it my.'duty <o ; " pre-
serve the^ only thing he left behind after deserting
me and his three small children* jLhavf .thought it
my duty to make him known, to' the. pubjiic as a
base, mean, false and unprincipled man.

1 will also inform the publicjtbat thrree years af-
ter I was united to him, I understood ^for the first
time, that he had been previously married, to an-
other, amiable woman, who, when she understood
that he was again marricd, v died of .a.^brokea
heart. In. informing the public of bis deserting
his familv, without just cause. orMovoofltion on
my part, I doit in self-defence, ana can support
my assertions by many of the most respectable
families in this citjv

/ , J AHE, 'STEPHENS.' '

' City of Washington, (D ; . C,)-Oct.r5, J 827.'-

CARD. ■ . : : ' '
The. Subscribers, i (grateful for.past fa-
vours hitherto conferred uponihcin/} beg leave to
inform their friends and. ^lepublis^that they hava
removed to No. 04 WA LNUT-3.T. three doors
above Third-8t. ; when; they \Vill bc^happy to ex-
ecute ■ '. all orders connected with their business,
and hope 5 to merit- a continuance of patronage.'

APPO & SAMMONS, f AILORS,
Pinr.AoxLrHiA.

FREDERICK A. HINTON,

Begs leave to say to his friends^ and: the
public, that he has opepejd a ' !

Gentleman's DRESS1N(i-ROOM
At JVV. 51 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,

Between ChesniU and Walniit; where he hones,
from due attention, to obtain a share of publis

patronage.
Philioelphia, Oci 1827.

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FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

POETRY.

FOR TBS FREEDOM S JOURNAL.

. TO GREECE.

Hail! land of Lconidas still,
Though Moslems encircle thy shore ;

And swear in their vengeance to fill
The cup of thy destiny o'er.

- Yet quail not, descendants of those,
The heroes of Marathon's plain ;
Better lay whore your fathers ropose,
Than wear the fierce Ottoman's chain.

Be firm, 'mid your troubles, ye brave,
Nor halt in your march to be free :

For spirit0, who're potent to save,
Look mildly with pity on ye.

Thy land may arise to that height
She bore 'mong the nations of old ;— «

A Plato diffusing his light,
A Homer his treasures unfold.

And Eloquence, wake from his sleep,
With Bplendour unequall'd to shine ;

Who'd force e'en a stoic to weep,
Or glow with a transport divine.

Soft music shall sigh through each grove,

As erst some Athenian sung,
In strains so conducive to love,

When the heart is uuburthen'd and young.

Then hail ! to thee, land of the brave,-—
Thy sons once so elasr.ic and wise ;

Their memory sinks to no grave,
But the tide of Oblivion defies. Arion.

TO A BEAUTIFUL JEWISH GIRL OF
ALTONA.

A FRAGMENT— -BY T. CAMPBELL.

Oh, Judith ! had our lot been cast

In that remote and simple time
When, shepherd swains, thy fathers passed
From dreary wilds and deserts vast

To Judaa's happy clime, —

My song upon the mountain rocks,
Had echoed oft thy rural charms :

And I had fed thy father s flocks ;

O Judith of the raven locks !
To win thee to my arms.

Our tent) beside the murmur calm

Of Jordan's grassy-veated bhorc,
Had sought the shadow of the palnj 7
• And blest with Gilead's holy balm

Our hospitable dodr.

At falling night, or ruby dawn,

Or yellow moonlight's welcome cool,

With health and glad" ess we had drawn,

From silver fountains on the lawn, -
Our pitcher brimming full.

-How 'sweet to us at sober hours

The^Mrd of Salem " - ould have sung,
In orange or in almond bowers, —
Fresh Avith the bloom of many flowers,
Lik$ thee for ever young !

But ah, my love 1.4by father's land — .

It sheds no more a spicy bloom,
Nor fills with fruit the reaper's hand;
But wide and silent wilds expand,

A desert and a toinbl

Yet by the g»od and golden hours- ,
That dawned those rosy fields among, —

By Zion's palm encircled towers,™

By Salem's forsaken bowers,
And long forgotten song —

VARIETIES,

Love. — The Dok.; de Mnyenne had been
sent to Spain to ask the hand of the -Princess
Anne of -Austria. When he took leave of
her, he asked her commands for the King.
. "Assure him," said the Infant^, " that I am
quite impatient to see him." "Ah, Madam,' 1
sat* the Gouveranto, the Countess de Altam-
ira, "what will the King of Fiance think,
when the Bake informs him that you are bo
ezget to be married ?" " Have you not
taught me," returned the Infanta sharply,
" that I must always speak the truth ?" Anne
of Austria was in person tall and majestic ;
her countenance was dignified without being
haughty. Her face though not decidedly
handsome, was very pleasing ; her skin was
extremely fair; arfd her hands and arms were
Considered remarkably beautiful. She die 1
m 1^66*, "aged 63. — Illustrations of the Passion
of Love.

Lord Norbnry in. passing sentence on a
tbieft who b id been convicted for stealing a
time- peace in a dwelling house, said that in
^graspir g at time, he had reached eternity.

Remarkalh Effects of /, ightninfr—At Kot-
ter\r,%, if England, on the JJOth of July last;
the hoii=R ofa Mr. Hughes was struck with
%; htifMi j. Of nine persons, bein^ all in bed.
jB r 't. one received an injury. The bedstead of
, Jfr. JL was shivered to atoms, and the cur

tains set in flames, but neither Mr. nor Mrs.
H. were wounded or hurt. In the, same
storm, half a mile distant, a boy, having got
out of his bed for a drink of water, was kill- <
ed. In London, the same day, alarmed by a |
loud clap of thunder, Mr. Stephen King, a I
respectable master builder, leaped from his
bed in the fright, and fell down dead in a
fit of apoplexy. The non-conducting, or re-
pellent power of feathers, indicates the pro-,
priety of resorting to beds for security in
thunder storms.

When to hill a Lion.— I was told there that
a lion had j:tsl killed an ox, and been shot in
the act. It is the habit of the lion, it seems,
when he kills a large animal, to spring upon
it, and seiaing the throat with his. terrible
fangs, to press the body down with hia paws
till his victim expires. The moment he seizes
his prey, the lion closes his eyes, and never
opens them again until life is extinct. The
Hottentots are aware of this; and on the pre-
sent occasion, one of the herdsmen ran to
the spot with his gun, and fired at the lion
within a few yards dis.ance, but from the
agitation of his nerves, entirely missed him.
The lion, however, did not even deign to no-
tice the report of the gun, . but kept fast hold
of his prey. The Hottentot re-loaded, fired
a second time, and missed ; re-loaded again,
and shot him through the head. This I'aqt
being well authenticated, seemed to me cu-
rious, and worthy of being mentioned.

[Thompson's Travels in Africa.

Mr. Malof, a man of letters, and an en-
lightened lawyer, who had for a long time
exercised th* functions of a magistrate at
Avallon, has Just died, leaving, behind him a
rare proof of conjugal tenderness. On en-
tering his study after his death, there was
found in a secret chest, of which he alone
kept the boy, the body of his wife, who had
been dead for twenty-five years, embalmed
and admirably • preserved. It is supposed,
that he had prevailed on the grave-digger, to
exhumate the body; from which, even after
death, he was unwilling to separate; himself.
Mr. Malot succeeded in keeping ' from the
konwledge of every one the deposit which he
preserved in his house, and every day he,
doubtless," went to nourish his grief by weep-
ing over the inanimate remains.' The same
grave has now united them for ever.

" Why; Mr. ,»» said a tall fellow to

a little person who was in company, with five
or six large men, " I protest you are so small
I did not see you before." " Vety likely,"
replied the little gentleman, " I am like four
pence half-penny among six cents; 'not read-
ily perceived, but worth the whole of them."'

The Origin of JUiorneys.—ln the lime of
the Saxons, the freemen in every shire met
•■twice' a year, under the presidency of the
Shire R< eve, or Sheriff, and the meeting was
called the Sheriff's Torn." The freemen af-
ter a time declining to atteml personally, the
freeman who attended, carried with him the
proxies of those who did not appear. . The;
person^ wbo went was snid to go At the Torn,
and henct ■came the word Attorney, - which 1
signified one that went to the Torn for o;h-
ers, with the power to act or vo!e for those
who employed him.

When Mr. Haddock was exhibiting ais in-
genious Androides at a very full attendance
in Baltimore, a lady's lap-dog, resting his
two' fore feet on the front rail of the boxes,
seemed as happy as if he enjoyed the enter-
mainment ; this was all well till the Frujteiy
was introduced, when the little machine dog
began to bark, which so irritated the lady's
dog, that barking between the* two commen-
ced with vapid responses, and laughter ^of
course ensued so- as 'to suspend the exhibition
for many minutes ; the machine ! dOg- was,
however, conqueror, as the lady's dog' hung
his tail and; went off quite disconcerted.'

Dr. Franklin. — --While at the court of
France, this practical philosopher slrnved
himself to he a litte of the courtier.' Being
one day in the gardens of Versailles, shewing
the queen some electrical' experiments^ she
-asked him, in a fit of raillery, if he did not
dread the fafe of, Prometheus, who was so se-
verely served for stealing fire from Heaven 1
" Yes,, please your majesty/' replied Frank-
lin, with gieat gallantry, u if I did not be-
fcold a pair of eyes' this mometi', which'. have
stolen infinitely more fire from Jove than ever
I did, pass unpunished, though ihey do more
mischief in a week than f iiave done in ail my
experiments*." .

An Irish footman,- having carried* ft basket of,
game fr#m his muter to a; friend, waited a consi-
derable time, for the customary fl-p ; but -not find-
hag it likely to appear j scratch* ;d bis . head, and
said : " Sir, if my muster should say, Paddy .what
d:d;the gen<|einan give you; what .would your ho*
moot have we to tell bun i"

j G. & R. DRAPER,

(Coloured Men J
In Forest-streot, BALTIMORE, Manufacture

ALL KINDS OF

Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,

Scotch, Pappe, & Maccabau SNUFF,

Spanish, Half Spanish, and American

% CIGARS.

N. %. The above gentlemen have sent me
a large Box of their TOBACCO, for sale, nnd
should the experiment succeed, they can Biipply
any quantity of all the articles. 30
SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

EVENING SCHOOL.

The subscriber respectfully informs his
friends, that he purposes opening a NfGHT
SCHOOL, on tho first of October onsuing, prin-
cipally for the benefit of Adults, in the Basement
of St. 1 Philip's Church, in Collect-street. In,
which will be taught '

READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, &c. &c. .
at i 2 oO per Quarter, payable in advance.

To open at 7, and close at !J o'clock.

B. F. HUGHES.

Ncw-Ycrk, Sept. 18.. - 28

OHEAP OLOTKlNtt STORE*

JYo. 218, South: Sixth-street, Philadelphia.

THE Subscriber respectfully returns his
sincere it hanks to his friends and the public in
general] for their favor and patronage, tie
informs! them, that he continues to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE
WEARING APPAREL of superior quality, both
new and'second-iunded, whore customers will be
accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-
some style. He also informs. Families and private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price, and
ready sale for their goods, by applying to'

TDANIEL PETERSON,
No. 218, South Sixth-st. Philadelphia.
N. B. Taylormg carried on in its various
sraiiches, and on the cheapest tvrms.
Philadelphia, Oct. 6. 30

EVENING SCHOOL.

AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened on the 15th of Octo-!
ber next in the .African School-Room in Mill- 1
oerry-street ; where will be taught !
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY,&c. j

Terms, Three Dollara per Quarter, payable in ;
advance. Hours from 6 to half past 8 o'clock. !

Sept: In 28 '

HAJVIER fc SMITH,
STEAM SCOURERS,

JYo. 1 77 mikain- street, JV. Y.

CONTINUE to'cleanBe and dreBB Cost*,
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino ShawU,
in the neatCHt manner*. They afso make, alter ahd
repair Gentlemons' Clothes, to their entire satis*
faction, and upon the most reasonable terms.

Their mode of dressing Clothes is by STEAM*
SPONGING, which they have "followed witk
much' success <b'r several years past. All kindi
of 8)»ots or stains are extracted, and tbo clotlj
reBi.ored to the appearance of new; and thb they
engage to perform without any injury, to the ,
cjoth, and at least equal to any thing of the kind
done in this or any other city of the United States.

August 3. 21

A CARD.

Rbsppctfully informs his friends, and
tho public generally, that his House,, No. 158
Churc/i ttrcet, is still open for the accommodation
of,gentrel persons of colour, with

BOARDING fe LODGING.

Grateful for past favours, he solicits a con-
tinuanii of the same. His house is in a healthy
and pioasant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
pense will be spared on his part, to render the si-
tuation^ of those who honour him with their pa-
tronage, as comfortable as possible.

/New-York, Sept. 1827. 26— 3m

NOTICE.
Xhe! " African Mutual I nstruction

Society, for the instruction of coloured , Adults,
of both Sexes," will re-open their SCHOOL, on
Monday Evening, October 1st, at their former
School-Room, nnder th J Mariner's Church, in
Rooscjrelt-street. The School will be open on
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Evenings,
at ball! past 6 o'clock.

Those desirous of receiving instruction, will
be taught to Read, Write and Cypher, until the
first of April, 1828, for the small sum of one dol-
lar, to! be paid on entering the school.

An early application is requested, as there will
be no allowance made for past time. Those who
wish tb, become Members, may join, by calling on
tho Secretary, No. 551 Pearl-street, near Broad-
way, any d:iy before - the first of October, Sun-
days excepted.
Aaron Wood, James Myers,

William P. Johnson, Arnold Elzic,
11 M. Africdnus, Henry King,

'■ Trustees.

Bdst Summer, and Winter-Strained

j SPERM OIL.

THE subscriber begs leave to return his
thartkl to his patrons for past favours., and takes
this method of informing them and the public in
generljl.-tl.iat he constantly k(seps on hand a sup-
ply of Seasonable OIL, of the first qtfality, which
he wijl deliver in any part of the city, at the
shortest notice.

tCfj A liboral deduction made to Churches, and
those who buy by the quantity.

I JOHN ROBERTS,

'25 Currant-alley, third door above Locust-
24-3m ,. street, Philadelphia.

JVb. 182, South Sixth-strett, below Pint,

OFENEIl BY

[ CHARLES SHORT,

For tne Purpose of accommodating Peopee of
Colour, Strang«;rH and Citiztuis, with.

T BOARDING AND LOIKiING,
By. the D*y, .Week, '-tonth, or longer.
Him furnished. with every thing .to enable
him ti' k.-.c-.p a House .of the fir:;t rate .kind ever
oponed iu the City of Philadelphia, : ud will spare
no psa-iB to »n'"rir tho public patronage.
/«ly25/\e27. , 18— 3m

LAND FOR SALE. .
s THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Land,
at less than one half its value, provided they will
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by*o^
loured farmers. The land i» in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is.
delightful, being on the banks of the . Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from tho^Delawari
to> the Hudson river passes through th*e tract, *
pening a direct navigation to Now-York ciij "lie
passage to either' city may be' made in one day or
less. The land i6 of the boat quality,; and well
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his brcth*
ron, who are capitalists, will at least invest 500 ot
1,00,0 dollars, in these lands. To such lie will take
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it
has been selling for $25. He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement,' form-
ediby coloured families, would be conducive of
much trood : With this object in view he will, in-
vest 500 dollars in the purchase

SAMUEL E. CORNISH,

New- York, March 20.

N. B. Communications on the subject, post paid,
wi 11 be received and attended to.

tCF All Oriieks for Job, Book, or Fascvit
Left at the 'Office, 152 CnuRCH-SrhREr, .

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BY JNO. B: RUSSWURM. Pf>BlI) ®3»AT» j®QV<MMB& USSt*

THE MARVELLOUS DOCTOR.
J5y f/tc EWn'ct Shepherd. .
[The appearance of an old grayAieaded
wan, tn a rcfired .?/)of in Scotland^who busied
himself 4ike a modern botanist, tn collecting
and arranging plants and flowers, excited ad
ihe suptTstiti6n..and credulity of the residents,
and produced the following extravagant tale.]

One day while he was very busy arrang-
ing his flowers and herbs, and constantly
speaking to himself, my mother says to hiin,
44 Doctor, you that kens sae wool about the
aaWire of a*' kinds o' plants and yirbs, will ye
teii rac gin there be sic a yirb existing a*
that, if ye pit it either on beast or body, it
wall gar it follow you ?"

" No, Margaret, there is not an herb ex-
•isting which has that power by itself: but
there is a decoction from certain rare herbs',
of which I have had the honour, or rather
the misfortune, to be the sole discoverer,
which has that effect infallibly." . .

" Dear doctor, there was sic a kind of
charm i' the warld hunders o' years afore ye
were born."

44 Sa it has been said, fthrgaret, so it has
been said, but falsely, 1 assure you. It cost
me seven years' hard study and hard labour,
both by night and by day,'and some thousand
of miles' travelling;" but at last I effected il,
and then I thought my fortune was made.
But — would you believe it, Margaret? — my
fortune was lost, my time was lost, and I my-
self was twenty times on the eve of being
lost too !" '

44 Dear doctor, tell us o' your ploys wi* that
drog, for they surely must be very curious,
especially if you used it as a love charm to
gar the lasses follow you."

44 I did : and sometimes got those to follow
me that I did not want, as you shall hear by
and bye. But before 1 proceed, I may inform
you, tht* J was eff^red a hundred thousand
pounds hy the College of Physicians in Spain,
aud trice the stun by the queen of that coun-
try, if I would 'impart my discovery to them
in full, and I refused it ! Yes,*.for the sake of
human nature I refused it. 1 1 durst not take
the offer for nu life and existence !"

44 What for, doctor?" . (

4! What for. woman? Dc-you say, what
for? Do you say, what, for? Don't you see
that it would turn the- world upside down,
and invert the .-.hole order of nature ? The
lowest blackguard in the country might have
taken the first lady— might have taken her
from her parents, or her husband, and kept
her a slave to him for life; and no opiate in
uatur.? to counteract the power of th- charm.
The secret shall go to the grove with my;
for we«-e it once to be made public in any
country, thst country would be lost, and for the
sake of good ord r among mankind, T have
slighted all the grandeur that this" world
could have bestowed. The -first great trial
of :iy *ki!l was a public one ;" and the doc-
tor went 'on to relate that it occurred ps fol-
lows :

THE SPANISH PROFESSOR.
Having - brought my valued charm to full
perfection abroad, I returned to Biitain to
■enjoy the fruit of my labou.ru, convinced that
I would ensure a patent. an'H carry all the
world before mo. T?ut on my arrival in Lou-
■don, I was told that a great 'Spanish prof -s-
aor had niadf^rhe discovery five years beforo,
and had. arrived at. £rro,it riches and prefer-
ment on that accoimt, umIov the patronage
of the queen. Convinced That no man alive
w;i3 thorou- lily master of the charm but my-
seif, I went slight to Spa : n, and chllcd on
tins eminent nrofessor, whose name was Don

iviix dfjiVbkw. • -

*' What is it you want with me. fellow?"
said he.

44 I would have you know," says I, 44 that
i .on an 'English doctor, and irnsfer of arts,
ai'-f -'.our fellow i.i any respect. So. fur gooo-
I \.:. vi"Ui in my country, sir, that you are a
pr -.oi'der to the profound art of attachment;
ot, i:> oilier words, that yon have made a dis-
covery id' that divine elixir, w hich attaches
•every living creature tonchvl with it to you

on. Do you i-ri-ie
Or. do von n-»i, sir
■•'- ! uhtit if 1 ih..
• . ;&ter of v r - • .. !

eh a disco ve-

Mime doctor
dot's that

" Ouly: thus iar, Proie*&ur Don Feiix de

V aides," says I, " thut the discovery is my
own, wholly my own,.,and solely my own;
and after travelling over half U*e world in my
researches for the proper ingredients, and
after majking myself master of the all-pow-
erful nostrum, is it reasonable, do you think,
that I should be deprived of my honour and
emolument without an effort ? I am come
from Britain/ nil 1 , for the sole purpose.of chal
cnging you; to atrial of skill before your
overcign and all his people, 'as well as the
seamed world in generafc^J throw down the
lgauntlet, sir. Dare you Whiter the lists with
mef" •.•' ..

44 Desire my lacqueys to .take away this
mad foreigner," said he to an attendant.
44 Beat him well with staves, for his imperti-
nence, and give him up to tht officers of the
police, to be put in the House of Correction ;
and say to Signior Philippo that I ordered
it."

The students then led me gently forth,
paying great deference to me ; but when I
was put into the hands of the vulgtr lac-
queys, they made sport of me, and having
their master's orders, used me with great
rudeness, beating me, and pricking me with
needle pointed stilettos, till I was: in great
fear for my life, and I was glad wheii put
into the hands of the police.

Being quickly liberated on making known
my country und erudition, I set myself with
all my might to bring this haughty and inso
lent professor to the. test. A number of his
students having heard the challenge, it soon
made a great noise in Madrid; for' the young
king, Charles the Third, and particularly his
queen, were half mad about the possession of
such a nostrum at that period. In order,
therefore, to add fuel to the flame now kin-
dled; 1 published challenges in every one of
the Spanish journals, and causing three thou-
sand copies to be printed, I posted them up
in every corner of the city,, distributing them
to all the colleges of the kingdom, and to
thfTcollege of Toledo in> particular, ofNvhicb
Don Felix was the principal— I sept a sealed
copy, to every one of its twenty-four profes-
sors, and. caused some hundreds to be;distri-
buted among the students..

This challenge njade a great noise in th'e
city, aud soo reached the ears of the queen-,
who become quite impatient to witness a trial
of our skill in this her favourite. art. The
king could, get no more peace with her, and
therefore Was obliged to join Jiei in a request
to Professor Don Felix de Valdez, that he
would vouchsafe a public trial of skill with
this ostentatious foreigner.

Tfie professor pleaded to be spared the in-
dignity of a public exhibition along with a
cra.;y half-witted foreigner, especially as his
was a secret art, and ought only to be prac-
tised in secret. But the voices of the court
and the colleges were loud for the trial, and
the- professor, was compelled to condescend
and name a day. We both waited on their
majesties to settle the order and manner of
trial, and drew lots who wns to exhibit first,
and t:je professor got the preference. The
Prado was the place appointed for the ex hi?
bition, and Goo-i Friday the day; when 1 vq
rily : thought all Spain was assembled togeth-
er. The professor engaged to enter the lists
precisely at half past twelve o!clock; but he
begged that he might-be suffered to come in
disguise, in order to do away all suspicions
of. « private understanding with others; and
i nsured their majesties that he would, "soon "be
known to them by his works.

I was placed next to the royal stage, in
company with many learned doctors, the
queen being, anxious to witness the effect
that the display of her wonderful processor's
skill produced on me, and to hear my remarks
on ii; and truly the anxiety; that prevailed for
almost a whole hour was wmderful, 'for no
one knew in wha. guise the professor would
appear, or lmw attended, or who were tfi j
persons on whom the effect' of. the uiigem
was v to be tried. 1$ •

Tjilp queen was ihe first to perceive him,
perhaps from some private hint given her.jn
•vhitt guise he would appear^ on which she
motioned to me, pointing ; put a mendicant
friar as my opponent,' and"; added, that she
thought it -hut just and right that I sl'joiild
witness all his motion*, bis^feats, auH; tjie
power of his art The frrardid nothing till
fie - came opposite to the royal stage, wheii
beckoning slightly to her majen.y, he bjBgan
to look out for his game, aud perceivu^fau

elegant lady sitting on a stage with her back
towards him, he .took o phial from his bosom,
and letting the liquid touch the top of his
finger and touched the hem of the lady's
robe. She uttered a scream, as if pierced to
the heart, sprung to her foet, and held her
breast as if wounded j then, after looking
round and round, as if in great agitation, she
descended from the stage, followed the friar,
kneeled at his feet, and entreated to be al-
lowed to follow and serve him. He requested
her. to. depart, as he could not be served by
woman, but she wept and followed on. He
came to a thick4ipped African, who was
laughing at the scene. The professor touch-
ed him with his ungent, and immediately the
black fell a striving with the lady, who should
\ walk next the wonderful professor, ami the
itwo actually «rent to blows, to the great
•amusement of the spectators, -who applauded
jthese two feats prodigiously, and hailed th -ir
:profe6sor as the greatest man in the world.
! — He walked twice the length of the prome-
nade, and certainly every one whom he touch
ed with his ointment followed him, so that i
he had been a stranger in' the community its
I was, there could not have been a doubt of
the eflicacy of his ungeut of attraction. When
jhe came last before the royal stage, and ours,
he was encumbered by a crowd of 7 persons,
following and kneeling to him ; apparently
they were of all ranka, from the highest to
the lowe.«t. Ho then caused proclamation to
be made from a stage, that if any doubted
the power of his elixir, he might have it pro-
ved on 'himself without danger or disgrace ;
a dowager lady defied him, but he soon
brought her to kneel with the rest, and no
one of the whole begged to be released.

The king and queen, and all the judges
then declaring themselves satisfied, the pro-
fessor withdrew, with his motley follower?,,
to undo the charm in secret ; after that, he
returned in most brilliant and. gorgeous ar^
ray, and was received on the royal stage,

P'4 rending sho itejof applause. "The . king
n asked me, if I deemed myself still able
tp compete with his liege kinsman, Professor
Don Felix de Valdez? or, if I joined the rest
ip approval, and yielded the palm to his rae-
jrjits. in good^feHowehip?
| (To be Continued.}

—

| ALFIKE COURTSHIPS.

• i In the fifth -chapter of this work, we have
the following curious. account of the manner
of courtship observed in some of ihe wildest
and remotest regions of the Alps,
j Their manners are unknown in the towns
situated at the very foot of these mountains
The citizens of these good towns are like the
lodgers of the ground-floor, who ncv«r trou-
ble their heads about what their neighbours
Who live in- the garrets are doing. Social
immobility is the dominant trait in the char*
acter of these people, who live in what are
called the 'hauls travers of the mountains.*—
What their forefathers thought, believed,
said and did, a thousand years ago, they
tliinkj believe, and say and do, at present.
They are primitive beings, who have but few
points of contact with the beings of a secon-
dary creation.* 'Sometimes a quarter <S a cen-
tury- passes away without any strangers be-
ing seen in their abodes. Wiien one of those
herdsmen wishes to marry, be goes on a Sun-
day after mass, with his father, grand-father,,
gite t-grand-father. if he be still alive, in a
word, with the whole ascending l;ne, to the
house of the fair one.. They' enter, sit down.,
and without saying a woid, put a saffron cake
on the table. This cake is the orator of the
party, and in order to let it speak, the gallant
and his family retire in silence. The lollow-
ing Sunday, at the same hour, the party ve-
to, fh to the same house ; and if they find the
cuke whole and untouched upon the same ta-
bid, they take it up and carry it away with- :
out snying a word But if the cake nas dis-
appeared, or if a quarter, one-third, or one-
half of it has been cut, it is, a sign that it has
been acceptable, ' and that the^gallatit may
come back -on the fourth, the third, or the :
second Sunday following, according to the i
greater or less" pr -portion of the cake that '
has been cut off; should but a few crumbs'
remain on the table, it is an invitation to re-!
turjUhe next. Sunday. The following Sun ;"
day the gallant comes always accompanied
hy:n\AM*ctndanL% and finding the eakoal- f
mo^t entirely eaten, he takes from under his i

coat- a blackbird with a reddish spot, (un,
merle a plaque rose, a bird indigenous to the
Alps,) and ties it by the foot to the sabot or
wooden shoe of the fair one, which by a
chance, calcule d'avance, is found lying in
the middle of the table. At the sight of the
i bird, his red spot, his beak and tan, the fair
j one, who knows what all these mean, crietr
' out, and protests that she will not accept it r
that she will not have any thing to do with
j it, that it is odious in her sight. She then
' quits the house, and runs into the fields lik»
one distracted. (This is the most approved
. etiquette.) But the following Sunday, whe*
\ the gallant returns, if he should find the
blackbird in a neatly made cage, he present!
the damsel with a rusty reaping hook with-
out a handle. At the sight of this instrument,
there is another exclamation of surprise and
scorn, and another flight into the fields..
41 Take back your old iron, what would yoti
have me do w'ith it?" saya the fair one. But
the gallant is now accustomed to those ways,
and does not lose courage, but returns tha-
next Sunday, followed, as on the former one, .
by his ascendants; and if he finds the reap-
hook cleaned of its rust and fixed it in a new
handle, he then, for the first time,, spoaks to
his fair one, touches her hand, and pats her
upon the shoulder. Then follow compliments
and kisses, the relations drink a few glas.-ses
of wine, the lovers converse for a short lime
together, and you arc then admitted and re-
ceived in the house as herbager — a grad©
which is in the same relation to that of hus-
band as the dignity of licentiate to that of
doctor. It is then tacitly «nderstood that the
gallant shall go during the fine season, and
cut the new grass with his fair one, taking
care to make use of the reaping-hook that
has been sharpened 'and put in a new handle
with an attention so full of delicacy. And
accordingly, as soon as the earth -is covered
with verdure, our ,,-oung couple sei out very
frankly together to cut the grass, which they
make into bundles, and bring to the IfOuse of
the betrothed. Two harvest ia<5*s a umstit,
dgring which period they have had; time to
^become better acquainted with each o*,her,m
cutting the same, grass, singing the same
song, drinking out of the same cup, and eat-
ing out of the same platter. But flowers and
grass are of little' consequence} we must
come to the fruits, aijd it is the season of
gathering them that is looked forward to\
with impatience. As soon as the strawber-
ries begin to ripen-^-and I warn, you that up-
on the mountain they <lo not ripea before the*
end of July, our herbager, who has been ab-^
sent fr->m his fair one more than a month,
comes to her house, al ways accompanied by
his principal relations, always, at the 6am©'
hour, and always on a Sunday; he brings a
neatly made osier basket, adorned'with flow-
ers, which is the same as if he 6aid to his
fair one/" Let us go and gather maioussie*-
(strawberries) together." Sne looks a9 if she
then saw him for the first time. She disowns
and. rejects him: witness the harsh words
she addresses to him : — 41 Go Seek somewhere* . *
else for your dupe. There is nothing for you
to do here. T scorn you and yourbasket."
She further seasons thiH disinigsaWith the .
following disagreeable ^am^iiillp. 4 * blacka-
moor," o.. carroty-pated TCllow," '-'dog-face,"
or 44 weaaeK" aecoflii^g to the complexion,
colour of the hair, or form of the nigs of the
poor devil. But he kJar from bei|j^di8cour-'
aged. ^

1 The following Sunday he" calls upon his
fair termagant, and 'is not. very much surpri-
sed to find upon the table two baskets
instead of ne ; by which lie is to understand
he has been promoted a s-tep, and is accepted;
•us maioussier. And it is by vitttie of the pri-
vilege which this ^ignity confers u on hinv -
that he sets oui alone with thO damsel tbe
following Mmday, at ihe break of day, and ;
does not return till night-fall, when they
bring backthe two b?sk<nsfljte|pit.i» straw-
berries, which arlMefllwirV tlieWiden, the;
gallant retiring to sleeT *t home. A certain
interval then intervenes—time passes; love
reoiains, theautunini arriv.es, and with it on
a Sunday the lover. You have now been ac-
cepted as herbager. tn<M<rtu»«r, you have cut
grass and gathered strawberries, moreover
your blackbird has been accepted, arid your .
t ake kas been eaten/ and coriseqfieutly'jotr
present yourself with that noble i^fl'r»ne» :
which the favours with which you have bee*
honoured inspire*

FKEEttOM'S JOURNAL.

You take from your pocket, and bbtd)y of- )
fer a very elegant turned nut-cracker, inado }
,of box-wood; but how grievously has your,
■fuosM ...plion misled you ! At the sight ot the
odious instrument, «he Hood rushes to the
maiden's face ; she is almost suffocated ; her
laces burst and her I cart bounds: she snatch-
es from ihe hands.of the rash intruder the
odious instrument, and throws it ai his bead
— raking care, however, that it shall not go
within 1 yard of bis ears. But, how hitter
her regret at having missed him ! Lei »

I

dure to ,ct urn, :iid he shall know what Jji.e
iias a right to expect : and, in fact, the gal-
lant returns the .following Sunday, - and finds
apon the table a large basket, at the bottom
of which he perceives -a. rose, together with
the odious nut-cracker, enveloped in. garaen-
rocket and tonncntai. This denotes that you
hiive been promoted another step Then all
the relatione, near and distant, both on the
paternal and maternal side, assemble, and
eonfer upon you with a most obstreperous
sounding of horns, the dignity of oiagnur,
with all its honours, privile es, franchises
and immunities. (Olaguur comes from vlan-
ge t the synonime of nut-cracker.) This crade
gives the young couple the liberty of gojng
alone on a Sunday iiito the woods with the
nut-cracker and the basket, which latter they
are to bring back foil in the evening to the
maiden's house. The nuts gathered and
brought home, have now to be cracked, sort-
ed, pounded, heated and subjected to the oil
press. Consequently you have still to be ad-
mitted as nut breaker, sorter and presser ;
aud even after all • this you have still, before
you can be admitted to the temple of Hymen,
to be examined as to your skill in spinning,
and if approved of, raised to the rank' of
spinner. You must necessarily pass through
all these grades, before you can be invested
with the rights and prerogatives of a hus-
band. A code, regulating all these prelimi-
naries exists ; it is written in the romance
language ; and, amongst others, contains the
following maxims of pastoral gaUnntry. The
herbager should be sighing and-suppliant; the
maissoussier gallant and seductive : the olag-
nier patient and suffering, but presumptuous
in intention; the spinner complaisant and en-
terprising ; the husband doleful and drowsy.
By the same code it is the duty of an olagnier
to give to his" fair one two pounds of virgin
wax at Candlemas, a bundle o: box- wood the
first Sunday of Lent, a pot of honey on Ash
Wednesday, two pigeons at Pentecost, and
a fricasee at Easter. Thus the habitudes of
these simple and honest people, lead their
minds always to religion : which is a more
and elevated Jove than the other. — From a
French Work ofM. Jerome.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

FOR THE FREEDOM S JOURNAL.
u Ml Nature's difference keeps all Nature's
jpeacf."

Perhaps among the almost innumerable
subjects of elevated speculation, and pro-
found philosophical inquiry, which have, as it
were, captivated the attention, and employed
the understandings of men of literature and
jeflection in every age, and region; there are
none, in which their researches have evinced
marks of such, sublimity of views and lofti-
ness of sentiment, as are exhibited in their
investigations respecting the admirable con-
struction,, and the harmonious operation of
tho.se seemingly incongrsous parts of the
nniverse, whoso incessant variety and com-
plexities continually conspire to consummate
-that difference, which keeps all nature's
feace.

Who can for a moment cast h-is eye on the
varied scenery, .yyhich the face of nature ev-
•ry where exhibits, without feeling tho.«e in-
nate impulses and sublime workings of those
lofty qualities of the human mind, which,
when called forth by refection, arid illumi-
ned by the invigorating$Beams of the sun of
science, lead to more elevated discoveries in
nature, which design the link in the celes-
tial chain of that all-pervading Providence,
which not only connects all the apparent dis-
iimilariiies in the elements, and varying sys-
tems of this scene of vicissitude ; but which
harmoniously encircles them ajl in the bene-
ficent arms of the sovereign Architect, of the
universe^ Let us for a moment contemplate
eocne of the differences of nature, in her ap

fearances and operations. • At. ono time we
ehold the S'Ulowy f wave of fhe surging ocean
Jiving its shores, or, pVliapa, leaving its or-
dinary bound, and carrying disway and con
»ternati«n among men, a id (insolation- and
misery through the herds on. the plains. V\e
fegain see it a useful and salubrious' element,
mow ascending in vapours; now, descending
in the gentle shower,' to revive vegetation,
»r> 4 to slake the thirst of man atrj. boost .
0" ■■.<<- 'ither hand, we 6ec «'ie lof r y mc--::- f
tein> taweiis^ aa it were la the skies, and by]

(liat ailsrit, though " ; irresistibly sublime elo<
quencf , with which the volume o£ nature, in
every page, addresses our race. It teaches
us, that amidst the most precarious arid try
iu'g circumstances of earthly fortune, we
should be cheere >. with the reflection, *' that
whatever is, is right," and ; that " all partial
evil, is universal goo.d."

Even the lily of the valley, that inanimate
flower of the field, teaches us a lesson of con-
fidence, in the providence of the universal
Father, whicJi volumes written upon the sub-
ject, . rould not more, satisfactorily demon-
strate. It assures us, that if *>'ven the grass
is so clothed as to transcend in beauty, even
Solomon in all the splendour of royalty, the
best interests of his obedient children will
not be overlooked. But universal nature,
with all its mere momentary differences, will
ultimately conspire to advance the peace and
felicity of those, who are denominated God's
noblest work. «.

We thus see, that " all nature's difference
keeps all nature's peace."

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

JVb. V. -( Concluded.) •
.DOMESTIC SLAVERY.
Having shewn the inadequacy, in the pres-
ent stale of things, of the means hitherto
employed, let us proceed more directly to the
enquiry, whether or not the Colonization So-
ciety promises any thing in this matter. Tn
a series of essays already alluded to, over
the signature Caius Gracchus, the American
Colonization Society is charged with hypoc-
risy, in having deviated from the object origi-
nally proposed. .Its professed object, as be
alleges, is the transportation of the free peo-
ple of colour, but its operations are directed
mainly against tho existence of Slaver}/. His
allegations, however, are wholly unfounded*
The Society, according to its original avow-
al, intermeddles no* with, slavery directly;
but its collateral bearing on the cause of
emancipation was contemplated and predict-
ed, and openly avowed at the time of its or-
ganization. It was urged asan argument in
favour of the institution about to be organi-
zed, that it would afford facilities for eman-
cipation which did not then exist, . Those
speakers who most distinctly disayowed any
intentions of meddling with slavery directly,
were equally explicit in their disclosures' on
this particular. .

On tho other hand, marry sincere friends of
emancipation take it for granted, that this
can have no share in the Society's affections
and influence, because it is not the direct ob-
ject of contemplation. But i3 the reader yet
to learn, that often there arc other and bet-
ter modes of accomplishing an object, than
those which are direct ! Fabius and Wash-
ington, though under the imputation of cow
ardice, conquered ; by delay. They did not
fold their arms ip sloth, but they acted as
beseemed the exigency. What would have
been our situation, had the Father of our
country, in accordance with the! peevish
wishes of many of his countrymen, rushed
headlong in the trying contest 1 . I rejoice
now that he was not appointed to lead our
armies, though, perhaps, had I lived, at the
time, he might have received my vote ! The
writer was at one time in the habit, of de-
claiming against slavery on every oSeaiion.
and in the bitterest strain : But on mature
reflection it occurred to him, that his invec
tives had never effected any good! some ill
will was indeed gained ;' but no fetter was
ever unlocked by them» while harBher treat-
ment wae- the allotment of the slave — and a
pitiful consolation it seemed, that those in-
vectives were well meant! Ffom alrecflllec-
tion of the workings of my own mind in.simi-
lar cases I think it not unlikely that some will
denounce these statements as indicating ah
approval of slavery. If any suspect him of a
fondness for that sort of thing they h ive the
merit of being the first to entertain this opi-
nion . If emancipation. >s not to be obtained
directly ,-and may bo. obtained In another way,
is there any principle of reason or of revela-
tion, any principle of hostility to slavery or of
mercy to the slave, that shall hinder us from
availing ourselves of the only method left us
of attaining the object ! The battlements ore
sometimes too lofty, for a scalade. Any at-
tempt of the sort wilt bri.ig certain ruin on
the besiegers, and only serve to tighten ihe
cords of, the prisoners within. If tho inhabi--
tants can he brought to a parley, can. be in-
duced to relax the bonds of tjie prisoners* to
lou?er their walls, to iopen *beir gates, and to
join n.s. heart ami baud,, shall we reject ; their
offers, .though; indirect and at; ended-, by/de-
lay! Shall' we prefer to storm the battle-,
iuer^s, 'though at the^qrtain prospeot of mw-
curryiBg in pur project, and of bringing a
mure' gloomy jCaptivity upori the friondf v. horn
we propose to rescue ! This, you will sayj,. is

itm,

oflterod&afrainst the American Colonization
Society ; but let us go on to investigate. The
operations of this, Society tend to adtvuite the
miseries of those who rmeiiH in servitude. The
presence jih ave states) of /ree - people of co-
lour, is a principal reason alleged for the ri-
gours of $kvcry. These, it is. argued, arc a
source of continual apprehension to the mas-
ter, and of disquietude to the slave; and, oth-
er things [being equal, the rigorous treatment
of the slave is always in proportion to the
number of free rpeople of colour resident in
the community. I pm not to be understood
as advocating the policy,' much Ices the Chris-
tianity, of these measures : I endeavour
to give a simp; e statement of facts, and to
make my inferences - accordingly. Could
these free people of colour in slave states be
of any service to the slaves, a good reason
would exist for their remaining in their pres-
ent situation : but as from the operation of
the samei spirit of jealousy, they themselves
are virtually disfranchised and exposed to
perpetual insult, and as theft, presence mere-
ly serves to aggravate the miseries of the
slave, an enlightened well wisher to them
and to the slaves, cannot but desire their re-
moval. But the circumstance which mainly
heightens' the horrors of slavery.* iB, the num-
ber of those who are in servitude. As you
progress southward,' the number of Blaves
continually increases, and the miseries in
the same ratio. In the western county of
Maryland, where the writer resided for sev-
ral years, ; the number of slaves is small, and
the treatment they generally' experience
kind. ■ Apart from the loss of personal liber-
ty, (and this I readily admit is to be " prized
above all price,") the comforts of life arc
meted to them with as liberal a hand, as per-
haps to the labouring portion of community
in any land. *'f, then, the efforts of the Col-
onization Society tend (a point I shall estab-
lish presently) in any measure, to diminish
the number of those in servitude, they mu?t
tend in the same ratio to diminish the-mise-
ries of those who remain in a state of sla-
very. '

It remains to be shewn: how this institu-
tion can operate, to advance the eause of
emancipation. There exist in the Southern
states, two circumstances which chiefly re-
tard the progress of emancipation. The
laics areso framed, tbat no man, however
disposed to do so, can emancipate his slaves,
unless by sending them out of the slave
states, a matter in many cases utterly imprac-
ticable. % A conviction on the minds of
most, that at best the coloured man in this
country qan attain but nominal freedom, and
is in no more enviable a situation after, than
before his emancipation. Many individuals
in. the South, (I now write from personal
knowledge) are sincerely desirous to manu-
mit their' slaves. Give them the facilities of
doing it, iand of doing it in a way, that ac-
cording to their judgment, will really sub-
serve the interests Of the persons liberated,
and your success with them is complete.
Such facilities the American Colonization
Society affords. It removes the person man
umitted to a soil where jealousies against
him cannot exist, and where he may have the
unfettered exercise of his rights. In conse-
quence of this, the channel of emancipation
is opened anew, and an increasing streamlet
is already finding its way. An agent of the
American Colonization- Society, in a public
address delivered in this city (Philadelphia,)
about a- year ago, made the following propo-
sal in the -name of the Society— " All monies
appropriated with such proviso, shall be ex-
pended Exclusively in the transportation of
persons yet in slavery ,.but who ftill instantly
be liberated, in case the means for their
transportion be placed at the disposal of the
Society.'' His declaration was, that almost
any supposnble sum might he expended in
this way, so rapid in its growth was the de-
sire to emancipate their slaves in the slave
states! indeed, the Society never dispatches
a vessel, jwhich does not contain some who
were gratuitously emancipated for this pur-
pose, through its unpretending influence. —
What might we not expect, could the Soci-
ety operate so as to give ftill impulse to this
spirit ! A gentleman of Virginia (you may,
if you choose,, set this in opposition to the
Judge Washington matter !) who was among
the euiliest, and is yet one of the warmest
friends of the American Colonization Society
was offeied fifty thousand dollars for his
slaves. His remark was; that so soon as the
Society cloold transport them (with their own
consent) 1 to Liberia, they should be presented
with their freedom* lie is now placing t^e m
on farms),' for which he charges them rent,
in order that by this- partial- e«inTiei|>;(tion rnd
prepara'tdry'syateii^of ■elt-govtrYiifcnt, t'he-y
iay b'e qualified lor the boon in conteinpla-
one number of- tho Al'rican Repos-
id an account - of the liberation of
•«rsd t-^vch by

lion. V
itory; I : fi
two hunt!

rent nersons.

W« pretend not that tliese mauumujbiona are

owing in every caso to the exclusive Inflti-
ertce of the American Colonization Society }
but they ure to'be ascribed principally to this
circuiii8tnnce. Probably in the states south
of tho Potomac, more instances of emanci-
pation have occurred during the last five
years, than during the whole preceding p*-
riod subsequently to the revolution. I think
the reader is now prepared for the conclu.
sion, that in the present. state of things v the
American Colonization Society is by far tho
most potent instrument for the promotion of
emancipation. Yours, &c

JOHN II. KENNKDY.
Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1827.

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FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURa^Iu

col omzji tion -society*

No. II.

Having briefly, by plain and correct rea-
soning, pointed out the erroneous and fallal
cious views of the Colonization Society, ii>
reference to any thing of a beneficial nature,
likely to result to the slaves from its opera-
tiotH ; and that a contrary effect will una-
voidably folios, the separation of their breth-
ren, n(Mghbours and friends, the free' bltcks^.
I will endeavour to Bhow what I coiiBcieq-
tioufcly believe to be trae, th at if the, plans of
this institution are carri ed on to any mate-
rial extent, a deep and extended injury will
be inflicted on the future prospects and hap-
piness of the frr-e coloured population of this
country; which every good man must ear-
nestly -deprecate ; and further, that the prin-
ciples and '.ioctrine on which •' its policy fs
founded, are directly at variance with that
justice ar.d charity, so emiuently due this in-
teresting portion of the community from their
foririet and present oppr ssors, the whites.

That the majority of our citizens of the
Eastern Ftatcs, who lend a favourable ea:' to
what is advanced in its favour, are influen-
ced by sympathetic and charitable feelings,
no one probably will deny; but thai those who'
take an active part in aiding, and controlling
its operations, are stimulated by a disinter-
ested wish, to promote the welfare of the
blacks; bring about the final ubolition of sla-
very ; or even to remove, or remedy ah ac-
knowledged evil, which pervades so large a
portion of this country; I can, by no means,
I at present possess, admit ; knowing it tb
have originated in effect, among slave-hold-
ers. Observing from time to time 'its, ambi-
guous and fluctuating policy, and discrimiaa-
ling between the' efficient support it receijea
from the Southern states, arid the .feeblt-and
limited aid bestowed by the Northern an*.
Eastern, I am bound to consider it emphati-
cally a Southern measure ; and while embra-
cing and endeavouring to promulgate Ihese
views and opinions, I Feel great deference for
those friends of the African race, who disssnt
from me, and ask of them to do mo the jus-
tice to believe that, those views and opinion*;
are from honest conviction conceived, an
strong apprehended duty, expressed.

The advocates of this Society, say that th-
unfortunate condition of the free blacks a
now- existing among us, calls for our aid in ^
moving them out of this country $ where, frt : .
the very nature of apparent, well-known, pow-
erful, and unavoidable circumstances, the
must continue to be a; distinct, estranged, df ;
graded, and unhappy people, to the land
t heir fore-fathers, with a soil and climate pec
liarly favourable to a comfortable subsi.stan ;
arri general health; there to form a cbmrr ; •
nity exclusively of people of their own cob
and capacity ; governed by laws founded o!
republican principles, administered by men
their own chosiog fronr among thetnselv<
with every inducement to aspire after ea ' .
comfort, and happiness. And to these j' • :
minent views; 'in favour of the general 8
ject, they will attach some incidental an-
ticipated advantages, calculated to thro\
glare of reason and plaueibility about , '
whole policy, sufficient to captivate and n>
lead a great portion of the public mind, ■
susceptible from the erroneous, and unhaj
bias existing against the free people of colo i
A disinterested, jtefleotihg^ unbiassed frie
of the African race in thte country, after ;
king a comprehensive, view of their actt
condition,, and the extensive interests tb
have at stake,, in the consummation of any i-
tional measure affecting them, will find in .
but little to which he can assent. It is tr
he may see something beautiful in the the :
ry, and be touched with the language of.'tl
Society's reports, anJaddresses, in exhibit ir {
the flourishing condition of its colony and go .
einment atLiberiajhe uiayperusewith ihtere..
the letters of it's ugents,. and those of int.ell >_
gent emigrants wlio Imve thus far participate
jn 'its advantages; he may reflect with satn
laction and complaicency in the probabilif ,
of this being a door through- which Africa i
to.u' 4 M;» iv : - ! i ;ai!*o:!. liberty, and reiigionhiU ' .
her is' fcievs .-.th: niterior; yet »e cnhiiot ou
perceive, Uiateven if all this wcraia the'scrit

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of certainty, and that too, at a period not far
distant, it as and must of rncetsity be at the
•expense a greater good, if carried beyond
a certain . limited point ; but if kept within
thiB point, he may (rive it his assent and sup-
$ort, with the qualification that rio coloured
rhan is forced to leave the United States for
the colony. $

There are however many other and various
views of this subject which crowd unbidden
•on his consideration, and oblige him to anti-
cipate with deep solicitude and anxiety, the
Effect of the "Society's extensive operations
'tipon the free people of colour: he will per-
ceive that in the ordering of Divine Provi-
dence, a sure and beautiful fabric is rearing
this country, upon which their future hap-
piness and prosperity will be firmly and im-
movably fixed: and in this, there is nothing
problematical, nothing visionary ; the founda-
tion is surely laid, the building erecting, and
rapidly approaching to completion ; and that
too. by a hand, ho as a Christian can. never
distrust : and as a man of justice and human-
ity, powerful conviction will find a place in
Ibis bosom, that all attempts to break in upon
this their eilent and, progressive advancement,
jmaet proceed from some selfish motive '; or is
.founded -on the absence of knowledge, and a
■correct understanding respecting, their true
■situation :> he will Btoe Be obliged to set- his
seal of opposition tM ie Colonization Society j
And suspect the morrres of its efficient abet-
tors ; nay. he will be impelled to denounce
its principles, (if it has any) and deprecate !ht
•result of its policy on tin* people of colour:
its colony at Liberia will receive from hira
biil a limited and qualified assent: and that
only on the ground of the few who have been
benefited by it: he must view as chimerical
in the extreme, the plan of civilizing Afnea;by
its means, and reject with disgust, the fmsjf
and ridiculous assertions that it is intended to
benefit her descendants in this country who
are free; or bring about. the emancipation of
thosa that are slaves. CLARKSON.

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TOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.
'•' Qtei est dirts bonis opcribus, non erit pauper
•pracmiis.'*

" lie that is rich in good works, shall not bu
poor in rewards." ;

To retrace the course of our lives, is at once
natural and interesting. The past, states and
periods of a man's being are retained in a con-
nexion with the present, by that principle of
self-love 'which is unwilling to relinquish its
.hold on w hat has onte been his. Though he
mayjnot he inseti-ille of how tittle consequence
his life can have been in the creation, compa-
red with many other trains of events, yet to
him, it is of far greater importance than all
other trains together; and he is rarely found
tired of narrating again his little history. The
adventures of his youth— the exploits and inci-
dents of manhoodf, and the favourite parts of
the little history of himself.

Every man has some leading and decided
propensity ; that-most common to the 2ged is
to narrate the adventures of their early lives,
and which is a source of pleasure to Abnelle,
who narrated the following story.

" A gang of Outlaws, who had for many
years infested Spain, and whose fortresses were
.the caverns of the Sierra Morena, frequently
descended into the fertile vales of Aslurias
and Leon. Plundering all withoiit'distinction
—not unfrequently .they would crowri their
deeds by violating maiden chastity, and with
desolating hands render the competent desti-
tute. '

It was mid winter, and the elements were at
war. The cold was severe, and the snow
deeper than was ever known in Spain. whe«i a
gang of these banditti descended the Rforena.
Brandishing the sword of destruction, they se-
cured the property of the peaceful Asturians.
In this excursion the peaceful cottage of the
pious Abnelle did not escape the unlawful ra-
vages of the robbers. Forced from his thatch-
ed cottage, that was now enveloped in flame,
and compelled to brave tbe rigid storm, poor
Abnelle directed <his steps towards the prov-
ince of Andalusia, whence he resolved to re-
tire to a convent.

Friendless and forlorn, he bent his knee on
the coid snow and petitioned God, in whom
be had confidence from hi* youth. Abiielle
prayed not for temporal aggrandizement nei-
ther did be invoke Heaven's vengeance on his
persecutors, but he petitioned for patience : fo:
a fiirgiviuc: spirit, and reconciled mind. Pier'
cing was the coid, am 1 ' his aged frame was
chill d. His locks of sixty winters were dren-
ched with the snow that fast, lei I. a, id his lee-
hle voice faltered as it uttered, " My God—
my Protector P' and while raising his hands to
Heaven, 'as if for the J<hI time, he heard a
Voipc which like a trumpet, reiteivrte-J, Vil-
lain, whomsoever thou a i , :!jy hie". .1 shaii dye
this *?ioiv crimson, tlx reward ci ''r.y leme;-
iiy-" -Aouelle 'opened iAteyx s, end \he 1 nil'
itaguated lilood rushed forth iuto every vein.

He arose frojn bis kneeling posture, and direc-
ting his eyes to the spot whence the voice pro-
deed/'d, he discovered a fjroup o| men whose
appearance assured him they w © re a company
of outlaws, a party of whdni .had burtil.his cot-
tage, and drove him far from the hom^of Ids
peacei

He soon found himself surrounded by; a band
of ruffians, who were headed by their chief
that now stood before him, and with a metia
cingaspet;! enquired into his business and mo
tives .for being then in that iplace. The grief-
worn Ahwplle told his pitiful tale. ^ .

He had a son, he maid, who like a goodly
plant grew up, and gave great hopes of his fu-
ture importance. He was the prid« of jhis na-
tive village ; .noble in disposition, ■virluius and
affable in his deportment, the . aged Alessed
hi'rri, and the youth emulated what in him waft
esteemed by the wise. But 'tnvy beheld my
Alpheous thriving. Detraction blasted his
good name, and despotism banished him from
his father's si<rhl forever, and from the land of
his birth. My Adelta, his mother, sunk mv
der her affliction. She gradually approached
the grave: at last death closed her eyes, and
freed her of all her troubles. . I, alas, have
lived till now, acquainted with grief* the child
of poverty,- and my only friend through an
my adversities is' God. ' Poor and infirm, I

a of one day aW

subject Worthy the candid' consideration of every
man of colour. Shall wo, when our friends and
patrons in Europe and America, have sot us tho
example, purchase, and use the produce of slave-
bout, when articles, the produce of free labour,
equally as good, and equally as cheap, can bo
purchased in the different citit'B ? ' Would it not
be preferable to proscribe the uso of such, than
by our system, be the means of strengthening the
liand of tho slave-dcalnr, by tho purchase of
stuff* >ugar and coffee f Shall the free coloured
population of the United States be tho means of
finding employment — of adding to the labours
#nd groans and stripes of two thousand of their
entitled brethren? All the divine precepts— all
the tie* of nature and humanity — all the rules of
equity and justico, forbid it. Our present use of
iho produce of slave-labour is certainly a great
evil, which ought to bo remedied immediately,
and which; wo trust, our brethren will take into
deep consideration.

The following it tbe emphatic language of the
oonpluding- section of the 7th Title of the Revis-
ion of our Statutes, relating to the importation in-
to ihis stnte of persons hold in shivery, Ac. It
has reCeived/tha- unanimous sanction of tho sen-

would live only lor the hope I ha

seeintr my Alpheous again." | <; Every person born within this state, whethsr

"' Old man," waid the Chief of the banditti. ; white or coloured is FREE; every person who
i tremulous voice, " f am Rolando, oi : inhall hereafter be born wnhin this. state shall' be
whom fame speaks. Retire to my cave, my : ,FREE ; and every p«rs«n brought into truVat^te
comrades shall bear thee thither. Comrades, as a slave, except as authorised by this title, shall
hie/ye with this old man to our cave, lie be FREE "
gentle !- give him every thing that will con-
tribute to ;j is comfort." a
But Isold," said Abnelle, I have no part
with tho wicked, and desire no favours of out-
aws. The laws of my country forbid it; my
conscience would accuse me, should I share
with you the price of blood : and God won I'd
renounce poor Abnelle, should he accept- hos-
pitality at tho hand of a murderer. : Rather
thrust thy poniard into my heart, and lot the
pure snow drink up my aged blood, than, rob
me' now of rny peace of mind." " Oh ! un-
happy man," said the Chief, clasping Ab
nelle's hand,

.DOMESTIC NfitVS.

Bold Robbers. — The New Haven Chronicle
gives an account of two fellows who came to
that city on Friday, the 5th inst. and commen-
ced thei- depredations on Tuesday night last.
They first entered the house of illr/'Roberr
Atwater, in State-street, went into his bed-
room, wh'ir'e the family were sleeping, t.< ok
ilie light therefrom, and . searched the house,
taking from Mr. A.'s pocket liis change and a
$5 bill. They next went to the house of Mr.
refuse not to accompany me < H- MHil ford . entered the rooms where the fa-

to my cave. I have a father who yet loves i jnilies were also sleeping, took the light, and
me, Come, perhaps I can give you intelli- Searched the pockets of the keepers for mo*
gence of your Alpheous." . The bandit em- ' pey, and then the house, feasting themseive.s,
braced the old man ; they viewed ea*h other, 1 And stealing a dozen silver spoons. Lights
and Rolando beheld in the aged Abnelle his ' fere . kept burning, in both the above Irom
father, while tho pious Abnelle, with surprise { tfickness in the families. Their third nltempt
"ngled with joy, saw in Rolando his long lost j was to break into Messrs. Candee, Dean &,

Alpheous

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

NEW-YORK, OCTOBEK 19, 182T.

" What boes vour Sdoar cost?"
We believe, this is a question, which but few
have asked themselves— a subject, on which but ' sW, which he saw a few days before near the

Cutler'« store, but they were heard by the
Clerks, who fired at them. They were pur-
sued, aid one of them was taken. He says
f)is namo is Emanuel Ferdinand, a Portu-
guese, arid the name of his companion William
Williams, from JBo3ton.

: A Monster of the. Deep. — Frederick Chase*
Esq. who tends the light on Gull Island gave
us a day or two since the following brief but
very extraordinary description of a sea mori

few hnve reflected much ; but because it has es-
caped our observation, it does not arguo. that it
ip one of trifling importance. To every conscien-
tious nwi, who, while passing through this scene
of varied ills, is desirous of dealing justly by all
men, it is a highly important question. To us, it
is doubly interesting, from the known fact, that
thousands of our brethren, are the- victims who
are doomed to wear out a miserable life, in the
manufacture of the article, to pamper the vitiated
taste of civilized (nan.

We abominate slavery, and all its advocates.
We consider it as tho most iniquitous system pf
injustice ever set. in operat'iohj which must, soon!
or or later meet its due reward. God is just : and
though divine justice may slumber awhile,, it will-
certainly overtake tho oppressor. We think it
highly becomes each of us, more especially, to
manifest to mankind, our decided disapprobation
of slavery and all it; .concomitant evils : and; how
can wc: shew, that we are really in earnest on this
subject, than by the adoption of suoh' measures
as will at once convince the public, of the sincer-
ity of our professions., The idea, that other'!
would use the produce of slave-labour, if we did
not, should weigh but little with us: that i* a sub-
ject .between tlicm and their own consciences.
We ought ever to bear in mind' this important
ictj that every twcnty>fiie individuals who use
slave sugar, require tho labour of one poorslavi
and according to this ratio, which wa believe to
be correct, tho consumption of slave sugar by tho
coloured- population alone, of this city, wonld" re-
quire at least the: labors of fifty, o$ ourenslavod
brethren ; and the wh>/ie free .population of the
TIniU=d States, the labours i»i two thousand! Tbi«
is* the mere article of sugar. If we take into
view others, such as colli;*, rice, dc how much
More striking will the number- bit I Thits is a

island on which he resides. He and another
fjerson, Mr. Edward Conklin, were in a small
boat in the Sound, a short distance from the
shore, when they suddenly discovered, with-
in a few yurds of the boat, a monster of very
dncommon size and appearance. Its head
was raised at least five feet above the wati.-r,
vvas as large, and much resembled in shape,
tjie one half of o hogshead when cut directly
in two longitudinally, the protuberant part be-
ing upwardsv His 'body; he judged, was 15
or 16 feet in width, across the back : and he
cpnld plainly see about 30 feet in length of
the body,' which' .was however further below
the surface of , the water as the distance .in-
creased from the head so that be could not 3eo
the extreme. part; but H must have been of
njucb greater length, as the body so far as he
could see it, appeared to be about of tho same
width. The color of its body was black and
its head brown, be could distinctly see the
eyasuof this monster,. as its head was within a
few feei of the boat and remained above wa-
ter two or three minutes. Its motion was nei
tl er slow nor very' rapid, but appeared to stem
n pretty strong current which was setting at
tfjat time. .

Mr. Chase is a man of veracity, and his
testimony may be relied on.— Sag 1 Harbor
fratrTman.

damaged the piickitttto Canal, now in tho
course of excavation, to the amount of 30 or
40,000 dollars.— --Penrntcola^-The sickness
had increased and becowa taoife alfcrrhing of
late.— A new Roman Catholic Church in Har-
risburg, Penn. will bo consecrated the 21st
in*t. by the Rt. Re*. Dr. C6hweU.--jttdhtt/«c-
ture of copperas.— 'ten thousand tons of cop-
peras are maniifuctured annually ip Stafford,
Vt— A stage coming through Woburn on
Tuesday, was upset by the.boT'seif becoming
frightened. There were eleven jwasehgers,
ton of them seriously injured, arid the driver
was bo much bruised, thai his life was con-
sidered hopeless.— *-$intt'<le.— Thfc body of
a coloured woman was found hanging by the
neck in the Auburn cdUnty jail, where she
was lodged the evening pi'rJtfidUs' o'ri a charge
of petit larceny.—- —Siidden detttk—A maa.
of tho name of Abraham' Miller expired sud-
denly in tho office of Mr; Hutchifisondf lthi-
ca, on Saturday last, A coroner's ifiquest- '
was held, whoso verdict was, that he came
to his death by apoplexy, produced by intern-.

perance. Mr. Frey, the coqvprted , Jew,

has become a Baptist. — -An alligator 16 1-2
feet in length, weighing 34(5 pounds, was kil-
led near Camden, S. C.-— esrpfc" Jfbdre, Be-
longing to one of the North RivW steam
boats, has been fined $&50 for] landing pas r
s-engers by a line instead of using, a boat.—
Seven cqnvicts employed in the new State
Prison at Sing-Sing, attempted to escape on
the 1st inst. One of them, (a. coloured man)
was killed by the guard, two were re-t^ken, .
and four escaped. — A man by the name of
Tyler, was found dead in a shed, in Pittstown
on tho 5th inst. Death 0 caused by intoxica-
tion. — Twelve hundred and fifty houses have
been commenced in Philadelphia, which will
be finished before Christmas.— r An., infant
sch >ol Ins been opened in Philadelphia with,
fifty scholars.— A man by the name of Sam-
Ufcl Patch leaped from a rock at Patterson
Falls, which is from 70 to 80 feet high, into
;he water. He was u:iliarm«id.. — -The Pre-,
sident of the United States, arrived in this
city last week on his way. to Washington. — -
Col. M'Kinny who arrived at St. Louis on the
18th Sept. from the Winnebago county, has
brought information that the hostile Indian's
had sued for peace. — Amasa Southwick ha's
been ccnyiced of. putting arsenic in the pump
of a family of Shakers, in - Enfield, on ther
night of the 16th August. Ho was senten-
ced to the States Prison for lift. — A man by
the name of Daniel W. Coleman is.adveriw
sed as having absconded from Haywood coun-
Vy, N. C; for a high misdemeanor; fie fs des-v
cribed as having thtee wivet? One in' Tery
nessee with four children, another in Sv Caro-
lina with three children, and another in Hay-
wood, from which place he lately absconded-
— The.' American Board of Commissioners ■
tor Foreign Missions T are now in session in
thi-s city. — The Bible is now published in
147 different languages and. dialects. — $150,
OtXMuive been subscribed in Boston towards
the erection of a Hotel worthy of the city.-—
A Mr. Butler was lately attacked by a high-
waymani near Grantham, U. Canada; Mr. B.
knocked the villain down, when- two others
made their appearance, but Mr. B. succeeded
in escaping, and: saved his mOriey which ha*d
been demanded of him. — --There were 77
deaths' in' Philadelphia" during'the week end-
ing Saturday Oct. 13Lh. Of these>. .21 were
persons of cohiur.-— The City ilnspbotor re-,
ports the death of 9& persons during the week
ending on Saturday the 13th inst. viz. 29 men^'
19 wojncR) 26 boys; and 18 girls»

TO COHRKSPONDEKtsH*

S xw B** kas been rm&tit? arkf ur'tmdt^
consideration.

Numbers 6, and 7, of the American Colo-
nizatwn Society," hatoi bein received, and shall
appear 1 %ri. course. '

Thoma* Read, Esq. of Bowdoinham, Me;
h^s been convicted of forgery, and sentenced
t<) four yearsdmpnsoiunent in the State Pris-
of\.i-r>$pragtte > 3 L%ddr*:8&on Me*iperance~^A n-
other large editiou {6,000 ; copies) of this ex-
cellent address lias> j-usi- been published. —
Jfijnies SteelM.tts-tried at. Manchester, Vai for
the murder of Hugh Kenne^, h.-a been at-
qt itted after laying in jail three years ! — A lot
of premium, butter was lately sold in Provi-
dence at tlie f.cnormo.us price of '. owe dollar and
thtit tints per pound /—The last , tains have

CARRIED,

In this • city, fcn 1hi' lVfi inst. iy the Rev.
'Cox, Mr. John Thomas, of the ulamd of An»
tigutti fo-Mrs. Martha Young r of Charleston.

S.C " . T

THE Public is respectfully informed that
the above SCHOOL, (under the direction of Mr.
RABjj>:i«o'iT,) is open every v fuesday; and iVt'ifajf
Evening, at 7 o'clock, in the School-Rooin, under
St. Philip's Church. _

Ptersons wishiiig to join, are requested to do f4
without delay; , •' -

Terms made known- at ihe School.
Oct.lG,J827 32 .

l'i Friday, .
20 > Saturday. ' ,
•21' Sunday- . . .

23. Tur.sa'jy.'
24 Wednesday*

Thursday . .[ 0' 43 lo 17

128

J

POETRY.

FOR THK FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

STANZA.
Ye banks, ye rallies, and ye. groves,
Yc streams that murmur near the. spot,
When sweetly fled my youthful 'days,
Ye never sure shall be forgot.

Though far' from you, by fortune tost
Around this changing world of sorrow,
The thought of scenes long past a nd gone,
Shall gild with bliss each iuture morrow.

For there's a charm that soothes the mind,
Oh I 'tis the heart's own dearest trrasure,
It is the hour when we live oVr
The .joys,of youth replete with pleasure.
When all our dreams were golden one;,
Our 'bosoms throbb'd with :-wecl .motion;
Yes, when we lov'd, sinccr. lv lov'd,
-With fondest, truest, pure ciCvoiiou.

Oh ! is there not supreme delight,
Tn ruminating on tho.^e Jiovrci,
When time itself was loveliness,
And angels sung within our bowers.

But far have flown those heavenly tim-s,
The magic moments, they have gone,
Yet still 'tis pleasing to the soul,
On these lov'd scenes to dwell upon.

MY COUNTRY,
An Extract from a Poem, by Rodgers,of CLis-
gow.

li My Country, my Country !— O, there is a charm
And spell, in that sound, which must every heart
warm ;

Let ns burn at .the line, let us freeze at tlx pole,
Pronounce biit the sound, and it thrills through
the soul.

And where lies the charm in that all potent sound,
That is felt and acknowledged where'er man is
found ? ,
-And why is our country— the land of our birth, — !
The sweetest— the loveliest spot upon earth •>

Say— is it in climate ? in soil r or in sky ?
in gay sunny landscapes that ravish the e3'C ?
In rich golden harvests i In mines of .bright ore?
It may be in these— but there's still something
more.

The deeds of our fathers, in times thot are gone,
Their virtues, their prowess, the fields they have
won ;

Their struggles for freedom, the toils they endu-
red, i

The rights and the blessings for us they procu-
red —

Our music, our language, ourjlaws, our great me*-,
Who have raised themselves high by the sword or i
the pen ;

Our productions of genius, the fame of our arms, <
Our youths' native courage, our. maidens' soft
charms — ,

The dreams of our childhood, the scenes of our
youth, \
When life's stainless current ran placidly smooth; 1
Our friends, homes, and altars, our substance, iho*
small,

And One lovely Object, the sweetener of all :—

:I&-om these and ten thousand endearments be-
side,

-Prom these spring the charm that makes country

our pride ; * '

And what wanting these, would a paradise be ?
A waste— a dark cell — a lone rock in the sea.

* *' * * V * * * ' .

Then since it is Freedom, and Freedom alone,
That halloweth country, and makes it our own - :
May she march with the sun, like the sun may
sue biaao,

Till the whole earth be gilded and warmed by her

Accurst V the villain, and shunned by mankind,
-Who would fetter the body, or trammel the mmd;
JWay his name be d-.:tested, himself from eaith
driven.

Who thus would rob man of the best gift of hea-
ven.

But honoured and blest be the patriot chief,
;ly struggles for mankind s relief;

W ho fearlessly Miuggtc.-i jet Hiuniwiiu s runei ;
Xn his Country's atfections, long, long 'may In
bloom

And his memory shed an eternal perfume.

And O. my dear Country ! wherever I be,
JMy first — my. last prayer shall ascend still for
thee,

That thou may yet flourish, as lasting as time,
Vn: lighted by Slavery, unsullied by Crime "

Extraordinary Penmunship.-- Mr . S. Oli-
ver, schoolmaster, of ShopuVu. in Hertford-
Shire, has written in the circumference ot it
penny piece, a task, we believe, hitherto ui,
equaled,) the Lord's Prayer,' the Ten Ciw.i-
roanrirnentp, the Apostle'?; Creed, twenty-one
Collets, hegiuniu;- with the fith Sunday af-
ter Trinity, to the V.firh inclusive, his name,
ijliice of abode, day of the mouth; and the

date of the year, together with a drawing of
Ihe Crucifixion of our Saviour. 1

Philip, king- of Mncedon, happened, when
engaged in certain gymnastic exercises, to
fall to the ground. As he rose he saw the im-
pression ofhis body in the sand. 4 Heavens,'
cried he, « hoV small a space hath nature al-
lotted us, and yet wc are vain enough to de-
sire the universe.

Light diffused. A clergyman of Saxony
s; ,y«_« A pious glazier, who travels into many
hamlets and houses, with his glass-box on his
back, also carries Tracts in it, and distributes
I them where he thinks they will find a good
lpli.ee for usefulness. Thus he carries not
'only windows into Ihe houses, but light too."

| Knowledge is wealth.— In a neighbouring
; county, a few days since, says the Geneva Ga-
iyot'.o, a man sold his horse to a stranger, and
; received §45 in Jersey city bills. Had he-
been a. subscriber for either of the newspa-
. \ rv> printed under hi*' nose, he would have
i kiiMt from it, in season, 4hat this bank had
J f tiled, lie has bince subscribed and paid in
j advance, like a man.

t Attorneys and Physicians — As two of these
Vc idlemen were sitting together in a public
■. ii.^uso, the doctor began to reproach the at-
: U r\ y with the number of strange words with
w ai.^-i the law indulges in, viz : — t{ habeas cor-
: pus," " i'eri facias," &c. and among others,
jaskT-i what was meant by the words. " dock
ii-.t; un entail." Why, doctor," replied the
.r.ti.rney, " it h doing'what you will nol do
iih your patiema — it is suffering a recovery.''''

Both ivrong.—A girl of ahout twelve years
of agf, who had given up attending a Sab-
bath wchool, on bvMng reproved by her father
fo neglecting to commit to memory herquesr
lions, she iaid, " Father, how cah"y°" tn!llie
m<^ get questions when you yourself neither,
pray, nor read, nor ask a blessing on your
loud when you take it?"

A thief outwitted.— A citizen missed two
pound * of fivsh butter, which was to be 're-
serv ed for himself. The maid, however, had
not only stole it. but fastened the theft upon
the cat ; averting, moreover, that 6hc caught
her in the act of finishing the last morsel. —
The wily citizen immediately put the kitten
into ihn scalts, and found it to weigh juet a
pound and a half! This city mode of accu-
rate reasoning being quite conclusive, the girl
confessed her crime.

Signs of old age,—" Cheerfulness has giv-
en place in austerity, a<* wrinkles have fur-
rowed the smoothness of my brow. The
amusements in which I formerly delighted,-
have now lost much of their attraction ; pas-
sionately fond as I was ol music, 1 now fre-
quently hear the finest concerts with inclifter
ence , and what is>n infallible mark of the
approach of old age, 1 take more pleasure in
trifling than in learned, conversation. Thus,
I yawn if any body talks to uie of affairs of
great importance, such as the war between
the Turks and the Persians, the triple alli-
ance, the 'pragmatic sanction, or the election
of an emperor or 'a > ope ; wbiie f take a live-
ly interest in trifling gossip ab»ut the quar-
rels of my neighbours, births, christening*,
weddings, and such like occurrences." — Me-
moirs of Holberg— Autobiography, vol. 12.

Education in Hungary. — The Catholic po-
pulation of Hungary amounts to 'about seven
millions, and it. appears that in 1824,' the num-
ber of students which frequented' the latin
schools, were 21,500. Of the reformed reli-'
gioii, the population is about 1,500,000, and
t he number of latin scholars, 7,'2$(). Of Lu-
therans, the population is- 700 G00, ami the
number of students, 3,800 ; making the whole
number of Catholic and Protestant student's
in 'Hungary, "exclusive of thosp of the Greek
ritual, about 33,000.'

In general there is no village in Hungary
d'-^tit ;:te of a school, and it is very rare tint
any person is found, either Catholic or Pro-,
•xAant, that cannot read. This observation
- hies not apply :o the peasantry of the Greek
Church, who, however, constitute only one
ejwth part of the population of .Hungary.

From tbese facts one may judge of the cor
rf.ciness of the Edinburgh^Review, re-pub
lisdied in the following terms, in an article of
the British Review :— Almost all the inhabi-
tants of Hungary. 5 Trapsylvmia, .Croatia and
Biikowiea, are unable to read or write." Tiie
heedlessness of men who declaim Against the
ignorance of others, whilst they are them-
selves ignorant of the beings they are speak-
ing of,: k certainly to be pitied.— Rev, Encyi
Mars. 1837..-.

Lord; Kelly had a remarkable rod face.
One day Fopto solicited bin. to look over his
garden vi'aii tp ripen his meLoiw,

'i A CARD.

The Subscribers, (grateful for. past fa^

vnurs iiithorto conferred upon them,) bug leave to
inform) their frioudfi and th<; public, that they have
rem-jW to No. WALNUT-ST. .tlnfuo doors
above Tbird-dt. ; where they will bo happy to cx-
pcuto tall ord'.-ra 'connected witti their busiucsH,
and hope to merit a contuiuanco of jiatronago.
! APPO & SAMMONS, TAILORS,

. PlIll.ADKM'niA. .

FREDERICK A. HINTON,
Begs; leave to say to his friends^ and the

public, that he has opened a

Gentleman's DRESSING-ROOM,
At Mf. 51 SOUTH FOURTH STUB CT

Bctj*een Cheanut and Walnut ; where he hop^s,
from due attention, to obtain a share of public,
patrorlage.

PlilUuELPHIA, Oct 1S27.

EVENING /SCHOOL.
The subscriber respectfully informs hij

fricmds, that he purposes opening ' a' NIGHT
SCHOOL, on the first of October ensuing, prin-
cipally for tbo benefit of Adults, In the fJasomunt
uf St: Piiimp'iJ Church, in Collect-street. I ft
which will i)» taught .

READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, &c. &c.
at >2 oO per Quarter, payable in advance.

To open at 7, and close at 9 o'clock.

B. F. HUGHES.

Ncw^York, Sept. 18. 23

31—33

G. h R. DRAPER,

(Coloured Men,)
In Forest-street; BALTIMORE, Manufacture

ALL KINDB OK

Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,
SnotcVRappe, & Maccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American
CIGAR£.
N. H. The above gentlemen have sent me
alarg^j Box of thoir TOBACCO, for sale, nnd
should the experiment' ucceed, they can supply
any quantity of all thri articles. 30
i SAMUKL E. CORNISH.

HAMER & -SMITH,
STEASW SOOUHERS,

A o. 1 77 miham-street, M Y.
CONTI NUE to cleanse and drees Coats,

Pantaiov)!):;, Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls,
in tin; nearest manner. They also make, alter and
repair Cimtlemcns' Clothes, to their entire' satia - -
fad.on. s.iid upon the most reasonable terms.

T -j-ii'r ;• f-de of dressing Clothes is by STEAM-
SP'-'N which they have followed with

tnu» i.:;':?"..; for several • years past. All kinds
of ; fit-in.-; .iro extracted, and the cloth

reste'r ... '.^ -.no : iipcarance ol new; and this they
engage p i without any injury to the
cloth, Mid al '.::;■:•{. equal tojy iy thing of the kind
done m thin cr :ui/ other ■■bf the United States.

Auniwt 'J.. mm . si

CHEAP CLOTHING STORS,

JVb. 218, South Sixth-street, Philadelphia.

THE Subscriber respectfully returns his
sincere thanks to his frierfds and the public in
fjeneriil, for their favor and patronage. He
informs them, that he continues to keep a lar.<jc
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE
WEARING APPAREL of superior quality, both
new and second-handed, where customers will.be
accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-
some style. He also informs Families and private
Gentlemen, who have second-handed Clothing for
sale, that they will meet with a good price, and
ready sale for their goods, by applying to

DANIEL PETERSON,
Jvo. 218, South Sixth.st. Philadelphia.
N. B. Tayloring carried on in its various
sranches, and on the cheapest terms.

Philadelphia, Oct 6. 30

: EVENING SCHOOL.
. Atf EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened on the loth of Octo-
ber n^xt in the African School-Room in Jlul-
•erry-istreet ; where 'v ill be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHIC.
Tkr!ms, Threo Dollars per Quarter, pay.ibte in
advance. Hours from 0 to half past 6 o'clock.
Sept. 18. -26

LAM) FOR SALE.
TIIE .v.b.s :riberis authorised to offer to his
coloured hn.i.vrcn, xT.OUO Acres of exccllc:.t Land,
at lead than one half its value, provided they will
take m<M;,Mics to tu-.Mlo, or have it settled, by co-
loured lar/ncrs. The. land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being on the banks of the Delaware
j river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading i'rc;:s the Delaware
to the Hudson rivov passes through the .tract, o-
pening a direct navigation to New- fork eh) . "^lic
passage to cither city m \y bn /r.,-L(l« in one day or
less. The land is of the b quality, and weft.,
limbered.

The subscriber hopes that come c;f his brcth-
ron, .who are capitalists, will at'lcajt invest . r >0G or
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To ;,nch he will take
the liberty to eay, this land can be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it
has been selling for §^5. Ue also takes the liberty
to observe 'that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured families, would be conducive of
much good : With this object in view he will in- •
vest 500 dollars in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New- York; March

N. li. Communications on the subject, post paid,
will be received and attended to .

A CAKI).

RRSPteCTPULLy infonns !iis friends, and

tho pijblic generally, that his House, No. io'A
Ckurch strect, i*.sti!l open fr;r tJie accommodation
of genti;«l persons of colour, with

BOARDING k, LODGING.

Grateful for..past favours, he solicits a con-
tinuant of thp name. His house is in a healthy
and pleasant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
pense jviil be sparfd on his part, to render the si-
tuations of those who honour him with their pa-
tronage, ns, comfortable as possible.

Now^ork, Sfpt. \&>7. ' SG%-3ra

■NOTICE.
jJPhe " African iMutual Instruction

:i iCIF.tv, for the instruction of colour:"! Adults,
of both Sexes,* ha re open their SCHOOL, -»fi
Mosu.iv Kvr..v{NO. October ? *t, at their A.r.»»r
Scb'tol-lloom, 'under tin Mariner's Ckurch. in
Rooseyelt-stieet The School will b« 'ipfu, ou
every ffimdutj, Wednesday and Friday Ecctungs,
at liallj past U o'clock.

Th-me "desirous of receiving instruction, will
be laiiirht to- Ruad, Write and Cypher," until the
first April, for the email sum of one doi-
lar, i.O|be paid on entering the school.

An earl/ application is roquoM.ud, as thero will
be no idlow- ncc made for pasl time

Aarim U\wd. Jm-um Myers,.

>'• iliiavi i J Johnson, Jlritn J E-zia,
Al. .ifricanus, Hairy' King.

I ' ' Trusters.

du^t Summer, and Winter-Strained-

! ; ;• SPERM OIL.
TME subscriber be»8 le»v^ to return his
thanks to his patrons.for past t'avours. and takes
this metb.id of informing them mid the public in j
genera), tint he cimsian'! , IdM'ps <m bund a sup- j
ply of Seasonable OIL. .i'the firsi qualit .Which •
he willi-. deli vei in any pArt of tin* city, at tln> i
shortest not.eo. *' j
0* 'A liberal deduc'.i -r. made to Churches, nnd j
those who buy by ihv > • ■■■

: ■ ; JOHN Kd; ••R''S.', Vi:-/n

! ^3 CurtauJ-alley, third A abovv Locust- Uauu.-
j 24-3m street, Philadelphia. 1

The FREEDOM S JOUHNAL,

Is published every Fmn AY,atNo.l52 Churcli-str#et-
New-York.

The price is thuke d ^llaks a yeau, payable
half yearly in advance, if paid at the thue'of
subscribing, $2 50 will be received.

O* No snbsoripLion will be received for a less
term than One Yoar.

Agents who procure and pay for five sabscri-
bem, arc entitled to a sixth copy grulis, for one
year.

No paper discontinued until all arrearages art-
paid, except at the discretion of the Editors.

All communications, (except those of Agents)
must be post paid.

RATES OF ADVERTISING.
For ovfer 12 lines, and not exceeding 22,1st

insertion,. - - - - - 7uct?.
each repetition ofdo. - - - -lb
12 lines or under, 1st insertion, - < r >0
; each repetition ofdo. - - - - 25
Proportional prices for advertisements which .
exeuud&f lines.

N. li. 15 per cent deduction for persons adver-
tising by the year ; 12 for (J mos. ; and 6 tor i
mos.

AUTHOniSKD A OK NTS.

Rev. S. E. Cohnish, General Agent.
Maint— C. Stockbridgo, Esq. North Yarmouth ;

;»lr. Reuben Ruby," Portland! Me.
Massachuicifs— 'Slr. David Walker, Boston; Re?.

Thomas Paul, do.— Mr. John Renn-nd, Kalem.
Connecticut— Mr. John Shields,' New-Haven—

•Mr. Isuac C.Olasko. Norwich.
Rhode-Island— Mr George C.Willis, Providence.
Fcnnnfmnia—Mr. Francis Webb, Philadelphia-
Mr. Senium Smith, 'Columbia. •
Maryland— Messrs. li. Cowley & II. Grice, Ed-

Union -, ;

Dist. of Cvhimbia—Mv. J. W,' Prout., Washington. '

—Mr Thomas Urnddock, Alexandria
Xew-Yorh— Rev. N:ilhaniel Paul. Albany.-^-Mr.
R. P. G. Wright, Sobonecvadv.— Austin Stew-
ard, Rochester— Rov W f WilliiiniSj 1 Flunhinjf.
A'cw-Jtr.,e./— Mr. Theodore. S.' Wriulif, Prince- ;
ton - Mr •Jaimw C. Cowes, New-&Unswick—
Itev \> V. Hughes, ^Nevvark—Mrv Lconar4

: - 'r. \\". D. Baptist,Fredericksbnrglu j
-\\ . 11. Gardiner. Port-au-Prince.

FREEDOMS JOURNAL.

RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION.",

m jno. b. russwurm. W»W»1TO&B£» ®Se&f^ S8» %W% FTtH* 3£»*W»v

MARVELLOUS DOCTOR,

(Concluded.)
I addressed his Majesty with all the humil-
ity, acknowledging the extent of the .profes-
sor's powers as very wondenul, provided
they were all real ; but of that there was no;
proof to me., "If he had been a foreigner,
•and astrnnger, as 1 am, in this place, and if
prejudices had been - excited n gainst him,''
-added I, '' then I would have viewed this ex-
hibition of his art as highly wonderful ; but,
«s it is, I only iook on it as a well-got-up
farce."

The professor reddened, and bit his lip in
the height of scorn and indignation ; and in-
deed their Majesties and ail the nobilily
seemed to be offended at my freedom ; on
which I added, " My exhibition, my liqge,
shall be a very short ope ; and 1 shall at least
.convince your Majesty, that there is no de-
ceit nor collusion in it." And with that I
took a small syringe from my bosom, whicn I
jhad concealed there for the purpose, as the
liquor, U> have due effect, must be always
warm with the heat of the body of him that
sprinkles it ; and with that small instrument,
I squirted a spray of my elixir on Professor
Don Felix's fine head of hair, that hung in;
wavy locks ulmosl to his waist*

At that moment there were thousands all
standing a-gape, eager to witness the effeet
of this bold appeal. The professor stood up,
and looked at me, while the tears stood in
his eyet>. That was the proudest moment of
tny life ! For about the space of three min
utes, his pnde seemed warring with his feel-
ings j but tiie energy and impulse of the lat-
ter prevailed, and he came and kneeled at
my feet.

" Felix, you dog ! what is the meaning of
this ?" says I, " How dare you go and dress
yourself like a grandee 01 the kingdom, and
then emue forth and mount the stage in the
presence of royalty, knowing as you do, that
you were born to me a slave ? Go tins in-
stant ! doff that gorgeoss apparel, and put on
my livery, and come and wait here at my
heel. And, do you hear, bring my horse pro-
perly caparisoned, and one to yourself;
for I ride into the country to dinner. Take
note of what I order, and attend t ■< il else- I'll
boste you to n jelly, and have you distilled
imo the elixir of attraction.".

lie ran to obey my orders, and then the ad-
miration so lately expressed was turned into
-coiuempi. All the people were struck with
awe am' astonishment. They could not ap-
plaud, for they were struck dumb, and eyed
me with terror, as if I had been a divinity.
"This exceeds all comprehension,'' sa»d the
Judges. ; 'if he had told me that he could
have upheaved the Pyrenean mountains from
their foundations, I could as well have believ-
ed it," said the King. But the Q,ueen was
the most perverse of all, for she would not
btiieve it, though she witnessed it ; ami she
•declared she would ne.er believe it to
be a reality, for I had, only thrown glamour
•into their eyes. " Is it possible," -said she,
" that the most famous man in Spain, or per-
imps in the world, who has hundreds to serve
him. and run at his bidding, should all at
once, by his own choice, submit to become
slave to an opponent whom he despised, and
be buffeted like a dog, without resenting it ?
No : I'll never believe it is any thing but an
illusion."

" There is no denying of your victory,"
said King Charles to me ; for you have hum-
bled your mighty opponent to the dust You
*>;a!l "dine with me to-night, as we give a great
■entertainment to the learned of our kingdom,
overall of whom you shall be preferred to
the highest place. But as Don Felix de VhI-
'~dez is likewise an invited guest, let me en
treat you to disenchant him, that he may be
sgfin restored to his place in society ."

" shall do myself the' 'distinguished hart
our of dining wjch your exalted and Catholic
Majesty," said I. a But will it bo no degra-
daiion to your high dignity, for the man who
. nas worn, my livery in public, to appear the
- same day at the table of royalty ?"

"This is no commbh occurrence," answer-
ed the King. '-Although by one great effort
of art- na. ure has been overpowered, it. would
be hard that a great man's nature should re-
main degraded for ever."

" Well then, I shall not only give him his
liberty J'rora cjy swvice,but I shall order hira

from it, and beAt him from it. I can do nio
more to oblige your majesty at present." \

*• What ! can you not then remove the
charm !" said he. " You .saw the professor
could do that at once." j"
A mere trick," - said I, " and collusion.
If the professor, Don Felix, had been in thle
leust conscious of the power of his liquor, lije
would at once have attacked and degraded
roe. It is quite evident. I expected atrial
at least, as I am sure all the company did-;
but I stood secure, and he] I him and his aft
at defiance. He is a sheer impostor, and his
boasted. discovery a cheat.''

Nay, but I have tried the power of his
ungont again and again," said the queer).
" But. indeed, its effect is of very short du-
ration; therefoie, all I request is, that yob
will give the professor bis liberty, and take
my word for it, it will soon be accepted." i
I again promised that I would: but at the
same time shook my head, as much as to let
the queen .know. that she was not aware of
the power of my elixir, and 1 determined to
punish the professor for his insolence to -me 1 ,
and the sound beating I got in the court of
his hotel. While wm were speaking, up came
Don Felix, dressed m my plain yellow livery,
leading my horse, and mounted on a grand
one of his own, that cost two hundred gold
ducats, while mine was only a hack, and no
very fine animal either.

" How dare you to have the impudence to
mount my horse, sirf" says I, taking his gold
headed whip from hitn, and lashing him with
it.

(i I beg your pardon, honoured master,"
said he, humbly; " I will take any horse you
please, but I. thought this had been mine."

" You thought, sirrah ! what right have
you to think ? (said I, lashing him:) get about
your business. 1 desire no more of your at-
tendance. Here' before their majesties, and
all their court and people, I discharge you
my service, and dare you, on the penalty off
your life, ever to come near me, or offer to
do even a menial's turn to me again."

Pardon me this time," said he. ; " I'll
sooner die than leave you."

" But you shall leave me or do worse "
says I, " and therefore get about your busi-
ness instantly."

•< You must have some one to ride with you;
and be your guide;" said he; " and why will
you not suffei me to do so?_;You know i can-j
not leave you." j
The king, taking pity on him, sent a livery
man to take his place, and attend me on my
little jaunt, at the same time, intreating him
to desist and remember who he was. It was
all in vair. lie fought with the king's ser-
vant for the privilege, mounted my hack, and
followed me to the villa, about six miles from
the city, where I had engaged to dine. The
news of my victory had not arrived' when I
got there. The lord ot the manor was at the
exhibition, bu* not having returned; the ladies
were impatient to learn the result.

" It becomes not me, noble ladies," said I,
•'to bring the news of my own triumph,
winch you might very reasonably stispeci to
be untrue, or over charged ; but you shall
witness my power yourselves."

Then thoy set up eldrich screams in frolic,
and begged for the sake of the Virgin that 1
would not put my skill to. the test on any of
them, for they had no desire to follow to:
England even a master of the arts and
sciences, and every one assured me person-:
aiiy that she would be a horrid plague to
me, and that I had better pause before I made
the experiment.

".My dear and noble dames," said I,." there
is nothing farther from my .intention, than to'
make any of you the objects of fascination.
But- come all hither," and thcew. up the sash
of the window. "Come all hither and satisfy
yourselves in the lirst place, and if. more
proof is required, it shall not be lacking*. See;
do you know that gentleman there ?".

" What gentleman? Where .is he? I see
no gentleman," wasthe.genetal.titter.

'* That gentleman who is holding my horse.
He on tb.e sorry hack there with! yellow live*
ry. You al1 know him assuredly^ That i$
your great professor Don Felix Valdez, ac-
counted the, most wonderful man in Spainj
and by many of you ;tbe greatest in. the
world.", -

They would not believe .it until I called
him dose up to tho door. of. the chateau, and

called him by his name.' Then they grew I scene. . Again she plunged into the stream,
frightened, or pretended to be so, at being ; and again she returned, weeping for shame,
in the presence of a man of so much power, j and this self-sa/im scene. was acted seven
for thoy all knew the professor personally ; | ttmps over. At length I took compassion on
and if one could bavc behoved them, they j (he humbled beauty, and called to her aunt
wore like to go into hystericks for fear of to seize her left foot shoe, and wash it in the
fascination. Yet, for all that, I perceived -'- *" " * "

that they were dying for a specimen of my
art, and that any of them would rather the
experiment should bo made on herself' than
not witness it.

Accordingly there was a very handsome
and engaging brunette of the party uamed
Rashelli, on whom 1 could not help some-
times casting an eye, being a little fascinated
myself. This was soon perceived by the
lively group, and then all gathered round me,
and teused me to try the power of my philtre
on Rashell. . I asked the lady's consent, on
{which she answered rather disdainfully that
'she would be fascinated indeed if she fol-
owed me, and therefore she held me at de-
iance, provided I diJ not touch her which
me would not allow."

Without more ado, I took my tube from my
>osom, and squirted a littl? of the philtre on
/ier left foot shoo— at least I meant it so,
^hough 1 afterwards perceived that some of it
had touched her stocking,
j "And now, Donna Itaschelli," said I, *-y
jjLre in for your part in this drama, and you
little know what you have authorised." She
turned from me in disdain; but it was not
long till I beheld the tears gathering in her
Oyes ; she retired hastily to a recess in a
Window, covered her face with her hands, and
\jvept bitterly. The others tried to comfort
her and iaugh her out of her frenzy, but Mat
was of no avail : she broko from them and.
drowned. in tears, embraced tny knees, re-
questing in the most fervent' terras to be al-
lowed the liberty of following mo over the
\yorld.

j The ladies were all thrown by this into
consternation; and besought me to undo the
uharm, both for the sake of the young lady
ajnd her kin ; but I had taken my* measures,
and paid no regard to their entreaties. On
the contrary, f made my apology for not be-
ing able to dine there, owing to the King'a
commanding my attendance at the pal
«ce, took a hasty leave, mounted my
f orseyand, with Don Felix at my back, rode
away.

■j I knew all their power could not detain
Donna llashelli, and, riding slowly, 1 heard
tne screams of madness and despair as they
tried to hold her. She tore their head dresses
and robes in pieces, and fought like a fury,
till they were glad to suffer her to go ; but
they ail followed in a group, to overtake and
entreat me to restore their friend to liberty.

I forded the stream that swept round the
grouuds, and waited on the other bank, well
knowing what would occur, as a Spanish
maiden never crosses even a rivulet without
taking off her shoes and stockings. Accor-
dingly she came running to the side of the
stream, followed by all the Indies of the cha
toau, calling to me, and adjuring mc to have
pity on them. I laughed aloud at their trib-
ulation, saying I had done nothing but at.
their joint request, and they must now abide
by the consequences. Rasiielli threw offher
' oes and stockings in a moment, and rushed
into the stream, for fear of being detained ;
but before taking two step.-, the charm being
remove:! with her left foot shoe, she stood
still abashed ; and so fine a model of blush-
ing and repenlant beauty I never beheld,
with her raven hair hanging dishevelled far
over her waist, her feet and half her limbs
of alabaster bathing in the stream, nnd her
cheek overspread with the blush.of shame.

" What ain I .about?" cried she. "' Am I
mad ? Or bewitched ? or possessed of a de-
mon,'to run after a mountebank, that I would
order'the' menials to drive from my door!"

So you are gone then, dear Donna Rashel-
li ?" cried j. '- Farewell, then, and peace be
with you. Shall I'' not see you again be--
fore leaving; this country ?" but she 1 looked
not up/nor deigned to reply. Away sho trip-
ped, led by one lady on each hand, barefoot-
ed, as she was, till they came to tile gravel
walk, arid then she slipped'' on her niorocco
shoes. The moment -hef left Toot shoo was
on, she sprung towards me again,, ahd /all the
dames after her in full cry. It was precisely
like a hare hunt; and eo comic that even the
degraded- Don Felix laughed amain at the

river. She did so ; and I, then thinking that
all was then over and safe, rode on ray way*
Bnj I had not gone (bred furlongs till the
chase again commenced as loud and as vio-
lently as ever, and in a short time the lady
was again in the stream i was .vexed at
this, not knowing what was the matter, and
terrified that I might have attached her to
mo forlifo: biit 1 besought her friends to
keep her from putting on her stocking like-
wise, till it was washed and fomented as well
as her shoe. This they went about with great
eagerness, an old damo seizing the stocking,
and hiding it in her bosom; and when I saw
this I rode quickly away, afraid 1 would be
too late for my engagement with the king.

We had turned the corner of a wood,when
again the screams and yella of females reach-f-
ed our ears. '* What, in the name of St. Ni-
cholas, is thi3 now ?'* says I.— rt I aupptso
the hunt is tip again, sir, but surely our best
plan is to ride off and leave them, said Don
Ftlix. " That will never do," returned I ;
" I cannot have a lady of rank attending me
at the palace, and no power on earth, save
iron and chains, can detain her, if one thous-
a.idth part of a drop of my elixir remain about
tier person." We turned back, and behold
there was (he old dowager coming waddiipg
along with a haste and af itation not to be des-
cribed, and all her daughters, nieces, and mai-
dens, after her. She had taken the river at
the broadest, shoes and all, and had got so
far ahead of her pursuers that.she Cached
me first, and seizing me by the leg, embraced
and kissed it, begging and praying all the
while for my favour, in the- moat breathless
and grotesque manner ever witnessed. I
knew not what to do ; not in the least aware
how she became affected, (ill Dopna Rashel-
li called oat, " Q the stocking, sir, the stock*
ing!" on which I caused them to take it from
her altogether and give it to me, and they
went boms in peace.

I dined that night with their Majesties,
not indeed at the same table, but. at the head
of the table in the anti-room, from/ when'-e I
had a full viow of them. I was it great and
proud man that night, and. neither threats
and persuasions could drive the great profes-
sor from waiting, at the back of my chair, and
frequently serving me kneeling. After din-
ner I had an audience of the Queen, who
offered-^ a galleon laden with gold for the
receipt of my divine elixir of love. But !
withstood, representing to her Majesty the
great, danger of imparting such a secret, for
that after it had escaped "from my lips, I
could no more recall it and knew not what
use might be made of it,— that I accounted
myself answerable to my Maker for the
abuse of talents bestowed on me, and, in
one word, was determined that the secret
should go totfie gravf with me. I was how-
ever, reduced to the necessity of promising
her majesty a part of. the . pure apu sublime
elixir already prepared, taking her solemn
promise meanwhile riot to divulge it; which I
did, aud a ready use she had found for it, for
in a few days she requested more, and more,
and more, till I ' began to think it was liigh
time for me to. leave the country.

Haying now £01,88 much naojaey as I want-
ed, and a great deal more thanl knew what
to do with, I prepared for leaving Spain, for
I was affrighted at being made accountable
for the effects. produced . by the rb arm in the
hands pf a .capricious woman. Had I yiolde*
to the requests of the • young n/'bios for sup-
plies, I might also ( have exhausted the.
riches of Spain ; jtiut as it was, I had got
more than my own weight in gold, par,t of
which ! forwarded to London, ai»d put the
remainder out to interest' in Spain, and left
Madrid, not without fear of being seized and
sent to the Inquisition, as a necromancer. In
place qf that, however, . the highest hopouMr
were bestowed on roe, aud I was accompanied
to the port by . numbers of the first people Of _
the rei^lm. end by all. the friends ot, the Pro- •
fessor Don Felix de.Valdez. ThesV {*opf«
had l«\id a plot ^assassinate ine, wptch they ^>
would have pxec'uted,^ but for fear that t&o •
charm would never leave their friend; and *s
Felix himself discovered it to xne^ I kept him-

I

in bondage till the very day I was «bout to
then I caused his head to be shaved,
nut washed with a preparation of vinegar, al-
.tfm and cinnamon; and he returned to bis
right senses and feelings once more. But
}:c could never show his face again in the
hi ml where be had been so much caressed
and admired, but changed his name, nhd re-
tired to Peru, where he acquired both fame
;ut:l respectability.

ECCENTRIC CHARACTER.
! : About the ycar,17(M>, 1 knew one M r. Howe,
a sensible well-natured man; possessed of
an estate of £700 or £800 per annum : he
married a young lady of a gpod family in the
west of England, her nnaiden name was Mal-
let ; she was agreeable in her person and
manners, and proved a very good wife. Se-
ven or eight years after they had been mar-
tried, he rose one morning very early, and
told his wife he was obliged to go to the tow-
er to transact some particular business ; ti e
same day, at noon, his wife received a note,
from him, in which he informed her that he
was under the necesity of goin^ to Holland,
and should probably be abs -nt three weeks
or a month. He was absent from her seven-
teen years, during -which tune she 1 neither
heard from him, or of him. The evening be-
fore he returned, whilst she was at supper,
and with her .some of her friends and rela-
tions, particularly one Dr. Rose, a physician,
who had married her sister, a bidet, without
any name subscribed, was delivered to her,
in which the writer requested the favour of
her to givejiim a meeting the next evening
in the Birdcage Walk, in . St. James' Park
When she had read her billet, she tossed it
to Dr. Rose, and laughing, " You see, broth
cr," said she, " as old as I am, 1 have got a
gallant." Rose who p rnsed the note with
more attention, declared it to be Mr. Howe's
hand-writing ; this surprised all the compa-
ny, and so much affected Mrs. Howe, that
she fainted away ; however, she soon recov-
ered j when it was agreed that Dr. Rose and
his wife, with the other gentlemen and ladies
•who were then at supper, should attend Mrs.
Howe Uie next evening, to tl»e Birdcage
.Walk ; they had not been there more than
five or six minutes, when Mr. Howe came
to there, and after saluting his friends, and
embracing his wife, walked home with her,
and they lived together in . groat harmony
from that time to the dv.y o his death.

But the most curious part of my tale
mains to be related. When Howe left his
wife, they lived iii a house in Jermyn street,
near St. James church ; he went no farther
than to a little street in Westminster, where
he ^ok a room, for which he paid five or six
shillings a week, and changing tm n.une,
and disguising -.himself by wearing a black
wig (for he v\as a fair man,) he remained in
tins Habitation during the wnole part of hi.-*
absence. He had two children by his wife
when he departed from her, who « ere both,
living u,t that time ; but they boili died young
and in a few years after. However, drring
their lives, (lie second or third year after
he disappeared, Mrs. Howe was obliged
to apply for an act of parliament to procurer
a proper settlement of her husband's estate,
and a provision for herse f'out of it during
his absence, as it was uncertain, whether he
was alive or dead ; this act he buffered to bo
solicited and passed and enjoyed the pleas-
ure of reading the pro^iv.sj of it in the
votes, in a little coffee-house, near his lodg-
ing, whi h he frequented. Upon ins quitting
hi? house and famdy in the manner 1 have
mentioned, Mrs. Howe at first imagined,, as
she could not conceive any other caus<: for
such abrupt elopement, that he :;ad contract- 1
ed a large debt unknown to her, and by that j
means involved himself in difficulties vvliich
h" could not easily surmount ; and for some
days she lived in continual apprehensions of
demands from creditors, of seizures, execu-
tions, &C, But nothing of this kind happen
ed ; on the contrary, he did not only leave his
estate quite free and uncufiibered, but he
paid the bills of every tradesman with whom
he had any dealings ; and upon examining
Lis papers, in due time after he was gone,
proper receipts and dischargee were found
from all persons, whether tr'adesmeu or oth-
ers, with whom he had any manner of trans-
actions or money concerns. Mrs. Howe after
the death of her children, thought proper to
lessen her family of servants, and the expen-
ses of her house-keeping ; and therefore re-
moved from her house in Jermyn street to a
little house in Brewer street, neaii Golden
square Just over against her lived one Salt
a corn-chandler. About ten years afier
Mr- Howe's abdication, he contrived ' to
make an acquaintance with Salt, and wad at
length ' in ' such a degree of intimacy with
him. that be usnall, dined with Salt once or
twice a week. Prom the room in whicVtbey
eat, it was not difficult to look into Mr*.
^ft«jwe J 6 dining-room, where she generally sat

and received her company; and Sult^who b^
licved'Howe to be a bachelor, frequently re-
commended his own wife to.bim.os a suitable,
match. During the last seven yearn of this
gentleman's absence) he went every Sunday
to St. James' church, and used 1 to sit in Mr.
Salt's seat, where he had a view of his wife,
but could not easily be seen by her. After
he returned home', he never would confess,
even to .bis most intimate friends, what tyiis
the real cause' of such singulur conduct; ap-
parently, there was none: but whatever it
was, he was certainly ashamed io own it. Dr.
Rose has often said to me, that he believed
his brother IIowo* would never have return-
ed to his wife, if the money which he took
with him, which was supposed to have been
1000/. or 2000/. had not been all spent ; and
he must have been a good economist, and
frugal in his manner of living, otherwise his
money would scarce have held out; for I im-
agine he had his whole fortune by him, I
mean what he carried away in money or bank
bills, and daily took out of his bag, like the
Spaniard in Gil Bias, what was sufficient for
his expenses. — King's Jlnecdotes.

* I was very well acquainted with Dr. Rose; ha
was of a French family. I often met him at King's
Coffoe-huuse, and ho frequently entertained, mo
with this remarkable story.

t London is tho only place in all Europe where
a man can find a secure retreat, or remain, if he
gleases, many years unknown. If ho pays con-
stantly for bis lodging, for hh» provisions, and- for
whatever else ho wants, nohody will ask a ques-
tion concerning him, or inquire whence he comes,
whither he goes, &c.

t I knew Salt., whom I often met at a coffee-
house, called King s CbiFt'ij-house, He related to
me tho particulars which I have hero mentioned,
and many othem, which have escaped my me-
mory.

§ And yetrl have seen him after his return ad-
dressing bib wife in the language of a young bridu-
groom. And I haye been assured by some of his
most intimate friends, that he treated her during
the rest of their lives with the greatest kindness
and affection.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
Ab. VI
OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.
Some of the most formidable objections
against the Colonisation scheme, have been
virtually solved in the progress of the prece-
ding argument. The reader ought also to
bear in mind, that objections are not unfre-
quenlly the offspring of partial knowledge
A little more ligkt, and the frightful appari-
tions will appear. to he lamina r nad harmless
objects. Diiaculties ought indeed to be pon-
dered, and obstacle.-.- may hp to numerous
and iusnvuibumalde as to prove the project
utterly chimerical ; : . out we maintain, that
many real ami aj/purmt dhiiculucs inaj be at-
tendant on an enterprise higniy prudent and
benevolent.

We have already udwrted to the fact, that
the two classes of persons (the ubolitionists
and those w ho uiibluhjiingiy defend slavery
itself) most apparently nostiie to each oilier
on tuo subject of slavery, , have combined their
efforts against the Colonization scheme — thus
exemplifying the proverb "deeming extremes
arc not a great uidtaiice ns.suuder Of the
one class the language '.is " we will not let
the people o.'' With a savago and Anti-
American barbarity they contemplate the
perpetuation of slavery nil the remotest gen-
eration. These are .determined to oppose
every project that may have the remotest
tendency to lessen or remove the evils of
slavery, and aflect to regard every man as a
knave who can sympathise with ** black men
and flat noses" ! * Tins class of worthies fur-
nish us with. objection.

'No. 1. *• The American Colonization Soci-
ety, is au abolition scheme in embryo; a nov-
el mode, against which, community is not on
jts guard as .against the efforts of avowed
ubolitionists, of cheating us of. our property i
— an insiduous scheme to effect indirectly
and by a moral influence what can iieve"i
succeed by open measures.'' (See this argu
ment at length in the communication of Ca-
ms:! Gracchus.) As the readers, of tue
** JouuxAt" probably do not feel the force of
this objection; we may save ourselves mucn
trouble i-. its i>olutian. In reply however ev-
en to such it'may be alleged, " we mean not
to wrest yoirf slaves from you, and of this we
give you abundant security in the selection
of our officers and the location of our Socie-
ty: But if our operations finally 'conyiii.ee
you, that your oiou good, (this at the head of
course and .your cou ntry'sgood, arid last (and
least !) Uie black many good, must be promo
ted byemancipating them,*you will' doubtless
have the saeje sort ofivillingness to " let the
people go 1 ' #f £Q0^ Pharabtf bad^d we $m

have your disinterested thanks into tho bar-
gain." [ "('

2. Jtlmlzbolitioniat can nee in the Ameri-
can Colonization Society, nothing that, au-
gurs favourably to the cause of emancipa-
tion. It is but a masked battery, for mow4ng
down the) ranks of freemen, . There is much
that is ptyuaiblo in this objection, especially
when thej difficult part the society has to act
i« not; faiijly adverted to. But for an answer
to it in every form, let; the reader ponder anew
the reasoning in no. 5, of the. present essays.
Since that essay was transmitted for publica-
tion, I have enjoyed an exceedingly interest-
ing interview with Mr. John Hanson, a col-
oured mah just returned from Liberia, This
gentleman was delegated by the coloured
people of Baltimore, as one on whose state-
ments they could repose tho fullest confi-
dence, to visit Liberia. He remained in the
colony three months, and his report more
than confirms the representations I have al-
ready made. The sickness incident to the
colonists, on their arrival, lessens with every
expedition. Of ninety-two who accompanied
him in the brig Doris, not one died from the
influence of thw climate, although two chil-
dren diedi soon after their arrival, one of the
croup the; other of a disease comm- n to chil-
dren evei'y where. Indeed, so slight was the
sickness, j that many of the emigrants never
intermitted their ordinary employments. The
colony now possesses a seacoast of one hur*
dred and fifty miles, and lands in the interior
to an indefinite extent. Every colonist, on
his arrival receives one lot in tho town of
Monrovia, and five acres in the country,
which Mr. II. estimates at $1300, together
with an additional allowance if he have a fam-
ily. The trade of the colony is thriving with
unexampled rapidity, so that lots in the town
of Monrovia are already selling at $500 each.
The entire trade, formerly in tho hands of the
slavers, is now- engrossed by the colony to
the distance of two hundred miles 'in every
direction, and not a sluvernow makes his ap-
pearance within these limits. Fleets at best
can operate in repressing the Slave Trade,
only during the dry season, but the colony
operates constantly and growingly. Three
individuals, who left this country pennyless,
have amassed a capital of not less thaii'SlO,-
000 each, and one of them is now construc-
ting a vessel, for the double purpose of trade
with Norfolk, ami of transporting such as may
be emancipated to accompany him. Fifteen
English vessels in addition to those of other
nations Were freighted at' Monrovia during
the last ybar.

In consequence of Mr. H.'s report, the
" Friends" of Baltimore have become deci-
ded in their approbation, and the coloured
community of that city have their eyes fully
opened. 1 endeavoured in no. 5, to untold the
sort and extent of influence the society must
exert on the cause of emancipation. Mr. 11.
put me in possession of a fact which occurred
ou his return, illustrative of this matter A
gentleman near Baltimore, who has not been
very friendly to the colonization scheme, ma-
numitted one by way of experiment. This
person who has been two or three years in
the colony, sent by Mr. H. by way of dona-
tion to his former master, an elepiiunt's tenth
weighing twenty-four pounds, with live
pounds.of turtle shell, and some other valua-
ble articles. On receiving the articles, and
hearing of the flourishing stale <>f the colony,
this gentleman instantly manumitted all- he
owned, thirty in number, who are to set sail,
with Mr. 11. for Liberia, in the. latter part of
the pjeseitt month. Six hundred are already
at the disposal, juf the ".Friends," in North
Carolina for tfie same purpose. This may not
he an answer direct to the question 1 am sol-
ving, but' I hopii it will pass for one !
(Remainder of *Yv. 0, in our next.) j

'* FOn THE FREBPOJl's JOURNAL.

MUSIC.

Ch, Music, (hi) celestial claim
Js stifi resistless, stiL the same.

MOORE.

; There is nothing methinks so irresistibly
soothing (o the ear, as the soft, sweet strains
of music, [whether we trip to its measure oh
the " light fantastic toe;' 1 or sit pleased list-
eners to its graver and more majestic tones.
Such were my reflections, as a light evening
breeze, gbnlly wa ted me ov^r the broad bo-
som of the Hudson— all nature seemed at
rest, not a r-ound disturbed the calm serenity
of the hojjr. The moon shone in unrivalled
splendour!, not a fleeting cloud b'ershadowed
her bright beams. Wrapt in pleasing cbn-
templatioh of the surrounding beauties, a
wild, harjmonibu? strain of runic suddenly
burst upo|n my ear; 'twas an air long famil-
iar., yet the hour and spot rendered it' doubly
captivating. Oh Music ! who can listen to
thy powerful spell, without acknowledging
tby. influence If in the sacred edifices of
worship we. ljear tMe full and solemn tones

of-'tho- brffft!!,'-our.h$$?ts feel a more tfyarr
unusual elevation to that unseen Power, and
our humble adorations seem to ascehd with
greater fervency to the thrtme of Mercy.
There is a sublimity so impressive in sacred
music, that it would seem impossible for any
but the insensible and unattuned ear, to. lis-
ten and not to feel. And, when on hearing
gay and more joyous strains, do not our
hearts own their gladdening influence, as a
specific for ennui ; for it never fails in exci-
ting the most lively emotions. Care and pais
are for the moment forgotten, every bye
glistens with* delight, every bosom beats with
pleasure, as with light hearts we glide along;
in obedience to its enlivening impulse'. To
the refined it is an almost indispensable ac-
complishment; and doubtless, there are few
who do not feel and acknowledge its 'alt
powerful sway. — T'he sweet sounds again fell
upon my ear, lingered for a fewmoments; then
died away in the passing breeze, and all was
still ; the bright orb of night was moving in
her unwearied course, silent and majectic as
before, when 1 sought my couch, but fancy's
vision recalled again and again the thrilling
strain. RoSju

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

OBSERVER. — No. VII..
It has got to be a common remark, that wo-
men who are the. least bashful are not unfre-
quently the most modest. This opinion, we
are inclined to believe, like too many others;
is admitted without any examination of its
truth or falsity. That it is of erroneous ten-
dency, we have long thought, and this con-
clusion has been confirmed by witnessing the
frequency wilh which men of licentious views
take occasion to rat) against the good and
virtuous ot the sex, under the guise of attack*
ing prudery and false modesty. Our respect
for creation's better part, forbids us to stand
by without protesting against such doctrine.
We believe it to be fraught with great injury
to the sex and society. True, there are wo-
men, and for aught we know virtuous, whose
delight it is to show us that they are not
afraid of their virtue, and who go to the very
brink of the precipice, merely to let us see
that they can look and not be bewildered. If
any such should chance to read this number
of the Observer, we pray them remember
that female reputation is of a tender and del-
icate mould. Like the leaves of the plant, a
breath can in a moment sully it forever. In
woman the slightest approach to vulgarity is
to be avoided. There is a purity attached to
the sphere in which she moves that will not
countenance the least show of overstepping
the bounds of modesty. It is her only de-
fence agtinst the snares of the unpiincipleil
and licentious. Deprive a woman of her mo-
desty, ind she is no longer -the meek, saintlike
being, whom we have so often delightedly
pictured to our fond imaginings. We hope ,
the time mav never come, when the gentler
virtues shall he banished for bolder and more
masculine manners, and when the strife'amoig
women shall bi«, which can best ape the fash-
ions of men. Rather let prudes and prudery
flourish, than that its opposite should ever
prevail. Nothing sooner lessens our respect
for a woman, than when we notice in her any
want of that delicacy which seems to be' her
peculiar attribute, 'in the garb of modesty
we hope ever to see her arrayed. No other
becomes her. Has she beauty ? It i.* height-
enod by her modest deportment. And if she
luis none, she possesses a quality far beyor:d
all mere^ersonal charms. J.

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL/.

NKW-YORK, OCTOBER 20, IS27.

MAGNANIMITY.
To. form an accomplished individual, no .attri-
bute is more essential than Magnanimity : fur it
forms the ornament of the virtues. It cannot sub-
sist without them ; yet it. heightens and: magni-
fies them wherever it appears. Tho truly mag-
nanimous man neither courts dangers, nor wil- '
Singly gncounters them. on Blight occasions like
the Lion-hearted Richard of England.: but whc»
tho welfare .of his country or humanity -requires
it, ho is then unsparing of his life, believing that
to live, merely for the sake of prolonging exist-
ence, is not under all considerations, eligible nor
honourable.

Magnanimity is property a 'quality coriimtutbf
greatness ©f soul ; tut considered in » particular
light, it b. nothing but greatness of vwl, ia all its
Viauty sad j»erf«jtion. It disdains to ally it»i-lf ,
with. meojnvMs, and will not commit an ignoble
action, from motives of avarice or ambition. Tha
man of truft magnanimity mnets and siisl^nis
with jths same degree of composure, good and twA

IS*

fortune. He is not elated by prosperity, nor de-
jected by adversity. .

Aided by magnanimity, the patriotic statesman
can fearlessly organize and carry into operation
all his plans, am'dst tho sncm and jealousies of
parties, and the cavillings of the populace : the
warrior can go forth amidat tho " din of arms,"
and the strife of battle, and infuse his own bra-
vary into tho hearts of his follow-soldiera. But
the former, if destitute of this, and endowed witl:
a genius as towering as the stars, and faculties as
brilliant as the diamond, can effect but little : tho
latter, if destitute of this, and possessing all tho
rashness and fortitude of Charles XII. can effect
but little. Magnanimity does not consist in tncro
bravery, or loftinest of bearing, but in a greatness
of mind, above tho conceptions of the vulgar— in-
an elevation of sou2, which despises all things for
the sako of gaining all.

Instances abound in history, of men,
who, by the magnanimity of their conduct;
have gained tho admiration of posterity. It
wan.from magnanimity, that Ctesar addressed the
mariner who was terrified at the Btorm and bil-
Jows ; " what art thou afraid of? thy vessel car-
-ties Cc?sar.*' It was from magnanimity that Lu-
ther, when cited to appear at the Diet of Worms,
and dissuaded by his friends, from the fear of
treachery, said to them; "I am called in the
name of God to go, and I would go, though 1
were sure of meeting as many devils in Worms
as the tiles on the houses." It was from magna-
nimity, though not of so high an order, tbatCato
■of Utica, after the battle of Pharsalia, and Brutus
«n the plains of Philippi, died; rather than sur-
vive the loss of that liberty, dearer to them than
life itself.' It was from magnanimity, that Peter
the Great abandoned his empire for a timo, and
travelled through Europe for the benefit and im-
provement of his people — that Napoleon appeared
•undismayed amidst the smoking ruins of Mos-
cow, all his plans destroyed by the self-devotion of
the Russians — his very existence menaced by the
violence of thc'.fiamea. But why refer to records
of former times ? Have not the Abolitionists of
Europe and America displayed instances of mag-
nanimity, which deserve to be enrolled in letters
'■of gold ? The magnanimous man has no need of
motir.es, tn influence his determination : he con-
siders' only the good, the true, and the beautiful :
and towards these he lends as to a common cen-
tre. Greatness of mind pardons an injury; gene-
rosity renders good for evil: Magnanimity, in for-
feiting and pardoning an injury, forgets and par-
dons tho offender at the same time. We admire
greatness of soul: wc admire and love generosity;
but magnanimity fills us with enthusiasm.

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

The Rev. Dr. MiLer of Naw- Jersey, has
pronounced, from the puipii a sentence of e-
icniul cumleninaiiun, against the 4> Free-
dom's Joiuna!," a paper printed in Now-
YiTk, becdiisu it exercises the liberty ot free
Sj eech in favour of the abolition of slavery.
We are happy to see however, that this ee-
clesinstical denouncement is not likely to
effect the independent courso of that paper,
nor frighten the editor from a path both
honourable and righteous. African td. very
i^ the deepest, darkest crime that ever shad-
ed the character of a nation : Despotic gov-
ernments blush for its existence— what ought
n free people to feel when they look upon
tho inhuman traffic in human flesh, which i3
every day going on in the public markets, in
our own country ? A people who hold the
mrrto id' Liberty to he as sacred, as the Isra-
elites did the Ark of God — should they not
fc-cl that it is a curse which time himself, with
the perseverance cf a myriad of ages, can-
not efface ? — Ought they not to remember,
that the s:ory will live on the page of history,
V'iieu this new infant Republic, shall have
s; engthened and grown inioa mighty empire
stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the
Praifien of the west — that it .will be remem-
bered wh'.-n that empire shall be carried
dovwi the dark stream of time nrjd sink into
the nothingness which gave it l.irth. Should
they not reflect that a right* which in respect
to themselves they hold to be so sacred, is
emitted .o the same respect in another? —
k We hold these truths to be self evedent,
ti '-t all men are, and of right ought to be
i ree and Independent," says our Declara-
tion of Independence — "All men are bora
*foe," 6aye our Constitution— "Neither de-
formity nor colour takes away a man's birth>
right," says the spirit of our laws, and who
de» -s not respond a hearty amen.

With regard to that minister cf the Gos-
prl who would go into the pulpit and advo-
«fle the principles of African slavejy, we
Wti only say we pity him. W« will iwtve

charity enough to believe' him ignorant lath-
er than knavish ; and ascribe it to that ig-
norance rather than a vicious motive. We
know that tlje pulpit has been converted into
a fortress, to batter down the influence of
the press, and we believe the clergy will find
their endeavours to be vain and nugatory,—
N. Star. '

DOMESTIC NEWS.

Slavery.—John Williams, formerly of
Baltimore, fAe man of colour of whom, mention
was made som« time ago , was on Saturday
morning delivered to the man from New-Or-
leans^ who claimed him. He has remained se-
veral weeks in Bridewell, and in the mean-
while, a third Police Justice has been called in
to aid in deciding his case, who gave the cast'
ingvote in favour of the claim of the master.
John has been, however, as we are informed,
arrested on a tvrit for debt, ' and committed to
the City Prison. It is understood to be the in-
tention of the counsel for the claimant, to apply
to the proper authorities for the writ of habeas
corpus that he may b$ delivered to his master.—
D. Adv.

West India Negro JVhip.~-One of these tre-
mendous instruments of exaction and tor-
ture, has during the last week, been put into
our hands. The lash is six feet three inches
long, its diameter at the large end is full five
inches, from this it gradually diminishes in
size to the other extremity ; the thong is
composed of a large size whipcord well knot-
ted. The handle is two fee*, four inches
long K and is formed of a species of cane, the
upper part of which, for about one half the
length has been split into pieces the size of
a small cord, being admirably calculated by
its elasticity to give full effect to the terrific
lash. Its whole appearance is most appal-
ling, and would excite feelings of strong in-
dignation in this country, if exercised on
a brute. This whip, we undersiand is
brought from a Dutch colony, but from the
description given of those in U6e in our own
colonies, we may fairly presume they ure not
less powerful.— North Dev. Jour.

An unfortunate suspended Roman Catholic
Priest, named M'Dermot, has been commit-
ted to the Gal way jail, charged on the oath
of a soldier of the 47th Foot, with having
married him, being a Protestunt, to a Roman
Ca/holic woman, contrary to the Act M' Par^
liament. The penalty, in case ••oTednviction,'
witl be £500 or imprisonment for life. He
is indicted upon two counts: first, for' the
above offence ; and secondly, foa assuming to
be a Catholic Priest and officiating as such. —
Connaughl Journal.

The Clcavelar.d (Ohio.) Herald, announces
the death of Moses and Auron Wilcox, aged
.50, of Twinaburgh, Portage county, Ohio. —
They are said to have been' twin brothers
born in Connecticut, on the same day ; that
they were married on the same day, their
wives being sisters ; they engaged in mer-
cantile cosines at Middleiown, failed and
went to Ohio to settle, at a place named Thins-
burgh : the--- were taken sick on tho same
day, continued sick the same length of time ;
they died the same day, and were buried in
the same grave.

14 Mode of stopping Epistaxxs" (bleeding at
lite nose.) — A young man 19 'years of ago,
bled from the nose two days so profusely
that he 'fainted several times. Mineral acids,
ice to the nape of the neck, &c. were tried,
but without slopping the flow of blood. Dr.
Bro'nner w:is called in on the third day,
and he blew up powered gum Arabic through
a quill-— i he hemorrhage ceased directly. —
Phil. Jour. .Medicai and Phisical Sciences.

Fire. — At Peter burgh, Virginia, on Tues
day night a fire broke out iu tho stable at
Battersea, the teat of John F. May, Escj, at
the western extremity of the Corporation, by
which not only that building, but the carnage
bouse, cow-house, bnrn, corn-crib, &c. con-
tiguous, (containing two hundred bushels of.
wheat, and a quantity of rye and oais, besides
other provender,) were totally destroyed -—and
what adds to the catastrophe, nine hones,
some of* them very valuable, perished in the
flames! The accident is said to have origi-
nated from the carelessness of the Ostter,
who, for some purpose of his own. had car-
riea fire into the eiriy parrot' the evening;
and taking effect at so late ati hour, no op-
portunity was jpr<-jt>en-.ed of saving any por-
tion of the property, not ii cent's worth of
which was insured. Mr. May's loss is sup-
posed to be about $3,000.

Jiear*.— : Tbt Berskhire (Mass.) American ,
states ■'that five Bears were killed in that town
t n< vicinity in Uvo days. Another bear had
been killed a ion days previous, in the ,

cent and a quarter a pound.- Droumed t

—About 12 o'clock on .Monday night, in
Whitehall-slip, a man supposed to be a pas- ,
senger in the brig 8arah Or. from St. Johns,

N. B. Charles Lavaux, aged 21, was

assassinated in New-Orleans on the 23d of
September, by a man of tho name of Baltha-
zar Azur. --Mr. Edward H. Adarns, of

Boston, while on a vi3it to Dadham, retired
to bed in a room without a fire-place, leading'
two lamps burning, the smoke from which

caused his death by suffocation. The.Ho-

boken Grazing Company at Hoboken has shut
up. A card from the officers says only for a
few days. j- fVinter. The Vermont pa-
pers say, thatyanow has already fallen to the
depth of one foot upon the White Mountains.
— About the beginning of the present
month, Mrs. Slack, residing near Zanesville,
(Ohio,) in a fit of insanity, killed three of her
own children, by cutting their throats with ft
razor, and afterwards cut her own. It was
doubtful whether she would recover.-- — A

town of Hoosic a dozen are said to have
been killed within a month. The above pa-
tier in speaking of the great number of these
animals constantly seen by the inhabitants
says— .« And yet to do them justice, those
bears ate as civil and well behaved a sot of
bears as v/o ever met with — exceedingly
moderate in thier wishes^ asking, generally
for nothing but plenty of corn, nuts and
sweet apples, and taking them without leave
rather tlian trouble the owner with any kind
of impudence."

i Prtmature Resurrection.-' -Tho wife of a
(armor in a village near Hertford, having died
suddenly, the inquiries of a stranger about
the day of her interment, caused,etrong sus-
picions that he was one of the tender-hearted
fraternity called body snatchors. The hus«
band, dreading the speedy exhumation of his
lamented partner, placed two pounds of gun-
powder in the coffin, with detonating compo-
sitions communicating with the package, and

fastened to the lid, so that an alarm might pedlar in New Jersey who went by the name
follow any nocturnal attempt t,o disturb bor|of cheap Johnny, has been committed to jail,
tjemains.' At twelve o'clock on the night of! in that state, charged with having entered a
her funeral, all being silent as the grave, store thr6ugh the roof, and taken goods of
three artists tfell known in the London hos- considerable value, which he was found sel-

tals, commenced .their labors, and soon remo.- (ling cheap, James Robert Kead, an A-

Ved the last covering;' but upon forcing the | merman- has been committed to the jail of
coffin lid an explosion took place, which blew j Quebec, accused of attempting to bribe three
up two of them into the churchyard ; but un- ; soldiers of the 71st regiment to desert to the

fortunately not sufficiently scorched to pro- j United States. —Perpetual Motion. The

Vent their escape, leaving the working tools 'machine recently exhibited in Springfield by
of their barbarous avocation. la watchmaker, and which was supposed by
aiany to possess the power of keeping itself

Foreign Missions. — The anniversary of the! in perpetual motion, has come to a standstill,
. American Board of Foreign Missions was'- — Honey. Mr. B. Reynolds of Vassal bo-
last week celebrated in New- fork. On, rough, Me. took up a hive of bees a few*
Monday evening a meeting of gentlemen J weeks since, the honey of which weighed in

was held to devise measures to increase the the comb four hundred pounds. Some of

means of the Board and impart additional the Albany clergymen will not read prayfcrs
energy to its operations. The Spectator says : before the legislature, because it. repealed

that several addresses were made, among; the la*v against travelling on Sundays.

w hich was one from the Rev. Mr. King, The Hon. John Forsyth has been elected go-
late from Palestine, and the Rov. Dr. Beech- ' vernor of Georgia. The Shaker village

er. Dr. Beecher w as animated, and spoke : of Enfield receives about $.12,000 annually

with wonderful effect. A subscription was for garden seeds. The President of the

commenced, to be paid in annual instalments United States has arrived at Washington in
for five years, which was led off by one gentle- renewed- heaUh — — At a court at Hartford,
man with the round sum of $25,000. The Conm Judge Daggot, presiding, a witness
clergy put in a pnrso of $1000. And a gen- was set aside, because he disbelieved in the
tleuian from Rochester pledged himself that existerice of a Supreme Being, and a future
the county of Monroe would do as much as state of rewards and punishments.— — There
the individual above referred to; and before, were 83 deaths in Philadelphia during the
the meeting closed, the subscriptions upon ' week ending Saturday, Oct. 20. Of these Id

the spot amounted to one hundred and three were persons, of colour The city Inspec- .

thousand dollajs. tor reports the death of 115 persons as hav-
iug died during, the weei. , ending Saturday,

A distressing accident occurred at War- the 90th inst. 38 m n, 2? women, 24 boys r
ren, Con. on the 7th inst. A Mrs. Everett, 26 girls.

wjife of'Capt. Abner Everett, accompanied ' ; ~: T"

bjr f, youna: iady^whose name is Wilcox, w ere CARRIED,

returning from church in a one horse wag- In this city, by the Rev. B. Paul, Mr. Ste-

gbn, and while descending a hill, some part phen V, Rogers to -M\ss Jane C. Fariit,er.

of "the harness gave way, the horse became. ■ '■ -y* ^ — 3

frightened', and set off at full speed. Both mtoD, v

of the ladies were thrown violently from the J Ot} the Hth inst. Rachel, wife of Mr.. Robert

whggon; Miss Wilcox escaped with little ; Jsh,'ageU 50 years.

in'jury, bat Mrs. Everett's neck was broken,| ~— -■ ; '■ * — — ;

though taken up immediately she breathed' 07" Several copies vj .-.am- trs .tfr, 28 2D.
her last. ' j 30 and 31, are wanted; for which eight cents m

( number wilt be given.

. Tbe Alexandria Gazeite pf October 18th,.' * " ~ 1 " — ■

says : *«W. Anderson.who some time a<ro kUled ST- PMi^IP S CHURCH, SCU3X0
Gerard Arnold, and fofwjiose apprehension! SOHOOXi-
the President of the United States proclaim- 1 THE Public is respectfuliy informed, that
ed a reward of 2o0 dollars, was yesterday ; iho a i )ove SCHOOL . (unJ.^r the direction of Mr.
co mmitte d to t he jai l of this county.** t Rabbksos.) i* oj>on every Tuesday, and Friday
1 AM. 1 . .. ..: — -.Ji 1 -:: 1 Evening, at 7 o'clock, in tho School-Room, under

St. Philip's Church.

Persons wishing to join, are requested to do a
without delay.
Terms made known at the School.
Qct. 16,1827. • 39

ALMANAC

Deaf and Dumb Institution On Friday

last the corner stone of this Institution w as
laid in the presence of the Secretary of State,
the Corporation of the Citv and other distin-
guished individuals. The. Asylum is situated
three miles from the City-Hal), between 4th OCTOBER-NO V

anji 5th Avenues. The steam-bout This-' :

tie, on her passage from Brunswick, on' Sat-
urday, struck. upon a sunken rock in the Ra-
ritau, near the mouth of flic Canal, and sunk
— j-The Lumberts have been released frotn i
imprisonment, 1 agreeably to the decision of
th^Coujt of Errors.— r — Mr. B. Ford, of
Wjilmington, Del committed suicide on Sat- '
urday last.—-— Antonio King, Charles Whip- . EXWiiATtOJN of the.time Ibrredeem--
plel and Catharine Malcolm, hove Uen tried [ ing LANDS for TAXiiS in lfc26,— Co«FTaoJii>-
*t Charleston, for the murder Of Mary Ann ; her s Oryicz, Albany' Oct. 17, 1827 —f ablic
Snkjtb and found guilty '. Catharine was re- j tice is hereby given, ! lhat the tim« for. rtdeeminff-
cojjnmended to tiiercy.-; — —It is stated in tlie j Lands nolo for County , Taxes and the United
Buffalo papers that a rumour has been in cir- ' g**^*' Dirnot Tax and Ass^psmeriu tor making
cu ation several days, that the remains of • Ro . ad «» will expire on the 27tb/day.^ A^fU'feert;
Morgan had beexvfound on the shore ot Lake I »?{ ^ " nl ?^- ll, fJ" » Aa »ld by ft* CempUJgfc

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uest was to. lie. field' on the body, and Mrs.
Morgan hud been sent for as a witness.—- —
Pi?* — Between 3 and 4 o'cock on Sunday,
nio^ninff, a barn belonging to the heir* of
Mr. Jedediah Crane, of Newark, lately de-
ceased, was burnt to (be ground ^-The gd- ,

veinor of Maine has 'appointed the 29th of
Ndrcmbet aa a Dt? of Public Thanksgiving.'

day of April next, tbej wittbe coavey44
to the purchasers, . W.rX.. MARCY, y
.. • , Comf^rolleC. !

N. B. Ltatfl of Bueh LANDS in each County
as had been sold, and wer#, 001 redeemed at :1m
date of the aboy^ poiice,>aVe been t»it^piit«d. j4>
each County Treirow, wbt^e dvity it w t«> pub-
lish the same . %\, 000 or J 1 *^* > n tb'».Cou/ ;y «if
which he.li Treaihrer Thosij iiitereftrd. *re >&•

The Fayette (Missouri) paper says, that j ferred to such lisw to aaceruu'n if their LV^^S
gopd beet-steak aellt in that market at on p |hayelwf-^^«-*«^

132

FREEDOM'S ^VRWAIi,

v

POETRY*

TOR THE frekuom's journal.

OV ITFARlNQ OF THIS DEATH OF A TOVNO FRIEND.

Thou hast passed away, ns tho flower thai
blijom'd

In the light of the morning sun;
When ovrning cam« with it? cliilly'gloom,
Like the flower thy course was run.

Wo jpted on thee in tho pride of youth,
When t hy heart was light and gay;

And cou.d not d«1k-vo tho awful truth,
That thy apiriV was call'd away.

Thou hast early fallen in a fon-ign bad,

Few tears w**re for thee shed ;
Thy grave was made by stranger hands,

Among the lonely dead.

Thou bant vanished away aa a fleeting dream,

As a vision upon the sight,
As a vap<iur before the bright sunbeam ;

Which fades in tho morning light.

h ROSA.

The heavens, O Lord ! Thy power proclaim,
And the earth echoes hack, Thy Name;
Ten thousand voices speak Thy might,
And day to day, and night to night,
XJtter.Thy praise !— Thou Lord iibove !
Thy praise—Thy glory— and Thy love.

All things I see, or hear, or feel,
Thy wisdom, goodnuss, power reveal.
The silent orescent hung on high,
So calmly sailing through the »ky;
The lowliest flower that lights the dells;
The lightest wavo the stream that swells —

The breeze that o'er the garden plays ;
The farthost planet's glimmering rays ;
The dew upon the distant hill;
The vapours that the valley fill;
The groves entutor'd harmony —
.All speak, and loudly speak of Thee.

Thy name, thy glories, they rehearse,
Great Spirit of the universe;
Sense of all sense, and Soul of soul,
Nought is too vast for Thy controul;
The meanest and tho mightiest share I
Alike Thy kindness and. Thy care.

Beneath Thy all directing nod,
JBoth worlds and worm* are equal, God;
Thy hand the comet's orbit? drew,
And lighted vonder glow-worm too;
Thou didst the dome of heaven build up,
And form'dst yon snow-drop's silver cup.

And nature with its countless throng,
And sun and moon and planet's song:
And every flower that light receives,
And.overy dew that tips its leaves,
And overy murmur of the sea-
Tunes its sweet voice to worship Thee."

TTA&XETIES.

According to the chronological tallies of
the succession of the Popes, published in
Rome, there have been 251 heads of the
church, commencing with the Apostle i'eter.
Among these Popes, 14 have been Fitnch-
luen, 5 Germans, 3 Spaniards and Portuguese,
X SlngHishman, 11 Greeks, 2 Africans, S-Thra-
■dans, Goths, and Dalmatians, the rest Italians.

The salt pifs in Poland are wonderful cav-
erns, several hundred yards deep, and, at the
bottom, are a thousand intricate winding.* and
labyrinths. These are excessively cold, and
such storms of wind arise sometime, ns notb
ing can resist. : Oac of these mines has yielded
the republic the value of forty thousand
.pounds a year, and in them are three. kinds.of
salt; one extremely .hard, and as elear as crys-
tal: another not so hard, -bin clearer; the third
soft and brittle, and of a pure whit-;. The mi-
ners are forced to take great care of Uieir
lights; for the vapour, which is- nitrous, will
sometimes take are, and set them in' a flame.

Penance.— The death of Stanislaus, king of
Poland, was occasioned in a singular manner.
: Being much addicted fosmoking, he generally
■p\ety day finished many pipes. In knocking
out the ashes,' he set fire to his gown. As no
que was near,l>im, the flames had surrounded
Jjjni, when the officers on guard, hearing his
juries, ran to- bis assistance, and extinguished
ithp fire. He might have survived, but a sin-

fful?.r circumstance accompanied the accident.
Te had been devout during the last years of.
Ibis life, and, as a ffodarice For twVsins, had
worn a girdle with points oi* theinside; these
became heated, arid being pressed into his
;tody whHe the flames we're extinguishing,
caused a nurriber of wounds,— the discharge
irom whicb, at this period of life, proved loo
inucb for bjs debilitated coostiiulion.-

Prince I^ohenlolje,Trhp hasbeea celebrated
f or the power he- possessed of working rnira*
culous cures, has not, it seems any power over
his own destinies, as his splendid palace at
Sch'ahveniz, was lately entirely, destroyed by
lire. — Eng. paper.

Tiger taming, — A party of gentlemen from
Bombay,- one day visiting the stupendous ca-
vern of elephants, discovered a tiger's whelp
m one of the obscure reces«es of the edifice.
Desirous of kidnapping the cub, Without en-
. < untering the fury of its -dam, they took it. up
hastily a»d cautiously, and retreated Being
left entirely at liberty, and extremely well
fed, the tiger grew rapidly, appeared tame
and fondling as a dog and in every respect
entirely domesticated. At length, when if
had attained a vast size, and notwithstanding
its apparent gentleness, began to inspire ter-
ror by its tremendous powers of doing mis-
chief, a piece of raw meat, dripping with
blood, fell in its way. It is to be observed
that, up to that moment, it had been studi-
omly ; kept from raw animal food. The in 1 '
stant, however, it had dipped its tongue in
blood, something like madness seemed to ha ve
seized upon the animal; a destructive princi-
ple, hitherto dormant, was awakened — it dart-
ed fiercely, and nith glaring eyes, upon its
prey— tore it with fury to pieces-^and growl-
ing and roaring in the, most fearful manner,
rushed tiff towards the jungles.-^—Zronrfori
JVetidy Review.

Curran had a more than ordinary horror of
fleas ; and being once iino^t sorely tormented
by them when sleeping at an inn, on the cir-
cuit, thus addressed the landlady in the morn-
ing. " By heavens, Madam, the fleas were
in such numbers, and seized upon my carcass
with so much ferocity, tbat if 0>ey had been
unanimous, and all pulled one way, they would
have dragged me out of bed entirely."

Stop thief, and mini your stops.-— A southern
paper contains an advertisement, offering a
reward for the apprehension of a pilfei er,who,
by inattention to punctuation, is pointed out
as having " a nose turned up in Ihfc middle
about six feet high and thirty-five years of
age. 1 '

The Burmese children are suckled for a
couplu of years : and I have sect) a child, af-
ter .taking its fill from its mother's breast,
smoke a cigar with great relish. — Alexander's
Travels.

In the year 1672, when throughout Great
Britain, only, six stage coaches were con-
stantly going, a pamphlet was written for
their suppression, and among the many grave
reasons given against their continuance, it is
stated, " these stage coaches make gentle-
men come to London on every small pecasion
which otherwise they would noudo but upon
urgent necessity; nay, the convenience of
the passage makes their wives oft«n come
up, who rather than como such a journey, on
horseback, would stay at home. Here, when
they have come to town, they must be pres-
ently hi the mode, gel fine clothes, go to
plays, and treats, and by these means get
such a habit of idleness and love of pleasure,
that they are uneasy over after."

I A CARD.
The Subscribers, (grateful fqr 'pnst fa-
vpure hitherto conforrcd upon them.) beg leave to
inform their friends. *ud the public, that Ifcey havo
removed to Np. 04 VVAJUNUT-ST. thre*> doors
above Third-at. ; whe ro thoy will bo happy to ex-
ecute all order* connected with their business,
and hope to merit u continuance of patronage.

APPO & 8AMMONS, TAILORS,

PlOt.A'f:

FREDERICK A. tjINTOiS,
Begs Ipavo to say to his friends, and the
ublic, that \m has opened a

Gentleman's pRESSING-ROOM,
At Ml 51 SOUTH FOURTH-STREET

Between Chesnut and Walnut ; where lie hopes,
from diio attention, to obtain a share of public,
patronage.

Philadelphia, Oct 1827. 31-33'

" ^oITr. draper,

(Coloured Men J
In Forest-street, BALTIMORE, Manufacture

ALL KIM>3 OF

Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappe, U Maccab.au SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American.
CIGARS.
N. II. The above gentlemen have sent me
alarga Box of their TOBACCO, for sale, and
should the experimcftt ucceed, they can supply
—y quantity of a|l tho articles. * 30
SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

M». -21$, South Sixth-street; Philadelphui.
THE Subscriber respectfully returns bin
sincere thanks to his friends and the public in
general, for their favor and patronage. He
informs t.hom, that he continues to keep a large
assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE
WEARING Al'rVvilEL of superior quality, both
new and Keond-'muled, wheie customers will be
accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-
80isr« stylo. ' He also informs Families and private
Gontle/nen, vHio havo second-handed Clothing foi
sale. that, they will meet with a good price, and
ready -sale for their goods, bv applying to

. . DANIEL PETi'MiSON,
Si'o. 218, South Sixtk-.it. Fii.uLtlclphut.

N. R. Tayloring carried on in its varzo
sra/iches, and on the cheapest terms.

Philadelphia, Oct G. 30

. EVENING SCHOOL*
The subscriber respectfully informs his

friends, that he purpose* opening a NIGHT
SCHOOL, on the first of October ensuing, pn§.
cipally for tbo benefit of Adults, in the Bapeinast
of St. Philip's Church, in Collect-street j h
which will be taught

READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, Ac. &c.
at ,2 oO per Quarter, payoble in advance.

To open at 7, and close at 1) o'clock.

B. F. HUGHES.

New-York, Sept. 18. m

HAMER & SMITH,
S TPS AM SCOURERS,

Ab. 177 milum-stnet, W. }'.

CONTINUE to cleanse and dress fonts, '
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino SUawk,
in the neatest manner. Tliey alsojr.nkc, altrr and
repair Gentleinens* Clothes, to their entire satis-
faction, and upon the most reasonable ternis.

Their mode of dressing Clothe* i« by STEA^-
SPONGJNG, which tjiey have followed with
much success for several years past ' All kinds
of spots or stains are extracted, and tbo cloth
restored to the appearance of new; and this they
engage to .perform without ajjy injury. to the-
cloth, and at least equal to any thing of the kind
don« in this or any other city of tho United States. -

August 3. 21

i EVENING SCHOOL.
ANi EVENING SCHOOL for persons o> -
Colour, will be opened on thti L*>fh of Octo-
ber next, in the African School -Room in ATul-
iierry-street ; where v. ill be tunghi
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHV.&c.
TkrMs, Three Dollars per Quarter, payable in
advanco. Hours from 0 to half past 8 o'clock.
Sept. lrt. "28

A CARD.

Respectfully informs his friends, and

the public generally, that his Ifouso,

LAND FOR SALE.
THE' subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent L.imi^.
at less than, one half its value, provided thty wilt
take measures to settle, or have it settled, by ciy
lour«d farmers. The land is in the state of Ne»-
Vork, within 70 mile* of the city : its location i*
delightful, being on the banks of the Delawar*
river, with nn open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o«
pening a direct navigation t« New-York chj ""be
passage to either city may be made in one day or
teas "The land is- of the best quality, «nd well
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his brcthf
ron, who are capitalists, will at least invest 500 or
1 ,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take
Liie liberty to say, this land can be purchascil for"
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men r ) though it
has been selling for $25. He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, ford-
ed by coloured families, would be conducive oi
much good : With this object in view he will 40
vest 500 dollars in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New-York, March. 20.

N. B. Communications on the subject, post paid
will be received and attended to.

No.

The pocket better than the head.— -A. barris-
ter, who was making a large oration for his
client, 'happening to forget himself in one of
his references, in order to refresh his memo-
ry, took Blackstone out 'of his pocket, when
one of his colleagues, with u smile, remark-
ed, "That he had more law in his pocket than
he had in his head."

Perseverance. — When Dr. Franklin walked
into Philadelphia with a roll of bread in liib
hand, little ,did he think what a contrast his
after life would exhibit: And yet, by perse-
verance and industry, be placed himself at
the tables of princes, and became a chief pil-
lar in the councils of his nation : The simple
journeyman, eating his rqll in the .street, liv-
ed to become a philosopher and a statesman^,
and to poiiiinand ttje respect of bis couhtrv
and of mankind. "What a lesson for youth J '

AMopfo dted-^A man in this city sent for ,
a respectable : physician the other d,&yi
bleed him. .When- the arm was boun^d, the
doctor askqd for something ;tq catch ,tbe
Wood. The usual articles, for ttiat.pnrpose
were offered, h"v [all refused by the pajUent,
who demanded a .tumbler. j& this ho caught
the bloori.with ibia own ha^d, an.d vvhen it
wo* full, , after ordering ; tbe doetor to stop ii ?
Jie put. the tjumbJer tq hi* moutb,, ftnd 4^nk
0$ the icontents '. Qn.th.e doctor^ .eicprepsing
hia horror- at<tl|e action, the patient sAid Vo»t
he had several times bled himself to get 1jie
Wood to. . drink-rrit was the best physic Jie

Church-street, is still open for the accoimnodat
of genteel persons of colour, with

BOARDING & LODGING.
Grateful for past favours, he solicits a. con-
tinuant of the same. His house in in a healthy
id pleasant .part nf the city; and no pains or ex-
pense will bo spared on his part, to render tho si-
tuations of those who honour him with their pa-
tronage, as comfortable as possible.
New-York, Sep t. 1827. 26— 3tn

nWiceT

TheI " African' Mutual Instruction

Society, for the-lnstruction of coloured Adults,
of both Sexes," havo re-open their SCHOOL, on
iVio.vn.tr Evening, October 1st, at their former
School- (loom, under th-i Mariner's Church, in
lloosovolt-strcct The School will be open on
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Evenings,
at half pust G o'clock.

Thoise dosirom of receiving instruction, will
be taught to Read, Write and Cypher, until the
first of April, 1828, for the sipall sum of one dol-
lar, to|bo paid Qn entering the school.

An parly application is requested, as there will
be no jallowh nee- made for past time.
• Jlar\m Wood; ' [ James Myers,

-.William )\ Johnson; 1 Arnold Klzie,

$1 M. Africanus, ' Henry 'King,

' Trustees.

Best Summer, and Winter-Strained

SPERM OIL. / , ..
THE subscriber begs leave to return his
thauki to hja patrons for past 'favours, and, takes
this msthpd 0/ informing them and the. public in
genorr.l, that he constantly keeps dn hand a sup-
j»ly of (Seasonable Oi'L, of the first Quality, which
he will deliver in any part of the jcity r at the
shorte it notice.

A libdral deduction mode to Churches., .and

(CP
those

yho buy by the .quantity.

JOHN ROBERTS,
35 CurraOt^Ucy, third door above Locust-
24-3ni : • .'street, Philadelphia; ,

The FREEDOMS JOURNAL,
Is publhrficd everyFKinAV.atNo lo2Chureh-»tre«t
New-York.

The price is tobee dollars a year, pay*fcl«
half yearly in advance. If paid at the time of
subscribing, $2 50 will be received.

!ET No subscription will be received for ft lew
term than Ono Year.

Agents who procuro and pay for five subscri-
bers, are entitled to a sixth copy gratis, for ose

year.

No paper discontinued until all arreartgeg ire
paid, except at the discretion of the Editor*.

All communications, (except those of Agent^).
must be post paid.

RATES OF ADVERTISING.
For over 12 lines, and not exceeding 22, 1st

insertion, - - - - - 75et£
" each repetition ofdo. - - - - 38
" 12 lines or under, 1st insertion, - 50
each repetition ofdo. - 25
Proportional prices for advertisements which
exceed 22 lines.

N. B. 15 per cent deduction for persons tdyer*
tising by tho year ; J2 for b' mos. y and 6 for '&

ai'th oivised agekts.
Rcy. S. E. Cvrnish, General Agent.
Maine— C. Stockbridge, Esq. North Yarmouth*.

Mr. Reuben Ruby, Portland , IVle.
Massachusetts— Mr. David Walker, BbBton; R«t-
Thouias Panljdo^-Mr. John Rcmpnd^gak'Dl*
Connecticut — Mr. John Shields, New-Haviifl-r
* Mr. Isaac C.-Glasko, Norwich,
Rhode-Island— Mr. George C.Willis, Proviaonq*-
Pennsylvania— Mr. FruncisWebb, P.hijadclphia-r

Mr. Stephon Smith,' Columbia'. *
Maryland— MoserS. R. Qowlcy & H. Gricc, Bal-
timore I
pfst. of (Mttinbia^-Mr. ). W. Prot»t, Washingtonr

-Mr Thomas' Braddock, Alexandria.
Aew- ForWrUv. Na.thanicl-P«ui, Albany .r— -Mr.
R. P. G. V4(right/Schenpc'.ftdy.-A 1 M8tmStcw-
urd, Rochester— ReviW .P.Willianjs, .Flwhinf-
Kew-Jtrstyr^hu; Theodore S. Wright, PriDC*r'
ton— Mr J anion C. Cowcs, New-wun^wiick^-
Rpy..Jl> ,F.' .Hughes, : Newark-Mr. .Leo*"* a
Scott, Trenton.' , . . , •

Virginia— Mr. W. D Baptist,#redeiicW»prgk : j
J/aa<*WFJtvOa.rd.i r ier..P^trav^^ • ■ s '

FRMEDOif^ JOURNAL.

RIGHTEOUSNESS BXALTETH A NATION."

EMILY MILBURNE.
Lucubraiio jw of Humphrey Ravelin.
It wa3 some tiirue in the autumn of 1808,

to awaken no 'nierest, was a sbarp-vi*aged,
ferret eyed personage, whom I 'nwaruly set
down as the attorney of the platee,-~*tanding
, „ , , with his bands in his pockets, under the arch-
immediately afier our return trom the fatal ; way pf the inD| aml y } ew ing the whole scene
•expedition to the marshes of the Scheldt, j w j tb an air 0 f ca i m> aelf-satisfied contempt. ,
that it tell to the lot of a, portion of my re- i vvas 8t ni engaged in surveving the groups
^iment to be quartered in the beautiful ^ and ! 0 f village idlers whom our arrlvalhad attrac-

romantic village of h , in one of the i te{ j to the spot, when I was politely accosted

•most picturesque districts of the west of Img- 1 by a Granger, with an' apology for forcing
land. We had suffered severely from the ! himself u pon my attenlion. He was an el-
baieful consequences ot the climate of Wal- ; derly man> - with that bearing of mingled
cheren; and brought away with us ail the re- ; ■ frankness and unobtrusive retirement of nun
mains of a disorder, which, while it reduced ; ner wbiiih gnes ftt once to the heart. Qe had
the body, to the last s age of weakness, was ; corap ietejy tho stamp of the gentleman; but
remarkable for tainting the mind, beyond the ; lho UP ba n ity of his address appeared to flow'
effects of disease, with a gloom and rathey from kindJy fe e y mf r Bi chastened by ap-

ordinary

depression of spirits that extended almost to
the verge of insanity. When placed on ship-
board tor England {here were few of our
number who had not been attacked with the
fever; and we were only roused fr m the de-
spondency and indifference to life which
marked tho malady, by our landing on the
-shores v f Devonshire. Never did the lovely
verdure of our native land seem \o smile such

prehension lest the unreserved indulgence of
his natural benevolence should offend,' than
to spring from the polished ease of the man
of the world. He said that the village was
small, and he feared we would find its ac-
commodations indifferent; particularly, as he
was sorry to perceive we were among the
sufferers of the Walcheren expedition-. His
own residence was quite a cottage, but he

a welcome,-never did the upland swell in ; cou!d ise mor0 qu i e t and comfort for two
such softness, and the varied tints of the of oQr number under its Ttiot ; toan the nei gh .

copse hang in such luxuriant beauty around
us, as when first we exchanged the barren
sands of Flushing, and the confinement of a
•sickly transport, for the green hiU and dale
of our happy island*. Instead of being sent
intogarrison,\\e were distributed for quarters
of refreshment, into different villages; and at
the close of our last day's march, the detach-
imtnt to whic h I belonged drew lip before the
principal public house of the little township
of E — : — ,~to receive their billets from the
head constable of the pl?ce. While this dig-
nified depository of civil authority, who also
•exercised the useful craft of a cordwainer,
was bus ed in performing his magisterial
function:? .with suitable gravity of. office, I
amused 1 myseif "with looking at the scepe

bouring farm-houses might perhaps afford. If
we would allow him, therefore, to become the
host to myself and another of our officers, at
least until we had time to look about us for a
shelter, we should really be' conferring an
obligation upon him; " for," said he, '' yon
will give me the satisfaction of knowing, that
I am in some measure discharging what I
consider to be the duty of every Englishman
towards the gallant fellows who devote their
lives to avert tho miseries of wur from our
fire-sides !" •

It is so rare an occurrence with a military
man to experience attention or hospitality in
England, that the addret* of tbV stranger at
fir*£ *^kcUed my surprise. ; there Was *n
earnestness and sincerity about him,' whic

about me. No one but the soldier, who has j milie ) t i mposs jble to doubt that he meant bis-
been tossed and buffeted round the world at ! offer t0 be accepted> and that to reject it

the spoH of fortune ; none but the wanderer,
who has been doomed to undergo every
change of- climate, and to mingle with every

would be to distress him. The exteror, too,
of the little inn before which we stood, was
pot such as to promise even its mediocrity

vartetyof the human ^fP e f ies » :t c ( ; in a PPf*: J of entertainment to above one : half of our

party; and I felt, with the languor of one
who had just wrestlod with disease, that the
calm and repose of a private house were
temptations irresistible. •<

I accordingly thanked the ol.t gentleman
with a warmth inspired and merited by his
conduct, and told him that I would avail my-
self of his friendly proposal in the spirit in
which it was made, with the proviso, how-
ever, that my intrusion should continue only
until I could select a lodging among the
houses- of the village.
He replied, with a smile, that we should do

ciate the glowing feelings with which, after
absence and suffering, a man once more re-
cognizes such a picture of English country
i'fc as now piesented itself to our delighted
eye. Within about three miles of our desti-
nation, the line of march had diverged from
the main road to en'er the fertile valley at
whose extremity stood the village, with its
scattered farms and cottages - , sheltered by
the banning woods am! bold outline of a range
of hills which swept like an amphitheatre ; unt jf j Ctul i d SP |ect
jound it;- As the small detachment, followed '
by its baggage-wagon, slowly wouim' through

fore me ; yet neither the (leadening influence
of these twelve years of existence, at a peri-
id of life when every hour takes from the
acuteness of .recollection, and every'. feeling
gradually losea its intensity ; not all the hard-
jning effects of a profession of danger, and
familiarity with the Horrors of warfare, have
'eenable in any degree to soften the keen-
essj the bitterness of regret, which fills, my
eart at the reflection thutl was the uufortu-
ate instrument of ruin to the hapless family
I Milburne. It is a black tale of perfidy, and
. shall pass with a rapid hand over its disgust-
ing details, *.
I Our host, Mr, Milburne, was the son of a
London merchant of substance, who would
have engrafted the spirit of mercantile enter-
prise upon the classical education which he

the narrow road,— the hedge-rows oi which I as we ] eagod . b|It> that he j, oped t0 induce
h.»re and there closed over our route, and for j us not t0 shor . en t h e graiification he should
tho moment lent a sombre hue to ine land- j ri(?rive fr0lJ1 our prPgence , Therc vvas in oljr
*ca|Hf,— the rays of tho siting sun were j.«st; dewwhm6nt an officeri who . ad j oint , d tne
gilding the grey spire of the ch.irch, and : corDS from , in , )t>!|er re gi m eiit immediately
chnenng iw, at ovcry opening which discov- , ,- vioM8 t0 0(jr f . Jn b ar kation for the Scheldt;
ered it witn the assurance- that we drew to- i a m;ui betwtt01 , fiv*.j,m!-thirty and forty years
wards the enrl «,| „nr inarch. Before we hal- ! of R ^ wjth itntUin!! rH1 uarkablc in his per-
illao-e had turned out to nave ; gon ( ; r addres!9 bllt ai »nnrenllv of inoffensive,
soj-er". and were congre^a- irpntleumnlike demeanour. . We had hitherto
ted about ti,e green, which witu its spreading , inle of him . for shortly after we sat

elms, afturded tee general spot of aMv-ly : df)Wn before p lus() i riJfi tie had been, seized
f.r business or plc:isure,>~the seat alike <' . : with fever, ami remained utterly incapacita-
tl.e fair and tne holiday wake. A jvirty ; ot j ted for doty, during the bombardment, and
countrymen ha.' ooen smoking their evening | Qi(r 8 , bspq ,; cnt con ,i nUftriCe 0 n that service.

r-'i, upon the bencn at the ; was sJiJ , an luva|ul ^ a$ lho stran , rer
house, ami were now goO(.' • - * • • «

tel. the who!
a view of the

pipe over a tan
<.'"Or of the puM

naioieii'v oifering a share of their ale to our
poor fellows; whose appearance g^e too
certain warrant tha! ?hey had v.-flh ditficolty
f.-"c!iped >.•■ i;h t.'.eir bociie.* from the charrsei
house. The village gossips uer<- drawn tb-
gether io koots. regarding the stliow counie-

' nances of our men with the eloqmmt eye
of fr-ii.nio pitv ; hud rural p(diin:ians were
shaking thei/heads at the want of jsidgmviit
am! top-sight wl.-ioh could seud the flo'ver ei'
the fan i tiir.s to wither in the pesiilential
u •d-i-i esof Wnloheren. Evei! the pert vh-nn-
t'-rmaid oi little inn seemed for a moment-
for .retting ior h.ib* ttial smirk and giggie, »>j

• *r?ga:d us \\ i tit a sober look of con^ein, whicii
v as r . lifted on tWe bro.i;l shining face 'of
her fe'l v.v servant. John Ostler; «i'hi!e ihe
only hpoetator, in »vhom our party appeared'
* V clo.-er and amusing *v tilt, published by
Me&srs. Wnniaier, Landuh, Icio.

insisted upon extending his hospitality to a
second of our p^rty, I introduced Mr. Dan-
ville .to him for the purpose. ,

lie -was, excepiiug; myself, more advanced'
in life than the rest of. his companions, itnd it;
was my object to choose the most se-iate
among them. I knew him only as an ac-
quaintance, but the state of his health gave
him '. claim to the preference. Little did I
imagine, as we entered the .tranquil dwelling
of rhe kind-hearted old niaii^.thut f waVthe
harbinger o| despair and death to the ir-no-
ceut inmates : little did i then know the un-
gratoiol, the unmerciful, villain, whom I usli-
en d beneath the roof where all was harmony
ami peace. Twelve years have now mixed
with the current uf time since our e lit ra !./.»:
into the: vale of E — — — brought desoJnlion
upon the happiest little .circle.- within.' its lim-
irs ;fuid ni/iiiyui c ban «-ing' scene oj* trial, pri-,
vation and biutdihfd, have* *mce passed be-

bestowed upon the youth ; but the young
man found business incompatible with his ha-
bits and tastes, and resigned both his. place
iri the firm and the prospect of his* father's
Accumulated wealth to a younger brother. A
relation had fortunately made him the heir
to a decent independence, of which the dis-
pleasure of his father could not deprive him;
ajnd upon this was Milburne' contented to rest
qis h pe3 for the future, his wants, and de-
sjires. He marHed; and, at an age when oth-
|rs are more eager in purgulng their career
f ambition or avarice, retired to his books,
and the tranquil possession of domestic plea-
sures. He knew little of ;the world; and for
many years was haply even ignorant that a
bitter drop was to be found in the cup of ex-
istence. The loss of the partner of his ejv
jbyinents, was almost tho first of his sorrows;
and if he afterwards found auglit to aljeyiate
tne stroke, and to throw a gleam of srashina
On his solitary path, it was that the|bounty
of Heaven had yet reserved, for him two
daughters, in whom he might fondly hope to
trace the lineaments and virtues of their mo-
ther. The *ld^st of Uiese girls was just nine-
tben'J" and the' youngest s'carc'ely'mor'e thaii a
child, wheri he opened his hospitable doors
fpr our reception. Unhappily for him, our
residence was fated to be longer than I had
intended when I consented to pass a few days

J'ithin his cottage. It occurs with the fever
nd aguo of Walcheren, as with other dis-
eases contracted in campaigns in i nheHlthy
qlimates, that the. malady is most sensibly
felt when a state of repose and inactivity has
succeeded to the necessity for exertion : we
Had scarcely begun to experience all the com-
fort of the transition which a few days had
produced in our situation, when both Mr.
t)anviilo and myself were'visiled with a dan-
geroas relapse of f he disease, the ravages of
which we had lately surmounted. Nothing
dould exceed the humane attention, the tem
t|er care, whic^i we received, in the crisis ot*
our illness, from both Milburne and his lovely
daughter--— Gracious God! that llmii- soJicf-
l-ude should have met with such a revvavd. For
ays and weeks, during which the ta(l:ei:and
aughter watched over my be<l with uticeay-.
ing anxiety, I was.deprived of alt knowledge
(j)l what was- passing about me; ami when ilie
violence of the fever had subsided, the light
Itirrn of Emily Milburne Hooted like a shadow
before me, among the first perceptions of. re-
turning consciousness. Her ministering aid
(leased not with the moment of clanger; and,
as I slowlj' recov red my health* she was still
t|he angol thai cheered me in those hours of
tnoihid dejection which attended the return
ljo convalescence. .V)y compauioif had been
m still more imminent peril than myself, and
the result, of his disorder was yet doubtful.
He, in consequence, claimed the greater por-
tion of her attention; hut it was only shared,
is wolf as that of her father, in common, with
nyself. I knew md why, Imt 1 soon found the
}re.«cpce. "f the artless gir! so necessary te my
:oiiiibrl, that I became peevish and irritable
vheiiever she left me. I felt all that sweet-
icss «f joy which thp.hero. of cb'vahy experi-
uiced when his couch was witnessed by !he
Distress of his heart. In a moment of solitude,

' ventured to analyse the sensations which, at . , - , ? , . , , .

fty, made a girl of nineteen ever present to ^. bout . d,I8fe , a han<lso rae horse was offered to,
ny reveries ; and for.the only time in my fife, him »t so cheap a rate, that he w.a led to>
,vouid have given worlds to have 'recalled the Inspect the; animal to be unsound : as he

pse or twenty summers. But it was in vain: ( co ;: ,d ' h^ever, discover no l.hihiish, as the
bad already chosen my lonely course, ; W S?V **% er M? r reasuas «eU known ij hi ra-
arid hadgloomily resolved, like the sceptic Ul^JT 1 ? 6 * ? baf '?°» V
uemioned by Wordsworth }6 i« eo sounding ^ hl8 first moderate demand,; our traveK
m a dim and perilous way,"! thenceforward • le f '1°™™ Phaser .of j -hont, in
thought of Emily but as id of whose happi 1 i^luch-h,s sk.lUeuid discern no blemish, at

ness I would have laid down - my life to en-
sure. She was, indeed, innocence itself; and
there was not a movement nor action of her
'ife which did riot speak the utter guilelesi-
ness'of her character. Iter father, I have/ •
said, was little, versed in the ways of the
world; but she bad. never even mingled with
it, and the few families of the vicinity formed
the extent of her acquaintance with her spe-
cies. But why am I fondly lingering over the
contemplation of all that -she was? I wrs^
goon to behold her no more; and had scarcely '
regained my usual strength, before an order
reached me in the tour of duty, to join that
battalion of my regiment which was eerving:
in' Portugal.

(To-be Continued.)

ANIMAL*SAGACITY.
From one of the early numbers'of Blackwood's
M igazinc w<? haVe made the following extract :

A young gentleman of fortune and fashion^
lately residing as a visitor in Edinburgh, was
the master^ of a beautiful and accomplished
span?el bijeh, which had, in all probability
been educated to steal for the benefit of a
former master. It was some time ere his
new master, who had bought the animal from
a person who dealt in silling fioga, became
tware of this irregularity of morals, und he
was astonished and teazed by the animal
bringing home articles' which he had picked
up in an irregular manner. But when he
perceived that the spaniel proceeded upqn,
system' he used to amuse his friends by caus-
ing her to give proofs of her sagacity in the
Spartan art of privately stealing, putting, of
course, the shop-keepers where he meant sh'fl
should exercise, her /acuity, on guard as to
tl^e issue.

The process was curious, and excite*
some surprise at the pains which must
have been bestowed to qualify the animal
for these practices. So soon as th« master
entered a'thop, . the .dog scemeirl to kvoii »U i
appearance of recogiming or acknowl^dflfejf ,'
any connexion with him, out lounged about
with an indolent, disengaged aftd independ-
ent sort of manner, as if she had eome into
the shop of her own accord, in the course
of looking over some wares, bis master indi-\
cateu, by a touch on the parcel and a look
towards the spaniel, that which he desired
she should appropriate and then left the shop.
The dog, whose watchful eye caught the hint
in an instant, instead of following her master
out of the shop, continued to sit at the door,
or lie by the fire, or watch the counter, nntil
she observed the attention- of tho people of .
the shop withdrawn from the pme which she
wished to secure. Whenever ahe saw an
opportunity of doing so unobserved, she nev-
er faih'd to jump upon the "counter with her
fore feet, possess herself of the gloves, or
whatever else had been .pointed out to her,
and escape from the shop to join her master.
It is easy to conceive for what purposes this
i nimal's sagacity had been thus perverted, ,
but it would be difficult to form a probable
guess at the particular method of training
her to this mode' of speculation;

We know well a gentlemen, in the profes-
sion of the law>( to which his worth and hon-
our rendered him an ornament,) who used to
give an account of an embarrassing accident
which befelbim on a journey to tiondon r .and
«jhich may serve* as a corollary to our tale of
the spaniel In this, gentleman's youth (pro-
bably between the years 1750 and 1760.) the
journey between Edinburgh and London was
usually performed on horseback'. - The trav-
eller might either ride post, or, if willing te
travel more economically; he bought a horse,
and sold him at .the end of his journey... ;

The gentlman of whom we speak, who was
a 1 good judge of horses as well as a good
horseman; had chosen the latter mode of ,
travelling, arid had sold the horse on which \
he rodo from Scotland, as soau as he a"k*
ed' in London. With a view to bis return,
he went to Sniifhfield to purchase a horse
the evening before lie set out northwards.

131

On the next morning; he set ..baton hia
journey, His horse had excellent paces :
and the first few miles, while the road was
well frequented, our traveller spent in con-
gratulating himself on his good fortune. On
Finchley Common, and at a place where the
road fun down one 6light ascent and-up an-
other, the traveller met a clergyman driving
a ojrije horse dhaise. There was no body in
sight; and the; horse by his manoeuvre, plainly
intubated .what had been his former master.
Instead of passing the one- hoi se chaise, he
laid his counter close up ; to it, and stopt it,
having.no doujbt that his rider would take so
fair. an. opportunity of exorcising .his vocation.
The clergyman, under the same mistake,
produced Jiisjpurse unasked, and assured the
inoffensive and surprized" horseman, that it
was unnecessary to draw his pistol. Tnp trav-
eller rallied his horse, with apologies to the
venerable member of the Church whom he
had unwillingly affrighted, and pursued his
journey. The horse next made the same
suspicious approach to a coach, from the win-
dows of which a blusderbuss* was levelled
with denunciations of death and destruction
to our countryman, though sackless, he ex-
pressed it, of all offence in deed or word. ~
ln a word— after his life hnd been once. or
twice endangered by the suspicions to which
his horse's conduct gave rise, and his liberty
as often threatened by peace-officers, who
were disposed to apprehend him as the noto-
rious highwayman, who had formerly ridden
the horse in question, ho found himself oblig-
ed to part with the inauspicious animal for a
mere trifle ; and to purchase, at a pretty dear
rate, a horse of less external figure and ac-
tion, but of better moral habits.

Blaekwood's Ed. Mag. vol. 2d.

THE OLD 31 AID'S DIARY.

Years.

15. Anxfpus for coming, out, and the atten-
tion of the men.

16;i Begins i to -have some idea of the tender
passion.

17j TalksW love in a cottage, and disinter-
ested affection;

18. Fancies herself in love with some hand-

some man, who has flattered' her.

19. Is a little more difficult, in consequence

of being noticed.

20. Commences fashionable, and dashes.

21. Still more confidence in her own attrac-

tions, and expects a brilliant establish
ment.

22< Refuses a .good offer, because lie is not

a man of fashion.
23/ Flirts with every young man she meets.
24. Wonders she is not married,
25.1 Rather mor* circumspect in her conduct.
26i Begins to think a large fortune not quite

so indispensable.

27. Prefers the company of rational men to
. .flirting..

28. Wishes to be married .in a quiet way

with. a comfortable icnomc.

29. Almost despairs of entering the married

state;

Rather fearful of being called an old
maid.

An additional love of dres?.
Professes to dislike balls, finding it diffi-
cult to get good partners.

33. Wonders, how men can leave the society

of sensible men to flirt wi th chits.

34. Affects good humour in her conversation

with men.

35. Jealous of the praises of women.
3b*. Quarrels with her friend, who is lately

married.

37. Thinks -herself slighted in society.

38. Likes talking of her acquaintance who

are married unfortunately, and finds
consolation in their misfortunes.

39. Til-nature increases.

40. Very, meddling and officious. — X. B. A

growing penchant.
45. If rich, as a dernier resort makes- love to
a young' man without fortune.

42. Not succeeding, rails against the sex.

43. Partiality for cards; and scandal com-

mences

44. Severe against the manners of the age.

45. Strong predilection for a Methodist par-

son.

4o. Enraged at his desertion.

47. Becomes desponding, and takes snuff.

48. Turns all hersensibility to cats and dogs.

49. Adopts a dependent relation to attend on

dogs.

50. Becomes disgusted with the world, and

vents -all her ill-humour on this unfor-
tunate relation.

A Frenchman, moving lately in a boat on
JVew York canal, was near getting his
head broke, by popping it out just as the boat
was passing under a bridge. Morbleu,
Captain, cried he, for., why ycu tell me look,
out .' 7 Qok out . But the French ^carpenter
was as much in fault, whose constant call,
when throwing rubbage frota the roof of a
tuwse was, stan unner

FOR TfHS FREEDOM'S JOUHNAL. ,'
AJIERI^AJf COLOMZAripN SOCIETY^

. JVb. VI.i-(Conclvded.)

3. The WtiiUingnea* of the coloured people
to emigrate is alleged as an insuperable ob-
jaoti&n a|Mn8t".tho colonizatiort' scheme.—
^Seo ourold? friend Cams 0raccnirt on thig
subject !) The weight of this objection will
only be felt, when the means at tlie disposal
of the society shall be aiiore-than adequate to
the removal of those who are. volunteers-- as
yet the Society has in its offer, five times as
many as they, have it in their power to trans-
port, But little pains Ifeave heretofore been
taken to. enlighten! the coloured community ;
the write?, so far as is fcubwn to hinvhas the
honour to take the lead! jn this business..' But 1
this objection betrays a great ignorance, of
human nature, Asa general rule men. eve-
ry where, and of every class r desire to better
their circumstances* Point out to them and;
convince them of a. mode by which thU oli
ject is to be attained, and' they will not fail to
embrtce it. Many may doubt and hesitate,
and this is wisely ordered as. a check op
rash, adventures : But if the advantages be
substantial and progressive, no fears need bo
entertained as; to the issue. Hitherto-, the
inducements to emigration have been few,
an experiment 'has been going forward, arid
none but men of nerve were needed as the
germ. of the future empire. But the Society
may now raise a bolder note, and hold forth
inducements not a few., and that must have
weight. Towns and cities and. commerce
and schools and respectability and rights and
wealth and office, have attractions far most
persons. Tjiese , things . will arg»ie better
than Samuel Clark," though not perhaps so
logically. Some are probably better situa-
ted here than they could bo in Liberia. ; let
such be thankful and contented. Far be it
from us lo invite them from our shores, or to
infringe upon their rights. Would tfr.at all
coloured people were in the like situation !
But these in fact constitute a small propor-
tion. They are -enabled to make progress
under favour of an eddy ; but the mass are
beating unsheltered 'against the violence of
the current— let them betake themselves to
the adjoining harbour,

Finally. The scheme i3 objected, to as
wholly impracticable*: Its successful accom-
plishment would require tho transportation
of not less than {50,000 yearly, for the space
of half a century and at an inconceivable ex-
pense.

In matters of philanthropy, wo are not to
fold .our hands, because wo cannot accom-
plish the whole of what is desirable. The
Philanthropist cannot hope to remove the ills
that betide humanity ; but he may do his
humble part in lessening their number and
alleviating their character. If therefore tiie
fact alleged be true, it, constitutes no objec-
tion. \Vo may do something towards bet-
tering the circumstances of the free coloured
population ; something towards checking the
Slave Trade ; somothing towards the cause
of emancipation, and from these various items
the aggregate clear gain to < he cause of
humanity may bo considerable. *' Despise
not the day of small things." When the
spirit of benevolence is once afloat, no man is
competent to say of if, thus fat* may it go but
no farther. That expense has been incurred,
and 'how little accomplished ! with ns much
propriety might it bo retorted, what toils has
the husbandman endured and yet reaped no
fruit, whereas in fact his fields are now wlii-
tenirg to. the harvest! The principal difficul-
ties must ever bo encountered at the com-
mencement of a colony. These difficulties
are now at an end. Lands are already pro-
cured, near'y sufficient for our entire colour-
ed population. The colony has prss'ed its
weakly jnf.it.cy, and its smiJes in future will
olivet more than its former cries. The same
experience that has already been incurred
will multiply the number of colonists one
hundred fold. The patronage of the Society
increasing rapidly and its expences lessening
in an equal ratio. Emigrants are now trans
ported at less than one half the costs former-
ly incurred ; aiid the trade now commencing
with the colony, piust finally reduce this. ex
pensc to a me re trifle. Besides* as has nl
ready been intimated, the inhabitants «f Libe-
ria are fluting, vessels for this purpose them-
selves : nor is it 1 at all unreasonable to stip-
po: e, that thousands will ultimately pay and
work their own passage : so that from these
various sources, the emigrations must be' ex-
ceedingly ntimdrous, arid the colony must in
crease in a geometrical ratio; '
• But we do not admit that the object of this
institution may not be completely attained
The society fiavd ever regarded and represen-
ted their 'object^ da national, and as entitled to
national paWona^e, * The Sovereign People,'
arid -when 'they-epeak --'decidedly tbeirrepre-
sentatfyea must obey. The revolution of

public sentiment now going on in favour ofthq,!
Coloriiiutioh Society equals the most san-
guine exnilctfttions.., The mass of communi-
ty from. North Carolina to Maine are decided-
ly friendlyy: ands the-Legislatures of at least
four ! 8tatea have passed resolutions expres-
sive, of thcur approbation. No reasonable
doubt can be entertained that, tljo .General
Government, will ultimately patronize the
object, aU.hb 1 it may be, as fiercely contested
as was the Missouri-question. The enquiry
returns: i Can ever the General Government
effect the object? We u reply, According to
the Common tcomputatidn, not leafs than 200,-
000 v nave b«em stolen annually from ; the
coasts of Africa, for many, years past-r-
Thrae have been taken in the most disad-
vantageous "circumstances ; furtively,, by
w retched arid discontented banditti, and in
; def\ance qf< the decrees : and • fleets- of the
two jnost maritime-powers on the face of the
Globe ! One is strongly reminded of Bishop
Latimore's reproof " If you.will not emulate
good mem, for shame let the devil prompt you,
he is never idle*" It is' a eupposable case, —
that one of the most flourishing nations on
earth,, and in promotion of one of the grand-
est schemes of benevolence, cannot retrans-
port one fourth the number! I shall not enter
bn the calculations that have been so often
made on the subject: suffice it to state as the
result, that less than one tenth of the surplus
revenue of the Government is adequate lo
the object, even on the supposition; that Gov-
ernment must bear the entire expense !
Yours,- &c .

JOHN H. KENNEDY.
Philadelphia Oct. '3d, 1827.

■- ««®o«~- y - ,

LKTTEU FKOitt BISHOP AJfiLEN.

The following Letter from the Rev- Bishon
Ali,en, oj Pennsylvania, will shew in what
light that aged % and di voted Minister of the
Gospel, views thi subject of African Coloniza-
tion. It was toritle- ai our request, to contra-
dict certain repurl8 s of his having become a
convert to the colonization scheme.
7 b the Editor of Oik li Fhf.edoVs Journal."
a r S-k: V
I h-.:» for several yeurs boon.striviug to re-
concile my si) c/i (!,•■!(.■. ihir colonisation of Afri-
cans in'l.ibf'riiu, but. there have niwnya been,
and thorc slill remaiji great and indurmounta-
ble objf-.;ti6ris n^niiwi i^* scheme We are
an unlettered-people, brouirht "P in ignorance;
not oiie in u hundred can read .or- write ; not
one )n a thousand has a liberal educaLion. Is
there any fUnes? for such to be sent into a
far c'ountfy, among Heathens, to convert or
civilize them ; when they themselves are nei-
ther 1 civilized nor christianized'? Sec the
grea't-bulk of the poor ignorant Africans in
this couniry; exposed to every temptation be-
fore them ; all for the want of their morals
being refined by edneatio;), and proper atten-
dance paid unto them by their owners, or
those who had the charge of thorn. Jt is said
by the couthem slave-holders, that the nu-re
ignorant they can brine: up the Africans, the
better stores* they make It- is enough for
theni to know the words, " go and come.'- —
Is there any fitness for fiuciv people to be col-
onized in a far country, to be their oivn ru-
lers ? Can we not discern the project of send
ing the free people of colour away from this
country? Is it not for tlie interest < f the
slave holder, to select, the "free people of
colour out of the different states, and send
them to Liberia? Will it. not make their
slaves uneasy to see freemen of colour-en-
joying liberty "? It is against the law in some
of th'osouthern states, that a person of colour
should receive an education under a severe
penalty. Colonizationists epeak of America
being first colonized, but is there any compa-
rison between tho two? America was coloni-
zed by as wise, judicious, and educated men
as the- world afforded. William Penn did not
want; for learning, wisdom, or intelligence.
If all the people in Europe and America were
as igjnorant, and'in the same situation as our
brethren, what would become of the world;
where would be the principle or piety that
would govern the people? We were stolen
from our mother' cnuntryand brought here.
We have titled tho ground and made fortunes
for thousands, and still they are not weary of
our : BerX ices. But they who stay- to till the
ground must be^ slaves. Is thef'o not land
enough; in America, or "corn enough in
Egypt ?" why would* they send us into a far
country to die ?" See the thousands of 'foreign-
ers emigrating to America every year : and'if
there be igrrund sufficient for them to culti-
vate^ and bre»d for them to eal ; why would
they! wish to send the first tillers of the land
away ? 'Africans have niade fortunes for thou-
sands, who are yet unwilling to part with
their services ; -but the free mmt be sent
away, and those who remain must be stove*?

I h*ye hp 4oubt th»l there arc mtny good
men who dd not aee as I do ; and who are for
seniliug.ui to Liberia, byt th«y have not duly
considered tho subject— -they are not men of
colour. This land which we have watered
With our tear* and our blood, is jiow ooi
mother country and we are well satisfied -tt
stay where wid om abounds, and the gospp
is free.

BlICHARD ALLEN,
Bishop of the .African Methodist Epiteopo
Church in the Untied States.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOUIUUL.

03SERVER.~No.VlH.

The present, says every body, and whs
evory body says- raust be true, is an a^e p
improvement. < Jlit things have passed awt
—the face of nature is changed, and ever
thing wears a new aspect. Solomon, to bl
sure" hath said, thjere is no, hew thing unde
the sun: but then ho did not know whalmigfi
be tinder the moon. From the time of thii -
wise king, down to the present age, mtpkiat
have been ignorant of what new things then
were among tho Moonites. And this igno
ranee would, in all probability, have still con-
tinued, were it not that a certain society, inx
ious to enlarge the stores of knowledge, de-
termined to fit out an expedition, to explore
the hitherto unknown regions, and discover
what new th ingfl have there taken place.-
Tho time occupied in this voyage, I hare
been unable to learn; It is known, however^
that the party-returned safe to. earth, having-
experienced no serious obsUclp. ' 'TW tnie,
that they were, ali seized with pajrtial fits, of
derangement ; but this I suppose was owing
to the rarity of tho atmosphere. They have
as yet- kept secrel.the grand. discoveries they
have madci for reasons- 1 suppose bestknowa
to themselves.

One t ew thing only has been made public,
and the discovery of this is well : worth the?
trouble and expense of (he expedition. If
wan told to them by the learned Moonites,
that a coloured man, born in America, was a
native of Liberia ! Fraught with this new
thing, they have,! in theinzeal for the propa-
gation of new principles mad< j it knownto
every coloured citizen of the United States.
They have issued circulars, and preaclfed
sr-r:nons, and- levied contributions far. asd
wide, to prove the truth of th,is propositioR*.
They have pictured to the coloured man,
in- glowing colours the delight8 ; of "Sweet
Home," and then ■advise-lfim/by^all -his hopes
of comfort and happiness, to leave - his d wel-
ling, the home of his youth.. endeared to him
by -'a. thousand tender recollections, and hie
him away to the-wildernesss and the desert!
They tell him he cennot enjoy his life in
peace in this "free and happy country*" and
would se.nd him. to a land where, if the fever
doth not kill him the first week, it is good.— .
But if -he remain to bo devoured by tigers,
and squeezed by ourang outangs, and shot by
A^hantees ; .it i<? f«r the better ! Should' he
chance lo taste none of these pleasures, and ■
survive, without having experienced either
the close hu{? of the ape, or tiie koifc of the
savage, he will then have v he supreiue^fe-
licity of reflecting that he is in very deed -and
name a free and independent man. There-
shall be none to say to him, Do^ this. For
his friends — the earth doth cover th.em, and
hh^connnections — the beasts have devoured
them. Such are the consoling reflections of
a man who flees himself standing alone oil
the fertile soil of Liberia. Bereft of kindred),
home, and friends, he is yet

" monarch of all he surveys
both boast; fowl and creeping thing!?, of which /
there ara no lack. Such has been thy
grand discoveries made by this society. Is it
not onouffh to induce every coloured m?n to-
take up his bed and walk ? "to make him leave-
this abominable country, for a land where.
mciny and various blessings will attend bits?
A'word to the wise is sufficient. ^

MooxARica.

Xew-York, Oct, 24th, 1827.

Mr. Observer,

You will greatly oblige a snbscribcr f by in-
serting toe following;. lama church-ffpin?
iady, jind occupy a pew in the middle aisle of
St "Philip^ ; but lately myself, and^ieveral
others, .ha v^e been so annoyed by. a party. of
male-slams, who make a practice of turning
their backs on the minister,nnd staringevery
woman out of countenance; that we shall bo
compelled to remove our seats, if persisted
in. And now, Mr. Observer, as. you have
proffered to take the welfare of us poor fe-
males at hearrt, 1 bes:.ech you, in the naw c
of one and all, to use your influence in remo- .
ving the evil; by so doing, you will confer *
favor on, Sir, your welir'wisher,

AMELIA.

The above lettej was handed. us a.few'day*
ago; and r o one who subscribes herself oar

JEREKPQM>8 JOURNAL,

well-wisher, we cannot do^ less than give it
publicity. She may rest assured, that as far
as our influence extends, it shall be exerted
to lessen the grievance she complains of. By
the way wo would lemark, that it would' he
well for Amelia to use her influence among
the female starers.

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL*

NEW-YORK, NOVEMBER 2, Vd:li,

/ LETTER, No. V..

TO SiEV SAMUEL E CORNISH,

^ Boston, August —

Dear Sir:

As you arc aware of tho reasons which have
delayed the remaining letters of this series, I
shall proceed without making any unnecessary
apologies. My travelling companion the bank-
rupt, whom I shall style Mercator, though, ac-
cording to his own story, hardly twenty-two, and
brought up and educated principally in the coun-
try, was a young man who had seen high ljfe up-
stairs and dbwn-stairs. Like the prodigal son, he
was on his return home, after having ruined his
health, and spent his patrimony. His history is
but short .At the age of sixteen, his parents wish-
ing to make him somewhat smarter than com-
mon, prevailed upon a Kilby-street merchant here
to take him into his counting-room , With him,
Mercator remained two years, untii his failure;
when unwiiling again to return to a country life
ho departed for our great commercial emporium.
'Having a prepossessing face <ir.\d fine figure, with
good reconnnor.dations fn?m his h-.'.r. employer,
young Mercator found but ;;«•.!,:- d:lhYr.!!v in pio-
•curiug employment in a hoiuo a: " ,Cv-.-.i --id.'.j-nblo ee-'
Jebrity- With In hu\ employs r, IV^.-aU.r conh--
'•nued the rfma'n-':-" •, :" iy.u j«;»-?H.y: when
"having arrived l $v cri I v. ;.'nly-e-nc.
and ; e»i!inj- ':>•;* r.-.' ■ - rzny. '.vh.-. i~n,tii tL...,'

.set up shop to - ni::. ■ •';!' >.;. i vcco.-umfc.'v hirer
one in Pearl-slrei.t; w ..t. ; tu- a- '.it f:iock».:ij wit.*
the most fashionable c-ocu^. V> •};.« nu u a;<, apt
•to form a wrong opinion of t '•'<■. v.- it (J them

all is sunshine; every one v-;,; i,rr,'.'(HH<v. friend-
ship; is of a truth their friend Many years, how-
ever, do not pass over their iioads, before they
grow wiser, though at tho expense of their pure-
es. Such was the case with Mercator. He found
friends and customers enough who were willing
to run in debt, considering it as a favour; but a
demand of payment created them his enemies.
But this w»s a mere trifle, in comparison to other
erils to which Mercator had subjected" himself:
and as he concealed not the truth from us, who
v ore strangers, neither shall I Poor Mercator
had become dissipated, and having once joined
■the throng of tin: votaries of Pleasure, he knew
not where to stop; but wus insensibly carried with
the stream, until he found himself a ruined man
in purse and reputation. Shunned by those. Who
had 2ealously courted his company when ih.pros-
pcrity— harassed by creditors, our city became no
delightful residence to the poor bankrupt; and ac-
cordingly, having packed up the few remaining
Articles of his once abundant wardrcbe, and seen
all hia fund anticipations of making at some fu-
ture day. a figure in Wall-street, dashed to the
ground, with heavy steps and a still heayier heart
he embarked on board the. celebrated boat " FuP
ton," for " tho land of steady habit's." Before din.
nor time, tho Bcslrnian and myself again found
ourselves in full possession of the stage, the law-
Jo-, farmer and Mercator, having left us some
miles behind ; the latter cheating the driver of
his fare, and calling upon his good and ready
friend, the firmer, to testify to the truth of the
fact. To what meanness will not pride and pov-
oi ty prompt a man !

About ri P. M. we, arrived safely .at J Worcester,
after having travelled over a road none of the
most comfortable. Worcester is a town of some
note in this state being the largest inland town
hi New-En (riKiid, and I should suppose.- there
wore few superior to it in the Union. Located
«';bout forty miles from one of our first seaports —
m the heart of one of our most agricultural coun-
*icF. it possesses signal advantages over many
other towns not so favourably situated. Tho
Agricultural Society of Worcester county have
there erected a fine brick building for their me.
The town has a pleasant Lppeurance: its citizens
cannot be considered as o?ty or- countryfolk mere-
ly, but partaking in a large degree of the advan-
ces' of both, wit'iu jt any of \heir disadvantages.
But few persons of cuiour reside in the town.-*

From Worcester to Boston tho road is one of the
best in the country, but though I have travelled it
several times, I can say 'hut little concerning tbe
different towns, having alwayi been- my lot to tra-
vel by night. About midnight we arrived i Bos-
ton, over the Western Avenue.

Boston, you know, has been called tho Edin.
burgh of America," and never was a title more
properly bestowed ; if we t.ako into view the high
literary standingof hor citizeni ; the number &ex<

pan gonius and worth. This^ I bope^will not bo
long the cato: if ow. brethren hero, do not fco^
kble or willing to crest a monument, let a goner*
j.1 contribution be made by us through the Union
j-let ub evinc« to the world that we aro not in-
^eniible to the fame and renown which her wri-
tings have conferred upon us— Mat we arc proud
of them.

! Wo are naturally led to soppose that tin? far-
ther north we travel, the less prejudice wc have
cellency of ber public schools; the variouB literary |io encounter. Mistaken idea! Travel north

publications issued annually from' her ' presses
and though last, not least, the publication 'of the
Nfor.th American Review. This publication has
mnde Boston the focus of lileraturo ; every 'diatinf
guished literati has been eager to enrol his name
among the coutributors'to its pages, and hencotho

And east, west and south and prejudices block up
your way. What is the reason ? Why this is
not their country, — let them go back to their
native Africa — they have become too free
(in a republican country,) exclaim some of our
good .friends. Does a man of colour evince tho

judgment of the reviewer has been seldom called ti ea8t intelligence ? •< I guess you were not brought
in question. To a man of wealth and education, j ^ in thes0 parlB ... i8 . lhc first jctnark. What do
Boston is certainly the first city in the Union for \j w « tr ied and consistent friends" labor to incul-
a residence. The city is pleasantly situated on a I ^ tG > The man of colour while here can ; be noth-
pcninsula, and though the streets have not that j j ng .„but send liim to tho Elysian fields of Africa,
width and regularly with ours,the buildings gencr- • and he rcturns lo America, in two or three years
ally are better and have a finer appearance. In no , J maQ of firgt ra(0 intp] n genC() ; wortb thousands ;
part of the country, are more substantial andi <h ap tain 0 f a company of a dozen men, including
elegant buildings than the granite ones in differ. !fj rst and second Lieutenant and Ensign ; Justice
ent parts of the city. Boston has been so often jjf the Peace ; and Collector of the Customs for

described by abler pens,. that I fo<d like trespass- t ^, e c jiy
ing r on your time, in saying much concerning it. j,i X he continent o/JJfricu ! !
Some few lines however Imust write. Had Boston
nothing else to recommend her to our notice, h or
public schools would be enough to fix the atteu-

f' Monrovia, in the Territory of "LiLeria,
Yours, &c

Liberty of ihc Press. — The citizens of Aux
(j^ayes, Kayti, have prcsentct ngoid Medal to

tio" -of every enlightened man. These are subdi- rjitii.en J. Granville, lately in this country, fop
vided into Primary, Grammar, Male and Female ( | 0 filndir^ the csiuao of Joseph Courtois, Edi-
English I liglr Schools and a Latin. School. The : tor u lllR ». p eu ,ne du Comnierce," in a libel
whole S y4em throughout is more thomngh and ' suit inatitutod against him by Col. Paris Pois-
enmprcl.em.vo th«n in any other public schools, ■ Wo lcnrn, that in Oider to defend Mr.
•ri tho t.in;ou, havmo already gained for. her an 1 . ., ... . , ,y.

, u. i j a • Courtois. citizen (.irnnville resigned an otnee

m;iK;Uiab!e distinction in Europe and America- °

The M ho.,1 bou.es, are spacious ar«3 airv, and as- wlth a ol ^ 1 he CaSC allraClefi

(.ublic buildings are honorable to the city. The considerable attention ; the court being
new market house recently erected, of granite, thronged throughout the whole with the most
:s the most elegant structure of tho kind in the distinguish ed citizens and foreigners,
i/'mon; and travellers have asserted, that it was

not excelled by any in Europe Of ;t truth, Bos-
tonians owe much to the determined perBeyeranco
and enlightened views of their chief magistrate,
Joskin Quincy, Esq.

About two thousand persons of colour reside
here Their advantages for education, though
small compared to other citizens, is in my humble

The steam-boat Emerald, on coming out of
the Kilns ialely 'from New -Brunswick, was
driven, by the wind against a vessel at anchor,
and received considerable damage. A ludy
fell overboard, but was rescued t»y her hus-
band» There were 150 passengers on board.
Tne boat' did not arrive here till the next

opinion superior to any other city in the Uniou. rnorntn'>•.— : On the 16th ult. snow fell at

The city authorities, aided by the generous dona- iiiiliowell, Me. -A great number of ladies

tion of Abiei Smith, .Esq. support two primary; formed in the lanes i'orhanding buckets of

and one grammar school, for children of colour.
Were the committee for the grammar school to
pay equal attention with the committee for the
primary — were equal inducements held out to
boys of colour by. the distribution: of prizes annu-
ally, and an, advancement lo a higher school — wc
might hope, before many years, to behold- some
well-educated young men who would bo-a credit
to us, and to the city in which they were educa-
ted. But wo fear, many yours will elapse before
we heboid this .great desire ef our heart. The

water at a late fire in the evening, at Haver-
hill*. Mass.; while' some delicate genilemtn
looked ou t and probably' complained of ihe
villainous smoke and heat and engine spray.

The blocks of granite for tne corners

of the Arcade now erecting at Providence, Ri
I, are said to weigh 'from six to eight tons.
— ^-lt is proposed in North iCaroIimi, to em-
ploy' the stute paupers in the raising of silk-
worms, and making silk. A periodical,

under the title of The Southern Review,"
devoted to southern interests,, is about to np*
pear in Charleston, S. C- The twenty

same principle, recognized in difl'erem parts i,f ; ninth of November lias been appointed as a
the land, " that a little reading and writing aro - day of Public Thanksgiving in Connecticut.

, u-, , ., • i , , , ■ CT ■ ■ Counterfeit three dollar bills ol the

enough tor our children, is also abroad bore in- ,/ , „ • , n i . , ^
, & . , n '• ' , , ; Commercial Bank, Jinstol,it. I, have been put
the minds of many who aro warm-hearted friends ■ circul . dlio n lately.—- Geiieral 1, Cotiin
to our race. From this want of education has 1 ji !i; , presented to the Massachusetts Agncul-
also arisen the idea of" Jj'ricah inferiority" aural Society, four rams and three ewes of a
among many, who will not take tho trouble to on- : breed -of line long woolen sheep, called '* Re-
quire into the- cause. - Ivovsltirt Jfote." : -Capital trial in Boston.—

,. ' . t , , ! .I * .4 c At the U. S. cncuit court lately hclu in lios-
Bofiton is the pace .where that sweet poetess of, " , . , Xt - . „.j-"V ,u- i» . e

.;„..... , , ■ ton the jury brought iu a verdict ot guilty ot

nature, PJnlus U heatUy, first, tuned her lyre un- : iaaijs i a ..,g U ' ier , against Captain William D.
der the inspiration of the Muses, putting to shauie; Jj'reeman, who. was . committed for having
the ilhheral expressions of the advocates of sla- . murdered a ceuinan by the name of White-
very in all purts oi the globe. So' incredible were ''head. The trial developed the most barbu-
the public concerning the genuineness of her po-lreus cruelty on the part of the niaster.— —
. t , , , . . a- ,, , ; , A Pedlars. — A ineulmg ut the citizens otWor-

ems, that they are ushered into the world with the ' ■ , h tt , „„ r.,„„- „,n i

. ' _ .. . ccster, Massachusetts, has been called lo

signature of the. Governor, Lieutonant:Govemor, ; tako jnw Consi deration the subject ofenlor-
and other distinguished men of Massachusetts af- \ c 'j n g the law against pedlars.; — : — A week-
fixed to them. O Liberality, thou art not certain- ly French paper is about to be established in
ly a being of this lower sphere! for why .should; this city, entitled Le Couritr des Ektts
tne natural powers of man berated by tbe fairness Vnis."—-^- Quick-silver in Ji<Mfort.—In di,

of his complexion ?-

• <: Colours m a y be white or dark,
•* For tfie body ig aciod;
" Tis the intellectual spark,
. ''.Siiows the lineaments of God." .

Thia'is not the time nor place to enter into more
particulars concerning her. She has left behind
her a small volume of poems, ae a rich lcgucy to
our . race ; and in the language of Horace, f mon-
umcntum fere.-pereanius, regsdique eitu pyramid-
urn aitius."

45,776 1-2 tons.- — The fifoboken Graiia^
Company at Hobcken has abut up.— —At
Uniontown, Pa. ten thousand dollars wer*
subscribed to the Chesapeak and Ohio Ca'uel

Stock in a sigle doy. ^ Caution.— A young •

man in Auburn wos compelled to have hi«
arm amputated a short lirhe eirice, in'confle-
quence of having an artory Cut off ih ibe op-
eration of blood letting.- — -Tfie jail in Do-
ver, Delaware, was lately destroyed by fire.
It is supposed to have been set- on fire by

Solomon Greenley, a prisoner:.-^

Red Jacket /—This celebrated chief who was
lately deposed by the Christian party of hi*
tribe, has been reinstated by a general coun-
cil of the nation. A young "man by the

name of David Ware, has been apprehended
in Dover, Del. on a chargeof being concern-
ed in the forgery of a check on uCG'.' & S.
Howland, of this city, by which upwards of
$7000 were obtained from the Union" Bank
on the 15th ult.— — Extensive : Roblety—The
First (Teller of {he Branch; of the Virginia
State Bank, at Petersburg, lately absconded
from that place with foriy, thousand Dollars

in the bills of that Bank. -Counterfeits, —

One dollar notes of the New-Haven Bank,
altered to fives, are now in circulation in this

city. The young woman advertised as

missing in the Philadelphia papers, wae'fouhd
on Tuesday in a respectable TaVern in Pine- '
street in that city, having left her home vo-
luntarily, with a view of going to service.

Charles Spaulding, recently from this city,
ha? been committed to Boston jail for.pas-
sing counterfeit,notes of the Phcenix Bank
at.Litchfield, Conn, and the Col. N. — -
Thesupposed body of Morgan wasbrottght
to the village of Batavia on Friday last; and •
interred T he popular excitenjent appears to
have b^en very greatj the people thronging
from all parts of the country in waggons; on
horseback and on foot tc join the fuheral pr,o-
cossion.--. — A person by the name of R. H.
H. ii£i7ofErie coonty, has come forward and
confessed the crime of murdering a man
whom 'ic supposes to have been William
Morgan. His statement is throughout &• maiss

of contradictions. Charity begins at-fiimc.

--The Grand Lodge of Veimoht have presen-
ted $100 to the Colonization Society:---- 1 —
Among the strange sights seen at Brighton,
Mn?;-. at the Inte Cattle Show, was that of a
well-trained Bull, caparisoned with a saddle
with chains for reins, upon which was mount-
ed the person who had the animal iin charge.
-----jLongevdy.-- There are eleven brothers
and Sisters now living in Scituatei whose ages
average 79 years each. Tl.e eldest is-9^, the
youngest 08 years.

With pleasure, we announce to our sub-
scribers, that measures are about to be taken
to bring into more general use', tho couasumpr
tion of the products of free lahour.

CARRIED,

In Albany, on Monday Evening lastyby the
Rev. Dr. Chester, Mr. Henry Jackson , jo Miss
Mary Brown, both of Albany.

In this city, by the Rev. Bi.PauU oto< Friday
■evening last, Mr. Reuben Madiaon-nio Miss
Elsey Frances.— — Mr. Edward^ William*- to
Miss Sarah Sands.

By the Red. Peter Williams, on Vie 2itk ult.
Mr.' Charles Smith to Miss Mary Elizabeth
Fields— holli of this city.

In Charleston, S. C. by the Rev.' fir. Gads-
den , Mr. J. G. Lewis to Miss Isabella .Caniy.

DIB]),. •

In Charleston, S. C. Mt\ John Mtchell, aged
[>5. - ...... '

In this cily, Mr.'. Thomas .Thompson, aged
49. Mrs'. Ably Collins, aged 30.

• TO CORr.r.SPONDEXTS.

S : -*".B'" KS . in our next.

Poetical- lines' by; Amf.ua- cf J^. XorJc t \we
tan not insert, being ino personqL* ..

From " IIos a," of our sister cUy^ w hope to
hear frequently. . .

Cr.ARKsn.v, No. 3, lias- been received, and
shall appear next week-.

Acrostic, is under consideration^ ,.

ging a cellar in Prmcctstreet, near Marga-
ret-street, at the North part of Boston, a
stratum . of clay which forms the site, is found

very richly impregnated with , silver.

The Worcester Bank has lately redeemed
with specie more than $50,000 of their bills..

The proprietors of. the "North River

Steam-Boat Line,", have reduced thi farej
from New-York to $2, meals included.- — —
Gov. Clbton ;has appointed the twelfth day\6f\
Jikctmber, nea t, as * day of p«tyer and thanks- !

...„« UB , 4 -«g,„ H - — pyxanna-if 1 ™* ^roug hput .this fif* thirteen |-

• , ■ \ .. . .. „ ; huudred and ibur boats have been employed
loourshame I mh** t «ourPoetcss tbis season in transporting coal from the Le-.
lies buned in the Northern-Bury mg- Ground, with- - f jgh and Schuylkill mines to Philadelphia :
put a stone tq mark the spot, where repqsc Afri-'M fid the amoint of cpal received by them is

EXPIRATION of the time (at redeem-
ing LANDS for TAXES '.in 1690— Com»-tboU-
kk'is Office, Albany. Oct. 17, ISSt.-^-^ubHc ho-
tice is hereby given, tliat "the tithd-forlredteertiing
tho Lands sold for County Taxes and, tho United
States' DirectTax and Assessments for making
iioads. will expire on the 27tb day of ApriPnext:.
and that unless the lands sold by the Cbroptrbller
at his last sale in lS2(i. are 'redeemed -on, or before
tho 27th day of April next: they Syilt be conveyed
to the purchasers. ~ 'Wi L. MAROYy

Coraptfollier.

N. B. Lists of such LANDS in each County
as had been eold, and wore not redeemed at. -th*
date of the above noiicc, have been tratwiaitted t*
each County Treasurer, whose dnty^it w.to pub-
hshithe same in one or papers in the .County of
which he is Treasurer. Those interested, are re-
fcrrxrd to. such lists to aacortnm if their LANDS
have been sold aud remain uri'redoeraod.

1M

POETRY.

VTEfcP, EMELIXEj WKEP.

Weep, Emeliue, Weep,

Ami no tongue shall reprove thee;

Weep, KnieJimsweep

For the friends th.it did love thoe.

The flowers in the light
Of iUu siiiifthinf ure blooming ;
But the checks that 'Were; blight,
In the grave are consuming.

The birds on the > .trees
Sing as sweetly as ever,
But'i.he hps that could ploasn
Shall give joy to thee never.

The morning may break
O'er the valley in gladness,
But iho eyes cannot wake
That dispelled all thy sadness.-

The evening may come-
But its fart shall endear not;
Fur the steps that carno home
In the dusk thou shalt hear not.

W<-ep, Emelino, weep,

And no tongue shall reprove thee;

Weep; Emeline, weep.

For the friends that did lovb Ihee.

THE NEGRO BOY.

Jin African Prince on his arrival in England be-
ing asked what he had given for his watch, an-
sicercdj 11 What I xcould neeer give again — I
gave a Jim boy,"

"When avarice enslaves the jnihd,

And seliish views alone bear sway,
Man t'irnsa savage to his kind,
An ! blood and rapine mark his way.
Alas for this poor simple toy,
I sold a blooming negro boy.

His father's hope, his mother's pride,

Tho' black, yet comely to the view ;
I tore him helpless from their side,
And gave him to a rutlian crew ;
To fiends that Afric's coast annoy,
I sold the blooming negro boy.

From country, friends, and parents torn,

His tender limbs in chains confin'd,
1 saw him o'er the billows borne,
And mark'd his agony of mind.
But still, to gain the simple toy
I gave away the negro boy.

In Isles that deck the western wave,

I doom'd the hapless youth to dwell,
A poor, forlorn, insulted slave,
A beast that christians buy and sell ;
And in their cruel tasks employ
The much enduring negro boy.

His wretched parents long shall mourn,

Shall long explore the distant main,
In hopes to see the youth retHrn,
Bat all their hopes and sighs are vain.
They, never eiia.ll the sight enjpy
Of their lamented negro boy.

Beneath a tyrant's harsh command,
lie wears away his youthful primes
Far distant from his native land,
A stranger in a f ireiijn clime.
No pleasing thoughts his mind employ,
A poor dejected negro boy.

But He who walks upon the wind,

Whose voice in thunder's heard on high
Who doth the raging tempest bind,
Or wings the lightning thro' the sky ;
In his own time will sure destroy,
The afflictions of the negro boy.

VABEBTZES

Extremes.— Extremely polite — to deprive a
person of his umbrella, lest he should 'fool it
an incumbrance. Extremely rude (o say. a
Indy with a pig's face is not a venus. Ex-
tremely kind — to invito an Adonis to esquire
. six or seven bouncing co'intrv cousins to the
0:>era, &c. at his expense. Extremely giod
— lo give up your place in the box at a thea
tre, when the box is excessively crowded,
and your seat is behind a pillar; Extremely
religious — to faint at the sight of a Sunday
newspaper.' Extremely hot — not freezing.
Extremely cold-— not melting', foe.

Patience.— It is recorded thnt an Emperor
of China, oriee making a progress through
his dominions, was accllentally entertained
in a house in which the mnster, with bis
wires, children, daughters-in law, grand chi)
dren ami servants, al! lived together 'in per-
fect pence and harmony. The Emperor,
struck with admiration, of the specteale, rer
quested the head of the family to inform him
what means he employed to preserve quiet
among such « nmnber ami variety of per-
sons. The old man, takwig^out a pencil,
and wrote these wo.-'ds,--" patience, pa-
tience, patience."

7fy*r?.~A circumstance which lately Iny-
pfiie); a; Amherst U1anu\ybows that mi 'despc*
>(tvdim is ii' f^oort trfa in the most desperate
r:vciitristanct!8."-- A tk r * / hreakiog into * shed
i.'i which 't colt and a /wiey were shnltc. ed.
■iHo'l the furm'Ti The i.<o:iey then at fan Iced
uo tiger and .pummelled him so brartily
with his heels about the head ond ribs that he
k (locked out some of the monster's teeth
and all his courage, for he had JiiHt strength
er-ough to crawl to a tiullah hard by where
ho .'as found by the native* shortly after*
.vnrds, as he appeared so much bruised that
he could hardly move. They accordingly fell
upon him mid killed him with bludgeons.
Previous to this, five horses had been killed
near tho same spot. — India Qaz.

Judicial Anecdote.— At a trial in the Su-
preme Court, when a perplexing case had
been obstinately argued and . unnecessarily
protracted, the chief justice said to the asso-
ciate on his left hand, "Brother A ~n, I

wish you would charge the jury, in this case,
for I feel prejudiced against one of the par-
ties." "And I," replied Judge P- — n, "art),
in the same situation." " Then if you pleo'ae
I am just tho man," said the late Judge
Th«cher, " for l am prejudiced against

both."

A gentleman informing Faseli, the painter,
that he had purchased his celebrated picture
of Satan, the artist replied, " Well, you have
got him now, and only take care that he does
not one day get you."

A person addicted to lying, relating a sto-
ry to another, which made him stare— " Did
you ever hear that before ?" asked the narra*
r; " No," replied the other, " did you ?"

However rich or powerful a man may be,
says Lord Lyttleton, it is the height of folly
to make personal enemies from any, but par-
ticular personal motives; for one unguarded
moment may yield you to the revenge of the
most despicable and malicious villain amo:ig
the vast assortment that besots mankind.

" I b,ave lived," said the indefatigable E. D.
Clarke, " to know that the great secret of
human happiness is this — never suffer your
energies to stagnate. Tho old adage of" too
many, irons in the fire," conveys an abomin-
able lie. Y'ur cannot have too many.-poker,
tongs and all— keep them all agoing."

In a party a few evenings since it was
asked, " why is & woman unlike a looking
glass V it was answered, "Because the first
speaks without reflecting-, and the second re-
flects -without speaking."

Potatoe Pudding. — One pound of butter,
one pound of sugar, beat to a cream, two
prund of potatoes boiled and passed througl
the cullender, twelve eggs, half a glass of
rose-wa'cr, one tea-spoonful of-spice.

TO. LET, I

An 1 possession given immediately, « part '
of hojise number f>25 Broom-street, b*twenn

EVENING SCHOOL.

The sul)' 0 r,rlber respectfully informs his
friends, that ho purposes opening a NIGHT

Thompson and Sullivan-street*, containing two . qmnrv ,V r d"V~t < ?«-..♦«'"""*
\n tho first floor with folding doors, fftonl , i?V V", r." ? aJK L i i S* ''"",*

f "t Philip s Church, m. Collect-street.

room pn the second floor with bod room adjoining,
a garret room and back kitchen, with prm'iogo of

yard,

&c. 'For terms apply at the premises

SCHOOL, NOTICE. ( # ri „ n . .

, THE subscriber wishes to r.oturn thanks \*-'* M p " ^ »

to his friends, or Uia liberal vumZhw™™ To al 7 ' and 0,086 at 0 ° C '°

patronizing hia Bchool ; and ',^)uid be'permi'.tod
t0 6ay,he still continuns t', tench in the same
place, and hopes by incre/.^j exe rtio?ia, to mttn'l
a share of public encour^omcnt. Ttio branciie#
atfen-led to iru it.itidio^ Writing. Cyph<«ring.,Gii-
o^raphy, English G^.vmnar, and Natural Philoso-
phy. And to the fp - A ,) 9S Needle Work.

JK'AEM l.-Ul GLOt/CESTER.
Philade lphia, 'j ct . 34

V.'in'di wdl be taught

READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, Ac. Ac.

dvancc.
lock.

B. F. HUGHES.

New-York, Sept. 18.'- 1 28

HAMER&. SMITH,

jYo. 177 jmicn-s(reci,JV. Y.
CONTINUE to cleanse and dress Co^ts,
Pantaloons, Ladies' Habits and Merino Shawls,
in the neatest manner. They also make, alter and
, repair. GentJcmens' Clothes, to their entire satis-
j faction, and 'tipon the most reanonable tfiras.
' Their mode of dresaing Chit lies is by STEAM-
all kiwds OF j SPONGING, which they h:»ve followed with

„ » r>u n .'' % „ TnTl 1 PfH j much success for several years past. All kinds
and Chewing .TOBACCO, ; of . spot8 0r BtaiM ar0 extracted, and the cloth

Gs & R. DRAPER,
(Coloured Men,)
In Forost^treet, BALTIMORE, Manufacture

Smoking,

bcqfcll, Kappe, & iV'taccabau bNUf f , ! restored to the appearance of new, and this they
Spanish. Half Spanish, and American engage to perform without any injury to ih*
r „ ' cloth, and .at l«ast equal to any thmy <u the kind

CIGARS.
N. B. The above gentlemen have .«ent me
a larifu Box of their TOBACCO, for sale, mid
should tho experiment ucceed, they can supply
any quantity of ail the articles. ' 30
SAMUEL E. CORNfSH.

CHEAP CLOTHING STORE,
JVb. 218, South Sixth-street, Philadelphia.

ecfua;

done in this or any other city oi
August 3.

ly thin*' <i

f the United States.
21

LAND FOR SALE.
. THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Lasd,
at less than one half its valuu,* provided they will
tako measures to settle, or have it settled, by co-
loured fanners. The land is in the stato of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location it

THE Subscriber respectfully returns his .
sincere thanks to his friends and the public in delightful, being on the banks or the Delaware
general, for their favor and patronage. He I »ver, with an open navigation to the city ot Nil-
informs them, that he continues to keep a largo , ladelphia. The canal leading from t.ie Uelawaro
assortment of Gentlemen s READY-MADE i to t,ie Hudson river passes through the tract, o-
WEARIiN G APPAREL of superior quality, both ) Pining a direct navigation to New- York en, ho
now and second-handed, where customers will be < parage to cither city may be made m one day or
accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand- ? The land is of the best quality, and well
some style. Ho also informs Families and private ' timbered.

Gentlemen, who have second-handed Clothing for I The subscriber hopes that some of his breth-
sale, that thoy will meet with a good price, and I I on » who . are capitalists, will at least invest 500 or

iady sale for their goods, by applyini

i DANIEL PETERSON,

A'.?. 318, South , Sizth-st. Philadelphia.
N. B. Tayloring carried on in its various
sranbhes, and on the cheapest terms.

Philadelphia, Oct, 6. 30

School Maslers.—Of all professions and
employments in the. world, h school-master
.'or teaching youth, is< of the greatest impor-
tance to mankind ; for next tathe Creator,
he has the{f on nation of them. A jrreat genius
may be crushed in the bud and die — a little
genius may be cultivated to a good growth
and live, which witeout great care would
have perished.— -'-Or. James Houston's Me-
moirs.

A London papor has 'he folio tvinp; item :—
The keeper of- the Stutgard menagerie has
been guilty of a very singular offence. He
kil'ed one of the two lions under his charge,
r.nd actiKilly salted it, intending to gratify
his palate with an unheard of repast. The
discovery was not made until ho had eaten
about one half* of the noble animal. Til
Soverefgn Court of Stutgard has condemned
him to five years impjisomnent and a fine^ of
3000 francs.

" Lord Erslcine," says Dr. E. Clarke, " told
me that Burke's manner wuss. sometimes bajd >
" it teas like that of an Irish Chairman." —
kt Once," said ho, " I was so tired of hearing
him. in a debate upon the InAln bill,' that, not
liking he should wee me leave the House; of
Coisnibiis, vvhilo ho waa speakings \ crept
elohg under tiie benche? and got out, and
went to the Isle of Wight. Afterwards that
very *rpeeeh of his waff published, and I
found it to ho ?o exttemely beautiful, that i
actually wore it into pieces by my readwig

EVENING SCHOOL. •
AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened on the 15th of Octo-
ber next in the African School-Room in Mul-
oerry-street ; where will bo taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR,' GEOGRAPHY,&c.
TuftiMs, Throe Dollars per Quarter, payable in
advance. Hours from (J tq half past 8 o'clock.
Sept. 18. ' 23

1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased for ■
5 dollars the acre, (b}' coloured menO tbough it
has been selling for He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase will be. safe and adf
vantagcous,and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured families, would bo conduciye { of
much good : With thii object in vrew he will in-
vest 500 dollars in tho purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH*.
New- York, March 20. *

N. B, Communications on the Fubject,'post paid,
will be received and attended to.

A CARD.

Rh^pectfullv informs his friends, and

tho public generally, that his House, No. 15 'i
Church-street, is' still opim for the accommodation < year.

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New-York. •
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Agents who procure and pay for fivo subicri-
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Grateful for past favours, he solicits a cop-
tinurtnet of the same. His house is in a healthy
and pleasant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
pense wiil be spar«d or his part, to render the si-
tuations of those who honour him with their pa-
tronage, as comfortable as possible.

LNew-York, Sept. 1827. 2G— 3m

Pride, ill-nature, 'aiiet tcamt of good sense,
are the three great jsoti red's of ill-manners ;
vvithout uome of t::ese detV»cts, no uian will
behave himself ill for want of experienVi?, or
what, in the Inniruiffe of fobls, ir cafjed
knowing the wdrW.—SidJl.

For weak stght.-^-Beat up a tlrachm^of alnrrt
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brow and eye-lid vvith> ^ the mixture every

i>gb*.

! NOTICE.
l^riK " African Mutual Instruction

Society, for the instruction of coloured Adults,
of both S ixes," iinve re-opened their SCHOOL,
on MoNu'iV CvivNino, October 1st, at their former
School-Ro/>m, under th s Mariner s Church, in
Roojscvelt-slreet. The School will be open ou
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Evenings,
;it hhJf past b o'clock.

Those desirous of receiving instruction, will
be tjaiitrht to Rend, Writo and Cypher.' until the
first' of April, 1823, for the small sum of obc dol-
lar, jto be paid on entering the school.

An <iarly application is requested, as there will
be no allowance made for pas* time.
Aaron Wood^ ■ James Myers,

William P. Johnson, Arnold Elzit,
L'. M. Africanus, Henry King,

, Trustees.

jiest Summer, and WinleivStrained
J SPERM OIL.

THE subscriber begs leave to return his. ^
thajiks to his' patrons for past favours, andPStakes \ j\ ew . York—Rev. Nathaniel Pan I Albany.-*-Wl.
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FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

■ - ; - i i ■ I - . ■ m -i i — ; — ^ — ^ — r— < —

"RIGHTEOlfs^ESS V ..A A;L,T E T H A NATION."

by jno. b. russwurm. \- s^^ax* w^asttffiffl® asat* ctmu x»»£r&

EMILY MILBURNE,

Luctt&raftons of Humphrey Ravelin.
, ConcZurfw?. '

1 obeyed the summons, and quitted the ha-
bitation where I had, without introduction,
-without a claim, found all the seething bles-
sings of friendship. Poor Milburne wrung
my hand with feelings, which, while they in-
effectually struggled with utterance, told me
more eloquently than volumes that 1 had ac-
quired another friend upon earth. His daugh-
ter, too, strove not to conceal the sorrow with
which she bade me adieu. 1 left Danvjije.
■still an intiiut i in the '-ouse. Hi? reeovlrv
had been Surprisingly slow, 'but the delay aid
not e cite my suspicion at the time.- As we
had seen more of him, there Was apparently
more to esteem. Mild and delicate in his at-
tentions to' the daughter; grateful, but frank
and manly in his carriage towards. the father,
he enjoyed their full friendship- and confij,
denco." The villain was even then, whetfflp-
p.trently still stretched on the bed ^sickness,
gecrelly plotting the ruin of tE^Ibvely crea-
ture who had assisted in r^Olng him from
the grave : he was even thPi meditating the
blow which was to strikeno the eanh the
man who had loaded, him with kindness. He
was the cool calcul ting libertine, who could
patiently set his deep laid snares, and mark
their operation in deliberate observance of
the event. His years denied him the usual
plea, 'bad a* it is, of the tesistless vehemence
of boyish passion ; but -time, wluh it took
from the impetuosity of youth, set med, with
him, to have extinguished also every particle
of ren>orse or pity, and to have- instructed
him but the more effectually how lie. should
entangle, ibe-ticiims of his profligacy. lie
succeeded but too well; and by the tender,
yet respectful assiduity of his attention to
the unsuspecting Emily, and the semblunce
■of warm attach-? rut which marked his inter-
course with her father, he acqui ; od such an
influence over hj.-r rnind, that, spite of the
disparity in their years, he taught her to rest
-her innocent affections upon him in the tin
'bounded' fulness of early love. II. was not
slow in discovering his power— tut an union
with the poor girl was farthest from his in-
tentions. He chose his opportunity, und was
suddenly ordered off on service. At that-mo-
•jnent, when the agonLing ear of losing him
for ever had stifled every better fe< ling, he
poreu a :!>:]• her, th.it while honour forbade
Him to quit his profession at the hour of his
'cull to its active duties, it was vain to expect
her father's consent. to her becoming his wife
us long as he remained in the service; but,
that, if she would elope with him, once uni-
ted, no difficulty would follow in obtaining
i:he parental forgiveness. In an evil hour t».e
:nf'atuated and too credrloiis girl yieJd.e' 1
herself to his gmndance, and' quitted the.ha- r
ven of her purity, with the delusive hope of
at) early return to its protection— ^to throw
throw herself at, the feet of her fether, and
implore his blessing as the wife of Danville.
Poor victim! she did indeed return,, but not
until every earthly hope had been blasted ;
not untl her beauty had lost its charm, and
her seducer had deserted her for ever. She
had no sooner committed her honour and re
putufion to his trust, than having thus beyond
redemption, inveigled her into his power, and
succeeded in triumphing in her fall, the re-
morseless monster forsook, and spurned her
from his side.

In every moment of dissatisfaction or spleen
for srveral years, I had invariably resolved
upon forswearing the farther pursuit of a
profession, which denied the enjoyment of
present ease, and yielded no promise of fu-
ture advantage; but never was IJ.so strongly
determined upon seeking the first occasion
of quitting the ranks with honour, as when '1
turned my horse from the gate of Milburne's
dwelling, to follow the march of the party
which I was to conduct to embarkation, for
the continent. Our voyage to the walls of
Lisbon was rough and tedious, and little cal-
culated to put me in better humour with my
lot. . '
•.But soon after we joined the army com-,
nenced that retreat from the frontiers of
Portugal, which terminated onlv at the lines ■
of Torres Vedi as. It sAim how* happens, that j-
the excitement of a cmppuigii i has always the 1
effect of stirrtbg uu 'the- embers of thai enthu-

siastic devotion to the service which has il
lniqi-ated the early career; of the sokjier.-r-,
Thie winter of 1810-11 pregnant with'
events. I had found too, at the/ head-quartera
of my regiment, [one with whonV myifriend-
sliib knew no intermission until it closed idtlk
his life. I entered, f thenj. once more, with
interest into , the scene»^in?phich we were
engaged* arid almost forgot my fldwa of ad-
juration against *f the tented field;" ^.'that'
MiHmrne and his daughter were Im'Tre*
quently in my thoughts and recollection.! To
the former I wrote regulaiJy, and heaWoft*
en |n return. THejr dayicpntinued io-fis*
in the same' tranquil round , of occupation a*
When I had been in their clfclel Danville! 1
still remained with them, and was the TrO'
quent theme of regard. But, after somb time,
the letters of my hospitable old friendlreijch-;
ed me^o mow: still I persevered in Wri-
ting, and still came there no reply to all my
solicitations to know that they had not en-
tirely forgotten me. The tide of war had
rolled again to the frontiers of Portugal : I
codsoled myself w'n b enumerating the thou-
sand chances of miscarriuge of letters, which
were thus i' superadded to .the ''difficulty of
correspondence; and impatiently awaited the
arrival of Danville, who, I knew, had ajready
been summoned, and rau'-t be on his \vay to
join os — from him I should hear the latest
intolligene.H of the welfare of our friehds.

At length <he scoundrel came, and met me
with' well a ted warmth; but when I ques-
tioned him respecting the family at..E- — r — ,
there was an evident embarrassment in bis
manner, for which 1 was at a loss to accouni.
They were well, at least he believed they

were; for he hud' quitted 13 some time-

befor" he hud left England." " find lie not
heard from them?" . '"No f Alilburne had
never written." '

It was stn nge; something must be v?rong;
and I (-. rote ) euv.ain, — but to no 'purpose I
hail felt disposed to shew, kindness to Dan-
ville when he joined us ; but,' to. my surprise.
t;e appeared to be constrained and 'uneasy in
my presence, and 'I saw huh therefore but
rarely, .unless when duty threw us together.
At last th»- dark reality Twas unveileU ; We
w ere one evening drawn from our tents by a
report that a draft of recruits ft; m borne
were inarching into camp, and that a party
for our regiment wore among them. We
crowded round the fr 'slhcomers, t - learn .the
latest news from old England, — Danville was
anionic the inquirers. " Bad news for you,
Mr. Dauville-," said one of tho wbmeji ac-
companying the party, and whom, on her
steppmg forward, I recognized a§ a girl that
one of our men had married at Err--, '' bad
news for you, sir; Miss Alilburne, poor lady
is dead, and the old gentleman gone out of
•his mind." "In tho nanie of mercy," ex
claimed 1, " what is it you mean?" ''Ah!
major Ravelin, ask , him what T mean ; ask
hiui that bn» ght ruin upon the Sweetest
lady that ever the sun shone upon.— -It was a
'black .(lay for her when the soldiers marched
into. the village,, and a worse when yon; left
ner poor father's, house." 1 turned 'towards
the fiend, but he had slunk -off-^My brain
was on fi.rfc— J folio vied him into his tent, and
felled the morif aer to the earth. If my friend,
observing the scene, had not pursued me,
and interposed his arm, that hour had sent
the seducer, with his unrepealed crimes up-
on his head, to the tribunal. seat of judgment,
— but he vet lives; and they who know the
taje of darkness, and will recognize the ac-
tor; may t ay. if the whole picture be over-
charged. . 'y '

Your systematic Ubertihe k &ver a man of
honour; and the 'seducer would have washed
out a blow in my blood ; but' it was. ordered
otherwise, and he received the contents [of a
pistol which . I raised in self defence..! I
would not, willingly after ' my first moment '
of reflection, have rid him of lifei Before he
rocovered from his wbund v h^. Kad'^'iTe^et) an
exchange into another regiment, and has ne-
ver since blasted rny 'sight. ; ' \

When I could bring myself to question the
womam .I heard from her lips the details of
the mefancholy story of which she had al*'
ready detuiled the close. The wretched Em-
ily hhd found her wav bac k to her father's
dwelling, but she entered it broken-hearted.
The- old man.' roprortyhwl her not v. He jhad
taken to hw bed j but her return^ fajlen a*

she was, brought a ray of comfort to hi« ag-
onizing aoulj-r-she, at leant, had resolved not
to obandon his bid age. He even strove to
speak consolation to her,— but there was
none left upon eartl ! She could not behold
the grev hairs whic.vahe had dishonoured;
fcihe could not look upon her innocent sister,
of whose childhsod she should have continued
the 1 bright, e^mp^i the stay and support; she
eoiild not thipk. of what she had been, and
what she was, anf«ndure to live. It needed
bat a few short weeks to bow her. to the
grave} and the same' hour which released her
getttt^'8'pirit fi^^tfcft^y J$$*4j- b.er p,i*'/
rent^in roprcy^pf;!tbe light.of reason.

^I^^&lldi'-vho, • at'vbne. stroke.
Waijwus d^pTi^ed bf father and sister, found
a pitying(Ha^4 to'^tect and cherish her,^-
;but who ^an ' restore' to the orphan the natu-
'ral guidbs'of her youth ?

A BACHELOR'S TilERMOMETER.
Yeirs.

16. Incipient palpitations towards the young

ladies. -

17. Blushing and confusion in conversing

with them.

18. Confidence in conversing with . them
much increased.

19. Angry if treated by them as a boy>

20 Very conscious of his 'own charms and
manliness.

21. A looking-glass, indispensable in his

room, to admire himself.
"1% Insufferable puppyism.
93. Thinks no woman good enough for him.

24. Caught unawares by the snares of Cupid.

25. The connexion broken onyifrom self-con-
ceit on his part.

26. Conducts himself with much superiority

toward* her.

27. Paysfhis 'addresses 'to another lady, not

without hopu of mortifyi g the first.

28. Mbrtifibd and frantic at being refused.

29. Rails against tlie fair sex m general.
•30. Morose and out- of humour in all conver-
sations on matrimony

31. Contemplates matrimony more under the

influence of interest than formerly.

32. Considers personal beauty in a wife not

so indispensable as formerly.

33. Still retains a high opinion of his attrac-

tions as a husband.

34. Consequently has no idea but he may

still marry a chicken.

35. Palls deeply and violently in love with

one of seventeen.
3{i. An dernier defespoir another refusal.

37. Indulges in every' kind of dissipation.

38. Shuns the best part of the female se.v.
~'\ Suffers much remorse and mortification

in so doing.
4.0. A fresh budding of matrimonial ideas, but
i • no frpriug shoots.
41. Ani rt e young widow pprplexes him.

Ventures to address her with mixed sen-
sv.tions of love and interest
48: Interest prevails, which causes mucli
cautimis reflection. •

44. The widow jilts him, being as 'cautious
1 as himself.

45. 'Becomes every day more averse to the

I fair «ex ' .

46. Gouty and nervous symptoms begin to
| appen'r.

ii. Pears what may become of him when old

and infirm.
4$. Th'nks living alone quite irksorne.
49. Resolvea to ha'Vp a prudent young woman

I' ' as house keeper and companion'.
5(). A nervous affection about him, 'and fre-

j quont slock'^ Of the gout.
51. Much pleased with' his- new housekeeper

i as nurse.
55). Begins to feel sortie attachment to her.
53 r His pride revolts at the ideVo'f marrying
' ■' her. ' . i - • °.
54. Is in grcjit distress how to act.
5a. Completely under her influence and very

| miserable.

si

57|. Many painful thoughts about parting

; ^ with her. ,
57. Sho-refiiseses to li'vo any longer, with

■'. '•' hhn 'aolo; i'
5^. Gputy, : nervousj and billions to excess.
5£j. Teels very ill! sends for her tp his bed-

j "side, and. intdnv's espousing her.
OOj. Grows rapidly Worse, has his will made
I iu her favour, tnd makes his exit.

• ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

FCR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, j
. • ■ ' Ab: ///. ' ' ' ' ■ " :; [

The merits of tho American' Cotonizetion
Society being now before the readers of this ;
Journal, as a fit subject-for discoseioni^' '.
which it is hoped truth v? ill - be elicjted, and ;
the probable effects of its operations be c^
rectly understood and anticipated by the iiv< !
telligent and reflecting friends -bf tW Af?jb \
can ;rfde; andi par^dularly by tfee free a'oa'l
respectable people of colonls wljoie relative ! i
8ituation!at this moment impost a resbbBti>H
bility of no ordinary magnitudi^-' To them it j
must be appa rent that' they •:<# celled upbxi / 1
.by great apd. paramount cofwiderati »ns ta-j
consider' themselves as the leaders and pion- '
eers pf their less favoured bretbit^ who yet
.remain in a motal and physical ; i)ibfl'dage, in •
:their future march from misery ah3 slavery, I
to freedom and comparative happiness;- •,

That there are many who consider them- j
selves in this interesting light, I very well
know, and who feel the weight of the bur*
then they are called upon to bear; to them
the voice ofenconrageine.nl is held out, let
them persevere, they and their people ; have^
escaped, from Egypt, they have passed" the
Red Sea, and in journeying through the wil-
derness, they have sufficient evidence of a
powerfid and controlling irifluRnoe extended
for their relief and guidance ; ito this, let
thdm take heed ; it will teacht-'them to pro-
ceed as they have commenced: their course
is plain and straight forward, and- while pur-
suing it; resisting all temptations -to swerve
to the right hand or left, ttiey are safe*
- The uncertain and indefinite Operations of
this institution, are sufficient, of -theHMelve|j^
to excite -iHsirust of ts motives, and impair
any confidenco it might otherwise impart
from the wealth, talent, and respectability of
its members : it is due the American people,
whose aid it is soliciting, and the free people
of colour, whose co-operation it is ; endeavour-
ing to obtain, rhat some explicit^ and distinct
avowals should be made as to its particular
views; what points to be gained; what mea-
sures effected; and what policy is perma-
nently io be fixtid upon. In the absence of
this, with every thing in the nature of prin-
ciple, charity, and justice in appparent vari-
ance with its designs, it will, I trust, call in'
,VB.in for assistance and countenance from the
one, or- any thing but opposition froifc the
other.

At the period of the origin of this, society
the situation of the descendants of Africa in
this country, presented a wide field for the '
exercise of philanthropy and benevolence;
we found among us a separate and distinct
portion of God's rational creation^ introduced
by our • forefathers or immediate predeces-
ssrs, under circumstances, which * fixed- on. us
a binding national and individual obligation,
to spare no exertions', and to submit to every
sacrifice, to rescue tliem from that state of
degradation and misery in ivhich we found
them involved, with the view of compensating
in some measure this people whom wb origi-
nally stole; then by violence aud cruelty,
brutalized ; nud their intellectual and ration-
al faculiies alrnosw annihilated: it was right
and na.turul that we should get up associa-
tions ar.d societies ; and whht, under these
circumstances, should have br»en the obvioue
and plain policy of these associations to pur-
sue ? Let the uniform conduct of the society,
of Quakers, and the course pursued by the
incorporated ftf antimissipn and Ab'olitiou So-
cieties of New- York an/1 Pennsylvania to-
wards them, answer.-r-the former, in "com-
pliance with the patriotic and benevolent spi-
rit of our republican institutions, years' pre-
vious to the period alluded to, began to edu-
cate tbem, and improve their general condi-,
lion; they impressed upon them, each in hU
own family, the principles of morality atid,
virtue ; they directed their efforts equ»lly t*
to the^free, and the slave ; and by this wise
and admirable conduct steadity pursued, »ey
in a few years, found the objects of their sev
licitude and attention capable of ••njoyinff;
unqualified freedom, which we% ubjir h*W
granted by the members of this Societ/J *w
on the same simple, plain, certain principle^
has the policy Of, the New York Msnumie-
; eion, and Pennsyiyanii Abelition, Soci8U6$

138

been uniformly folded, and the atmie re- i
suits produced— r/suJts which could^wot ha*e '.-[
been anticipated Ay the most sangtirrie frienae ;
of religion and humanity, .in contemplating i
their triumph o/er that dark end prevailing J
influence; by vhrch one part of the inhabi- j
tants of this eeuntry, {with white s.kins, but;
hearts the blackest of the black,) tyrannized j
over and degraded another part, equally the
offspring of a common Creator rand by suf-
fering end misery (I firmly trust) the j ecu-
liar objecWoOf his repard, in Which sentiment
I am firmly fixed, and few good men. will dis-
sent from me, after reflecting on the certain
evidence evinced in their present compara-
tive state of happiness and freedom : in alj
the Eastern, Northern, and most of the mid-
dle states, we see this people in the full en-
joyment of all civil and political rights ; re-
recognized by the fundamental doctrines of
the government under which they live, as at-
taching to man and unalienable : the legis-
lative enactments sanctioned by public opi-
nion, heretofore presenting an insurmounta-
ble obstacle to their being any other than
slaves, have by a chunge in that\opinion all
been repealed, and they completely emanci-
pated from legal bondage. First, Pennsyl-
vania, in 1780, then successively Massachu-
setts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New-Hamp-
shire, New- York and New-Jersey; the state
of Connecticut having only authorised sla-
very by negative laws, declared every man
free residing in their limits, and simultane-
ous with these declarations-did the objects of
them assume not only in name and by law,
but in fact and by circumstance the attitude
of freemen ; the stimulants to action being
changed from the whip to hope of reward,
those intellectual faculties with which they,
in comuion with the. rest of mankind, are
blessed, begen to develops themselves, and a
steady progress in those improvements in ci-
vil life, upon which human happiness is based
sncceeded and will continue to prevail. At
the present moment we find in all the states
adverted to, thousands of free people of co-
lour) who were once themselves or their fa-
thers, slaves in the .strict meaning of the
term, but now possessing property, and mo-
ral and religious character ; their children
receiving common education, at their own or
the public expense. This applies even to the
paupers, for the distinction of colour is al-
most entirely lost sight of in the legislative
charities of these states ; for instance, Penn-
sylvania, by law., is divided into school dis-
tricts, and school-houses erected in those dis-
tricts at the expense of the state, under the
superintendence of commissioners, and all
for the benefit of children of poor people, ei-
ther paupers . or not. In this the coloured
population freely participate, and it niust'be
apparent to all that the same favourable sen-
timents and opinions on the part of the white
citizens, which has done thus much in meli-
orating the condition of the coloured, will
eventually release them from the moral res-
traints under which they at present labour,
and permit them to follow the usual avoca-
tions of mechanics, tradesmen and naviga-
tors, other' thai; in the capacity of labourers [
and servants in our seaports and large towns,
and place them on the same footing which
they now enjoy throughout the interior, as
respectable farmers and landholders .with
which our country teems. . I am aware tliat
these opinions will be controverted by colo-
nizationists, but with what justice and reason
an enlightened. mind will judge, If.they ad-
mit, the general condition of the coloured
people to be as now described, they must by
that adptission overthrow one of the mighty
arguments upon which the Society rests its
claims to support ; for its advocates are un-
ceasingly proclaiming to the American peo-
ple, that the coloured people who are free
cannot experience any imp ovement; cannot
overcome the disabilities they lie under, and
can never among us be a happy ami respect-
ed people and therefore should be removed;
when, for the last twenty years, they have
experienced an improvement as a people
without a parallel; they have overcome, and
are now overcoming the most burthensome
disabilities, and are rapidly becoming a liap-
py and respected people ;'and justice, cha-
rity and humanity interfere against their re-
moval to any colony, and. to any obstacle be-
ing thrown in the way of their future march
to the common happiness of mankind,.enjoy-
ing liberty and Civilization.

CLARKSON.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.'

COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

- lit was argued by the first slave-dealers,
that introducing Africans into our country in 1
the capacity of slaves, was the readiest Way
of converting them to the principles of the
christian religion; Under this plausible pre- i
text,; many engaged in that- barbarous and !
deteV&ele traffic. Thousands Were yearly j

brought to our cosjtsr-theiw hf}»# increased*
and lecorno a very grtit miltitoW. HaW

{hey' received any great- advantages ?. Has
their situation been vastly bettered by^their
long residence in this christian country ?
Have they been taught to read the pimof

Sth ? Have, the principles . of the hutjiMe
Jesus been instilled into their Have
they been benefited m any way ? Oh the
contrary, have thov not *een reduced to a
state o ' moral degradation, even below the
brute creation? Are they .riot suffered to
live- together like beasts, without any ordi-
nance of marriage, contrary^ the piecepts
of the gospel and the laws of our land ?

Our country has been blessed by the out-
pouring of the spirit of the Almighty, inso
much that thousands have turned from dark-
ness Co light. Whole villages, which a few
years ago were distinguished only for riot
and dissipation, have forsaken their evil ways,
and have professed to become followers ot
the meek and lowly Jesus. They have ex-
perienced the benefits of the gospel them-
selves, and have united with one accord -to
send heri'Ws to prpclaimctliis blessed gospel
to p»gan lands. The children of Africa have
not been forgotten in this gospel day. A hu-
mane society has been orgamzeu for the ex-
press purpose, of restoring these outcasts to
the land of their fathers. To this benevo-
lent Society I now address myself:--" You
say that the slave trade must be dried up at
its source; that by colonizing the free blacks
on the coast of Africa, you shall eventually
effect this. It is for your interest and safety
to have a stop put to this traffic. Those al-
ready here, have increased and become a
v ry great multitude. Ycu are not ignorant
that many of those are so far enlightened, as
to know that they are unjustly, in this land
of liberty, denied the rights and privileges ot
free citizens. You must be sensible, that if
they continue to increa e as rapidiy a*Hioy
have for some time past, the day cannot be
far disant, when th«v will be able to obtain
their natural rights by physical force. This
is what you fear, and to prevent this, is the
sole obbject in sending them out of this coun-
try. Your language may appear very plan
eible to those who do not investigate your
conduct.

4 ' You pretend, that you wish to promote
the happiness of the coloured people ; your
actions deny the truth of your professions.
Fdr had you in reality wished- to promote
their happiness, instead of removing them to
it barbarous land, you would have used your
influence to eradicate those illiberal pre'pidi-
ces from the minds of white people, .which
Jure are the only obstacles to their improve-
ment.

" Yo' 1 .saw that the children of Africa
were fruitful and increased abundantly, and
multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and
that our land was filled with them. And you
said one to another, in the language of Pha-
raoh concerning the children of Israel, be-
hold' the people of .Africa will soon be more
and mightier than ■ we ; come on, let us d ;al-
wisely "with ifeem * lest they multiply, and it
come to pass," that when there I'alleth out any
war they join h!so unto our enemies. We
dare not. destroy their male children as Pha-
raoh did l hose of the Hebrews. But we can
devise u plan to get rid of them, and at the
same time make the poor credulous things be-
live that we are consulting their interest, in-
stead of our safety. Yes, we will tell them,
that while they remain in this enlightened
country, under the baleful influence of the
illiberal prejudices of Mir christian commu-
nity, they cannot even become civilized, nor
even attain to an honourable standing in so-
ciety. We will persuade, them to emigrate
to Africa; we will make them believe that in
that pagan land, they can u enjoy freedom
and happiness, become cvilized and' chris^
tiani?ed, and attain to competence and even
affluence" ..

I shall now notice the communications of
Rev. John H Kennedy, published- in the
Freedom^ Journal* He says, '» The colony
has been in existence in its present location
about five years. * * The neighbouring
tribes begin to appreciate the blessing of ci-
vilixation. * .* *

Our colony will be a Fairmount," a res-
ervoir of living waters, whence the streams
of civilization and salvation (yes, infidels' sal-
vation !) shall flovy to every part of this thirsty
desert. la this a dream ? If ep, it is a pleas-
ing dream. Awake me. not to the horrid re-,
ality !" Does Mr. Kennedy mean, that if he
is in an error, he does not wish to be convin-
ced of it?: , . '

In another number he says, " I know of ho
colony ever planted in so unfavourable cir-
cumstances, that was equally prosperous at
tile same period of its history as that of Libe-
ria. Wages are high, industry is general,
commerce already begins to thrive, education
diffused, morality and religion predominate,
every . circumstance betokens a healthful
state' and rapid'growth., iVe hear, q? no dis 1 -

It w oald be tedious to recount to you the
number to jrhom t hate been thus in a man-

ner wedded. WithOftt having paid serious at-
, I find ! h.ave^ promised
myself to sqme'haif a'dozen. Merely having

tention to ono female,

satfcfaotion j none reembarfc &» they d«l at

Hay tV ... 4

* * « When a respectable colony it ee--
tahli*hed, and the coloured merchant shall
visit Our shores; argii merit in the case Will be
superseded. The coloured man hero will "im-
percejptibly rise in influence arid respectabil-
ity, through the indirect influence of those
from ithe colony." * * " If the coloured
man cannet attain the standing to which he
is entitled' here, he can attain * elsewhere,
and the indirect,? the reacting influence he
must.exerton those he leaves behind, will
be ofitnore advantage to them than any thing
he cajn do here."

Is Mr. K. ridiculing».in ironical language, the
success of the American Colonization Socie-
ty ! ,He cannot suppose, that people of com-
mon eense will believe that, a moral and in-
tellectual change will' immediately take
place in these, rude, ignorant people—

the moment they are landed on this barba- „«.,„«„.,.„, - .. V( ,

roue coast!! The coloured people here are ; complaints to myself. But tnere is a limit
» uncivilized Pag ing," <l an unsteady, quar- to hljm;<n endurance. I like to be coniforta-
relsomt, vicious, idle, vulgar race. Aran*-, bJo dt c }, urc h f an d my age requires my body
port them to Liberia, and they are an «««"-; t 0 be kept ' wurm. I feel it my duty, to protest
prising, industrious, cxvil, religious, contented . aga f njJt a .young woman who sits, in front of.
and happy peopU? If Mr. Kennedy, vuli re- , me She wcars w j, at they calJ a Bolivar, a
fleet seriousl upon his arguments, in favour, nm( . hine that bids fair to throw windmills in-
df Colonization. I think he will have the can- ; tQ disusei for WDenever 8ne , urn8 ij er j, ead)
dour to confess, that common sense had no, / whfch ( asgure you , js quUe 0 ft en ,) the flap-
A\nt»** n „ th..m ! ping of her Bolivar createa 8 uch a current of

air that I urn in danger of catching cold. Ex-

walked arm in arm with a lady was equal to a
declaration of love, to repeat the walk, was
the signal for an invitation to the nuptial
feast. Thus you see, Mr. Observer, without
any overt act of my own, I have obtained for
myself the character of an inconstant. Moth-
ers fr^wn on me, girls run from me, and
the young men laugh at me. . If you care
for the unfortunate, do say something in my
favour. Yours, &c.

Sabiuel Lovsall.

PR1KND OBSKRVF.n,

I am an old man. I have counted sixty
summers. Youth sa;. &, old age is crabbed
nnd sour. Perhaps it is so. I know we are
apt to be particular, and therefore I k ep all

part in dictating th'.-m.
1 b $ * * * *

Portland, Oct.' 11, 1S27.

—

ENGLAND.

1 Society for k Mitigation and Gradual Abo-
lition of x a very throughout the British Do-

pose, to her the cnminaliiy of her conduct, *
and you will oblige an

OLD MAN.

NEW- YORK AFRICAN FREE SCHOOL.
Ma. John B. Russwurm.
[Since our last, we havo received the follow- 1 Dear Sir— It. becomes my pleasing duty r

ing,b, the arrival of the packci ship; we merely at J 1R V^f- ,1)6 S'^t ?' 'f^stees of the
, .. . t , 1 * -Mew- York African Free School," to acknow -

pabli.hit.-to Hour mead, at „ome, kn,, w that;^. in tHei? hehnll, your gene.osiiy in lur-
the Abolitionists oi (Wat-Bnur.n ar« yet =<bvo to n i s hing gratuitously, the regular vvfekly. num-
tho intwosts aad eatis<- oi' our.enr.lav.'d brethren.] - hers of the " Freedom's Journal" far .'he be-
nefit of the Library in fin- S .hool in Mul-

Sir,

i hv-ve received
Mr. Jamks t's'.i
numbers of wu ;J
and iiave su;. w xh\
the Society u- •
tion and ^-"•i-i
throngiiou! the bri
I have ii:e iu'i.'oi it) <

r'00i\ ,

:- v \.

, 1*27.

rw,»h the
!■,-•.; Livmp

; e) !!.u'-: »(•-: J •urnul.
u , ■ '■•:> toe C'l.n-M^iee of
i ir.:r>\ for t;,e :Vlj;iga-
Ab> ■»ii of Slavery
i DowUtiioiisj" — of whicii
rt as Secreiarv.

berry-street..

eaiuni of ^ ^° ^r ''' 1l, satisfaction, first, be-

■■\ . several caus *' aCt wllic i 1 'oerits* it bespeak* a l»be
r.il he irt; and, secondly, J/ecnu.se : ii.ich good
liiny be calculated to r«-su!f iVom such a jour-
nal b ing pe'ni«ed bj such readers, as will
have access to its pages.

U cannot but be -icceptable to you, ^ir, to
be informed, thai >>ur Library now consists of
iboiit Ihree hundred well >elecied volumes.
Allow me, in this place, to relate l'«e follow-
i.ijr. p!e.-»sing fact.
One of our liitie scholars, aged about ten

The committee havo beeii irmcn gratified
by their perusal, and by "heir (*,.•• outimi I- now
send you a set of the p-.-o-'icaiiuhi of thia-So-
ciety up to the present .iate, (with the excep-'.

tion'of the flr.st val.uiw ot our' An-i-SJavery yeans was .pi^fioiied on some aslrouotnical
Reporter, which I understand mv - lend; M/ ^ f)li olhor ^-lentifie subjects a tew months aifo,
Cropncr, has sent von.) I beg 'on behalf <»f h >' a celeiirafeii and I arned doctor ot this ce-
thi/s')ciety, to be. favoured with your publi- l y? ,,,e answered so r-adily and. so accu-
cation on Negro Slaveiv, as completely as ralely.ln the querms, was at last asked, how
you 'may be able conveniently to cimply.— :' was ^hat he was so tie!! ncqinmted with
I'shad be glad to continue this ' recip- ; sucil Bu l y rt .cts ? lis n ?p !y wns, that he re-
rockl interchange as regularly as circum- 1 membered (o have read ot them in the books
stances may permit, and which will, I truit, of the School Library,
prove mutually interesting and useful. Ver y respectfully

prove mutually interesting and useful.

With best wishes for every success to your
meritorious exertions in this good cause, I
r.-inain with esteem, Sir, your obedient ser-
vant, THO. PR1NGLE, Sec'ry.
To the Editor of" Frkeoom's?

JoURtfAt,." \

r respectfully,
CHAR LBS C. ANDREWS,
Teacher of African Free School, No. 2.

FREJBDOH'S JOURNAL^.-

FOR THK FREEDOM S JOURXAt.

OBSERVER. — No. IX.
Mr- Observer :

1 am induced to write you, in the hope, that
a few remarks from you, will in a nieaure,
tend to abolish the custom under which I
.have so grievously. suffered. 1 am a young
man and of course, take no little delight in
female society.' You Mr. Observer.. J know,
will be the last to object, to our frequently
joining the circle -of intelligent women. —
When I first came to this city, having few
acquaintances I was often in' the company
of alyouug lady, whose \vit and beauty I ad-
mired. It was nothing strange then, if I
attended her to church, three or four Sum
days in succession. It was no more than pay-
ing duelionor at the shrine of beauty. How
much longer:* would have attended her, and,
whether any thing, serious would have resul-
ted from my attentions, I cannot say. I was
under the necessity of withdrawing altogeth-
er from her society, as I found it to be a^en-
eral belief, that the young lady and myself,
were soon to become 'one flesh.' Now I so-
lemnly declare, that I never had one serious
thought of the kind, por have I any reason to
supbosej the lady ever construed my atten-
tions to her, ip any such Jigbt. I could not
long remain without some on e to whom i

NEW-YOIIK, NOVEMBER 9, 182T.

cou(d pay the common ftwiduitiesi. The pret-
ty ljttle E cbroe fierpss : rhy path. I took her
once to the fireworks, and once to {be eon
cert. I could ' go no farther, for thp ; grafrd
Saribedrim 6f M'dmari pad 'sent forfti i their
edietj that we iiaii presumed' Jo perform to*
jgetler the vayage.oflife. ' ■•■n

LETTER-NO. VI,
TO REV. SAMUEL E .CORMSH.

B'lcT'i.s, August — .
Comparatively 6peaking, ,B,oston is tho richest,
and most aristocratic city in the Union. Here rer
pide mapy indi viduals with princely fortunes: The
objects most worthy of a strangers notice, -are the
Statfcjllouse, State Blreet, with its numerous
Banks, the new Market-House, Faneuil-Hal), (the ,
cradle of American liberty,) ; the AthenaBum,
Central Wharf, the Western 0 ' A venne or Mill'
Dam, the Common, and Beacon-street, with its
Macadamized pavement. The State-House is *
massive brick building, on Beacon-street, some'
what more' eJovatcd than any other, aud aflordinj
from its cupola fine views of the city, harbour aod
islands, and .the surrounding, country. The Coia-
mon, with its Mall, is the public pUce of prome-
nade for the citizens : it contains between forty
and fifty acres, and -was the generous donation of
a citizen. Tho Mall is handsomely orriameotei'
with trees Tlie Common contains a basin of F**
ter, which has been . known from time immemon*^
by the name of the Frog-pond ; ' ntu\ a: few tre««>
ampng: .which is the far-famed Elm " of graairt- ^
nown:"

Central. Wharf, with itiifine and unifor^ Mock
of J^nck stores, ^ g^id to'^e the hahdsomsit wbirf
»' the'wbrjd/ and cer^n/A no city jni the Unkm
can shew' khy tki^ffiif ^ he storca arc buUt

FREEDOM** JOURNAL*

near its middle, affording sufficient room oneash
side, for vessels to unload, for * passage way for
carts, and a handsome footpath for passengers.
Beacon-street, pavqd on the principle of the cele-
brated Mc Adams, is a fine street, inhabited
wholly by - men of the first standing in society
From what I have seen of it, I prefer it .to the
old mode of paving. Roads made this princi-
ple, require some considerable time before we
ought to consider them as finished; but when they
are so, they can be mode as even as the floor of a
house I should think the success which- has. at-
tended Mr.McAdams' plan inGreat-Brua*m,would
induce other of our.cities to make a trial of his
evstem. s

Our coloured brethren here. have a Grand Ma-
•sonic Lodge, which is entitled the African Grand
Lodge of boston, Massachusetts. It is the first
institution of the kind among us, and, I bejieve,
derives' its charter, from Great -Britain. At any
late, it holds but little fellowship with the differ-
ent Lodges in the city, from what cause I know
not. As there is a mystery about everything
connected with masonry still, notwithstanding the
gnat light, thrown upon the subject by the publi-
cations of Capt. Siorgan, I can enter into no par-
ticulars concerning the fraternity, the number of
its members, or its standing. They have a fine
. lodge-room in Cambridge-street, and from ap-
pearances I should thjDk the..Society to be in a
highly flourishing condition.

Our brethren here have also three, Religious
Societies, viz. one Baptist, and two Methodist;
one or two Mutual Relief Societies, and a Deba-
ting Club. Or the Mutual Relief Societies I can
*ay but little; never having'learned their number
of members, or seen their ronstitutions. The ob-
jects contemplated by them ar>.' noble; and 1 hope
they will procefd in their lauu.iblr endeavour;; of
assisting the sick and needy Our view.-. -. n this
.subject we have already > :<:• rrswd in ihv early

consists of about

K iV

u.tc? 'hich
>'• nq'jny is en-
lable ri-ad^ig and
which otherwise
It would be well

scriptf on by 10 o'clock at Aight :' the good effecU
resulting from which are, that the street* are mors

retired and quiet, by thai hour, than ours jjenerallj
are by twelve o'clock. j
Business calling me,' I paid a short visit to Sa-j
lem, about fourteen miles from Boston, a towri
much celebrated in the annals of the East India!
Trade. Salem is a pleasant town, with some
streets with fine and princely buildings; withj
others with building* tearing all the marks of ha-j
ving been put together immediately after its first;
settlement. The persons of colour residing in;
the town amount to about four hundred. Thftirj
opportunities for the.acquisitiou of property, are I 1
believe better than commonly falls to our. lot in^thp |
different cities. Many of them are owners of a
comfortable house and lot, certain testimonials
(which we should bo glad to see many more of our
brethren) of their economy and industry^ Sa*
lem is the residence of our friend R. who, by uni-
form propriety of conduct, and an undeviating at-
tention to business has gained the respect of all
classuB'o/ the citizens. 1 found him just recover-
ing from a long fit of sickness: so weak as to be
unablesjo accompany us on oiir promenade through
the town. The Marine Society of Salem have
here erected a fine building for tho Uses cf the so-
ciety, which 1 believe consists wholly of masters
and supercargoes who have , been round the Csp»
of Good Hope. Their collection of East India
and Chinese curiosities is the richest in the
country. There are but few museums equally val-
uable : I can say but verj' little conce rning it. ow-
iy to the shortness of my visit, which had to be
regulated by the time which the gentleman who
had ciiarge of the museum had to snare ; for you
are to be informed, that it was an act of great |
condescension in allowing us persons of colour ■
to p<''p ;it it, as no money is ever taken as the
price o! .-idmisiuon.' The road from Boston to Sa
Jem is (superlative in every sense <>f the word, be-
fog the* dtarist and finest in the country.

Boston has ever been celebrated for tlw correct
And enlightened views' of hei citizens on the sub-
ject of the African Slave Trade. It was owing
t o this, that one of her representatives who a low
years since, voted in favour ofits extension into a

latien of Boston has increased but little of late
years We confess we feel soi-ry that so rilany
petty thefts are committed by persons of colour,
but what, besides enlightening tho minds of the
rising generation, *>n we do? A society on the
principles of the one lately established in New
Haven might be the' moans of effecting much
good. But where is the zealous 1 and enlightened
man of colour, who is willing to devote his tiriie
to the formation of such ?

Yours, &c.

By in auvertisement'iri the Freedom's Jour-
ndl, Sarnuel E. Cornish, lately one o< the Ed-
itors of ' that paper, offers for sale to his co-
loured brethren, 1 " twb'thousano acres of ex-
cellent land, at less than half Its value, pro-
vided they will take measures to settle, or
havo it settle, d by coloured farmers. The
land is situated in th6 state at Neiv-York,
within 70 miles of this' city,'' &,c.

We sincerely wish success to this project
of turning" the attention of coloured people to
the cultivation of the soil, though we donbt
wheiher many of them will be pursuaded to
take up their abode in the country. .A large
majority of them seem to be governed by a
strong propensity to crowd themselves to-
gether into cities, where, cf all places, they
have the lea9t chance of securing themselves
the independence and the respectability
iwhich they so much covet. Most of them
|here, being without trades, and destitute of
'the means of acquiring them, have to seek
'employment "in the capacity of servants, or
labourers, or what is worse remain idle. As
agriculturists, they would have nothing to
irevent them from becoming as wealthy and
s independent .as the rest of our cotintry-
I pic. Their farms, with the same <:ar<? and
j tittention, would prod nee as well ; the sur-

Iilus their crops would .sell as well in mar-
ket ; their beef, pork, poultry and other pro-'
duct ions would be as good, and comyiumf as
high a prirt 1 . With these nnd numerous oih- j
er argMUn'tits in favour of their engaging t/i )
this oo\.u|> nion, it is c^ramly rem »rkab!e the.l
so few of {lie "Jotsr-.'d people among u a are
farmers. — Conn. Juut.

&umm<frg.

df we were (l.jiow ihe laudable example set us
hy our tfosiun friends. Care should be taken,
■that ono lung- winded speaker does not occupy too
anuch of the time "of such societies; nor that any
"anember speak more than twice on any subject,
occupying but eight or -ten minutes «:ach urne.
These, 1 am aware, are things of inin-tr import-
ance, but nevertheless they are highly important
to the well being of every debating society.

I have already stated the number cf tho 1 colour-,
ed populatibn of this city, and sorry am I to add.
that very few are mechanics; and they who are,
. almost universally relinquish their trades for other
employments. This, I suppose, is principally ow-
ing 'to tho want of patronage on the'pa-rt of the
public ; and to an irregularity too common among
us, on their part. But few of our brethren have
improved their opportunities of acquiring fast pro-
■pCTtij ; for I am informed by wiser and older
heads, that their opportunity in years gone t by for
acquiring property were tenfold what they arc at
present ; a new spirit, however, is abroad among
some of the younger members, which we trust, will
oe the means of effecting great good We are an
oppressed and degraded race, but we trust that
the contempt and opposition " r e meet with, in-
Ktead of damping will tend to make us more zeal-
ous in the pursuit of whatever is honest*, and just
and of good report. Upon the whole, I should
jndge, that the condition of our brethren here at :
large,- had improved considerably, of late j'eurs in
point of comforts, morals and intelligence. Of
course there will always remain some unworthy
members here, as well as elsewhere — a disgrace to
us and to society at large : but the whole ought
net to bear the stigma for the misconduct of a few;
as there- is enough of vice and its concomitant
evils among the. most favoured classes of society.

Boston is emphatically a place of steeples ; for
no city in the States can equal her in the number
of her houses of worship according to her popula-.
tion, and in no city is the sabbath kept with .more
due reverence. The police regulations here are
«xcellent,clpsing a# groceries, liquor stands, (po*r
ter houses here unknown) and shops of every de^

; A stove has been invented by the Rev. Dr.
. ,. , , Not', of Union College, which for elegance

| cenam portion of the country was burnt in effigy ; ^ n() uConom y is sau J to 8Ui . pass any before

, and lost his soat m th. National Legislature. We j constructed. Cheap Living,— In Ohio,

j havo always had warm and ze.iious friends here . | corn is'worth twelue and half cents a bushel,
I: for who has net hcird of the philanthropy bf the ; rvH twenty-five c ents ; wheat thirty one

Smiths. Hancocks. YVinthrops, <nd Philbw of i cent8 ' b " ttef ? X nt>d a ^ arter *

r , r . 1 ' .! pound; liacon two cents, &c. Southern

former days r er of the walo.o. and unweaned of- 'Manufaiton/.-A cotton factory is in opera-
forts of Ihe departed Woedman, " wim had a hand j tion i n Tennes.ee ; the work of which done
np.-rji as day. for melting charity?" But while we j by slaves- The proprietor and foreman are

revere the memory of deparu-d worth, let us not from ; Rhode-Island. An examination of

be umuiu .'ful o;" liieir fbiiowers who still remain, midshipmen commenced in this city on Wed-
WJ.ere so many deserve to. be mentioned, it is al I esda ^ l^Cornmodore Chauncery presiding.

. .,. * i • \ , l : JJ moderate punishment. — William Doans

ways inv.dious to particularize, nevertheless 1 1 Freeman, who- was recently convicted of

must be excused lor naming Messrs. N . and j manslaughter, has been sentenced to ' pay a

.O . The descendants of Africa, will, I trust fine of $;i()0, and to suffer two years and 6

ever hold both in high estimation ; the one for his ! nipnths imprisonment. The prisoner is about
unwearied labours in the sabbath school, and for ?? >' eara ?l nf?e ' a,,d 1,33 a wife> but 00 Cl,il "

the improvement nf the people of colour at large ;
the other, for his untiring exertions in the estab-
lishment and organization cf the African Primary
Schools. May their good counsels have a lasting
effect upon our rising youth ; and may the recol-
lection of their labours of love, in behalf of our
r "ce, cheer them in their latter days; and when
" this mortal shall have put. on immortality," may
they be r.s a sweet offering before tho throne of
the Almighty !

It ts true, mv dear sir, we are a people surround-
ed with obstacles on all sides, but notwithstanding
how few of -us havo improved our small privi-
leges! Were each to ask himself 5 the question :
how few could conscientiously answer it affirma-
tively. Like the rest of mankind,* wc are too apt
to repine at the comforts and advantages of oth-
ers, our superiors in life, without comparing our
situations with those not so comfortably off, or
making strenuous efforts to improve it I know
not why it is, our people arc so fond of flocking to
largo towns and- cities, unless <he old proverb,

that misery loves company" is too tiue-to be
made a jest of.' It is an acknowledged fact .that
the situation of thousands of them would be im-
proved by a removal into the cuuntry—that the.
number of coloured .criminals who are daily sent
to jails and. penitentiaries woujd be lessened by-
their removal from the scene of temptation, and
yet nothing is done to lessen the evil. I do pot:
mention these facts here as pertaining to Boston,
or any part of New England more

d(en. — -The police of Philadelphia, lias re-
cently ferreted out a largejjiiumbsr oj\ per-
scjna connecting. with a counterfeiting estab-
lishment, on a very extensive sc:ale in that

city— Caution. — The Taunton Reporter

states that a woman in a neighbouring, town
abided with .the tooth-ache had reco^rse^to
the Oil of Tansy procured from an essence
pedlar. Although bin one or two drop.-? were
applied to the tooth, the effect was fatal —the

woman * surviving but a short time. A

nijmber of gentlemen in New-leaven, Conn,
have recently formed themselves into a soci-
ety by the name of the Vigilant .Society of

New-Haven.- . — The Earl of Dartmouth

has offered to present to the Dartmouth Col-
lege, a copy of tho portrait of his grand'fath-
er exeut.ed by one of the first English Artists.
—4- — Proposals are issued for publishing
in ; Boston, a volume of Pulpit Sketches, Ser-
mons and; Devotionul Fragments," by the
Rev. John N Maffet of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church.- 0n the site in the towir* of

Guelpli U. C. the first tree vyas cut only six
moinths ago; .he town now contains 100
hojises. The first child born in that place a
feipale, has hod a lot of land granted;, her
as ]a . marriage portion.- — -Mr. Liberty Par*
ker, of Curistuples Mass. lately droivne^ him-
self iii his vfelL He is supposed to have been
parjtialiy deranged.- — John Harvard.A-lt is
in pontemplation to erect a monument in the
merrihry of John Harvard, the first benefactor
of harvard university .--~--J'8tnes Hatjiilton
Es^j. of thia* city, has been appcdnted;;to t|io
cha^irof Mathematics and NaVural. Pjnitos
]£>§Y\ — — 1 The reiceipts of the city of ^tba-

ptrticuhij-ly ■ %f for the 'past yesr , are Stated at $IH,Q43,
they apply: witli.cqual, if not greater force. to all' &\ expeu'ditufes '$$07, 278, 83. , _l r .£> e if
ow larger pities. •. ?ht •W.is, the eoloored pajnw, .DMWhttem 74 Ddkf and Dm\

•' persons in the s

of Vermont.-

urnl

ton, Mass, is making rasid advances, as t

.manufacturing establishment-.... A manufac-
tory of Brtiannia Wart i has lately gone into
operation the machinery of wHidh is otoved
by steam.-- — Kenvon C<>tte^e^--W9rkm«o
are busily employea in erecting one of th*
buildings of the College. It is to be in the
form of the letter H, arid to ■ bs'^lO ftet jn
length and 140 in width ; it iH fb Wye' iwo
wings, each of which is to B1e5 Tpng,
Lord Goderich, prime miriist^r of Oreti$ri-
tain, lids subscribed £100 to the' funds.'l—
Missing Vessel.— Pears are entertained that
the brig Reward, Emefy, of B^Tdn. which,
held from thence on July 31 for ? pipi ftiy-
tion, is lost' . WtUiaM Wootttyftt^... 'Vjijftt-
chant of the Cape was a na^flohgeji- ' ,' ■ ~-
Fire.-— The distillery of Mr. Arpnzb Hofre,
of Pultney, Vt. was lately destroyed by . fire,
with considerable liquor arid Stock.— —
cantation of Fru Mdsonri/.—Tiic Rev. James
Cochrane, a master mason, has comc rjut>in
the Hatavia N. Y. Adybcate) with a recanta-
tion of masonry, and says that deep' and seri-
ous thought leads him to believe the'institu-
tion to be unchristian, unconstitutional a'tid

unjust. -The New Hampshire Sentinel

recommends u.law to punish a man for rob-
bing himself or pretending to be nmbed — —
W. Russel, jr. Eaq. of New Bedford, has
invented a substitute for copper, ijheating.-r--
An order has been received at Nantucket,'
from England, for 30,000 barrels of oil 1
Caulion. : —The Cashier of the Bank. Of Mont-
pelier Vt. cautions the public, against ie--
ceiving bills <>f that bank, whieh sire impres-
sed with a reddish stain, with tlie margin
gone or much baoken, and the paper so much
affected with alkali as not' to bear handling.

Boston a.nd Liverpool packets.— O n the

first inst. tho Amethyst, Cupt. ilowe, . sailed
fram Boston ios Liverpool. The A. is the
first packet of the nt'w line recently estab-
lished. One of the members of the

i'lew Jersey Legislature last week while on
bw ViV to take hit' seat in the House was ar-
••o.-iivt and 'put in confinement by the sher-
iff. The house considering this a breach of
vS privileges, dispatched a sergeant at aVms
with the sneaking warrant and brought Mr.
Sheriff with ihe prisoner 'before, the bar of.

the house. —The white mountain^ says

the Eastern Argus have already assunj'ed
their garb of whiteness portending the cer-
tain approach of the stormy blasts and 'stif-
fening chills of winter.— —Col. Slaughter
is ; nominated as a Candida- e for Governor in

Kentucky. Useful plough. .. A farmer in

Moravia has just invented a new ; pdugfa,
which although drawn by orie horse, produ-
ces four furrows. ' The * 'Agricultural '.Soci-
ety of that country has presented him with a
gold medal.— —Robbery— The : store "of Mr.
ii. Cheever jr. of Portsmouth, N. H. was
lately broken opeq and robbed of fashionable
clothing to the amount of $1000; A reward
of $150 is offered for the apprehension of th»
thief.— Real Military SpiriL-O'ne of the
regiments of Old Hampshire lately postponed
their muster for one year on account of the
weather ! Eight females of the highest re-
spectability in the employment of the Board
of Domestic Missions passed through v Hagers-
town, Md. on their way to the state of Mis-
sissippi to reside with the Cherokee And
Choctaw Indians.

In this city, by the 'Uev; Thomas, MiHer, on
the 6th inst. Mr. Samuel Robertson to Mijss
Sarah Turner — Mr. George Bailey to Mia!
Amelia Giles— —Mr. Macy Simpson * to iViiss
Haniiaji Rose- — Mr. David Johnson to Miss
Catharine Barnes,

, In St. Philip's Church, on 1st inst,., by Ref
P. Williams, Mf. Jonas Jones to Miss CatWi->
rine Noe. — On Sunday evening, Mr. Ransocb
P. Wake to Mis3 Mary Blake.

In this city, on the 1st inst. by the Rev. Mr.
Drayton, Mr. Andrew C. Oliver, of Philadel-
phia, to Miss Lydia Praucis, of Lohg-lsland;

DIED,

In this city, on Sunday last,Mhv Aaren Jar-
cobs, sexton of Ziou Church, kged 69. : '
Mrs. Sarah Anderson. '

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Acrostic, we cannot insert; / ! , v
Agrestis has been received, :anifl sK^lI tp'
peas next" whek. "' '

Err at^.— -We have to apologize to. our readers
for ihe many- errors in' the 1 last "number. bi 'th*
Jo unial. ly has al w ays been j and ever shkll ! bit>
our desire to have it as corroet- air poitMi.

TO REATi

The lower part of the house at the X. East
corner of Chapel and" Walker^eets.--fSnq9u* i
at the premises.; v

Sew- York, Rot,; 6, 1627. ' :

WANTED, X

The wohte or p wt ot ^^pew'm••wl»w : f!■It
of St. Philip's Church.— Enquire at this office.

140

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL*

POETRY.

BY f HILLIfl WHBATLET. f

HYMN TO HUMANITY.
To S. P. G. Esq.

Lo ! for this dark terrestrial ball
Forsakes iiis azure-paved hall

A pripceof heav nly birth !
Divine Humanity, behold, *
What wonders riso, what charms unfold

At hie descent to earth !

The bosoms of the great and; good
Wi'h wonder and delight ho yiew'd,

And fix'd hia empire there ::
Him, close compressing to his breast,
Tin- sire of gods and men addrc^s'd,

" My son, my heav'uly fair f

Do6ce«d to .earth, tltero place thy throne ;
To snr.cour man s aifliotod son

Each human heart in piro : *
To act in bounties uncontin'd
Enlarge tin- closn contracted mind;

And fill it with tin firo "

Quick as the word, with swift career ,,
He wings his course from Btar to star,

And leaves the bright abode '
Tiie Virtue did. his charns impart;
Tli< ir G ! then thy raplurd heart,

Fe rceiv'd the rushing God :

' For when thy pitying eye did sec
The languid muso in low degree,

Then, then at thy desire
Descended the celestial nine !
O'er me methought they deign'd to shine,

And deign'd to string my lyre.

Can Afric's muse forgetful prove ?
Or can such friendship fail to move

A tender human heart ?
Immortal friendship laurel-crown'd
The'smiling Gracas all surrouud

With evejy heav'nly Art.

BY THE SAME.

HYMN TO THE MORNING.
Attend in lays, ye ever honour'd nine,
Assist my labours, and my strains refine ;
In smoothest numbers pour the notes along,
For bright Aurora now demai d; my song.

Aurora, hail, and all the thousand dies,
"Which deck thy progress through the vaulted
skies :

The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays,
On ev'ry leaf the gentle zephyr plajs ;
Harmonious lavs the Icather'd race resume
Dart the bright eye, and 6huke the painted plumes.

Yo shady groves, your vcrdanl gloom display
To shield your poet from the burning day :
Calliope, awake the sacred lyre,
While thy fair sisters fan the pleasing fire ;
The bow'ers, the gales, ; t(ie vurregatgd 6tties
In all their pleasures in my bosom rise.

See in the east th' illustrious king of day !
His rising radiance drives the shades away- —
But Oh ! I feel hk fervid beams too strong.,
And scarce begun, conclude* lb' abortive song - /

A gentleman in the county «>f Lincoln, in \
this State, being- on a journey fell-in compa- j
ny with an Irishman who had formerly been |
his neighbour, and enquiring of him how he j

G. & R. DRAPER,

(Coloured Men,)
In Forest-street, BALTIMORE, Manufacture

i ALL KINDS OF

Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,,
Scoicjh, Rappe, &■ Maccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American
CIGARS.

... , , . , - , . . , ■ , ; N. B. The above gentlemen have sent me

hkedthe country w' pre he then lived, and; a i arg j. Box of their TOBACCO, "for sale, nnd
whether it was productive &c received from should the experiment ueoecd, they can supply
Pat, the following answer. "Sivate Ireland '.any quantity of all the articles. 30
excepted, it is iho finest country in - the j ' S AMUEL E. CORNrSH.

world : I raise great Peraties as big as your! " rail/ 1 1> r<7rvruivp ,,,„, ,77^
/tuVatnan cpld'nt ate more than a dozen of j <^rllv\l tLUl nli\(j b 1 Ulik,
them to a male. Passing 1 my pefatie field i JVb. 218, South Sixth-street, Philadelphia.
one day and hearing a bit of noise about me | THE Subscriber respectfully returns hi*
fut, and seeing the peraties crow ing eacn > 8mcoro t j mnkg to his friends and the public in
other out of the hill, and placing me ear just general, for their favor and patronage He
above the ground, I found that the little per- .informs them, that he continues to keep a large
atiej Here singing out to the great peraties I assortment of Gentlemen's READY-MADE
' lay fyjrther, pray lay further.' "—Ind. Cour. ; WEAftl ^G APPAREL of superior quality, both

j now and second-handed, where customers will be

• Henry the 4th being told by 1m gardener accommodated at the cheapest rate, and in hand-
that there were several plots at Fontainbleaa some style. He also informs Familicsmid private
where nothing would grow, replied, "Go . G . cnt f m .°»' who 1'ave second-handed Clothing for
6 - ' . 1 ... /. sale, that they will meet with a good price, and

Heal Friends. — When Socrates was build-
ing a house at Athens, being naked by one
who observed, the sniallncss of the design,
why a man soeminent should not have an a-
bode more suitable to his dignity ? He re-
plied, that he should think himself sufficient-
ly accommodated il he cquld.-seo that narrow
habitation filled with real frit nis. Such was
the opinion of this great master of human na
ture, concerning the unfrequency or such an
anion of minds as might deserve the name of
frit ndship, that among tbe multitude whom
vanity or curiosity, civility or veneration,
crowded about, him, he did not expect, that
Very spacious apartment?, would 'be necessa-
ry to contain all, who should regard him with
sincere kindness, or. adhere to him with fidel-
ity.

A prince, rallying tbe fatness of a courtier-
who had served him in many embassies, said,
he looked like an ox. "I know not." said
the courtier, " what I am. like : but I know
that I have often had the honour to represent
your majesty."

" Ma foi !" said a little Frenchman to his
friend, as they walked behind a young strut
who assumed a vast conseq ence on tho
strength of being worth $30,000.— *» Ma foil'
I should like to^iake one grand speculation.'
"And in what would you speculate, Mon-
sieur?" asked his companion. "I sho;Jd
like to buy that young man for what others
thir.k him worth, and sell him for what he.
thinks himself n orth ; ma foi it would make
me one grand fortune."

Literature.— Literature ia a tree of good
and evil, which amidst the richest an<f most
wholesome fruits, . bears some fair in cob> .•,
and sweet to the taste, but h 'ving rhr pr -
•rties of the most deadly poison.— Sir halky
Scott.

. Lord Chatham ne*er tllowed a day to pug
without reading a chapter in tht Bible wtti.
his/amity. „'

Seasonable recollection.— Mr* Sheridan Once

TO LET,

,. And possession given immediately, a part
of house number ,. r >25 Broom-street, between
Thompson and Sullivan-streets, containing two
. rooms jon the fir.sl floor withholding doors, a front
told Miss E. Harris, that she looked as bloom- j room dn the second floor wilh bed room adjoining
irig as the spring,' but recollectiiigthat the j a ffarret r»om and back kitchen with privilege of
spring was not very promising, he added,- I y R ™> f «■ For terms apply, at the premise*
would to God the spring would look like « 0V Pfl""M-
you."

In the new piece of Love and Reason, old
General Dorlou is persuading Adjutant Vin-
cent to marry—' 1 She is an- angel," says the
general : "1 don't want an angel,"' is the re-

j SCHOOL NOTICE.
THjE subscriber wishea to return thanks
to his [friends, or tho libnr.il oncoura^oov.mt of
patronizing his school ; and would bo permitted
to say, he still- continues to teach in the sarno
plnco,and hopeS'by increased exertions, to merit

ply of the single heated Adjutant, " She is all I a share of public encouragement. The . branch)
sweetness," rejoins the general. ' So is a attondbd.to are Reading, writing, Cyphering, Go-
L — * ' — •* J — ' — »• ography, English Grammar, and Natural Philoso-
phy. And to tho females Needle Work.

JEREMIAH GLOUCESTER.
Philadelphia, Oct 28. 34

bee hive (answers Vincent) but it does not
follow that I should like to thrust my head
into it.

An Irishman asked an Englishman "what
news?" And was answered, "the, Devil is
dead," upon which the former handed a shil-
ling to hie informant, saying " it is the fash-
ion in my country to give the child something
when the parent dies."

plant a bed of Mornies; for they will flour-
ish any where.

ready sale for their g-oods, by applying to

DANIEL PETERSON,
A"o. 218, South Sizth : st. Philadelphia.
N. B. Tayloring carried on in its various
sranolies, and on the cheapest terms.

Philadelphia, Oct 0. 30

EVENING SCHOOL.

Scocidies. — This is the nge of eociety- ma-
king. We havo peace societies, female frag-
ment societies. &c. But the most curious ;
of all is a society in Brazil for mending the !
morals and manners of young ladies! What j

next? Young ladies arc admitted to be an- j AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
gelic, and really we consider them as pat > Colour, wilt be opened on the 15th of Octo-
terns al that- is moral and mannerly. The ■ bor nbxt in the Mricnn School-Room in Mul-
men had better set about reforming them oerrv-strcet ; where will he tauglu
selves before they undertake to improve the j Rg^pfNG, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
_ ENGLISH GRAMMAR. GEOGRAPHY", <tc.

enemy to pleasure, grandeur ' J^; us ' Ti hree H^'l P or . ( ^ arler - W nh Y in

; i 3 „mA i . J„„i.>* , advance. Hours from 0 to half past 8 o'clock.

Sept. 26

Virtue is

or glory: her proper office is to regulate our!
desires, that we may enjoy every blessing
\- ith moderation, nnd lose them without dis-
content.

Liberty.— Disguise thyself as thou wilt,
said Yptiek, still slavery, thou art a bitter
draught !-— nnd though thousands in all ages
have been, made to drink of thee, thou art no
less bitter on that account. 'Tie thou, thrice
sweet and gracious goddess, (addressing him-
self to Liberty) whom all in public or in pri-
vate worship, whose taste is grateful and ev-
er will be so till herself shall change ! No
tint of words, can spot- thy snowy mantle, or
chyrnic power turn thy sceptre into iron !—
With thee to smile. upon him as he eats his
crust, the swain is happier than his monarch,
from whose court thou art exiled. Gracious
heaven! cried I, kneeling clown upon. the last
step; but one in my ascenf, grant me but
health, thou great bestower or it, and give
me but Ibis fa.ir'goddess as my .companion ;-—
and shower down thy mitres, if it seems
good unto thy divine providence,' upou those
heads, which are aching for them !

Aa two. city merchants \vere'conversing to-
gether upon business, a flock of birds passed
over their heads:; upon which one of the tra-
ders exclaimed, "How happy those creatures
are ! they have no acceptances, to pay." —
14 You, are mistaken;" exclaimed his friend,
they have their bills to provide for as well as
we."

Hydrophobia. — Dogs that are usually kept
confined should always have a bowl <»f fresh
vaterfcontainir.ing a lump of stone sulphun.
When this precaution is. used, it will have
i he effect of pieventing the disease froijn
spontaoeously occurring. But when the dog
i.~ Jiitten by another in the. rabid state, it wi|l
ru Mier prevent the- disease, nor accomplish
its cure. VYe' canj ho.wevef, confidently as-
sert, that no dog kept under the above citj-
•' umstauce;V has ever been attacked by hy-
^fop'hobiuj unless th? di(t ; ra-e was comjinuni
c ted by inoceuintiOu,— Lancet, vol. iv. page

A CARD. .

Ri:s£ect<fu[,ly informs his friends, and
the public gonerally, that bis House, No.
Churclt-strect, is still open for the accommodation
of gepteel persons of colour, with

BOARDING &l LODGING.

Grkteful for past favours, he solicits a con-
tinuaiiici of tbe same. His house is in a healthy
and pleasant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
pense will be spared on his -part, to render the si-
tuations of those who honour hirh with their pa-
tronage, as comfortable as possible.

New-York, Sept. 1827. 2G— 3m

NOTICE.
The " African Mutual Instruction

Socikty, for the instruction of coloured Adults,
of both Sexes," have re-opened their SCHOOL,
on Mo.voav Evening, October 1st, at their former
School-Room, under th * Marinir's Church, in.
Roosevelt-street. The School will be open on
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Evenings.
at half past (i o'clock.

Those desirous of receiving instruction, will
be taiight to Read, Write and Cypher, until the
firat of April, 182B, for the small, sum of one dol-
lar, to be paid, on'entering.'the Bchool.

An, early application is requested, as. there will
be no allowr.nce made for past time. '*
Jitiron fVoo\l, . Jamns Myers,

W illiam P.\ Johnson, Arnold Elzie,
E. M. Jfricanus, Henry King,

Trustee*.

Bbst Summer, and Winter-Strained

1 SPERM OIL.
TflE subscriber bcg9 leave to return his
thank's to hw patrons for past favours, and takes
this method ot informing them and tho public in
general, that ho constantly keeps on hand a sup-
ply of Seasonable 01 L, of the first quality, which
ho will deliver in any part of tho city, at the
shortest notice...

[C/] A liberal deduction made toJChurchea, and
those! Who buy by the quantify.

JOHN ROBERTS,
, 25 Curnnt-alloy, third door abovkLocust-
; ... , 2f3ta rtreet, Philadolphia,

Stolen on tht 1st inst.f>om the Subscriber,
A MORSFJ AND GIG.

The' person who hired them, said he mn
going to Greenwich, and would return in tb« eve-
ning, but. has iu»t to Oiis hour;.. called himielf
Ductor Hillytr, and has employed himself in ma-
king and stilling slaTes. The horse wan a sorr.il,
baldfaco, with two .white hind feet on his for*
knee & lump, twelve years ojd. Tho gig wn»&
Br.»wn body, a leather top, lining, black morocco.
Thg man 'who hired the property is a stout man,
nearly six foot high ffgnt complexion, and oft,
grave appearauce, about fifty years old.- A gen-
erous Reward will bu given for tho Horse and
Gig or either of thorn, by

THOMAS Z A BRISK A, No. 85 Pump Street.

New-Vork, Nov. 3, 1827. _ _ .

EXPIRATION of the time for redeem-
ing LANDS for TAXKS in ltt26.-CoMPTBoi.L-
ek s OrijicK, Aj.bany Oct. 17, Io27.— Public no-
tice is hereby given, that the time for redeKming
tho Lands sold for County Taxes and the United
States' Direct Tax and Assessments for makini
Roads, will expire on this 27lh day of April next;;
and that unless the lands sold by the Comptr Mtr
at his last sale in ld26\ are redeemed - -n or bel'.ir*
the 27th day of April next, they will be conveyed
to tho purchasers. W, L. MA ROY,

• Comptroller..

N. B Lists of such LANDS in each County*
as had been sold, and were not redeemed at tho
date of the above rtoiice, have been transmitted to
each County Treasurer, whose duty it is to pub-
lish the same in one or papers in the County of
which he is Treasurer Those interested are re-
ferred lo such lists to ascertain if their LANliS
have been sold and reimir- I' ! -:)' i .ti'di .

LA.YD FOti
THE subscriber is authorised to offer to hia
coloured brethren. 2.000 Acn s ot exeellent 1iam>,
at less than one half its value, provided they \.\
take measures to settle, or Imvc it settled, by co-
loured farmers. The land is in the 6t.ate of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being on the banks of tho Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o-
pening a direct navigation to New-York cit.^, '"'he,
passage to either city may be made in one day or
less The land is of the best quality, and well
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his brcth-
ron; who are capitalists, will at least invest or
1 ,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased Mr
5 dollars the aero, (by coloured men,) though it
has been selling for §25. He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured families, would be conducive ot
much good : With this object in view he will in-
vest 500 dollars in the purchase

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New-York, March 20.

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AUTHORISED AGENTS.

Rev. Sv E. Cornish, General Agent.

Maine— C. Stockbridge, Esq. North Yarmootb
Mr. Reuben Riiby, Portland, Me.

Massachusetts— Mr. David Walker. Boston; Rct.
Thomas Paul. do.— Mr. John Rcmond, Sskro*.

Conni-etkut—Ur. John Shields, NcW-Haven-r
Mr. Isaac C. Glasko. Norwich".

Rhode- Island— Mr. George C.Willis, Providence.

Pennsylvania— blr Francis Webb, Philadelphia-
Mr. Stephen Smith. Columbia. .

Maryland— Messrs. II. Cowley & 11. Grice, Bal-
timore " • j •

Dist. of Columbia— Mr. J. W . Prout, Washin'gtort.

' —Mr Th:m ia ^Bradd(»ck, -Alexandria

JVew-YorlL— Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Albany.-r-Mr.
•'•It P. G. Wright, Schonec'.ady.— Austin StVw-

... ard, Rochester— Rey.W P Williams; Flushing;

Xcib- Jersey— Mr t . Theodore S. Wright, Prince
ton— Mr James C. Cowcs, Ncw lIrunswicH-r
Rov. B. f F. ' Hughes, Newark— Mr. LtOnarA
Scott, Trenton.

Virginia— Mr. W. D. Baplist,Frfldeiick»burghfc
Rev. R. Vaughn— Hidimoud

Hayti.—Vf. R. Gardiner. Tor-au-Princev

« B,,I,Q ; H.T.ftp V 9;N.E S 9, B X;A JL T E T H A^KATI ON,'

The pconoii
Morgan Jones, 1
lierfohirg,
having

CUrtATE.
rsimony of the Rev.
rate of Blewberry,,in
f beyond credibility, lie
>ny instances, the cele-

brated' f. Jl^jjlf ifrarcham. For many of theiast
ye.irs ol his Ministeral labours he had no ser-
vant to attend., any of his domestic concerns;
and he never had even the assistance, of & fe-
male within his doors for the last 12 years ;
the offices of the housemaid, chambermaid,
conk and pcnllinn, and even flfost part of his
washing and mending, , were performed by
hiinsell ; lie his been frequently known to
teg needles and thread at some of the farm
•bouses, to tack together his tattered/ gar*
menls at which, from practice, he was be-
come very expert. He ivas curate of Blew-
berry upwards of forty three years; and, it
will scarcely be credited, that the same hat
and coat served him for hi* nvery-day dress,
during the whole of that ' period ! The brim
•of the hat had, on one side (by so much hand-
ling) been worn quite to the crown, but on
coming one day from thp hamlet of Upton
across t!io fields, he luckily met with a left-
off hat, fltuck up for a scarecrow. He iroine-
dif tely secured the pvize and with some tar
twine, substituted as thread, and a piece of
the brim, quite repaired the deficiencies of
his beloved old one, an;! ever after wore it in
com:non, although the old one was of a russet
brown, and the new brim nearly as blackas
jet. His coat, when he frst came iromAshton
Keys, in 1781, was a surtout much the worse
for wear ; after some time he had it turned
insile out, and made up into the common one.
Whenever it became rent or torn, it was as
•speedily tacked together with his own
hands; at length piece* fell out and were
3oh»\ and as fast as he found it necessary lie
•cut pieces off the tail to make good the upper
part, until the coat was rednfied to a jacket,
*f- ck about with patches of his own applying.
In tiiis hat and coat when at home on work-
ing days, he was constantly decorated, but
he never wore it abroad, or before strangers,
exciiot he forgot himself, as he several times
•had been much vexed at the ridicule his gro-
tesque appearance had excited when seen by
tho.se with whom he was not much acquaint-
ed. This extraordinary coat (or more prop-
erly jacket) is now in possession of one. of
th? parishioners and prized as a great curios-
ity ILs sto- kings were washed and mend-
ed by himself, and some of them had scarce-
ly a vestige of the original worsted. lie had
. a great store ©f new shirts which had never
, .been worn : but for many years his slock be-
•came reduced to one in use ; his parsimony
would not permit him to have this washed
; juore that once in two or three months for
V which he reluctantly paid a poor woman 4d.
lie always slept without his shirt, that it
Alight not want washing too often, and by
that means be worn out ; and he always went
■ - without one while it was washed, and very
«/ frequently at other times. This solitary shirt
- he mended himself, and as fast as it required
to be patched in the body, he ingeniously
*uplied it by cutting off the tail; but as no-
thing will last for ever, by this constant clip-
ping it unfortunately became too short to
reach down to his small clothes. This of
course was a sad disaster, and there was
*otne fear lest one of the new ones must be
brought into use; but after a diligent search,
he fortunately found in one of his drawers
the top part of a shirt with a frill on, which
.had probably lain by ever since his youthful
and more gay days. This piece was, with
bis usual sagacity, tacked by him oh thVtail
of the old onej with the frill downwards, and
was thus worn by him until the day* before
be left Blewberry. Lattcrly^his memory be-
came impaired, and he several times forgot
to change his dress, and has more than once
been seen, at the burial of a corpse, dressed
in this ludicrous and curious manner, with
scarcely a button on any part of his clothes,
but tied' together an - various r n^arta with
strings; and in this sitate he has by ttrangers
been mistaken for a beggar, and barely esca-
ped bting offered their charity. '

His diet was ns singular as his- dress, for
he cooked his pot oqly once a week, which
was always on a Sunday! For 'this sub-,
stance he pnerhased but three articles (which
he always denominated as 44 two necessaries
and a luxury ;") the necessaries bread and
bacon f ' the luxury, tea. For many years
ills weekly allowance of bread \vas half "a.

gallon per" week ; and; in the fruit (season,*' the perrons. present. Bein* hurt by this,. he
when his garden produced* or when he otvees made, * vow nsvet more tolaste a,, drop, of
or twice a week procured a meal at his neigh- i that .or any othef strong liquor ; , and thi*
brur's, his half-g41on 'lasted a day or two of promise he most scrupulously s and ;boncst.ly
the following we.-k i so that in five weeks he; kept; although so contrary to his natural de*

often had no more than four half*gallon
loaves. He was equally abstemious i in h;s
other two articles. He frequently ate with

his pjffi hioiierr; yet for the last ten years, ; . . ;

ther«||f*s but a solitary instance of a^rst* 4 --tmiefNAL COMMUNICATIONS.

sires, and exposed ito so many temptations.

[fJevkei. Gaa.-

AMERICAN COLONIZATIQjY SOCIETY.

FOK THE PBEEDOJKS JOURNAL,

' \ . ' ' Jvb. IV.

If,'any facts were still necessary to be ex
hihited, . with the .view of. demonstrating to
the people of this country, that the present
state of improvement and future prospects of
the coloured population, arc more solid.and
cheering than could possibly have been anti-
cipated .from their repent degradation ; they
are abundantly supplied in that of the great
number of the children who are now in our
largest cities acquiring an education suffi-
cient for the common purposes of life.

Among the schools oy means of which the
coloured children have dispensed to them
these essential and lasting blessings, conect-
ed with education! those under the care and
control of the New-York Maniimissibn Soci-
ety in this city stand preeminent. They have
been in operation some years, and are now
in a flourishing condition, with a no less
number of ^pupils than five hundred, ;who all
evinee an aptitude and capacity to learn, not
surpassed by the same number of white chil-
dren in any schools in the country. Many
of those interesting learners, with minds a ud
intellectual powers, under the tutoring care
of the Society and the judicious and capable
tubers employed, are outstripping their
follows, discovering uncommon parts end
powers, which, connected with a persevering
application, properly directed, are. rapidly
progressing towards t proud distinction of
mental superiority ; which to the sincere
friends of this people is matter of congratu-
lation ; as to that they sec the monster pre-
judice must ere long bow (he knee, and per:
mit their tofal and Unqualified emancipation
to take place from the moral bondage they
have been groaning under."

Unlike those vvlio are avowedly support-
ers of the American Colonization Society; I
see and fe.el my way sufficiently clear, with-
out enlarging upon abstract notions, (having
t;io colour of .principles). .unimportant -inci-
dents;" remote and anticipated circumstances;
all wrought up.intq conclusions favourable to
the scheme: which in my humble view, weak*
ens the cause it is intomled to strengthen ;
for such a defence/ shows conclusively that
there i 'exists certain misgivings* certain para-
lyzing doubts, that lite whole policy is too
chimerical and wild to be brought! to hear
successfully on the rights and prospects of fo
jflRge. '.a, '"portion of the community; but which,
to-confibo myself to existing facts, existing
an4/^byiou8 circumstances, ■>
■ V . " From which lo roason, j
,, " And to. which refer," j

These • a$ alone sufficient for my purpose,
and these alpne ; I conceive are right ind pro-
per to keep in view, when discussing) a great
jfrjbiic question of this nature, intended to nf-
feCt the interests of a numerous, prosperous,
and comparative happy people. ' I
• In iny last number, and thus far in ,tlie der 1
sent, a faithful and true statement of 'the past
and 'present condition of our coloured popu*
Istffifn wno ! are : f; , ce !j is exhihited ; sh6|Wing an
astoiiishiri^ progfe'sisivfe advancement in gen-
eral fr^Wm'|nd'irnp^veriie4if, arisiriff from
that I'great rHor > nl^inffiience,.wtich, in the 6r-
deririg oFl^oViaerice- \\> improving the' state
of all" tiviff^%d'-'e6m^Hhitie^«nd<. aided by
the cxertioris bf 'godd' and enJightehed^ men,.
in'd asHOciaUdns in the hor*hefri ^tates> These
men nh'd^tbese a8soeia'tiohK,.aeted from.disin-
tcr'ested } rji'ot{ves, sill *were-i impelled to exer-
tion in behalf 'of thfV people by the plain- and
,6bvidi«,;,dictates J of reason, jtistie^' and hurha-
hityi which -.bvirited to but one m'ode : of p>o-

eating with him in retorn, and that a jiarticu
lar friend, who obtained «nly a bit of bread
with much importunity. For the last, fifteen
years, there was never within his dobrs any
kind of spirits ; no beer, butcher's mea^
butter; sugar, lard, cheese, or milk, nor any
niceties, of which he was particularly fond
when they came Tree of expense, but which,
he could never find the' heart to purchase.-—
-His beverage was. cold water ; and at morn-
ing and evening,* weak tea, without milk or
sugar. However cold the weather", he sel-
dom had a fire, except to cobk with, and that
was so small that it might easily havo been
hid under a half-gnllon measure. He has
often been seen roving the churcb-yard to
pick up bits of stick, or busily loppihg his
shrubs or fruit trees, to make this fire, while
his woodhouse was crammed with wood and
coal, which he could not prevail oh himself
to use. In cold weather, he would frequently
get by goihe of his •neighbour's fire to warm
his shivering limbs, and, when evening camfe,
retire to bed for warmth, but generally with-
out a candle as he allowed himself only the
bits left of those provided for divine service
,-in the chtircn by the parish. He was never
known to keep dog, cat, or any other living
creature ; and it is certain the whole expens-
es of his house did' not amount to half-a-
crown a week for the last twenty years ! and
as the fees exceeded that sum", "he always
saved the whole of his salary, which never
was more than £50 per annum. By con
stnntly placing this sum. in the Funds, an*
the interest, with about £30 per annum more,
(the rent of two small estates left by some
relations) he, in the course of forty-three
years, amassed many thousand pounds, as
his bai.ker8, Messrs. Child & Co. of FJeet-
slreet, can testify, f n his youthful days he
made free with the good things of this life;
and when he first csune to Blewberry, he
for some time boarded with a person by the
week, and during that time was quite cor
pujept ; but, as soon as he boarded and lived
by himself, his parsimony overcame, his ap-
petite, so that nt'last he became reduced al-
most to a living skeleton. He was always
an early, riser, being seldom in bed after
break of day, and, nearly like all other early
risers, he enjoyed an excellent 'state . of
health: so that for the long space of forty-
threo years he omitted' preaching only two
Sundays-. ;' " ■

His industry was such, that he wrote with
bis own' band up#apf of ofie thousand ser-
mons: but for the last few years his hand be-
came tremulous, and he wrote but little ; he
therefore only made alterations and additions
to his former sermons, am- this generally, on
the.back of old marriage.licences, or across
old letters, as it would have been nearly
death tb him had he been obliged to have
purchased paper. His sermons were tfsuai-
ly .plain and practical, and -his funeral dis-
courses ware generally admired, but the fear
of being noticed, and the dread of expense,
was absolute prohibition to his sending any
tliirig to the press, .although he was fully-' ca-
rable, being well skilled in the English and
Latin languages. The expense of a penny
in the postage of a letter has been known sto
deprive him of a night's rest I and yet we
jnnst do hinj Hie Justice, tq ackntvvvledga.tha^
at, times pdunds^^npt grjeve liirq, HeJwws
a regular and liberal 'subscriber to. the fllble
Missionary, ana3^^Soeieti^s for the prop-
agati0n ef tbo-€^||piind the c6hvefsion ;: of
the Jews, and li$|j$s' ; '* more than oaco been,
generous enough to,g»Ke a pound or ; two to
assist a distressed fellow-creature. • , ;

Although very fqnd.ff ale,..be spcnt;.only
one sixpence pn that liquor during' the fOrty-
three years bj^nas curate' of: Blewberry ;
but it miist bi^M^esed, he used to partake
of it too freelyfwSeh he could have it with-
out " "" ' ''
*t

rathertoo omen ofthis hirfavourite lievei j cor'.lknce'withVhi^ Capacity to learn {and. ff-
oge, ji was nWico.d, and. talked t»f b^ so«ie : g f [ n dly educate- iis- children, and h>y t)ie foun-i

•»V«edk^.;Thatvj:%beiH ) n'nmg
iteo.ti until ten years since \ when bo» W to fit him for his ^freedom, therigrant it: then
,a neighbour's wedding, and having takeni imnrove^is ccfidition, by teaching hikn in dc-
ther too much of this hi? favourite bevei j\ cordkneV wiWW Capacity ' ' ' " "

datipn for their future, certaiii »Bd,jf rmanent
establishment in prosppr^ua i ,1 j|i|^^<

^hus theh.-Ave see a^egitfiub|'.j^l« proa:-
ress, approaching con'sm^hotioh; ^|»cuiiarfy
gratifying and encouraging especially :Xo
thosS who see and: •ckndwkdg&'jthe' world er-
workiug hand of an Almighty Creator Jin" tho
various changes his creature man is permit'
ted to witness, Thorefore let the colo»ire,d
people in these states put confidence in thia
powgr f ami these means, now in full opert-
tioiu. This As their coujttryi thU.is i***'" «on*e;
here is the land of tli^ir affections, and of
their hope; consecrated bv tho sorrows, the
afflictions sjid hlood of their predecessorsir—
in no )and r and no clime on the face of the
globe will they find so sure an asylunVforthe
remnants of their. race.

I now find myself called upon to notico, by
Way of contrast,' the strange .doctVinc and
policy of the. American (Colonization Society,
with that of the humane views and conduct
of those individuals and associations adverted'
to, and in so ; domg, .confidently 1 c'onoejye that
I discover sufficient grounds to sustain me in .
my views already.exj>rossed, ; that thp inten-
tions and practice of this institution, are di-
rectly at variance with that justice and hu-
manity so emineutly due this interesting por-
tion'of the community, from their former and .
present oppressors, the whites ; and that in
its operations arc involved in every essential
particular, the spirit and practice of all' the
municipal regulations of slave-holding, com-
munities to perpetuate that system.

The advocates of the colony at Liberia are
endeavouring: to acquire, support, by repre-
senting in the first place, the total unfitness
of our free coloured people to rise from their
present ignorant condition and debasement
in this country; and. depicting in glowing co-
lours, the future civilization and mental ad-
vancement of a whole continent through this
establishment. These, were among the Ori-
ginal- reusons. held jbrth at ihe forni^tiop .of
the society, anu\ continue to be strenuously
urged for its continuance.

Here, then, we have a contradiction- ibi
terms, and which, I assert, no^ man of , ordi-
nary judgment and. reflection can possibly re-
concile; to select ;ineh, .profoundly ignorant
and djbased,, and send them to AfriCA tp ci-
vilize, and christianize those. equally so with
themselves, is revolting to common sense f
and here let it bq remembered that' these are
amqpg the most plain and distinct avowals of
the society. Indeed, it embraces^alm.opt ev-
ery thing tangible we can recognize, and . is
therefore worthy of special notice. I am
aware that in acknowledging (for ho is. obli-
ged to) and explaining this degrading consi-
deration, a col'onizationistwill lahdrif to show
that I am incapable of appreejating or com-
prehending, the incidental and remote advan-
tages and behefite growing out 'of the scheme;
timt it is fundamentally experimental, and of
course prospective in its results ; and, if suc-
cessful, jt will be so . in degree, all that jus-
,tice,ihumanity and religion require. To this
I could pnly reply, that with a mind open to
conviction,, and accustomed to reflection on
tho general question, , it- is impossiblo for me
to einbrace a-uch abstract jandi indefinite no-
tions, inasmuch' as they belong to, or emanate
from propositions in the highest degree in-:
consis)i,ent.an^ absurd.

Unfortunately, for the sucoess. of this soci-
ety, it; can scarcely advance a- single step,
without subjpeting itself to .well; grounded
suspicion, that it possesses .some actuating
motive other than an intention to meliorate
the .condition of the coloured population; sus-
picions which never have, and never could,,
attach; to other ; associations formed for the
purpose held out by it. . It muBt be apparent
to all who are the least conver«tnt,with,0>e'
subject,. that this society in alh.ila- views and
policy, from its origin to the present, lime,
oas. been, and now is, strictly and in every
-sense at variance with: that of every; aasocia-,
tion-, existing in r this 'country,, and also, with
any measure ever pursued, | ta. effect simUar-
f efuits in reference to this people. It is elear--
Jyi shown Jiqw- gr«atiy/tbeirv-g^P«'i*l' junijiroja-
ment has. advanced, within the* last thirty
year^j owing in a : great' measure, to tba exer-
cise of .the pure and, disiutemted philanthro-
py.}. Nyhtch, invariably has p^intad out R"*:
few. plai,n obvious means, heretbfareadvert»S ;
to|and apparent to all ; but painful Hiatp'
behold th.is society satisfied with nothing
short of their removal from the country,.*..

142

,oike of the stranger,
sed ; and w'hile iri-

country emphatically thf ho\
and asylum for the oppresse} ,
viting these from ail factstf the gjobe with
in her borders, by her mild j government ex-
cellent institutions, andfavorable climate the
descendants of ill fated Afcjica are exhibited
n mournful exception, in the view of this
society : this.. is no country fat them ; they can
have no participation, of tM< benefits resulting
from our young republic f% and they only
-must be excluded from accompanying us tn our
rapid march to prosperity, icealth and happi'
ness. Our fertile plains, congenial cHrnstej
our millions of acres. of uncultivated lands,
hold otp^&hing inviting to jthem ; that moral
porter, and general intelligence, perva-
ding alike the lowly hut, and lofty mansion
throughout all parts of our favoured cquntry
diffusing contentment and j peace, are alto-

? ether above the reach df these 1 people*
"hus this society, cold and hleathen in its doc-
trine ; destructive of the bbst interests of a
whole people in its practice ; is with unhal-
lowed hands endeavouring to arrest their pro-
gress from slavery to freedom, and from mi-
sery to happiness, by the removal of the vir-
tuous, intelligent, exemplary free bjacks;
leaving the more debased and miserable to
•wallow a few ages more in| the mire of bru-
tality and vice, without a frjend to advise, or
a. brother to protect them ; subject to the ex-
ercise of a mean and unjustifiable prejudice
oil the part of the whites, which is the great
and pararoountcause of their heretofore de-
plorable condition; but out Of which they are
happily emerging. A large! and respectable
class of free coloured persons are every
where springing up, forcijig, by their good
moral conduct and intelligence the most fa-
vourable sentiments and opibions from those,
who could formerly view them only as deba-
sed by nature and" an inferior order of be-
ings.

|n its professions
for the African

e> ftfo^.^tnd m-'<* the wet

ngs.

If this society is sincere
of disinterested friendship
race, why does it not at least in sojne point

I

pursue a "course simitor to that invariably fol-
lowed by individuals and Societies, whose
great aim is lo improve their • condition ?
Why doea.it not at once evince its sincerity,
and draw unlimited confidence from all clas-
ses, by appropriating part of its means in af-
fording instruction ; patronizing and protect-
ing those most worthy; teaching them mo:
rafityand religion; assisting |and encouraging
them in learning and pursuing the mechanic
arts ; extending . their efforts lo the lowest
among them, and the slaves ; placing' them
on the waste lands which offers in all parts
of the United States ; influencing the public
sentiment in their favour; jusing their influ
ene'e in bringing about the tepeal of the un-
constitutional, anti-republican, and impolitic
laws in Virginia and other states, from which
it is supported; and p ocuring the passage
of others in their place, hsvj'ng for their ob-
ject the eventual emancipation of the slaves ;
which could .all be accomplished at an ex-
pense infinitely less than that it contemplates
expending.

-CLARKSON.

FOR tttt FREEDOM'S JOVRNA.lt.

COLONIZATION" SOCIETY.

No, yil—CpNCLfJSION.

The argument in behalf of this Institution
is already at a close, and the attention of the
reader is now merely requested to a summary
of what has already been ajdduced. It was
needful to convince the rdader in \he first
place, That the character aid motives of $he
society are pure". This was attempted in No.
2. From the well known character of the

. mass of those who beffitnd] the institution,
and from the avowedly slavd-holding princi
ciples of those who oppose jtbe society. In
No. 3, we adverted to the be jieficiaj. influence
of this institution on the interests of those
colored persons who are. already fre*. The
causes were unfolded which Inecessarily keep
the. majority' of them in a-eWe of degrada-
tion here'. Tbe< society provides thein an
asylum where they may have the thing as well
as the osine, a real, full and Unmolested free-
dom, ai,d the present state of the colony is an
abundant guarantee that these prospects are
not delusive. 'We.' than" alighted on that
broad and black subject sltfaery. In No. 4,
our attention was directed tb the slave trade.
l%e plantation of a Colony if the' most etnea-
cioua'mpdeof destroying tfie traffic; princi-
pally by spreading a moral influence over
that continent, and by soppily ing the natives?
in abundance and in barter for their own
commodities, those articles j>f the American:
and Earopean market* whiett they could here-
tofore obtain only in barter [for Slaves. The

, T«aoer will recollect the fact confirmatory -of
this reasoning, vi?. that the ' co'ony already;
•me'iers from the blighting iiifluonce of slave'
a oea coast of not loss than 1 - 300 miles-
where the slave-trade once iraged in its ut-

:m«|^v^nce. ,

tern side of the Atlantic on the subject of
tnancipnUon. W«> aotwaA th* progressive

alleviation of the ills of slavery by the remo-
val of the- alleged cabse for thje severe treat/
merit of the slave, arid by thinning the ranks
of those yet detained; in bondage. The flans
hitherto resorted tcj for the promotion of
emancipation If ero canvassed the plan of ar-
gument and th>t of in appeal tfcfprco. The
obstacles to emancipation aro mainly two';—
existing prohibitory liaws,? and an itoprcssion
on the minds of those who would otherwise
bo anxious for it, that the coloured man at-,
tains bpt nominal liberty in this land; any plan 5
to promote emancipation extensively must
adapt itself to both thjese obstacles. The so-
ciety obviates the legal difficulty by the re-
moval of the coloured; man from its influence,
and by placing him ih such a situation that
he can enjoy his rights to the full ; it calls
into lively play the benevolent feelings of the
Southern community; 1 in virtue of which a full
tide of emancipation jis now likely to set in.
In the 7th no, were canvassed the objections
—of the sla^holder-i-of the abolitionists—
the alleged unwillingness of the coloured po
pulation to emiarate-j-and: the. entire imprac-
ticability of the%bject aimed at. I am a be-
liever in the utility^ but not in the oinnipo-.
fence of argument. : Indeed my confidence is
lessening every day in my capability of con-
vincing others even on matters evident to my-
self, unless their minds are wholly unprejudi-
ced in the cuse. In my 1 own case T have some-
times found j that arguments which appeared
of but little account wjhen advanced by; ari op-
ponent, were weighty! when pondered on in
tranquil moments* Having adrnin'lsteried the
remedy, let me prescribe the mode in which
a fair trial may be made of its virtiifes. Read*
er, be not in haste to decide on this important
rnatteh Lay these essays^ carefully away—
ponder the matter calmly in your own mind,
asking at the same time direction frem Him
vvho.givetb liberally and upbraideth not. Af-
ter an interval of some weeks or months take
up these essays and peruse' them anew, and
coutinually and dispassionately ; and if you
be not then corivinoed you will have a clear
conscience in impeaching either the society
or its present advocate. •
J. H. KENNEDY.
Philadelphia, Novi 1827.

vation 5 I think you would do, some good,.
Yotrs, TIM. LOOKOUT.

We snail fcVuni&e^otHnto'pfeseot lo visit
our friend Tim ; we hope to do it soon. Mean-
time nth shall appoint a depqty.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL. v

Mr. EniToa— .

While I am always desirous to neqtiiesce
with the superior opinions of the female sex;
and never Wish: to offend them^ by word or
deod.i I am constrained to disagree with the
learned and modest Amelia's. illiberal, and
uncostly attack upon certaib (as she terms
them) base, and unprincipled male-starors ;
who have become such an intolerable griev-
ance,] to several young ladies, who;oocupy
seats in the middle aisle of StPhillip^hurch,

ff mm* mm ■" / V »

ciif o^W«iKngton> f t» exhibit satisfactory eve
idence of their tide t<> freedom to the Agister
of this corporation, Ac. &c.j and for omitting
to perform any or all the duties nerein prescri-
bed, 3 the persons so omitting sbal I forfait ' r nWS
pay a sum of money riot exceeding sif dottoM
For every month, dtc. ' ■ •
u And b 1 1 further tnacljed, That every ne-

gro and mulatto found resting ■ in the city of
WasbingtorK wbo m#y not w able to establish
his or her title lo freedom, shall" hh committed
to tlie jail of the ;count^f Washington, as
an absconding ilaw^i 1 ™ 1

Where is the coligjl^
say that aticb execrasjf
should be excepted at thj
fessing purer principle
other ? in a city; dbar tb'«¥/t
eritied name! ? Profcsiions ari^hothing, when con-
tradieted by daily pntctico. 'While the Congiitu-
tiori declares that all men are born free and equal,,
that [iiey Viirib f thc cit y c,f Wpsbiogton,.

•eats.j This appears to be a-ne w, and novel , in t,ie plenitude of their power, ate proper to pro-
n»ode|of punishing offences : first, by publicly ; scribe ibe rightsof a certain portion- of the com-
assailtrig, and exposing the offenders; aniinjunity.becausfith-jinicnitabledecreesoftHoCre-
ptrte^reg^io^

of several of the molt amiable and. fash'ona- , t n bem8clve8 ' ™K lawrto e x«t/- Ought

jble ladifls, who. grace the pews of the above- 1 Co °irress to nllow. vUibmgtonj tbe spot whiolu
mentioned churoh ; who strive to surpass t a l°- ne others should be sacred to ilie tigHr*
each other in applauding, or censuring the i of man without distinction of colours or country,
deportment and apparel pf newly married to bo polluted by the footsteps of a slave • to bo

in prescribing the most suitable improve-
ments that can be made upon arty new-, or

i anomaly in a free government.

FOR THE FREKDOM S JOOK.NAL,

OBSERVER.— No. X.

Mr. Observer:./ . ^ J,j f ^

I am in the utmost distress imaginable. X
engaged myself without the knowledge -jOf
my parents, to a young man* who has long,
courted me. But I find my father and moth-
er so averse to the match, that they threaten
to disown me, should I marry him. Jpo tell
me what you would do in my case. Had'nt
I better run off with him? Say. yes, for
pity's sake ; for I know. I shall dte ifjl don't
marry him. Yours, in -misery, ,

3. h.

Our correspondent J< as {given us w|at they
call a poser,' when - she asks us to s%y what
we would dd in her situation/ However, we
shall endeavour to do tlie'best we ca$ saying
what we honestly*, freely think. To jfunaway
matched then, we are most stroriglyjbppcwp.
And wherefore ? They generalnr are the,
union of two giddy thoughtless fJouls; who
know not what they do. ; Inexperienced
girls and raw boys who because'they have
looked' in each other's faces ^*nd smiled,' think:
that they love, with that pbre and hory fdel-t
ing.which should ever attend tbej perfortnanct
of • the marriage covenant. We do not, tayj
that there are no cases, ift which elopetnenta.
are jitstifiable, nay necessary./ Neither 'are
we prepared to say, that' the present ' is not
one of those. We only beg our corrtspon-
dent to pause before she takes a step" that;
may destroy both her and her parents' hap*
pin'ess forever. Marriage i* one oftbe mosjt
important 'duties a fomale bas.to perfpr^af It;
should not be entered into slightly or heed-
lessly.. It requires counsel Rhd , advice,, and.
who better ableUo givei, it than the .paretrt
who has watched, Over our infancy, and lived ,
but" for us P. Vtte know, noVtba^ (Ejiere ,ean .bet
a more distfessipg feelingf , th4p |oat experi-r
enced by a , parent, when, she , hears that the
child of.. her. nflectipns, ^bas; abw^vned her:
hdnie—lieV friends

bo inarrieil to one whp;is a str,|pge? ;'to eyeiyi
v>tubus feeling.'. It may bft U^j^rremark*
will be upljieeded. We hop4| noti Let pur
correspondent .wait , and see \ wither time-
will riot work a change in her parents' feel-
ings, or her lover's c*>p*taniy> , She should
not forget , the force ot^ the old s«ying,,V*yAe
morehttsUthe lessspcr <i. n , ' • .•'•.• : uli . f -

fashipuable dress, and in detecting the'tri- j We cannot » ee h Y what rules of equity, the
fling errors, or misdemeanors of the thought- ! freo man of .cqloui; in th«; pursuit of his lawful
less and undesigningl These, I think, ar.e business, should be incarcerated in prison, called
veryurtworthy subjects to occupy the thoughts upon to prove his freedom, and in case of rental,
of those emblems of perfection, while sitting ^ nn „_ vi„ miI . T
in the house of God. * «oM M; •» abscond ^ .dare. In ~nw.il,

It occurs to me, that if those unnecessary citizens, we have ngJits which are dear to
superfluities of fashion and unnatural combi-, us; and wo. shall never sit, patiently; and see
nations of adornments about the heads, &c. jtbdm trampled upon., without raising our fcoblo
of thdse fashionable, and amiable young la- ! voice, and entering our protest against the un.
dies vyere gAdualiy ( dispensed with, andthey constutioriaHty of a]] )aW8 wfijch tcnd lmvards
appear in such habt nnents as become them, i .... • . ... , , , -,

afpure and chaste. beings, tbev would not be ! " urta,I,n f tbera m lhe least In the most

so grpssly annoyed by the rude gaze of ifn- favoured states they are limited enough, butwhat .
pertinent male-starers. j comparison can the /iAtr^/re^ulationB of the cor-

Respectfully, yours, , iporation of Washington bear to them ? •

I . CRITICUS. | The scriptures -declare; that all men arc the

N. ;B- It may not be amiss to inform the workmanship of fho. same Afmighty band ; rea-
Oi.b M v,w," that those ironblcsome ma- son, tliat all men: ire ^y nature equal ; thn con-
chmek called Bolivars, will" soon bo laid 8 t)tution, that itli men' have qeruin unalienable
aside, as the approaching season renders ri hts notW itHstaM^ngiili*: Corporation of the
them Very uncomfortable, even to the wear- * . ltr . . . t '-.. ,. ■ , K , • '
er . C. y ■ >yashington would J>y thoir lsws decree^

. - - . - . : - 'thajt >atf.men are .not tho creation of tbe same
^...xj. vs= . in... h sassaesatam y a „j . t jj at they are not naturally equal ; that

FRjEli jDOiU'S JO V RN AA4« they have not certain unalienable rights, and con

gequently that the same laws should not govern

NEW-YORK, NOVEMBER 16, 1827.

J OUR OWN CONCERNS,
JjT\ As our year is drafting #o a close t the
interests of Iht Journal, require us to remind Washington ; he is there, in that Districtj under
M pit delinquent subscribers of the necessity)* 11 * •P eciaI «* M of/ Congress, seued sijd Jmpf i»-

all.

The recent case of Gilbert Horton, a freem«n
of this state, must be fresh m the recollection of
all our readers. He was a citizen of this state,
travelling in the pursuit of his lawful business to

PUUacMphia, Nw* 1927*
I Hire in this ci^y of brotlieriy, and i Vould

ofpro^ipl payment.

■ CITY QF WASHINGTON.
W ; e csnfess our sitbn*i$inent never was great-
er ihai from the perualJ 'bf a proclamation by tbe
mayprjof Wisbington^the seat of goreramont of
this ftjeet. Republic. We have always thonght.
perbajis erroneeusly, that'if s.ny spot on this plan-
,^taiy isysteni should.be sacred to the goddess of
|^lbert^~to the rights of map— that spot shou d
be^ourj, Capitoh but instead of that, where are
more rjevolttng scenes /daily polluting, the . eye of
humanity, and drawing tears from. aB' but " hearts
of ston|'e"~where is the domestic^Slave Trade prof-
iecuted With more vigor— whJere ar> the, ahaliea-
ble ' rights of a portion of the human family more
trarop^ed apon— where is there less of strict^ juf-
<tice exercised towards one portion of Adam'ij iV
piily-Htban ih'that city ?; Sorry are wo to kn^W,
that sqch evil d«od* : are perpetrated under ths bn*
.hat inany who theto
are the very
!*S gift— who. buy arid
sell titWibc«lli^lk«''iisWV bwdw: Tell jit

^iaje hqticc pfCp'
.irjen moinftin^ ja^dspj

hot in 5ua(bj: pubUsh it hot in the streets of Askfc-
ions dated 31st May,

.)6n.;' .

Artjing other Wise regui
18^,1w«,Mtb«MoVi

mdjBm^f ^^ i „. , v „ y

Wmhsn^n, That wilbte Mrty cloys after the
first ^October, it sbaU be tbe duty of all fttie,
black and mulatto per#ottf<r males* of. the agej
of, mUtfitivi $mkl it the ^geof ww.
teen a»d upwards, who njay then reside inJije*

of Aldermen
of tit* City &

oned as a run-away slaVef and but. fp^'^ prompt
ro*asures of pur'governor. would baW^een sold
for kisjail fees. \ \N htil: more would have happened
to him at Algiers or Tunis ? Would he have beea
more persecuted in Carolina or Georgia"?
" In all the pride of freedom, nature free* /
Proc!aims l that man is born for 1'berty.
Sho flourishes wherever the sun -bcams'play, .
O'er living fountains swelling into day :
She withers when the waters cesse to roll,
And night and winter stagnate round the pole.
Man too where freedom's beanis & fountains rise
Springs from the dust, and blossoms lo the sides.
Dead to the joys of light and iife, the § lave.
C|ings,to tho clod ; his foot is in the grave.
Bondage is winter, darkness, death, despair j .
Freedom tbe sun— the sew—the mountains ani
he air."

GREAT FIRE AT MOBILE,
Extract of a letter id tk* Editors of the Phi-
ladelphia Gazitie, dated Mobile, Oct, 2Ut,.

J havenonly amoo^nl totell the sad news
of wr calamityv ,Ai fire broke ont this niorn-
jng intbe Mobile Hotel, joccupied by Aus-
tin, in Royal-street. At'tbis timej Jl o'dlock,
nearly aH Water and Coironan*str*ets ¥re is
i»\v\a#\ ? Dsuphin-street from the wbsrf t« St*
/•s^ph'sistteetj-i on : both! sides Cobti,' both
iidesdbfctwwen -JPrao.ci8i'aird Conti-streetsf
cept ths .Alabama; Hotel corner Sr. Francis,'
•',W)d\it.«fbaiii house ndjoining it. Jt :is itnpos-
sible ; to.lcstimate tlte lo>s, probably a millidn.
Nearly/lbo whole of the business. part of tbe
city is destroyed-^-a veiy considerable asaoont

*******

mm

of goods were consumed With tt»e Wrea ; the
flames spread so rabidly that it- was impossi-
ble to Save them. Thti fire is still r>gin>atid
mtcertain when it will step.

A heart-rending Jcme.—On the l'Stb ult. the
house of Judson Brooks, hrSteobeni Oneida
county N. Y. was consumed by hte, and two
children perished in the Mantes ! They were left
alone by their mother, while she went on all
errand to a neighbors. On her return she saw
the-hbuse on fire, anp alarmed the.'ioh^bifents
by her shrieks ; but jit was too late to «ve the
. building, or even to wscue her lender offspring
from tbe devourH^pelement.

Au attempt was refcehlly made to as$assihale
Wm. Kirby, Ej&q. lale SheHffof Essex county,
N. Y. A musket was discharged at hirrt while,
walking: in theevf nint with anotherge'riMerHahf.
He heard the bafl whistle very near him. The
person who made thej attempt escaped.

Gen. Ashley has l[ad a third return of Airs
from the Rocky Mountains* more valuable
than either that preceded iti probably worth
(10 an- $70,000. The party which conducted
it arrived on Sunday! the 15th inst., having
safriy escaped all thfs perils and casualties to
which their extensile operations were sub-
jected. The greste^! of these dangers arise'
from the Black-Feet and. other Indians, who
are instigated to rob' and morder our people
by the British traderjs who have almost ex-
clusive possession of our territories at and
beyond the Rocky Mountains, and who car-
Tjr off annually an immense- wealth. Gen.
Ashley in his first expedition in the year
1825, fell in with one of these British parties,
which had fur in its possession to the value of
$200,000. The number of men employed by
the British on our territories are computed at
about 1000, and their annual depredations
upon »s, perhaps aboiit $100,000, In money,
besides exciting our own Indians against us.

The Massachusetts society for the suppres-
sion of intemperance held apublic meeting at

Portutfafc-^It tArirfed ttrit tho^toiptro r
of -BHifl Has official apfr&ved of
Doft Mittwloti th^f og|g|ll*^Wbd*. ; ' [

ffre^cffATheW or'ewM ,

cei taih trom Greecej yjjnljwi Ve'p^rts are ciy •
culated,; which state t^'t the' French <quii| ,
ron isl and is not to be increue'd | that tlji
Briliah have occupied Najwhrdi Romania tti
the name of the poweraj that Hydra ha* been
taken and devastated bff the Turks; that.
France has begun toeatuPjkb commercial r»-
lationa with th^ Greektf^&c; j

FRANCE.— -from official documents, rela-
ting to the navigation and wateraj of France,
if appears that inl825 the number of vessel(*|
which' entered her port* was 7,837, of .which 1 !
3,019 were French, and 4,218 foreign; In r
1836 there entered 7,907; of which 2,877
were French and 4,910 foreign: In 1825
there cleared out from her ports 9,463 vessel^
of whichi 3, : 469," Were Frehdh, and 5,904 forf
eigfl. In 1826 the 1 mimber that cleared "out
was 8,335. of which 3,027 were French, ah(J
5,308 of other nations. Th'V increased iinii

,' ' kEjftTB^ trig which

rived "at Leghorn frbin Cyprus ;on;| the
Sept,

... .... . . . , H . ... . . - at-,

... _jghorn from Cyprus ion, the 9th
brings intelligence that Cochrane was
aeen wltMhe G»eek fleet of 12 sail under
Turkish cbloiira,

1

portation !of 1825 over 1826 was principally
from Russia, Sweden Prussiai Portugaly
Hayti, and the United States. The countries'
to which the marked increase of exportations
from her porta took place 1, wete/ Swed en,
Denmark^ Prussia, Austria^ Egypt, Chili, Pe-
ru, .the Mauritius, and ( British India; Ml Adv.

SPAIN.— It appears, by the French' Pa-
pers, that Ferdinand Has -'taken the resbiuliori
of setting out in person to quell thV insurrec-
tion in Catalonia, He . has accordingly ap-
pointed hisQaeen Regent during hie absence,
and preceded by his /brother Carlos and ac
companied only by his favourite Calomarde
and a few officers, has set out to examine in
person into the causes of the insurrection
throughout the province* The insurrection
in Catalonia appears extending'. The Bishop
of Vich and .the Baron d* EroSes have joined
the rebel standard, arid the insurgents . have
advanced Within a few leagues* of Snragossa:
The King has announced to the 1 Supremo

were parsed recommending it to ship owners.

masters of vessels, farmers, mechanics, pro- j VlVIrTVXJ'

tl ltflnt fl nfm f ,n«fi 1 , ■ niin* < hai,d . 8 ' General Mo "et

h i ? Council of Castile that he is by no meansin
Boston on the 5th mst.; at which resolutions,^^ Tjje ^ ^ y[ng

resa. Tarragona hn,d rieartv fallen into their

cstublishiiwite, and all! oihew I avwg the care jo - Th p h £ OWt Ho J strict
of you, 1S persons when first entermg upon la- 1 aIj The : re b»ls. mostly limit their

also to all having charge of the education of tk „ T ^,„.; u; -„ .

the young, to endeavor to produce a strong
impression on their minds of the dangerous
tendency of even a mojderate use of ardent
spirits.

WOLVES.— On thej 28th of October last,
1wo wolves were discovered by his dogs, under
the top branches of a tree that had been felled
, about three hundred yards from the residence
of Mr. Michael Yost, in Hanover township,
Northampton county. Air. Yost who is a first
rate marks-man, succeeded in shooting one of
them, :^it the other made its escape. The
wolfthaMM, killed wa$ a he one, measuring
four feeflHe inches, frd/n the tip of his nose
to the en aHh is tail, two feet eight inches high,
and weigfmorfy pounds; upwards of two hun-,
<lred ladies and gentlemen, called to examine!
himthe same day. —Easthn Sentinel.

PORBZOK NCWS

, LATEST FROM ENGLAND.

The ship Richmond ha s arrived at Hamp-
ton Roads, bringing London papers to the 4th
ofOctober, two days lateif than thosejfreceiv-
ed at this port j

They furnish intelligence of the first step
taken by the King of Spajh, on' approaching
tbe insurgents in the nor^h» the motives and
the result of which appear at present ex-,
tremely doubtful. He his made no display
of force, although the recent defeat of Gen.
Monet pear /Tarragona, And the accounts of
meditated insurrectiobs iji other places liad :
greatly encouraged thevpirtizahs of tbe Re-
gency. He contented himself with inviting
the Central JuntaOfManrisa to a conference
at Tarragona, under a promise that lie would
have neither civil nor military Yo-rce to support
him. The terms had not been accepted; and
the French writers seem qoubtfulconcerning
the result,' 1 1 is too late fpr any ohc^ to trust
the faith ofPerdjnand. We question whe
ther Jhe Court at Madrid have not theirap.
preitensions of his insincerity in this joutHie'y.

There is reasou to beheje, as we have sug^
(jested before, that the objects of the insnrree^
tion are hot so ultramcinarcjhical and esclnsive
a«tbe professions of the Junta might leaf] lis
to suppose. A Spanish gentleman has inform-
^ us, that, among the olfic efs of the regeley,
fl<s recoguizes the names of several ex-colcpeis
of the Constitutional army. This corrpbor^ittea
previous accounts, aud le^ds ' us to :hQpejth at
the rebellion is against Ferdinand rather fhan
»R favor of Don Carlos.

the Inquisition.

PORTUGAL.— An article, in the Lisbon
Tro7nbeta, professing to bo written in; Don
Miguel's interest, breathes a fiercer spirit of
fanaticism, and urges to prbjecW of more
murdeious vengeance, than: anything." that
ever issued from the trumpets of Jacobinieal
or Anti-Jacobinical fury.

It now appears that so far from its being
the intention to try General Saldapha by a
Court Martial, for his having headed the par-
triots in prevailing on the Princess Regent
to adopt the charter, her R. H. has placed
him in the situation lately occupied bjrGert.
Stubbs, and promoted him to a seat in the
Cabinet, while the latter General is to be
tried by a Court Martial for: expressing his
regret at the. dismissal of the ex-Minister.

The Princess Regent has not yefe resigned
her functions, for she has .dismissed from
her Councils Santarem, and appointed Gon-
vea Duraro in his stead. This step was sup-
posed to be preparatory to a return to Con-
stitutional principles. •

PRUSSIA*— It is said -that a courier, left
Berlin on the 12th of Sept. for Constantino-
ple, being the bearer Of instructions to the
ambassador at that capitaUo join in future in
all the representationajof the amb.assadoriof
the 3 Allied Powers.

RUS.SIA.— It is said that Mr. S. Canning
has received from the British envoy at Per-
iia the n^ws of a brilliant victory obtained by
the .Russians; over the 'Persians, in wh'ich
the latter lost 40,000 men, and the former

n,ooo; , ; '

S WFDEN..^«ocA^tePriVate;. letters;
from .Abo. say; that abdvfTlOO persons per |
ished in the fire at that city. The General |
Insurance-Companv of , thia city ; has to. Jpayj
300,000 dollars, tp 'the inhabitants of Abo. :

GERM A NYr-The ;hurnber of deaths at[
Groningpui during tlreyi^k'prior t^iheWih^
>of this month, b inoti iit||^^;^p'; whilst in tHe|
c^rrsopondingHyeek of f^e^Ui;^ , year (bey ;
aimyiirjte^i to fio 1— It ,]s"a^«Bjfei3l: l ]n ah article:
from\y ienna^hat Don Miguel ' » /not ptfty]
abouiHp leave that qapitjti^ for/tii*hcn t but 5
that KeNwill be.;tollowfi^ ^rjpce<Mette>.
men.; . Tft^sCare bad: symptw&f f<>r the Con- 1
atitutionali

X letter from Constantinople informs us
'that the three Ministers had published a new
Declaration concerning the measures that
their' Cabihcte Wefd ^oing to pursue! for." the
pacification of the' East, arid had sent new
inijtriietibna' to the dittei'e'nt Coinmahdefs of
the squadrons.

, , It U stated' in the t Monxteur that ^e.note
\vhibh' accompanied the triple contention,
contained^ the ; proposal of . an arriiistjce, and
thfe\monace'of having recouwe, if not accept-
ed, 16 all 'the" mean's necessary to "attain . the
object. It also affirms that the Porte was r ( e-
sjlvfed to resort to' the last extre.niity rather
than accede; and that measures were, taking
to put the Dardanelles in a' state of defence.

The Sea Serpent has made his appearance
on the coast of Norway. The Norwegians
were engaged at last accounts in collecting
all the, fuel practicable, for the purpose of
makingr a tremendous bonfire to attract the
aerpent, in the hope that he might run
aground, and thus enable thorn to catch him.

Toad tn Stone.— A piece of stone from 'l
jimestone quarjryat Watnall, upon' being bro-
ken open in September last, was found . to
have a cavity-in' WhicU wad a7it)"e toad. The
cavity was barely large enough for the'toa'd
to turn around, and is coateu with ^ chryatal-
lized or sparry substance* Tl\e stone is a-
portion of a solid rock, 16 feet below- the sur-
face.

A party of/our persons dined together on J
Thursday, at West Cowes, who were so re-
lated to'each other, that they were actually
present— two husbands, one wife and two fa-
thers, 'oiie mother, two sons, twirdaughtersj
two*uhcleb, : two aunts, two' nietes, "two ne-
phews, two great uncles, one great aunt,
two brothers, two sisters, four cousins, one
maideiv .

| Execution of a wMe family.*— Oti Saturday
Ijtet, at 12 o'clock, Hey worth and his 'two
sons, who were cbhvictcd at the lsst aisizes
for this county, of a number of the most atro-
cious ^burglaries, were executed, pursuant
to -their sentence^ in front of the Castle' of
Lancaster. The spectacle of the execution
of the whole familV,*t the same moment ahd
on the same scaffold, Was never befofej we
believe, beheld in Lancaster.
/ COLOMBIA.— Some warm discussion may
be expected between Bolivar and Santander,
relative to the iinmediate convocation of the
Rational Convention. Santander is opposed
to this measure, while Bolivar has expressed
his intention of assembling it with all its
'speed. Santander is considered to be a, man
of considerable talents and great determina-
tion, .

•^p^?c5.—-Fortj-fivb bushala of good sound' ap-

fdes were ' lately gathered from one tree'o'n- the
arm of Mr. Sheldon, of Weedsport.- — Pehrisyl-
vania contains 47,000 square miles, and England
on)y 70.000, yet ErjgUnd maintains a population
of imore than ten millions.-; — '■ — Pear Trees. — In
some parts of North. Carolina, pear and cherry
trees were in bloorn last month for the' second
time- 1 -^— A- man natned Harvey Griawold, has
beiri bound over to] take his trial in New Haven,;
On 1 four, complaints of passing counterfeit money.

.Tfao l«ondon Society Tor. propagating the
(Jcwpel jn foreign parts, now aupporta 168 mis-
nioharies and 116 schools. — — Suwiae.-r Alexander,
Steward, near Johesboro, Tennessee, lately put an;
end .to hi$ existence, by drinking ' two quarts of
WhUMe/.^-Hr.Vrs. Royal, The celebrated Mrs.
RjipA has befeh' elected i member of theTraternity
of Odd' Fellows - — -A man is now living in Wake
Fpitksl, N C 109 yedrs old. He lately walked
three miles, 1 and feelirig somewhat -fatigued) said
fie thought he discovered by it tliit old age was
creeping on— ±~Snow. Snow feH in the vicinity of
Aniberat, MdW; on the 7th inst. to, the depth of li
j^chea.rf^-{jfl,r. Gallat.n, the ..American "Minister
t^.Great i B,ri^»)n and bw. family were ^->-have em-
barked in the packet-ship Sylyanus^hir thiscouit-
trV, on ' the ' ^th' O otober. StUmlibdt disa^er-,
Tm small steamboat Barnet, on her passage from
.L:J u..,f A .j~t„r._. hor boiler, and the

f,Saybrook. ^a's'kil-i
- - r- - 1 - ...... - ... - -.- V e ™ .' on board. V:i:

Ckwes Ritetilifidjt*, Boston. '[ The amau'ut Jof
iollf for. eight days ift Octdber'wai '|^6,6i , ayera-i
ffihg Ff day/'fMff^l. . The' average ot hihe day«|
ListTwinter was $70,82 per 'day,iai«l' l 30 diyir in
April, 1«26, $7bi(i6.^^-Credulity. The body 1
lately identified, a* ^orgiu^'B, t by.t^e:ffood eitiieas
»f\ Niagara, county, t^n**; U> bo that of .X.
Muaroe, '.'who was drowneil in Niagara. River,
abpit Mr Veeki t: mre.'^^#V^lAB&t. 10
o'eldck.ofa Saturday evening a fire, broke out in
the^hr^ 'story brwks^eV^bi lOO ; Wahfenlanol
whiih was wholly destroyed. The "
' treat ' rapidity^ mil eoaa

wiill: great ■ noldUn -.-.mil eoMaanhil4t«d Witores t
lmfo Mtf 96^ whieii were'grea'dy dklbateil:— j
A jtlMease r«serobUag Um anpJl-poz prevaili itHai V
•1 the last daiML jThelphyficiaiw haw been i
ed with it ;• and several ...had died who hid pre- '
jily baen ioceuUted -^-^-The commissioners
appointed to »ctt!« the boundary line between

} Maine and New Hampshire, have accomplished
tbeir task with but little difficalty.— — Tbe Bea-
con Light House on Tybee Island has beer, de-
stroyed By rlre.^— — r/Ovideri^e piper! state that
snow had fallen , to. a considerable depth in that
town, and the sleigh bells had'been jinMfnW mer-
rily in honor of ;tne ever^t.^— — rA .bijT ia.Wojro
the legislature of Tcnnegscc, to abolish the impri- .
sonment of' females for debt.—- - — ^migration—
the l'4th April, seventy persons of colour emigra-
ted into and settled within Lawrence connty,
Ohio. They were part of a number\of slave*
emancipated by the last will of Mir. Ward, late of
Pittsylvania couuly, Virginia.--r— Punishment.
—New-bold, alias Sutton, alias, Jon«s» who was
iBtcly sentenced to the Penitentiary ofVirginii
ifor a term of 15 years, was three years, confined
an the New- Jersey state prison from 1805 to 1808;
jnd 16 years in the same prison from 1809 to
^25..-: — r-lfiUlnptranccr-ln Dover, N.. H. a few
days since a man in a beastly state of intoxication, .
attempted to deelroy the life of h;s child by hang-
ing it to a tree ; and shortly after made, an at-
tempt to hang himself. JHo was prevented in
both cases by a. neighbour .rrT- WpntorftflFish.- T
A strange aquatic non-'descri'pt has. ^e'en. taken'fn
the ScJ^oo'dic ' River, a' \i(ilc aWve L'nbee river,
He was^iarpponed and then fhot. . Hjs/'.Bkin has
been iitupfed.and will be exbibite^.. He, is 12$
feet long) and 16 feet 6 inches round the largest
part of his body, and is said to be most probably
the Sea : SeTven(.—~^Robkeries. Robberies have
become : so . common in the neighbourhood/ of
Quobeg, that the' inhabitants cbjifem'plate estab-
lishing armed patrols'/ — -Mr.Abercrombie, one
of the gentlemen injured by the upsetting of the
stage, by which Bishop Kemp, lost his, lif§, has
commenced a prosecution against the proprietors
of the' stage line.- — ^-J. Loekedge, of Andbver,
Mass. exhibited a few days since,; the product of .
onepotatoe, which was one bushel and a half ', 22u
potatoes: 39 weighing 39 1^2 pounds," Total

weighttil 3-4 pounds.- The Governor. of Ohio,

had appointed the; twenty -ninth day of November,
as thanksgiving/ day.-- — The city inspector re-
ports the death oi 84' persons during the week,
ending Nov. lOth, viz. 21 men, 20 women, 19
boys and 24 girls.-

MARRIED,

In this city, by the Rev. B. Paul; Mr. Mra-
ham. Blake to Miss Jane Osborne: '

On the 1 2th inst. by the Rev. Si E. Cor',-
nish, Mr. William Sctsco to /Miss Sarah Smth.

On Wednesday evening, by the 4 Rev. Peter
Williams, Mr. Charles Hamilton to Miss
HdrHd Fdnny--a\\ of this city. .

DIED,

In this city, Mr. Horatio Hill,
Yesterday morning, after a long iilness, Mr.
John H. Smith» aged 44 years and 6 moftfbs-—
a native of Jamaica.

The friends arid relatives of the family are
respectfully invited to' '$t$hd hii fynefal^ this
afternoon; at two o'clock,', i'rotij his late resi-
dence.

Economy; is tlie Road to Wealth;
And a Penny Saved ts as good as two Penny s
earned.
THEN CALL AT THfi

CLOTHES DRESSING ESTAB-
LISHMENT,
JAMES GILBERT,

Who has removed from 4 11 to 422 Broadway,
and continues as usual to carry on the Clothes
Dressing iri a correct and systematical style ;/hav-
ing a perfect knowledge of the Business, .having
been legally, bred to it^his mode of. Cleaning and
Dressing' Coats, Pantaloons, &o.-'. it, fry^Steim
Sponging, which is the only , correct system of
Cleaning] which 1 he wilf warrant' /to extridt 'all
kinds of Stains, Vrtast-Spota. Tar', Pdint; Sic. or
no pay will be taken. ' ' v

N. B. The public are cautieirtd against tlJe im-
posture of those /who attempt the Dresaipg.of
Clothes, by Uteani Sponging, who are' totally un-
acquainted with the Business, as, there'are many
Establishrhehts which have recently ieen opened
in this city. . . - 1 . .'■•'. [{' , ■

V. 'AH kinds- of Tailering' Work done' at the
above place.' v ./.x> • . - ,

; An elothes^eft to/te clieaned or repaired .will be
good for one year and orttfdayfif .not claimed in
that time, they will be seld at public auction.

t of the , hoi
...... .d and Walki

at the prerniHos. ...

Ne^Yoik, Noy7;6. 1827'/

The lower part of the .',houae ; -a^Jthe,"N, ',?ast
Corner of Chapel and W a.lk'c>-i^rceU.~Knquire

•The whole or part of aV ^Piir^the 4 IbWer part
offltV'Pliilip's^tok^^WIt-^ otter

\

TOR TH*. FREEDOM 8

. THE DREAM — A FRAGMENT,

— And fierce Oppression in my dream i

saw — - .

His victims bound in fetters at his feet
Their tves bent to the ground-Ubtir f«c«is dark.
An-! (i"q)jy dyoji with ebon, though- the euh
Tuat branded deep his mark upon their face,
W,i« rising on their hand, 1 hough set on:this.
—Scourges nnd frowns nbovt them ; and they
iear'd

To look on all the fierceness that were seen
Ine savage fyes; inhospitable climcB and blood;.
Wh>ps. ' . f

There lay a child, whose hair had been adorn 'd
With lair est thw'rs of Afric's ivilderness.
Now hnh Us locks were torn, abd. strewn upon the
shore, i

!

A lover there-r^a royal youth far-borne —
His home, his. kingdom, friends and crown re-

stirn'd. •
The marks upon his cheek the only, fiign-
Of r ivalty, and they half-hid with clotted blood..
But worse thsn all. than home and kingdom lost— -
His bride betrothU in chains bjesido him lay— -
The arms, whose tenderness had bound him,
Cold binds had/wru g -cold, cruel iron,
Rrrkhsss as. the grave, icy as death—-
Likf di:aih. it struck his heart, to look on,
— Sprcchk'SB the youth sat hyl and though *
Sp- cchlfss, he smil'd— with, eyes averted long,
While a crystal. brook ho knew not flow.'d them

by— '■ '
H<- sinil ch to see the wave- at- liberty-
Then turn'd again and- tfx'd his eyes, upon hjs

love.

Again he mpv d~-but such a 16ok he wore V
In bis dark eye which famine,, 1 pain had sunk-
I t'n mght the wretch on whom' that glance was

lix'd, ■ ; "[■
W;<'ild see it till the fatal day of doom—
An,t i-ven then— for ne'erwas frown, nor curse",
Nor .flashing steel; nor hull— invented rack,
So horrible to see,- bo hard.t' endure.
1 turn'd and : said, 'tis true — a smiie may bo
M.jre ki!on assassination, to tlje'sou),
Thai; all that wrath can vent f n word or deed,—
Judgment her meed inflicts with smile and .sword..

O'er such a-scene as this oppression sat :.'
Gold was his throne, his footstool was a rack.; .
Hi.* bloody 'gcutchcon on the dripping wall;
Piatur'd in whips and fetters, iron bands
For arms and necks oi men and new-born babes,
Liiid curiously in forms sig-nificant,
The jUld was gules with blood i the crest a sjijtll.
Tho monarch, wore a- magnet in his crown,
That pointed ever at Peruvian coasts •
Gold was its » tar— a mine its. northern pole — .
No oth<» substance. could its tenderice change,
Save the attraction, that, it own'd to blood-r-
Rio )d : human g<«;e ! When that was interpos'd,
The magnet dipp'd and wander'd from its mark,.

The wearer smil'd ; »nd.oft,he turn'd to sec
How firm his seat was fis'd, how strong it stood
Kingdoms, he counted* in whose ppw'rful aid-
His heart could trust;, and monarchs were his.
friends.

This call'd he right — because no voice could rise.
1" accuse his deeds, and scarce an eya could weep,
Bat they were qUench'd and stifled with &sword.

Agkestib.

VARIETIES.

A hatter at Brighton! named March, has
put forth the- following advertisement as a
parody on the' song- of " Blue Bonnets, over
.the Border: 5 '

March! March! has the bestjiats to sell,

Try hian, you/11 find hirn no wily.dpcciverj
March ! Marsh! go and be'll-use you well.
His is the : warehouse i$v, buying a. beaver,
Come then my.masters,
Doff your, old castors^
Hagged -and torn, or however, in disorder,}.
For a new topper, a
Round Hat or Opera,,
jfrarch is the man, so give him en order..
• March I.March! has. the best, hafcj to
«eH,&.c..

Royal mode of;' hunting in Russia.—the.
Italians have a very imperfect idea of. the
pleasures of hunting, for; in. most instances
the SnimDl' piftstied has not ■'tbe,..-iiig)ite»j
chance of ' escape,. When;, the Emperor is
disposed to. enjoy the 'delights of '"the chace^
which seems. to be bVit seldom, a few wretch-!
ed hares,, are' brought put" in lager to. the
»cere of ■ ac.tipn, generally one, of those -vast
plains, so njjtnerouB in Russia. Upon ^the
signal being given, two or three of the paiitf
ins and • I tin id-' • fiit!e--crejir'ure'< 'already half
frightened to death, are let out of. the bag£
and immediately after two enormous long
haired greyhounds; whiih: overtake and kill
them in a few seconds. • And this is what, in
those countries* is called enjoying, the pleas-
ures of the chace!-^.£earfqn Wmfy: Mefiemt

' It is currently reported Jp the .pity, that
the Erector of Russia WoNtM a Wirle.

•■^•hf^OOO.inm-'- 1 - : ' '

Hopa are taldV iri a coootry paper, to be:
■ttaii&riftvy. "-' ! . ' :',

On a sun-dial, in the Ketit-foad, there it
.is' inscription— " We Bhall.?' A dial (die
Ul) completes the sense. 1 !

Ambng the.list of penalties for the regola-'
tr.n of U.ieeh 151 iitabe tli's liouiehold, .we. find'
the folloivihg _':^-| That none toy with
riia. s ^ baihe offuurpenctJ.'

Glcani*gs.-±Q\tii sciences are unravelled like
oid stockings by beginning at the foot*
' Physic, lor the j most part; is nbthirig else,
'hut the substitute of exercise for ihterapef-
ance. " "

Some reserve is' a debt to prudence, as
'"ree'doro and simplicity of . conversation is i a.
uebt to good nature.

Wo cannot say we like the law laid down
by Air. Law in Taylor's case. It consisted
ot' sad shntU and patches. Rogers, who hap-
pened to stand by,', and heard the Reverend's
retort about honor, viz. • W« : have nothihg
to do with honor.' '"* So / ^e—said he, 'that
the tailor was on one side arid- the goose on
the other.' tie ought to have, been, despatch-
ed to a tailor's Erebus for the pun.

A morning- paper, says that ,the horizontal
tower oi' liattersea is to be remored. What
kind of a tower can this be ? VVe. have heard
qf the Hanging Tower at Pisa, But most
towers are yertipajj e.<cept such as were built
at Laputa by the Mathematicians of that, eel
ebrated Island.

The receipts at Norwich) Musical Festival
la9t week, 'for tfte benefit of- the Norfolk and
Norwich Hospital, was up>y;»rda of £40110,
JOOO'are expected to be realised for the cjut?
r.ity.

. An Irishman accused of marrying s|x
wiyes^on being, asked how he could ba such
a< hardened viliian to delude so' many, replied
with great nonchalance, Wliyt.. please your
Worship, r was tryi ng to get, a good one.'

A. gentleman observing that Ue had fallen
itfitep during a setinou. preached by a Bishop,
a wag remarked, 4 tit at it must be iJishop tiie.
composer.'

A Correspondent vouches for the. correct
ness of the following, which,' lie say 3, was
delivered at a Meeting assembled, tor the
most bonevolerit of purposes. The speaker,
addressing the. Chairman, said, *' I consider
these charities' a personal riyisahep, f. wish
they could be coalesced.' VVhcn r 1 go do w n to
my Irving at— -~ ~, there is a charity. When
tgo-to.my Jiving at there's is another
charity.. VVheti 1 1 gp. to, iny: Archdeaconry irt
- — , there's another chanty, When 1 cotnc

to my ;, and-^~— ^inere^another charity ;

sq that I solemnly delarejt coats me so much
as £^0 per; annum in charity/' The Rev.
Gentleman fprgol to" toll, his auditors, tnat
from these various, -jiving* he derives no
less than i£3,5QD :per. annufo—Devtees Gaii

Wonder af; Hertfordshire.— John Bill, in
'his work ■entitled ,"A I)eliueatipn. of the
yniuersall Notions, of Geqgaaphie,*' aays-i
"Of, romarkaiile things l in Hereford.-shire,
the spring. called Bpne-weU, neerevRichard's
Castle is.famous for fish-honci and ; nourish!,
whichf though it clee rely. cll|nsod thereof,
will.ehortly after be fujrhis.rl^ 7ifre#h''^'it1i.
th/J. like.. . But the grpat, wd'riyet.th^^^a'tl-.
jnirable : montiou of MarcleyVHiU, cprj'talmh^
about % acres, within eur own memofie ,aniip
H>7 1, which, vvith grcat;nojse, remdved jtsei>
frotn its owne place, a^d went continuaily
for 8 days together, carrying with U she.epe.
in their cots, hedge-rows and* trees, and
over, thro wingiKinsston* CliappelHnd divers
trees, turning 2 high waie* : n'eere ^00 y.tirdt
from the;» usual, rpn'd, and bearib^the earth
before it the space' of 400 yards/^/ifVie^
Rtvitw.. '

V igtyrfttejil eoloW.wpuIttUoa of

la' iiiii Jib il hiliiN.ii'iWr. Sy jfhi'cli'a pupirof or*
jdihaVy ' ckMclty,; rtfaf Sbtain ! a 'correct' mpd thor-
;o4* ln<j«rWge t of Vhe" InlneiblM 'or* the English
iWttguagei bySSten^ng tb tHo^ttutfy thereof, two
Ihofura in a dav\in!six ; weeks. 1 He Would b* willing
!tO'ttaeb).a tfhis«>tf ft)l6urtd per^bni, either in the
day or in th* evening !(m may »uit their oonv«m-
eace;) and his ternW^jprill be such, that. np one
•irons to learo .w^t{^Mfe cauie to be difsaUl^ed
with them. T - \ . ,

Per«oas wishing to avail theta|elves pC this pp«
porttmity :o'f'laaMng s lS^«h.tfrftmmar,wiH plewe
tb ! Cai1^upon the tt«v. B. PaJul, No. C, York-street,
or the Rev. P: Wiitikk'n b^-Croiby-ttreet, with
whom, also the names of thosey\Who determine up-
fofr beenming pupils 6f Mr. Gold^will be left,
Nov. 10, lh«7..

The following is a literal fcopy bf a notice
tiTfed bn 'a bpard before a hb'use hear JVVui
Cross , jbt0&d:^*XVhM;tr$toM io\Dfy'
'tfvrto-ftjfrfaTkare. is iio' ftamley In Thus

ftesmiUettteyVlwc.'

The mormns Herald last week has an ' ad-

.vertisementi 4 ' Wahted it'ladyV friaid \vhb ca ( 'ni
rfrei* kWP^Qjaefy'l ■*, Should ti$ ' UiisUiavei
IbeeTi'^VcpoJk^', ; 1 " _ " •
■■/&*%i$W?^lp> ^Ul^bntijaue, to .be .car- ;
ned buSf Inuand ri •. - ■

«-v«*|i«if literatus!
*<l'Mr Mvtw's irem > pdvt^tH of thtf late Mr.

^dediwejti^ huion.: [\ vr: " '

• TO LE'Pl >, V -
Atid possession given', immediately, a part
of house number .525 Bro|in.--stree,t , N^>etween
Thompson and Sulll van-streets, eoritaimng two
rooms on/the first floor with folding doprs, \frpnl
room' oiri.thc second floor with bud' room ildjotnipg^
"a. garret room and back kitchen,, with pr-ivilegVbf
yard) <|fec. Por terms apply at the premises-. \
NoV|imbnra.

! SCHOOL, NOTICE.

TlijE subscriber wishes to return thanks
to hjjs. frionjj, or the . liberal oncourdge.nent of
patronizing his school ;.and -would be porini'ttiid
to.say, he sWf continues • to , teach in the samo
place, knd hopes by increased exertions, to merit
a share of public oncoura^einent. The branches
attended to are Rending, Writing, Cyphering Ge-
ography, Epglish Grammar, .and Natural Philoso-
phy] .And to the foinalHS Noddle Work:

I JEREMIAH GLOUCESTER.

Philadelphia, Oct. 2d. ,34

■ G. & R. DRAPER,.
(Coloured Men,)
In Filrcst.strect, BALTIMORE, Mannfantare

ALL, KINDS OF

Smoking*, and Chewing , .TOBACC'O,
S<;ot<5h, Rappe, .fa Maccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American
; CIGARS.
N.ip. The above gentlemen have ppnt me
alflif^u.. Bpx of - their TOBACCO, for salo. nnd
should the experiment .usceed, they can supply
any quantity of allthf; articlosj, 30
SAMUFi; E. CORNISH.

Stolen on tke 1st int. from the Subscriber,
i X lldRSJB AND GIG.

T^e person who hired them, laid he wat
going UT Greenwich, and would return tu the
ning,buthas not.tb this hour; «*H*d htmself
Ductor Hillver, and has employed birostlf in m%
king' and selling slaves. The hotse was a soirel,
bald face,, with two white hind feet on bis fore
k o a lumjr,: twelve yous old. The gig was a
br .wn body,-a lather top, lining, blaek morocco.
'Trig- .man Who hired the property is a stout sosn,
nearly six , feet high. Jight complexion, andvf*
grave appe.aVa'eceJ about fifty years old, A geii-
^rbus H|(Wfira w«H ^ gly«»'. for the Horse and
&ig or either of tbem,:^^ .
.THOMAS' ZABRrSM^&hSS Pump-Street.

New- York, Nov. 3,

"EXPIR ATION of the time for redeem-
ing LANDStor TAXES in lb26.4Co«rTB6i i.-
kr's Or.riCE, Albany Oct. 17, l8SW.~Public n6-
tice is. hereby given, that the time for redeeming
the Lands.sold. for County Taxes and the United
States' Direct Tax and Ass«Bsment8 for rhafcind
RoadH, will expire on the-JWth day of April next;
and that unless the lands sold by the Comptroller
at his. last' sale in 1820, arii redeemed un or before
tho 27th day of April next, they will be conveyed,
to the purchasers. W- L. 'MARCr",

Comptroller.
N. B. Lists of such. LA#DS in each County
as had been sold, and were not redeemed .at the
date of the aboye noiiae, have been transmitted. to
each County Treasurer, whose duty H is to pub-
lish the same in one pr papers in the County of
which he is Treasurer Those interested are re-
fcrred-to such' lists, to i ' ascertain if; their LANDS-,
ha^o been sold and remain unredeemed;

. EVENING SCHOOL.

AN E VEN TNG SCHOOL for persons,
Colour, will be opened on the loth of Octo-
ber pext in the .African School-Rftom in Alul-
iierry-street ; whore will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY>&c;

Te'rhs^ Three Dollars per Quarter, payable in
advapce. Hours* from 6 to half past 8 o'clock.

Sept. !.■». SJ3

r ,4 CARD. ,
R-ESfPECTFUiiLY informs his friends,, and

the- public genCrallyj that his House, Nof l*:i
Clutch-street, is still open for the aCcommodatiqn
of genteel persons of colour, with .

BOARDING & LODGING.
,, Grateful for past favoors,,he solicits a cpn-
tihhartcv'of the 'same;' 'Hi* house is in a healthy
arid pleasant part df.the cityj and-no painis or^ex-
pensjj ivill' be. sparei bn his part, to render tho -si-
tuations of those who honour hsm with' their, pa-
tronage, as comfor^tablo. e^possible. •
Niw-York, Sept, 1827. a&V-3m

. ,j , ^OillCE, .

Tt**i^E. " African RIutuaIj ; Ins.tjwction
Society, for tho instruction, of; coloured Adults,
o^'both ^ Sexes,' 1 : have re-opened, their SCHOOL,
on :Mo.vi)'av EvKjnfd, October 1st, at their lormer
Schpol-Rodm, under th v Mariiier*s C/iurc,^ in
R.oopevolt-'fltreet. The School will be open "on
every Monday, Wednesday aria. Friday Evenings,
a|. .hfilf 'past 6 otfllook* ; v
•\ i i < 'Tflp»tt. desirous of.xeceiving. instruction, v^\\\
be taught- to Rea'dj-.'Wnte aiid. Cypher, until the
jjVstlof April, 1823', for the small sum of one do'.«
iar^to.be ' paid /6rj i ebtfcring tbeechodl.
'■ Ajn "early ^ application'ir requested; as there will
be no allowance mad^fbr past4ime.
, Aaron Wood, Jaints Myers,

, ■ . HMiuin., P. :/o|ajrw;jji , Arnold. JEfyict . .
': ' i. M: 'jyricHwuf ' ' Henry' king,, •

lest $ummeiv arid Wiriter-Strained

: i ' 1^Efe$ OIL. " : ■
T,HE,;subscriberJ>eg;8 leave to return hii
hk.f^h^ ; paf«M^^past; favours, and takes.
!,metbojd ..-.ot .ioieqMR^hcm and jUie public in
^eri^rair0iatjip vmMfflifaeeun on hand .a .sup*
'- :i "of SeasoftaWe OJL, ot the first quality^ Which
r vill deliver' in any part of the city,, at' the
shortest 'notice/ . f - "■- '. ''•

< I ffjT' A ' liberal deduction made to^Ghurchea, and
ih(Biie{)irhe : l«iy.^.lhe'quanU^.V--
•hp • • -'-:r '• ' ■' JOHN viROBERTS,

25 Currant-.alloy , third djiior above Loc«»tt
2t : Um street, Philadelphia,

LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is authorisedvfei i offer to hi*
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acn s ot excellent I.awv
,at less tl)an one half its value, provided they wifi
take measures to settle, or have it settled . by co--
loured farmers. The land is in the state otNew-
Y.ork, within 70 miles of the city : its location ,U
delightful, being on the banks. ' of the, Delawaro
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi.
iadelphia. The cans i leading from the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o-
pening a -direct navigation to New-York cii^ "°lie

f>assage to either city nmy be made in one day or
ess. The land- is of the best quality, and wejf
timbered. -

Tho subscriber hopes that some of his bretk-
ron, who ard capitalists, will ot lea«t invest 500 or
1,000 dollars, in these lands'. To such hewilltake
tho liberty to aay, thiftland can bo purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) thougli ifc-
has bnen selling for He aldb takets the liberty
to observe lhat the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and hetlwokssuch a settlement, fora- ■
ed by coloured families, .would >. bo', conducive -o£
much good: With thi*.object in view he -will in-
vest 500 dollars in the purchase -
SAMUEL E. CORNISHs
New-York, March 2£|.

N. B. Communications on the sabject,post paW>
wiV/be received and 1 attended to.

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New.York'. '* !

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ACTIipitlSSn , A«K»T*» .
R«r> S> E. CbRmsnj Gsneral Agent.
Maine— C Stockbridge, Et|q. .North Yariiwatfc

Mr. R#uben Ruby, Portland, Me:
Massuchusetts~-Wt. David Walker, Boston; M>
■ Thomas Paul, do.-r.Mr. John RemondV-fea^P'.
Connecticut-*- Mr.. John Shields, Ncw-Hav(»^

Mr Isaac C.'Glaiikp, Norwicb;
Rhode-Mhwirr Mr., George. CWillls, P>ov.M«^«-
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Mr. Stopheri' Smith, Colunibia.. 1
MdrykindHMetotB.R. Cowley ^ H. Grie#, ?«"'
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'r-NfrfThoiiMts,;Braddooki Alexandria. < ' ' .
A*w.-lf<J?r^R»JVi Nathauiel Pau]f Albany*r*¥"
R. P. G.'Wrightf SchwwMi'ady'.— Awtw HM*'
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ton^iMt James'C: Cowc's, .Ney-Brhni^i«k,--
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« R I G ilTEO tj S N E SS EXALTE T H ANA T 10 N."

by jno. b. russwurm. mii?*^ wel»- »M>&ir»; stf T^sotSTO .a**- jwat* . a:»»3r®«

; ! ibility of shame, that on the smallest sub-
je*:i of confusion, my blood all rushes into my
cheeks, and appear a perfect full blown rose.
Tiie amsciousness of this unhappy failing
ma-Jo me avoid society, and I became enam-
ored of a college life, particularly wiien I re ,
fleeted that th« uncouth oarioersof my fath-
ers family were little calculated to improve
my outward conduct. I therefore iiad resolv-
«fi on living at the university, and taking pu-
pils, vchen two unexpected events greatly al-
tered the' posture of my affairs, viz. my fath-
er's de..th, and tbe arrival of an uncle from
the Indies.

This uncle I had very rarely heard my fath-
er mention ; and h was, generally believed
that he was iong.sirico dead, when he arrived
in England only a week too late to close his
brother's eyes. I am asha/ned to confess,
what I believe has been often experienced by
those whose education has been better than
that of their parents, tiiat my poor father's ig-
norance and vulvar language had often made
me blush to think I was his son ; and at his
deMh I was hot inconsolable for the loss of
that which I was not 'infrequently ashamed to
own. My uncle was but little affected, for he
had boen soparatod from bis brother more
than thirty years, and in thattime he had ac-
quired a fortune which he used to brag would
make a nabob happy : in short, he had brought
over with him the enormous s^im of thirty
thousand pounJs, and upon this he built his
hopes of never-ending happiness. While he
was planning schemes of greatness and de.
light, whether the Change of climate might'
affect him, or what other cause I know not,
but he was snatched from ull his dreams of
joy by a short illness, of which he died, leav-
ing me heir to all his property. • And now, sir,
behold me, at the age of. twenty-five, well
stocked with Latin, Greek, and mathematics,
possessed of an ample fortune, bnt so awk^
ward and unversed in any genUemanlike ; ac
cornplishments, that I a in pointed at by all
who see me as the wealthy learned down,

I have lately purchased an estate in the
country, which abounds in what is called a
fashionable neighbourhood ; and when you
reflect upon my parentage and uncouth man-
ner, you will hardly think how much my com-
pany* is courted by the surrouudmg families,
especially by those who have marriageable
daughters. From these gentlemen, t have
jeceived familiar calls, and the most pres-
sing invitations ; and though I wished to acr
tept their offered friendship, I have repeat-
edly excused myself under the pretence of
cot bei:ig quite settled ; for the truth is, that
when I have rode or walked, with foil inten-
tion to return their several visits, my heart
has failed me as I approached their gate*, and
1 have frequently returned homeward, re-
solving to t y again to-morrow. ' -\~

However, 1 at lenj.th determined to con-
quer my timidity, and three days. ago accep-.
tod of an invitation to dine this day with one
whose open ea«y manner left no room to doubt

THE BASHFUL MAN. I up, and living with their mother, and a maid

. I labour under a species of distress, which unpolished gait, l ihave for some ' time past
I fear will at length drive roe utterly from taken private lessoW frooj' a professor '-who
that society in which i am most ambitious toil teaches "grown gentlemento dance 5" and
appear ;— but f shall give yon a short sketch although -I at, first jfotind wondrous difficulty
of my origin and present sanation',- by which i in the art he taught.jny knowledge of mathe-
you will be enabled to judge of my diific ilties matics Was of prodigious use in teaching me
Mv father was a farmer of no great proper- ! the equilibrium of iny body, and the due ad-
ty, and with no 0 her learning than what he' J^tment of the centre of gravity to the five
had ;uq ired at a charity school; but my mo- P«siMoiis. Having now acquired the art of
thpr b lix' dead, and 1 an only child, he de- walking without tottering, and learned to
tv .imed to give me mat advantage wiiich he mal{e »' bow, * boldly ventured to accept the
fi .cied would a a ve made him bappv, via. a Baronet's invitatioh to a faimly dinner* not
leani-.d e n •num. I was .sent to aVountrv doubting biltlitv nelv acquirements would en-
gri n.iiar s-m-vd, and from thence tome U :n-i ab,eme t0 see tl ' e Mies with toleiable intre-
versity vnh a view of quaHfviiiir for holy or- 1 P ,,,,, 3' » but, alas ! how vain are all the; hopes
dors. Hero, having but a snail allowance ot 'Aeo/y when unsupported by habituil prac-
from mv father, umfbehi* naturally of a tun- A * ' approached the house, a dinner beil

id i !.i bashful dispMsiMod, I had no opportu- .- ■ warmed my iears Ifest I had spoiled the dm-
nky of rubbing off lint native a.vkwardness I ner b 7 want or' punctuality. Impressed with
which is the fatal .-ause of all my unhappine&s. ■ til13 ,dea ' 1 blushed, ««ep«st crimson, as
and which I now be^in to fear can never be ,n .V name was repOatbdly announced by the
amended. Y u must know, that in my person ; «ev«raMiyery servants who ushered roe into
I am tall and thin, with a faireompiexionand; l> * e .library, hardly knowing what or. whom 4
liirht flaxen hair; but of such extreme 3 us- ! saw ; At my first fentrance 1 summoned all

my fortitude, and 'made my new-learned bow
to Lady Friendly ; fyut unfortunately, bring-
ing buck my left torft to the third: position, 1
trod upon the gouty 'toe of poor Sir Thomas,
who had. followed close at my heels to be the
nomenckior of the family. The", confusion
this occasioned in me is- hardly to bo con
ceived, siaee none but bashful men can judge
of my distress ; and iof that description, the
number, I believe, is very small. The Barb-
net's politeness by degrees dissipated i»y
concern ; and I- was astonished to see how far
goo l-breeding could ienable him. to suppress
his feelings, and to appear with perfact ease
after so painful an accident.

The cheerfulness df her Ladyship, and the
familiar chat of the young ladies, insensibly
led mo to throw off m!y reserve and sheepish-
nesa, till at length I ventured to join in con-
versation, ^and even to start fresh -subjects;.
The library being richly furnished with books
in elegant bindings, I conceived Sir Thomas
to be a man'of literature ; and ventured to
give my opinion condermng the several odij-
tions of the Greek classics, in which the Bar);
onet's ideas exactly Coincided with my Owni
To this subject I was led by observing an
edition of Xenophoh in sixteen volumes^
which (zs 1 had never before heard' of
such a thing) greatly excited my curiosity,
and I rose up to examine what it could be.
Sir Thomas saw what I was about, and (as I ,
supposed) Willing to save me a trouble, rose
vo tak* dowii the boot, which made me more
eager to prevent him, 1 and hastily laying my
hand on the first volume, I pulled it forcibly ;
but Io! instead' Of bOpks, a board, which by
leather a,nd gilding had been made to look
like sixteen volumes,; cattje- tutnbliiig dow'n,
and unluckily 'pitched upon AVedge- wood ink-
stand on the table ui|der it. In vaio did Sir.
Thomas assure me there was no ha'ruv. i
saw the ink streaming from an inlaid table on
the Turkey carpet, and scarce knowing what
I did; attempted' to stop its progress with myj
cambric handkerchief. In the height of this
cohfiision we were informed that dinner wasj
•erved up ; and I with joy then understood,
that thc bell which at first had bo alaniied
ray fears, was only the half-hour diuner-beilj
In walking- through the hall and sujic. of
apartments to the dining-room, I had time U
collect my fcattered senses, and was desirei
to take my seat betwixt Lady Friendly anV
ber eldest daughter at the table.. S*ce tue
fall of the wooden Xenoph On, my facp hat
been continually burning like a fire-brand]
and I was jusS beginning to recover myself
and to feel comfortably cool, when ait un-
looked-for accident rekindled all my heat and
blushes. Having set my plate of soup toe
near thO edge of the table, in bowing to M1V1
Dinah, who politely complemented the bit-
tern of my waiscoat, I t'urfrbled the whole
scalding contents into iny lap, In spite of an
immediate supply Of napkins, to wipe the sur-
face of . my clothes, my black silk breec^ij
were not stout enough to *aVe ittfe from ■ thp
painful 'effects of! this suddeo fomentation,

THE, CAPTIVE.
STERitE.

The bird in his cage pursned mo into my
m oom : r sat down close to niy table, and leau-
mgwy head upon my hand; I began to figure
to myself the. miseries of confineriient. ; I was
m a right frame for it, and so I gave full
scope to my imagination.

Twas going to begin with the millions of
my fellow-creatiuea born Jo no inheritanc*

lower extremities parboiled, amidst t he stiffed
giggling of the ladies and the servants.
. I will not relate the several blunders which
I made durirtg the first course, Or the distress
occasioned by' my being desired to carve a
fowl, or help io Variops dishes that stood near
me, spilling aeauce-boat, and knocking down
a saltcellar,; rather let me hasten to* the «e-
cond course, where fresh disasters quite over-
whelmed mo. :

I had a piece of rich sweet pudding on my u * ? . ,

fork, When Miss Ixjyisa Friendly be%ed to ?, s ! aver y? finding however affecting-
trouble me for a pigeon that s^ood near me. : th « P'*"** was, that I could not bring it near
In tny haste, scarce knowincr what I did. I *P J d 1 *hat the multitude of sad groupes in it
whipped the pudding into my mouth hot as a j dld b "« d, f ract "^T*
burning coal : it was impossible to con6eal ,~ . . ook a a . u, " ,e c R P tlV0 » an d Having first
my n S 6n ri my eyes were starting from their If, lt h l m L U P d.wnOToi^ I then looked
sockets. At lust, m spi.e of shame and reso- j t,1 . rou ? h 'P* 3 twilight Of his grated dOor to
lntion, I was obliged to drop the cause of ta J 6 k ."'P!^-^ . L 1, ', ■
torment on n?y platt. . Sir Thomas and tho', 1 Mhe]d his body ^half wasted away with
ladies all compassionod my misfortune, and I ," g expectation and confinement, and felt
each advised a different application. One re- I , a j, k,nd . of '^Kness of the jieart it was
commended oil, anothe^ water, but all agreed
that wino was bedt fo^ drawing out ths heat;
and a glass of sherry was brought me from
the sideboard, whicli I snatched up with
eagerness : but oh ! how shall l tell the se-
quel? Whether the butler by accident mis-
took, or purposely designed, to drive me mad,
he gave me the strongest brandy, witu which
I filled my month already flayed and blister-
ed. Totally unused to every' kind of ardent
spirits, with my tongue, throat, and palate as
raw as beef, what cobld I do? 1 could jiot
swallow ; and clapping' my hands upon- my
mouth, the cursed liquor squirted tnrough my
nose and fingers lilce a. fountain over all the
dishes,— and I was crushed by bursts of
laughter from all quarters. In, vain did Sir
Thomas repiimand the servants, and Lady
Friendly chide her daughters ; fortho meas-
ure of my shatrie and thoir diversion was not
yet complete. To relieve me from the intol-
erable state* of perspiration which this acci-
dent had caused, without considering what I
did, I wiped my lace with that ill-fated hand-
kerchief of the fall of Xonophon, qnd covered
all my features with streaks of iiijc iu every
direction. . The Baronet bim^elf Could not
support th is shock, but joined hi*; lady in the
general laugh ; while I sprung frohj the, table
.in despair, rushed out of the house, and ran
:home in au agony of confusion and disgrace,
which the most poignant sense of guilt could
not have excited.

which arises from hope deferred. Upon
Jooking nearer, llsaw him pile and feverish ;
in thirty years the western bieeze had not
once fanned his blood— he had se«n no sun,
no moon, in nil, that time—nor had the voice
of friend or kinsman breathed through his lat~
lice :. his cmldreu—

—But here my heart began to bleed—and
I Was forced to go on with another part of
the portrait. ,

He was sitting upon the ground, upon a
little straw, in the farthest corner of bis dun-
geon, which was alternately his chair and
bed: a little caleri/datof small sticks was laid
at the h. lad, notchod.all on-'t with the dismal .
days'nnd nights hb had passed there— he had
One of those little 'sticks in his hand, and with
a rusty nail he was etching 'another day of
misery to add to i the heap. As I darkened
the little light hb had', ho lifted up a hopeless
eye towards th'e idoor, then cast it down—
shook hit head, 4nd m»nt on his' work of af-
fliction. I heard his chains upon His legs, as
he turned-'his body to lay his Utile stick *pon
the bundle. Ho gave a deep sigh—I saw the
i«*on enter into||hi^ soul—-f burst into tears—.
I could not sustain the picture of confinement
which my fancy had drawn.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

Description of Maris Antoinette,
Queen of France.

a coTdial-welcomer; Sir Thomas Friendly,! and for some minutes my ! lcgt ! shd thighf
who lives about two; miles distant, is a^Baro- [ seemed i stewed in & -boiling cadldrbu;; ''birt
ttet > with, an estate of about two thousand, | recollecting how *>ir Thomas .had disgui^d
gounds a year, joiuinsr-to that I ppnihased; \ his wtnre, when 1 trod upon his toes, r^rro--
«e has twosoDi and five daughtere^ail gwwh j ly bore my pain in sile^Rce, and sat; iti^i my

BUKKE.

It. is now sixteen or seventeen years since
I -saw'tho Q,ueen of France, then the dauphi-
ness at Versailles ; and surely never lighted
on this Orb, which she hardly seemed to
touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her
just above the horizon, decorating and cheer-
ing the elevated spere she just beiran to move
in,— glittering like the morning-star, full of
life, and splendour, and joy. O what a revo-
lution! and what a heart must I have to con-
template without emotion that elevation and
; thatfall ! Little did I dream that, when she
added titles of veneration to those of enthu-
siastic, distant, 'respectful love,' that she
jmould «rv|er be obliged to carry the sharp an-
tidot-e against disgrace concealed i in that bo-
fcoiii : Litifle did I dream that 1 should have
lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in
naiioii of gallant men — in a nation of men
f; honor, and of cavaliers. I thought ten
dioUsand:aword8 must ha^e leaped from their
scabbardii to avenge even a loi&k that threat-
ened herewith insult. But the; age of chival-
ry js' gonV.^That of sbphisieifs, economists,
f nu calculators, has socceededi an4 the glo-.
jybf JEuri)pO' |ii extirtguislied fofevbr, Never,'
oeyeri mcire' shall we bohold that generous
Royalty t^j '^bn'k^a-ndr^'^tlAt'^bud submis-
sion, tha^ ditnifie r 4 >qbedlence, that aubordift-

Jtion of ^liojheartj! -wliich^kepv alivo, even in
ffrvitiidejlifi^lf, if^ s;|dtit of an ejjalted free-
om, Tll|e Uubonght graceof.life, the cheap
^efeiica of nationfjtfte iorse ul cianly semi-
lent and heroic enterprise, is gone ! It is
fOho thatOWniibilJh^^^riiieiiileV-that chas-
ity of ii^ttr, whifehi felt a stain li ke a woiindi
•I#h ins^irad 1 tffatft*' wMbt ii mitigalaft
rocity, frhleh:^

H m&e&yhikb via* .ttsaelf loit liatf ita evil,
losing ilHt.gTOsrtt .

AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCiET*.
FOR THE FREED Mi's JOURNAL*

CONCLUSION.

The reader may differ from me on the point
at issue, and far be it from me to abridge his
freedom of thoughts, or to blame him for ex-
ercising his judgment according to the appa-
rent evidence. None but lawful weapons
have been employed, and tho#, with no foul
intent against life or happiness. u Thy King-
dom come," is a petition which has been often
presented in relation to Africa ; and 1 verily
believe that the Lord is now/" opening an ef-
fectual door" for its accomplishment; and
heart's desire and prayer to (Jbd for Africa
and ner sons is, that she may be saved." I
trust the reader is at least persuaded that a
friendly spirit prompted to, and pervaiaathe
foregoing communiicaf.ions, an.d is not indis-
posed, now that ihf/ attitud? of a polemic ig
laid aside to listen to some remarks of a more
practical nature.

[Every coloured man has it in his power
to promote emancipation^ by his ExampU.] '

This, indeed is a silent and unostentatious
mo u e of -ad v 0 nci ng a n obj ect, b u t i t is one of
certain efficacy, and to wbi*h eyery man may
contribute his humble shara. ^ A man who
acts a disorderly and immoral part after hia
emancipation,: not only injurea himself and
family and aociiety; but he virtually cbaata
others of (hat liberty which ha himself has at-
tained, Tliry too would, parhaps, haw baan
liberated, but for hia misconduct, by which ha
has, steeled, the haart of tie master and
clenched the cbjinaof tb« captive : He ia but
the ofTensive snuff of . a camp which ought to
be glowing. , When liberty a.aganerataa into
licehtioiisness, the enemiaa of emancipatiofi
are furnished with a w»*pon whick' thay ara
sure to wield to advantage. Tbeyjite worse
off after wards than before, are laky, vkions,
peatiferoua." We deny indeed that aaen have
a righ't to keep oUjen io tervitude merely fa

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cause they ere, likely to abuse their liberty;
nor is this objection offered for thftyoet part:
with any better design than that of palliating
slavery ; nor have any persons less light to
ohjecVto the immdrnlity of others than those
who make these objections But still we arc
Forry that our chariot wheels should be in any
way clogged, we desire that tho mouths of
" gainsayers even be stopped." Reader ! you
"nave it in yo ir power to do something to-
wards the goodly cause of emancipation.
" Let your light shine before men."— -Shew
\o those who scrutinize your deportment, that
vow-selves and families and society are gain-
trs by your liberation. This will be an argu-
ment which cannot be gainsaid, an Epistle
commendatory of freedom " known and read
of all men." Be samples.of industry . of econ-
omy, of knowledge, of morality, of piety.
" Whatsoever things are pure,; whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are honest,
•whatsoever things : arc virtuous and of good
report. Think on these things." Freedom
does not consbt in mirth, in ignorance, in in-
temperance, in vice, nay it is but nominal un-
til, the spirit be liberated.

He is a Freeman whom the Truth makes
free, and all besides are Slaves." " GpiUimss
is profitable unto all things; it has the prom
ise of the lite that noio is, and of that which is
to come"; it will promote your happiness here,
will give you the truest enjoyments of what-
ever earthly blessings you receive, will in-
spire in tiiat contentment and peace of con-
science which are gain unspeakable. Do you
desire to know how you may lead a virtuous
and moral life, seek that wisdom and grace
which cometh down from th r - Father of Mer-
cies. Infidels and moralists may talk and ar-
gue in favor of good works, christians Jiwniftsf
tbem. A true fear of, and love to, and faith
in God is a promptive to good works, which no
reasoning or selfish considerations or self-
confidence have ever yet punished— a hidden
reservoir wnose streams impart verdure
wherever they flow. Hate recourse to those
places and teachers where you will be fed
with knowledge and understanding} and .be
not wheedled with the opinion that- because a
man knows a little of the letter of the gospel,
that he must necessarily be ignorant of its
spirit. Read frequently and mediiate, and
pray over and take pains to understand your
Bibles— lay up its wholesome instructions in
your hearts, and put them in practice in your
Hves,and be careful to "train up your children
in the way in which they should go, taat
when they are old they may not depart froi

It' is not,-Tfei;«4 *> far atlf hit* J cen and hc.a^, we»tj«g ( JfW&ty* $
it Ifeli excited th# r^i|tt't>^|bpi^fl^««|pi*,li Wtfajfd.to. action W^henhs*
'•' ' the greii^vif of slaveif ; W*, w it possible tore ; fc fed Her to a

them an icisertion in 0a\
perhaps, unknown to y$i£ . .

merit exlau, at presehif in thfc* Methodist ; the gret. r

Episcopal Church. It has been a subject 1 of that vye can have .confidence in reformers
complaint among some of thisf most erudite ' who-baji deliberately weigh the evil of sla-
and distinguished of our society, that the lo-[ very in |the churcji, and do no more towards-
cal preachers and private members' aire ;de-' its extension than enter their protest against
prived of their 44 inalienable rights." Ap- < it ? i cannot but confess thot under present
peals, therefore, " to the public," '" to the ci- ; circumstances, I prefer the old form, as bad
ti/.eni of ihe United States," and " to the as it is,j (in regard to slavery) to this poor,
world," have gone forth from the disaffected j weak and inefficient reform.. The old eide
party. In addition to these an appeal has: beihg convinced of the evil of slavery, prohi-
been made " tO;the Methodists," . by. a d^tin-.j bits ^ holdiug of slaves by official mem-
guished advocate of oiir present system ofjbers. This is, to say the least, doing some-
church government. I, therefor, being ;Onft! thing, j The reformers, being equally con-
of the " public," and one of »« the cititseha of vinced j of its evil, enter a solemn protest
the United States," or(rather) of the "worljl," against it, wipe then months and do, nothing,
and, above all; of the " Metbodists^'Teel ' But let us not be toe. severe. Perhaps the
myself imperiously called upon to say some- 1 reformers thinkj. tjiftt a deprivation of the
thing, though it may not have ap immediate right of -representation is a greater ovil than
bearing upon the point at issue. Whether, the existence of slay.-ry iu the church. We
or not, a lay and a local preacher repr.esenta- 1 think wo might reasonably diaw.such a con-
tion be expedient and practicable.' t will fclusiorf, from the labour which they, bes.tow

Reader! Do you dream that things earthly
r-re stable! that thingssure are else than leiu-po
ill You are but a. sojourner on earth ! your
:\ys are nassingi like the - weuver'a shuttle !"|

'The narrow house" is appointed for you, and [happily divides our church, to the great det-
ill soon !>e ready for your reception ! The

not, at present, take upon myself to deter-
mine. Neither will I say that no erro'rs ex-
ist in our present system of church govern:
ment. Perfection in church government, per-
haps, no where exists. But I feel authorised
from the word of God to assert that' no regu-
lations; either in church or state, that tole-
rate the slavery of no innocent being, nay, a
disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ, can have

upon the one to the exclusion of the other.
That they lay greater- stress upon, the prin-
ciple qj 'representation, is evident from the
following resolve, made by the Maryland
convention, held in Baltimore, on the 15th
and KkhrNovembor, 1820,

'♦ Resolved, that in the opinion of thia
convention, to deprive the members, or any
part: of the ministers, of a representation* in

any foundation, either in justice or reason, in the Jajw.-making department of the church
humanity or a sound policy. I will go farther, ' to which they belong* is contrary tq sound
and say, that no man of note who'does not,; policy, and. to the sacred principles of reli-
through fear of man, use his influence, some j gwis Jiberty; unjust, in its nature, and daor
way or other, in bursting the fetters of the gerous and degrading in its tendency, inas-
wretched slave, can 6e considered an index- . much as it deprives them of the right of suf-
ible adherent to the religion of Christ, or can' frage,; so indispensable to the dignity aud
expect to avoid the disapprobation of God. j well-being of a christian community."
•Individuals who encourage involuntary and This resolve, when' compared with the pro-
unconditional slavery, either by precept or; testiagaibet slavery, of the New-York Con-
example, by connivance or by lukowarmne^s ventiun, will corroborate our belief, that the
in the clause of the oppressed, may as indivi- reformers consider thejr being deprived of
duals, escape with impunity in this world, but the right of suffrage a greater evil, than de-
in the next they have, their reward. On the pnving,a poor slave of " life, liberty and the
other hind, . civil or religious communities pursuit of happiness."
that foster the iniquitous practice of slavery, ! Furthermore I would ask, who can delib :
must, as communities, suffer in some way or erateiy. read' the resolve just cited, and ben
other in ihis world. Experience teaches us, lieve that some of its most able supporters,
that wherever unconditional slavery exists, it; nay, some of. the most distinguished of our
is denounced by the good and wise as one of 'reibrmers, who profes* to approve most hear-
the sorest evils that ever afflicted the human , tily its contents, could oppose the coloured
race. Its effects upon civil communities need preachers, attached to the Methodist ttpisco-
not be mentioned; suffice it to say, they gen- " P-d Church, in having the. right of suffrage
orally terminate in their dissolution. Slavery . among them in the District Conference. A
has destroyed kingdoms and empires, and i rj^Jy which the reformers say,: "is to in-
what may we not expect, will happen to those •■ dispensable to the digmtg and well being of
religious communities in which this crying « christian community." i'et, if 1 have been
evil is tolerated ? The least evils that we rightly informed, this . opposition from the
can expect are disaffection and division. quartj-r alluded to, has been manifested.

Being' influenced by uieee vie.vs, I have If the reform contended for, id, iu itself,
thottgitt that the present schism .vhicii so un- !.go<jd ? jl caimoc but think, that for lb e most

i.aster and thn .••l ive will lie alike low ! Noth-
i-:^ will avail but a deliverance from the pow-
cr of hin an<\ Saian, and an ituprr^t'in this
lofru.-'and Me.-'sin/i-s who proclaims " liberty
to ihe .'n:»tires,'r;ij(i the opening of iho prison
to .hf-m fiiiit are shut. ' ' Reader! Do you
k ! > v iio I f»iel that on are a sinner, ttiat yon
:'.re lost. uid>ne, that yo-i ncd so tT<;at. saiva
lion ! Have >ou (-von felt ihat yo ; d"S>n\ y in?
wra?h ofGodlui' i been afraid of it ! and felt
that M-'i -.ve.-p \v. danger of it! An i seen tlie
{•ui'abl/ness of ChrU-rand his salvation to de-
liver you from it! and made your escape from
it !■ iiave yon cried " Lord rhvo or I perish"
A.nd da your tcorfcs testify tiiat ynu possess
ihat faith which porifics the heart and works
by love!" Are you sober and hones!, and kind,
and temler-heartetL a^d prayerful ! Do yon
love, your Bibles ! to commune with your own
heart! to pouryonr poniions in. < a v , who'
liearfith piayer? Do you love a pre3c!ie> .cos
pel and delight- in the soriety of those wh"
jive evidence of being und<»r its po-ver! Am
you " doin? good to nil men as yon hav> op
portunity,/;.-;pecia!iy to those who are of th
houeehoh: of faith !" " Turn ye to the slrono
hold, ye p:isoner= of hope !" *" Iio, every one
lhat thirsteth come ye to the w»tGin t ami ii* 1
that hnfh no money, come buy wine and mi'k
without money and without price !'' " To'dnv
if ye will hear hi3, voice,harlen nolyour hearts,
behold now is the accepted time.'bchold now
is the day of salvation !"

" May the angel who hath redeemed your
fellow pervant from all evil, bless" von and
J:e?p you ; and " when the secrets of all heart:;
shall be revealed, and the Lord shall be re-
vealed from heaven in flaming fire," may it
appear that some havo laid to heart ihe word
of exhortation! Sincrrelv, and afTeotionatelv
.vonrs, JOHN II. KENNEDY. *

Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1S27.

e@»—

TXVR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.
METHODISM AND SLAVERY.

Sir— -Believing that the.followirig; remarks
ntr strictly in unison with the benevolent
design you have, in view.in your arduous en-
terprize, ,1 am persuaded you will not refuse^

,eni of iis former peace and trap tjuility, is
permitted by the fc>'.»v«? rei^rn Rider of the Uni-
verse as a chd-tisement tor the encourage-
ment jt gives to the sluvery of many of my
brethren, 'ft is fve i known that our book of
discipline ailo.vs the private members of the
cnurcij to iiohi slaves; and, strange as it may
appear, denounces, tt the same, time, the

part ^ is in very bad hands. I am .led to be-
Jieve, that had our reformers exercised the
same .talent, zeal, aud . perseverance in pro-
curing tne passage of a law in. the GeneraJ
Conference, prohibiting any slave-holder
from being a member of our society, they
would have, ere this, accomplished mucn
more, and at less expense.

Finally, we enter OUR protest : — 1st,

hold in a of slaves as a' disqualification in any j Against every ecclesiastical reform (in which
memivr 10 the sustaining of an official stand- i. w * Hrd concerned,; that does not ruise our
mg in the church. Now, in the name of ' color to the dignicy of men and of christian .
common sense, 'we would ask, is not .slavery -2nd-. JVe protest most heartily against every
toe same in u private member as. it is in an minister who refuses to'preach to a coloured
official one ? Wiwt eba go does it undergo, con^r -gation,. and who, more especially*
in moral, turpitude, when pussing through ! think.-f, that for a coloured man to vote
the iianu.s of a ptivate int'otiidae of an official! '»pon hie case, would be a disgrace down to
member? Does not the. injunction of ourf the third and fourth generations' of his chiK
Lord, '-Ad ye would lhat meu ahomd do un- dren. Such a man, we think, is possessed
to you, do ye cvei: do to them," appiv with » of a narrow mind. Thirdly and lastly, we
equal force to both ? It ipanw me'' to dwell i protest against every, slave- holding proi'essor
iijwn this siihjeci, tor [ aui speaking against! of religion, whether he is a meuibor of the
tny own. denomination. But why should I j'Roina ; n Catholic, or of the Protestant Kpis-
be pained on. this account? Tne discipline copal Chu.ch^ whether he is a Presby,e,rian,

is published to,iiie worid; it speaks for itself.
Again,, I ask, why bhould I be pained?
behoves some to " cry aloud, and spare not."
O.ir regulations in regard to slavery,. dike
tndse of sev- nil ^denominations, are too leni
ent. lionce in this partiepkr ab.»ve. every
otner, we discovej a nece*sity tor roforui.
Tian^ouv reformery have a work to do which
none c%n doubt is .either expedient or prac-
ticable H re they may labour, and cqnfi
tieutly rely upon the co-opexation of all the
good and wise -in ou/ society. Here, indeed,
should the cryoi ;i On* fyethreti A on" .-j;eso.a<i.d
from the centre to the circumference, J3.u
instead of alj this!, what 1 would ask, has our
zealous, ; ■ iudejiatigable! ; porseVerihg v'and
sharp-sighted reforinAvs : effected Or, rather
proposed relative- to the,. extinction, ,<?f- slavery
among Us? Tjhey have, accomplished noih-
ing, so far a^.Ifjhave.been aWe't^ In-
deed, I shdulii iijave thought that.tliey hod
fovgotte.n. . qs t^tailyi. or care<f :no/biu^ about
us, bad ; I hotjic^ft in s, declaration of a con-
vention hejd atrJfewvYork, Jun;e4st, XSIQ,
the res,ul,t of 'Ui^^lelt^e^oiis-.^ :^»ti : wbr
jMfet'lt^asJaJJqwa: •« ^Ve thft . delegates
in. general conyentio* a«.$ernbl«d, do, tn^st « p-
lemnTy entef bur p^t^V^*{p»t:^/pfipii}k
pies and practice of vinvblujitafy slaycry.^r-

a Metihodist Reformer, or an oid-side Aleth-
odist. | A Coloured Jiuttimoreatu

FOR THE KREKOOJl's JOUR.VAI..

SEDUCTION.

; A T'AbK.

. 'Tufas night, anil the inantle of darkness
had e|uvelopod' every sublunary object; the
starry iigin'a of heaven »vere obscured by
thick j mis ty clouds, the rain 'fell' m to) rents;
thd dfstaiH j umbling of thunder, and the vivid
flasiiepi of torky . lightumg darting sickly
gieau^s over the face of Nature, ^erv,ed to
neigliten the dreariness of the scmo,j and to
r|en;der the genmal gloom more appalling.

Whilst -pensively reilectmg on the power
o.f the great cause ot tnis elemental . Warfare,
my. train. of. thought wa^.suijdeuly interrupted
Uv'- a. groun as if j-roqeeding from: aj heart
o'eyctiurj^ed ,wi{h gn^f:— I listened— it wus
piieodsly repeated and followed by.a.f^iut tap
at my portal— l^hastened to oj»eu iT-ra-female.
with, hair dishevelled and dripping; with large
drops, of ram, presented be.rseffi and in a
voice' scarce audible, tremvhngly articulated
-'" Oh ! in pitysholter (ue,!'' f So n«rtect a
picture, connected with her peculiarly inter-

_. countenance caUcd'into
ie^iensibilities of my na-
_ a ; room, and saw her com-
fortably situated by the, fire-^her tears divul-
ging the writhings of her hoaoin, chastid each
other and " fell from her eolourness check,
like dew-drops from the foliage of the lilly;
observing lhat she attempt' d to bury her
beautiful "face in the scarf which she wore, as
if to conceal from me the agonizing emotions
of her troubled soul, and tetl'ing no disposi-
tion to interrogate, lost 1 should and to her
afflictions, I withdrew, and left her to> the
tender care of my niece Ann, whose 1 gentle
heart is ever actively aHve to the misfortunes
of others, and whose speaking eyes are often
watered with the tears o" sympathy * !

After- retiri,ng-frbrn the apartment I imme-
diately repaired, to. thp chamber of my friend
Granyille ) who was shortly to enter the hy-
meniaj bpwer with Ann : I related, to him the.
ev.ent ptentioned, and had scarce finished
. when my niece entered aqd informed me that
she had left the fair stranger in the care of
the domestics, inoensible to t^ll around her.
She had been conversing with her, and had
recognized in the unfortunate girl, the bosom
friend a,nd companion of her infancy Julia
B. — She had unhappily fallen a victim to the
seductive arts of a villain, and had been in*
humanly expelled her parental roof, on a,
night when the tyirbarohs savage would not
have refused her slieLer.

A meeting with the playmate of her infan- '
cy at such a time, and under such circum-
stances, was. more than her depressed spirit
could endure— she groaned and fainted, Af-
ter wasting half an hour in listening to a de-
tail of the friendless Julia's misfortunes, 1 so-
licited Granville and Ann to accompany me
to her chamber r we entered amd fouud that
she had given birth to a sou— an infant;
guil tless innocent, void of offence, yet doom-
ed to. sliame- — The poor sufferer, whose-
whole soul seemed wrapt in contemplating
the little being to whom she had given life,-
was, unconscious of. our presence: I watched
in silence her mental agony — 1. marked, with
pity, her long drawn and tremulous sigh— the
quiverings of the pallid lips— her affectionate
tender look— her holi <w, yet waking and
watchful eye which kept its fond vigils over
her babe, who, insensible to its »isery, inno-
cently repc sed on its. bosom— that bOcom
which was the snat.bf vvretchedness, of bit-
terest reflection, of self-condemning thoughts
of pa.st folly and too easy credulity. Shame,
weariness and poverty, had successfu?.iy'com-
hined to render her existence miserable ; the
obhteraing vanities of life had ceased to da:.- 5
zle and .hilaiue her imagination, and she now
only wished lo liv*- fur her child — but, alas f
the liu.le cherub breathed but for a moment,
the rontammated at.niosphere of this wicked:
world, its coral lips were scarce dampened
with the bitter cup of life 'ere its untainted,
spirit wihgVl its flight to the mansions of ils>-
Creator— wbo eodr? be witness to a scene so
heart tonci'ing, without invoking the ven-"

feance of Heaven on the head of her vile -se-
ucer i

Granville approached the bed-side of the
sufferer — and, ah ! shall I say that it was'
Granville— he who for many months had been
a member of my family— he whom T had lov-
ed as a friend and a. brother— he Who h:vd en-
twined himself round nvory thru of the bvb~ -
ceptible heart of my dear niece -shall f-" say
that it was he, who by his impidoa wiles and - ;
serpent-like artifice and hypocrisy, had rob-
bed the miserable Julia of that, which wa>
more precious to her than alf the sparkling
jrems of Golconda?—— — he' it wan !— 1 — -
The lasf tie which bound the distre^*^d »irl
to a world where treachery and docepti nhad .
united to deprive her of air that mu-v hfe
valuable, wa3 now severed in the death r flier
infant; sho clasp'd its ihanimniK form -on-
volsively to her tit robbing bosom— she pres«'d',
its cl.-tyrcold lips to hers; but ilie shed no
tears, their source was exhausted. Ur/uir x
ville stood in silence. gating 6n ciiis puy v>
ting wretch of beauty ; but the iron ha>:>d «>f
adversity, had ohli:.eratnd frdrn the once Iqvd-
ly face of Julia every trace of it* former
egancc, and vi'hile hil heart seemed touched .
with pity, be knew not fjhat he was viewing a
victim to his own helliiu arfs — but such, aia^
was the cas3.:. It was now evident to all that
the vital part'.of the distressed girl was flut-
tering on the brink of dissolutions sho- bin--
guidly turned ber head as if to tako amar'.ag-
look of her friendsy when her lustreless c v>
met Granviliu's — it glowed— not with a-^r 5
or. resentment, but with loved she loved her '
seducer, even in thetlast struggling of.
iog.nattnc .' she let fall her senseless^ burden
— •extended, ber arms and with a: hui'A of
frenz-y, shrieked out "oh .Cfraiwijlflj Gran-
ville;! '"bqhol(j , .' r — -phe would hayf 'coniint-^d .
^rr—rbut; her exertion h ad .extinguislied >o
already expiring lamp of life— her cve.i ch-
sed, and latter a faint struggle, death "relieved
her, from -her tronbio^ and }Vtying s^. ; vis
wafte.d her oppressed, spirit- to tho^e veg'iop*
where" pain and 'sprraw' ct as > to esi.«t:

• TOJaliNDCL

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

NEW-YORK, NOVEiltf lpji 23, 1)927.

OUR QWN CONCERNS.
UCPyfo our year is drawing to a close, the
interests of the Journal require us to remind
nil our delinquent subscribers of the necessity
. ef prompt payment.

EVENING SCHOOLS.
It is with much pleasure we learn, that the Af-
rican Mutual Instruction School has a greater
number of scholars this season, than during any
former year. There is nothing like perseve-
rance; it overcomes difficulties frequently com

tidercd as insurmountable; -for a pro»f of which ; dulity an'4 justice^ which recently occurred in
we need only refer our readers to several indivi- j thai quarter. The Polawatomie prohhet dl«j^
duals of this school; who for years previously, suddenly last winter, and, as usual, ]iis d^ath
1 bought it impossible to learn to read and write . was attributed lo^witchcrafl. The surviving;
We have ever beloved and practised upon the relates, determined who was the witch and

being able to read tha Word of Life; aijid from jthj
foundation; thu* laidji hare h^epme a blewing
themselves, and td |ho^»|ndfWibeir fellow men.-
We have always Ufoojfht, that tJbsy Wore never 1
pr.sr.ed aa Thabk^Hr, Ottf&t to be, and this**-
sortion is borne oat from tlw fact of a; recent vif
eitjto one of our 'African, Sunday Schools. W^
wero sorry to behold the 'apparent c'areleBsncs^
and inoapaoity of tty© te^hera, and the conse-t
qucnt inattention of the few present; abd we.can-l
not but hope, that some ze'dous friends of bu'rj
race will step, forward, and assist towards thej
building up of all pur Sabbath Schools now in the
hanjfe ofsuch blind teachers. '

this .congregation, if collected together, io
shingle alien-rvoil."

DOME*Tiq NSWS

Witchcraft.— The ; Detroit Gazette relates
the following singular instance of Indian ere

plan, that a man never wa,8 too old to learn;
hence we have always been delighted to behold
a«ed, middle-agad and young, endeavouring to
remedy as much as possible, the defects of early
education. We hope that many of eur brethren,
who have always thought it impossible for them
io learn to read and write, will give the subject a
trial this season; as delays arc always dangerous,
and whatever can be accomplished to-day ' ought
not to be delayed till the morrow.

As the benevolent in other cities, will, no
doubt, establish evening schools for the educa-
tion of coloured adults, we wish to have it under-
stood, that our remarks will apply with equal
force to them, as well as to New-York.

We are all aware, that there are three wants,
«f which we 6tand in much need, viz. education,
economy and union; and where is the philanthro-
pist or man of colour, \vh» will stand, hesitating
about the expediency of diffusing a more general
knowledge of the rirs£ ; inculcating the necessity
of the second, and the advantages of the third ?
Upon the first of these heads, we hav" already
said considerable, but not one half what the
subject me. its; upon the second and third, we
hope to bring forward some remarks shortly .

As the evenings are now long, it is rational to
suppose that each one will ask himself, ■• how
shall -I spend my time with the most benefit to
myself and others.' They should not be wasted
in idleness, I am resolved to make a further at-
tempt this winter, to improve myself by the ac-
quisition of a Jittie more to my present stock of
knowledge; and to obtain this, if is highly ne-
cessary that I attend some school."

We are no advocates for remaining stationary, ']
in the same positions, in which our fathers were;
improvemeet is now the general cry through the
land; and shall not we, whose condition stands in
so r. uch need of improvement in every particu-
lar, join heart and hand with the great master-
spirits of the present age, whose great-aim is to
improve the condition of man at large in every
quarter of the globe ?

When we consider tho materials upon which
they -Invfi to operate, viz : the good souse and
future w«:i:nro <;f ■■very being, wc cannot but
conclude th.it 'heir efforts in the great cao*o in
wluc'i they have engage '•!. must be crowned with
success For though num, ;. "cording to couifc mo-
dern ih<:.»ries b<: n n.i-ro midline, he is a refleci-
30? onn : he cannot Iil- driven to measures, he
«i i en b • jj.;r*uaded that they ire for his sole ben

resolved, to avenge, his dealh> The,'unfoitu
nafe woman, with her husband, was. at the
house of a trader, when two brothers and a
nephew of the prophet arrived and. avowed
their determination to kill her. They told the
family of the trader not to be under'' any^ap-
prehensions, tor that no injury would be done

Manufacturing : ctterUy.—ln i 8t 1 a 'g.6»tle :
maii made a bet of oriethousnnd, guineas, that
lie would have a coat made in the course of a
single day, 'from the first process of shearing
tne; sheep, till ; its completion by the tailor..
The wager Wai. decided at Newbury, on the
2$ih of June in that yeSr, by Mr, John'Coxe-
tei of Oreenham mills, rWar'fhat town. At 5
o'clock that morning, Sir John Th rockmoV-
ton, Bart, presented two Southdown wether
sheep to' Mh Cbxeter, and the sheep were
shorn,' the Wool spu n, yarn mil led, rowed,
dried, sheared, and/pressed and put into the
hands of the tailors by 4 o'clock that after-
noon, and at twenty minutes past six, the coat
entirely, finished, Was presented by Mr. Cox-
eter; to Sir John Throckmorton, who appear-
ed wibh it'before upwards of 5000 ^spectators,
who rent the air with acclamations at this
remarkable instance of despatch.— English
papei

Causes of Insanity.—./? French physician^
M. VoisiiXy in a, recent work on the moral, and
physical causes of insanity,- noticing: ihr influ-
ence of professions in promoting this affliction,
brings forward a curious table from M. Esqui-
rol, showing the relative proportion of different
professions in a mass of 164 lunatics, tindt

tfatm. I hey then directed the woman to sit the care of that professor. 11 run thus : Mer-
down, and oiie of them struck heron the head, \ chants, fcO; military men, 33 ; students, 25
another gave her a second blow, and the third | administrators at employes, 21; advocates, no

They then dug a grave and ,taries\ and men of business, 10; artists, 8;
The husband was a spectacle oi chemists, 4; medical practitipners, 4; farmers,
3; sailors, 2; engineers, 1.

buried her.

their proceedings, and after their termination
he was compelled to pass over her grave, that
she might not r ( eturn, and. then to run round a
tree and depart as- though he had escaped.
The last manoeuvre was to prevent the return
of the prophet to reproach her relatives with
sparing the life of her husband.

Summary.

Monument.— The Common Council of this
city have directed a monument to be erected
Early marriage -A medical correspondent t0 the memory of John Paulding one of th.

of the; Portland Patriot, thinks it would be ad- ! , c ,,^ tors of Ma J or Audr J e ' ~ Ct \ ero ^-"

vantageous for females to pass their twenty- ' , JJr ' ijpw ^o^rnmont adopted by the Choro-
fourth o. twenty-fifth year beiore thev bubj/ct ; ^ a PP e f r M? be full operation: Among
themselves to the cares and fati-u<* of a mar- ^ Q first exhibitions of its power was the pub-

ried life'; as the constitution of lew women 1 1 £ execution of an Inrf tan for murders

cai) be regarded a. lirmly established until at- ! Medicines.- Dr. Wadd, mentions the cage of
ter their Iweudelh year. .Every female who i 0ne lu S , a , mu ^ e33U P- w . ho 4 . died ^ the age of (>5,
does not bave.au ofiftr.to.her taste previous to M n ] 81 ' * ,,9 ., man ' t*ZTl? P™'
that age will applaud his advice ; but such as ! * ook , m ' 934 »{ ls > arld 40 '°??, b u ule *, Q< , mlx_
may meet with husbands to their minds will j^^'-^r 1 ^' on ^ c 'T 0f , lhe Wesleyan
judce of their .own fitness, and laugh at thj
Doc lor.— Boston Patriot.

Cheraw, S. C. Oct. 19.
We wihiessed rather a novel as well as mel-
ancholy Hpectacle in the streets ofv this town I ?
on Wednesday last.- Nothing more nor- less
tha-i a man -Invingji wagon loaded with two
wives and t.nu children. His- last wife had
died within a day or (wo, amd having deter-
mined on burying her in N; Carolina, nbout
40 miles distant, he had disinterred the body
of his former wife, who has been dead about
four years, together with those of his children,
.some time since cceas.ed,.and was transport-
ing t-hem to a new place of sepulture.

Methodist Magazine' in London,' more than
22,000 copies arc circulated; of the Method-
ist paper in this city, about 17,000.—

Jlla« slaughter. — The trial of Mrs. M'Carton
and Edward Mahcri indicted for the murder
^of the daughter of the former, aged 14 years,
in Wilmington in July last, has terminated at
NewCastle, & the jury have returned a verdic:
of ,s Mansiaughter," against both of j Jie.n. — -
mils.— The bills of the Smithfield Lirne R(jck
Bank are not received- by the banks in the

city of Boston. — Imprisonment for Debt.

— A resolution has been introduced in the
Legislature of "Vermont, instructing thejudi

Warning.— hlv. Joel Hough, of Russell,
was fo.und a short distance from his residence,
lyirig with his fa<:e downwards, in a small
stream of water, dead. Mr. H., had ior a
long time been addicted to the intemperate
use of ardent spirits. A msn in Simsbury,
Conn, on Thursday evening last, while ot-
tempting to cross the Farmington river with
a'hoat, in a state oi' intoxication, waa drown-

ciary committee, to report u bill to prevent
the hor

cd,

unce been discovered.— Westftcld Reg.

dy of a.drbtor from being imprisoned,
if he will deliver up lus property. Pat-
ronage — The New-Jersey Patriot,, printed at
Princeton, has been discontinued for want of

patronage. New, - Sect.— Jacob Cochrane,

Uho figured rather conspicuously as a false
teacher a 'few years since, and served asbort
probation in the Massachusetts State Prison,
for some of bis misdeeds, is now living in
Hollis, Me. where he has collected around
him a number of fanatics, who profess to have
every thing in common. Their doctrines n'i

and 'neither the„bo*t, or the body have r „it of a plurality of wives.- -Execution.

Borrowing. .—We have frequently frowned
when the folio wing questions has been put to
U9 by the .newsjjaper borrowing gentry :j M Will
you lend me yo ur last paper ? I only want to
before he can be said to engage fully in ; read it." Now what in 'creation doj such
them ° ; folks? think no w8 apers are printed for except

... ' to road— and if they want them why don't

»Ve acKBowledge, that we cannot conceive of . t | lC y pay for them, and thus remuncratje ,tbe
am- en!rrpr:/« m which a man ean engag e, where- • printer ? A man might with the same prppri-
ia so mucii of self i* blended, as in the improve- ! ety go to a baker and say, " Sir, wonN yoti
went „f himsuf, in the acquirement of more ! leyd mc a loaf of bread-l only want to eat it."
general knowledge: fbr,in th- acquisition of pro- ; Deatk Q f M^Emmei.-ll^ our painfy-l-otTice
P r:rt ; • thou ?h be may benefit his condition for ! to annouHce to our readers tlie death of this
a.vhiie, ultima «Iy it must descend to Others; but , valuable citizen, unvarying patriot, anjd un.
wiut knowh dge a man' acquires is emphatically ! rivalled Oratorl Ho was suddenly Cut^own
n.s own ; it will_stand by, when riches shall ta«e

•ga and fly. away, and disinterested friends

torsake.

As we are upon the subjeet of schools, it may
not be amiss to urge upon our readers the neces-
sity of a more general attendance upon Sabbath
Schools. Of all the blesssings cohfcrrc'd uporiius

.in- goodness of our Creator, ,wd muit consider
Sabbi.ui Sciioob- as one of the greatest; for how

by a stroke of Apoplexy in. the midst of his
usefulness, $nd in th,e.. fu loess of his men ta-
pnwers, at the age|bf .70. jlisi dearth has. pro-
duced universal, mourning, and deft initjieriijr
teilect B»4cb.ar;:^tef of the New -York bar, a
chasm that will not be soon Or easily filled.—
M.Y.ddvacate; : ■ . ; ■ . : |-i

An Indiana piper . states tjfi^t , ft ?^Ml?ua,
c) ergy man in the; niidst of iiw ae rmog broke
out thiiV.— i " liny .de^r sist^.i l-}ja*e'nb jipiibt

mr> y> tQ tbcin owe the inest|imable privilege of i but th& \}&X.£ afe; Dorset bQar^a^lipi^b. iin

— ^Lester McCall was executed in Nassau
county, U. C. on the 10th ult. in 44' hours aff
ter his trial, for the murder of his wife-^the

cdnsequence of intoxication. Jlfrican

Church. — A church has been erected at Hart
ford, Conn, for the accommodation of the Af-
rican population. Tho building is 58 feet
loitig and 37 wide, and has n basement story

fpj! a school room.— -Newspapers.-— There

«rp twelve d ail- papers published in London,
twjelve in jjPari3^ and before the discontinu-
ance of the Times, there were twelve in this,
citiy — -Forgery.— A man has been recent-
ly [arrested at Detroit, on a charge -of Porge-
ry| just as a large company was assembled to

witness his marriage to an amiable. girl.

Co«on.~-A little.girl, daughter of Mr. L. B.
Smith, of Saratoga. N. Y. about 3 years old,
was recently burned to death, in consequence
of her clothes, which were of co/(ot*, takibg five.
V^oollon stuffs should be the dressjof children
in ! the win'tpr season .— — . SqicyU.-- Wil-
liam .Kelly, a teach w of Engfosji Grammar;
upio a ne;w plan., . in Culpppper county, Va.
committed sujei^o; on, t^-,$th.jnM« ffPW
of patrojoagg ihthe of his, profession
John W, Cr'ai^ >pd Re.iiben . jfo/s^hlve
be4n foiirid Voitty ia ^he U;. v S; Circuit Court
at ^hiladelp^ia\ of jojrci'ng 'U. S. 3aQk?N^>tea.
Fire /-rrHpger'B Botel,ip f ru^wick,

Me. was lately destroyed by fir.e.- Coun-
terfeits.— Counterfeit notes of the Cattskill

Bank, well executed, are in circulation.-

Fire.— The Wheelwright and Chair Shop of
Mr. H. WatfeHiouse, Middlcbury, Vermont,

have lately been destroyed by flre-. — r '

Trial*— William Anderson has been tried at.
Alexandria, for killing Mr. Arnold^ and fdund-
guilty of manslaughter only.— — -Misfor- '
tunc.— Mr. Jrtmes S&hfey, aged 35 years,
while employed in watching a CoH Kiln in
Hampden, Me. got asleep, and before he
could escape was so badly burrit by the camp
taking fire, that he lived only 24 hours,— —.
Murder:— Uriah Sleigh lias bee* convicted of
the murder of John Or?, and'eentenceil to be

hanfred about the 14th of December.- ►

Insanity.— A young man named Martin, of
Bethlehem, Pa. in a fit of insajnity, jumped
out of an upper story window at Mr.
Zeh's. taver-> in Albany, and died the next

day. Monument.^-The members of th#

N. Y. Bar, have reeolved to erect a monu-
ment in some suitable part of the city, in
memory of the talents and character of the
late lamented Thomas Addis Emmet, Esq.— -
Mio'y discovered Jsla^ds.^ Captain James I.
Coffin, of Nantucket; on> the 12tb. of Septem--
ber, 1824,. discovered a.group of islands not '
laid down in any of his chaffs. The group
consists of six islands, .which aw situated
about lat. 20d. 30m. N, long, 141*. E. — L—
A new Sociity. — A Vermont paper says a So-
ciety has been formed in Ma the*; for the pur-
pose of improving the manners of the gen-
tlemen !- Saturday, Evening, Statesman.—

Frederick S. Hall, Esq.; .has associated him-
self with Mr- Greene, . as joint editor of the

Boston Statesman. r—JYew Paper.— -W&

have received the first number of a Weekly
paper, entitled the Christian Neighbour, pub-;
lished at Gloucester, Mass. If is to te prin-
cipally devoted to practical religion.

New Printing Press. —Benjamin Metcalf, of
Woodstock, Vt. ha? constructed a printing-'
pressj the machinery of which may be nu.ved
by wafer or any other power. The only la-
bour required of the workmen is fu place the
sheets upon the tymp.in, and remove them.—
Infant Coloured School,— A o'eeting' of gen-
tlemen was held on the 14th instant, at'.f'hc
Consistory- Room of the ReformeO * Pufch "
Church in fb is city, for the purpose' of h.Mjfu-
fing an infant coloured .school.—,- -The Cify
Inspectoi reports the death.of lip ptu sons du-
ring the week ending 'November Ivth, vi?.. 33
men, 22 wo.meri, 2.8 boys and 17 'girls.- The-
deaths in Philadelphia during the same' pe-
riod, were 63.

MARRIED,

In this city, by Rev. Dr. Matthews, Mr. Jesse
Ttllotson to Mrs. Sarah Yankers.

By the Rev Mr. S E. Cornish Mr. William.
Brown to Mis3 Emily, Cama.

At East Machias, Me. Mr. James Pigeon^
to Miss Ann Beam. - q
A lonely Pigeon, young, and fair,

Tho dupe of niany an idle drear/i,
For«ook his wandering thro' the air,
And lit !>y chance, upon a'Beam :
Where safe from storms and qyite at r;e8t> 1
He found a partner to his best."

T') CORRESPONDENTS.
F a f d Kmc k has been received, and. is, undft
consideration; We hope some of our poetical
f rttnds, will furnish us with a JVew-Yeor'^

Jlddress.

ALMANAC.

I Sun
Biijes,

23 Friday, ...
2f Saturday . .
.%> Sunday . . .
U() Monday . . .

27 Tuesday . .

28 n'/ dntyday. ,

29 Thursday

7 14
7 to
7 Jo

7 17
7 18
I 7--I8

7 lb

So. n I
Seta

Moon's
Pkasks. ■

4 4o \
4 45
4 44
4 43
4 42*|
4 421
4 41

TO LET,
And possession given imr^erliately, '* part
of house... number 525 Broom^-Streel,' betweeii
Thompson and Sullivan ijt'reejtsi, containing tw»
rnomu on the'frrsi floor tjrith folding dbpr«; a front
room on<thc second floor with bed room adjoihirig.
a (>arret : r.oom nnd back kitchen, with-' privilege of
yard, <&e For terms apply at the pramiMf."
November 2. ;

to nmT,

The lower part of the house at the N. Ewt
Coirior of Chapel and ,VValkor-street».-~E»qnir#

at the. prem^sps.

Ncw-york,"Nov, (5, 1837. ., ;

TJir wKolo' oi , part of a fem j* th« ie**

148

FREEtMVtl'8 JOLRIVAT,.

POETRY.

MR. CANNING'S POETRY. .
The following Stanza, from a recent London
paper, have teen spokeu of as a youthful effusion
from the pen of the lote"Preinier_of England.

TO CAROLINE. ^

1 gaie upon that lovely cheek,

By beauty's seal imprest,
But d*re not let my glanc* -s speak

Tho love that thrills my breastj
For ah ! too well, too well I know ,

Thou never canst bo mine;
I gaze — and tears unbidden flow —

Yea, tears, toy Caroline. !

f love thee! — let me write the "•ortf—

And yet how weak ! bow vain !
Bv fhee the tih: shall De er be heard,

"B."m« be breathed again —
I would n»l cause thy bosom truo

One moment to repine;
No, by the wealth of rich' Peru,

I would not, Caroline !

i saw thee first in better days, .

And t!n;n thy beauty's dye,
Thy worth, thai shrunk Irom every gaze,

And yet charsied every eye;
These in my breast the love awoke

Which never can decline
No —till this throbbing heart is broke,

'Twill love thee, Caroline !

Called from my native home awhile

Across the stonily main,
Au"ther suitor won thy emile,

And 1 returned— m vain!
Not thoe — but Fate— my words reprove,

For -ne'er a sigh of mine
Disclosed to listaning ear tho love

i boar for Caioline.

May he who has thy plighted vow

N«;'er slight his happy lot —
Because he loves I hate hire now,

How d*tfply should he not !
But no; till those who dwell in heaven-

For earthly joys repine,
Can he prove false to whom is givon

The love of Caroline.

Oh ! couldst thou but as happy prove

As thou deservest to be,
I know not but the saints above,

Themselves might envy thee;
Yon moon to which I "turn my eyes,

On fairest forms may shine,
But. in her circuit through the skies,

None sweet as Caroline.

Farewell ! within my bosom deep

The love I bear for thee
Shall sleep— but no ! it cannot sleep

Till I have ceas'd to be :
And when at length beneath the sod

This aching frame recline,
My soul ascending to its God,

Shall pray for Caroline.

HERE WE THREE HAVE MET AGAIN.
Here we three have met.againj
After yeara of hope and paiu;
Since our parting, time has laid
Many a three in death's dark shade:
Many a widow's. heart lias sighed,
Many an orphan's tear has dried.

-Since the dream-that boyhood gave,.
We have toiled on life's wide wave,
Wearily our oars we've plied,
In the search of Fortune's tide,
Warring with each blast that blew,.
Braving storms that darker grew;
Cold and cheerless was the main,
But we three have met again !

Now that here we meet at last,
To recount the gales, we've past;
Here, where life's first breath we drew,
Long lost pleasures we'll renew;
Kere each scene shall claim a smile,
Friendship's warmth our ago beguile;
And, where joys unmingled reign,
There may we three meet again !

VARIETIES.

When General Lincoln went to make
peace with the Creek Indians, one of the
Chiefs asked him to sit down on a log. He
was then desired to move, and, in a few min-
uteB, to move farther. This request was re-
peated till the General got to the end of the
log. The Indian then said, * move further,'
to which the General replied, ■■* I can move
no farther.' \ * Just so it ia with us,' said the
Chief, ' you have moved us back to the water,
and tfcen ask us to move farther !'

A travilliwo disaster. — A dapper Jitjlo
gentleman in the "travelling line," habited.
Sn a smart blue frock, and with a prodigious
deal of induutry in his countenance, on de-
scending from a stage coach the other day,
discovered that some fellow-passenger, who.
Jtad beeu dropped ia the outskirts of the town

had exchanged hats with him. Though 4be
beaver which Had thus accidentally fallen to
the lot of the little man wai a good beaver,
he viewed it outside and inside with a j very
rueful aspect— in short, . his heart was sad,
and he all but wept. A benevolent observer,
who pitied his perplexity, tried to console
him by pointing out the evident good qualities
of the straug e .hat. It was unquestionably a
new- hat— nothing worse of the wenr-rand
what was of more importance, had obviously
covered head of a gentleman. The little
inan, however, refused to be comforted* He
still shook his head and sighed dolefully,; and
at length, with quivering Tip's m urmured^' all
very true; but, .my dear Sir, my hat bad a
shift in{it!— Edinburgh Observer. ■

Ancient Cannon.— A fisherman of Calais
has drawn from the bottom of the sea with
his nets, a cannon of very ancient -make. M,
de Rheims Ima since, freed it from the rust,
with which it ,was covered, and on drawing
it was surprised to find it still loaded. Spe-
cimens of the jowder drawn from it have
been* examined ; the saltpetre was of course
decomposed after an immersion of about
three centuries. The ball was of lead, and
was not oxidized more than the hundredth
part of an inch — Journal du Pas dc Calais.

Whitfield Chapel— The copy held of the
chapel of TotHngliain Court, London, in
which the Rev. George Whitfield (whoso -el-
oquence and celebrity in the United, States
prior to the revolution arc yet well remem-
bered by many citizens) held forth, after he
discontinu^a field preaching, has recently
been sold ot auction for 19,CKM— The sale
attracted a large, company, who had formerly
listened to the imp-iesioned sermons of the
gifted preach'er, and, in tne same place had
attended to the discourses of Sancho, tho Af
t ican preacher, who became a zealous pro-
fessor of Whitfield's doctrine. In America
Mr. W. was succeeded by Occum, a native
of considerable talent.

. A volome of papers relating to the self-im-
molation of Hindoo widows has been lately
published in England. It appears, that, dur-
ing the year 1£24, five hundred and seventy-
two burned themselves at Calcutta and vi-
cinity, places within the English jurisdiction.
Twenty-four of these wore under the age of
twenty^ and two hundred and eighteen under
forty. It is said the " Suttees" have increas-
ed from the Brahmin cast.

In the Hutrterian Museum are preserved
the two hands of Thomas Beaufort, second
son of John Gaunt. He was buried in 1424,
aitat. 52. The coffin was discovered in Feb.
1772, at Bury St. Edmund's. Ak was filled
with a resinous substance which perfectly
excluded tho air; and the body itself was
most carefully embalmed aBd wrapped in
cerecloth. The left hand was t.i ken off. On
the discovery of the body, and ae'nt to Mr.
Hunter, who preserved it in spirits The
skin presents a very beautiful silvery white
appearance. The right hand has been sent
to the Museum more recently, and is disco-
loured from having been preserved ni rum.
The tendons of the wrist are apparently lit-
tle altered, and the' general appearance is
such as no one could possibly expect after alt
interment of four hundred and three years.
—London Weekly Review.

MR. CANNING'S ENIGMA.
The Philadelphia Gazette publishes an en-
igma, said to have been written by Mr. Can-
j ning, which for a long time puzzled the wits
of England.

There is a word of pl ural number,
| A foe to peace and human slumber;
Now any. word you chance to take,
By adding s you plural make*—
But if you add an s to this,
How strange the metamorphosis!—
Plural is' plural then no more,
And sweet what bitter was before.

A correspondent has furnished the follow-
ing, which unravels the rid die. ,

Cares 8re a foe to peace and slumber,
. A wor;>, 'tis plain at plural riitmbvr ;
By adding s to cares, you see,
y The plural will the singular be ; 1
The bitter then is turned sweet—
' Caress the riddle solves complete. 1

In an action, tried at the late Bristol As-
sizesj relative to some turtle to the value of
four pounds four shillings, the law expenses
of which will not fall much short of one thou-
sand pounds / The plaintiff' and defendant
were rival innkeepers atoTruro. To them
might be well applied tbpWtptgtnwl:— f ,

" BKnd plaintiff; Isms &fentfant, shire
The kindly law's protecting em ; '", . > .
A shell for him, a ■hell fdf Hit*- V j
The Oyster ia thelawyer'sfes !!? '

Economy is the Road to Wealth,
And ja Penny Saved is as good as two Pennys
earned.
THEN. CALL AT THE

CLOTHES DRESSING ESTAB-
LISHMENT;
| JAMES GILBERT,

Wno has removed from 411 to 422 Broadway,
and jcontinuos as usual to carry on the Clothes
Dressing in a correct and systematical style ,■ hav-
ing a perfect knowledge of the Business, having
been' legally b. cd to it, his mode of Cleaning and
Pressing {"oats, Pantaloons, &c. is by Steam
Spori&ing, which is the only correct system of
Cleaning, which he will warrant ', to extract all
kindfr iff Stains, Greuu-Spots. Tar, Puint, &c. or
no pfcy will be taken.

NIB. The public are cautioned against the im-
posture of those who attempt ihfc. Dressing of
Clothes, by Steam Sponging, who are totally un
acquainted with the Business, as there are many
Establishments which iiave recently been opened
in tllis city.

V All kinds of Tailoring Work done at the
above place.

All clothes left to be cloaned or repaired will be
good for one year and ono day, if nof'elaimod in
that time,' they will be sold at public auction.

ENGLISH GRJIMMAR.
MR. GOLD, late of Connecticut, -'.akes this
method of informing the coloured population of
this'city, that heeacties Euglish Gkammak, upon
a nuw and improved plan by which a pupil ot or-
dinary capacity, may obtain a correct and tii tr-
ough knowledge ot the principles t/f the iiogiid.'i
language, by attending to the study theieof, two
hours in a day in six weeks. Lie would be willing
to teach a class of coloured persons, ei ther in tlie
day'or in the evening (as may «uit their conveni-
ence;) and his terms will be such, J-hat no one do-
sirojis to learn will have cause to bo dissatisiied
with them.

Persons wishing to avail themselves of tins op-
portunity of learning English Grammar.will please
to call upon the Rev. B. Paul, No. G > York-street,
or tho Rev. P.- William'* Crosby-street; with
whom also the names of those, who determine up-
on becoming pupil! of Mr. Gold, will bo left.

Nov. 10, 1«2?.

. " SCHOOL NOTICE.

THE subscriber wishes to return thanks
to his friends, or the liberal c icjuragemunt of
patronizing his school ; and would bo permitted
to say, he still continuns to teach in tho same,
place, and hopes by increased exertions, to merit
a sfjare of public encouragement. Tho brarichus
attended to are Reading, VVriting, Cyphering, Ge-
ography, English Grammar, and Natural Philoso-
phy. And to the females Needle Work.
* ' JEREMIAH GLOUCESTER.

Philadelp hia, Oct. 2d _ 34

G. & R. DRAPER,

(Coloured Men,)
In Forest-street, BALTIMORE, Manufacture

■A LI/ K!.\DS Of

Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappe, Si Maccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American
CIGARS.
N. B. The above. gentlemen have sent me
a largo Box of their TOBACCO, for sale, and
should the experiment ucceed, they can supply
any quantiiy of all the articles. 30
SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

EVENING SCHOOL.
AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colourj will be opened on the 15th of Octo-
ber next, in the African School-Room in Mul-
berry-street; where will he taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, -GEOGRAPHY.&c
Terms, Three Dollers per Quarter, payable in
advance. Hours from (J to half past 8 o'clock..
• Sept. ti*. A 28

NOTICE.
_ e " African Mutual Instruction
Society, for the instruction of coloured. Adults,
of both Sexes,'' have re-opened their SCHOOL,
on Monday Eviiu.vo, October 1st, at their former
School-Room, under tho Mariner's Church) in
RopsSvtelt-s'trtiet. The School will be' upon on
evdry Monday, Wtdnesday and Friday Evenings,
at half past^O o'clock; •
: Thosa dwiirou8 of receiving instnetion, will
be jtaught to. Read, Write and Cypher, uritil the
firBt of Ap'ril,1823, for lh« small mxm of one dol.
larj to be paid on entering the school.

4u early app^cation, is «<we^ted, as there will
be ho allowance made for past' time,
Aaron Wood, ' . ' ' ' 'jdHids Myers,
filliurk iP.; Johnson, Arnold' Elzie, ,
M^ricuntcsy" H*nry'%ing,'
i Trustees.

Jl CARD:

R,espj?ctful<lt informs his friends, and
tho public generally, that his' Houpe, No. 152
Churck-striet,\% still open for the accommodation
of g«nt*el persona of colour, with . -

BOARDING & LODGING.

iGrateful for past favours, he solicits a con-
tinuance of the aame. Hi« hous« is in » healthy
and pleasant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
pense witl bo spared on his part, to render the si-
tuations of those who honour him with their pa-
tronage, as comfortable os possible.

New -York, Sopt. 1627. ' 5JG — - 3m

"'EXPIRATION of tho time for redeeni

ing LANDS for TAXES in lb26.-CoaFTR.oja-
jer'b Office, Albawv Oct. 17, fs27.— Public no-
tice is hereby given, that the time for redeeming
the Lands sold for County Taxes and . the Uniu«
States' Direct Tax and Ae»cs6inentb for mskiai
Roads, will expire on the 27th day of April next;
and that unless the lands sold -by the Comptroller
at his last sale in 1620, are redeemed an or befo'ra
the 27th day of April-next, they will be convey^
to the purchasers. , W. L. MARCY,

^Comptroller.
N. B. . Lists of such LANDS in ea«h County
as had been gold, and w«r<- riot redeemed at tha
date of the above noiice, have been transmitted. to
each County Treasurer, whose- duty it is to pub-
lish the same in one or papeis hi the County of
which ho ia Treasurer '1 host? iijterested are re-
ferred io«uch lists to ascertain their LAiNDS
have been sold and remain unredeemed.

LAWD FOR SALE.

Til ft 8iibseril>eri8 authorised to offer to his;
coloured bi t fhren,2.00'J Acres ot excellent Lmi,
at less than one halt' its value, provided they wilt
take measures to settle, or have ii settlfed, by co-
loured farmers. The land is in the state of New r
Yor!«, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
dcilighif'il, being on the banks of the Delaware
river, with. an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladi'lphia. The canal leading fr^m the Delaware
to the Hudson river passes thr. ugh the tract, o-
pening a direct navigation to New-York civj . ^ho
passage to either city ?i.ay he niade in one day or
less. The land id o! 'Ma best quality, and well
timbered. r

The subscriber hopea that some of his brelbw
ron, who are capitalists, will at least invest 500 or
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take
f ho liberty to say, tiiis land, can be purchased for
f> dollars the acre, (by coloured men,) though it
lias beef selling for $25. He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad»
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured families,, would bo conducive tf
much good : With this object in view he will in-
vest 500 dollars in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New-York, March 20. ,

N. B. Communications on the subject, post paid,
v?W be received and attended to.

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Maine— C. Stockbridge, Pisq. North Yarmouth
Mr. Reuben Rubv, Portland, Me.

Massachusetts— Mr. David Walker, Boston; R«&
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« H I GH T EOUSJ* E S S R X A L T E T H A N A T I O N."

BY JVO. B. RUSSWURMl,

CUBA.

-Jfata tike .Genius of Universal Emancipation,
Lairs Regulating Slaveri/.—Ftoin Various
sources we leurn, and it has been heretofore
observed, that the state of slavery, in tile Spa-
nish colonies is not so extremely oppressive
as in either the French, the l)utoh or the
British. The following view of it, in Cuba,
is believed to be in the main correst. or as
iiearly so as may bo requisite' to form a gen-
eral idea of it. The statement is based upon
information obtained within a few years past,
«md though some changes may have occur-
red, in consequences of the great and steady
increase of the coloured population, compar-
ed with that of the. white, still it will not, per-
haps, very materially affect the general as-
pect of affairs.

It has been the practice at all times, of the
Courts of Justice in Cuba, to sanction such
regulations as tend to meliorate the lot of
slaves; and this has gradually given rise to a
system, which, though principally founded on
custom, has acquired the force of law, and
many parts of which have been confirmed in
Royal decrees. Among other beneficial re-
gulations there- is a public officer irieVery
district^ who is the official protector of slaves,
and whose presence is necessary atevery le-
gal decision concerning them.

Slaves in the island of Cuba, may be divi-
ded into two classes; those in Fente Real,
that is, who may be sold by the master for
any sum he qhooses to demand ; and Vourta-
dos, that is, those whose slavery is limited,
by a price being fixed on them, which canriot
he increased at the will of the master.

Slaves may acquire their liberty, by the
mere grant of their master, or by testament ;
and the only formality necessary, is a certifi
cate, called a Cartad de Libcrtad. No secu-
rity is required, as in the British islands, that
-they shall not become a charge to the parish.^
lint masters are not allowed to emancipate
old and infirm slaves, unless they provide for
ahem.

If a slave ca i prove that a premiss of eman-
cipation has been made to him by his master,
the latter will be compelled to perform it ;
and wills relating to this subjpct are always
interpreted most favourably to the slaves.

Slaves may also obtain their liberty by pur-
chase'; but the master is not allowed to fix
an arbitrary price ; but if he and the slave
cannot agree, two appraisers are named, one
by the master, the othe'r by the protector of
slaves, and the judges name an umpire. The
law exempts all sales of thjjs, description from
the' six per cent, duly attaching to all other
sales. A master is compelled to sell hisj
slave if the purchaser engages to emancipate
him at the end of a reasonable time. — Mas-
ters'who use their slaves ill, may be compel-
led to sell them: and incase of their not be-
i.iif ro.irtado by appraisement. It is the uni-
versal cufctom to give liberty to slaves render
ing services to the state, the government
paying the master for them.

A slave once emancipated cannot be again
reduced to slavery. Various instances to this
effect are cited : among others, the follow-

" A slave. applied to a judge to be valued,
in order to puich.ase his liberty: the master
objected, Baying it was impossible he could
legally have acquired so much money. The
court acknowledged that the illegal acquire-
ment of his money was a bar to the demand of
the slave; but held, that such illegal xcquire
niont must be proved by the master, . as it
would he hard to oblige the negro to account
for all the money he had ever received."

Next to obtaining his liberty, the ■great ob-
ject of the slave is to become coartado. This
consists in his price being fixed ; the master
giving him a document called estreiura d* to-
urtarion. by which he binds hiravclf not to de-
mand more than a ce tain sum for thp.-8ia.ve,'
which cum is always less than his actual vain*,
but has no relation to the price paid for him.

A3 slaves may acquire their liberty', so may.
they be coartados at the pleasure of their
master. They may become so t"0 by paying,
a part of tin ir value. This arrangement is
scarcely ever objected to: if it were; the
slave has o'lly to apply to a court of justice
through the protector to be valued, and then,
on paying fifty or a hundred dollars, his mas-
ter ' oMld be obliged to givp him an eacretura,
exprossintr that he a* 1 coartado in the differ-
ence between the sum para and his estimated

value. Thus, if a slave be valued; at 600 dol-
lars, and pay his master 100, he will remain
coartado in 500; and no greater, price can be
demanded, whether he be sold, to another
master, or he himself purchase his liberty. .

The slave who is already coartado in a cer
tain simii may pay anypartof.it, not less than
fifty dollars, and his master is bound to re-
ceive lit. Again, if a master, be about to sell
his slave, the' slave may oblige the purchaser
to receive any part of the purchase money,
; and to remain coartado in the remainder; and
far the part paid, no tax is exacted, nor in-
deed for any money paid by slaves toward
obtaining their liberty, for becoming coarla-
dosi or for diminishing the sura by which
theymay already he coartados.

It is a disputed point, whether a slave ca^
oblige, his master td. sell him if he can find a
purchaser who will hoartwr him. This prac-
tice being liable toebuse is generally dis-
couraged, unless the purchaser be willing to
coartar the slave in considerably less llianliis
value; in two thirds of it (for example) in
which case no judge would refuse' the demand
for a change of nasters-; the melioration, the
lot oftheslave. and advancing him in the
way of obtaining his liberty, being held par-
amount to all other considerations, to all ca-
ses, however, where a slave demands to- be
sold to a purchaser who offers to improve h 1 is
condition, either by engaging to emancipate
him: at the end ©fa reasonable time, or by
agreeing to coartar him, or by diminishing the
sum in which 5 he is coartado, the original mas-
ter will have the preference, and: need not
sell him if he be willing to confer the same-
benefit on the slave which the purchaser pro-
poses to confer.

The coartado 'slave has this great advan-
tage, that, if hired out by his master, or as is
more common, allowed' to hire himself out, he
is only .bound to pay hie master one real a da v
for every hundred dollars in which he is coar-
tado. Thus, if coartado jn 500 dollars, he pays'
5 reals a day, if in-450, four and a half and so
on. . Sundays and certain holidays being ex-
cluded •; while the masier-of a slave iivve/Ma'
real is entitled to' all the latter can earn.

The law is, that a coartado slave is as much
a slave as any other, except as regards his
price, and the quota he is to pay his master if
hired bur. The master, therefore,' is as much
entitled in lew to his personal 'service, as to
that of a slave in venta reat But this is
somewhat modified in practice. If a- slave
descend to his master coartado, or become so
in his service, the master may require his
personal service,and the slave' cannot demand'
to be allowed to work out. 'But when a coar
tado slave is sold, it being the custom for a
slave himself to seek a new master, he uni-
formly stipulates beforehand whether he is to
serve personally- or to work out, paving the
usual daily quota; and judges will' always
compel the master to observe such stipula-
tion, unless the slave should neglect to pay;
when the only remedy is to exact his person
al service. It is not uncommon, therefore, for
a master wishing to employ his coar*ado slave
who ha* stipulated to bs allowed to work out,
to pay i the difference between the sum the
slave ought daily to pay to him, and the wa-
ges usually earned ; by the slave. • In this casV
aione is the slave paid for his labour by the
master, except, indeed, be is employed on
Sundays or holidays.

During ill. neas; coartado- slaves who work
out are exempted from paying any thing to
their master, who. on --the contrary, is bound
to maintain and assist them as other slaves.

The sum in which a slaveys coartado,' mn'y
be augmemed by the amount of any damages
the master may be made ! to pay on his ac-
count, in a court of justice. Bii't if the slave
neglects for some time to pay the daily «m
due to his master, this, cannot be added to his
price, because it was the master's fault not
to Have ;had recourse in time to the proper
remedy ; of compelling the slave's personal
service. . ' r .

The law .which so eminently favours the
slave, does not neglect his offspring.. A preg-
nant negress may emancipate her nuborn in-
fant f»r twenty-five dollars;' anid between the
birth and baptism,, tlie infant may be emarici
pated for fifty dott«rs; arid at any time dur-
ing childhood; ite value tteirig then-low, it may
acquire its liberty' or be coartado like other
slaves* 1 .! ■ ; •

In admiuiitering this System i a the country

parts, wherethereare few magistrates, there After this, G. S. received a letter from the
may be abuses ; yet in the Havana, and oth- Poultry Compter, sighed Jonathan Strong;'*
er large, towns, it is efficiently observed ; in name which he did not at'first recollect ; ht
deed, to the honor of the island be it said, this sent, however, a messenger- to the Compter
is.the branch of the laws which is best& mosti to inquire about him, but the keepers denied
impartially administered. i that they had any such person committed te

. Wages are high in Cuba; a common field | their charge. " f
negro earns four reals a day and is fed ; aj This refusal w as sufficient to reuse the sue*
mechanic, ten reals to three dollars a day ;j picion, and to call forth- the active benevQ-
and a regular heuse servant twenty to thirty ' lence of Mr. Sharp.

dollars a month, besides being fed and cloth- j O. S. then went himself to the Compter
ed. With such ,wagee the coartado slave is ! inquired for the master Qf the priion, and in-

well able to pay the daily quota to his master, ! sisted on seeing Jonathan Strong. Be
and to. lay by something. for the attainment/ of j then called, aha Was immediately recollei

his liberty. This could not be done were wa-
ives much lower.

j The large white population^ too, is a great
advantage to .the slaves, from t^he facility
thereby afforded to change masters, and thus
remedy maBy of the evils attending their state.
The lot of household slaves who derive most
benefitfrom this circumstance is particularly
favorable. They are almost always taught
some trade, and by well employing their leis-
ure hours they may eaaily acquire their lib-
erty in seven years. Field slaves, too, have
their advantages. They are by law entitled
to a quantity of ground, with the produce of
whjch, and , the breeding of pigs and poultry,
they inay well look forward to acquiring mo-
neyed become codrtada, and even to being
emancipated. It is also highly advantageous
te the slaves that public opinion is favorable
to granting them their liberty; and all res-
pectable men would feel ashamed to throw
obstacles in the way of their becoming free;
oh the contrary, masters are generally very
Willing to assist-their slaves in tho attainment
pf this, most desirable object. The effects of
this system are seen in the state of the popu
lation. The last census, /which, though not
vsry exact, is sufficiently so for the present
pVpose) makes the Whites 290 000, the free
people of colour 115,000, and the slaves
325,000. .

CASE OF JONATHAN STRONG
: In 1765, chance; directed the attention of
Mr. Glrauv-lle Sharj e, towards the sufferings
of a race of men who had long been the
sport aad. victims of European avarice- The
professional arrangements of Mr. William
Sharpe, whose house was open every, morn
ing for the gratuitous cure of the poor, were
tjfe first means .of bringing Strong to the
knowledge of either brother. Pain- and dis-
ease, the consequence of severe blows and
hardships, led the miserable sufferer to seek
the aid : of me iical attendance; and it was in
one of his morning visits to the surgery in
Mincing Lane that he was met by Granville
ns he approached the door of tlie. house, rea
dy to fuint through extreme weakness. Oil
inquiry, , it was found that he had been a
slave, of Mr. David Lisle, a lawyer of Bar
badoes, whose barba'rou3 treatment hail iby
degrees reduced him.to a state of usele|s-
ness, and wliose brutal heart had then turned
him adrift in the streets.-
. By the united care of the (wo brothers, in-
to wh ose hands Strong had fallen, he wa??
restored to health, and jdaced in the service
of a respectable . apothecary (Dr. Brown; in
Fenchurch-streel.. In that comfortable situ-
ation he remained two years, wlic-n, as he
»yas one day attending his mistress behind a
hackney-coach, he was seen, and quickly
recognized, by the lawyer to whom he had
been a slave: and who, conceiving from his
appearance and' active employment, that he
must have regained his strength sufficienly
for useful labour, instantly formed a design
tOj recover possession of him. He joliowed
the coach, for the purpose of. obtaining in-
telligence pf his abode ; and having diaccv-
ered it, laid a plan to entrap hitn.

Some days afterwards; he (David LisleJ
employ ?d two of the lord mayor's :Officers to
attend him to a public house, from whence
he sent a messenger,, to acquaint Jonathan
Strong that a person wanted to speak with
him : Jonathan, of .course, came, and was
shocked to find that it was his. old master
who had sem for him, and- who npw. immedi-
ately delivered .him into the custody of the
t : wo officers. Jonathan, however sent for
,Mr Brown^ Who likewise came, but being
violently threatened by the lawyer^ on n
charge, of having detained his, property fas
hej.. called Strong) he was intimidated, and
left him in Liile's hands.

was

recollected

by G. S. who charged the master of the pri-
son, at his own peril not to deliver him up to
any person whatever, who might claim him,
until he had been carried before the lore"
mayor (sir Itobert Kite) to whom G. S. im-
mediately went, and gave information that a
Jonathan Strong had been confined in prison
without any warrant; and he therefore re-
quested of his lordship to summon those per-
sons who detained him, and to give G. S.
notice to attend at the same time.

When the appointed day was come (Sept
18) G. S. attended at the mansion-house, and
found Jonathan in the presence of the lord
mayor, and also two persons who claimed
him : the one, a notary public, who produced
a bill of sale from the original master, to
James Kerr, Esq. a Jamaica planter, who had
refused to pay the purchase money (thirty
pounds) until Strong should be. delivered on
board a ship belonging to Messrs. Muir and
Atkinson, bou id* to Jamaica;- the captain of
which, Mr. David Lair; wfts the other person
then attending to take him away.

The lord mayor having' heard ; the claim,
said that " the lad. had not stolen any thing,
and was not guilty of any offence, and wad
therefore at liberty to go away;"' whereupon
the captain seized him by the arm, and told
the lord mayor; "he took him as the property
of Mr. Kerr. ,r Mr. Beech, the city coroner,
now came behind G. S. and whispered in his
ear the words " charge him;" at which G.
S. turned upon the captain, and in an angry
-manner said, " Sir, I charge you' for an as-
sault.'J On this, r Captain Lair quitted his
hold of Jonathan's arm, and all bowed to the
lord mayor and came away, Jonathan follow-
ed G. S. and no one dareJ to touch him;

A few days after thin transaction^. ■ G. S.
was charg-ed, by a writ, with having- robbed
the original master, David Lisle, the lawyer,
of a npgro slave, and also of another slave,
&c. &c.

But the faction at law was npt the only
weapon employed to alarm him, and' to deter
him from tlie prosecution of his humane task.
That id method might be left unessayed,
which avarice or malice could prompt, to re-
trieve the step that had been lost, David
Lisle sought out the Negro's Friend; at his
brother William's house, (where he then re-
sided, ond'having announced his name was
admitted. The conversation, on- one part at
least, was warm : and Lisle, after>ineffectual
denunciations of revenge in various ways,
attempted to intimidate by a challenge

His first stop, in order to defend himself
from the legal process instituted against him,
was, to apply to an eminent solicitor in the
lord mayor s office, and to retain Sir Jaraes
Eyre, then recorder of the city, (and after-
wards lord chief justice of the court of com-
mon pleas) as his counsel. After some con -
sider-'.tion of the cSsey the solicitor brought
him a copy of the opinion given in the year
1729, by the attorney and solicitor-general,
¥ork and Tal bot,( asserting, afe before stated,
that a slave coming fronvthe West- Indies to
Great Britain or Ireland-, does hot become
free,) and assured him that they should^ not
be able to defend him against the action, as
the Lord Chief Justice.' Mansfield was also
decidedly of the same opinion.

In his difficult-task of legal inquiry he had •
no instructor; no assistant, except his own
diligence; no encouragetv estcept his own^
conscience. For it is remarkable, that du-
ring his studies, he applied to the celebrated
judge arid coinmentator, Dr. Blaokstone, but
recpived little satisfaction from his opinion
on the interesting subject in question. He
consulted, likewise^ several other profession
al men of eminence, but cbnld find no one
whose opinion was favourable to his under-
taking. *« Even my own lawyers,*' he re- .
peats, "were against me;" so much fore a
bad precedent^ and \h4 authority of those

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*reat names, York and Talbot, to bias even < felons: ttirnod round to the younge?/ nnd whh
?GVoSSdo.tju.Jffnient8. > ' n countenance expreisire of the most d.aboh-

term when he was to answer the chur|?e ! companion in the< following manner : T lJerdi-
SsT his brother and himself^Granvifie i lion seize jouryou hen-hearted. villain I if ,t
hid added to a thorough investigation of the , had not been for you, I would have sent the
EndisMawe much extraneous research into' rascal to hell who bore witness againsUis. I.
Shofe of other nations; ana he had compiled would have murdered the villain, and then he
n rnanuscript, a tract - Op the Injustice and 'could have told no tale*. But you r you cow-
dangerous tendency of tolerating Slavery, or ardly scoundrel ! persuaded me to let hjm goj
even of admitting the least claim to private)
property in the persons of men, in England."
This tiact, when completed, he submitted to
the perusal of Dr. Blacksjtonc,. and then em-
ployed his utmost efforts to circulate it, by
means of numerous copied, among those to
•whom he wished it to produce a Favourable
effect. The arguments contained in it were
irresistible, and by its success he had the sa-
tisfaction of amply fulfilling his promise to
iis antagoni>t. The substance 'of the
tract," he says, " was handed about among
the gentlemen of the law, in twenty or more
different MS, copies,'' for nearly tw o years,
when the lawyers employed against Strong,
were intimidated, and the plaintiff was com-
pelled to pay. treble costs for not bringing
forward the action; after which," he adds,
"the tract was printed in 1769."

.'" CASE OF SOMERSET.
Somerset, a black slave, had been brought
to England, in November, 1769, by his inas-

tp check that progressive; advancement of
emancipation- rendering more ,con.ipl«?te 'and
entire! the slavery.of the-slaVes : fur, by theii
removal, would tiic destruction of that con-
necting link take place, which binds the slav*
to' the acknowledged moral power then and
now existing; which must, ol its own nature,
under all supposable circumstances, com-
pletely relieve him from his servile condition
The Vundamental doctrine of the Society,

then, was precisely the- same as that of all
*l»v*-l»olding communities, from which ema-
nate measures tooorpeluate and permanently
fix ; unconditional/servitude as a system.

In the adoption*©!' measures to secure the
safety of the slave-holding policy, as regards
thje danger apprehended by the masters from

ifmay escape from prison and 'rob many the diffusionA or . existence of knowledge
re : and, by Heaven, the man I rob, I will j among the slaVes, it is one and the same

you dog, if 1 am hanged, y'o« will be hanged
with me, and that ib the only comfort and sat-
isfaction I have. But, good people, if any of
my profession bo dnidng you, take WBrnmgby
my example, if you rob a man, kill bini on
the spot ; you will then be safe, for dead men
tell no tales. I have robbed, many persons,
and

surdy murder." ""May God "visit* the "blood of! thing" to prev«n|' bytimely interference its
the man you murder upon my head," said [first appearance, as if permitted to take root
JudL'e°Caulfield. " Go, Mr. Sheriff, procure j and appear, to effectually arrest its lurther
a carpenter, have a gallows erected, arid a ! dissemination by the removal of. those who
coffin made, on the very spot where the mon- 1 possess it, no matter whether, free blacks or
ster stands ; for from this bench I will net re- j Blayes; as the dauger arises exclusively lrom
move, until I see him executed. As for the the existence or prevalence, of intelligence
younrrman; whose heart, though corrupted among those who by unc voidable consequence
by the influence ef this infernal wretch, still mingle with that class intended to be kept in
retained the principles ol humanity, he shall ; abject bondage. It can be no palliation, but
not perish with him. I must, indeed, pass; indeed an aggravation of the offensive con-
upon hira the sentence the law requires ; but j elusion, deduced from the argument, to say,
Twill respite him, and use my influence with ; that jn planting the colony cd Liberia, and
the crown to pardon him. This heary villain | sustaining it by. erretisroe emigration from

, - , 8 h a ll not have the satisfaction which bis ma- 1 these states, the African race wUI haye a

ter, Mr. Charles Stewart, and m process of . heart has anticipated." The Sheriff rallying, point for the advancement of their

time left him. Stewart found an opportunity ■■ f ■ d t , ortler _ a gallows was erected in j moral, civil, political and religious rights, and
of seizing him unawares; and he was ™n- ! ' house, and, in the presence of the , character; and from its locality, a whole con-
veyed on board the Ann and Mary, Captain j . , » j ^ e ■ ■ 0 ~ the monster t j nRnt m ay m time witness, the blessings of
Knowles, in order to be carried to Jaina,ca » i J asc | n , ( i e ^ the scaffold, cursing and blasphera- r^riaHanhv. for hv this extensive emigration
and there to be sold for a slave. J . h moment when he was lauiched iti-

Mr. Serjeant Davy brought the case into ! i^terrtitv™
court before Lord Mansfield on the 24th of , to eternity .

January, but pro'essed the cause to be of so
high importance, that he requested it might
be*deferred till another term, in order to give
kirn time to prepare fully for its support.
This request Lord Mansfield declined grant-
ing, but fixed the hearing for that day fort-
night, apprizing Serjeant Davy at the same
time, that, "if.it should come fairly'to the
general question, whatever the opinion ef the
court might be, even if they were all agreed
on one side or the other, the subjsct. was of
ao general and extensive concern, that, from
the nature of the question, he should certain-
ly take the opinion of all the judges upon it."

On the 7th of February the case was again
brongut before Lord Mansfield, assisted t»y
the three justices, Ashton, Willes, and Ash-
arst

The cause of liberty was now no lenger to
be tried on the ground of a mere special in-
dictment, but on the broad principle of the es-
sential and constitutional right of every man
in England to the liberty of his person, unless
forfeited by the laws of England. It was
opened by Mr. Serjeant Davy, with a vast
Mass of information on the subject of slavery ,
prefaced by a declaration of his intentios. t o
maintain before the court the following prop-
osition ; «• That no man at this day is, or can
be a slave in England."

Mr. Sergeant Glynn followed on the same
aide, and at the conclusion of his speech,
Lord Mansfield, after some short questions,
added : " This thing seems, by the arguments
probable to go to a great length, and it is the
end of the term; so it «.vill be hardly possible
to go through it without stopping; therefore,
let it stand over to the next term."

On the 4th of May, the question was again
brought before the Court, on the broad and
general ground " Whether a Slave, by com
ing into England, becomes free?"

On this second reading, the pleadings in
favour -of Somerset were resumed by Mr.
Mansfield, who, in a speech of strong sense
and expression, contended, that if the Negro
Somerset was a tmn— and he Bi;ould conclude
him one till the court should adjudge other-
wise— it was impossible he could he a slave
in England, uulese by the introduction of some
species of property unknown to our constitu-
• tion. At the en* of Mr. Mansfield's speech,
it appears that the cause was further ad-
journed to the 14th of May.

The expectation of all parties , was non-
raised to the utmost pitch, when, finnlly, in
Trinity term, on Monday the 22d of June,
" The eourt proceeded to give judgment in
the case of Somerset. the Negro, then before
the court, on the motion of the Habe*> Cor-
pus." And the ever memorable result of this
trial established the following axiom, that, as
soon as any slave sets his foot on •English
ground, he becomes free. A sentence to be
engraved for ever on our hearts. Hoards
Memoirs of Skarpe.

A HARDENED CONVICT.
Mr Williams, in seconding Mr. Favell's
motion for a petition to the legislature to re-
Ti»e the criminal code, stated that "two Men
were once convicted of highway robbery be-
■ fore Judge Caulfield. When the jury breugkt
* tkeir vordiet ef guilty, tho elder of the two

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL. ■

CONCLUSION.
If in the pursuit of any particular object,
of a political, moral, or religious nature, we
find men, or communities, uniformly adopting
the same, or similar measures, even under
various or dissimilar circumstances ; we can
safely apd properly come to the conclusion
that in order to reach this object, such mea-
sures only can be effectually resorted to; we
are then bound by the same parity of reas on,
and ail known rules of argument to conclude,
that whenever, such mea«s,orsuch measures
arc embraced. and strictly adhered to, the
same results must be brought about, as the
like causes, operating cm similar circumstan-
ces must produce this like effects.

It w'll be admitted, that " in countries
where slavery is established, the masters are
not only incapable of developing the intel-
lects of their slaves, but they generally have
a strong propensity to prevent their deve-
lopment ; the demand for . security, ' more
powerful than die passion of.avariee, obliges
them to hold the servile class in a state ap-
nroaching as nearly as possible, to that of
brutes. Robin reports* that a French col-
onist in Loivisisna,' frequently asserted that
he feared nothing ' so much as negroes with
cultivated minds ; he enid that his utmost en-
deavours were used - to -restrain the enlarge-
■m%At of their us.Herstantlings, and that these
endeavour? wer4 mostly successful. The opi-
of the colonists on this subject, are si-

Christianity; for. by this extensive emigration
of men possessing all the necessary means
of character and qualifications, to save the
mass from a 6late of misery and degradation,
will a po itive and irretrievable deterioration
of the. general miserable Bla'te of. out slave
population take placn ; and that too. on the
supposition of an anticipated, distant, uncer-
tain, balancing good.

Here I am led to appeal to every candid
friend of this people, for the correctness of
my reasoning and conclusions; for in refer-
ence to doctrine, the Colonization Society
embrace3'in common with all slave-holders,
the genuine opinion of the nece»sity of the
removal . of knowledge &. virtue from the reach
of the servilq class, and as regards practice
and measures consequent upon such doctrine,
they and it pursue, and invariahly adhere to
the same. Thence the conclusion, clear and
strong as the mind can readily conceive, that
the results must be the same. If objections
are here raised that I am partial in my views,
and in confining myself to the evil resulting
from the society's operations here at home, I
avoid the advantages derived abroad ; I would
again, refer to the fact, that the society in
urging its claims upon the public, from its
foririatiou to the present time, strenuously
press the consideration t that its original and
paramount motive, is to meliorate the geueral
coacjition of our coloured population in this
country ; and on this ground, does it receive
nearly all the countenance and support ex-
tended by the free states.

That the American Colonization Society
wasj and still remains ignorant of the moral
and efficient standard of character, possessed
by qur coloured population in states north of
the jPotomac, I have ho hesitation in declaring
my belief. Its members, in common with a
largie maj< rity of pur citizens, being acous-
tomfed from the time of their first introduce
tion' in the country, and subsequent degraded
character as a people, to, vi^w them retro-

milar to -S!o s rSeri7 in'tirtalned ' by"the | sportively, and by actual .observation, as. an

Romans. Cnto, the censor, «aw nothing
more dangerous than intelligent slaves. He
required his own to sleep, whenever they
were unemployed; so fearful was he tha* they
miirbt learn 1o think. The Anglo-Americans
of the Southern States; though' the moBt hu-
mane slave-holders of the present day, still
reject with dismay, tke idea of learning their
slaves to read. ' The colonists' subject to
Great- Brltaih. behold with no le«s alarm, the
e^iorts making in the mother country to en-,
lighten the minds of the slaves, and teach
them a knowledge of the christian religion."

The supprf ssion, then, of all intelligence
and knowledge am-mg slaves, being univer-
sally considered necessary by, masters ' to
strengthen their security, and the general
system of slavery; it is all-important to en-
quire whether or not the doctrine and prac-
tice^ of the American Colonization Society,
doer not materially tend to retard the prog-
ress of' African freedom, and the abolition of
the system of slavery in the United States.

The oiiginal policv of this institution being
the removal of the free Afrtcans, at the mo-
ment of their bavinir acquired a portion of
that eultivatton of mind, and expmaiion of in-
tellect, before which slavery was fast giving
way, with.every prospect of iu toaVdw»«lu-'
tion, affords nmpla ground for tke conclijioii
that its positive effect on the tbeii itate of t!»e
coloured p©[iuiauon, wwld bt ao otuer tb«»

inferior race, barred by nature as recipients
for qualifications relating te mind andknowl
edgje, therefore properly subjvet to, and Un-
der [the coercive control of the mselves, by
nature and reason a superior class ; and un-
der these superficial and false considerations
has the formation of the society been . brought
about, and thus far sustained. .

Upon, the same.grq.und of erroneous :views,
hasj it also acquired a portion ol incidental
supbort from men ^.associations, who, gov-
ern|pd by the. best feelings of our nature, see
and depjore . their existence here in a state
approaching to that of. beasts; are induced
without much reflection, on enquiry, to fall in
witfh any.gePer*^ measure jrhich has the ap-
pe'aranco of betterihij their condition, and
coqiea recommended with so mncU plmutibtii'
tjj is is thrown around the Colonizing poliqjJ
In this I am sufficiently sustained by the
heretofore, conduct^ of the society and, its
friends, who all net out,, as its . official docu-
ments, as well as eipressed, and public cor-
reapwdf nee will show;^ With the. intention of
extending" their operation- j,o all parts of the
cotmtry : the eastern and middle states were
to be drained of their coleufed.popul tion as
well as the southern, and by that, the way
Wak to be paved for th^ eventual emancipa-
tifn of the slaves ; there was no cpniultini
the/ «KU rtr u>i*Ka of the elass to be removei

portion of iutelligefice, and cflicient charac-
ler, attached to our common country, -Up gov-
^rntnent and institutions, by ties even Btrwig.
er than those known to the whites, (il thoie
l et ire founded on previous individual suf-
i'cring:) but the society were unable to appre-
ciate tbi?, by reason of its prejudice and bias
in its views and calculations, proceeded to
put in practice . its extensive intentions. No .
sooner is that con mehced, than the true ac-
tual state, charnctei, andstai.ding of the peo-
ple in the eastern and northern states, rise io
opposition to the scheme; and the socitty,
i. would seem at last,' is obliged to change its
.One and operations, by abandoning the col-'
oured people of the eastern and northern
states to themselves. J think we seldom now^
hear of preparations to fit out vessels to trans-
port emigrants from Boston, New- York, Phil-
adelphia or W ilmington in Delaware.. BullV
mbro is the most northerly port out of which
they s^iip- ; intelligence, virtue, kno\yl( dge,
and every thing considered essential to tlife
welfare of a community. Clajiksok,
(To be concluded in our . next.)

* Travels in Louisiana.

TOB THE rajar-DOM's JOU»»AI,.
REFLECTIONS ON A SKELETON.
There is something truly awful in the Con-
templation. of a skeleton. On entering a
physician*s private cabinet, the eye immedW ...
ately is arrested by emblems of mortality.
Nature receives a shock, and the mind being
replete with solemn thoughts, employs itself
in musing on subjects, to which hitherto it
had never been incited. The soul, however
grovelling may be its nature, is hurried on to
things, which pertain to its future welfare,
and for awhile, occupied with reflections of
an elevated and sublime nature. Hardly can
any one, contemplate the grand and compli-
cated structure of the human body, without
permitting bis thoughts to ascend up to tbc
Great Architect of man, to the King of Heav-
en, and first great cause^of all good. Let
him.who can approach a pale and;sileut corpse
unmoved, and without heaving a single sigh,
in sympathy to the transience of human na-
ture, view in a ghastly Skeleton the remains
of pride.v and the wreck of vanity. - : Let him
ebserve undismayed in this wreck of pride,
all that once were capable of giving pleas-
ure ; that was intelligent nnd comprehensive^
and while he feasts his insatiate eyes, let
him restrain the intruding sigh, and rebuke
his conscience, for accusing him, with the
want of moral reflection, and his ignorance
of the fact, that he himself is a man. This
Skeleton frame, this earthly tabernacle, and
vacant cMmum were wont to • possess ali
these attribute 1 * common to vaiu and transient
mortals. Like this Skeleton frame, time must
behold us, who thus devotedly view it, de-
prived of nil which now pleases the eye, or
divert the soul and satisfy the understanding.

Behold thie frightful skull ! How sad a
spectacle !• It is a silent, but an eloquent ad«
monisher to vanity, and just emblem of mor-
tality.'' Once, wash not wont to be tastefully
adorned with beauty's embellishment?. Was
it not vanity's delight? And was riot folly its
slave? But wliore now is that downy cover-
ing ? — W ill the artist, restore it ?— Man caa-
not replenish it. To attempt is vanity.

This vacant "skul- was once ? he »«t of
knowledge. It guided the reins of judg-
ment. Once it was wont to direct the soul;
to give laws to the. inclinations or thesenaes.
It would not only rule, individually the em-
pire of the whole man, but fain would con- /
duct the affairs of nations. ■/ ;

" Low on this broken arch, its ruined u?«dC
Its chambers desolate, and portals fmU:
Yes, this was, Q7wt. ambitions airy Mil,
The dome of thought the, palace dfthe soul :
Behold through eiich black lustrt cij+tss look t
ThegayreCesstyunsdomuvcloftvti,
And passion's boast, that never JrJoi'W <on-
troi; •

Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever ttriU
People this londy ifoiPcr,i/M«.<e«t'we7i(r^'^ .
It has ever been, my impression, that Phf ;
ictans and Surgeons, if not devotedly pious, [
should be, - at least, men of the siricteRtiTior ; •
ality. . In thi.s, 1 may be erroneoo;*; alJ men
being fallible,., wlfatever may be ^teir brofes-
sion, or however they may b'e circumsfsnced.
Scarcely. can there; elapse a; daj .Vrhhjli docs,
not bi jug with it some, duty, which. i&.cpncop
ittnt with, the physician's sublime protwiidn,
which .bas not a. tendency to ch^teu. hi»
thqughUand eleyatflk hi» soul; and j which
f jteral ly, . does . not disengage his unind from .
the, trivial oe'eurrences of the world, abd con-
duct him into the awful presence of his <^>-
Imagiue him. now present in the I)w^*cting
Room, engajed in the examipationj of tuj
grand and wonderful structure of man, sn*
you likewise see him studying th* rtystert-
bus constitution of .his oan nature } and psr-
haps fancy you Hear him exclaim, "0 God-

*lAough a whole ptioele, embracing a Iwrge j How wonderful are all thy works 5 How m-

finite thy wisdom ! Grand and mysterious, all
thy work* are replete with design*, which
exhibit thy wonderful wisdom and. mercy."
While in the chamber df-sickness, we behold
the Physicjitn stand beside the patient's bed,
in solemn sileisce and in anxious .doubts, con-
templates sinking nature pressed upon, by
the heavy hand of disease, and struggling to
resist de"n,th; do we not imagine he fearfully
anticipate? in this wreck 'of ; human nature,
what ere long must be his own fate ? And do
we not judge, that these exhibitions of the
transience, of human nature, to which he is
so frequently a b litary witness are received
by him as so many admonitory invocations,
which incline him seriously to prepare to
meet his God ?•— While life' V 'fluttering' on
the verge of time and eternity, and when at
last it -sleeps iu death, and icy inactivity
succeeds vigour and vivacity, we behold the
professional man present ; should we not con-
ceive that while he yet remained a witness to
such scenes of frequent melancholy, he
would sincerely deign to heave . a sigh to-
wards heaven ? — "that while gazing upon the
wan remains of wonted .animation, he would
Hoi in the sincerity of his soul exclaim, '.'Thus
passes the glory of the world; and vanity
sleeps in putrifaction! — Oh God! what is
.man, that thou art mindful of him ? and the
son of man, that thou visitest him ?"

A STUDENT.

FREEDOM'S ^OURSfAIi.

NEW-YORK, NOVEMBER 30, 1827.

OUR OWN CONCERNS.
ID 3 As our year is drawing to a dose, the
interests of the Journal require us to remind
all our delinquent subscribers of the necessity
of prompt payment.

SLAVERY IIC CUBA.

We invite the attention of onr readers to the
perusal of this article. Jt becomes not slave-
owners, who style themselves Republicans, to al-
low the subjects of bo despotic a sovereign as
Ferdinand, to treat their slaves with greater cle-
mency in every respect. Of all countries in
which slavery is tolerated, we think that the
American Blave should enjoy mor« comforts and
privileges tnan any other. But it must be evident
from the perusal of the foregoing, that in no res-
pect.do our brethren of the South, in bondage, pos-
sets one quarter of tl>e privileges eVvjuyed in Cuba.
For where is the slave who is not at the com-
plete disposal of hia master — to separate him
from wife and children, and transport hiin to
(Jeorgia or Louisiana ?

Apologists for modern Slavery, pride them
selves in assorting 1 that it is not so severe as the
slavery of the ancients But mark the contrast
Christian masters are not more brutal than
heathens! Enlightened Republicans, who have
fought and bled in many a hard struggle for the
privileges and birth-right of ; man, are quite as
humane as the tyrannical Romans ! Republican
laws, of the nineteenth century, are not more
unjust, tyrannical and Draconic than those of
barbarous antiquity ! The professed disoiples of
Christ arc as generous and benevolent as the
avowed worshippers of Mars and Bcllona !

Using the eloquent language of a writer on
this subject, we enquire, are not our enslaved
brt thren at the Sontu held " pro nullis, pro mor-
tius. pro quadrnpedihus," or, at least, for brute
itpedibus i Have they any head in tliB state ;
any name, or trim;, or register? Arc they ca-
pable of bfting injured, that is, of obtaining legal
redress for an injury r* Cao they inherit by pur-
chase' nr descent, or even legally claim the little
puuHt:iii, which the Roman laws, severe as
they were, allowed thu slave boyond'lhejgrasp of
fh> mas*<T ? May they not be sold, transfer rod,
or pawned, and though not legally tortured tor
evidence, or put to d< ath by authority | of their
lord, yet reduced to such a state of helplessness
and degradation, that this addition to their cala-
mities would, in point of fact and practice, be
scarcely .a perceptible addition to their^ misfor-
tunes r"

Slavery is the crying sin of our land : its very
existence, as long as it is permitted,' must be a
heavy reproach to this .country,, and a discredit
to republicans. We agree with Mr. Bilrke. that
''Slavery ha state so improper, so degradiug, and
so ruinous to the fe&lmgs and capacitiep of bu-
aian nature, that it ought not to be suljfored to

ex»t. We agree with Dr. Paley, that " the Wast
Indian [or American] slate is placed .for life in
subjection! to; a dominion and system of laws the
most merciless and tyrannical thM ever were to-
lerated upon the face of .the earth" We agree
with Mr. Fox, that " per ronal freedom ia the
just right of every human being. It it a right
of which he who deprived a fellow creature was-
absolutely criminal in so depriving him, and which
he who withheld was no less criminal in with-
holding" We agree with Bishop Horsley, that
" allowing: slaves to bo pampored with delicacies,
and pat to rest on a bed of roses, they could not
be happy ; for a slate mu»t still be a slave*' We
agree with the present Bishop of St. David's,
that " the natural and scriptural illegality oralia-
very may be judged of on grounds infinitely su-
perior to all commercial considerations, (as su
peri or as the soul is to the body, as the interests
of eternity are to the concerns of a day,) by ove-
ry one that can feel for his fellow-creatures, and
can be determined by every one that can read the
scriptures."

We have but little faith in men who spend
their, life in professions and wishes. Tho situa-
tion of our enslaved brethren is such, that all
who are-now our' friends qught to como forward
and use their best endeavours to break their
shackles, and let' tho oppressed go free. Our
own condition in the different freo and slave-
holding Btates is such also as ought to engage
the attention of every philanthropist. The re-
cent excesses committed by the lower orders of
the population against our brethren on the late
Evacuation Day, call imperiously for some more
protecting laws in our favour. Among the many
cases which have reached us, we shall cite the
following : a decent coloured female walking on
the Battery, was barbarously knocked down by a
gang of desperadoes: a waiter, while handing re-
freshments to the officers; was served in the same
manner under their immediate eyes; another was
almost beaten to death, &c. &c. dec. Ought
such excesses to be allowed in our city ? Though
as individuals we are oppo&ed to wasting our
time so unp'roritably as viewing parades, still, we
contend, that our brethren in comnion with other
citizens, ought to have the privilege of spending
their time as they think proper, unmolested by
any body of men, while they, infringe upon none,
of the laws.

FR03I THE GEN IDS Of U- EMANCIPATION.

SLAVERY.

Mr. Editor. — In my last, I made the asser :
tion that, presuming on the ignorance and
st upidity of their coloured population in the
Southern States, no danger could hereafter
be apprehended. They seem willing to close
their eyes to passing events— for them the
page of history is not suffered to unfold itself ;
wherein they might see, that states and em-
pires, have, like themselves, been Hind to
their true situation ; and nothing will arouse
fhem from this lethargic slumber, but the
bursting a.sunder of those chains, with which
they have fettered,' that unfortnnate part of
the human family. Who, let me ask, were
the Generals that commanded the armies of
the Republic, in the days of - Cromwell ?
From what grade of society, did France dur-
ing the Revolution procure her Marshals,
was it not from the common people ? Who
was Toueaaint. Dessulmea, and a number of
other generals who acted so prominent a part
in the Revolution of ■H--.yti,~were they not
domestic slaves? Who, the muster spirits
that achieved the Revolution in Colombia
and Mexico? What is Bolivar, SUCRE,
PA EZ SOU BLITT1S, &c ? Is it not ajfact thai
a preat majority of the oncers of ,the army
and novy ofCpkrnbia and Mexico, are of that
class so much despised and ill treated by you ?
What is the complexion of (he common soldiery
tf these slates '? Has not the independence of

threatened to visit them with an army, which
they know, whenever it once obtains! a foot-
ing on their shores, from its complexion will
be the harbinger of freedom, and give a death
blow, to the pursuit of the slave.— In this ro,
•peet, their fears are not groundless, the aw-
ful reality to them is near, their crimes have
nearly . reached their climax, their cup is
nearly full, tho day of retribution is at hand
—the hands which now hold the reins so
tight, and embraces the lash, whose incessant
application, produces those luxuries, an'd af-
fords a profusion of products from that prolific
soil, will.find their nerves unstrung, apd a fi
hal overthrow of that,tyranicul power at pres-
ent used, will be realized. When that day
arrives, (and it is not far distant,) in which
the whole of the West Indies will present to
hs/as in the case of Hay ti isevineed, govern-
ments wielded by that population, thought by
6ur southerners to be defiicient of physical
powers, and a capacity of self organization ;
then may "our southern planters anticipate the
time of their trial as drawing near.
; As it is acknowledged that the gradual
Emancipation of their slaves is the only re-'
source left by which this evil is to be averted,
and that this can only be accomplished by
their own consent, nothing it is to bo feared
will ever prompt to this act of self preserva-
tion, to the achievement ufthis act of justice,
their consciences scared by a long course of
oppression, its dictates'ahd operations will be
disregarded, and \|hen this day arrives,
Which is to test whether freedom or slavery
is to be perpetuated, the chain apparently in-
terminable will be found to have an end.

This grfeat evil — this national sin — even
now affects our standing as a nation, already
unfriendly iVelings are beginning to show
themselves.toward us from this cause, by our
more consistent republican neighbors ; in my
next I shall endeavor to explain their source.

• . Z.

Summary

; Sickness. — An alarming fever prevails in
Washington, Ga. by which many of the most
respectable inhabitants have been swept away,
-j — Fire at Mobile.— The hie fire at Mobile
destroyed property to the amount of a million
a »d a quarter of dollars. Aboqt 300 build-
ings were consumed. jPor&.^-Pork.'has

been selling at Petersburg!), Va. as low as 4
dollars a ban el ! : — — -Suicide.— On the third
irtst. an inquest was held on the body of Mar-
tin Wildmao, of Lower Makefield, Ga. who
Was found suspended by the neck on the

vyagon house by a pair of plough lines.

Mad Dogs.— Two young men and several cat-
tle, it is stated in a Vermont paper, have been
bjtlen by a wad dog in Madison county; the
cattle had died.- — —Matrimony, — J. Allen,
editor of the Switzerland (N Y.) Guest, res-
pectfully intorms his patrons, that on the
ejening of I he 2d inst. he left the barren isl-
and of Crtibacy, and by joining himself to
Miss Jane B< nnel, lauded on the salubrious

ieland of Matrimony. Twenty fifth State.

-4Il is considered that the- territory of Arkan-
sas' has the 'population necessary to authorise

,it$ admission as a state into the Union.

Debtors. — From January, 1825, to November,
lc27, being twenty-thrjio months, nineteen

hundred and seventeen persons have been re-
ceived into the debtor's jaii in this city! !— -
iNew Animal. — A hideous looking animal, sup-
posed by some to be a sea-dog, and by other
a pea-lion, was caught about two miles below

Montreal. Disaster. — An unfinished build-

inir in Greenwich, N. Y. was blown over, by
which accident three men were killed

Economy.— Th& Trustees of the Lyceum, at
Gardiner, Me. have made such arrangements
that all the scholars of the institution, who are
so; disposed, may pay the whbte-of their ex-
penses by their own exertions in vacation.-—
Miens.'— According to the late census there
arb more than thirty thousand alun-tnlidhi-

tants jn this city.- Grog Shops.---ln thi

city there are three thousand gr«g shops I i
censed by law. The expense of the city poo*
about 80.000 dgllars annually; three-fourths
lol'iWbich may be ascribed tp intemperance.—
.'£Vjrl#ity.-~Froin,an acre and a half of ground
a person in Norwich', Conn, has raited; one
•••-jr --■ --- — jjiujudred and fifty bushels of Bhelled corn, and
their cotintr from the vassalage and bomlage ;fi V b wa gon loads of winter sq sashes.— — -
of Old Spam; been- accomplished by troaps ;! iilhveru ^— The Franklin Lodge at Danville,
composed ot.uegroes; mulattoes and iudians? jjgJ, have adopted a resolution that the: Do-
Froin what s=f)-:r<;e did Bolivar derive that aid, ^slic Slave Trade \* inconsistent with the
when fortune seemed to desert his standard, PprhkMples of the' craft," and have opened a
did not Hay tL furnish him vUth MEN and j c 0 &pondence on the subject with other.

MONEY, and enable him when the contest iMges in that state. -Cotton Manufac-

was seemingly hopeless, by a daring effort, I tiAj.—A meeting was lately held at Freder
with a handful of scble followers, to achieve lictigburf, Va. to consider the expediency of
the final emancipation of his native couutry ? : establishing a cotton roanufactory on the Palls
Have we not m\ evidence here of what may Ihe Rappahannock, near that city.—
be accomplished, through the instrumentality > Shkpwreck^The schooner Ann, Allen, from
of these people. Already do the jdave hoi- ^nW&lo, with fourteen persuus on board; in-
fers of Cuba tremble, whenever s fleet is de : dJding passengers, is iaid to have beon lost,

'■cried, from their shores— frora |.what tourco an j only one boy.smwd fteiu tire wreck:

o,t this meawaess f ? r< e itself iipon thjm, « A vt9 io a go0 \ gtt te ^ t pr es< r^iim

have not tb^ nations Ur' wbon I 'nw^tllttie^ h^nfmilh^ing a .wetfin York, U

C. at the depth vX 32 feet from the surface —
Substitute.— A Bostonian recommends earhr
rising and exercise in the open air in the-
morning, as a-substituto for ardent spirits.—
rfb8conded.—A young man residing in St. Al-
banj, of thu name of Anson Field, has ab-
sconded with 3000 dollars entrusted to him to
carry to the bank of Burlington,on the $lst ult

— Singular Fact.— The Worcester Mu-

tual Insuiauce Company, was organized and
commenced issuing policies in May 1824
three and a half vears since. It has insured
to tho amount of severi hundred thousand dol-
lars on buildings and property, in all parts of
the country, and yet it has never sustained

the loss of a single dollar by 'fire. Amus-

tw.g.-r-There is a correspondence in the Balti-
more Patriot, between two rival brick makers
which; is amusing beyond all example. li
one of the letters there are no less than five
different practical quotations, and the prose is
if possible, still more poetical than the verse*
- — -Travelling.— 450 passengers came down
from Albany to this city on Friday last, in the
Constellation, and on the following day 520

came 'in the North America. -—Caution.

A lady travelling from Montreal to St. An-
drew's, with an infant child, wrapped it up so
close to keep it from the cold, that on alight-
ing from the stage, she found hiss lifeless.—
Rev. Dr. M'Jluley -We understand that the
Rvv. Dr. M Auley has declined accepting the
invitation of the Trustees of the Transylvania
University, to aaiume the Presidency of that

institution. A good Soldier.— Mr. Icha-

bod Dean of Taunton, has performed military
-luty thirty one years, under ten different'eap-
tains, and never missed a training.— Suicide.-
mr. James Meron, of- Eiizabetbtown, Lan-
caster county, drowned himself lately, in a
small pond of water about ten feet deep; Dis-
appointment led him to intemperence, and in-

tempereance drove him to suicide. « —

Notice.— The Lodi Pioneer, printed in this
state, but we really cannot fihd out in what
county, advertises thus for a hopeful boy:—
An active Lao, AGED xiv. or xv. wishing
to make a trial at riding post, sawing Wood,
feeding pigs and learning 4k to print," "is want-
ed at this office.- Elopement-^. A little

boy of 15, eloped last week from Berkshire,
Mass. with a young lady of 19, The twain
were made one. The City Inspector re-
ports the death of 107 persons during the week
ending on Saturday the 24th; inst. vks. 42 men,
26 women, 23 boys, and 17 girls. The deaths
in Philadelphia during the same period, were
68.

2IMItRl£D,
In thisrjty, by the Rev. Benjamin Paul, Mr.
Aaron Lent to Mss Betsey Cefftr^—Mr. Cy-
rus. Ha> den to Miss Mary Commoore Mr,

Cfiarles Sylvester to Miss Phebe Jameson.

DIED,

In this city on the 27m inst. Mr. Benjamin-
Ga/e, aged 39, a native of Baltimore.

NOTICE — A communication having appeared
in the Frcndom'i Journal/' of October 152th, in
which a certain woman whe signs herself, " Jann
Stej/henif," takes the liberty of appearing before
the public as my wife, and denouncing me on ac-
count of. subsequent abandonment, as '• a base,
mean, false and unprincipled man"; regard to my
own character, apd respect to my many frionda
through the country, call upon me to lay a true
statement before the public.

For a correct understanding of the subject, it is
necesBary to premise oertain events, which the
eaid Jane Stephens, alias Jane Mushit has seen
proper to introduce in- her insolent notice. In
the year 1813, I was married by the Rev. Mr.
Conner of Maryland, to MUs Anne, Johnson, with
whom I lived in peace and harmony until particu-
lar business called tne to a distant, part - of the
country. Not'' succeeding in my expectations,
and unable from" want of funds to return at th«
time appointed, I was much astonished in 1817,
at the receipt of a . letter from my wife, which in-,
formed mo tbaf she -had 1 married a man by th«
name of'Stophen Broadwater, belonging to Acco-
mack county, Virginia. !■

: In the year 1 6^3, my wife who had now becoma .
Mrsl. liroadwatnr died : sinffe which, time I have
remained a ein^lo man, notwithstanding Jan*
Stephena, alias Mushit, has the audacity toetyla
herself my wife '*. . .

I have deceived no woman, nor defrauded any
man, as the many friends who TtnoW me in this
and other cities 'can; testify.' Jane Stephen's alias
Mushit, always knew from the first of our ac-
quaintance, , that 1 was a married man, and it apj
pears somawiut- foolish ; and ViUy . tocome be-
fore the publie at this' late period, pleading ignor-
ance of certain facts which she must: certainly
have known. Jane Mushit . has .never been my
wife, and of course can have no rfrht to assarao
the name of Jane Stephen's. As tor the friends
who havo advised Miss Jane MuskU to pursao the
course which she, has, Ijtbiuk U would become
them to look at home, paying no attention to my
affairs: and by so -doing, j I' am sure tbey would
gain more credit to theuuflive*.

J.UlSfi STEPHEN

New-York, Nov. 2?? W

15$

POETRY.

FOB THE FREEDOM S JOURNAL.
, STANZAS.

JVeu* Classificatipn.-*-A married ladv; aJlu-
lihg in conversation to the. J48tb P#af^/.bbJ

Adieu to the land of my childhood, adieu !

The l*st sig^J °£ feeling swells tbndly to you . uiumimu hi uue mi wiV'tn wkuwik »orisw i

served^ tha> whjle " young men and maideney
old me^, and , cl tilHt;«s|nV' were expires sly, mejri-
tioned, not a ^bi'dLwas'^aid/abput.^awfed,
women. An of d clergyman, ^hom she wik
addroseinjjr aspired her that they Had not
( bf.'pn omitted, and thot she would find them
! included in tine of the preceding 'verses un.

Though distant;

But I ne'er, shall revisit that dear spot again, ' , Btcaar^J-r^Fonlques dc. Neuily, a celebra
■Where lore, joy, and friendship long held their*' tod preacher of his day, .addressing. himself

reign, • j in a prophetic ,6tyle to . Richard I. ,King of

Whtre the smiles that for ever affection bestow, ,. England, told him-he had three daughter* to
Are the smiles that no absence nor time can j m4 ^ and t |, ttt /,f he diO 'in'ot dispose of therh

fot*>k°- ; soon, God.would punish him severely. •' Yop

m t i e ' 4i.^ m „„ J.- are a false prophet* said ihe king } " Toave

Though for other scenes may my weary eye ^.frufttot* '"Pardon me, sir- replied the

Tot the sight of my home would be far, far mofo I priest,, "your majesty has three, Ambition,
swe et ; i i Avarice, and Luxury; get rid of them a^ fast

Nor the graadeur, nor pageant that courts cojojfd ; as possible/else assuredly some great misfor-
accord, i j \

Be half what one glimpse of tby shores would af-
ford. Rosa.-

JOB THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.
LINES ON A DECEASED FRIEND.

How solemn was the closing scene,
W hen she yielded her last breath;

How sweetly beamed the smile serene
Upon the cheek of death.

Her Iorely hope no fears could blight,

No pain her peace destroy;
She viewed above, the beams of light,

A pure and laBting joy.

Her body/is numbered with the dead,

Her soul has taken its flight,
■Far from this sinful world has fled

For ever from our sight.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

IMPROMPTU :

ON THE DEPARTURE OF

Propitious be the gales that waft thee,
To southern clime, to peaceful home,

Thy smile, perhaps, may never greet me,
Or friendship .tempt thee, here again to roam.

Conld I but once more meet thi»e eye, :
That ever beain'd with fond delight, '

That kindly look when I was nigh,

Seems now to' meet me gay and bright:

I muse till fancy brings thee near,
Though boundless oceans do. us sever,

I turn to gaze on one so dear.
And find thou'rt gone from us for ever.

HartUet.

VARIED IBS.

Hint to Parents.— The want of punctuality
in your children's attendance at school, is
perhaps, one of the greatest impediments
that He in the path of their improvement.—
detaining a child an hour in a day, tir in
a week, or a few days in a month, may ap-
pear at the first view, to be but a small evil,
and pregnant with no very serious conse-
quences. But it is, in fact, like •* the j little
foxes among your choicest vin< s," and fljir be-
yond your calculation, impedes their growth.
Aj.udiciou8 teacher" has every member of his
school systematically classed, & every poriod
of time appropriated to particular recitations
and instructions. With these regulations which
are indispensable to a well governed school,
*he tardiness of one scholar, though it be* but
one half hour, disturbs the whole system, and
costs him. whatever respectable standing he
may have gained in his class. We will say, 1
this teacher has succeeded in gettinjg his
mind warmly engaged witlj his class, ^n ge-
ography, grammar, , arithmetic, or whatever - . „
hUnmy be: he is then detained a dayj from 'fae preacher ! Why— why— u?hy- Charlotte!—
school, his class has in the mdnn time recited Charlotte. ! This beats our archbiihoi>!».

tune will be. the consequence." 41 Jf.it roust
he so then," eafd . the king, wjth a sneer, " I
give iny Ambition to the Templars,' my Ava-
rice to .the.; Monks, and my Luxury to the
Prelates." J. '•

Halley and Sir Isaac Newton .—Halley the
great mathematician dabbled not a little in
infidelity ; he, was .rather too-fond of introdu-.
cing the subjpet, apd once when he had des-
canted somewhat freely on . it, in the pres-
ence of his friend Sir Isaac Newton, thejat-
tercut bimjshort with this observation. "I
always .attend, to you. Dr. Halley,, with the
greatest deference when you do us the ho-,
nour to converse, on astronomy or the mathe-
maticsj because these are . subjects you have.,
industriously investigated, and .which you
well understand, but religion is a subject on
which I always hear 'you with pain, because.,
it is one which yon have not seriously exam-;
ined, and therefore do not comprehend ; you
despise it because you have- not studied it,
and you will not study it because you despise
it"

The Dream — A dissolute Irish gentler
lleman having dreamed that he saw a fat cat,
a blind cat, ani'a lean.eat, in company, . was 1
reporting this vision of the night before to his
son, and wondering what- it could' mean.
.'" Father, if vou will not be angry," answered:
the son,. " I will explain it.-— The fat cat it
your Rteward, 1 the' blind cat is yourself, and
the lean cat, your dutiful son and heir appa-
rent; for if you suffer the steward to go on as
he haa done,.: he mus* get fat/ you : must be
blind, and I be lean froov want."

.Anecdote of President Oavies.—Thh great di-
\'ine originally a poor boy of Hanover, Va. but -
for his extraordinary talents and ; piety, early
advancedlothe professorship of Princeton •col-
lege, crossed the Atlantic to solicit means of
completing* that noble institution. His fame
as a mighty inan of God had arrived before
him. '. He was, of course, speedily invited up
to the pulpit. ' From a soul at once blazing
with gospel light and burning/ with divine
love, his. style of speaking was so strikingly
superior 'to that of the cold sermon readers of
the British metropolis, that the town was
presently running: after him. There wfis no
.getting' into the churches where be was to
preachi The coriches of nobility 6tood in
glittering ranks arotiud the; long neglected
walla- of Zion ; and even 1 ' Qcor $e " the. Third
with his royal ictinsort, borne away. by' the
holy epidemic, boca'me humble hearers of the
.American orator.- Blest with a clear, glassy
voice, sweet' ai the notes of the Harmonica,
and loud as the battle kindling trdmpet, he
poured forth the pious ardour of hjs soul with
such forceifthat ihq honest monarch could not
repress his emotions; but starting from his
seat" With 'rolling eyes and agitated manner,
at every burning ; period he would exclaim,
loud enough to be heard half way over the
church, " Fine 1'Jine. I.fint preacher ! faith a

Economy is the Road to Wehlth, <>•
And -a Penny Saved w as good as twoPennys
earned.
THEN CALL AT THE

CLOTHES DRESSING ESTAB-
. \\ LISHMENT,
MMES GILBERT,

Who.bas removed from 411 to 424 Broadway,
and continuss. as- usual . to carry on the ClotheB
Drcssirig in a correct and systematical style ,■ hav-
ing a pferfect knowledge, of the Business, having
been legally b: ed to it, his mode of Gleaning and
Dressing Co4ts> Pantdloons, &c. is by- Steam
Sponging, which is the only correct system of
Cleaning, which he will warrant to extract all
kinds of Stains, Greate-Spots. Tar, Paint, &c. or
no pay | will be taken .

■ N.|B The public are cautiofied against the im-
posture of those who attempt the Dressing of
Clothes, by Stetm Sponging, who are totally un-
acquainted with the* Business, as. there arc many
Establij-bmenti which, have recently been opened
in thiVcity.

All kinds of Tailoring Work done at the
above place.

; AU clothes left to be cleaned or repaired will be
good fop one year. and one day, if not olaimed in
t hat tim e, they will be sold at public atlction.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

MRi GOLD, late of Connectitut, takes' this
method of informing, the coloured population of
this cit^, that he leaches English Gramm-ar, upon
a new and improved plan, by which a pupil of or-
dinary- {capapity, may obtain a correct and thor-
ough knowUdge ot the principlw of the English
language, by attending to the study thereof, two
hours ih a day in six weeks., He would be willing
to teac|i a class of coloured persons, either in the
day or in the-evening ^as may suit their conveni-
ence 1 ;) jarid hif terms v>ill be such, that no one de-
sirous to learn will have cause to be dissatisfied
withtiem. -.: , ,

Persons wishing to flvail themselves of this op-
portunity of learning English Grammar .will ploase
to call upon.the Rev. BvPaol,No. 6, York-street,
or the iiev. P-. WiclUm's (J8, Crosby-street, with
whom also the names of those, who determine up-
on becomiug pupils of Mr. Gold, will be left. '

Novj 16, 1827. ' '

A CARD.
Rgspectfolly infonhs }m frienrlsy nnd

tho public generally, that his House, No.. 152
Church-ttrcct, is still open for the acip/nwodation
of gentrel persons of colour, with

BOARDING U LODGING.

Grateful for past favours,, he soljcitjj a con.
tinuanci of the same. II is, house is. in a healthy'
and plea&ant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
pense will bo spared on hia part, to render the in*
tuations of those who honour, him with their pa-
tronage, as comfortable as pos'sible.
_New-York, Sopt. 1827,' 26-3m

EXPIRATION of the liime for redeern-

;ing LANDS for TAXES in )626.— Comi-t roll-
er's Offick, Albakv Oct. 17, 1827.— Public no-
tice is hereby, given, that tho time for redeeming
tho Lands sold for County Taxes and tho United
States' Direct Tax and Assessments for makind
Roads, will expire on tho 27th|day of April next;
and that Unless tho lands sold by tho Comptroller
at his last sale in 1826, aro redeemed <m or before
the 27th day of April next, they, will be conveyed
to the purchasers. ■ W. L. MARCY,

Comptroller.
N. B. Lists of such. LANDS in each County
as had been fold,. and were not redeemed at the
date of the above hoiice, have been transmitted te
each County Treasurer, *ehosc duty it is to pub-
lish the same in one or paptirs in the County of
whicli he is Treasurer. 'I hosh interested aro re-
ferred to such lists to ascertain if their LANDS,
have been sold and remain unredeemed.

three or four lessons beyond him, so that
when he returns he has lost sight of them,
and must stand hack . in a class' by hirhselfv
Thus hir hopes of preferme-'t are all frustra-
ted and his ardour and ambition all wasted.
Kbw this is a sore evil in the eye- of an jimbi-
teous teacher, and must be still sorer to the
ifceiings of parents who desire the improve-
ment of their children. :

-OA, my eye and Btlly Martin Ma|ny pf
onr most popular vulgarisma have- their origin
in eotne whimsical perveraioin of language or
#f fact: St. Martin it one of the worthWa in
the' Romish calendar ; and a form of prayer
to fym begins with these words, '* Ok, mild
beaie Martin*?* which by. eome desperate fel-
low, who waj move fTpne to punmng than
praying, has furnwhed the plebian phrase ao
well known is tlu» modem gwcIm of feprae
langhwr. t

Why Charlotte t TUis heats ,our arfihbiihop-
The people all stared at the King. T^e man
of God made a full 'stop, and. fixipg bis eyfes
upon him, as would a tender parentupo/^k
giddy' child'! cried . aloud, " when the! Jio;ti
roars the beasts in. the forest tremble i
when the Almighty speaks, let the kings of
the earth keep: silence.*?. The monarch
shiunk bfick into hi* seat, and behaved dur-
ing the jest.Jof the discoprte, with the, roost
respectful attention. The next .day; he eent
for Davies; an.d atjter complimenting hirh high-
ly as an ** honed prlncfer" prAnred hin» A
check of ahumdred guineas ^ for hU i college, ;

A short time ago the manager of Badlen 1
WeiU. vrilhihf to make, an alteratiun w hit
billv *eitf an old one, with the corrections
niirked on the mirgirij to the printer In a
few 4aya, a:>roof w?«,%wjir<Jed to Mr. I>jb-
btn/vvhen he reM thni>-r * voder the ^ patron-
ajfe of hit Royal Higbnfii tfe Dukii pf C4ar-
jfaeitiOTd High P*tr<

trdit of Eogland^ asd M-

SCHOOL NOTICE.

THE subscriber wishes to return thanks
to his frientla, or the liberal encouragement of
patronizing his school ; and. would bo. permitted
to say, he still continues to teach in the same
place, and hopes, by inpreased ! erertions, to merit
a share of public encouragement. The branche*
attended. to are Rendingi Writing, Cyphering, Ge-
ographjy, English Gramniar, and Natural PJiiIoso»
pny. And to the females Needle Work:
'■ - JEREMIAH GLOUCESTER,,

Philadelphia, Oct. 26. ' ' 34

! G. Si R. DRAPER,
! (Coloured Men,)'

In Forest-street, BALTIMORE, Manufacture
AI/L ki.nbs or

Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,,
Scotch, Rappfe, U Maccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American
CIGARS.
N. !B. The above ,'gentlemen have sent me
a large Box of their TOBACCO, for sale, nnd
shouldj.the dxporimenli" liccecd, they can supply
any quantity of all th<j articles. 30
! SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

j EVENING SCHOOL.
AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened on the 15th of Octo-
ber next; in the African School-Hoom iirMul-
berry^tro.et ; wbereiwill be taught
REAblNG, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GE0GRAPHY,&c.
TeAmi, Three Dolors per Quarter, payable in
ddvaDtee. Hotirt from 6 to half past 8 o'clock.
- Befit 1* " ' - 2tf

NOTICE.
T.Hf " African. Mutual Instruction

L.WD FOR SALE.
THE sub8eribcr is authorised to offer to hi*
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Laud,
at less than one half its value, provided they will
take measures to settle, or hpe it settled, by co-
loured farmers. The land is in the state of Ne\\>
York, within 70 miles of the jcity : its location <a-
dolighkful, being' on the banks of the Delaware '
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading 1 , from the Delaware
to the Hudson rivpr passes through the tract, o-
poning a. direct navigation to New-York city, ""be

Kassage to either city may be made in *>na.day ,er
jss. The land is of the best quality, and welt'
timbered.

The subscribe, 1 hopes that some of his bretb-
ron, who are capitalists, will at least invest 500 or-:
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such hewilltske
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by .coloured men,) though it
has beca selling for $25. He also takes the liberty,
to observe that the purcha'sc will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form*
od by. coloured: families, would, bo conducive of
much good : With this object i.n view ho will in* .
vest 500 dollars in the purchase .

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.
Now-York, March 20. ' j . ;

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AUTH-OIllSE» AjQERTS* '

Rev. S. E. Counish, General Agent 1 .- * !
.l/<rt««~C;Stockbridge, Esq. North Yariaofltk
Mr. Reuben Ruby, Portland, • . . ' >
Massachusetts— Mr, David Walker, Boston; Rft't '.

Tlwma.s Paul,do.— Mr. Jjohii Remohd, Saleft-
Conneciicut—m.- John. Shields, New-Hano;*' .

Mr Isaac C. Glasko, Norwich. . . > * ■
Hhodfi'ItUtnd-Mt. George p. Willis, Projiflcyf*'.;
Pennsylvania— Mr.FraneisVi'ebb, Pluljptdelpl^a-I
SocWtv, fbr tfae instruction of coloured' Adults, J 1 ') ^p'l£n Smith, Colombia. M^^J
of Sexes,'' have re-opehed their SCHOOL ^^^-Meisrs. R.Cowley &; H. Gnat, Ml

DijfL of Columbia— Mr. J. W, Prout. WaahH 1 ^
—Mr Thomas Brnddock, Alexandria:

on Mis* *v',|3vijiWifia, October 1st,' at their former
Sbbcxjd-Room, under the Manner's Church, in
Kb^iveH-street The -School will be open on
cYmy Monday, Wednesday and Friday Evenings,
it baff paet ^clodt. ■ -

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bejtaltght to Re.d, Write and Cypher, until thp
first 4C AprU, 18»; iBir the *b»11 «am of ooe dpl-
laf i to o# paid on earing; the school.

Alt eyly application, it requested, as thera will
band aUoariioce made for past time.
Mtto Woody f James Myers,

W&iutm F. Joh%s&m t Jrnold TJzit,
%>\M; Ai 'riemmi \ . Henry Kutg,

I- ! ' " ■ '' Tnuten* ■

A«w- York— Rev. Nathaniel; ftn\M)&*&jmt :
R. P. G. Wright, Schene^ady.~Aiirt&K^li*
ard, Rwhester^Rev. W ; .f ;Wil«aj^'Jr1igf|?

Stew-Jersey— Mr. Theodore S. Wri

ton—Mr .Tames ft'Ow*,.^*.^-^.,!

Rev, B. F. Hughes, ^fwark-Miv I^HP

Scottl Trenton. . - ;

rirgini£-Mr. W. D. BanUst,FradericW^^: J !

Rev. R. Vaughii-WiAmvud '
EffGLAND— Mr. Saaiuet Thoroas, LitsrfMli ;
tfoy«i.-WiR Gardmer. Peii-a»-Pf»f#f (';

RIGHTEOUSNESS ( ;EXALTETH A NATION"

BY Ji\ T 0, B. RUSSWUm

GENERAL VIEWS
Of the Abolition Society of tftqrk Countyt
Ohio, adopted at a regular . Meeting, held
November 3, 1827,

Preparatory to theAbwljtion ofsSlavery in
the United States,' we apprehend it necessa-
ry tor Lhe real friends of freedoiji, the patri-
otic and humane, to make a candid exhibi
tion of their views ; in order to promote, as
f;,r as possible, Unanimity in. sentiment, uiid
mutual co-operation. It seems likewise im-
portant, to ascertain, by free investigation,
through what prejudice or apathy the" atro-
cious evil is pri' t iptiily supported, at the pres-
ent time, thai they may give to their combined
efforts the most salutary direction. We offer
;iio other. apology for pesenting to the public,
the following 1 concise remarks:

All arguments in suppo-t of tyranny and in-
justice, must necessarily be -sophistical ir
the e'ye'of reason, naked and deformed. Ac-
cordingly, one sing le pretext for holding- the
African race in bondage, lias long sustained
the execrable crime. But its advocates, by
the genius of liberty, like the shades of the
nijrht, by the beams of the morning* have been
pursued from the mountain to the plain, from
the plain to the valley, and hence to the
cave$ of the ground.

it was maintained, at the commencement
of the slave trade, that its victims ware not of
the human species, but a distinct, inferior race
of animals, prepared by nature for the sphere
of servitude. Their talents, however, and
.greatness of mind, which seemed to rise even
above their opportunities, deprived the op-
pressor, in a short time, pf this miserable ex-
cuse. In order to silence the demands of
jrsticeand philanthropy, recourse was. had,
in the next place, to precedent and the order of
nature. It was contended, that there, must be
; newer 3 of wood' ai'n f'U fiifota : vf-'-***4i^**n4\
the ranks of master and slave, in the very na-
ture of things. The usuge of every age and
nation was produced, in illustration of the
maxim. White particular stress was thrown
upon the statutes of Moses, and the practice
of the patriarchs. By the increasing light of
liberty, and h better develo; ement of the nat-
ural rights of man, has this delusion also been
dispelled. But, unfortunately for the suffer-
ing sons of Africa, — for th'e infatuated mas-
ter, who offers himself a voluntary prey to
midnight insurrection, and for the nation at
iar°"e, connected by its rotten members-
■fortunately, this fallacious subterfuge was not
the last ! For the nefarious custom is now ritf-
feuded u: on the ground of nkckssity. And
this, we t-pp.ei.enJ, to be the principal
ground.

This, then, is the quarter towards which
abolition societies, and all she force of phi-
lanthropy should be turned. This is the
tower to which the public mind should be fed
up, m order to cxamin? its strength. Con-
trolled by such .i view of the subject, we shall
■enumerate a few considerations, to which the
\ society would respectfully invite attention.

1. The proposition of necessity in the ab-
stract.

2. ' The assumption that slaves are legal
property - .

3. The power of state legislatures, and the
piecedent which t>©ms have already afforded.

4. The r.rtfice of the Southern states, in
exciting prejudice snd fears with regard to
the biacks. and strengthening . themselves
with fund from the free' states^

/5. The pecuniary advantages of a system
«f free labour, and' the facility and safety pf
its introduction. /

G. The injustice, impossibility, and impoli-
cy of separating the two complexions in the
fcoutii; but.

7. The establishment of freedom in the
south, a means, and the only means, of remo-
ving the coloured population from the -north
and west.

Frt»m an investigation of these points alone,
we trust it will be apparent to all concerned,
f-or interested in the momentous question,, that
nothing b;jt mjdiscerninar prejudice, mistaken
self interest, or fat J delation, can advocate
the impracticability of radical emancipation.
We commence, i hen —

Firsts With n eccssity in the .abstract. The
advosates of this doctrine argiie thus : " The
present generation in the slave.states, didjiot
Produce the system of involuntary servi-
tude : they are fully convinced of its junjwli-

cy and wickeclne,8s--but it is impossible fot
«the t ro \o ^eqetle. Should the master hav^
the blind liuipapity to manumit h'fs slaves,
they would recompense his kindness by the
.murder of himself and family, or carry rebel}
lion and terror into the other states. " What
admirable logic is this! How naked is despo
tism in its best apparel ! Wsb the aiuhoi; of
such a sentiment altogether unacquainted'
with the universal principle, Mqi tfkt jkegrts
its like? or was. he prepared in tits' own heart

to treat "those .persons with contempt and
abuse from whom he anticipate}! enmity and:
outrage ?

Yet preposterous as this ; doctrine must ap i
pear, it has met with too general reception,;
and has lulled the philanthropist, the patriot,
and the christian to sleep. Though origin-
ally the voice of shame and conscious guilt,
in the, south, it ha* been re T echped by the
interested or the •superficial, till it drowns, at
this moment, the groans of the .slave and
to tba requisitions of hti manit y, from ^fai lie
the Mississippi. But is there enough of
ignorance and corruption m community, to
hear it .'anger with sufferance? We. presume
there is not: As it is completely calculated
to expel virtue from her sacred dominion ;
while it arms vice with the sword of fatality,
and the shield of predestination. It teaches
without disguise, that preservation will result
from injustice and outrage — but danger from
equity a>d mercy—" That it is expedient to
do civil. -in order that good may come !"

Secondly— It is argued, and admitted by
too many, that slaves art propcrltj.

union; they are just as capable to deliver (he tyranny And Providence has in equity de-
nahonf(om jts guilt, and shame and danger, sigh. A that .region for his sable cirilaren
At the same tune, there is no doubt hut num.- It must ultimately be theirs In the first
bers ' of the more enlightened of the shyfehof- place, the constitution of the 'whites is'' not
fers.theinselves, would heartily co-operate m adapted to lubour in that climate, and they
the measure. In fact they must necessarily are not inured to it. Hence to remove the
abandon their a riti -republican policy in the , working class, would reduce the country once
south, when the north and the west shall cease ' more to a wild, and the deer and beaver
to justify^ • ; would resume their old dominioti. Arrialga-

jtonrthly, JL.li© artifice of the Southern mation likewise, has been carried so far as
states in exciting prejudice and fears with ie-; securely to defy a separation. There is' n n
gardto the blacks, and strengthening them- j complexion less predominant than the fair

For there are men,, who, leaniug on the laws,
What they have purchased claim a rigid to
hold,

Curs'd.be the tenure ! curs'd its cruel cause!
Freedom's a dearer property than/roW.

- .Thj^ij^Br^

on to withstand legislative intervention, in be-
half of lhe oppressed. It occupies the popu- 1
lar ground of necessity, and is designed to
have the same quieting efficacy, as the plea
derived from danger. We regret that the
Colonization Society, seems to feel and ac-
knowledge thic pretext in its broadest design.

We have neither the power nor the will,"
says Mi. Clay in his speech before the socie
ty, " to affect any one's property contrary
to his wish." flow did " any one" possess
himself of such " property" as the sinews and
bone of Ids equal fellow mortal? Did he wrest
it from the just owner by the strength of his
own rapacious arm? or did he .purchase it
knowingly from the more adventurous robber,
who commenced the unnatural crime? It is a
matter of total indifference, by. what step tho
unlawful acquisition was effected. Liberty is
the unalienable right of every man ; and
whether by violence or by villainy 'jt has'fal-
len into the hands of another, the original
owner who is necessarily present, hns an ev-
erlasting title to demand it. B,ut while one
man- cannot, in righteousness^ become the
property of another, his freedom is, neverthe-
less, the property, and greatest' possible
wealth, of the individual himself^so that who-
ever is accessary 'in wresting. or/Withholding
this invaluable possession from. 1 any < ne,'
has both the ; will and the.Po;wEa to affect
his property, contrary to his wish. And un-
happily, Mr. Clay and the. principal movers of
the Colonization Scheme are exerting that
1 w.ill and power,' to a deplorable extent. It
is not surprising, therefor..-, that they "recog-
nize Uiis principle of defence ; am armour
whieh. has been but too Victorious; against' the
march of moral feeling, light arid justice.
But gentlemen who propoxate or utibibe this
sentiment, are undoubted iy interested or
hasty in the crmclusion : For,

Thirdly* 'If all men are born equal, and free-
dom is the natural right ofalJ,'th''n the .secu-
rity of that 'right' for all,'is pb^injy yyilhih the
^hereof legislation. Did all' the slave hold-
ers in the state of New- York, voluntarily man-
umit their slaves ? . If no, tb« law \vas superflu-
ous. But the trulh is. their \* pretended* prop-
erty Was an^cted contrary , to theirwish;; which
must be^ the case with thcuisands iii ,all i the
slave Maf^^

proud standing of their sistei.v Jt vvas far the

proud standing of their sistei.v it \vas lor the
moat part, the cor^t ti'Teelin^p ^Owifiy bf%"
nori-slayeholding .popuia\ion, ..w.pJeK accqm-,
plisjiedi. in that sjate, the niftTOP^We object t
and could thesaniie claj»,6fcitizens^e'brflught
to act with .eone'etf aW entigy throi^hout the

selves with fuikis froin* 'tlie free slate?, .
proof that they are aware of their critical sit-
uation, and might be driven, ere long, to the
glorious alternative of justice. All the move
ments support us in this conclusion ; and their
agents^ sent.'abroad in every directjon,. confirm
it. They hatch and brood upon visionary
dangers and evils, which emancipation might
carry into the ' Tree states, 'and Attempt, by a
species of legerdemain, to, represent our re-
publican interest, as engrailed upon their rot-
ten'trunk of despotism. Then, painting the
feartul increase of the oppressed, who are
ready to hurst from their enthralling' chains,
into the- sphere of men and citizens, they re-
admonish us that such an event, would bring
ruin and infamy upon the nation :

For nature formed the negro for disgrace
i And ' stamped upon him the indexible stig-
nia of — a dark skin ! And having brought 'us
in this manner, to dread and despise this much
injured portion of our fellow, beings, they con-
jure us to send money, to the slaver that he
tnajr banish to Liuuria the moxt enlightened
of his slaves, and prevent their increase ; that
he may not' he compelled to di.sgrsce himsv'lf
and us, and jeopardize his country, by 'the ac
knowiedgement and restoration of their nat-
uj'al >;ighti. . '

i "TlresS aSertiohs are not prompted h ima-
|pioj»ry.bnjLyea» danffaj- — r*--J» 1 «-rwig-tii»7ii «r
their just rights is dangerous, and not the res-
toration of them— It is dangerous to drive a
strong man to enmity and desperation by
abuse, but wise, through kindness, to secure
him for a friend — sucn are the sentiments how-
ever, and the habits of a majority among
those who are bred in the lap of slavery, that
they will .not emancipate their slaves till
there shall be no evasion. — Till they foresee,
with indubitable ylfcaruess, that the days of
retribution is at hand.— Unless they could be
brought to discover — '

Fifthly — The pecuniary advantage of fret
labour. Such a discovery would bring over
the strong voice of self interest to the side of
justice and duty. And perhaps there is no
position which could be more readily estab-
lished than the unprofitableness of involunta-
ry labor. Estimates from unquestionable
data have determined it. But no higher
confirmation ■ of its truth could be. dssired,
than the comparative decline of the slave
states, and prosperity of the rest. Could the
master be led impartially to examine this
subject, his consequent conviction of his pres-
ent impolitic system .would, put to flight, at
once, the pretended dangers and difficulties
whicu now oppose the introduction of'volun-
taj-y labour in the south;- Forsuch wages as
the phinier.could better afford than tie miser-
able allowance to slaves and the biro of drivers
the negroes w ould commence uV-ir faithful
operations to-morrow ; and with the same or-
der and industry which they exhibit among

Jlgain, By what agency are .2,000,000 of
people, who h <ve ,tak.en so strdng and just
root, and are bound by so many ties of con-
sanguinity, to .be plucked up and removed ?
Can the Colonization Society expect this ?—
While it has been conveying 3 or 400 to Li-
beria, and many of them to an untimely grave,
there ,has been an increase, of more than
30,000. The project' is manifestly a dream.

We would ask the disinterested support
era of Colonization further tb reflect, that the
colored population do not, in the south", ! pre-
sent that incongruity which they do amongst
us.— It was the choice of the whites to intro-
duce them, it was their choice to amalgamate;
and the climate is conspiring to cdrnpile one
swarthy people from the two extremes'., I'hje
negro puts on, it is. true, a more heterogenous
aspect, in the higher latitude of the 'non-slave-
holding states. He is hot willing however,
to be colonized in Africa; and the expense
would be insuperable, and the result probably
ctilimitomjf he were, ft would be no less
than dragging him from- health' and safety in
the most auspicious region in the worlds to the
deserts of the burning zorie ; where the year
is divid ed between drought and inundation ;
where putrid fevers ride on every sun-beam;
and, the yells of insurgent banditti, on every
damn gale of the high*. - OTTtn.OTl'RTs"^^!!' "

Would there beany difficulty in this
W;ould there be any haiard? Are men less
active and faithful under the. stimulus of res-
pectability aud reward, thau under ibe control
of 'indignity ahd the lash? Will they.be Jess
orderly under the .restraint of just and equal
Jaw's, than under .the diction : of cruelty and ar-
bitrary caprice ? It je too preposierous I The.
experiment of our government, on the subject
.ofequal rights,. eugU to haye put every "idea
,tf this nature to shame.' We.cannot beljieve,
without the. greatest effort pf charity, tb^t our
opponents arc sincere.

; Six/%—!The scheme of abpliehing slavery
bya.eoniplote srpat.atipn of the I African from
fjj,4 European blood, in the. southern states is
equally unjust,, impolitic and impossible-.
jPr^tn the, Wpnjent that the, aboriginal owners
We/e. ba rfe' R r0U8jyjjxpelledfro i» lhe toil,;ii has
bepn )Un4er: the culture o 1 the negroes.—
%Py. biW subdned the tangled ferert and the
deep marh. While the whites, iistead of
jtjiyancinj prosperity and .iWprovtnii>ht, have
ratarded tnam by mwc voluptuoaanass and

nan visionary— it js wicked. ,But."
Seventhly. When tlje dark population, who
will be the standard colour in the extreme
south shall come to the possession of their just
rights, the negroes, who from the scourge,
hav«. fled lonely to the'nor'th and : west i and
who live, for the most part, without yrlvas'and
without society, will naturally, and beyohr a
reasonable daubt, return to 'theirbretnren.

Th« question "efore us, fellow-citizans, ii
ona of higher importance than any which had
claimed the attention.of thiscountry since the
revolution: And this, we presume ;.is dispo-
sing of it as Heaven appeavs'to design ; as
justice and mercy dictate, and as philanthro-
py could desire. — And in recommending*
their views ; with a suitabW:defefertce, to thn
friends of Abolition, and the candid. consider-
ation of all, we would ask their most e'filc.ieat
co-operation; to dispel the delusiorfs to which
we advert ; to diffuse light, awaken humanity,
and develope t ie path to Success. ' .And we*
are happy to signify our full assurance, that,
ander a correct view of the subject.ariie, wi'th
suitable tone and direction communicated to
public feeling, our country would stand with-
out an effort, and shake' herself: from thraldom
and disgra.ee.

Also, the further proceedings were ha,d at
said meeting, as follows,:'

Resolved, as the opinion of this society, that
the people of the drstrictiof Columbia, design-
ed as the seat of iour national government,
ought of i ight to be frea, and that no Slave-
ry ought to be permitted jtberein; '

iResolved\ That a committee of 3 be appoint-
ed, to draft a memorial to the Congress of the
U. .States, to. abolish' Slavery! within the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and to circulate the same
for the signature of our fellow citizens. '

Rtsolvtd, That a committee of 5 : members
be appointed, to enquire into- th v e prdbante
oonaequences of the Abolition of Slavery in
the U States, by emancipation : and 'thl 'pro-
bable effects of the continuance of Slavery in
its present general state: in tho Stat#s, at
the end of 1850 and of, 18G0. ' * r

Which res6Iutids were adopted^ and com-
mitter's appointed; ■' ' •' r

jits ! o;I)t. Thomas S. Bolnfield *vas appontei
to deliver an address toJthT^ socictyi at *it»'
next meefjhg on J tKe 1st |3atui day of Atarch
next; mi Wrh. Pbjle; jr, te deliYeranaa*dreit
at ita second Meeting oh the 4th day' of Juljr
next; "When the meciintf adjonrntd. ' •

I

154

iFTtEFHOM'S JOURNAL*

AFRICAN PROVERBS.

The Woloffe, or YolofTs, are a nation of
Slacks who reside on the western coast of
Africa, in the vicinity of the river Senegal.
They live under the government of nn Em-
pertr who ie despotic, and dwell in miserable
fog huts, filled with straw. They can neither
read nor write, and their minds are entirely
uncultivated. Yet they have among them
many proverbs, which shew great acutenesa
of mind, and a sound moral feeling. The fol-
lowing are extracted from a grammar of the
Woloff language, lately published at Pari*,
by M. Dard, who resided a long time and
-still resides among these people.

I. When you saw the palm-tree, the palm
tree had seen you before.

2 The child looks all around and sees no-
thing ; the old man sits on the ground and eeei
every thing.

3. What the child says, he heard at home-

4. The large fruit baobab had a little seed
for his mother.

5. If the small measure only goes to the
store, the millet wili last long.

6. The house-roof fights with the rain ; he
*who in under shelter does not know it.

7. Not to know is bad ; not to ask is worse.

8. If you will ui.c'erstand the beginning,
- you need not trouble yourself about the end.

9. To love the king is well : to be loved by
the king i3 belter.

. 10 If you know the person who is to die
on the same day with you, you will be his
fast friend in this world.

II. What the convalescent refuses, would
please him who \b dead.

12. He who sells bones has no business in
the other world.

13. Were it not for the fingers the hand
would be a spoon.

15. The frogs love to be in water, but not
5a hot water.

10. I have forgotten your name, is better
than I dorCt knotp you.

17 Deny, if you please; but if you see,
believe.

18. Truth, if it rises, will overreach lies,
however numerous.

tained, that the good of the African race
here requires the Society's aid.

In the midst of this general indetermina-
tion and ambiguity, we are called upon to
witness at least a shew of concentrated and
actual intention, as officially expressed by
Henry Clay in a speech at the last annual
meeting of the Society He stated that the
Society wished expressly to avoid touching
the delicate question of slavery, and that its
only object now was, and in future would be,
to keep down the alarming increase of free
coloured people, excepting there was nothing
advocated toby him, or others at the' meeting
worthy of serious noiine, we are therefore at
liberty to consider, that as nothing further en-
gaged the attentibn of the society, allho' con-
vened expressly to consider of and promote,
its real andlegitimate objects, these are the
grand points te which the readers of this jour-
nal are earnestly invited to direct their atten-
tion: in them there is nothing equivocating,
the delicate question of slavery to be spe-
cially avoided, this I should consider super-
fluous, every person knows that the slave hol-
ding interest in the institu'ion would not
permit that to be touched. It is too delicate in
the opinion of the master, and this society,
by any deliberative body to be adverted to.
S'aves are slaves. Let them remain so. So
much; then, -for the frequent assertions of
those who, in advocating the society, never
lose sight of its human tty, and its intention
at some time or other to emancipate all the
slaves in the country.

I now ceme to the positive declaration of
Henry Clay as the organ of the society, what-
ever other views it may have, this is its pres-
ent object, to kep down th- alarming increase
of free persons of colour, or in other words to
prevent the existence or effect 'theremoval of
knowledge, virtue, intelligence, and religion,
from among the coloured population* of the
Southern states, and in so doing, effectually
arrest the advancement of emancipation ; that
is^self-evident,' this is known and believed by
the members of this society, and how com-
pletely analogous this intention to keep down
ho increase of free coloured people is to all
he legislative, enactments of the Southern

4"

Its memory, only, that her loss might, he felt
the more severely, and her eternal sleep be
known to be more happy. She was not one
whose disposition pleased, but by intervals—
when she spoke, her language was went to
please;; to instruct, and engage all who mo-
ved in her' domestic, and justly coveted soci-
ety. She spoke, not as she was to have lived
for ages', but as one whese probationary was
short arid uncertain. She was as a crown of
jewels set upon her husband's head. Her
feet were ever within the precincts of her
own dwelling: unlike most of her sex, she
never uttered but what were the ornaments
of a virtuous mind, that edified and was op-
posed to slander. ;Once my friend, she has
gone the way of mortals. The debt is paid.
Mortality has p t on immortality, and Eliza,
etfui of m

19. The partridge Joves peas, but not those stateg 6 „ pon the subject, how entirely in feel
which go with her into the pot. j • with the practice an d ^hes of sl»ve-hol-

20. The sky is the king of roeves ; the ;dt 6 rg< This increa3e mU8t be kept down, ei-
aight is the queen of shade ; Ihe earth is the .; tJjer b mwg or voUintarr associations. By
queen of beds; the sun is the king ot can- the i aWS 0 f the Southern states, a free man

dies.

21 A ia/.y« connnt shave itself.

22. The child hates liim who gi
he a<ks for.

of colour i9 thrown into prison, and sold into,
slavery, unless he proves his freedom. In
me port vr oimii«un, the moment a free
coloured man arrives, even before he puts his

" . , ■ , £ . UUiUUICU Juan hi <r- »cu m;iijic iiu puia llta

23. Be who. was oo™JJ»e first, has ? fool on B j, 0 re he is imprisoned, and there must

remain until he is prepared to leav* the state,
and the American Colonization- Society, on
the same ground and principles, are eni-«:iv-
ouring to remove them ; and. whatever credit
the charitable, are disposed to give the soci-
ety for purity of intention, the effect and re-
sults cannot be dissimilar or varied, and these
are positive evils to the African race, and un
avoidably tend to render the situation of the
slaves more wretched and abject.

CLARKSON.

greatest number of old clothes.

24. I don't care for the kettle that is nc
boiling, nor for the finger that has no nail.

25. If you tread on the serpent, nobody will
•ay let him alone.

26. When the mouse laoghs at the cat,
there is * hole.

27. ff you don't stay at home, you wid have
so work.

28. The tree that is not bigger than your
•elf, nevertheless puts you in the shade.

The above are thought sufficient to show
Iho spirit, of observation which exists among
those uncultivated people. It would be curi-
ous to know whether our American Indians
have proverbs ; a collection of them, if any
t'aey have would be interesting. We beg
leave to recommend this subject to our In-
dian agents, and others, who reside among
the Indians, or in our frontier settlements,
Phil. Monthly Mag.

ORIGINAL COM.VJU VICATION.

AMERICAN* COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
EQR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

CONCLUSION.
The more I reflect on the general ques-
tion, the more difficult t find it to perceive
any thing m the nature of justice, humanity,
or even rationality, in the actuating spirit of
the Society; founded upon false and ideal no-
tions, its calculations too. wild aad chimeri-
cal so reflect on, apparently by its operations,
sensible of inability to sustain itself much
longer, with the whole body of tiie'coloured
f eople, who thick for themselves, arrayed in
©pea hostility, should, it is reasonably
thought, induce it to come before the public
jo dome definite shape, and fraukly state the
amount *«d extent of its* present expecta-
tions, we of this sectiou of the country are
anxious to know. If it is now intended to
effect the removal of an^oortioa of the col
cured people from ;i) •■stern or northern
mifcs. If so, to what #^ei»t ; and how are
tlit* funds to be provided, if such a system of
emigration is w be promoted rs wiU sensi- ly
lessen toe iuimbprs: and if not so this extent,
$f o-lv a limited removal is m contempt ion,
fcw ace the declarations held' out to be aus-

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

THOUGHTS ON THE DEATH OF A
FEAIALK FK1END.

Melancholy and alone [ sat, my thoughts
deeply occupied on retired greatness, were
interrupted onlyut intervals, with a rattling
noise of the windows, which evinced, that
the winds, though invisible, are not void of
power.

To think at all, is either to converse with
the transactions of fully, or with the days of
idle childhood; either to array in our imagi-
nation, the many favours of a good mid gra
cious God, or to remihJ our memories of the
happy friendship, which were wont to exist
between us and friends, who, long/ since",
have retired to the calm valley of the dead.

To contemplate, is to converse with our
passed lives, and to scan our passed transac-
tions; to behold our crimes with sonow — to
shrink from them, and learn that man is fal-
lible, and we unworthy of our being as ra-
tional creatures, or, to smile and say to our
conscience/ Thou reasonest well ! innocence
deprives your being my accuser, and all with-
in w peace.;

My mind' being literally involved in con-
templation, hurried from the passed, viewed
the present, and in vain would direct ite
thougnts onward to the future.

It mused' on departed worth, and* on the
eveclasting retirement of good and virtuous
friends, in its summoning to its meuiory^all
•vith whom: it once was familiar, that now
slecip in death, one, more nearly related,
whose amiable- soul having bequeathed the
dross and baubles of a transient world, to the
enjoyment of uoquickened .spirits, stood; fore
nost.in the eye oi its imagination, and all
her amiable qualities gradually recurred tt>

forgetful
heaven.

mortals, enjoys happiness

From tk c Genius of Universal, Emancipation.
THIJ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. '

As tjie session of Congress approaches, a.
natural anxiety is felt respecting the course
which the friends of universal emancipation
intend; to pursue relative to" the abolitimof
slavery in the District of Columbia. It is
quite time that the advocates of this measure
were preparing memorial!!' and petitions to be
presented to that body at an early day, that
the members who have determined to Ving
the question before the House of Represent-
atives may have all the support which these
will gi|ve them.

The! people of the District, it is believed
are awak,e to the importance of the subject,
and will make themselves heard upon the oc-
casion. They will not suffer the imputation,
of neglecting to ask the " powers that be'
to enfdrce the maxims of justice and the laws
of right on that " consecrated spot," where
the "assembled wisdom oi .the nation" di
rects for shoxud direct) the movements of
those who administer, in detail, the sover-
eign authority of the people. H is hoped
that no unblushing slavUe will again rise in
the hall of Congress and object to the 'consid-
eration o that subject, on the ground that
the people of the District have not recommend-
ed it. If we ure not much mistaken, they
will soon recommend it, in a language that
will not be difficult to understand: and it
will bo exceedingly important that the uni-
ted voice of liio humane, the patriotic, and
the philanthropic, in evujy other section of
the Union, shall resound within those wails,
in urns m with theirs, and in a tohe of recom-
mendation thut shall siiake the guilty throne
of oppression, and cause thw knees of our
modern Belshaiszars to " s uite together."

It should be the particular duty of all the
anti-slavery societies, in every Stale, to cir
culate memorials and petitions, as aforesaid,
lor signature, among their fellow citizen^,
and have tne same duly forwarded, to be pre-
sented to? the House.-yf Representatives* be-
fore the middle of the session. No motive
of mistaken or falsi* policy—no squeamish
doubts as to ihe proper time, should be suffer-
ed to prevent or retard the proceeding. The
best policy thai ever was recommended, is to
do justly ; and the most suitable lime to put it
in practice, is now, MOW.— iN'either should*
theteoeany doubts enter' anied, or fears in*
dulged, respecting tne excitement that may
be produced by the " agitation of the ques-
tion." That there will be some blustering
among tile advocates of slavery, is to be ex-
pected. Jjut it wiii do no harm, further than
to discompose the .nerves' of the "dough-fa-
ced gentry," and add a shade or two to the
already discoloured visage of udtional repu-
tation.— And the longer the work is postpon-
ed, the greater will oe the efforts, and the
harder the struggle of the demon of usurpa-
tion, to perpetuiiio ins tyrannic sway, and
consequently the more deep will be the dis-
grace attached t.^ us m the eyes of the world.
Litft. petitions, memorials, addresses, and re-
moimtrances be poured into the capital at
Washington, uelihemin^ the; ghastly por-
trait, ;and piOtOijtinj> against the toleration oi
thut finii-repuDlicau relic of despotism, the
system of tiLaveryi Let this be repeated
from year to year, junta our national Legis-
latures shall feel the blushes of shame to en-
crimson their checks!— Let the mirroi be
constantly neld up to their view, until they
shall fairly discover the veil v( mconsistencv
with winch they are enshrouded,

The folloivinft.is the estimate, of slaves belong,
ing to the different islands in 1824.

In Antigua, 39,314 ; Bahamas, 9,186 ; Bur-
badoes, 78,316; Berhke, 21,614 Bermvda.5,
176 ,• Demetard, 74,927 ; Dominica, 15,714 ;
Grenada, 24,972 ; Honduras, 2,450 ; Jamaica,
336,253 ,• Montserrat, 6,2'8 ; Aevw, 9,140 ;
St. Kitts, 18,630; St. Lucia, 13,717; St. Vin-
cents, 31,830 ; Tobago, 13,083 ; Tortola, 5,442 :
Tnnidad, .23,110.

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

NEW- YORK. DECEMBER 7, 1827.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Communication from JV. B. wo cannot insert,
Mulinbnrg's sense of propriety, ought to have
told him, that no communications of bo personal
a nature could be admitted into our columns.

Si.f very.— -Alait London Jowmalgives an
estimqee af thi slaiic-povululionoj the West
Itidutl Islands, by which tt appears that the ag
greg4e number of slaves in 1824, wait 713,31/.
it is stated that, </» lbi8, ttit fatal amuuni was
747,65?, so that it appears that the decrease of
slave \uopulation in six years has bun 34,ti57.
Of tks number if it supposed that between six
and de veri thousand wei e manuiuissiens, Uamng
fat htyurat dtcrwt about 28,000.

At a Meeting- of Coloured Persons, held in the
City of New- York, Nov. 28, 1827 :
Jt was resolved that they form themselves into
a Society—which was accordingly done, and tho
following title adopted :

" THE JORDAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
for the Extension of the Gospel among the
Coloured Inhabitants of the City of A"eu>
York."

Mr. HENRY WEST, was chosen President.

Mr. JOSEPH JONES, Vice-President.

Messrs Wjlliam Flow, Francis Franklin, An-
drew Oatfield, , Garrit Creole, William - Johnson,
Andrew Smedes and George W. Jennings, Di-
rectors.

Henky Lie, Secretary.

Resolved, That Mr. E. Nexsen, Sen. be res-
pectfully requested to act as the] Treasurer, and
receive in behalf of this Society, any gilt or do-
nation which benevolent persons may be dispo-
sed to afford us, to help us in our work, and Uu
he be aulliorisnd to receive any gift, howeve
small.

Mr. ftexsen's Answer.
Gentleme.v — You have requested me "to
act as the Treasurer of your fciociety, and re-
ceive in its behalf any gift ozonation which
christians and other benevolent persons may
be disposed to afford you, however small, to
help you in your work."

It affords me sincere satisfaction to find
you engaged in so noble an enterprise as that
of establishing a Society for the extension of
Christianity amongst your kindjed and fellow
men. It stiems a natural consequence, that
persons enlightened to know the value of true
religion, and who have tutted its sacred con-
solations, notwithstanding the., lowliness of
their estate, should ftel a generous sympathy
and pity tor the lost condition of their fel-
lows, und be desiious of spreading around
thorn, as'far as their means permit, a knowl-
edge ot their Divine iienefaotor, and exert
themcelves to bring in others to a participa-
tion of such rich mercy. I will not do any
thing, either directly or indirectly, to onua
such commendable efforts, or to chill such
warm frienddhip flowing directly from the •
human heart, for thoy confirm the sound
principle, that every rational creature formed
alter the image' of God, have" souls to be sa-
ved, a «d are accountable for their conduct];
ate bound to judge of the' truth of religion,
and to make a profession of it. Your aiming
at the acquisition'of the blessings of enns-
ti^nity, is. without doubt aj just' and reaso.-a :
ble ambition, and " God, who is no respecter uf t
persons," will crown your efforts n-ith suc-
cess— for " m every nation he that feareth him
and wbrketh righteousness, is accepted wtb-
fum und your desire to be useful to <vhr re

i$ oomrnendabie,, for those who are destitute
of the gospel have u right to expect relief
from us founded on reason on the common
ties of humanity, and the ibutual dependence
of mankind upon one \anotiier; .as well **
from the divine authority itself.

The . state has endowed all her citizen* .
with the great privilege of civil liberty. Sh»
has opened common schools for the literary
benefit of her inhabitants, and the value of
educatiorws duly appreciated by her patriot
senators, and liberal minded legislators. And
1 sincerely hope that tue'i Christian Church
will not be. unmindful or! indifferent to ih*
weighty concerns of immortal souls, but shed ,
forth liberally and benignly the blesiirtgs oi
salvation with which she is intrusted by'tbat -
Divine Lord, whose life was spent in a series
ot' bonenYent communications o the poorand
unworthy ; and who in la 1 4 divine exaltation
is no.v fulfilling his merciful purposes to th*
children of men, from generation to genera-
tion, as Lord of heaven jind earth, and a*
Bupreme Governo of Nation* .
i Having, therefore, the! blessings of civil
! liberty on/ she one hand, j and tell gioiin ble$-
| Biugfi on the other; I bdpe you. prbrP

jmCEPOM^i JOURNAL.

yourselves worthy citizens, upright men, and
useful members of this increasing city.

I will consent to act ns your Treasurer, as
far at? you or your friends and patrons may
enable me to help you in your work, and, am,
gentlemen, with respect,

E, NEXSfiN, Jr.
To Messrs. Henry West }
and J. Jones, Presidents >
of the Jordan i\liss. Soc. )

DOMESTIC NEWS

His Hon. the Mayor, has apjjointed Jacob
Hayes, High Constable of the city and coun-
ty of New-York, for the ensuing year.

We are muoh gratified to learn, that a con-
vention between Great Britain and Brazil has
t een ratified, by the provisions of which the
Slave Trade now carried on by the latter, af-
ter three years, is entirely prohibited. Bra
ail has been more largely engaged in this in
iquity for a number of years past, than almost
any other portion of the globe. At the expi-
ration of the fperiod above mentioned, the
subjects of the emperor of Brazil, whojengage
m that trade, are to be considered and treat-
ed as pirates.

Great Britain deserves the greatest credit
for her exertions to put a final end to this de-
testable traffic. A few more treaties of a sim-
ilar character with that just referred to will
complete a most important chapter in the
law of nations. When Spain and Portugal
have been brought into conventions of this
■descriptcon, the way will be open for the
cruizers of naval powers to carry .that law
into strict and faithful execution.— The arm-
ed ships of Great Britain and this country,
might scour the African coast's, as far as
would be necessary for this purpose, and
bring away for judicial disposition every
thing- in the shape of piratical slave-ships.
"When the traffic- that is carried on from Cu-
ba shall be broken up also, we shall entertain
strong.hopes that this foul blot upon the char-
.acter of civilized, and Christianized nations
will be brought to a final end. Great Britain
and this country have partaken largely in the
guilt of the slave trade. It is incumbent on
both countries to make still greater exertiom
to rescue Africa from its ravages, and its
horrors.— A*. 1'. Daily Adv.

Florida— The Pensacola Gazette has com-
pleted the publication of the Acts of f-h'e Leg-
islative Council of Florida, passed in the last
session. •

That paper informs us, that Martin Hutto,
who was in confinement in that city, under a
charge of having assaulted the carrier of the
United States' Mail, with inlent to kill him,
for the purpose of robbing the Mail ; and who
escaped in August last, has been retaken and
committed to custody at Cantonment Clinch,
to await his trial at the next term of the U.
S. Superior Court of West Florida, to be hol-
den on the first Monday of May next. It is
eaid ibat it was his intentions voluntarily to
come to that city and deliver himself up for
trial, under the impression that the Court was
in session and relying ©n bis expectations of
acquittal.

State of morals in Florida.— The Pensacola
Gazette of the 2d inst. contains the present-
ments of the Grand Jury for Leon County};
among which, after noticing other grievances,
the Jury say :— We are sorry to find that in
Tallahassee, a horrible state of things has ex-
isted for some time The most flagrant breach-
es of the laws have taken place. The civil
authority have in many instances been set at
defiance ; and the most riotous, immoral and
disorderly proceedings have constantly ta-"
ken place. It is truly lamentable to see such
occurrences in any civilized country ; but that
it has occurred at the capitol of our territory,
Avhere it is so particularly desirable to estab-
lish a character for morality and good order,
is the more to be regretted, and shows a cul-
pable neglect of duty of some of the civil of-
ficers, and particularly Justices of the Peace;
some of whom appear to hav« been appointed
wituout due, if any, regard to their qualifica-
tions. N Y. Statesman.

CiNcrivNATTi. [Ohio,) Nov 16.
A number of Wild Turkeys were discover-
ed vesterday morning on tiie roofs of some of
the' houses in thi- citv. Several of them were
soon captured. We was toid that Wild Tur-
keys have been quite numerous on the hills in
the neighborhood for a week or two past, but
we believe this is the first irruption they have
made into the city for 20 or 30 years.

Btdham {Mass.) November 22.
Railh Snafos.—A Mr. Abijah Golburn. of
this ,uwn, on splitting open a maple log last
week winch had been felled about 1 a year, dis-
covered in a?cavity twtnty-one young Itattb
Stnkes. Thev were in a torpid state, and
• from nine to ten inches in length.

JE5i

: Singular Fuel—Mr. L»cky, in giving- an ad- c&iv«d this year by the 'Collector of Albany,
count of a revival in Hawley Ms. mentions the is one hundred and fifty thousand two hun-
conversion of six young tersons from one fatri- 1 dred and forty four dollars— thirty thousand

ily. He says their housd had .been a house of dollars more thatfhe received last year.—

vice and folly; but JeBuJ has converted " the r Stage- Coach Accidents. The Stage Coach
house of mirth ' into a|" house of pnjer,?' from Albany to Boston, was lately overturn-
He adds, that his colleague aiW himself had 1 ed on lha Mill Dam leading into the latter ci-
the uncommon pleasure ef warming their cold ty, and two of the passengers were seriously
hands and shivering bodies, by a fire made of injured. The others, a lady and child, and

fiddles.

Recorder Telegraph,

LEGISLATURE? OF CANADA.

By the following printed note, Which we re-
ceived yesterday, it would seem that/the
House of Assembly in Lower Canada* hav*
come to an open rupture with the Governor.
What the parties to this controversy can pro-
mise themselves from it, we do not know. If' ,1 « , ,
it is a decided peiogative of the Executive - a gent eman of the territory, the result of a
branch of the provincial government, to ^12^^%^^'^ el ^ tIon r fo J
prove or reject the act of the House appoinf- £k*ate.— leflw iW-The Board of
ing their Speaker, the course pursued by that H< ?? Uh ° f Savam l ah announce that no death by
body in the owsent instance is unwarrantable,
and as the Governor must be supported in the
exercise of his legitimate power by the parent
government. If it is not such a perdgative,
the Governor has taken a vary imprudent
stand, and must, we. take it for granted, be
answerable for the consequences.

If the members of the Assembly* and they
appear to be almost unanimous in this measure
are resolved to stir up, not merely ojipo:/ition,
but insurrection, with the hope of producing
in the end a revolution, they heave taken a
bold, but a hazardous step, and must look for-
ward to the discussion and determination of
something more serious than the simple ques
tion of who shall be Speaker. We presume
it will prove to be a struggle of the parties
merely to adjiiGt the point of. prerogative .We
can hardly believe there is any .party in Low-
er Canada that are prepared to .enter into a
contest for independence.— ,/V. Y. D. Adv.
Herald Office {Montreal) Saturday November.
' 85tt, 12 o'clock.
A Gentleman just arrived from Quebec in-
forms- us, that on Wodnesdny afternoon the
House of Assembly again elec ed Mr. Papi-
nea» to the office of Speaker, by the same
majority. After which, they passed resolu-
tions to the effect that they would have no
other Speaker— and that in case his Excel"
lency' would refuse to receive him, they would
leave Quebec.

from his emigration to America" until a few
months before his death. Many precioua
souls, who are the' fruit of his labours, will
never forget his usefulness; someofwhon*
became successful preachers of the gospel,
and went before him, to wait his arrival oa
the happy shores of endless day.

Du ri ng a long and sevwe affliction, he man-
ifested that disposition, which characterise*
'ie life of a christian, but far more dignifie»
their death. He has , left a bright testimony
to bis surrounding friends, and afflicted:
family that he has gone to rest from hi*
labours on the banks of eternal deliver-
ance. His language in affliction, was like
that from the pulpit, calculated to awake the
stoutest sinner, and comfort and edify the be-
lieving soul. To those who visited him in
affliction, his frequent exhortation to thara
was to prepare for death, and meet him m
Heaven. He was sensible to the last, and
frequently, on the day of his departure, spoke
. , about getting to his eternal and happy home,

yellow fever had occurred, since the 6th ult. He expired without! a groan in the arm* off
and no case of fever ; bearjng features of malig-i Je*us, where his affliction is now subsided
nity wa& known to exist— Steamboat accidents, and his sorrows have ceased. He was a kind
—The steamboat Long Branch, Capt. Hud- ! father, an affeatio

two gentlemen escaped unhurt. The driver
is said to have been much to blame.—- —Col.
Hayne, member of Congress, from S. Caro
lina, and his family, were very much expos-
ed to injury, by a similar accident about two
weeks sjnee. . The Stage (,oach in which
they vyere travelling towards Washington,

was overset on the road Duel.— The

Hon. H.' W. Conway, delegate in Congress,
from the Arkansas, has fallen ia a duel with

Extract of a letter dated Smyrna, Sept. 24th.

*' Pirates have become so numerous in the
Archipelago, that a vessel has no chance of
escaping "without convoy. They should stop
at Malta, where convoy can always be had.
The brig Cherub, of Boston. was taken by
thern and carried into Carabnsa, [Grabousi,]
and stripped of every thing. The crew how-
ever were well received. The sloop of war
Lexington is now cruizing between Cerigo

Ontons.— The Warren Star computes that
there have been shipped from Bristol, R. i.
535,994 bundles of onions, raised in that
town the present Iseason, and that there are

200,000 bunches on hand. Worcester

Coal Mine. — The Worcester Spy states, tliat
a wealthy and enterprising gentleman of Bos-
ton, has become interested in the Worcester
Coal Mine, and that he will commence work-
ing it soon.— Prize Poem. — The commit-
tee of the Salem Theatre Proprietors, offer a
premium of fifty dollars, for the best original
poem which shall be offered before the twen-
ty -fifth, of December, hist. -Widows and

Widowers.— -» — The number of widows in
Wilmington, N. C. is said to be 132. and that
of the widowers b.u 19. A sad dispropor-
tion. —Pardon.-. — So'omon Greely, con

victed of having set fire to the Jail in Kent
county, "Del., and sentenced to- be .hung oa*
the 20th ult. Received pardon from the gov-
ernor of that state on the morning of the day
appointed for ' his execution. Juvenile

son, was lately run a foul of, when nearly off
Huntingdon, by the sloop Splendid, from Pro-
vidence. The starboard side of the boat was
shattered in a most alarming manner. The
Long Branch was adrift, in a helpless* situa-
tion for above thirty-two hour*. — The steam-
boat Linna?U3, in going from this city to Hart-
ford, went ashore, on the 29th ult. in a fog,
on the rocks at Sachem's Head. Her passen-
gers proceeded on by laud. Duel.— A duel

took placo on the 28th ult. on the Jersey
shore, opposite the northern part of this city,
in which Mr. Graham assistant editor of the
New- York Enquirer w/s kille i at the second
shot. . His antagonist was Mr. Barton of Phi-
ladelphia. -Convicts. — A number of con-
victs have been put to work on the levoa at
New Orleans. They are dressed and are
ironed together like galley slaves. — -Cau-
ti$n.— A son of Mr. Vaughn, of Alvins, aged
4 years, while playing with his brothers and
sisters, fell backward into a kettle of hot wa
ter, upon the hearth, and was scalded tc

death. Education in Louisiana— About

twenty inhabitants of the parish of St. 'James,
have subscribed riearly $7,000 to build a col-
lege. — — — Drowned.— O. W. Chapin, re-
cently from Worc«ster, Mass., was lately

drowned in the lock near Caughnawaga. -

nmery.—Qn the evening nf tfco UtVult. Mr.
George Prince was knocked down in a street
in the outskirts of Salem, Mass. and robbed
of every article of clothing, except his shirt.
He was left insensible for some time.
Liberty of the Press.— The suit instituted
against the Editor and Publisher of the
'* Connecticut Mirror," by Royal A. Avery
for an alleged libel has been withdrawn'
Truth will have its weight —Indian Neivs-
paper.— Proposals have been iss'ied for pub
Lphing at New-Echota, m the Cherokee na-
tion, a weekly newspaper, to be entitled the
" Cherokee Phamix," for the exclusive benefit
of the Cherokee Indians. The Editor, Elias
Boudinot, is a full blooded Cherokee," and
was educated at Cornwall, Connecticut.— 1 —
The City Inspector reports the death' of 76
persons during the week ending on Saturday
the 1st inst. viz.27 men, 15 women, 17 boys
, and 17 girls.' The deaths in Philadelphia
ring the same period, were 90.

, n affeationate husband, and a sincere-
friend ; he has left an afflicted family, and a
numerous circle of friends to bemoan his
loss, whose only comfort is, that he is sit-
uated far beyond the reach of trouble, on the
delightful plains or endless day. Pen would
fail to describe. hiB character; exertion
would prove abortive to describe his useful-
ness, suffice it to say, that in him the African
Methodist Episcopal Connexion has lost an
able and acceptable preacher, and society a.
useful man.
'Tis finished, 'tis done, the spirit has fled,
The prisoner is gone, the christian is deac^
The christian is living thro' Jesus' love,
And gladly receiving a kingdom above.

Communicated.

NOTICE. — A communication having app<tu ed
' " 1 * ' •■" ' S fith, ins

MARRIED,

In Charleston, S. C. on the'25lh October,
Robert C. Deas to Miss Eliza Lyles.

DIED,

At New-Orleans, after five days of sick-
ness, of fever. Rev. ASA C. GOLDSBURY,
formerly of Providence.

In this city, Miss Eliza Montonyor.

REV. CHARLES CORR.
Dkpap.xed this life, on Sunday evening,
the 2oili ulL of a consumption at the lungs,
residence in Philadelphia, Rev.

Librasux.-r.Tte Alleghany county Sabbath j CHARLES CORR, 111 tne fifty first year of
School Union Society say a library tor <*0 or ! hj ■ s & . MllllJiU . r of the Gospel in the Af-
40children can be obtained for less than Iwd ^ ilet ,, uJl3t Episcopal Church.— He was

dollars.— Legal Witnesses -Judge Story

of the U. S. Circuit Court, lately rt-jected
two witnesses in Providenee,'R. I. orie who
avowed himself an atheist ^ another who de-
nied all fuiure punishment. • ■uel— Au

Irish gentle man lately fought a uel wit . his
intimate. friend, because he jocosely averted,
that he >vas born without a shirt to his t ack.
— -Clergymen.— The provisions 'of the old
road act,; exempting clergymen from work-
ing on the high a ay, which had been stricken
out of the revised bill, has been restored by
a majority of two. — -ry Snttsou.— The Di
rectors of the Virginia B ink, have despatch
f.j a , messenger to Lowland .;n pursuit «>f
Snelsoji.^— — — Canal '/,'oU.— The amount re

Episcopal Olurch. — H e was
born at Port Anion 10, Jamaica, March, 1777 ;
embraced religion in early life, and attached
himself to the Met! odist Com-exioii iu Ki ngs-
toni Jamaica, and began his mitiister'ial ca-
reer in 1/SJ3, at sixiee/i|yeaes of age. He
emigrated to the United States tyt 1795, and
sett|od in Charleston, S. C. in the same year,
white be remained till th^ year 1^21, when
he was, through the providence of God, remo-
ved! la the ctfy of Philadelphia, where he
spent the remainder of his days. He labour
ed as a successful minister of the New Tes
tament, in different parts of the United States;
the (West-Indies and Nova Scotia, but more
especially in the cities of 'New- York and
Pbtflfcuelpbja! where belaboured frequently,

in the " Frcudoin'i Journal," of October J
which a certain woman whe signs herself, " Jane
Stephens," takes the liberty of appearing before
the public as my wife, and denouncing me on ac-
count of subsequent abandonment, as '• a base^
mean, faUc and unprincipled man"; regard ta my
own character, and respect, to my many frieadV
through the country, call upou me to lay a true-
statemont before the public

For a corroct underntanding of the subject, it is,
necessary to premiije oextain events., whi,ch tb»
onid Jane Stephens aliits Jane Mushit has seen,
proper to introduce in . her insolent notice. In-
the year 1813, I was married by the Rer. Mr.
Conner of Maryland, to Miss Anne Johnson, with
whom I lived iu peace and harmony until particu-
lar business called me to a distant part of the.
country. Not succeeding in my expectations,
and unablo from want or funds to return at tfie
time appointed, I wai much astonished in 1817,
at the receipt of a letter from my wife, which in*
formed me- that sue had married a man by lh«
name of Stephen Broadwater, belonging to Acco-
mack county, Virginia.

fn the year 1820, ray wife who had now. become
Mrs. Hroadwater died: surte which timelhav*
remained a single man, notwithstanding. Jana
Stephens, alias Mushit, has the audacity to style
herself my wife

1 have deceived no woman, nor defrauded any
man, as the many friends who know me in this
and other cities can .astify . Jane Stephens alias
Mushit, always knew from the first of our ac-
quaintance, that'l was a married man, and it ap {
pears somewhat foolish and silly to come be- '
fore the public at this late period, pleading ignor-
ance of curtain facts which she must cerUmljr
havo known. Jane Mushit has never been my
wife, and of course can HSro no right to assume
the name of Jane Stephens. As for the friends,
whe liave advisiid Miss Jane Mushit to pursue the
course which she has, I think it would becoinet
them to look at home, paying no attention to my
affairs : and by so doing, 1 am sure they would
gain more credit to themselves.

JA.VIUS STEPHENS^
Formerly, qf Batimorti.
New-York, Nov. 27, lo27 . '

In tlie Editorial Article of last week, for
moriius read mortuis.

In Refleclons on a Skeleton.

1st, Instead of, who thus devotedly view,,
it should bt dauntedly-,&jC..

2d, Instead of black lustre, &c it should
ba, lack lustre eyeless hole *

3d, Instead of devotedly p-ous, it should bf
devoutLy pious.: . ' ;

WANTED,

The whole or part of a ^ew iathe lowerparti
of St. Philip'* Church^— En;quir« at this offiee..

AL Vi ArSTA.0.

DECEMBER.

7 Friday, . . . .

8 Saturday . .

9 Sunday . . . .
10 Monday ...
ll'l^ufsday

12 He'ln-sday.;

13 Thursday

Sv* .
■Rises-
7 24
7 24
W&
7-25

rm

7 20

7 27

Sua
Sets
4 36
4 36
4 35
4 35
4 34

4 :m
4 33

jjfoofi's
Phasks.
'--ST

o to x i,-t $

us.

POETRY.

FOR THE FREKDOM's JOURNAL.

ADIEU TO THEE.

Adieu to thee, Anna, for ever adieu,

Adieu to each sweet recollection;
1 grieve most' siijcerel^ that ever 1 knew,

A girl of such faitbless affection.

1 Tk in vain to repine, then no logger I'll weep,
But indulge -in a hope for the morrow,

Each care will it drown in oblivious sleep,
And every he»f t-touching sorrow.

Yet think »ot Ihou Syren, in climes whore I
roam,

A new face can succeed to enchant me,
Oh never, dear false one; abroad or at home,
Thy image in menfry will -haunt me.

T is ensbrin'd oa my soul-.-'tis impressed on my
heart,

Undisturb'd by grots passion's lominotion,
Jo each hour of grief, it will ever impart,
.A nameless delightful emotion.

With love's purest glow—but away with the-
thought,

Away with the flitting . illusion,
Bright vision of bliss ! it has ended in nought,

But a fanciful dream — a delusion.

Adieu to thee, sweet one, and may'st thou be
bless 'd,

May the tides of love still roll before thee;
If en'-hain'd by soft Hymen, Oh may'st thou be
press'd,

'JTo a heart that like mine can adore thee.

J.T.E.

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

On viewing the lifeless Remains of a very dear
Friend,

Oh ! thine was love so pure and sweet,

go tender, firm, and so'sincere,
How often have wd met to' greet

Each now, each happy year.

Then hours flew unheeded by,

With giddy mirth and song:
But deatb, alas! has clos'd the eye,

Which shone in pleasure's, throng.

But now how changed those happy days ;
> How alter'd now is every scene !
' There all 1 lov'd, in silence lays,
Calinly as if she ne'er had been.

Yes, thou art gone ! and with thee fled

All sense of pain, or fears;
Silent, reposing with the dead, -

Unconscious of our tears.

Locisa.

The following lines addressed to Lady Byron,
are considend by Sir Walter Scott, as the finest
production of Byron:

There is a mystic thread of life,

So dearly wreath'il with i:tine alone,

That destiny's ■ relentless knife
At once must sever both or none. .

There is «• form on which these eyes
liave often gazed with fond delight;

By day that form their joy supplies,
And dreams restore it through the night .

There is a voice whose tones inspire

Such thrills of rapture through my breast;

I wculd nop hear seraph choir,'
Unless ihat voice could join the rest.

Thfre is a face whose blushes tell

Affection's tale upon the cheek;
But pallid, at one fond farewell,

Proclaims more love than words can speak.

There is a lip. which mine hath pressed,
And none had ever pressed before.-^

It -vowed to make me sweetly bless'd,
And mine — mine only press'd it moro.

There is a bosom — all my own —
Hath pillpw.'d oft tkis.achiiig bead:

A mouth, which smilcg.onme alorte, ''
And eye whose tears with mine arc shed.

Th*re are two hearts, Whose movements thrill

In unison so closely sweet !
That pulse to pulse,- responsive still —
* That both must heave — or cease to beat.

There are two souls, Whose equal flow

In gentle streams 'sp calmly run,
Thai when they part—they part I — ah no !

They Ca&aot-part---the6e eouls are one.

in the act of seizing lu> prey in a natural state,
the deep tone df the roar is heightened into a
horrid scream/which accompanies tho fatal leap
on the unhappy victim. This power of voice is
aaid to be useful tp the animal in hunting, as the
weaker sort, a'ppalle'd by if, flee from their hiding
places, in which alohe^ they might find aecurity,
a3 the lion does not hunt by scent, and seek for
it in ineffectual flight, which generally exposes
them to th* sight of their enemy, and consequent-
ly, to certain ?catV The lun. is capable of car-
rving off, with ease, a horse, a heifer, or a buflalo.
t he mode of its attack is generally^ suipride.ap-
proacliing slawly dnd silently , till within a leap of
the predestined animal, on which it then snrihgB
or throws itself whh fifrce, which is thought, tn
general, to deprive its victim of life, before the
teeth are employed. It is said this blow will di-
vide the spine; of a horse, and that the power of
its teeth and jaws will, break the largest boncs.-~
London Mpguzine.

When lord Buckley married a rich and benuti-
ul lady who had been solicited at •the same time
by lord Powis, in the rage of felicity he wrote
thus to the duk<» of Dorset :
Dear Dorset-— I am the happiest dog alive !

Yours, 'BUCKLEY.
Answer.

Dear Buckley-- Every dog has -his d*v.

Yours, DORSET.

Some twenty or twenty-five years since, in a
neighbouring town,, dw.elt a man of some conse-
quence in its neighbourhood, bu,t not ; notcd for
his knowledge or erudition. Being a subscriber
to a newspaper, as all good citizens should ,be, he
imbibed no small dcgiVo of the party zeal which
characterised most of the papers of those times.
About the -timo we arc .speaking of, his favourite
paper adopted a motto, reading in this manner :
lt Be just and fear 1iot."

SlJAHSPEAKE.

When it came to hand he was quietly seated in
h\f. arm-chair, and taking it up, the first thing that
struck his eye, was the new motto, which he
read thus: " lie just,; and fear uot Shakspeare."
This admonition,' as he took it to be ushered forth
in staring capitals, could not fail to arouse all his
political zeal. " Shakspeare ! (he. exclaimed, at
the same time jumping out of his chair «Jt clench-,
ing both lists. " I'll hare'em to know that I don't
fuar Shakspeare nor any other democrat, — Wor-
cester Spy.

A good name letter than riches, --.-J} singular
trial touk- place, at the late term of the Supreme
Court oi Burke co. N. C. A man who was esti-
mated to be *'-orth tico fiuir.drc.ti '; thvuwi'i
was indicted lor tlic criuiv- «.f Vnrgnry, and ao
conclusive "'as the evidence, that the jury con-
victed him. What is still wore remarkable, says
the Register '-'the amount which this individual,
who has thus made shipwreck of his reputation,
expected l,o gain was only thirty dollars, lie has
appealed to the {Supreme Court.

A libit to House Wives. — A lady who was fond
of having her house well arranged, discovered, to
the amazement of her acquaintance, the art of
making .ali her servants kei.p every thing iu its
place Even in the kitchen, from the -most mi-
nute article te ithe most umvieldlyy every thing
was invurhihly to be found in its allotted station ;
but in fact they obeyed because it was tlie easiest
thing they could possibty do. Order was more
convenient to them than discord; and with their
utmost ingenuii; to save themselves from trouble,
they could not b»vent places lor every thing more
appropriate than those which had been assigned
by their mistress' legislative economy. — Edg-
worth's Practical Education.

A'ot so bad. — A traveller, being at a coflee-hous«
with some gentlemen, was largely drawing on tho
credulity of the company. " Where did you say
,11 these wonders happened, sir ? ' asked a gentle-
man present ( V I can't, exactly say," replied the
traveller, " but somewhere in Europe — Russia, I
think." " 1 should rather think It-a-ly" returned
his opponent.

Cavern. -Mr. Thompson, in his travels in
Southern Africa, mentions that \n one of two in-
land settlements at the Cape of Good Hope, there
is an immense subterraneous cavern. One of the
apartments is tiOU feet .in length,. 4U0 eetin breadth
ond from GO to 70\feei in height. The ropf was
adorned 'with the most splendid stalactites, many
of which were quite transparent

VARIETIES.

The. effect of, J^te voice of the lfon, .to-be prop*
erly felt, must .fee heard, ^urinosexual excite-
ment ^ »t» noise is, perfectly appalling, and* produ-
ces on the . mind of the bystandery hew wer secure
fct may foci himself, that awful sjinViration com-
x B>oniy.«xij^rienced;by us on witnessing any of the
ffftoa iaa tremendous operations of nature. When

Economy is the Road to Wealth,
Jlnd a Penny Saved ts as good as two . Pence
; earned.
THEN CAUL AT THE

CLOTHES DRESSING ESTAB-
LISHMENT,

JAMES GILBERT,

Who has removed from 411 to 422 Broadway,
ond continues as' usual to carry on the -Clothes
Dressing fin a correct and systematical style ; hav-
ing a perfect knowledge of the Business, having
been legally bred to it, his mode of Cleaning and
Dressing;' toots, Pantmloons, &c. is by Steam
Sponging, which is the only correct .system of
Cleaning, which he will warrant to extract all
kinds of 'plains, Grease- Spots. Tar, Paint, &c. or
no pay will betaken.

N. B. The public aro cautioned against the ira
posture pf those who attempt th<- Dressing of
Clothes, <by Steam Sponging, who are totally ua-
acqua'mtt d with • tho Busiucus, as there are many
EsiabUsliments which have recently been opened
in this. city.

\* All kinds of Tailoring Work done at the
above place.

All clothes'left to be cleaned or repaired will be
good -for (one year and one day, if not claimed in
that time, they will ho sold at public auction

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
MR. (GOLD, late of Connecticut, takes this
method ! of informing the coloured population of
this city, that he.teaches English Gramma k, upon
a new and improved plan, by which a pupil of or-
dinary Capacity, may obtain a correct and thor-
ough knowledge of the principlss of the English
language, by attending to the study thereof two
hours in a day in six weeks. He would be willing
to teach a;clasB of coloured persons, either id the
day or in the evening (as may suit th.eir conveni-
ence;) and his terms will be such, that no one de-
sirous to learn will have cause to he dissatisfied
with them.'

Persohs wishing to avail .themselves of this op-
portunity of learning EnglishGrammar.will please
to call upon the IU : v. Li. Paul. No.- 6, York-street;
or the Rb V . P. Willi a.m's 08, Crosbv-»tr< et, with
whom also the names of those, who detenaine up-o
on becoming pupils of Mr. Gold, will be. loft.

Nov. 16, 1627.

I SCHOOL NOTICE.

TH^. subscriber wishes to return tha nks
to his irionds, or the. liberal onoo irage.nonL of
patronising his school ; and would be permitted
to say, lie still continues to teach 'in the same
place, and hopes by increased exertiqns, to in vrit
a share of public encouragement. The branc lies
attended to are Residing, Writing, Cyphering, t i e-
ography, English Grammar, and Natural PliilosO'
phy. And to tho females Needle Work.
* * JEREMIAH GLOUCESTER.

Philadelphia, Oct. 528. „ 34

G. & R. DRAPER,
(Coloured Men,)
In Forest-street, BALTIMORE, Manufacture

ALL KlflDS'OF

Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappe, , U Maccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American
I CIGARS.
'N. |B. The above gentlemen have sent ma
a large Box of their TOBACCO, for sale, and
should the experiment ucneed, they can supply
any quantity of all the articles. 'SO
\ • SAMUEL E. CORNISH,

J} Mistake -r A gentleman and ■. an Hibernian
were riding together ; .on the top of thu Newark
anfl | Granlnanr conch,'. wb«n «the- former missing
Ins handkerchief very rashly charged; his fellow
traveller with hav'iig stolen it ; hut soon 'finding
it again, W had the good manners, to begv.pardon
for tbtr aliront, saying, it was a mistake- to which
honest Pat replied with the greatest readiness :
Arrah, my jewel, thep it wris a mutual mistake— •
yo\\ took ihe Cor a thtef, and 1 took you for a gen- }
tic mam ' j

A scrisiil* Clerks- -At a church in this neigh-
bourhood (says the ShejCipld Courant) the clerk,
atter the Bsnaj service of the Sabbath had been
gone through.; gav* out abe following notice •—
" T'l»'efcunh|W*rdenB are desired to meet In the
vestry, to cohsuit upon the W&t wayjo!\*ifw£ .
(heatinj): the chnxch, and digesting «ther- jnaV i
tew!" ' 1

EVENING SCHOOL.

AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened on the 15th of Octo-
ber nfext. in the .African School-Room in Mul-
peiry-street ; where will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPH Y,&c.

Terms, Three Dulkrsper Quarter, payable in
advance. Hours from 6.'to half past 8 o'clock.

Sept. 1^. as

NOTICE.
The! " African Mutual Instruction
Sdciett, for the instruction of coloured Adults,
of both Soxes," hav<i re-opened their SCHOOL,
on Monb Ay Evenino, October. 1st, at their former
Scho«l-Room, under , tin Mariner's Church, in
Roojsijvelt-strjeet. The School will be open on
every; Monday,, Wednesday and Friday ' Evenings,,
at half ,past 6 o'clock. .

Th^se desirous bf receiving jhstraction, will!
be t*n|ht to Read, Writ<» aud Cypher, until the;
first af April, 182d, for the sinall sum' of one doU
lar, to be paid^rt filtering the school. '

An eariy^ippltcation is requested, as. there will,
be npf allowance madefor past-time.
■Akkon Wood, .. Jawcs Myers,
H'itliaw- P. Jokntfin, Jtrnuid' Elzit,
E. M. Jfruanw, Henry King.

Trustees. ■

Ji CARD.
Respectfully informs his friends, nnd

the public generally, that his House, No.
Ckurck'Slrect, is still, open for the accommodation
of gentetn persons 6f"Colour, with

BOARDING U- LODGING.

G rate fu\ for past favours, he solicits a con-
tinuanci of the same. His house is in a healthy
mid pleafeant part of the city; and no pains or ex-
pense will be spared on his part, to render the a>-
tuattons of those who honour him with their pa*
tronago, as comfortablo as possible.

New-York. Sft pt. 18^7. _

EXPIRATION of the time for redeem-
ing LANDS for TAXES in 1626.— Com rrRou.-
un's Office, Albaa v. Oct. 17, L8g7.— Public no-
tice is hereby given, that the time for redeeming- *
the Lands solcffor County Taxes and the United
States' Direct Tax and Assessments for maktnd
Roads, will expire on the 27th day of April next;
and that unless the lands sold by the Comptroller
at his last sale in 1826, are redeemed on or before
the 27th day of April next, they will be conveyed"
to the purchasers. W. L. JMARCY,

Comptroller.

N. B. Lists of such LANDS in each County
as had been pold, and were not redeemed at tlie
date of the abov* noiice, have been transmitted ts
each County Treasurer, whose duty it is ,to pub-
lish the same in one or papers in the County of
which he is Treasurer . Those interested are re-
ferred 1 to such Hsts to ascertain if their LANDS-
have been sol d and remain unpenned

LAXJ) FOR &<1LB.
THE subscribers authorised to offer to his 1
coloured brethren. 2,000 Acres of excellent Land,.
at less than one half its valuo, provided they will
take measures to settle, or, have it. settled, by co-
loured farmers. The land in in the state of Neir-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being on the banks cf the Delaware
river, with an open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading, from the Delaware-
to the Hudspn river passes through the traet. o-
pening a direct navigation to New-York en, "-lie
passage to either city may be made in one day or
loss. The land ia of the best quality,: and well
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of Ins brcth-
ron, who are capitalists, will at least invest COG or
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take-
the liberty to say, this land can to purchased for
5 dollars the. acre, (by coloured moi,) though it
has been selling for ^25. He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement. fornv-
vtl by coloured ramilies, would be condueivy of
much good : With this object in view he will in*
vest 500 dollars in the purchase,

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New.York, March 20.

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will be received and attended to -

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S^ 1

"RIGHTEOUSNESS BXALTETH A NATION"

by JNO.B. russwurm. im. ' wwiM isdr* swwihwb& rwi* i»»sr««<ife»

AN ACCOUNT OF CIKO ANNICH! ARICO.

h.nds; "but," said he, " I will pardon you
this lime, although I shall no- longer bo so
Ciro Annichiarico, born of parents in easy indulgent, if you continue to haunt me abojut
eircumstances, \n the little town of Grottag- • w j t h sue]) fury." So saying," he leaped over
lie' was destined, to the ecclesiastic:) I profes ; the garden wall and disappeared.
«nn, and entered ii very young-. His broth- j f laving- hidden himself, with several of his
ers are respectable farmers; his uncle the people, behind a mined I wall at the entrance
Caronico Patitaro, is a man of learning and j gate 0 f Urottaglie, the day when general
information, and never, took any .-art in the ; Church and the duke of San Cesario,~accoin-
orimes of his nephew. The latter began his ; .panied by some horsemen, reconnoitred the
infamous career by killing a young man. of; pt ace) },o did not fire upon fhem. He wished
the Motolesi family, in a fit of jealousy. His j t0 ma ] {0 a merit 0 f tnla be f or(} t | ie military
insatiable hatred pursued every -member of commission ; but it was probable the fear pf

the family, and exterminated them one after
the other' with the exception of a single indi-
vidual, who succeeded in evading Ins search,
and -.vho lived &hut up in his house for seve-
ral years, without ever daring to go out. —
Thu unfortunate being thought that. a snare
."was- laid for him, when people came to tell
him of the imprisonment, and shortly after
of the death of his enemy; and it was with
^difficulty that he was induced to quit his re-
treat* . '

Ciro, condemned for the murder of the i
Motelesi, to fifteen years of .chains, or exiie,
by the tribunal of Lecce, remained'there in
prison four years, at the end of which time
he succeeded in escaping. It was then that
he begun, and afterwards continued for sev :
era! years, to lead a vagabond life, which was
stained with the most atrocious crimes. At
Marta.no, lie penetrated with hi3 satellites in-
to one of the first houses of the place, and
after having offered violence to 1I3 mistress,
he massacred her with all her people, and
carried of? ninety-six thousand ducats.

He was in correspondence with all the hi-
red brigands ; and whoever wished to get
ritl of an enimy had: only to address himself
to Ciro. On being asked by captain Mont&rj,
reporter of the military commission which
condemned him, how 'maiiy persons, he had

not heing able to escape from the troops who
followed" the general, that made him circum-
spect on this occasion.

CiiVs phyeioironomy had nothing repulsive
about it : it was rather agreeable. He had a
verbose, but persuasive eloquence, ami wa£
fond of inflated phrases Extremely addicted
to women, he had mistresses, at the period of
his power, in all the towns of the province
over which ho was constantly ranging; Ho
was of middle stature, well made and very
strong. 1
- Ciro put himself at the head o- the Patnoti
Euro'pei and Dccisi, two associations of thej
most desperate character. The institution of

-were yellow, red, and blue, which surround
the patent.

Worn "0 t with fatigue, Ciro and three
companions. Vito de Gesare, Giovanni Pal-
uiieri, and Michelo Cupoli, had taken refuge
in Scuserba, to repose .themselves for a few
hours. . He had previously provided this and
all the farm-houses of the distrit with ummu-
mtio.i und some provisions. When ho saw
the midtia of S. Marzano marching against
him, he appeared very little alarmed, and

thought he could easily cut his way through
their ranks. He shot the first man dead who
came within range of his musket. This de-
lay cost hi.ui dear; the. militia sent informa-
tion to lieutenant Fonsmore, stationed at the
" Castei'li," a strong position between Grot-
Uglie anil Prancavilla. This officer hasten-
ed to the spot with forty men. On seeing
him approach, Ciro perceived that a vigor-
ous attack svas to bo made. He shut up the
people of the Masseria in tiie straw maga-
zine, ai.d put the key in his pocket. He
took away the ladd- r from the tower, and
loaded, with the aid of his companions, all
the guns, of which ho had a good number.

Major iJiaucui,. informed of what was go-
ing on, "em on tnc same evening a detach

the Decisi, or decided, is so horrible, that itil'ueut of gendarmes, under captain Con
-aakes one shudder to contemplate it. The,) and' the next morning proceeded in person to

following translation of their patent will give
somo idea of the society.

No. o.-r Grand Maso s. — The decision of
Jupiter the Thunderer, hopes to make war
against the tyrants of the universe, &e. & c »
The mortal Gaetano Caffieri is Brother
Decided, No. 5, belonging to the Decision of
Jupiter the Thunderer, spread over the face
of the earth, by his Decision, has had the
pleasure to belong to this Salentine Repub-
lican Decision. VVe invite, therefore, allphi- j
l.->hthropic societies,to lend their strong arm
to the; same, and to assist him in bis wants*'

•Soaserba. Tne siege was formed by one
hundred and tuirty-two soldiers; the militia,
on Which little dependence was placed, were
stationed at some distance, anu -in the second
line.

Ciro vigorously defended the approaches
to his tower ml sunset. He attempted to es-
cape in the night, out the neighing of a horse
mude iiim suspect that some cavalry had ar-
rived, whose pursuit it would he impossible
to elude. He retired, after having kdled,
with a', pistol shot, a vdtiguer, stationed un-
der the wall he attempted to scale, iie

e. same. ,

kiUed with his. own hand, r he carelessly an-, jhe having come 10 the decision that he will], again shut muiself up in his tower, and ....
swered, ' E chilu sa? samnno tra $t$sania obtain liberty or death. Dated this ,day, theihioyed himseli nil' morning in making cart
* s*Ma>it2>" -Who can remember-? 'they] 29th- of October,'' 1617.- * •'• . ""'ffid'ges. At uay-brettk; the besiegers tried to

will be between sixty' and seventy."' One of
Jiii: companions, Occhiolupc, confessed to sev
r-nieen ; the two. brothers, Francesco and
Vito Serio, to twenty three, so that these
foar ruthaos plone had assassinated upwards
of a hundred !

The activity of Ciro was as astonishing as
his artifice and intrepidity. lie bandied the
iriw.skot and managed the horse to perfection ;
and as he was always extremely well mount-
ed, found concealment and support, either
through fear or inclination, every where. He
succeeded in escaping from the hands of the
soldier's, by forced marches of thirty and forty
miles, even when confidential spies had die-
covered his place of concealment but a few-
hours before. The singular good fortune of
being able to extricate himself from the most
imminent dangers acquired for him the repu-
tation of a necromancer, upon whom ordi
nary means of attack had no power, among
'.he people, and he neglected nothing which
cav.ld confirm this idea, and increased the
sort of spell it produced upon the'pea>*aTits,
They dared not execrate, or even blame him
in ins absence, so firmly were they persua ed
that his demons would immediately inform
hi 11 of it. On the other hand, agaih; he af-
fected a hberti ,e character: some very, free
French songs were found in hi3 portfolio
Tvneu he was arretted. Although a priest
hi self, and exercising the functions of one
when he thought it expedient, he often de-
clared his colleagues 10 be mj.oators without
any t'aith. He published a paper against the
nj.fo.ionaries, who according to him. dissenv

Signed, Pietko Gargaro

(The Decided Grand Mastw, .Yb. I.)
Vito de Serio, Second Decided.
Gaetano, Caffieri.

Registrar of the Dead.

As the number of tthe.ee decided ruffians
was small, they easily recognised each other.
We find that the grand master bears the No.
1; Vito de Serio, No. 2; the proprietor of
the patent, Gaetano Caffieri, No. 5. lie fig-
ures himself a ong the signatures with -the

f refused, and he resigned himself to his fate,
drily saying, " Ffacavito" I understand.

When condemned to death, a missionary
offered him the consolations of religion. Ci-
ro answered him with a smile, Lasciate ques»
te. chiaccku rt ; siamo deW istesaa proftssiont ;
voii ci burliamo fry, noi.",— Let us leaw
alone this prating; we are of the ; -aame pro-
fession ; don't let us laugh at one another."

Asrdie was led to execution, the 8th of
February, 1818, he. recognised lieutenant
Fonsmore, and addressed these words to
htm : #c io fosse, re, vi/arti capitano"—*" If I
were king, 1 .would make you a captain,"
This officer was the first to arrive atScaser*
ba with his soldiers.

The streets of Francaville were filled with
people : there were spectators seen upon the
roofs. They all preserved a gloomy silence.

On his arrival at the place of execution,
Ciro wished to remain standing; he was
told to kneel; ho did so, presenting his
breast. He was then informed, that male
factors, like himself, were shot with thei
backs towards the soldiers ; he submitted, at
the same time advising a priest, who persist-
ed in remaining near him, to withdraw, so as
not to expose himself. .

Twenty-one balls took effect, four in the
head, yet he . still breathed and muttered in
his throat ; the twenty-second put-an end to
him. This fact is confirmed by all the offi-
cers and soldiers present at his death. " As
soon as we perceived," said a soldier, very
gravely, " that he was enchanted, we loaded
his own musket with a silver ball, and this
destroyed the spell." It will be easily sup-
posed, that the people, who always attributed
supernatural powers to him, were confirmed
in their beliofby this tenaciousnesd of life,
which they considered miraculous.

Monthly Magazine.

title of Registrar of - the Dead, which does
not allude to the deceased members of the
society, but to the victuns they immolated,
and of whom they kept a register apart, on
the margin of which were found blasphemies
and infernal project?. They had also a di-
rector of funeral ceremonies, for they slaugh-
tered with method and -solemnity. As soon
a$ the detachments employed pfi this service
found it convenient to effect their jmrpoie, at
the signal of the first bla.t of a trumpet they
unsheatned their poniards; they aimed them
at their victim at the second blast; at the
third, they gradually approached theii
weapons to his breast, con vero entusias-
mo" (with real enthusiasm,) in their cannibal
language, an : plunged them into his body at
the fourth signal.

The four- points which are observable after
the signature of Pietro Oargaro, indicate his
power of pP3sing sentence of death. When
the Decisi wrote to any one to. extort contri-
butions, or to command hi In to do any thing

ed illiberal opinions among the people, — if they added these four, points, it was
and forbade them on pain of death to preach known that the person they addressed was
in the villages, "because, instead of the true condemned, todeatli in case of disobedience,
principles of the Gospel, they taught nothing llf the points were jiot added, he was threat-
" 1 ; — ~ " ened with milder jo^nislxnent, sach as laying

waste his.fields, of burrdngvhis housv.

The Salentine Republic, thd ancient name
of this district, was also that destined for

but fables and impostures." This paper is
headed, "/a name dell a Griinde Jlsstmblea
JYazionah deW Ex- Regno di ,\apoti, 0 p?ut-
losto deW Enropa intera, pace e salute.*' "In

the name of the Great National Assem* 'their iinaginaryVeDiibliei which tlwy; called
hly of the Ex-Kingdom of Naples, or rather " tin a#lIo r4ej&j|^)ubli6a Europa, - a link
of all Europe, peace and health." , • • jof the^u.i{^eJE|wpublic;.' • .

He amus-ed himself sometimes with whims, j The sy'iiib^pofftbe thunderbolt darting
to which he tried to give an air of generoai- ; frond 1 a cloudjpd stt.'king the crowns and ti-
ty. General d'Ootavio, a Corsican in the aru} the f&stffifj^bHQ Cap of'liberty plant-
service of - Mu rat; pursued him for a long ed upon a death' ^'head between two axes ;
ti/ne with a. thousand men. One day Ciro, the skulls and bones With the words, " Trta-
arn?ed at all points, surprised 'hiui walking in tezza,' Morte, Terrdire: and Lutto," (Sadness,
* garden. He discovered himself, remark- freatbi'. ' -terror, ' '• anU' ' 'Moji'jrn'iiig, suifficieiitly
that the life of the general w8i in his - characterise this r aBBOciaUohV Tueir cpfoura

burst open the wooden gate of tue uuter wall'
Ciro ami his^neu repulsed the assailants by
a weil-di ected fire': they killed rive and
Wounded fourteen men. A barrel of uii was
brought, 111 ortier 10 burn the door. The first
man who set tire to it was shot througu the
heart; A four pounder, which had. been con-
veyed to the pface, was pointed -against uie
roof of the tower, fcu-voral of tins calibre
had been contrived to b~ easily dismounted
from their carriages, ana transported on
lhuies. This fntlo piece produced gi t at ef-
fect. The tifes ana bricks wuioh fed forced
Ciro to descend from the second otoiy to me
first. He was toiuiemed with a burning
thirst, for he had forgotten to provide hiiiweif
with water, and 'he never drank wine. This
thirst soon oecame insupportable.

After ' somo deliberations with his com-
panions, he demanded to speak with general
Uhurcii, who, ho believed, was in tiie neigh-
bourhood, then to the duke of Ja«d, who was
also absent : at fast, he resolved to capitu-
late with major .liiauchi. He addressed the
oesicgers, and threw tuein some bread. Ma-
jor iiianchi promised him that he should not
be maltreated by the soldiers. He descend
ed ihe ladder, opened the door of the lower,
anil presented 'himself with the words, " Ec-
comi, Don Ciro ! '— iiere'1 am, Don Ciro !

He begged them to give him some water
to quench his thirs., and desired them to lib-
erate the fanner and his family, who had
bedn shut up all this while in.the straw mag/
aztiie. He declared that they were innocent,
and distributed money amon? them.

He suffered himself to be searched and
bound patiently. Some po noli wa^ found
upo>Jhim; re asserted that his companions
haul prevented him from taking it. He con-
verajed, quietly enough with jiiajor wianchi
on the road to FrancaviHa,/and related to
biro the principal circumstances of his life.

it jprison, he appeared to be interested for
the ate of .some of his part isans; beggibg
that, 'they '.might -not be persecuted, and de-
claring that they had been forced to do what
they had done.

ddo had enrertained some hope, till the mo-
ment when be .was placed before the council
pf w^r, 'under the directiort'of neutenarit-col-
qnel Guarini. He addressed a speech [ to
hii% jtaking him ;for general Church* : He 111-
iststed on speaking to that officer : this was

mmm of l \m princess wolf-

or it-uysJA,
During her extle at the Isle of Bourbon.
The virtuous and beautiful Cherlotte
Christiana .'iophia de Wolfenbuttel was born
in the year 1094-, and at an early age became '
the wife of czarovitx. Alexis, sun of Peter the
.First, czar of M uscovy ; a man of the most
brutai and ferocious chaiacter, who had con-
ceived such an unaccountable aversion to
he , that his personal .ill-treatment of her,
during giate of pregnancy, was such as was
thought likely to endanger her life ; and the
monster having reason to, believe sdie would
not recover, left her, and retreated to Uis
country nouse.

The unfortunate .princess was shortly af-
ter delivered of a still-born child, when the
countess of Konismark who attended her
naturally concluding that-she would one day
perish from the rutal disposition c theczar-
ovitZj formed a scheme to induce the women
abo jt tho princess to give out. that she was
dead: nnd abuniiie pf sticks was interred in
her s:ead with funeral solemnity.

The orders which the tyrant had given to
bury the princess without delay or ceremony
favoured the deception ; anil she was remov-
ed to a mired spot, in ordf,r to recover her
health, and spirits ; which 1 object was 00
sooner accomplished than;she set off for Pa-
ris, accompanied by ap old German domestic,
in the character of her father; -the' countess
of Koni.smark having seeurdd for her all her
jewels and a considerable sum of money, and
clothed her in the Jiabilimtnts. of comuion
lift.

Here she made but a short stay ; and hat-
ing hired a female servant^ proceeded to a
sea-port, 'an'* e'mbarkeil on| board a vessel
bound for Louisiana. Here, her figure and
manners attracted the notice of the inhabit-
ants of the colony, and an. officer, named
D'Auband, who h.a;» formerly been m Russia,
inimeAiately recollected thei royal fugitive J
and though he could at, first hardly .persuade
himself of the reality of what he saw, in or-
der to ascertain the truth, he contrived to4n-
gratiate himself into the goojd f rases of. the
pretended father, and soon' formed so inti-
mate a friendship with bin), that they agreed
to live Under one; rooft ; : i

This charming society had not long sub-
sided before . news reached | the edoof.'*n+
nounctng the dea,th of the c^arovite Aleais.
D'Aii band then topk the' opportunity to de-
clare to the princess his knowledge of her;

158

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL*

at the eamc time offering to sacrifice every
thing to her (service, in order 'io conduct her
back to' Russia; but she- had experienced
the insufficiency of royalty to confer happi-
ness, and chose rather to enjoy the peace and
tranquility of retirement than to return
again into the scenes of splendid ambition.

^ 0 knew thty but their happiness ! men
I The happiest they, who, far frpm public rage,
Deep in the vale, with a choice few retired.
Drink the pure pleasures of the rural life."

All she required of D'Aubaud was a prom-
ise of inviolable aecresy, and he solemnly
pledged himself to obey her commands; but
though she had refused his kind services, she
was not herself insensible to the tender pas-
sion with which her virtues and her beauties
' had inspired Ins bosom'.

Their reciprocal attachment daily increas-
ed ; and. the death of her old and faithful
domestic, together with motives of* the pur
est delicacy, induced her to give D'Auband
her hand in marriage. This circumstance
added a new veil to her real condition; and
thus she, who had been destined to wear th«
diadem of Russia, became the humble but
happy wife of a lieutenant of infantry ! "

In the succeeding year she had a daugh-
ter, whom she nursed herself, and educated
with aftruly parental solicitude iu the French'
and German languages, and in various other
branches of polite 'literature.

Ten happy years iiad elapsed when D'Au-
band was seized with a disorder which re-
quired an operation to be performed ; and it
became necessary for them to embark in the
first vessel fo. France for that purpose.

The most .skilful surgeons in Paris were
engaged on this occasion, and his wife wait-
ed upon him with the most, tender and pa-
tient attention and affection till the time of
his recovery. In a short time after, the lieu-
tenant had the good fortune to obtain from
the French East Judia Company a major's
commission for the Isle of Bourbon.

While the above business was in agitation,
the princess walking one morning in the
garden of the Thuilleries with her daughter,
with whom she was conversing in the Ger
man language, their conversation attracted
the notice of marshal de .''axe, who was p;is-
, sing, and who 'immediately recollected her.
He was preparing to address her, when,
■with great confusion and embarrassment,
she begged him to accompany her to a more
retired 6pot, in order to avoid observation ;
and there, after enjoining the strictest secre-
sy, she acknowledged herself to him.

By a&printnifenl, t'u? rmrxh.il paid her a
•visit a. her own habitation on the following-
morning, where she recited to him her ad-
ventures, together with, the share which his
mother, the countess of K-nismark, had in
them.

At the expiration of three months, the ma-
jor D'Auband, with his wife and daughter,
proceeded to the Isle of Bourbon ; when the
marshal, according to his agreement, t\a>: at
Jibe ty to inform the king, who was at Ver-
sailles, of the circumstances of the princess,
who immediai' 1- ordered the minister of ma
rine to wrt e io the governor of Bourbon to
treat the major and his family with every
ma»-k of distinction. To the kind offices of
the king she wa- likewise insetted |fnr the
representation of her situation to her niece,
the queen of Hungary, who gave her an in-
vitation to come and "reside with her, on con-
dition she would quit her husband and
daughter; but,; without hesitation, she re-
jected her splendid offirr. and preferred her
domestic and conjugal pleasures, in this re-
mote and peaceful retirement, to all the
fclandishments of wealth and royalty.

Tirsia* Anecdote. — Riza Kooli Khan, the
governor of Kazeroon, came to pay :he elchee
a visit. This old nobleman had a silk band
over his eye-sockets, having had his eyes put
out during the late contest between the Zt-ml
and Kajir families for the throne of Persia.
.He- began, soon after he was seated, fo relate
liis misfortunes, and the tears, actually came
to my eyes at the thoughts of the old man's
sufferings, when, judge of my surprise to find
it was to entertain, not to distress us, he- was
giving th- narration, and that, in a spite of
the revolting subject, I was compelled to
smile at a tale, which in any country except
Peisia wouid have been deemed a subject tor
a trag dy; but as poisons may by use be
come aliment, so misfortunes, however dread-
ful, when they are of d;ii!y occurrence, ap-
pear like common events of life. Bui it
was the manner and feelings of the narrator
that, » n instance, gave the comic effect
to the tragedy of wh eh he was the hero. I
tjad been too active a partisan, 51 ^aid Riza
Kooli Kh,fD, " of the Kajir family, to expect
much merey when { fell into the hands or the
rascally tr : be of- Zend.' I looked for death,
jfA wan rather surprised at the lenity which

only condemned, pid to Ida* my eyes. A
stout iellow of a terashxame as .executioner
.of the sentence ; he bad >in bl* hand tt large
bhint knife, .which be meant to make his in-
strument. I offered him 80 tomans, if he
would use a penknife I showed him. He re-
fused in the mdst brutal manner, called roe a
merciless, villain, asserting that I had slain
his brother, and that he had solicited the
present office to. gratify his revenge, adding
his only regret was not being alio wed Jto put
me to death. Swing," continued Rizd Koo-
li, " that I had no tenderness to look for
from this fellbw, I pretended submission, and
laid myself on my back ; he seemed quite
pleased, tucked up his sleeves, brandished
his knife, and very composed put one' knee
on my. chest, 'and was proceeding to his
butchering work, as if I had been a stupid
innocent lamb, ! that was quite content to let
him do svhat he.chone. Observing him, from
thisfmpression, off his guard, I raised one of
my feet, and planting it on the pit of his sto-
mach, sent|hiin beels over head, in a way
thut would have made you laugh, (imitating
with his foot the action he described, and
laughing heartily himself at the recollection
of it.) I sprung "up; so did my enemy ; we
had a short tussle— but he was the stronger ;
and having knocked me down, succeeded in
taking out my eyes. The pain at the mo-
ment,'' said the old-Khan, " was lefsened by
the warmth occasioned by the struggle. The
wounds . soon healed ; and when the Kajirs
obtained the undisputed sovereignty of Per-
sia, I was regarded for my suffering, in their
cau sc."— Sk etches of Persia.

laudable objects ft, openly to oppose, scepti-
cism and involve its unprincipled assertions^
that man fl munificence - is ail actuated by a
selfish motive; iind that disinterestedness is
'oddeita whoso virtue , is known to mortals
only by her name.. He nets nobly whose life
has been a Jifo devoted to benevolence, and
like a Cod, who unbiassed by prejudice is the
friend of virtue. When his virtuous sojourn
here shall have expired, he shall not die the
death of the illiberal, but shall sleep the hap-
py sleep of tho righteous'; and the stranger,
who shall view in his remains, all that is left
of virtue 1 , shall not restrain uttering the lan-
guage of* the grateful—

" Tioulsoul of God's best earthly mould,
Thou happy soul ! and can it be,
That those ' * * * *
Are allthal remains of thec !"

No, these are earthy ; the nobler part of thee
is in heaven : for fiou alone wnst rich, iu that
thou inndest a proper use of thy riches ;.and
thou alone wast happy, in that thou comman
dest thy passions. IS.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION.

FOR THE FREEDOM S JOURNAL.

" Eum, qui bono utalur diviliis, solum divitem;
qui cupidit3tibii3 imporit, solum beatum esse.

He alone is rich, that makes a proper use of his
riches - , and he alone is happy, that can com-
mand his passions.

Providence, in the distribution of his be-
neficence among the children of men, ap-
pears wisely to have, in a great degree, bes-
towed on a few of them much excellence; to
many of thorn he has granted mediocrity, but
to all, he equally has distributed a little. But
if to a few, Providence plentifully has lavish-
ed mu .'h of the riches of the earth; he, with
equal munificence, has bestowed on another
a sufficient equivalent, in the riches of tho
mind; and if on a Third, he. has .lavished
personal graces,. he, with benevolent equani-
mity, has not withheld from ; any of his crea
tures a single one of those gifts, which are
most truly calculated to render them happy
in this life, apd essentially necessary to pre
pare for them, a seat with him in his Para-
dise of equality. To every one ample gifts
have been given, but in Uis.ributing these
gifts, Providence expects, of all, certain re-
turns, anion accurate account of the use to
which each has employed his talent. If the
favours received from above, consist in tem-
poral greatness; in an easy life and. affluent
circumstances; then is the possessor of .these
rich :j but he alone is rich, that makes a pro-
per use of his riches. And if, in a specific
temper oi mind; if in a generous and philan-
thropic soul; then he alone is happy, who can.
command his passions.

To act generously towards our fellows, in
all cases, is the means by which to receive
the most delightful pleasure, of which a vir-
tuous course of conduct is calculated to ren-
der to the human so<j1, and prevent an accu-
sing conscience charging it with its want of
inoral virtue. None but the truly benevolent
at bean can partake of* this feast - of the
mind ; none but the disinterested philanthro-
pist, who though tiie chijd of affluence, deigns
to interest himself in the welfare of his less
fortunate brethren: none but he can tri-
umphantly smile within, at the satisfaction
which the sotilenjos from the consciousness
of its,-virtue. ! And none but he, can listen
with delight 1 *©: the responses of the internal
monitor, ^which whispers, * l thou alone art
rich ! Thy ti and lias been sti etched forth; to
the helpless ;' thou hast succoured the unfor-
tunate ; tile fatherless in thee, havefountl a
father — Genfjua a patron, and Peace is with-
in; thy .happiness, unalloyed, and thy passions
are conquered."

Horace's opinion is, that every thing goes
well with those, who are under the protec
tioh of the deities ; and the accepted opinion
of every gdoil man, is that in giving birtli to
the suggestions of the irijud, its immortality
is developed, and the pleasing satisfaction,
which i't experiences," surpasses -all o'ber
glory and ev^jp-Kpeaks the anguage of-aH'eav
enly $ci,)g, ivho Devcr speaks but through,
agents. aiding forth the hand of friendship;;
and protecting the virtuous in^his attempts to

REV. W. M. HALITE, OF BARBADOES.

[From tht Ami- Slavery Monthly Rep.for Sept.]

In The Reporter, No. 25, p. 20, are insert-
ed the proceedings of thevestty of St. Lucy,
severely condemning the conduct of their
Reqtor, Mr. Harte, for attempting to destroy
the necessary distinctions of Society, both
" by his offensive sermon on Easter Sunday,
mid his disgraceful conduct in administering
the Lord's supper." Mr. Harte has since
published his defence in a letter to the Bish-
op, and the Bishop's judgment upon it is no
less creditable to himself and to Mr- Harte,
than, it is discreditable to the ves ry of St,
Lucy's parish. " I have no hesitation," ob-
serves Shis Lordship, ".in saying, that I can
perceive nothing iir your conduct, which
either deserves my censure, or justifies the
very strong language used against you by
certain of the inhabitants of your, parish.
Tho sermon preached by you on Easter d:»y,
I have read, ft is a plain and powerful de-
nunciation against sin, but contains nothing
in my opinion, in matter or in hngunge, that
can be Called offensive, save to an offending
conscience. And with respect to the mode
of administering the holy communion, detail-
ed by yourself, and confirmed by the testi-
mony ol your Curate, 1 feel myself called up-
on to state that the same mode has been
pursued under my own eye in the Cathedral,
as most! suitable to the nature and dignity of
tho sacrament, and to. the spirit of that Gos-
pel which knows- no distinctions in matters
of grace.

The (testimony of the C>:rate is. that he
was present at the ai ! ministratio;i of the
Lord's : Supper, on Easter Sunday, and ad
ministered .the cop; and that he never saw
,more decorum and solemnity than was ob-
served py Mr. Harte. on that and every simi-
lar occasion. " In no instance whatever were
the consecrated elements ever administered tc a
black of coloured person beforea white." ( We
rightlyj conjectured that some such allega-
tions n|s v this must have constituted the un-
pardonable crime of Mr. Harte, agains*
which Sir It. A-. Alleyne inveighed with such
bitti.mess.) " I recollect that un t.he day al-
luded to, the table wns once rilled with white
commujaicants ; but as there was not a suffi-
cient number to fill it a second time, the ne-
groes ajnd coloured poople knelt at the south
end of the table, som$ of whom might have re
ceived. land I believe did t receive the bread,
from Jl/r. Harte, at the same time thnt I was
administering the wine to theremainder of the
white communicants"

The |<!e*ence of Mr. Harte, which is an
able and lucid statement or facts, drawn up
in a mijd and truly christian-like spirit, may
herejift'er furnish some curioim illustrations
of tie *jemi- ravage manners, and the hostili-
ty to reiligion, prevailing in this island.

Hamilton ,0/iio,. November 23.
PEOPLE OF COLOUR.— —Not long
since, large -numbers of these- ■unfortunate
and oppressed people, wade' their appear-
auce in' ilighla'nd county.— Against their em-
igrating thither, the white? in-the. neighbour-
hood ih which they stopped, complained
much, i They consider them, so near, a gi eat
and a growing - evil,' and ask if they have no
romedjj ngaiiiit u.^, . .

A few weeks srhce, at a large mcetinc of
tb.O'peOple of colonrlheld in Ciiiliicothe, res-
o utioijs were adopted upon the subject, of
t.ti'eir riglr«, and an exposition of their griev-
ances , nade out, which, will "be laid before
;be lftgi^!it.:!re 'aVj'ts next se«s^,ii,- signed by
;he pejjih; of - co!o»ir, /p^tiiiotirng that body
to grain them U,e lull pjivi|'egt.<of ciiszt-iH
The grievances sat forthin.ttit a, ! dress, have
hut too much.truJh in theni, but tuey appoar
irremejliable in the present state of aocietv
f a Obio. v .

EFFECTS OF INSANITY.

A, horrid transaction occurred in Barnstt-
ble, Mass. about the 12th u It. tbo particulars,
of which we have not seen slated. A mam
by the name of Lot Scudder, who had uni-
formly sustained a most respectable charac-
ter for piety, intelligence and probity, be-
came derunged four or five years since, and
committed sev*ral extravagant acts, but was
never deemed a dangerous person. His in-
sanity was probably a species of fanatical
madness, and displayed itself in the violence
and extravagance of £hi» harangue* upon re-
ligious topics. Two or three years since he
was placed by his friends in the Lunatic As-
ylum near Boston, and was after some stay
returned to them apparently restored to him- .
self. This state of tranquility continued gn-
til a recent period, when he began to show
signs of a return of the" malady, in ail its or-
iginal f»rcc. Still not the least apprehen-
sion was entertained of his proceeding to
any act of violence In one of his paroxysms
he got possession of a gun, knapsack, cart-
ridge' box, &c. tfnd after parading the streets
for some time, without, it would seem, exci-
ting sufficient alarm to induce the neighbours
to secure him, he went into a house, 6ome
distance from his own, and took possession,
with the intention of fortifying it. A man of
Ihe name of Sampson, who occupied the
house, appears either to have been exces-
sively weak, or to have caught the insanity
of Scudder. At any rate, Scudder, who nat-
urally possessed groat energy of mind and
character, so completely got the ascendancy
which this quality, added to insanity, enabled
him to assume over Sampson, that the lnttor
believed him inspired, and executed his com-
mands with the most submissive subservien-
cy. Sampson was employed to get ammu-
nition, run balls, and make other prepara-
tions of defence, all of which he did. under
the threats of the maniac, without givingJiis
neighbours any intimation of what was going
on. Towards evening, however, the neigh-
bours began to be alarmed, and gatlimed
round thu house with the intention of secur-
ing Scudder. The exaggerated stories,
however of his threat and means of defence,
were such as to terrify the people! so that no
one liked to run the risk of first encounter-
ing the maniac. It is said that previous
to the gathering of the neighbours, Scudder ,
hud despatched the wt'e of Sampson 'to in-
fonn Mr. Timothy Croi.ker, who lived about <
hnlf a mile off, that he wished to sec'him.
The maniac had bound the woman by oaths,
to return, and not to- give informatiou to any
one but Mr. Crocker, retaining her husband,
and children as hostageg foi*|her good faitlu
The woman we believe, complied with the
terms and returned again to her house,thbugk
she gave out some hints that occasioned the
•fathering of the neighbours. Mr. Crocker ar-
rived at the house in the evening, and having
auvay:- -possessed great control over Suuuder
in his paroxysms of madness, walked direct-
ly up to a window 1 in the house, and com-
menced a conversation witli him, to persuade
him to go home. Scudder merely pioposed
one or two questions, by which he ascertain-
ed the name of the intended victim, and
without giving the slightest intfi»atiou' of bis.
intention, discharged his gun throug h a hole
he had broken for the purpose, i^tbe win-
dow. Two balls passed hrough the body of
tho unfortunate . Mr. Crocker, and he fell-
dead on the spot.

This catastrophe produced so great a con-
sternation amon£ the people that no one
would ventuse near the ; house except one
young gentleman of the name of Bacon,
who rushed up and seized the muwlo of
Scudder's gun, thinking to disarm him be •
fore he could reload it. He succeeded how-
ever, only in wresting the ramrod from, the
maniac, and it being supposed there were
othjj.r guns in the house, no further attempt
was made to secure the inmates. The dead
body of. -Mr. Crocker was suffered to remain
where it fell, until eleven o'clock thd next
morning. In 'the mean time Scudder had
sa.lied from hia/fortress and pursued a boy •
with the intent to shoot him, the iad only es-
caped by-falling- into a'ditch in his terror, and
the > madman-running over the place witb'> at
seeing him. From this excur-ipn ..ie soon
returned to the house, and a number of reso-
lute persons having collected they forced the
<Joor and seizod him before ho had tinio to do
any further mischief. He was surrounded
with, axe*, 8hooknives,-aiid other -weapO'jS*
and liis assistant Sampson, busily eiigag^
in nailing up tho door to keep out the assail-,
ants.: Scudder was committed to the county,
jail; where bo still f«;:>ains. Mr. Crocker
was . an industrious worthy man, aud'ha* 1 ?**
* family to inoorn his untimely, eiid. The,
neigfibourhood in which this transaction hap-
pened is very thinly populated, at a distance
frbni the more settled parts of the town, an°
most of the m.fcn were absent at sea. These-
circumstances will a- co^nt for the long pe-
riod. that elapsed before Scudder was soCWf^

FRE ED OM'S JOURNAL.

t»d. Tho murder of a man in mich a place/
bebro their eyes, was calculated to fill the
minis of the people with consternation, and
paralyse nil their energies.-- /Vow. American.

Fii fcS c -liOlJflPS JOURNAL,

NEW-VORK, DECEMBER 14, 182T,

CONGRESS.
t)n Monday the 3d instant, the first session x>i
the twentieth Conress commenced. at Washing
ton. From the state of things it was predicted
by many that nearly all "the members of both
branches would be present} accordingly w# find
-that on calling tho roll of tne Senate, «very mem.
bcr-was present, except Mr. Webster of Massa-
chusetts, and Mr. Thorns, of Illinois.. Of the
two hundrod mid thirteen, composing the House
of Representatives, six oniy were absent. On
balloting for Speaker, Andrew Stevenson of Vir-
ginia, had 104 votes— Jonn W Taylor, of New-
York, 93— P. P. Barbour, of Virginia, 3— aud 3
scattering.

A committee from the Senate and House of
Representatives, having notified the President of
their organization, on Tuesday the 4th inst, his
annual Message was transmitted to both Houses-
Our limits will not permit us to lay it hefi <r« our
readers; wo can only recommend it as a docu-
ment worthy an attentive perusal, by all who feel
a desire to know more fully concerning our For-
eign and Domestic coneerns.

be admitted into.schoola in Prance, and thus;
be initiated into the advantages of civiliza-
tion. M. Drovetti offers to bear the first ex-
peases of this undertaking, which would tin
quwtiionably serve at ojtce the interests of!
the sciences and those of humanity. |

Socl»on, the robber of the Petersburg Bank,
hat bean arrested in the back French scttle-
mentij near Quebec, and is confined in the
jail oft that city. It will bo recollected that
Snelson was believed to be on his way to Liv
erpool, in a Canadian vessel, aud that on this
presumption a gentleman took passage in a
New-York packet some weeks since,' to ar-
rest him there.

Burrow Fact.ort. — The establishment for
tleboroufh is in very successful progress.--
The expenses of it 'are stated to amount to
nearly $80,000 a year, and lhe v amount of but-
tons manufactured to be over $100,000. Thir-
iy hands are employed in this factory, and 75
persons derive a subsistenco/rom it. It .was
visited on Wednesday last abont sixty gen-
tlemen, when Mr.. Jon* Wilson, of Boston,
was called to the. chair, and a resolution pas-
sed expressive of their approbation of the in-
genuity, skill, and perseverance of the pro-
prietors, Messrs. R. Robinson & Co. and of
their belief that the articles wero not excel-
led, if equalled, by any foreign manufacture,

GLORIOUS NEWS.

Paris, Oct 27,
Letters from Toulon, dated 2*2d October,
say, that since the entrance of the Count
D'Espango in the Girona, which took place
on the 4th of this month, tho communications
with Barcelona and the Sett 'dUrgel are per-
fectly free.

The rebel chief, Custan, who has made
bis submission, h,a« received' orders from tho
Governor of Figneiras to attack the insur-
gents himself. "On the 17th he commenced
hostilities against them, and made some pris-
oners.

The Phare says "Our merchants will
earn with pleasure, that the government
seems resolved to put a stop, to the depreda-
tions oi (he pirates, and to finish with Algiers.
;We hear that tho squadrons are to be rein-
forced, in order more* effectually to protect
the merchantmen that nivigate those seas.
It is also stated, that the Marshal Duke of

jR : is appointed, commander-in-chief' of

the troops Unit will belauded at Algiers, the
number of which is said to be 10 000. Our
merchants will recognise' in these measures
the paternal solicitude of the Sovereign."

i TURKEY AND GREECE.

BUBHAREST, Oct 5.

According to merchants' letters from Con-
stantinople, of UOth Sept. every piece of in-
telligence from Archipelago is looked for
With anxiety. The last note of the ambas-
sadors, dated 3lst August seemed to mak

From the Genius of Universal Emancipation.

IMPORTANT DECISION.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Illi-
nois to his friend in Philadelphia, dated

. August 23-v le£7.

" Married, on. Sunday last, by Jacob Kuhn, the Porte very uneasy, and the declaration
Esq. Mr. William Patterson,- to Miss Mar«a- contained in it, that the Porte not accepting
ret Dean, both of Westmoreland— oMJbr the proposed armistice and the intervention,
Jackson.~Pmn.pao. J the three ^powers would employ all means to

[This 'reminds us (says the Piitafield Ar- Kki!!7t i,,gplr,i ?;i aD,,i08ireC?
,nW Corporal 0>Bok^

bor, who came puffing to our office the other • \° %r J , 3.*; ™ u,)Ia \ (,ur 1 a .
morning, declaring « that Jackson's gain was" Ti l* ,** 'rt

«:« las? night." "How 8 o, Patrick ? «< Faith, \*i?Z * [V ,f ,
I've ten puppies] and all mv family are for 1 ' \ "Ef 1 6 * ™ S °

the General !"] * jtlegree o| lukcwarumess, wJ

stjivto anticipate an unfavourable result of its
ions, as Ibrahim Pacha, who
ffect in the field,
" Missolo.ughi,a
hich unfit' r the
circumstances, would have drawn on him the
displeasure of the Sultan, ami now give*
We respectfully solicit a translation of the canse to apprehend that ho will disappoint
« ^ It , lif .ioi ,1-piHnn nf thn SimrPmn f f<)1Io , win § words - Tho language, although oaon this great hopes th;it art* founded on his oper-
- m t , \l l l nT 1 Is S "did me ° Ur coun ^' '? ^ mUch nrtgloei«d.- Yft > . atlons, and really bring about an armistice hy

Court ot Misso-ui has attordtd mo mtm te will < give a receipt for all arrearages to anv of h,i wa ' n , n f. onnr ^ . t" a ion...- k.,., ■> «»..«

pleasure, the more so as 1 have long Uau (tie our subscribers, w!;o will explain them in a man

ner sati^fdvtonj to us ;

R T I P & Y P
S E N R E T A

object very much at heart, aud been exceed-
ing tuxjous to see ic effected.
. " I hail 'always been of tbe opiuion that the
ordinance of C migress of 1/87 had emancipa-
■ted the slaves in the territory North VVest of
tho Ohio. But as tho people of this state
have acquiesced hi o contrary decision of an
interior court near 40 years, 1 had repeatedly
urged on the Legislature to make provision
for the gradual but speedy . emancipation of
this remnant of servitude, nml had laboured
to convince the masters that it was tneir in-
terest tc have sodi a-lri w adopted, as i; would

have the effect of lulling the negn.es for a j , «, ■ -• —

time, and preventing their taking the ques- aR ! P" ce <-»"-enia. of.tiio aU
tii):.' to the highest Courts of 'Justice, wiiich
must decide in favor of the negroes, and give
them instant freedom. One of these unfor-
tunate sicgr#c.s* having been removed from
this stale to Missouri, a;i.i there having, been
tre*ted with cruelty, and finally transported
and. f-old in Louisiana, found his way b ck to
St. Louis, and there instituted a suit for his
fecedom under the ordinance of 17S7. The
Circuit Court having decided against him,
he took" his case to the Supreme Court,
where although two out of the three Judges'
-were advocates of slavery the decision was
reversed a:ul it was ununimoush/ decided
that he was a freeman. This decision has
produced considerable exciieme;;;. in this
state, and it is said' there, have be--n several
suits instituted by th* negroes 'o recover
their liberty-^and I cannot for a moment
doubt but what our Supreme Court will con
cur in the decisio made in Missouri. If so
this fom bin' be nnm-'natfdy washed
ami-tue i"rie:.-'.o of !,.an will-have a new cause
to tV.liciiat'? '..iiemselves on the protrress of cor-
rupt pnncip es, and on the restoration of his
long lost rights."

ordered that the army of Ri-.d»cliid Paclta
shall be reinforced'as spt.-eilily as possible,
and that he shall resume offensive operations
without delay. But perhaps, before the re-
inforcements arrive, and the Seraskiet c;m
cot'nmene.e his operations, the late of Greece
tnny already be decided.

! atmoaphero -/as so /illod with vapour and . ,
from ten o otack till noon, on Iho ISith ult. th*t itt
became ncovssary to light candles in »torea and
■dwelling hoti309.— — —Jltttmpt at Piracy — Th»
brig Bolivar, from New York to Mobilo, wa« at-
tacked by a piratical vessel on tho. 12th October.
Several guns wore fired, loaded with ihot, trwi

other indignititis orTcr«d Firt. On tho

morning of Nov. 24, an extensive and Valnabl*
Wool Jon Factory was consumed at Northfiekt,

Vt. togother with a new grain miil. Caution.

A child was loft tied to a chair, in a house near
Eii3ton, Md. whilo its mother went for a backet
of wator : during hor absence, a hog entered the
room, upset tho chair and threw the child into the
file, where it was^so shockingly burnt that it *ur-

vivnd only a fow Hour*. Kidnapping. At the

superior court, held for Caberrue county, N. ..C.
Joseph W«ar was tried on an indictment for kid-
napping, and was found guilty by tho jury. Jfo
was sentenced by Judge Norwood, to be hanged

on P'riday the 30lh of this month. : — Murder.

At Sampson superior court, N. C. Curtis Orrcl,
whoso trial had been removed to that county from
Neiv-Ilanovor, was convicted of the murder of
his cousin, Penelope Orrell, and sentenced by
Judge Rulliau, to be hung t,n Friday, 7th inst.— -
£<luc(Uiun. At the May tie Wusluyan Seminary,
at Keadfield, Me. there are 145 students. The ex-
penses of board are only from $1 00 to $1 25 a
week, and this can -bo paid by labour on tho farm^
or in some mechanical employment, by those who

choose to avail themselves of the privilege r —

Mantlcr At the recent circuit court of Washing-

Constantinoph, Oct. 4.
^he Porfe has received information that

On Saturday the packet ship Manchester
arrived at this port from Liverpool, and the

packet ship lirighton, Capt. Secor, from Lon-f f -, .. • fl . . , ., , .
doe. By these vessels we have received f h « E^P^ fleet is raforoualv hloUcaded
London and Liverpool papers of the 3d of !"Navarin by the English squadron, and that
November, London Shipping Lists of the "3d, ] l '? ,r "P°f lb!e ™*\ te ' , f ft an y movement
• - - '• " »3d. towards the sea. The Si l;an is >aid

The London Morning

.to hav>-

n . . . - i been both astonished aud irri.fMed by this
Chronicle of Nov. | nijwa , the m0PH s0< as , n )ra!)im p i<iha ; in con .
,d, contains a paragraph from Con«.tantiuo- SHqu e U ce of the express desire of his father
pie ^^, inwmchiUs'saidto borepor edthat th 3 : Me j JI , mef A) ; has ^ authorised to take
hu an wished to come to an understending | eyei v mea8 t() ' operation,

with the mediating powers, tha / he u| ^ '.^^i w f t J ul bej '

J»! <Tutf Vi e lw Wt ttfe U ansWerabTtTto any on, besides his father. The

an army to and at Algiers. Po rle, therefore; fours thai Ibrahim may con-

■ + Of this description of negroes there are
:narv liunored^ in Missouri, and .«till » great-
er number in Illinois, ami 1 am sorry to add
tiipy .-.re now running them off and selling
them in tin* .louver country.

A letter from London says that the Roths-
child f'amUv intend to establish two new
houses o:i i;.-ji)tnieiit, ouf nt Amslerdani
and the odu-r at St. t Pjater.sburgh, ,w here >it
erpsf tH they have only agencies. The sons
ot Messrs - Nathan and Solomon Rotl^chihi
•»\i!; ho charged with the direction of the
new houses.

At a recent meeting of the Paris Geo-,
gnq'iiicol Sm;ieiv. M;,Pacho read a Menjoir
ut i a project of M Drovetti, Fi^nph Cousul
_ge:-,i r ii i n Eoypi. concerning th.- civilisation
of the .ntr-ricr of Ati ic a. This project, is, to

It is said, in a letter from Corfu, that a
Russian Consul General has been appointed
for Greece.-vV. Y. D. Adv.

Frjim Hit Gazette de France, of JVov, 1.

Constantinople, 'Oct. 8.
The day before yesterday, the Divan m el-
and the deliberations pasted above two hours.
The Reis Effendi,- who, is still iudisposed was
uresem ut it. At the ewl of the sitting, the
Keii Effendi is;said to have had a confer-
ence with the D.agomans of the Intermelo,
ahd it has been reported that the Porte de-
sire

m may con-
sent to a treaty contrary to its interests.

Corpulency. — A Kentucky paper announces the
death of William Kellar, aged 45 years. The
cause of death is said to havo been excessive cor-
pulency, which increased 150 pounds the last year
of his iil'i). His weight a few weeks Uefore his
death was 583 pounds.— -Newspaper.- -A po-
litical and literary newspaper, entitled the :; Af-
rican Investigator," has recently, been attempted

at Tripoli in Africa. Morgan.— R. R. Hill,

whojwas confined in jail in Lockport, on his own

res to comfe to an understanding with thV con fi ssion> that he was tho- murderer V Morgan,
r dialing powers, 1 he ambassadors of, he8 been released from j^smi, the grand jurr of
vai.ee and England have sent couriers to Niagara county having refused to credit his story

their courts,

The Sultan now shows himself to the peo-
ple much less frequently thrill he used to do,
uud appears lo'havi'! confided to commission--
ers the superinlendunce of the works at the
srsenal and the fortifications of the Bospho-
rus, whicJi he no longer directs in per&dn.
Neither does he revievy the new troops so
frequently, and hi* ardour for the new insti-
tutions appears to be diminished. 1

[Angsburgh Gazette,

Paris, Oct. 3L— Letters from Toulouse of
the'24th tay, that several insurgents, among
whom was Savalie, thief of one of the bands
woi.ch bjockarled Girona, have p eaented,
thomseJves to theiSpauisii Governor of Figue-
has, sohciti% ihetr pardon, and have been
kept ever since the 18th Oct^ in their prison
ofiimt ' towm T^ie. Count D'JEsppgne. is. at
Llado, two -1< agues from Figuehras, and
causes the rebels to be pursued in ail direc-
tions. On.. the ^8th he required from the
governor of iFig ueras four thousand rations

tend from Egypt, a numfaerof youpgAfricaus to of bread, and' as many the following dav.

Niagara county navmg

or fiiid a bill against him.— — *-Stcuin-boat .lui-
denf.U-Tho Uuion Line steam-boat Thistle, Capt.
Vanlierbilt, oh her passage from New-Brunswick
to N| York, with about fitly passengers on board,
ran asbore on Saturday between th<* houVs of nine
and ten," on Oyiferdsfand lloef, and ..sunk in ab<iut
fifteen minutes. Tha passengera were taken off

by the barge from Bcdlow's Island. Wlccidont.

— At | the close of the second act of FaustUs, on
Saturday evening, at the Park Theatre, the cord*
that held tho trap gave way, in conspquence oi'
which Messrs. Simpson ahd Barry,- with Mrs.
Harry, were' precipitated a depth of about, ibyr-
teon feet. Both gentlemen were considerably in-
jurf d! Mrs. Barry had her log broken, ankle dis-
located, and it is feared that uhiputation will be

«ccc#fcary .- -—Daring fiebbtry-rOn Saturday

«vi?niog.the bofirdiug-house No, OlWilliain-atrcet.
wnp , ^htered while the family' wore at tcaj by
.eiprae , villains,' who took therefrom two gold
waicliPB, and a variety pfclbthirig, to the amount
of nev*ral hundred dollars.— -^—Trachcsitowy.—
A>hilH of Mr, J. Sbcpard, of Concord. N...H.;
latelyjiad a. large garden' bean lodged: in .the wind -.,
pipe 27 hours. Dr. Reynolds, of thtkt town, then

cut the Windpipe and 'relieved him.- Dark-Day

at J>tttoit,--T\i.i Detroit Gazette says, tliat tho

ton county, before .Judge Walwordi, a verdict of
$400 was given in the. case of Lynde vs. Hall, for
slander; #500 in Huestis vs. Realty, for slander

also. Premium The premium of $100, for

the best plan of the intended Masonic Hall, in
Augusta, Ga. has been awarded to Mr. Jsaiah
Rodgers, of Boston, over several other competi-
tors. Large Crops. The St. Augustine He-
rald says, this is an abundant season; and the ex-
ports will be largL-. It is estimated that the
grov»is in and around the city, will amount to
about 2.000.000. The export of the week is

about 400,000.- Extraordinary Hog. — A

hug belonging to E. Leslie & Sons, Dundas, IT.
C and its carcase with the" skin was fouud to
wi i.jb 050 lbs. The skin alone weighed 105 lbs.
and measured 7 feet in width, and s m hugth.
li'.! .vas about .) i 2 years old. — - — Weekly Sab-
bath. 1. The Hebrews keep SaturcU} . £. .'t'iie
Chrii3f.in.ns, Sunday. 3. The Airie ms, Tuesday,

The Turk i, Knday. Fertility uf ike Soil vt

'Jkiii. Tho Morgan Sentinel (Ohj.-; conianib me
olloftdng notice <A a planluimn ut brobdisuagiun
com, wiiif. 'i was so tu'i thnt a mui hid to get on
hoTvi'Da-jic it cut it >AY. A short time since, on
the . wtttATJ .fDuck Creek, in this county. (Alo-
y.iri) wv, :.ad -uir ciifi isity crmsidofaidy en .v.-.iud
by SL-eing nn-n enga^^d on horsobauk looping co. n.-
Tii,' corn iH'irt'iiiifitaudma tile drynesa of the
yo-i j .;i ha<i. grown ni*'a<; btyvtui the. reach oftiie
tallest men among us wimn standing on the
gr -iiind. The stalks were generally from seven

to trim iftet high, and unusually large. ■ — fa-

lemptrunce. Thirty millions of dollars are annu-
ally expended fur ardent spirits in tho Union.,
7Vn millions of dollars are expended yearly for
the support of paupers, caused by iiitemperance.
1 is supposed t at there are one hundred thousand
drunkards in this country, and that fen thousand

dit. unntiady. -iircat Southern Road. Th»

Jijigiuwra who havn surveyed the route of the
proposed road from Ohio to New-Orleans, esti-
mate its cost on the Mr. Adams plaii^at $4000 -per.
mile, making the whole cost, 3,500,000 dollars.

A Turkish spy, writing to his employers, s&ys,
I am now in an apartment so little that the
least suspicion caniot enter it."

MARRIED,
In Philadelphia, on the 3d inst. &y t ht Rev.
Mr. .WCalla, Mr. Jncob A. Stanp, of Balti-
more, to Miss Esther Black, of Philadelphia.

In this city, on the XOth inst. by the Rev. Mr.
Cornish. Mr. John Isee to Miss Isabella Mdr-
q u iss, both of this cit'i/. . >

By thb Ren B Paul Mr. Tobias Green to
Miss Phillis Havens— Mr. Sdiuuel P. Robin*
son to Miss Laura Freeman.

i

Nkw Establishment.

,B- mX^MrStn reapcctfully mforaifl; hi»
friends, and the public generally, that he. ha*
WWtd'a-llEFRKSttMMT'MVSE, at No. 422
Broadway ; where , such as favor him with their
custom,' may always t'.xpect to be served y\ith the
choicest Liquors and Refreshments, at the short-
est notice. . 40

New-York, Dec. 11, 1887.

WANTED,

Tho Whole or' part of a.Piw in the Iowerpait
of St. Piillip'sClmrteh— K«i<l<i ire .at this .office. -9

ALMANAC,

DECEMBEH.
14 'Friday, . . . .
\& Satvifiay . . .
lb' duKSay . . . ■;.
17 . . Mty ii uy . . .

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20 'Ihursday

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FREEDOM* ! jQUIIlVAt

POETRY.

SONG OF EMIGRATION.
There was heard. a song on tlin chiming sea,
A mingled breathing of grief and gloo;
Man's voice, unbroken by sighs, was there,
Filling with triumph the sunny air;
Of fresh grten lands, and of pastures new,
It sang, while the bark through tho surges flew. .
But ever and anon

A murmur of farewell
Told, by its plaintive tone,
That from woman's lips it fell.

Away, away, o'er the foaming main !"
— This was the free and the joyful. strain— -
u Theroarc clearer skies than our* afar,
We will shape our course by a brighter star;
There are plains whose verdure no foot hath
pressd,

And whoBC wealth ia all for the first brave guest."
" Itiit alas ! that we should go,"
Sang the farewell voices tliun,
41 From the homesteads warm and low,
By the brook and in the glen.'"

■■" We will nar new homes, under trees that glow
As if gems were the fruitage, of every bough;
O er our white/walls we will train the vine,'
And sit in its shadow at day's decline,
And watch our herds, as they ran^e at will
Through the green savannas, all bright and
still."

" But woe for that sweet shade

Of the flowering orchard trees,
Where first our children play'd
' Midst the birds and honey-bees'"

' ; All, all our o-' p n shall the forest be,
As to the bound of the rue-buck free !
None shall say, ' Hither, no farther pass!'
We will track each step through the \vavygras3!
We wi.il chase the elk in his speed and might,
And bring proud spoils to the hearth at night.''
" But oh ! the grey church tower,

And the sound of the Sabbath bell,]
" And the shelterd garden bowir —

We' have bid them all farewell !''

We will give the names of our fearless race
To each bright river whose course we trace;
We will leave our memory with mourns and
floods,

And the path of our daring in boundless woods,
And our works unto many a lake's green shore,
Where the Indian graves lay alone before 1"
" But who will teach the flowers,

Which our children loved, to dwell.-
In a soil that is not ours ?
—Home, home, and friends, farewell !"

VIA CRUCIS, VIA I.UCIS.
[Slight turns to day :

When sullen darkness lowers,
And heaven and earth are hid from sight,]
Cheer up, cheer up;
Ere long the opening flowers,
With dewy eyes shaU shine in light.

Storms die irr calms:

When over land and ocean
Roll the loud chariots of the wind,
Cheer up, cheer up;
The voice of wild commotion
Proclaims tranquility behind.

Winter wakes spring :

When icy blasts are blowing
O'er frozen lakes, .through naked trees,
Cheer up, cheer up;
All beautiful and glowing
May floats in fragrance on the breeze.

War ends in peace :

Though dread artillery rattle,
And ghastly corses load the ground,
Cheer up, cheer up,
Where groan'd the field of battle,
The song, the dance, the'feast, go round.

Toi 1 b : nos repose :

W 'i noon-tide fervours beating,
Wh h Hrc-op thy temples o'er thy breast,
lb, i up, cheer up;
Gi .iy twilight, cool and fleeting,
Wafts on its wing the hour of rest.

©eath springs to lift:

Though brief and sad thy story,
Thy years all spent in care arid gloom,
Look up, lf<ik up;
Eternity and glory

Dawn through the portals of the tomb

[From Dr. King's Anecd-.-es ->f his own times ]
A Presence of Mind is a very rare, b»t ;i
very happy-und useful talent, and it ix a per-
tain guard against many mischiefs and in-
conveniences, to which human life is contin-
ually exposed. It is something yery differ
ent from impudence, or a vaiu assurance
^presence of Mnd i always weil bred, and
is generally accompanied with wit and cour-
age. Amongst all my acquaintance I cannot
recollect more than three persons, who Vere.
eminently possessed ,»f thi* quality. Dr. At-
terbury, Bishop of Rochester, Earl of Stair,
who was our Ambassador in. France the be-
ginning of the last reign, and Dr. lames
Monro, who was many years physician at
.Bethlehem hospital

In 1715 I diner! with the duke of Ormend
at Richmond. We were fourteen at titbit.
There was my Lord Marr, my Lord Jersey
my Lord Arran, my Lord Lansd own, Sir W
Wyudham, Sir Redmond ttvorard, aiid At-'
terbury, BiBhop of Rochester. The rest of
the company I do not exactly remember.
During the dinner! there was a jocular dis-
pute ; I forgot ho\y it was introduced) con
certiing short prayers. Sir William Wynd-
ham told us, that the shjortest prayer he had
ever heard was thei prayer of a common sol-
dier just before the battle of Blenheim, 4 O
God, if there be a God, save my bouI, if 1
have a soul 1'.. This was followed by a general
laugh. 1 immediately reflected that such
a treatment of the subject wa8 too ludicrous,
at least very improper, where a learned and
religious prelate was ono of the company.
But°I had soon an opportunity of making a
different reflection. Atterbury, seeming to
join in the conversation* and applying himself
to Sir William Wyudham, said l> Your pray-
er, Sir William, 'is indeed very short; but. I
remember another as short, but a much bet-
ter, offered up likewise by a poor soldier in
the same circumstances, ' O God, if in the
dav of battle I forget ^hee, do thou not for-
get me !' This, as Atterbury pronounced it
with his usual grace and dignity, was a very
j gentle and polite reproof, and was immedi-
ately felt by the whole company. And the
Duke of Ormonde, who was the best bred
man of his age, suddenly turned the dis-
course to another subject.

Social Hints.
When I see a young man, the nature of
whose business impe i nsly demands all his
attention, loitering about poblic houses,
spending his time and money, and what is of
as much if not more consequence, his respec-
table standing in society, then I say to
myself, if he dose not " tack ship he will be
on a lee shore, and com equently among the
breakers."

When I see young married persons launch>
ing out into great extravagancies* beyond
whattheir pecuniary affairs will admit, then
I say to myself, you had better " haul aft,
and run closer to the wind, or you will soon
have to make a loocing stretch to get to
windward again."

hen I see parents indulging their chil
drcn in every thing their little fancies prompt
them to desire after, then I say to myself,
your children will soon bo your masters, and
it is very probab'e, should they come to
years of maturity, they will be cause. 'Of trou
Lie to you in your old age, and by their im-
proper conduct," bring down your grey hairs
with sorrow to the grave."— [Sat.. Eve. Post

When a corpse is buned in-Russia, it is
attired in its best clothing, or in an expen
bivc substitute for it, or, if the individual held
any situation under government, in his ap
propriate uniform. This custom led to a s n-
gulur occurrence on the decease of the late
General Alabief. After his interment, a bill
of 20,000 roubles was missing ; suspicion fell
upon his secretary, alio was threatened with
a prosecution, unb.'ss.it was produced. Un-
able to account fcr the deficiency, the idea
atPlcngth occurred to him that the' paper
might have been buried withers master; the
coffin was opened and the bill found safe
in the generals podiiit.

Discovery of Tcmhs:— Three tombs, in good
preservation, have lately been discovered at
Corneto, 15 leagues from Rome. On the
wall* of the first there are paintings, repre-
senting garnet and fi'meral repasts : and we
may judge by the beauty of tho workman-
ship to what a degree of perfection the art
of painting had arrived among the ancient
Ethurians. — Literary Chronicle,-

Gleanings.— If votrsee half a dozen faults
in a woman, you' may rest assured she has a
hu nlved virtues jto counterbalance them. I
love your faulty,' and; fear your faultless wo-
men. When you see what is termed a fault-
y\pss woman, dread her as you would a beau
tiful snake The power of completely coii
cea-ling the defedts that she must have; is of
itself a serious vice. • .

I you find no more books in a man's room
save sortie fouri or five j including the red
book and the general almanack, you may so'
down the individual as a, man of genius, or
: an ass there i;i no rneriium,
| The eye is ne^ej to' be mistaken* A per-
' son may discipline tiio muscles of the face.
| and voice, but thtetre is, something in the eye
| beyond the will, |and'.wa tbtw frequently find
j it giving the tongue the Me direct;
{ .1 never knew ia truljr estirrrable man offer
a finger, it is «vef a sign of a cold .heart.;

and he who \s hj?artles's r i» positively worth
less, though hVifiay hn negatively h'armless,
■ Cut yohr ' : ~ ■ : * ! : * " . . • .

Economy is -the Road to Wealth; ,
And a Penky Sawtt is as good as two Pence
earned.
THEN CALL AT THE

vsn&r mm- sv&vita

'CLOTHES DRESSING ESTAB-
j LISHMENT,

JtiMES GILBERT,

Who has Removed from 411 to 422 Broadway,
and continuf s as usual to carry on the Clothes
Dressing in a correct and systematical style ; hav-
ing a perfect knowledge of the Business, having
beon legally ib ed to it, his mode of Cleaning and
Dressing Coats, Pantaloons, &c. is by Steam
Sponging, which is the only correct system of
Cleaning, which he will warrant to extract all
kinds of Stains, Grease-Spots. Tar, Paint, &c. or
no. pay will be taken.

N. B. The public aro cautioned against the im-
posture of those who attempt tin Dressing of
Clothes, by Steam Sponging, who are totally ua-
acquainted with the Business, as there are many
Establishments which have recently been opened
in this city.

V All kinds of Tailoring -Work done at thp
above place.'

All clothes left to be cleaned or repaired will be
good for one year and one day, if not claimed in
that time, they will be sold at public auction

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
MR. GOLD, late of Connecticut, lakes this
method of informing the coloured population of
this city /that he teaches English Grammar, upon
a new and improved plan, by which a pupil of or-
dinary capacity, may obtain a correct and thor-
ough knowledge of the principles of the English
language, by attending to tho study thereof, two
hours in a day in six weeks. He would be willing
to teach a class of coloured persons, either in the
day or ia the evening (as may suit their conveni-
ence;) and his terms will be such, that no one de-
sirous to learn will have cause to bo dissatisfied
with them. :

Persons wishing to avail themselves of this op-
portunity of learning KnglishGramniar.will please
to call upon' the RoV. B. Taul, No. 6, York-street,
or the Rev. P. William's 08, Crosby-street, with
whom also the names -of those, 'who determine up-
on becoming pupils of Mr. Gold, will be left.

Nov. 1G, 1627.

SCHOOL NOTICE.

THE subscriber wishes to return thanks
to his friends, or 'the liberal encoiuioc mint of
patronizing his school ; aiid -would be permitted
tosay,'he still continues to teach in the sauit
place, and hopes by increased-exerlions, io merii

hare of public encouragement. • Th

a share of public encouragement, 't he branches
attended to,are Rending, Writing, Cyphering, Ge-
ography, English Grammar, aud Natural Philoso-
phy.' And to the females Needle Work.

i JEREMIAH GLOUCESTER-
Philadelphia, Oct. 34

~~F. & R. DRAPER,
( Coloured Men,)
In Forest-street, BALTIMORE, Manufacture

„ i ALti KINDS OF ' •

Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappe, & JMaccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, ! fialf Spanish, and American
CIGARS.
N.-Ti. Hie above gentlemen ha ve, sent me
:i large Bok of their TOBACCO, for sale, and
should the experiment .uccecd, they can supply
any quantity of all- the articles. 30
____ ! SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

EVENING SCHOOli •
AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons o;
Colour, will be opened on the 15tli of Octo-
ber. next in the African School- -Iiobm iu Alul-
jerry-street; where will be taughlt
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,

ENGLISH; GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY,&c. .

Terms, Tl^reo Dollars per Quarter J payable in
advance.' Hours from 6 to half past S o'clock. .
• Sept. IH. • . j &i

NOTICE. I
The "African Mutual Instruction
Society, for tho instruction of coloured Adult?,
of both Sebccs," haVo ro-opened their SCHOOL,
>n Mo su\r Evening, October 1st, at their former;
School- Rohm, under tin Mariner's \Ckurch, in
Roosevelt-lstreet.. Tho School will foe open orf
every Motdfatj, Wednesday and Friday Evening's,
at, half pa^ Co'ftloek. . . • ' ■ ,

T i6se;de«irouB of receiving instruction, will
be taiight to Read, Write and Cypher, until the
first of April, fqr the small suinj of ono t(ol-
lar, to be paid on efltering the school,
' An early application * '

. .. i» requested,
be no alloWtnce made for past time'
' ] Jiuron }y*6d,* ; James Mjeri t

Jl CJffiD.

Respectfully informs his friends, ard
tho public ' gonrfrallV, thfct his Honso, Ifb. VHV
Church street, is still open for tho accommodation ;
of genteel persons of colour, with

BOARDING & LODGING.

Grateful for past favours, he solicits a con-
tinuahci of Iho same. His hotiBe is in a healthy
and pleasan). part of the city, and no pains or ex-
pense wiil be rfparetl on his part, to render the si-
tuations of those 'who honour him with their pa-
tronago, as comfortable as possible.

New- York. Sept. 1827. 9P— ? m

EXPI K ATI ON of the tinu -lor redeem-
ing LANDS for TAXES in 1&26.— Comptkom.-
t.r s Ot FicE, Albany Oct. 17, 1827.— Public nc-
tice is hereby given, that the time for redeeming
the Lands sold for .County Taxes and the United
States' Direct Tax and Asseasmcnts for niakind
Roads, will expire on the 27th day of April next;
and that unless the lands sold by the Comptr oller
at his last sale in lft2(>, are redeemed on or beforo
the 27th day of April next, they will be conveyed
to tho purchasers. W. L. MARCY,

' Comptroller.
N. B. Lists of such LANDS in each County
as had ben i Fold, and were not redeemed at tho
date of the a'five noiice, have been 'transmitted to
each County Treasurer, whose duty it is- to pnb-
hsh the same in one or papers in the County of
which he is Treasurer Thosi- interested are re-
ferred to such lists to ascertain if their LANDS
have been sold and remain unredeemed.

~ LAjYD for mle.

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Lash,
at less than ono half its value, provided they will
take measures to settle, or have it sctth d, by co-
loured farmers. The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being on the banks of the s Delaware
river, with an' open navigation to the city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware
to tho Hudson river passes through the traet. o-
pening a direct navigation to New-York ciij .

Eassage to cither city may be made in one day or
•ss The land is of tho beet quality, and well
timbered.

Tho subscriber hopes that some of his breth- -
roji, who are capitalists, will at least hivtst Sftfi or
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take*
the liberty to say, this land can be purchased for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men.) though it
has been selling for $2f). He also takes the liberty
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, frrm-
ed by coloured families, would be conducive of
much good : With this object in view he will in-
vest 500 dollars in.the purchase

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New-Yosk, March 20. ^

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will be received and attended to

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AUTHORISED AGENTS'.

R.ev. S. E. Counish; General Agent.
Maine— C. Stockbridge, Esq. Nrrth \armoufli-

Mr. Reuben Ruby, Portland. Me.
Massachusetts— Mr. < David Walker, Boston;: Rev.

Thomas Paul, do.— Mr. John Remond, SaU-m.
■Connecticut-— ■Mr; John Shields, 'New-Haven —
Mr. Isaac C. Glasko, Norv/ich, '■ ; '. ''■

Rhode- Island-^- Mr. George C.Wiliis, Providence.
Pennsylvania — Mr. FrancisW(?bb, Philadelphia—-

Mr. Stephen Smith, Columbia.
Maryland— -Alesers. R. Cowley &■ H. Grice, E^*

timor«r . . •

Dui. of Colwrthia-~Mr.X. W. Prout, Wash jiig ton.

—Mr. Thomas Braddock, Alexandria, i
A'cio- York— Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Alb»»y t — Mr.
R. P. G. Wright, Schenec'ady — AnaJin Stew-
ard,. Rochcster—Rev.W P Williams.. Flushirg-
Mr. Gcorgo Drerassc. Brooklyn, L. i.«Fredrt-
ick. Holland, Buffalo.
jYew Jernty-^ Mr. Theodorp S. Wright, Prince
' ton— Mr., Janice C, Cowe8. New-Brunswick—* .-.
' Rev. B. F. Hughes, Newark-^Mr. 1 Leonard :

Scott, Trenton..
I'irginiaJ-MT. W- D Baptist,Fredericksburjh. -

Rev. R. Vonghn— [licit mpHd
•E™i;\v:v—?!^P:iHjm ; I Thomas. Urn-f r!. , j

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THE STOUT GENTLEMAN;
A STAGE coach romance.
< I'll cross it, though it blasts me"— -Hatrdtt.

It was a rainy Sunday, in the gloomy
nomh of November, i had been detained,
4i the course ol a journey, by a slight indis-
Xisition, from which- 1 was. recovering ; but I
*&8 still feverish, and was obliged to
keep within O.oor e all day, in an inn of the
smalltown of Derby. A wet Sunday in a
joun ry inn! whoever has bad the luck to
experience one, can alone judge of my situa-
tion. The rain pattered ag&i.st the case-
ments; the bells tolled for churjh y ich a
re< fancholy sound. I went *,a the window in
quest of something to amuse the eye ; but it
seemed as if I had been placed completely
out of the rSacii of all amusements. The
windows of my bed-room looked out among
tiled roofs and stacks of chimney, while
those of my sitting-room c«mrnanded a full:
view of the stable- yard; I know of nothing
more calculated to make a man eick of this
world than a stable-yard on a rainy day. The
place was littered with -wet straw that had
been kicked about by travellers and. stable-
boys- In one corner was a stagnant pool of
water, surrounding an island ef muck ; there
were several half-drowned fowls .crowded
together under a cart, among which was a
miserable, crest-fallen cock, drenched eutof
ail life and spirit; his drooping tail matted
ns it were, into a single feather, along/ which
the water trickled from his back; near the
cart was a half-dozing cow, chewing the
cud, and standing patiently to be raided on,
with wreaths of vapour rising from her reek-
ing hide ; a wall-eyed horse, tired of the
loneliness of the stable, was poking his spec-,
i.ral head out ef a window, with the rain
Gripping on it from the eaves ; an unhappy
cur, chained to a doghouse hard by f uttered

.^j ■ ffuW' aTtH 'XWn-roc i w y yii t T

bark and a yelp^ a dr»b of kitchen-wench
tramped ^backwards and forwards through
the yard in pattens, looking as sulky as the:
-weather itself; every thing, in short, was
comfoitiess and forlorn, excepting a crew of
hard-drinking ducks, assembled like boon
companions Found a puddle, and making a
riotous noise over their hquor.

1 was ioneiy and listless, and wanted
.amusement. My room soon became insup-
portable, r abandoned it, and sought what is
technical]} called the travcllersVroomV This
is a public roqm set apart at most inns for
the accommodation of a class of wayfarers,
called travellers/ or riders ; a kind of com-
mercial knights errant, who ar4 incessantly
scouring the kingdom is gigs, on horseback,
or by coach. They are the only successors,
that 1 know of at the present day to' the
knights errant of yore.- They lead the same
kind ol" roving adveuturous^ife, only chang-
ing the lance for a driving- whip> the buckler
for a pattern card,' and a coat of mail for an
upper Benjamin. Instead of Vindicating . the
charms of peerless beauty, they rove about
"spreading the'farhe and stanAing of some
substantial tradesman or rnanuticturerji and
are ready at anytime to bargain in his name,;
it bein» the fashion now-a-days id. trade,- in-
stead of fight, with one another, Aluhe room
of the hotel, in the good old fightiW times,
would be hung round at mght^vitfttlie; ar-
mour of way-worn warriors, such, as Wts of
mail, falchions; .and yawning helmetsW the;
traveller's room is garnished wiyi m\ harr
nessing of their successors, with ^ox-coats,
whips of all- kiwis, spurs, gaiters) and oil
cloth covered hats. k.

1 was in hopes of finding some ' of thtse
worthies to talk with, but was disappohited^
There were, indeed, two or \hree; in the
loom; but I could make nothing ol thein;T-
Onevfas jusi finishing his breakias^quarrej-

amused my self with watching the .daughters
of a tradesman opposite; who being cohflndd
to the house fdr fear of wetting their Suwlay
finery, played toff their charts at the /rent
windows, to fascinate the chance-tenantf ol
the inn. They- at leneta were summoned
awuy by a vinegar-faced mother,, and I had
nothing further from wimopt tpAaraufe me. .

What was I to do to -paV».Wr& a . lo *£ r

lived day.! I in 1 1 j I jfl nfrwfctj jPW * / ?

and avery thing about an l«»wH** lc "[ a :
ted td make fa dull day ten- Umea tfWler, ; Old
nevvspepeis, smelling of beer apd t«b««o
smoke, and wliich I had, already, read half a;
dozen times. [Good for, nothing book#, j( Opt
were worse than rainy weatfier. labored my-
self to death with an old volume of (he la-
dy's Magazine. I read all the coinmph^plaea
names of amtjitious travellers scrawled op,
the panes of glass; the eta^el/asailies of the
Smiths and the; .Browns^.a»d> ; Jfo .Jackaoai, .
and the Johnsdns, and all the other soils; and;
1 deciphered several I scraps of fatiguing, inn-
window poatrjt. whicb liliave met With in all
parts of the worjd.

The day continued lowering atfd: gl^otpy i
the slovenly, ragged) spongy clohds drifted
heavily long; there,, was no variety eve# in
the rain; it was one dull, continued, mptioto-
nous patter— patter— : patter, excepting that
now Md jijien I was eniivaned py-.the ides:
of a brisk shower, from the rattling of tbe>
drops upon : a passing* umbrella* ; ,

It was quite re/resMn^ (if M iHsy^be allow-
ed a hackney phrase, of thfrday) Vbenji# Che
course of ;the morning, .a born blew, and *
stage-coach whirled through the street, with
outside passengers stupk all $yar it, cower?
ing un;er cotton umbrellas, and seethed to-*
gether, -and reeking with the steam, of wet!
box coats and upper Benjamins ; ;•; >■■■

. The, sound brought, out fronj their jlurking
plac e * a..j Q ^ut^i£,y^g* t * mni- Itnygj, < wi^rt'imw**

and that npn-descript a niinal;7«l^<|-^9»ot'a|-
and all the other vagabond : r^ca <|b;|$; infest
the .purlieus of an ; ron; <buts|we> tuatte- waa
transient; the coach agftra / Whirled «n its
way; and boy and dog, S! ©«t}0r^art4 Boots; all
slunk, back again, to theif hoias; the ftreet
agaiii.becarne.silent^anfl -tii.^^iiO^ntinued;
to rain on. . In fact, 'iheva was'po hope of its
clearing up; the barometer 'poiutfldi.to rapy
weather; mine postess's tortoise-shall cat sat
by the -fire washing her face, and. rubbing
her paws oyer he* ears;: and, on referring to
the i almanac, I found a. direful . prediction
stretching; from the) top jr>f , theiipajje, to tlie
bottom through the wholeV month, •/expect
r-^rrjuch— rain-r-a! • Jt— "thtfr-*rtime.i" •

1 was dreadfully nipped: rThe boors saem-
ed M thtugb Uhey\WQuld hay^preep byV
The' very ticking of the- clock bpcama, irk-
some. A.t.length Uite.iStjllqesa.Qf 4he ;bouse
was interrupted by irthe.; rj^gipg; tatylk
Shortly after t heard the ybice ot> . waiter at
Jtkte bar : u The stoiit/^WtleinaBSin'-flO^bytr
thirteen wants his brea^fsSL T«a and bread
and butter,, With, ifam aud-egffl; the e^ga wot
to be much clone."

A I n, subh arsituatioiv-as mioe every incidept
is of im portance. Hera ,v« n u a 'sutyaefc of
speculation presented to my mi«& aad ampla.
exercise for my ire^ginatioa. 4 a«o proue to
jmykalfiafldoatlMi

paint pictures to &yj&Ti:WM:!ty*4i^W
i iiad some. materials Vo work > ; o potii-r Had!-;
guest- up itairaPbeen mentmSffidJaa JiUHSii
«<r; Mr. Brawn; <ir Mr, Jaeksoa, or Mr. Jtpha
son, Or merely as " the gentleman in MAvber >.
•tbirteeu > " i it would have been a paHect blank
to me. i should have t bought notiiBf of 4t|
but " Tha Stout Geml«iaaa!"*-tba ^r«ry
name had something in it of ibe sictttr«s5pue.
U at *>bce gave the size}- it embodisa; tha
pr.raonagt to my mind's eye, aod.iimy^wiijr
di^ the rest. . -

He was stout, wm.9^..M^fy,M$$- »

ingwith his I read and butter, knd'Muj all JprbWbili^

the waiter; another buttoned on a pwr of ' ' *" ' J '

gaiters, withvmany execrations titBooif '.for-
not ha ving cleaned his shoes we|; >• f^iird
*at drumming ,pn the table with! his.ftnga'rs,
and loi)king at'the rain as U strfeameo dd,wit
the window glass: they all app&red inteVi-;
edby the weather, and disappuired, . one ^1 1
ter the other, without exchaugug a uprd'

iftiite^ soma peoplej!expaiklin^|ia jk«^^*fe
old/ By h» break resting. raUMt 1 Ut«v
his 6w n room, he must be a mas m* Uftatned
to live at his ease, and abawa Iba neoassrty
ef aarly rising; no ddubtj a iaw^ rosy, Itiaty.
old'g*jpUeii»n.

. hare was another violent ihifin|r. Th*
s ;out fsaUaraan wasimps^ieiit^oaMiitbraab

1 sauntered to the window, ajitsioou ga^ j faille «M«videndy a as^^rMstportaaae;
ing ai tb'e people, racking Ucir way- to » w'tftMa'.QViaihc wwkb,^ 'S^a»afip»*.|o bs»

aiti>d up«a, of a kaa» «M»atit«,
, aid';-3m«io><ros» wit^^mtfgf^ #&Vrmfc*.
Ufint, I t^en\ i .oii^bti, h« Ve agq&k^Qitiifari

church, with pett4eoais i»oisiedh^d^e^ bfg : t|{^^a^^ai|f*'d
and dripping umbrellas. • The IjeiJe;. cease^ asd>3^iiuiti'crasM
to toll, and the streets became

i, and there was
he was, doubt-
^ntly there was
it could be an-
raote violent,
tic old : gentle-
do wn. in a- huff.--
Jggs were ovf r-
the stout gen-
his eating; i.ohe
and keep the
l aistate militant

fume,

mln; or \vho knows but he n)iy be a member
Of [parliament.?"

Tha' breakfast was sent
a. short ibwrvsrof silence
less, making t^ie tea. Pr
a jiolenl ringing, and before^
swered, another ringing stjll
-r-f« Bless me ! what s chol
m^n!" The waiter came
The butter was rancid, the
done, the ham Was too salt
tlamanr was evidently nice ir
of those who eat and igrdwi
wsitar on tha trot, and live i
with the household. ,

The hostess got into a
ssfve thai she was a brisk ,
in; a little of a shrew, anc
mmerkifi, but very pre!
nincompoop for a husband,
tolbaye, v : She rated the sei
.their negligence in t cendi
breakfast,' 1>ut said hot a
staut gentleman; by which
edj, that he must ,be a man
entitled. to make a noise
at a . country inn, Other .«,,
bvjead. and butteir were sen
red to .^'Vtdbre-'gracip.iji
it there ;was nd'fdrtfietir. c »
hid; hoi made ma ny turns
lars' room, when , that e , w
r.r Shortly aftdeward thai
inquest about the house,
ban wanted the Times <
reaper, t set iiim' dow
big; sr rather; from his
i lordly where tee had a«. r .
IhimXof:: being: a radical,
^dard was* large man; u whc(
4t it itis ; U(j ' ■ ' " ' '

tty

nding

an 1

i;iunt himself ? ,:
-curiosity began to

I should pb-
coquettish wo-
something of a
withal; with a
shrews are apt
nts roundly for
iUp. ^o bad a :
jpord against the
clearly perceiv-
of consequence,
' to give trouble
arid ham,, and
up. They ap-
isj.y. received; at
nplaint.
about the trav-
i .another ripg-
was a stir and
Tha stout gen-
' the Chronicle
i, tHerefhroV for
1 eing so absplii'te
chance, I suspec-
l . Hunti I had
knows, (thought

be

j,\The Inn llords

gut sts.

ant ;ei
f hi

, Jet nO iitMor/iiatioii
knawhls pame,
ipfw s'eldpra troMble; tkef r

• of tKeitf transient
a coat, the shape or' We
»ugh to suggest a -trayj
jerv the tall igeatlemapK

.tl^ihaii, or the gentleman
M^Iamafi ^soufl-^olou^-''
sejht ihstaricei tlile stout gi
naliion of the kind once"- hit
purpose, and saves all
,-Stjain-r-ritin— raio ! piti!
No sue h thing. as putting a.
and no occupation nor ai
lij and by I heard som¥
bpad. It was in the. stout
Hb evidently was a largi
i of his tredd : and oh
waartng, such creaking sph
MUT ' tlieaghrlj-;**- so'm#' - { jru
ofLr egdlar; habits; end is nb\{r
'arbreskifast.'V'vAv

I now ri«ad , all ^ .tha.
coaches and hotels, that
tbja : maolla piabe* The
had become an sbominetioi
^^usasiiheiday its©l#
rkhbwiini: what to do, a
iny room. „ I had not
w^en the'rsijjwss a squaH ;

Itly V a a^iam^mtaid, Aa .
haviiifi a tuddy, gooi

* dqwtir^stajjra.ln, a- '

I furth sr
tilesi ,

«jyUtlusU^C»i4M
nobody see inijid
lords ot'bb?Uing
heads i , aboitt the.
The colour
i)f ' tbe person, i*
ling name; It is
>r the; short gen
n black, or. the
• as in- tlie pre :
iimui. A desig^
answers every
inquiry. ;
ceasiemjss rain..'
j oot put^dMoi^rs,
.musement within.

>ne walking oyer
gbntteman's room,
by thp heayK
old man irom his
"He is doubt-
old sqtiare-toes
taking axercise

As I liate squabbles,- particularly with -wo-
men, and above all pretty women, I slunk
back into my room, and partly closed tha
do#r; but my curiosity was too much'sxeited
not to listen. ; Th- landlady marched intre p-
idly to the enemy's citadel, and entered it •
with a storm: the door closed after her. I
hearJ her voice in higii, windy clamour for
a moment or two. Then it gradually subsi-
ded, like/a gust of wind in. a garret ; then
therp was a lau^h; and I heard nothing
more. \

After a little white my landlady ?aipa out,
with an odd smile on her face, adjusting hes
cap, which was a little on'one side. ' As sha
went down stairs, I heard the. landlord ask
her what was the inaUeir : she' saidi " n'otb* s
ing at 1 all, ' only the girl's' a fool."^-i was
more than 1 ever perplexed what to make' of
this unaccountable persOnage, wbb could put
a good-natured ' cham>'e|' : ^*»d 'n a passion,
and send iway a tormigani lady in Smiles.
He could not bs so old, nor cross, nor ugly

1 had to go to work al his picture again,
and pamt huh. entirely different. I now sat
hini dowjft for one of those stout geoilemen
that are frequently me.1;] >vith swajrga^ng
about the doors of dountiry inb^ Atpist, mer-
ry fellows, in Belcher bHudkar$iefe, Whosa ;
bulk is a littla assisted by^a^^jiori. Mett v
who have seen the world, anif been sworn «
Highgate ; .who are used toVtAvia>^f^iw-' ~"
ail the tricks of tapsters r )|nd i knowipg » |
ways of smfuL publicans;, Frfe-tirats oa j
small scale ; who .are '"p'^is^^w]M|IVjUM
compass of ' a |mnsB;i:Wha j^|H'IB%i'lm,
tars, by name^ "tby^a ite'; mkWs^ gossip with t
the landlady .at:the*ar/sna^!ps^:^ '
of Porte, b;ia^|iis r of negus,, after dinner, 1 .
Tho mprninJ?^f.e ^aWay
awakened.' . I these and 'simjla^ sttrmises. As' fai( as I
v as mis sioiii rwpv^ne-T^T^b^^^^

and throw all my t boHigbts af;sia fbto coa-
fusion. Such are Ihe ablita'i'jr oparations of a
feverish roind.j. i ■wts^'ks I lia^a iiidd, air
tremely nervous} .aI^}4^^ai^ilal'^^iti• ,
lion on the concerns of tlbis invisible person-
age began to have iu effect ; 1 wss f stting •
fttof thefidgets. . '•> . . -" : \

pinner- time came. 1 lwped the stout ,
tleman niight dine in the travelte^-roatny
and that I might at length get* viaw of 'kit
person ; but no--he bad dimier served in bis ■ '■
own room. What could be the mssojng of
Uiis solitudo and mystery ? Hecoujd ?ot ba
a radical; there was soinetfains; tba arista-
cratical in thus keeping himwTf aaart rVoas
the rest ( of the,; world, kad cc^omiag kiss- j ,
self to hit ■ own dultiebmpany throagh«ot ;
rainy day^ ^ An4:tb*tty too, 1» li^^wiaU I
•-ifora discontented p^iticiap. Jib. saanad to :
expatiate on a variety Of dialiee^and Tto sit
over his wine like a Jolly friend; of god^ ft?- -
ing.\ Indeed, my doubts on this biad wa^e .

a< lyentisemeiits- of
' \ ira're;,itu'ck about,
-.ady's Magaiflne
i to nH»; .it waaas
I wapdered ont,
' aa6endaa«i '*
there.f-'

., an i

lean

fr »oj,a iibight»or|ing
ibd sHmmed vio- 1 *

vta ant

I had remarked
-humoured faOaV
it flurry. The
Is- to her !
my deducttoneto
trokbowD par-
lieotlamon ; for
*rfea«oab*trap«r-
y Vl4 not ba a

soon at in end ; fbr ba;
eid hh3 fif,si bottle'' ~"
htm b
;jpiind:it ; „
plain, than
Subject';'; bna
ami was faad;
ta^ioii whan b#f '
But who could, k
to run wild: tfTi
distinciioa teai
aaidlr «t vry.
the roysi fami^ iff
ate all aabut 'ff^t' "

^Jm waatba^
taridut wskoc
aa i cpuid judi,
him nor*, la
vs^a5i t taar»l
qophLM '

should bs ve

f

FREEDOMS JOURNAL,

He had kept my fancy in chase daring a long
day, aud it was not now to be diverted from
the scent.

The evening gradually wore away. The
travellers read the papers two or three times
over. Some drew round the fire, dnd told'
long stories about their. horses, about their
adventures, their overturns, and breakings-
•down. They discussed the credits ef differ
ent merchants and different irfns;.and the
two wags told several choice anecdotes of
pretty chambermaids, and kind landladies.
All this passed as they were quietly taking
what they called their night-caps,' that is to
say, strong glasses of brandy and water and
sugar, or som-i other mixture of the kind ; af-
ter which they one after another rang for
" Boots" and the chambermaid, and walked
off to bed in old shoes cut down into marvel-
lously uncomfortable slippers.

There was only one man left'; a short-leg-
ged, long-bodied, plethoric fellow, with a ve-
ry large, sandy head. He sat by himself,
with a glass of Port wine negus and a spoon
sipping and stirring, and meditating arid sip-
ping, until nothing was left but the spoon.
He gradually fell asleep bolt upright in his
chair, with the empty glass standing before
him ; and the candle seemed to fall asleep
too, for tjie wick grew long, and black, and
cabbage at the end, and dimmed the little
light that remaiued in the chamber. The
gloom that now prevailed was contagious,
Around hung the shapeless, and alinostspec-
tral. b x-coats of departed travellers, long
since buried in deep sleep. I only heard the
ticking of "the cioclr, with the deep drawn
breathings of tbe sle.-ping toper, and (he
drippings of tne rain, drop— ^ro;* — drop from
the eaves of the house. t The church bells,
•chimfid midnight. A 1 aronce the stout gen- f
tleinan began to wr.lk over nead, pacing
slowly backwards aud forwards. Tl
something extremely awful in all this, espe-
cially to one in my state of nerves.— These
ghastly greatcoats, these gattural breath-
ings, and t he creeking footsteps of this mys
terions being. His stops grew fainter and
fainter, and "at length died away, f could
bear it no longer. I was wound up tj the
desperation of a hero o; romance. " fie he
who or A-hat he may," said t to myself, " I'll
foa?f «ugni of him !" I sei/.ed a chamber can-'
die, and is irrU»d to number thirteen. The
door stood ijur. I hesitated— I entered
the room was deserted. 'Tluw^staod u lajtga
broad- ho: f>m'"f elbow chair at a table, oi
•which v/sty &» ftrnp-y' tn'mhter, arid u " Tinie'f
nciv> --apev, and the room smelt powerfully
of Sail >ri cheese.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION.

I FOR THE -PHEEDOM's JOURNAL.

CHRISTMAS

Friends, Brothers, anil Fellow-Travdlw» in

The nysterious. stranger had evidently
but jnsl retired. 1 turned off, sorely di.sap
pointed, to my room, which had baen chang
ed to the front of the house. As f went
alon<: the corridor, I. saw a large patr of
boot> ¥ , with diity, waxed tops, standing a
the door of a bed-ch&mbe". They .doubtless
belonged to the unknown • but it would not
do to disturb so redoubtable a personage it
hisden;he might disc large a pistol, o. 1
sotne'.hing worse, at my head. [ went to bed
therefore, and lay awake half the night in •
terrible nervous state ; and even wlien J feli
asleep, I uas still hanutediin my dreams by
the id^aof the stout gentleman and his wax-
topped boots.

I slept rather hie the next morning, and
was awakened by some stir and bustle in trie
house, which I could not at first compre
heud ; until getting more awake, I • found
there was a mail .coach starting from thf
door. Suddenly there was a cry from below
144 The. gentleman has forget his umbrella
look for the gentleman's um'rellu in dumbo,-
thirteen!" ; I heard an immediate ecampc:
of a chambermaid along the passage, and
shrill reply as she ran, "Here it is! here'-
the gentleman's umbrella !"

The mysterious stranger then was on tin
point of setting off This was the only
chance I should ever have of knowing him
I sprang ^ out of bed, scrambled to the win
dow, snatched aside the curtains, and ju?
•*aught a glimpse of the rear of a person get
ting in at the coach-door. The skirts of
brown coat parted behind, and gave me
full view of the broad disk of a pair of dr.v
breeches." The door closed— * 4 all right:
was the. word—the coach whirled off:— an-
tbat was all I ever saw of the stout gentle
man! — Washington Irving.

, A, lady of quality a.few days since, asker"
« physician of , eminence here. (Brighton) i-
she might not pursue the Calisthenic exer
cises with every prospect of eventual ad van
age ? And to which the doctor with a smi!<
plied, ** If your ladyship would - now am
*n condescend to assist your servants. ii
king the beds, all the . advantages yoi.
•hi see/j would be much more easily an<;
rjily acquired."-.— Sussex M.

life's chequered path, I greet ye all !— The Old
Year is^on the verge of its ond ; a few days shall
elapsoj and the event of their exit, will giro birth,
to a virgin Year, the offspring of revolving Time.
That to many of us, its da wning will be attended
"•ilh pleasure, happinoss and peace, is not legs
certain, than, to all, it will, in gome degree, be
the herald of disappointment and sorrow. But
let us hope for things the most auspicioun— look
forward to happiness, while with thanks, we col
ebrate the Day with " hymnings high," — singin g
the " dirge of the departing year.
With tho present j ear, may every vico vanish
■may folly find a grave- -tho' slanderer learn
the evil of his ways, and prejudice recede with
Time. May enemies forgot their enmity— -gene-
rosity prevail, and virtue bo predominant. In
the approaching year, may ignorance receive se-
pulchral rites — may peace and concord emerge
with it, and universal knowledge be the theme of
men : and, while asscm bled with hearts* elated
with- joy, and countenances o'erspread with plea-
sure, to greet each other on the birth of another
year, may all be mindful, that life is short and
happiness inconstant.

While we celebrate the Christmas holy-days,
and joyfully hail the maiden year, let us not be
destitute of a serious thought . but learn that we
are mortals— transient and inclining to the grave;
Thei e was | tlla t these unerring causes, by which power the
New Year has been ushered in, are natural, and
loudly proclaim, that we now are nearer our final
dissolution, than we were on the dawning of that
which will in a few days elapse.

With pious hearts, lot us sincerely wish success
to the progress of the disseminating gospel, which
alone is amply sufficient to make man wise, use-
ful and happy in his sojourn here : and pray for
the final and happy emancipation of Ham's" pos-
terity from ignorance, and for their triumph over
ilheJhfmdnjpi.Ai*.

Knowing, that Slavery, dressed. in wl>ot*v»r-
form, is misery; that of all blessings, that of Lib-
erty unconstrained is the most precious to man,
and that learning, however limited, is to be pre-
ferred to "ignorance, we should impress IhcBe
principles on the mindi of tho youthful, and per-
suade the. ignorant to acquire useful knowledge.

We should take the young at an early age, but
particularly the young African, and lead him, not
as Hamilcar led liis faithful son, to an altar, to j

lease from tyranny, 'cchoinf from tbe trumpet
of Freedom, and, in the laaguagB of Xenophon
vibrating in their cars — " God i* often ploasedto
make thi'Jittle great, and the gre it little."

Thth teo shall we see the sons o:' Africa unhang
the harp, no long route in the hal ! of their fath-
ers, and>being seated among tho nations of the
oarth[ enjoy in peace their nalu al rights, and
sing ijmder their flowing banners, the song of
Liberty and Equality ! S.

Froni the Genius of Universal Emancipation.
REMOVAL OF SLAVES TO HAYTL
The: editor of the Genius Of Universal
Emancipation is about to despatch a vessel to
Ilaytfc wiih a number of emancipated slaves,
in thefcourse of the present winter. It will
probably sail . inJFebruary 1828J From fifty
to amhundredjpkorif' can be taken than are
now Bnga^|jE^<na .jsucb huujane and phi-'
lantlrfopic OTvjB^holders as are desirous to
giveitheir slaves an opportunity to obtain
their, freedom, in a toay that will be advanta-
geous to all parties, are requested to make im-
mediate] application. The owners of slaves,
whoirriay be t'bus disposed, needjincur no fur-
ther! ejxpense than what may be | necessary in
delivering tiiem at Norfolk,* irt Virginia.—
They jwill be received at that place, and put
under icontract to work in Ilaytij fot the term
of thrjse years, as croppers, wit.fi a I sufficient
guarantee that they shall have a!s much land,
ofthejvery best quality, to till jus 'they can
manage to advantage, and that they shall he
furnished with the necessary provisions, &c.
&c until they shall have had (ime to raise
the means to procure the sande for them-
selves. And when they shall have fulfilled
their contracts, and repaid the stims that may
have baen advanced for their passage, provi-
sions, &c. (the terms being such, that with
moderate labor they can . easily |do this and
lay up something besides,,! thi-y will receive
land, from the goverment, in fee simple, with-
out any expense to thr.msdves, if thev choose
to take it ; or, should they prefer it, they may
renew their contracts, or seek; some other
means of obtaining a livelihood, in that or
any other country. ' i

It may- safely- be- asserted, that the terms
thus offered to the slaves who may be permits
-^-jti/d to embrace them, are better than, per-
*n ttpSj-lRnre-imrr -itvvn lieriu- mu-ty thc-m-.cb
mwoo of may: ct>naidprfrhte' rmtnbBVnf pHT5o"l
in si"»ilar circumstances, at least in modern
tin>es. They will be emphatically free, the
moment they touch the soil of Hiiyfi — nnde-'
tt:e protection of a republican government,
composed of their brethren — in a land where
continual summer produces the fruits of the
earth in abundance, and the rigors of winter
unkno.wh — where the door is iopen to re-
spectability Ptid :<ffluerice, and ithe odious
distinctions of prejudice are no longer felt.
In short, there is. at this time, no p'lab

give thorn effect. It tseaay to build theoriea
— imaginary " castles' in the air''— but it is &.
more difficult task to reduce to practice
schemes that embrace continents or compaaa.
a world.

, Let the efforts of the Colonization Society
he encouraged, if eorresponding exertions be
also made to promote other plans for dimin-
ishing' tho evil of slavery in this country.—
But if the friends of emancipation do not be-
stir themSejlves, the nation will settle down,
into a state of apathy, trusting to a remedy
that will never effect a cure of its dreadful
alady, :-and to guides who will- directly load
it into the ditch of inevitable destruction.

In short, no system of foreign operations can
ever remove this supreme curse, or eradicato
this Bohan Upas from our soil. .It will never
die while wo do nothing but lop off a few of
its branches. An ' t hundred vigorous shoots
put forth, for every oue thus amputated, and
wo exhaust our strength in vain, We must
also "laythgaxe to the root" or we may just
as well iet it alone as to meddle with it. I
would say, however hack it in all parts, and
especially as low as possible. Metaphor
aside, send away the slaves to every point of
the compass where they may obtain and en- .
joy their freedom.

Then enact laws for the gradual abolition
of slavery, and meliorate the condition of-
the coloured race among us by rvcry possi-
ble means. This is the. only effectual way"
by which , I believe we can operate against
the evil effectually.

Let us dispense with our moonshine philo-
phy, and march up to our object in a rational
manner. We have no time to spare — the el-
ements of combustion are gathering in fright-
ful masses— the earth beneath us already
trembles with the labours of the heaving vol-
cano— we are on the very verge of its open-
ing chasm — and without great exertions," a
tremendous eruption will soon convince us
that it will be impossible to escape the vor-
tex of inevitable destruction, Let us not
flatter ourselves that we are strong, and can,
with safety, persist in the' course of injustice
tint we nre pursuing. Remember Egypt—
remerubM.r St. Domingo. The oppressor must,
be hn.wbled, and the oppressed will wrest .
from ins hnnd the rod Of power. The God
| of Nature decrees it, and nothing can : resi"st .
or counteract the Almighty fiat. But. wo to ; .
those' who wait for the dreadful execution of
Nature's universal law, irt such a case :

FREEDOM'S.'.. JOURNAL

JVE W-YORK > DECEMBER 1827.

fiT 3 For the information of many of
our subscribers, who will not understand:
our terms, we deem, it expedient to state,

tedjf.q]avc3 will be better provided for (if as
well) thnri in the beautiful island of Hayti,
under the arrangement now made for them.

Letters must be address (postpaid) .to
BENJAMIN LUNDY, Baltimore, Maryland.

(L/ 6 * Editors of newspapers, generally, who
are fayoi'able to the abolition of slavery, by
the expatriation of (he slaves, are particular-
ly desired to notice the above.

From the same.
AFRICAN COLONIZATION.
The friends 6i this scheme appear to be
increasing in different parts of the United
States. Accounts from Liberia continue to
, bo favorable ; and the agents .of the Goloni-
in1 ' j zatinn Society are very active in spreading
* a 13 not . conU ? mat ' ; j J, ' v ^''-nplexton, but j inie Uigence, explaining the nature of its ope-
.orthe too easy co.n ? ii »nce; vjih which his race ; rations, forming auxiliaries, and raising
have bowed at the exe^rabln shrme of ignorance. ; funds to ! promote the object they have in
pell him, that this :s what has rendered him an i view. They have despatched one vessel
Meet of contempt, and his nation a people expo- withi " a' «h.prt period, in which are about
.< d to derision | one hundred and hve coloured, emigrants,

■} some of them era uicipated slaves?, took their
Let the Philanthropist persist in benpfittrta | passage for the colony.. It is said that they
tan— the Christian be up arid doing, , and w$, i ^ s0 expect to send another vessel soon, with

v.ssessing much of their benevolent ardour, en - ! ab i >ut pne inuudred uwt . e * ' . . J#rt .

■ L. 1 ii,nM ru «»fiu . *i . . - I have never entertained ao opinion differ-

;:avour to ease tne cares oT tne injured limdoo. « \,-' ■ , . t * a * * ^ j ,

, . , ■ ■ . ■ ■ , *. u f , ent. from that which J firot-forme,d, relative to

md condole the much more injured and bapl<*s . the propriety of givfng encouragement to the
Urican, by proclanpmgjo him, that great flight : plaip of ; ope rations proposed by titia society.
3 come into the wo rid, and be no longei; shall re- ' If we do not place too ■.■nuehdtp'-hdence upou it,
.win in darkness. Tell them, that the Gospel,- * ,UT I'Kif^ OTHf a" HEASPaEs with it, ' then
.lore powerful than armies, has triumphantly en- ! W) }\ il causejof gnneral emancipation,

;red the dark dominions of ignorance. Already
vo behold it tottering, soon must it fall.
Lead and assist the African to ascend the bill

wear eternal enmity to any nation'; but conduct the globe, j to our knowledge where libera [ that the second payment becamfe due up*/

.1™ tU.. fi^t Kill ..r nnn a&A ' «a<lifatn..na mill ha Ur.ttav nrnvlAr.A 1 if" i & ' '

on the appearance of No. 27. — -Agents
would aid our cause much, by collecting
what sums remain due from subscribers ia
their immediate vicinity, and transmitting;
the same by mail as soon as may be.

OUR OWN CONCERNS. ,
Owing to new arrangements abotu to be '
made for tho printing of the JOURNAL, we
hope our patron* will excuse its nop-appear>
ance for the eiisujng two weeks. The ex-
penses of the Establishment at present orev
so great, tAatwe find it indispensably ne-
cessary to lessen (hem. To the kiud frjj.nd.ff
who have' generoiisly come forward 'in so ;
spirited a/manner, we can but offer our fcer '
ble thanks/ VVe rejoice, that so much public
spirit should pervade our community : it -is,
we trust, the forerunner of a better-' order of
things. VVe have ever considordd the enter- '
p'riz* in which we are engaged, as one of a
pub/ic; nature ; calling loudly upon every mon
of Colour for his support, ana 1 recommending;
itself to the jjo'od feelings of eirery phil^ri-
tbropiat: and/We rejoice to find,' that all our;
brethren and tijue frienda agtee- with «a ug~
onjthe^subjeijt. V

I it true, thsjt in the discharge , of our d u-,

him onward to the foot of the hil! of science, and
there show hirn— Quam magna paivo sapientia
est in mundo. Assure him, that. 'all are attaina-
ble by him, as by the white ma?i .- and let him
there declare his eternal enmity to ignorancc.and
to all her ways

Induce him to ascend in the language of MiU
ton : — " We. shall lead you to a hill side, labori-
ous indeed in the first ascent; but else, so smooth,
•io green, so full of goodly prospects, that the
jarps of Orpheus were not more charming."

The most . powerful tyrant, by whom the Afri-
has bei-n degraded, and with whom mankind,
i'lring many ages, have contended, is ignorance,
fell the Niibian v uh-. this monster is— tell him,

arid not ottyrwitt, .That the sy stem of slave
ry will be abolished in tlie United states, by

pursuing tlie course *whi- h that Society has | tyiwe have md with many thfpgs, }q dif-
adbpied : alone, is one of the most visionary Icojrage ua ; buj the consoling idea, -that we'

dseawd tbe |^od wishes of the most infel-
would lead !to such a ' couclutiou. Thejse cal- Hcnt part of community, bag cheered uf

.f Science, and as lie advances, the dark mist of ' >*df?a that «|ver emanated f>om the brain of an

\m meaw;ai^*rjd ever wiljbe, WfiQtiog to^jiwointmtoq ' fjaa^^s^w^ entered

FREEDOMS JOURIVAL

' «oton the publication of- the Journal ; on
the one side, we saw difficulties and epposi-
tion ; on tfre other, the general improvement

c of our brethren, and the invaluable benefit*
likely to accrue to us »s a body, from posses-
sing a channel of public communication,
Could we hesitate one moment ?-- In all ages
*nd countries, the press has ever been con-
sidered aa the greatest safeguard to the lib-
erty of a people ; and at this enlightened
era, littl« need be said to prove that »t still
continues iU protecting power — that wher-
ever tyranny hi* swayed the iron rod of
despotism, its first essay has invariably been,
(o de*Loy the liberty of the press, by entire-
ly crushing it, or by the appointment of titled
parasites as censors. But we feel thankful,
that under our liberal constitution we have
little tp fear about the freedom of the press ;
and the individual, who should vote for cur-

• tailing it in the least, would be considered
none other than a madman. That some such,
however, exist, we have little reason to
-doubt; but that their anti-republican and
aristocratic opinions will ever be adopted by
the community at large-, we have us little
reason to fear. Such men and their opinions,
like the despots of Austria and Spain, ure
behind the age in which they live ; and vain
are all their efforts to bring them into re-
pute.

firnoraficc and superstition have now given
plac to the cheering rays of science and
liberty, and all efforts to bring man back to.
his former state of degradation must prove
abortive. Light, which can never be extin-
guished, has dawned upon his sight : and
brighter and brig hter must its beams grow,
tjil they encircle the habitable globe.

the city, urging and beseeching them to send
then children to school ; at the same -time,
placing before them the great advantage* of
education, and the imperious necessity, that
every member of society should possess en-
ough to transact the common affairs of life.

The subject of Education is so important,
that we feel assured that it must recommend
itself to every one : in the present case, the
object is so benevolent, that no man of colour
can hesitate one moment about embracing
the generous offer of the Manumission Soei.
ety. Having already said much upon the
subject of African Education, we can but
pledge ourselves to render every assistance
in our power, to further the philanthropic
views of the Society; and. in saying this
much, we believe we express the feelings,
and views of the brethren present. We hope
the praise worthy example of 0'ir Manumis
sion Society and Committee, will be followed
by all other committees through the Union,
who have the charge of African Free
Schools.

As a little more time was necessary for
consideration, the Meeting stands adjour ned
till this evening, at the same place.

6u£ht to be free on a free foil ; and if retain-
ed in bondage to their master*, it ought to
be a moral bondage merely^-tbe service to
which they are bound by choice and affec-
tion. Why should not those States where
slavery is not permitted, be able to say, as
Copper says of slaves in Englund ?
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their
• lungs

Receipt our air, that momenl they are frtie-;
They touch our country, and their shackles
fall. Ch. Roister.

Ml,

FOREIGN HEWS

CITY AFRICAN FREE SCHOOLS.

IV

jjp On Tuesday evening last, a meeting. was
Jield by a committee fro.,i tiie Manumission
m So iety of this city, id their school-room, in
§- .M*uberry-stn»et,. a'i whicn about twelve of
|- our brethren, who were particularly invited,
P attended. The object of the meeting was to
I' take into consi 'eration the present state of
|" the African Free iSchools in this city-, mi to
I adopt some efficient measures for a more re-
£ gular attendance of the -pupils.
§ The committee, consisting of Messrs. Tho-
mas Legget, jnn. Peter S. Titua and Richard
Field, entered i?if.o soma interesting detail*
of Use School No. 2 ; comparing its present
gtc.te with its prosperity in former yours. We
were sorry to hear the remark, that for the
last fifteen years, the school had never been
p .so poorly attended as at present. Mr. An
ft; <Srews, the teacher, interested our feelings
|i' much by the thort narration which behave,
ofthe causes which he* had for discourage-
ment, after having devoted the most of hia
life to the instruction of our youth. Every
one present, bore testimony to his .statement,
<md felt grieved that one 60 devoted to the
cause of African tvd'cntion. should meet
with so much to discourage him in his career
ofuseV.;.-'se.

As the committee were desirous of obtain-
ing- the opinions of the brethren present, on
the important subject of the meeting ; seve-
ral expressed themselves freely, and many
icterestinff facts were brough: to light, shew-
ing ant plans .vere adopted in former years
to obtain th -sime desirable object; a no the
g.'oat probability, that the same (.tops,- if
Pursued now, would be attended with the
Jiife beneficial effects. The plan proposed,
*as to district the city, and appoint a com-
SsiUoc to each district, whose duty it should
to visit every family of colour within their
Wit?.

The committee also stated, that they had
tlionpht some upon the expediency of fol-
Sowintr the plan adopted, or about to be by
other public schools of the city ; which
* 5 * the .appoint pieiit of a special agent, who
^O'lh faithfully devote one half of his time
to visiting the different coloured, families in

.African Infant Schools.— The interesting
subject of establishing African.Infant Schools
having occupied the minds of a few benevo-
lent persona for some time past, two meetings
have lately bnen held in this city,. to take the
matter into consideration. At the last meet-
ing, it was deemed expedient to appoint
Messrs. Curtis. Humbert, Seaton, Andrews
ami Torrey, as a committee to lay the plan
befy.ro our most influential men, for their cor-
dial approbation and support

On ednesday afternoon, in the presence
of it few of. our brethren assembled at this
Office, the above named committee deliver-
ed some very interesting facts, concerning
the Infant Schools in.va'r'oup parta of Great-
Britain ; the happy results which had atten-
ded their estabJishmsnt; aiid the natural con-
clusion 10 be drawn, th.it to us.and our chil-
dren the like blessings would flow. It was
the happy remark of one of the committee,
that the period from two to five years was
the important one of a child's life; and in or-
der that it might be improved to the best ad-
vantage, it was essentially necessary, that
places of instruction he-opened to children of
colour.

As some little time was necessury, in or-
der that all present might have' clearer views
of the subject, the Meeting stands adjourned
till to-morrow afternoon, at the same place.

Latest from England, and most Impor-
tant from Greece.
By the ships Wm. Thompson, Capt. Max-
well ; Helen, CapVCobb ; and Bavnrd, Capt,
Robinson ; we have received our fiiee of Liv-
erpool papers to the 17th of November, the
day of sailing of the two former ; and Havre
papers by the latter to the lGth. We have
also! London papers to the lGth, . London
Shipping Lists to the 15th, and files of papers
to the 14th, &c.

The following-extracts contain the highly
interesting particulars of the ANNIHILA-
TION of the TURCO-EGYP IAN FLEET,
by the combine*" English, French, and Rus-
sian squadrons. The bloodshed iv as terri-
ble, but it will secure the salvation of Greece.

After all the trials and sufferings- the al-
most unexampled distresses in which the
brave but helpless Greeks have been sunk
for four or five years, to hear of their oppres-
sors being suddenly crushed to the dust,
affords us ground for sincere and heartfelt re-
joicing. The sensation which this intelli-
gence will 'produce throughout the United
States, will be strong and universal.

We understand (that the British, loss has
boen about 70 killed and 180 wounded. The
only officer of high rank killed, was Captain
Bftthurst,of the Genoa. The French squad-
ron lost about 40 killed, and 140 wounded.
We have not heard the loss of the Russians.

It is stated, that affairs werebrbught to this
crisis by the bad faith and cruelty of Ibrahim
Pacha, who, finding that lie would not be al-
lowed to commit naval hostilities, resolved,
in defiance of the armistice, and in breach of
his solemn promises, to wreak'bis vengeance
on the whole Greek population ; and this sav-
age determination he was carrying into ef-
fect, by burning houses, destroying agricul-
ture and trees, and even massacreing women
and children.

Our readers will recollect, that this was the
fate which Ibrahim denounced, some months
since, against the Greeks. We congratulate
the country, thnt fue arms of the allies;, se-
conding the indignation of civilized Europe,
have not only (as we bepe) rescued Greece
from these horrible extremities of barbarian
warfare, but have inflicted a severe ven--
geance upen the perpetrators of such attro-
cities.

connected as we are from Greece, except, in
feeling, our interest" in her fate arises only
from the most humane and ingenuous princi-
ples ; and hovveve? much the carnage may
be lamented, our whole country, \ie might
say almost the whole. world, will rejoice to
see the Greeks snatched from barbarous ex

■ Summary, "j

Thai.— Mr. Jatnoa M. M'Clure has been
tried in Huntsville for killing, in a street af-
fray, Mr. Andrew Wills, Editor of the Demo-
crat of that place, an(| | acquitted., >V*eur

Theory. Capt. John Cleve Sy mines is at pre- '
sent in MorristoWn, in arfraiJ stale of health-
He intends, however, shortly, to give a lec-
ture there upon the theory of the earth.

Duds. A duel lately took place befween
Air. Dangerfield and Mr. Breckner of Nat-
chez. On the third fire (lie former wits mor-

tally wounded, and expired in' three 'house 7

Dis- ! n ^ ter « A duel has also hen ''ought between

Dr. 'Newell and Gen. Coffee, at Jackson,
Mississippi lately; the former was vounded,

but not mortally. Murder. The trial of

William Miller, charged n'j'th 'he murdei of
David Ack;!nnan a few .months since, on
board a North River sloop,, took place last
week in the court of oyer anu terminer;

termination, by the three great -naval powers - J,, ^ r<s . Edwards presiding. The case wis
o/Europe, united for once, on the side of'jus- ; commi.ted to the jury at nine o'clock in the

tice ajti(\ humanity. JV. Y. D. Adv.

FrO"i the London Courier, of ,Vov. 19.
Total Destruction of the combined Turk-
ish and Egyptian Fleets.
We have this day to announce another
splendid triumph achieved by the British Na
vy, which we trust; will not be the less grati-

evening, and in about h«If an hour they ren-
dered a verdict ot /uiUy. Murder. . J.

lire Sevigny. the younger, has been commit-
ted to the QtuebpC jnil, nmtactK^ soA|.|.-ioB
of having caused ,t.he rieath of Joseph Borge-

son, at Stl Antoine. L. Rain. The

dnptti of rain which fell during the'last month,
ias indicated by the rain gnage, ltept at the
'Philadelphia Labyrinth Garden f wa& 4 29-100

fymg to the public because it has been per Jii, c } ies . Winged Incendiary. 1 An- attempt

* *""° """ ,,, " nf '"" * " k * u%f!a • r *" was lately made in Pittsburgh,. to enlist the

pigeon in a worse employment t'b-io that of a -
letter carrier, Some combustible matter Was .
fastened by a wire to a dove* which alighted
oh a building, aiui the shingles were set* oil
fire before the fire was discovered.^ In-
temperance.— — The Legislature of. South Ca-
rolina are about taaing steps to remove the

[The following Extract of a Letter from
the Secretary of the Acting Committee of
(he American Convention for promoting the
Abolition of Slavery, is worthy of notice :]

" Philadelphia, Ihc. 7,1827.
Sir — 1 -

" The Americ.au Convention for promoting
the Abolition of Slavery,"\&c. at its last ses
sion, directe' the Acting Committee to sub-
scribe for two copies ot' Freedom's Journal.*
In conformity to this direction, and. the in-
struction of the Committed, [request that you
will hav'-'oir copy of the (paper sent to
fifitliavi Rawle, Esq. 'Third street, near
_uuee; and one to Dr. 'Edwin P. .At Lee,
corner of Vine and Crown-streets, Philadel-
phia , ,
With much respect, yours, &c. .

JSAAC.UARTON, .
Secretary to tlw. Acting Committee, fyc."

f rmed in conjunction with our fillies, and for
the protection of the unoffending population
of Greece.

Despatches were this morning received at
the Admiralty, announcing a brilliant victory
obtained on the 20th October, in the port of
Navarino, by the English, French, and Rus-
sian squadrons, over the combined Turkish
and Egyptian Fleets.

The battle was fought at anchor, and was
necessarily, bloody arid destructive. The
numerical superiority of the Ottoman force
was immense, but the result has been, we are
proud to say, the entire destruction of the.
whole x tyurkish Fleet ! !

We have received, in a private letter, the
following statement of the conflicting forces,
and of the resu It.

English Force.— Three sail of the line, four
frigates, one corvette, three brigs.

French Force.— Three sliil of the lino, two
frigates, two schooners.

Russian Force— Four sail of the line, four
frigates.
Totaliof the Allies—26 sail.
TLRICISH-FORCE;— Three sail of the
line, four doub.'e -frigates, nineteen frigates,
fourteen brigs, twenty-four corvettes, six fiie
ships.
Total~70 sail. ,

There were besides, about forty transports
and other vessels formed behind the Turkish
fleet. The result is :,; one Turkish line of
battljp ship burned ; two driven ion shore,
wrecks ;j,one double frigate sunlfj one on
shore, a wreck ; two burned; fifteen -frigates
burnt andsunk J three on shore, wrecks ; one
on shore!, mqsta standing ; fifteen corvettes
butrhed. ajnd »sunfc ; four on shore,; wrecks—
line brigs burnt and sunk ; one on shore,

Hon. William D. James, for being gujlf.y of
the high crime and misdemeanor of habitual.
intemperance in the discharge of his office as
Judge >of the Court of* Common Law of S, C-

MARRIED,

In this city, by the Rev. Peter fVilliams, Mr.
Samuel H. Hogiand, to Mrs. Anne Smith.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Our friends Moses and Frederick, must
excuse us for dtclinmg to insert' their Comtnu-
nicaiions. ^-Correspondents would confer a fa- 1
vour by signing their communications anony-
mously, unless the: subjects otherwise dentandii.

Poetic Lines, hy W.K. L. wt cannot insert,
being in reality, too immrfed.

" A Coloured Spottsylvanian," htu been
received, and is under consideration. , > -

WANTED,

. The Whole, or Purt of a PEW, in the
lower part of St. -Philip's Church.— -Enquire
at this Office.

New Establishment.
B- ZIIIS&Mnni respectfully inform* his
friends, and the public, generally, ' that he has

ily eight of the . Biaailfii
»*?htch tsrprobabiy to be
eir small draft of water,

Ranaway Slave.— A trial has lately been
,had in New- York State, iulthe case of ^ a fe
male slave belonging to ti southern gentle-
man, and accompanying him. and hid family
on a journey to Nia'g'ara fills. „jlavirjg left
her master she was apprehen ded, and,, after
a long arid able argument before Judge Cha-
pin, she has been given u p to her master.

We know nothing of the jaw in relation to
things of this kind, but, with ail proper de-
ference to those who make and interpret the

laws, we cannot but express the opin ion; that mercial superiority of the'euemy,' and the ob-
those^ slaves who travel wiju their v *** '

opened a. REFRlESHM fc)JV7 < -i/0 U<Sfj, ? at No^ 422
Broadway ; w.here suoh as favor him with ;tbeir

So that it appears that, of the 1 whole seven
ty vessels of war; . only '
classes, .vi^erd afloat, m?1

accounted for trom.their — ^. ... ,

enabling tinem to haul in close under the bat-
teries ashore; and which appear to have been
very fornlidable. . " r< T

We retfret U say, that the loss of the alliesi
has been! considerable, though nothing like
what migjit have been expected from the niv-

ew- York, Dec, 11, 1827.

ALMANAC.

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EflPOM'S JOl'itNAfi.

POETRY.

FOn THE FREEDOM'S JpOXNAL.

THE PENITENT PROFLIGATE.
His eye, which onee with sparkling lustre shone,
Was hollow, glaied and dim - TI>e ™ dd y £ low
Of health had left his check, and paleness death-
like

Had usurp'd its place His manly open brow,
Impress'd with early griefs sad signet, wore a

gloom, . .
Tinct'nng his lineaments with settled melan-
choly.

Tensive he sat — with aching head reclining on
his hands

And mind involv'd in agonixing thoughts :

Imagination's retrogressive principle,

Convey *d. reflection to a backward glance;

"With trembling he reviewed tile past, and con-
trite tear drops

Veil from his marble checks.

The dismal void of dark futurity he scan'd, —

.J lis sou! recoil'd with awful horror,

And lie sigh'd a half articulate wish for dissolu-
tion. v '

No genial ray of hope, shed its cffirfgent gleam

O'er life's dreary waste : his youthiul dreams of
bliss,

Hcightcn'u by vivid Fancy's aid, hod vanish 'd
Like the faint remain er'd dreams of infancy. ;.
The strongest lie, winch bound his soul to earth,-
The bond of mutual iove, was disunited,
Aaathe id >1 of his adoration— scorn'd him t
His torn but faithful heartbeat true to ita-first
pulse,

And the soft mellow voice of her he loved;
StiH floated o'er the stream of mem'ry,
Recalling pictures of departed joys
The mansion of his childhood claim 'd a thought:
In his minds ay a, he there beheld tho suffering
form

Of a fond doting mother; she stood a monument

of meekness.
While his disappointed father, like a ministering

spirit,

Poured into her wounded soul the balm of hope,

"Which he himself posscss'd not

The Penitent upraised his eyes, —
A deep drawn sigh escap'd him— and he pray'd
The God in whom ho trusted to comfort his af-
flicted parents;
Tie pray'd for firmness to, endure his raisory —
And eonght forgctfulnc?s «>f sorrow
In the oblivious arms of " Natitrk's Norsk."

J. T. ; E.

But now wo know, the Bible tells
Of Him who rolls the stars along;

Who in the cloud's paviliori dwell*,
Ye t condescends to hoar! our song.

We know of JesuB too, whose love
For children, young and jfrail as we,

Brought him, the Lord of all above;
Down to the manger and the tree.

And well we know that babies distrest,
And weary, find in Him a home;

Did He" 11 t takesuch to Hib breast;
And say, "Forbid them not 10 come ?.'

r

FOR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

CHRISTMAS ADDRESS, rs. 2.

I£is3 the Son, the promis'd child,
Oh 1 hail him, long foretold !

He comes to earth, in mercy mild,
A richer gift than gold.

Kiss the Son. the babe most sweet !

Who from the realms above;
In transport left his jasper seat/

With purposes of love.

Kisa the Son, whom angels sung,.

On this auspicious morn;
Wnile, the terial regions rung,

With there's — a Saviour born.

Kiss the Son, whom sagas sought,

Lead by a meteor bright;
And found him in an humble spot,

Rejoicing at the sight.

Kiss the Son tha phosphor bright T

Aurora's fair adorn;
That dissipates- the shades of night,

From this dark world, forlorn.

Kiss the Son, refulgent gem !

Of glory's boundless ring,
The nation'* beauteous diadem,

The -gracious Priest and King !

K.:z° '.'ne Son, the mijror ef love !

Whose nature is divine;
He is ador'd by all above,

In whom all glories shine.

Kiss the Son, the peaceful King !

Who can his love untold i
Oh.! let hi< praises loudly ring,

On purer harps than gold.

V.D. M.

VARIETIES.

Biota PoulsotCs American Daily Advertiser.

" HYMN FOR THE INFANT SCHOOL.
Lately, we wander'd sadly wibere,

None watch'd our way, or marked our lot;.
Yet God beheld us, and His care :

Shielded the child that knew him

17* knew not God, and yet hie Name ;

Too qfteri on our lips.. was found;
£<*>pat'.d us—yes, the yery same

That wheels these golden worlds around !

We sometimes thought there wai a Power
Made the green herbs and flow'rets.grow;

Bade sunshine warm, and tempests lour,
A»d who bufCSod could ihuuder so ? .

Proverbs.— Proverbs bear age, and he who
wishes to do well may view himself in them
ris in a looking glass, To enable the reader
to look at and examine himself, I shall new
place a few of them before him.

Never advise a man to go to war, or to
marry.

When you are about doing a dishonorable
act, consider what the world will think of
you, when it is completed. 1

■Before thou censurest dtbers, look into
thine own heart, and ask thyself whether it
is clear or the same fault.

Never discuss religious questions with
warmth ; Charity, moderation," and brotherly
love, arc the most prominent characteristics
•■of true religion.
■ Never epndemn a man on exparte evi-
dence, where there" are two sidos to the
question.

Abate three fourths of the reports you
hear.

Make a slow answer to. a hasty question.

Neither look into a man's Manuscript, nor
put your hand into hi3 pocket.

Spend to spare and spare; to spend,

Never break a seal or peep into a letter
that belongs 'to another.

Smile often, but never scold ; talk not in
praise of thyself, or of thy own actions.
• Do not all you can, spend not all you have,
beiieve not all you heur, and' tell not all you
know.

Gratitude is a feature much admired,, but
rarely to be seen.

Charity, the vital principle of Religion, is
the most absent member, of] the Church.

The rigid discipline^ of puritans, shuts out
many from .their churches, i

Politeness costs but tv little, and procures
much,

There scarcely ever was a finer compli-
ment paid. to a lady than that which was ad-
dressed "by Dean Swift to a wife who was al-
ways praising her husband :

* You always are making a god of your
spouse,

But that neither reason nor conscience
allows:

Perhaps you may think 'tis in gratitude
due,

And you adore him, because he adores you.
Your argument's weak, and so you will
find,

For, you, by this rule, must-adore all man-
kind.

Economy and Industry.— -It was Economy
and Industry that placer! the poor printer's
boy, Franklin, at the table of Kinsfs; and
rendered hi*, name illustrious throughout the
earth as the Friend and Patron; of Mankind !
Ue who possesses either of them can nevcf
be poor; he who possesses them both must
inevitably be rich and honored.

C:iil-ChaL— il Alone," says Rousseau, " I
havo never known ennui, ev't-n when perfect-
ly unoccupied, my imagination filling the
void was sufficient to "butyl me. It is only the
inactive chit-chat of the- loom, when every
one is seated face to face,, and only moving
their tongues; which I jiieve'r could support'.
There to be a fixture, with one' hand nailed
on the other, to settle the!etate : of the weath-
er, or watch the flies about one, or what is
worse, to be bandying cbmplimehts, this to
me is not bearable."

The P»t^d/ , 7 5 oWe«fM.j-The;Dilke of Or-
mond and a certain German baron Were both
rwrtWer^d laddehj of hiurie and politeness.
When the Duke percefved that fte Was dy-
ing, he desired that he ] might be seated til
his elbow chair, arid tlieh, turning to the Ba
ron with great courteOujuie3S, he requested
that he would excuse any unseemly contor-
tions of feature, as Kis] physicians ajsu red
him lhat : he must soon struggle with the last
panjr>. " ^y'de'af LdrJ 1 Duke," replied tho
Baron, with equal pbliieiiess, " I beg you will
be on no ceieruony on my 'account 1"

Economy is- the Road to Wealth,
And a Penny Saved is as good as two Pence
i . earned.
I THEN CALL AT THE

CLOTHES DRESSING ESTAB-
LISHMENT,

i JAMBS GILBERT,

Who jhas removed from 411 to 42-i Broadway,
and continues as usual to carry on the Clothes
Dressing in a correct and systematical stylo ,• hav-
ing. a perfect knowledge of the Business,, having
been legally bred to it, his mode of Cleaning and
Dressing Coats, PanUlaons, &c. is by Steam
Spongikg, which i^ the only correct system of
Cleaning, which he will warrant to extract all
kindB of Stains, Grease-Spots. Tar, Paint, &c. or
no pay Will be taken-.

N. B. The public arc cautioned against the^im-
posture; of those who attempt the Dressing of
Clothes, by Steam Sponging, who are totally ut-
acquaint ed with the Business, as there are many
Esiabhshments which have recently been opened
in this city.

V All kinds of Tailoring Work done at thp
above place.

All clothes loft to be cleaned or repaired will be
good for one yoar and one day, if not claimed in
that tinjc, they will be sold at public auction

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
MR; GOLD, late of Connecticut, takes this
method of informing the coloured population of
this cit|, that he teaches English GaAMMAn,upon
a new and improved plan, by which a pupil of or-
dinary capacity, may obtain a correct and thor-
ough knowledge of the principles of the English
languaijej by attending to the study thereof, two
hours in a day in six weeks. He would be willing
to teach a class of coloured "persons, either in the
day. or in the evening (as may suit their ctnveni-
encej) and his terms will be such, that no one di:
6*irous to learrr will havo cause to be dissatisfied
with trjcml

Persons wishing to avail themselves of this op-
portunity of learning EnglishGrammar.will please
to call Upon the Rev. B. "Paul, No. 0, York-street,
or the Revi P. yVir.ttAM> 68, Crosby-street, with
whom also thv names of those, who determine up-
on becoming pupils of Mr. Gold, will be left.

NovJ 16, 1827.

! . '. SCHOOL NOTICE.
.' TH)3 subscriber wishes to. return thanks
to his frion-js, or tho lib ;ral enc-juragemcnt of
patronizing hia school ; and would be permitted
to say, he still cnnti.nuftg to teach in the samr-
place, and hopes by increased exertions, to merit
a share of public encouragement. The branches
attended to are Rending, Writing, Cyphering, Ge-
ography. English Grammar, arid Natural Philoso-
phy. And to the females Nuedle Work.

JEREMIAH GLOUCESTER.
Philadelphia, Oct. 28. •' 34

A CARD.
Respectfully inform* his friends, and

the public generally, that his. House, No. U2
Church-street, \* still opon for the accommodation
of genteel persons of colour, vith

BOARDING h LODGING.

Grateful for past favours, lie solicits a con-
tinuanci of the same; His house is in a healthy
and pleasant part of the city; and no pains f>r ex- .
penso will be spared qn:his part, to render the si.
tuationSof those who honour him with their pa-
tronage, as comfortable as possible.

Now-York,.Sc|U;. 1827. 26— 3m

EXPIRATION of the time for redeem-
ing. LANDS for TAXES in 1826.— Com j-troli.- 1
kr's Pfj-ici:, Ai.banv Oct. 17, 1827.— Public no-
tice is hereby given, that the time for redeeming
the Lands sold for County Taxe* and the United
States' Direct Tax and Assessments for raakind
Roads, will expire on the 27lh day of April next ;
and that unltas the lands sold by the Comptroller
at his last 6ale in 1«26, are redeemed i-n or beforo
the 27th day of April next, they will be conveyed
to the purchasers. W. L. MARCY,

Comptroller.

N. B. Lists of snch LANDS in each County-
as hud boon rold, and. were not redeemed at the
date of the aSovc noiice, have been transmitted to
each County Treasurer, whose duty it is to pub-
lish the same in one or papers in the County of
which he is Treasurer ^ Thos« interested are re-
ferred to such lists to ascertain -if their LANDS
ha ve been sold and remain unrfdecmed.

LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, 2,000 Acres of excellent Lakj-,
at less than one half its value, provided they wilt
take measures to Bottle, or have it settled, by co»:
loured farmers. The land is in the state of Ntw-
York, within 70 miles of the city : its location is
delightful, being on the banks of the. Delaware
river, with an open navigation to tho city of Phi-
ladelphia. The canal leading from the Delaware-
to the Hudson river passes through the tract, o-
pening a direct navigation to New-York cit^ ""b*
passage to either city may be made in on* day or/
less. The land is of the best quality, and well
timbered.

The subscriber hopes that Borne of his bretk-
ron, who arc capitalists, will at least invest 500 or
1,000 dollars, in these lands. To such he will take
the liberty to say, this land cen be purchased, for
5 dollars the acre, (by coloured men,} though it
has been selling for $25. He also takes the-libert*
to observe that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement, form-
ed by coloured families, would b.n conducive' of
much good : With this object In view he will in-
vest 5U0 dollars in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New-York, March 20.

N. B. Communications on the snbject, post paid:
willbe received and attended to. .

G. & R. DRAPER,

: (Coloured Men,)
In Forest-street,. BALTIMORE, Manufacture

. " ALL KISDS OK

Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappe, k "M accab.au SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American
CIGARS.
N. H. The above gentlemen have sent me
a largo .Box of their TOBACCO, for sale, and
should the experiment ticooed, they can supply
any quantity of all the articles. 30
1 SAMUEL 13. CORNISH.

EVENING SCHOOL.

AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colou|r,.will he opened on the loth of Octo-
ber ndxt in the African XchooURoom in Mul-
berry-fstreet ; where will be i taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH, ORAM MAR, GEOGRAPHY.&c.

Terms, Three Dollars per Quarter, payable in
advance. Hours from C to half past 8 o'clock.

Sept. H. 28

NOTICE.
T.H& " African Mutual Instruction

Socicjrr; for the.instruction of coloured Adults,
of both Soxes," have re.op«ned their SCHOOL,
onMoifSAr Er*?i^o, October istj at their former
School-Room, under tip farmer 's Church, in
R«ase^elt ; |(treet. - ; Tho School Will be oj>en on
every Monty; Wc&usday and Friday Evenings,
j»t balf past,6 o'clock.

. Tfioke' di*slroys 7 of receiving instruction, will
be taught to Read, VVriteJand Cypher, until the
6r«t of- April, 1838, for tho small sum of one dol-
lar tplbe^paid on eniwiftg the school.

An . parly application w nq\iKst^d,%t there will
be po 'allowjince mad«>for paat,time.
.Aaron. Wood, ■• . - , James, Myers, .
William P Joknsoj^. Arnold El.zie,
Africanw, Henry King, .

■ ,j Trustees. •

The FREEDOM'S JOURNAL,
Is published everyFRii)AY.atNo.lo2 Church-streefc
New-York.

The price is mhEE noLr.AKs t yfar, payable-
half yearly in advance. If paid at the time of
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0.T No subscription will be received for a" less,
term than One Year.

Agents Who procure and pay for five subscri-
bers, arc entitled to a sixth copy gratis, for on*
year.

No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid, except at the discretion of the Editors.

All communications, (except those of Aff'entft
must be post paid. " "

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AUTHORISED AOKSTS.

Rev. S. E. Cousisii, General Agrni.
Maine— C. Stockbridge, Esq. NV.rth Yarmouth

Mr. Reuben Ruby, Portland, Me.
Massachusetts— Mr. David Walker, Boston; Rt*.

Thomas Paul, do.— Mr. John Rtmiondi Saltm.
Connecticut— Mr. . John Shields, New-Haven—

Mr. Fsriac'C. Glajjko, Norwich. ■
Rhode* Island— Mr. George C.Willie, Provideac*.
Pennsylvania— Mr. FraucisWebb, Philadelphia^- •

Mr. Stephen Smith, .Columbia'.
Maryland— Messrs. R, Cowloy & H. Grice, Jl*h

timnre. ' •

Dist.pf Columbia— Mr. J. W. Prout, Washing too.

—Mr Thomas Brnddock, Alexandria.
Xtto- York—Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Albany.—- Ml.

R. P. G, Wright, Schenectady .-^Atwtin Stew-
ard, RochesW-iRe v. W P Williams, Fjii?hin£.

Mr. George Degrassc. Brooklyn, L. l.-,Fre<ier- .

ick Holland, Buffalo. -
New-Jersey— Mr. Theodore &. Wright, Prine*-
. ton— Mr- James O Qowu'g, New-Erunnwick—

Rev. B. F. Hughes, 'Newark— Mr. Uonwi ,
. Scott, Trenton. .
Virginia— Mr.. W. D- Bapti»t.Fr^de)ickt.burj{a.

Rev. ft . Vaiigbn— ificArt^iirf
England— .Vr. SamUcd Thomai, Liverpool.
Haytir~W.H. Gardiner. r&rt-au : Princ«.

.BY B. OTJSSWUIIM.

w-iw*toik$» ;fjH©4m mar ota ax m» tr^, vol. i-~ mo- 42.

VER-VERT;
Or, the parrot op the Nvxs.
What words have passed thy Jip\s. ?* —

» MilTOJJ.

This story is the subject of one of the mnsi
agreeable poems in (he French language, aiid
has the additional' piquancy of having been
handled by the author when he'was a Jesse;:.
The delicate moral insinuated against the j
waste of time in nunneries, and tl.e perversion
of good and useful feeling inio ; rilling chan-
nels, promised to have an effect (and very
likely has had) which startled some scrupu-
lous persons;. Our auihor did not remain a
Jessait long: but he was allowed to 'retire
from his order without scandal. He was a
man of so much integrity, as well as wil,.th:it
his brethren re^reUed his loss, as much as the
woii i were pleased witu acquiring with him.

At Nevers, in t he convent, of the Visit-
' andines, lived, not long ago, i lamous par-
rot. His talents and generous heart, nay.
even the virtues he possessed, besides his
more earthly gratis, would have made his
whole life happy as a part of it, if happiness
"ert,

place of ii than a .parrot at, court; and lay
lapped up, as it were, in the very glove of
contentment. -Atj night he slept in what-
ever cell iie chose; and happy, ton happv'.
was the bicssod :(iother, whose retreat "at
the return of nigjif-'fall it pleased hi m to

pajrlour. Sister Mehwie, in her best slum- .times (Jul sue sigh : she went, she grained,
ilfcher, held him, and made the spect.tots she fainted, she lost her voice. The
ijoWflc his colours, his charms, his inl'au- ' whole place is in mourning. 1 know not
■tSjife! sweetness. His happy air sat at toe | what prophetic finger traced thc-jouniey hi
rjtU&pt of victory.' But even these attrac- ! black colours: but the dreams of-- the
to tibWwere forgotten when lie spoke. Po- j night redoubled the honors of the day. In
honour' with his presence, tie seldom lifted, rounded, brimful of the holy gen- \ vain. The fatal moment arrives; every
(lodged with the old ones. The neat nov- jt|feos w.iioh the younger aspirants had ! thing is ready ; courage must be siimmou-
j-ices. with their simple, alcoves, were more I t jifet bin, our illustrious bird c mi men- led to bid adieu. Not a sister but. groaned
I to his fast ; which you must observe, had I cod his recitation. Every instant a new ; like a turtle; so long was the widowhood
d ways a peculiar .turn for propriety. He i cliai'm developed itself: and what was re- she anticipated. Mow many kisses did
<wd ( t-> take his station on the agnus box : , trainable, nobody fell asleep. They lis- j not Ver-Vert receive in going out! They
and remain there till the st.u of Venus lt( nied, they hummed, they applauded, lie I detain him : they bathe him with tears;
rose iu the morning. He had then the [ruVertheless, trained to perfection, and i his charms redouble at every step. - Nev-

ciiiiviuced of the nothingness of glory, al- jertheless, he at length : is outside the walls ;
yo.fi withdrew into the recesses of his laud out of the monastery with him flies

were made lor hearts like his.

Ver

pleasure of witnessing thel toilette of the
•fresh little nun ; for between ourselves
(and I say it iu a whisper) nuns have toi-
lets, f have read somewhere, that they
even lik e good ones. Plain veils require
well setting, as well as lace and diamonds.
Furthermore, they have their fashions and
modes. There is an art, a gusta in these
things, out iu the world; and so there is
wherever they come. Sack-cloth itself
nay sit well. Huckaback may have an
air. The swarm of the little Loves, who
meddle every where,- ami know how to
whisk tnrou^h grates and turning boxes,
take a pleasure in giving a profane turn to

(for such was his name) was brought j a bandeau — a piquancy to a.nun's tuckq?
early from his native ■climate, tad while j In short, before one goes to the pai lour, /it
yet in nis tender years, and ig.ior.-int of ev-jis as well to give a glance or t wo at the
cry i : un: was shut up i s'hii cn:n3iit <> j < >okin_r-glass. Bui let that rest. I say in
hi$ ju. He was a handsome
brilliant, sprue;, ".mi fail of spirits, wdh all
• the candour and a. .hA':hc&s. natural to
his time of life; tender and lively, but nev-
ertheless as innocent as could be : in
short, a biro worthy of such a blessed
cage. His va-ry prattle showed him born
for a convent. When we say that nuns
undertake to look after a thing, we say all.
i\ T o need to enter into the delicacy of
their attentions. Nothing could rival the
affection which was borne our hero by ev-
ery mother in the convent, except the con-
fessor ; and even with respect to him, a
.sincere MS. has left it in record, tint in
more than one heart the bird had the ad-
vantage, of the holy father, lie pa/took,
at all events, of all the pretty so ;s and sy-
rups with which the dear Father in God
(thanks to the kindness of these s igared
nuns) ' consoled his reverend stomach.
Ver-Vert was a lawful object, of attach-
ment, and he beeanm the sou! of the place.
iAii the house loved him, except a few old
nuns, whom time awl the tooth-ache ren-
dered jealous surveyors of the young, ones.
Not having arrived at years of discretion,
too much judgment was uot expected of
him. He said and did what he pleased,
and every thing was found charming. — He
lightened the labours of the -Tood sisters,
pulling their veils, and peeking their sto-
machers. No party could be pleasant if
he was not -there to shine and to sidle
about; to flutter and to whistle, and to
play the nightingale. Sport he did, that is
certain; and yet he had all the modesty
til the prudent daring and humility iu the'
midst of his pretensions, which become, a
novice, even in sporting. Twenty tongues
were incessantly asking him questions,
and he replied with justice to every one.
Thus it was, of old, that Caesar dictated to
four persons at once in different styles.

Our favourite was admitted every where
about the house. He preferred -dining in
the refectory, where he eat as he pleased.
In the intervals of the table, being of an
indefatigable stomach, he amused his
gams with . whole poc!< ct-loads . of . sweat-
meats, which the 'nuns always kept for him.
Delicate attentions., ingenious and pre-;

ail ' confidence; ami now to return to o\ir
hero. •

In this happy indolence Vei-Vort pas-
sed his time, without trouhle, without en-
nui— lord, undisputed, of all hearts. For
him sister Agatha forgot her sparrows;
four canary-birds died out of pure rage:
and two tom-cats, once jn. favour, took -to
their cushioii^and never .afterwards held up
their heads. Who would have foreboded:
amidst a life so charming, that his morals
were taken care of, only to be ruined,
that a day. should come, a day of full crnm-
1 astonishment, when Ver-Vert, the idol
of so many hearts, would be nothing but
an object of mingled pity and horror ? Let
lelay our tears ;.s long as possible, for
5?ome they mm.-t: sad fruit of the ove.i-
tender regard of our dear sisters.

ou may guess, that in a school like
this, a bird of our hero's parts 'of speech
could want nothing of perfection. Like -a.
nun, he never ceased talking, except at
meals. It is true, he always spoke like a
book, and in a style pickled am! preserved
iu the ve.y unction of good behaviour.
He was not.<

up with the airs in mode, and learned on-
ly in vanities. Ver-Vert was a devout
fowl; a beautiful soul, led by the hand of
innocence. He had no notion of evil, nor
uttered an immodest word ; but to be even
with you, he was ; deep in canticles,. Ore-
muses, and mystical colloquies. His Pax
vnbifcum was edifying. His Hail sister
was not to be lightly thought of. He
knew even a little soliloquy, and some of
: the delicatest touches out of Marie Alaco-
que. Doubtless, he had ail the- helps to
edification. There were many learned
sisters in the convent, who knew by heart,
every bit, all the Christian carols, ancient
and modern< Formed under their auspi-
ces, he soon equalled his instructors. He
even expressed t'jieir very tone, giving it
all the pious leng'thih'ess, the-holy sighs
and languishing, cadences of the singing of
the dear sisters.- groaning little doves;.. ,

The renown of imerit like his was not>-
to be; confined to. a cloister. In all. Nev-
ers, from niornin^.till night,; nothing was,
talked. of but the darling scene's exhibited

and triumphed with 'modesty. Clos-
ing . Ins beak, and dropping into a low
tone of voice, he bowed himself with sanc-
tity! and so left his world edilied. lie ut-
'O.l u otiiing under a gentility or a duic;-
le; with the exception of a few words of
tirial or so, which crept from the con-
vent-grate into the parlour.

;Tiius lived, in this delectable nest, like
a imster, a saint, and a true sage as he
was 1 , Father Ver-Vert, dear to more than
on'ojilebe, fat as a monk and not less rev-
erend, handsome as a sweetheart, knowing
n§ i u a:a;e. always love!;, and alwayh w< ;
thj' jf) b loved, polished, j erfuiiM d. coc

Love ! ,

The .same vagabond of a boat, which

contained the sarred bird, contained also

two damsels, three dragoons, a wet-nurse,

a monk, and two Gascons; pretty society

for a youn-f tiling just out .of. a monastery !

Ver-Vert thought himself in another

world. It was no longer texts and orisons

with which he was treated, but words

I winch he never heard before, and

j ii- -no of the most Christian. -The dra-

; goons, a race uot eminent ■ for . devution,

i spoke no longuage but that of the ale-

' house. All their hymns to beguile the

,' ".road were in Honour of the god of drink-
tne> very pink ot pcrloctiou ; hap- . . . , ,1 r .

• (■i i. ♦ ii i , nig : their only moveable leasts were those

ll he hao never travelled. 1 .' . t . J . >, .

■ •! tiio tankard. 1 he Gascons and the

t.:r :;. t M:w *.»ra<*es k'cpl uj; a concert hi the

taste of the allies. The boat-men cursed,

and swore, and made horrible rhymes;

faking care by a masculine articulation,

that not 'a syllable should lose its vigour.

Vm-Veit, melancholy and frightened,

kept' silent in a corner, aiid knew not what

to say or to think.

pyj pn snort.

B y.-, n -,v comes the time of mis^rah: mem-
or^U.-f- w\z\\ . miiiutu in which ms 3 iory
h.s ;to be eel ipso'd. O crime! -O shame
O cruel recoilection ! Fatal journey, why
must we see thy history beforehand : Alas :
a great, name is a dangerous thing. Your
retired lot is by much the best. Let this
exajmple, my friends, show you, that too
mapy . talents, and to flattering a success,
often bring in their train the ruin of one's
morals.

The renown of thy briliant achieve-
ments, Ver-Vert, spread abroad on every
side, oven a:- far as Nantes. There, as
!y knows, -is the meek fold oi'tne
revejonJ Mothers of the Visitati m — i>
dies ! \v;a.> ; as elsewhere ia this nation, .are
by no ; a us the last to ktmw every thing.
I'o hear of our j>arrot was to desire to see
him. Dcs;.'--* at all times is a devouring

(lame: — i:, a nun! fkiield, at one

blow, tvvtuity heads turned for a parrot

They write to Ab-veis to beg that this be-
wit.c!iinT bird may be allowed to co ne
down . the Loire, and pay them a visit
Th-e letter goes : but when, ah, when uiii
•/our flashy parrots, puffed jcomo the answer? In a dozen days. What
' an age ■ Letter upon hitter is • despatched,
request on' request. Taere is no more
sleep' iu the house, • Sister Cecillie will
die of if. ' ;

At length the formidable epistle arrive
at Novers. Awful business! A chapter is
held jupon it. Dismay follows the consul-
tation. " VVhat! lose Ver-Vert: O heavens!
What are we to do in , these desolate holes
and (iorners without the dear bird ! Better
to die at once \" Thus spoke one of the
younger sisters, whose lively heart, tired of
having nothing to do, still :!a.y open, to a
little innocent pleasure. To say the truth,
it was no greater matter to long to keep a
parrot, in a place where no other dird was
to be| had. Nevertheless, the older nuns
deterinined upon let tbag the' charming pu-
pil g6— for fifteen days. Their prudent
hea'dsj did not. choose to envirei'i 'tlie-nselves
With onl- sisters of Nantes -This bill on
the part of their ladyships produced- great
disorders in Uie-eyoumKms. •Whate sac-,
rificepyi* it in lip man nature to consent
to -i.tl " Is it> ; true V quoth sister
Seraphine : '\ What ! live, and Vah-VVrt
way!" In another quarter of the room

In the course of the voyage, the compa-
ny resolved to " fetch out" our hero. The
sk fell on Brother Luben, the monk, who
a tone very unlike his profession, put
ne question to the handsome forlorn.
The benign bird assumed his best manner,
and heaving a formal sigh, replied in a
pedantic tone, 11 Hail, sister!'' At this
Hail, you' may guess if they shouted with
laughter. Every tongue fejl on poor Fath-

tenting cares, were borm they say, among 'by the parrot of the.-, blessed nuns. ' Peo-

the Visitandines. The happy Ver-Vert 'pie came as far jts from Moulins to see y J ,

Aad reason to think 60. He had a better ■ him. Ver-Vert iiii?er budged out of the | thrice did the vestry-wan. turn pale: four

er i'arrot. Our novice .bethought within
himself, that he must have spoken amiss,
and that if he would be well with the la-
dies presentj he must adopt the style of the
gentlemen. Naturally of a daring temper
and having been hitherto well fumed with
incense, his modesty was not proof against
<n much contempt. He lost his patience ;
a -id in losing his patience, alas! poor Ver-
Vert lost his innot.ence. He even began .
inwardly, to mutter ungracious curses
to-ainst the good sisters, his instructors, for
not h.-.-ving taught him the true refinements
of the Fpench language, its nerve and its
delicacy. He accordingly set himself to
learn them with all his might, not speak-
ing .much, it is true, but not the less in-
wardly studying for all that. In two days
(such is the progress of evil in young
minds) he forgot all that had been taught
him: and in less than no time was as off-
hand a swearer as any in the boat. He
swore worse than old devil at the- bottom
of < a. holy-water box. It has been said,
that nobody becomes ahandoned at once.
Vet -Vert' scorned the maxim. He had a
contempt for -my mere noviciates, and was
i . lacl<g,uard m the twinkling of an eye. In
short, one of the boatmen uttered a pro-
fane oath. Ver- Vert echoed the wretch f.
The company applauded and swore- -;gain.
Item; he svvoi'e other oaths. A no*' vauir
ty seized, hiiii; and degrading his gener-
'orgiin, < he now hh no othet ambition
bur, that of pleasing the wicked.

[To be. concluded in our mxQ

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

DOMESTIC KL1\JS.

LEGISLATURE ok >OUrH CAROLINA.'

A Bill was reported to the House on the
10th inst to admit privite Stockriders in the
■Wank of the State. It proposes to alio v individ-
uals t 0 subscribe at first 1.600.000 dollars, and
the Male MOO.OOO-the former tone privile-
ged to increas, ; .their subscription to tJee and
the state to two millions.
A bill to prohibit tne, puolic and private in-

strue im of tree , « ' ■ • ' -

writing under" t,

deVsP^^ , n?l^ i ^ ^^ ' a ! ld -pf ' ,,l -' v f,em - <w*.i- fanny incident of the fertile m>H of the cm
tp^n^^r'^^'r Clerfc ,> '-;;.' ihil , * I tin «". ™> by industry an, morcant,.
read a second time and sent to th,-\J.L [ e,,tf? i>"se, they became the most nourishing

boarded by Greek Cruisers, and were suf- ! thoserpfcrnianynl qualifications wliich s> much IUsoi./kd, T.nn this niiiyeu demands the.
fered to proceed w ith the Joe.'- of u quad- more nearly interest them. serious consideration of the friends of the Af-

rant, a spy glass, some cordage, or others Now, lam v.ery far from being an enemy to rican race, and tnatthis meenng adopt forth-
articles of small value, but of in lispensa-j f ema l e ; faeauty, and perhaps no one can view, with suchlmeasures as may . be deemed most

ble necessity which they had no means of the hri j ]iaiU th , ,. Qr [M conducive to promote the interests of the

navmir fnr w hfltPVPr It vnn rollout flint ^ ^ .. .• ...... „i„*„ „<

paymg for whatever. If yon reilect, that
the whoie Greek nevy is supported bythe
small islands, Hydra, Spezziu and Ipsara ;
I that these barren spots, neglected and
uninhabited on account of their sterility^

cheek ;of a pretty woman, with sensations schools, and to. ascertain the true state of

more delightfully pleasing man I can; yet lie coloured population of this city,

believe I am not. at all singuUr. in the opinion, Resolved, also, That forti.t belter carry-

„na, mat portion of the ten let- sex. who* ji.g these objects into titec., it is expedient to

though not deformed, are destitute of what have taken a- Census 01 the Colou.ed fair 1 lies

of tree 1 ersons-of color in reading and j wer e taken possession ofby their present

*l 1 «Ii U ^. S !? ,l .. i S so , l,ie len^lhon (proprietors, to avoid the exactions and tyr-jrhe world considers strikm* beauty, always of his euy, especially noticing their condition

lour

The bill to permit the

enate.
mployinent of co r

-ei persons as cooks and stewards has
been indehni.'ely postponed.

I" the .Senate on ihc 12fh inst. the follow-
ing resolutions on the powers of the general
government, were adopted.

Resolved, That the' Constitution of the TJ.
States is a compact between the people of <he
dnlercnt Slates with each oilier, as separate
and independent soverei rnties. and that for
any vioJation of the ti'tter or spirit of that com-
pact hy the Cong-ess of the United States, it
?■* not only the right of Vie people, but oFihc
<*e£]SiHture who represent them, to every ex-
tent not !ini;(?d, to remonstrate against vioa-
tions of the •■.mdamentfJ nmp:'ei.

■2. /'hat the acts of Congress passed in
ISU), 13-20 and K 2i. known bythe ,'ii'nip -jf th,.
tarhTlaws, by wnioh maimfa'\u>-es ateencon
aged under tile, power to ay i npo» s, are viola-
tions of the Constitution
ought to be
3.

1 npo

in us spirit, and

epealed.

That Congress has no po««;r to construct
roads and can. !s in the Slates, with, or without
the assent of the Stales, in which inter nal im-
provements are mi !e: th-.* authoriiv 0! Con-
gress extendiir no.anhe]- (h.i;; to » ,- the ne-
cessary and proper lav.-s, »o cari-v into execu-
tion their enumerated j ower>.
4. That he American Colonization Socio.' y.

j portions of Ottoman empire — their wealth
expended, and their population dependent
solely upon their shipping, is it to be ex-
pected that such., a people, with scarce soil
enough to erect their habitations will allow
their ships to rot. in port without a struggle
and that, in the extremity of need, acts of
occasional injustice and outrnge would not
take place I— "Res dura el 'regni naviiu.-
met alia count" would be certainly no bad
excuse in the mouth of a Greek commander
when taking by force a barrel of bread to
feed his starving dependants But some-
thing (00 much of this.

The Java proceeds with us- to the Rock
as soon as we obtain pratique, which will

be in 12 days and then in Pistol's

phrase —

make the best wives, the most affectionate
mothers, and the most agreeable companions,
.ni.l it may be accounted for, dius Young
'adics who possess many personal -.paces, a.e
iurf to be thronged with admirers, and the
empty commendations which arc so libe. ally
bestowed upon th»;m by unmeaning foppery.

occupation, i.undier ol n ddrtn undj-r 5 years
oi iii-e, wifti mi,- 1 other parUeulars ah may be
deemed riesh able, 10 be known.

Hbsgi.veo, also, Thai the city may be di-
vided in e se\en*een districts, and that two
suitable persons be appointed with Mr. Saml.
E. CouNi.<n, (who is ai)poin:ed general agent
very naturally generates an idea that the cul- |>y llu% |)0;tr(1 0 f iVustees; to visit each district,
l ivation of their ihlcllectual faculties is entirely y ho , )ejnif l anjisij0(l w m

•fl foutra for the world mid worldling bcise,
I sing of ,'ifrica and golden joj/s —
In fact, we are bound to Cape Mesnr-
cado, the EJ Dorado of some very .vorrhv
but enthubiastio people, -who would no!
Iiave heart to send their stat>^nson onvicts
to sucli a c!ime,still less our national s!ii'»s.
if they 'knew but iiaif its horrors. Weli f

is not an ohject of i.a:ion;i; in ere-^t
Congress h.^ no fiowe in aav v/nv
direi

nd t! at j hope tliis may oe the last time I s!ial,
natron- j destined for that coast, as it will m ike my

lze or direcc appropriations for the. benefit of, t \,\ r( ] v ; s i L y 0 , may cspect 0 u my revon
this or any otl vr so-ue! v. j hotne a Mf M(] ho j ){ , st account 0 V f hc^et-
b. 1 liat ou. senator, in Coa^ress be inslriic- : 4 „ , .._.,!„♦:,„. ..„;,.„!

oa^ress be instruc-
ted and our rep e-eiita ives requested 10 con-
tinue to oppoa- i-vr-y ific-ease A' Ihe taiiff,
With .1 view to protect dO'n»^tic nianufact'oes.
and a'i approp; iaiion* to ie :>ii pose 4 ; of i-itor-
nal improvements the U. State-, uid 9li ap-
propriations in favour of ihe t -ol mizalii/.; rio-
ciet . >r the patronage of i \\c same. » i.'^r di-
rectly or indirectly by the general govei-M.icnt.

[N. Y. Daily Adv.

tlement. its progress, population. H^iicui
i ture, ^c. whicli you mass value in propor-
tion to it^ r irity, as I assure you tiv.t an
j impartial juan is nigri simihs cygn }- : -i
mean if. hp is nny u- iv interest-!.. i in the
Augean ta?k *f changing our national corn-
I plexion bv th'- boasted speci;i'j; African c >!-
ionization. Out stay will be short, and
I with the N. E. trades we hope to run
j down the W. Indies and reach our dear
I homes bythe month ofFebuary. You must
i think all thfc time necessary for the voyage
!(alt'.ough it is 1^,000 million) as we carry
! for relreshments at some fine island, such
jas .Madeira Ma'tiuique: ccc.

@ ;\&Ux;d >l 0 1 « aankzd o its.

For the Freedom's Jouhnal.
MA'J IUMONY.

Mr. EniToa,

During a pilgrimage of little more than
But my j twenty years, in a world where we are taught

• j
FMrao.t of a Utter to the Senior Editor oj
Ihc Neic-Ynrk Statesman, dated U. 8.
Ship Ontario Ma lion, VZtli October
1827.

"I reached Mabon almost at the same
ume our frie>i I i.Tolshoro<i.rti arrived, he
having obtained passage from Marseilles
in the dag ship. I tnvelted on by 1 m I to
Barcelona, from wiienoi 1 p-.'*-Ket plies
weekly to Minorca. This shi; being va-
cant, the (Join mod >re ime- i diately gave
me orders; and we have sine ■. visited the
shores of Italy, the coast of Ba baty, Sic-
ily, Malta, different islat- is in the Archip-
elago, and apart of A?i:i Min ,

desire to visit ^, ;ece vroper, was defeat- ' *o believe that permanent happiness is unat-
ed on the very eve of our sailing ! v orders tamable I have observed that matrimonial
to return home: and I was oh .red to con- infelicity is not 'he least conspicuous among
tent myself with the sight of -the Acropolis the miH , r p s ( . ritH ii ec i U j )0n us f or the. trnngres-
with a tolescooe. and a view of the plums S)on of QUr firs{ entSi Tha( . th{§ arigeg . f

of Marathon from our quarter de*,k on our . , r . P , ...

a " . . a very eminent dep-ree,from a want of deliber-

way- to Poros. An opportunity, uowever, J n . . ,

was offered us in many places to form a ate reflection previous to entering into the
more correct estimate of the Gree-; char- connubial state, is a fact whicji no meditative
acter, than cou'd be obtained from reading mind, wul for a moment be disposed to ques-
alone. I shali not attempt the task entering fj 0 n.

deenly into the much talked o r subject of ^ vo ] a tile and giddy of the female sex, in
theGreek insurrection; but I caouot refrain the situation of a bosom partner, generally aim
fromexpressingmy opinion on the aurijoctof " uh ftf fulneM 0 f carriage, svmmetry of
piracy, which the admirers ot the mimels ft . , ■ , ,

so constantly d-^ll noon at every epportu- form ' or **t™*™t ™ w *
nity. it.is as nuca the fashion in many men's; while themoi
parts of this sea to praise and extol the —the qti dities 'of the heart, the extent of the
Turk, as it is with us to sing paens of vie- understanding, and the acquisitions of inler-
tory on every advantage, however slight, of na l excellence are made secondary objects 0/
the opposite party. 'consideration.
From the number of alarms spread abroad , y * men? when ^ pursuit of vie ^ gj are
of murder and robbery , the mind becomes , „ fclfad tQ the game ^ Mes

orepared to believe the existence of scenes 4 ' *»aZj*u*i
resembling our West India piracies in the are often more ^cted with the tasiy
time o<- the Buceaniers. But during the adjustment of a set of flowing ringlets, a
past summer many vessels wiliout convoy charming face, or the voluble flippancy of that
(two of whom we fell in with) had been: mischievous little organ the tongue, than with

superdu'ous ; and that a frequent reference 10
lie toilette, and the cursory perusal of. a few
light novels or romantic talcs from which they

ay imbibe some of the lofty airs of the grand
heroine of 'he story, will be abundantly ade-
quate to carry them through life. On the otl;
er hand, she who is conscious that s!k posses-
ses no personal charms to recommend hei to
the notice of mankind, must be sensible that
mental accomplishments will be the only
equivalent substitute, and we may consequent-
ly suppose that she applies herself to the en-
largement and refinement of her mind, by
reading such books as are best calculated m
af brd instruction, and by conversing with per-
son-: whose experience gives weight to (heir
precepts. That such a woman is better qual-
ified to render a man happy than the illiterate
beauty, is a truth which must be admitted by
the most limited capacity.

I am very much opposed to that state winch
is so emphatically termed single blexscdncss,
and am of the opinion. Uiat mankind do ;i't ar-
rive at that hei. :H of felicity allowed them in
ibis world, until they have entered toe Elysian
grove 01 Hymen ycl ! look upon marriage
as the most solemn of all earthly cngagt mcrns;
ic is a step on winch depends tne happiness for
die of two rational beings, and shuimi only be
entered into after serious reflection on us con-
sequent-.; v and where two hearts are inscpar-
atety united with the bond cf mutual and ten-
der love. The vices and virtues, failures and
imperfections in the characters of both parties
should be familiarly known to each other ; and
if diis acquaintance has - no influence in dis-
covering the attachment, there is a promise of i

iviih a book properly
headed, shall' at a future meeting report to us
the particulars of every coloured famiiy in
each district.

let District—John Bastion, John Ma-
randa.

^d — Henry ^cott. William Boyer.
;J(i. — Benjamin ymith, Benjamin* Paul,
'ith — William Anderson, denry Drayton
5th — Jacob \Velu. William Hamilton,
()th-— "J' nomas 'Baggott, James Go!d-
truug.

?th — Thomas Price, Moses Blue.
8th — .i.tf.n Robertson, Aarju M -rris.
Oth E!i iiamilton, Richard A ^:cvy
10th — John If. f /.imottr . Williarn Miller
iltii — William Q,um, Alexander Wil-
low. •
12th — Andrew Roach,- Aaron Woods
i'dUi — Peter Williams. Francis Cook
Mth — 'i'nomas L. Jiniung, Robert.

15th — Thomas Zabriska, - Abraham
Gordon.

i(jih — Tlionias Sip'ans, George How-
ard.

l?th — Jo'i;n B. Uueswunn; John B.

Plit.

PETER WILLLLMS, Chairman,
Ti/omas L. Jintsiag:-, Sec'ry.

At an Annua 7 Election of >' lie Pennsylva-
nia Ah>>Ltion Sifitiy, hvld YZlh, mo.
27, 1827, ihcfoUoioing Officers were du-
ly elected for ihc ensuing year:
President — William Rairtc, Esq. 1
Vice-Picsiuems,
Jonas Predion, 3T D. Biujamin Tucker.
Secretaries,

all that happiness, which the nuptial tie is em- j Ed? : in P, Atlas, 31. I). Edward B. Gar-
inently calculated to bestow. I rigue.s.

Where an union is effected under other cir- j Treasurer— Henry Troth, Esq.
cumstanecs, and merely for the sake of the Counsellors,
magical charm which (in the heated imagina-

tion of youth) is connected- with the names of
husband and toife, the unexpected disclosure-
of casual faults, will beget disappointments;
disappointments will beget inquietude ; inqui-
euidc, distrust; distrust, jealousy; andjeal-
ou.-y exterminates love, gives birth to shame,
and misery follows. K.

SCHOOL MEETING.

At a joint meeting of 'several respectable
men of Colour, v\uth members of the Manu-
mission Society, and Trustees of the African
Schools in this city, held on the 27th Decem-
ber, at the Society's School Room, in Mul-
berry street, Mr. PETER WILLIAMS, was
ealled to' the Chair, and Mr. THO'S. L. JEN -
NINGS', was appointed Secretary — when the
'following business was transacted.

This meeting being informed that not with-
standing the ample provision made by the
Mannmission Society of this city, for the ac-
commodation and instruction of Coloured chil-
dren of both sexes, yet, that their attendtance
at school bears a great disproportion to . the
number that might receive such advafit: ages,
and that Jt is feared many hundreds are spend-
ing their time in idleness, it was therefore,.

John St.rceant, Jj. P Brown, J. B. Low-
ber, Jo.'tph N orris, Jr. William Rawlc,
Jr. rfv 'Thomas Earle.
For Lancaster county — Washington Hop-
Lirs.

Bucks — Matthias Morris.
Montgomery — Joseph W. Rowland.
Del a w it re — Sam ml Ed ma < -ch .
Northampton — James 3T. Porter.
York — John Gardner.

Board of Education.
Isaac Barton, George Petn-son, Tho-
mas Ridgway, D. Weathe.rly, T. Earle,
E. P. Atlee, Joseph Evans, M. Attmore*
Tltoma-J Parker, Jri. Peter Wright, C. S
Cope, Joseph Parker, and John \Bouvier.

Electing Committee.
Joseph Todhunter, WiWam J nes, Joseph
M. Truman, D. C. Wood, Je»se Stqnley,
James Matt, P. Stackhoc se, Robert Mur-
phy, • Robert Evans, Edwin Waiter, and
W.'S. Halh welL

By order of the Society.
EDWIN P. ATLEE, Secretaiy-
Pkiladelphia, 12 mo. 31, 1837.

Gallop not through a ,town for fear of huff-
ing yoi'ise'f or ol^er*; besides the indecency^
it, which may jd-'c cfise to such as see 1 y<wi
to think your horse or brains n oner.qf;yont
own.

F^FDOWPS JQ'tSpti AL.

let

i«i I ie. t cd to any part (if the Kingdom or «ho colo-l giiird against them: The whole crew flan

NE -'.VOIt*, JANUAK

11, 1

At • i<- (imc apjwinteii, we nave the picture
of n/ iin presenting the JOUiiNAL lo our
pa ->a< a m frieriu . nuch improved external-
ly; ain t Ik ugh late, otl'eiing om lelieitaiions
and Kiiu.'t !• wishis io r their prosperity and
J;.-;. j me*?, fn reviewing iia j-a-,1. >.e :i.jve
many i.nr?.;s uu .icoun^c us to pioceeu in oui
ca.eei ■ ; ii.'i ;n mis peiu .., - win i pleasure we
record n, a more general knowledge h» diffused
anion - our patrons and friends, of ti.e great be-
nches to oe oe/ived from the publication of a
weekly Journal devoted solely to the improve-
ment of our people.

We cannot but hope, that the kind friends,
who have encouraged from the be^iiu.in- ;, our
feewle efforts for the dissemination of knowl-
edge- ar.ong ou, breihien, will still e\iei«. ,o-
waids us tneir patronage ; as from ti.-e libcvii-
itv of a few friends, and a lixed determination,
on our part, that not Imv; shall be wanting to
render the Journal still more interesting ami
uscfuh wtt are enabled to present it under more
favorable auspices than ever.

In advocating or opposing plans, which
concern us, we have always endeavoured to
express the sentin-c" . ■ the n.ajeiity of our
brethren iro n >lae . .!« -'";;ia ; discarding
ail sectional feelings*, from the consideration
that, a-;, the Journal wv.i the only clvu.i)."' oi
public communication, it ought ;i\ nearly a'
possible t(

akuheir vi-r.vs.

■ the Slav

L ord Siowtfl's uedsii'i com
Grace.

' The hx-\ number of th». Albion, contains a
Ions editrial article, approhu.m;;- Mie ju h -
ment pronounced by Lord Stowell. in the case
of the slave Grace In order that our rcade <
may have a coricct idea of the subject we «.x-

:: A fe.nale slave of the name of Grace, on- .
finally au unmami.nitU'd shv.e of Ahiigua, and
subject to the laws o ; ' ' 1 a- i -iui:.!, vi:-. - .' j Eng-
land as an attendant up «n a planters wife ; she
remains some time in this country, and is treat-
ed is ot'ipr domestic servants are treated.
She afterwards returns to Antigua, and a
question arises, whether she was again remit-
ted to her coadi i ni of slavery : o>. whether,
bavin* ncm clearly enrncip'. ed wl.il<t in
Kn-daod the mere eir<-.umstar.ve of her return
to iTie Wes! Indies would t'r><r /ado eansejier
«a rel ps " ■■o i>ei :>< igitial servitude r* The
West India 'J raits generally decide against
the slave. An- appeal' was consequently pros-
ecuted 'vdb eliie supreme tribuna' in England,
and in ..lis court Lord Stowei! ratifies the sen-
tence of servimde pronouncvd '.gainst the
slave. and confirms the judgment of the inferi-
or jadg.- in the Colonies."

We confess, advocates as we are for the ab-
olitio'n of Slavery, v e wish every step to attain
this desirable object, to be considerately taken,
it has alrea -\ been decided that a Slave hav-
ing once touihed the soil of England, "be-
comes free;'' and as that decision has been re-
versed, we acknowledge ourselves among the
number of diose whose cry is, " mice free, fret
for ever." We agree witli the .vriter, that r he
king and parliament of England, have delega-
ted pait of their power under certain restric-
tions. What are these ? That they, in the om-
nipotence of their powers, shall » nact laws n.

| mcs pertaining m it. . Upon mature considei a
I ion, few persons will say that the French
— | slave who becomes free while in tingland, by
I tne opeiation of her laws, and returns to the
French West Indiks ; and the English slave
.' woo also obtains. his freedom through the same
course, and afterwards returns to the English
West lnuies, are similar' cases ; fur die former
r -ases to be under the protection of English
laws as soon as he leaves its territory; whih
i he !alter,Vemaining in any part ofthe United
Kingdom," or its territories, ought; to be se-
em, in the liberty guaranteed to him by the
laws of the land. The case of forgery alluded
in the article, we ; consider altogether out o
place ; presentino an individual liable to the
(iiliert nt laws of two sej aratt and independen
governments.

The writer is very positive in asserting that
if the op] onents of Slavery bao gained the vic-
tory, they would have abused it. We canno'
think so. ' Jb' t n v. 1 osc-|iivcs have been devote-
to raise flseir fellow men from degradation am
slavery, arv. not the persons w hom we should
suspect of advocuting any thing like revol 1 or
confusion. Butthe truth is, that men desirous
of liberty, are always censured ■ beforehand
with an abuse of |t when in possession. So
tnat as far as our weak judgment extends,
can see nouung in the former or present doings
of me. Abolitionists of Great Britain, which will
beat the wrher ou t h> his assertions. Liberty
is the bnl h.'i^utol'idl men: and r.- it withstand-
ing ail contrary endeavours, must eventually
be thei.- portum.

According io But lamacpti, " a person
comes a suoject or member cfthf- state, either
by an e.xp.vt ' -. or tacit covenant;" no\< we con-
ceive, the woman Grace, b< 'ame to alf inten's
j subject of the. omp-d-f, as soon as she
touched the soil oflhitain oy tlie express iv
nd .-n of Lord Aian^tield, as delivered in .he
case of Somerset, -/or though we mignt a!

ays consider her as a s^bjec of the empiie,ht
erally and legally spe-ikin^, she was not one
ill 'she' became a free woman, and upon i.er
landing in Britain ; and as such. p-.ssessing"ifie
,-H/!us1irid privileges of his majesty's other
•jecls, hail the ligtd to travel into any part
of tlie kingdom or.thc territories pertains.^, to
it, u.imolested, and to return at her own time.

'

CITY FREE SCHOOLS/
It is with pleasure we learn, that the Trus-
\i es of African schools under the care of the
Manumission Socievy, nave appointed ;i e
Rev. Samuel E. Cornish, General Visitie.,;
Agent. Tne Agent has visited upwards cl-
one hundred different families ; the good re-
sults of which we Jeamave already an increased
nun .;er of pupils in both >• boobs. As so
much is doing for usbv our good friends of the
Manumission Sociefr, we hope every man of
■ •olour, who ha .: ie least desire for iheiiri-
, rovement of his breihren, will lend a helping
md to forvvard their vieu

niel ii'fc'one is allowd to sleep on shore.or to
continue there for more thau three hours
at atirne. The deaths in the town are nu-

mtorous. Mr and Mr to whom I

htul tellers >, imroduction, and who wore
qiftite wed \u. my arrival, are finee dead,
aual 1 yesterday attended then funerals.
Q\\ course tou have have ere this, reaui.ed
an aeount of the death of the Governor, Sir
Neil Campbell: he seenhto be universally
ia inented. <^h this horrible climate. And
t0 think dial we should oo sent, out so
sn m» as to Wait here nearly a month belbre
^ e can do any tiling.'"

»\ hen George II. was once expressing his
Imiration of Wolfe, some one observed that
the General was mad. "Oh! he is mad, is
lie?'' Sidd the King, with great quickness,
then I wish he would bite some other of my
Generals." — Lit. Chronicle.

The Mistake. — A turkey and a chicken
were placeo on the table or board of one ui
our Um;ed States' ships , a number of gentle-
men seated themselves to partake of them.
Mr. Willey was carver; and when about to
help his companions to some of the above na-
.. ed delicacies made the following sad mis-
take in addressing Mr. Clarke: - " \\ \A you be
helped -to turkey or idea fee. Mr. Chi:i;en)"
This reminds Us of a smihw mistake which
occurred on a steam boat on the IS'orth-river.
A .»enlleinan Mho was carving a goose, wished
to help his friend, Mr. Bird, to a slice of tli
best, and thus addressed himi "Air. Goose,
shall I help }'ou to some of the bird? The
misfortune was, that Mr. Bird was a tailor,
and though: himseli insulted.

Equal Living. — A poor widow went to- a
•ich illiterate farmer, to p- ; i.er son to nimtc

orin-j .-up. She .-.aid *u .Vi;. , 1 want the

:»oy s'lculd fare well, and be brongl t up we!-,
i \va. ' Ih should go to school, and to meeti ;

and to have catecid.ms Mr. replied,

that the child should have a chance to go to
school and to meeiing, and rdiould live as well,
as he did- * i=;n when he eat bean-porridge,
the ooy s-iould have bean-p rriiige-^thal h'>
had no notion of'stulling the boy with nick-
naeiis, but if hr eat catachisms, they boy
si ould eat catcchi.-nr; also.

Jlrelic Regions.— -The North West Land
Expe<'iiiu!i !ias been h. ought to a close ; and
igh: probiibly have 'attained ib object, if
ipt-iin Beerh. y and Fwmklin had known how
■ ar they no icdly v. ere to cac" other belbre
tncy turned theif faces homeward. Captain
Beechey. i'i the Blossom, sent to meet the
land expedition by working eastward roumi
icy Cai e, penetrated 120 miles in that direc-
tion beyond the Cape, which itself lies in lbO
degrees of west longitude: he continued in
that quarter till the 14th of October, but was
then compelled to leave by the setting in 'ol
the frost. Captain Franlkih penetrated to the
1 50th degree of west longitude before he judg-
ed - it necessary to return. As a degree of
longitude in that high atitude, is but 2d or 24-
mies, the two officers were within about 120f
mies of each other.-— Lond. Mise. Register

For Bums and Scalds.— Mr. Cleghorn t
brewer in Edinburgh, ha.i treated burns -m-
scalds witn success, by applying, in the i . st
pace, vinegar, until the pain abates ; the se-
condly, an emoient poultice ; and thirdly as
."ooii as any selection of matter or watery iuid
appears, by covering the sore with powdered
chalk.

Quathery.— At the Albany Court of Corn-
on Plfcas, Dtcembei Term, William War-
n was tried formal-practice, as a physician,
in nctdigudly administering arsenic to John
Uo^ie, who dierl in consequence, lie* was
sentenced (o tnree years solitary imin-isonment

ir. th. county jail.- Duel— -An affair of

' onou r . lat'dy look place near Washington,
.. rwcen two young men of Alexandria, one of
wuoiri received the ball of his antagonist in his
fii»f k, wnich passed out behind his ear. .It is
- ai i d. u the meeting was iiad by the appro-
6«a./«ofthe| areats of ihe parties!- Wor-
thy of a better fate.— A runaway slave in North
Carolina, jumped into the liver from the stern
of a boat in which he was returning to slavery

and was drowned. Cheap travelling. —

The Providence papers advertise the fare be-
i ween that town and Boston, at fifty cents, a

distance of forty-two miles. Gold. — The

Legislature of North Carolina have incorpora-
ted Gr>'d Vdne Company. Reform. — A

jie'iuo:. . i.> ;:n presented to tlie Legislature
of Alabama oy the grand jury of Masergo,
praying that accounts contracted for spirituous
liquors may be placed on the same footing as

gambling debts. JWonran. — The Orleans

Advocate states, that' Hill - the pretended mur-
derer of Morgan, h ■■<* undergone examination,
which has resuh* d i?i the conviction that he is
tlie real murderer. He states the details of
the transaetio - . and ffives the names of his ac-
comr 'ices. JVeiv Paper —Mr. J. J. Mum-
ford, proposes lo publish in this city, a new
laily moi-ning paper, to be entitled the Mer-

'hani's '\ . icgrapb ■ A Formidable weapon.

— Mr. Vordvce l>ug:r!cs. ofHardwick. has.in-
■ n<< 1 a p..--vussion . istol, the barrel 53-4 in-
•Ik- lore' wid- which he killed 20 turkies at
tin drsianceof 20 rods, holding the pistol at
arm's length.

Sierra Leone, Sept. 10.
You are aware that we sailed from Ply-
mouth on the 49th of Jiiiyy and that one
of the principal objects of our voyage is to
remove the settlers from this unhealthy re-
gion to the island! of Fernandez Po, which
?s represented by some as a terrestrial
paradise, possessing the delightful varie-
ties of all the climates of the globe. I
have how to inform you of our safe arrival
he,e on the ?d inst. but as the rainy sea-
A be over till thu first week in

— r * , • wu, Will ... — ,

dire<*> opposition to those of the mother coun-. October, we have only to wait patiently tdl
try--ihat the decrees of the «.ighes: court in the ( t h»it period arrives, as nothing can be done

land shall be as null as in a foreign sta'e

We. can perceive no anology in the different
cases presented to the reader. If the laws of
the moi hev country are not to have weight even
in her West India Colonies, we cannot per-
ceivp why they should at, home : foF if the i
slave who obtains his liberty by setting his foot
in England, becomes to all intents and pur-
poses an Englishman ; as one, by the opera- 1
£on of her laws,he is at liberty to travel unmo-

till then. It was weli known before we left
England that the rains commence in
March, and continue till October, and
that the interval oetweeu those two months
is the most dangerous to Europeans—
so much so, that merchant vessels general
ly contrive to assure after the rainy season is
over ; great exertions were made to hurry
from England. Thank God, as yet we
have not felt the had effects of the climate,
and (peat precautions are adopted to guard

- A number of travellers and tourists, when
they alight at an inn,' are ir. the haoit of
scratching their names, and the date of their
vfail, on the window glass. Among a tuuhi-
ude of names written on the window of a cer-
tain; in a in the High.ands, is the following jeu
de'esprit. which should go far to abolish that
mode of commemoration. One of the party of
four it would appear, had written his own
name, and the names of his three comrades,
with the month , and year in which they had.
matle their visit. Immediately under the
names, and in a quite different hand (evidently
by *iome wag) is inscribed—" Nota Bene
The whole of the above were hanged for
sheep stealing"

It is better tc have a son late than never.
One seldom sees sepulchral stones raised over
graves of the dead by any other hands than
those of their own offspring.

Just after Sheridan had taken a new house,
he |met Lord Guilford, to whom he said,
« Well, all will now go on like clock work."
" said his Lordship, " tick, tick."

TO COKIIESFONDENTS.
Our subscriber J. VV. of Fred — , has given
a right solution, but not satisfactory lo us, as

no cash accompanied it. Haytien Tale, bV

.1. is necessarily laid by for next week, for
•.. an* of room. Other Communications are al-
so leferretl for the same reason.

In this city, on Thursday evenmg. 27th ult-
by the Rev. Mr. Parois, Mr; Benjamin Mer-
miek, of Philadelphia, to Miss Anna ' Beli,evc>
of St Pierre, Martinique.

!n St. Philip's Churchjon Wednesday, 2d
ihst. by the Rev. Peter Williams, 3fr. An-
drew Williams, of Salem, .Mass, to Miss
J cm a Seabre, of this city.

In this city, on the 31st ult. by the Rev. S-
E. Cornish, Mr. John W. Freeman, to .Miss
Diana Thompson.

In Philadelphia, on the 1st instant, after a
lingering illness of many months, Rev. JERE-
MIAH GLOUCESTER, Pacior of the Second
African Presbyterian Church, in the 28th year
of his age.

In this city, on the 29th ult. Miss- Rachel
EMMENS,jaged 64.

Deaths^in Philadelphia during the week
ending Saturday, 5th inst. 77.

FEW.

WANTED— The whole, or part of a
PEW, in the lower part of St Philip's
Church.— Enquire at this Office.

ALMANAC.

JANUARY.'

UN

Rises.

Sun
Sets

11 Friday, 1

7 21

4 39

12 Saturday, ! 7 20

4 40

13 Sunday,

7 20

4 40

14 Monday,

7 19

4 41

15 Tuesday

4 18

4 43

16 Wedns

7 17 ■■

4 43 '

17 Thursday

7 17

4 44

Moon's v
Phases

Full 2d M
Last 10 2 19 M
New 16 7 28 A
First 23 3 49 A
Fi#218 8 A
Last 7 2 14 M

1GS

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The gondola glides,
Like a spirit of night.
O'er the slumbering tides.
In the calm moonlight :—
The star of the north
Shews her golden eye,
But a brighter looks forth
From yon lattice on high '.

Her taper is out,
And the silver beam
Floats the maiden about,
—Like a beautiful dream!— '
And the beat of her heart
Makes her tremble all o'er;
And she lists with a start,
To the dash of the oar.

But the moments are past,
And her fears are at rest,
And her lover at last
Holds her clasp'd to his breast ;
Ard the planet above,
And the quiet blue sea,
Ar pledged to his love,
And his constancy. '

Her cheek is reclined

On the home of his breast ;

And his fingers ape twined

'Mid her ringlets.— which rest,

In manv a fold.

O'er his arm. that is placed

Kourid the cincture of gold

\ hich encircles her waist !

He looks to the 9tars

W hich are eemming the blue,

Altydevoutly he swears

He will ever be true •
Then bends hinS to hear
The low sound of her sigh,
Arid kiss the fond tear
From her beautiful eye.

And he watches its flashes,
Which brightly reveal
What the, long fringing lashes
Would yainly conceal ;
And reads— while he. kneels
All bis ardour to speak—
Her reply, as it sjteals
In a blush o'er her cheek !

Till won— by the prayers
Which so softly reprove-
On his bosom, in' tears,
She half murmurs her love ;
And the stilled confession
Enraptured he sips,
'Mid the breathings of ^passion,
In dew from her lips.

NEW ESTABLISHMENT,

j B, MERMIER,, respectfully informs his
Friends, and the Public Generally, that he lias
opened a REFRESHMENT HOUSE, at
(No. 422 Broadway; where suclh as favour
him with their custom, may always expect to
be served with the choices Liquors and Re-
freshments," at the shortest notice.
New-York, Dec. 11, 1827.

AFRICAN* FREE SCHOOL.,

NOTICE. Parents and Guardians of

Colour Jii Ircn, a. ereby informed, that a
male and Female School has long been estab-
lished for coloured children, by the Manumis-
sion Society of this city— where t he- pupils re-
ceive such an education as is calculated to fit
them for usefulness and respectability. The
male school is situated in Mulbcrry-street,near
Grand-street, and the female school in William,
street, near Duane street; both uuder I'm'
management of experienced teachers., Thi
Boys are taught Reading. Writing, Arithmetic,
; -.-ngraphy and Engi Grammar — and the
Girls, in addition to those branches, are taught
Sewing, Marking, and Knitting. &c.

TEit : OF ADMISSION.

Pupils of five to fifteen years of age, admitted
by the Teachers at the Schools, at the rate of
t wcntj'-live-cents to one dollar per quarter, ac-
cording to the circumstances of the parents :
and the children of such as cannot aftbrd to pay
any thing are admitted free of expense, and en-
joy the same advantages as those who pay.

Each school is visited weekly byacommit-
tee of the trustees, in addition to which a com-
mittee of Ladies pay re°;uiar visits to the Fe-
male school. Care is- taken to impirt mor-a!
instruction, and such have been the happy ef-
fects of the system pursued in these schools,
that although «nvoral thousand have been
taught in them since their establshment (now
more than thirty years) there has never been
an instance known to the trustees where a pupil
having received a regular education has
convicted of any crime in our Courts of Justice.
By^order of the Board of Trustees.
,;•}, ' J TEH . . T

v - RICHARD FIELD.

New- York,'Januarj^l 0,^1 S27. 42

A CARD.

F. WIL^S,

RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends, and
the Public generally, that his HOUSE
152 Church-street, is still open for ; accom-
modation of genteel persons of colour, with

BOARDING AND LODGING

Grateful for past favours, he solicits a
continuance of the same. His house is in a
healthy .and pleasant part of the city ; and no
pains or, expense will be spared on his part,
to render the situation of those who honour
him with their' patronage, as comfortable as
possible.

New- York, Sept. 1827. 26— Sm

B.F.HUGHJGS' SCHOOL,

For Coloured Children of both Sexes.
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for
the admission of Pupils.
In this school will be taught HEADING.
WRITING. ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY,
with the use of Maps and Globes, and History,
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.
Reference.— Rev. Messrs. P. Williams, S.
E. Cornish, B. Paul and W. Miller.
New- York, March 14. 1

~ landT^or salr

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, TWO THOUSAND
Acres of excellent LAND, at less than one
half its value, provided they will take meas-
ures to settle, or have it settled, by coloured
farmers. The land is in the slate of New-
York,' within 70 miles of the city ; its location
is delightful, being on the banks of the Dela-
ware river, with an open navigation to the city
of Philadelphia. The Canal leading from the
Eelaware to the Hudson river, passes through
the tract, opening a direct navigation to New-
York city. The passage to cither city may
be made in one day or less. The land is f
the best quality, and well timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his
brethren, who are capitalists, will at least
vest 500 or 1,000 dollars, in these lands. To
such he will take the liberty to say, this land
can be purchased for 5 dollars the acre, (by
coloured men.) though it has been selling for
25 dollars. He also takes the liberty to ob-
serve that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and bethinks such a settlement,
formed by coloured families, would be condu-
cive of much good. With this object in view
he will invest 500 dollara in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New- York. March 20.

N. B. Communications on the subject, post
paid, ■ ill •> received and attended to.

SCHOOL NOTICE.

THE subscriber wishes to return thanks to
his friends, for the liberal encouragement o
patronizing his school ; and would be permit-
ted to say, 'he still continues to teach in the
same place, and hopes by increased exertions,
to merit a share of public encouragement.
The branches attended to are' Reading; Wri-
ting, Cyphering, Geography, English Gram-
mar, and Natural Philosophy. Ami to the fe-
males Needle Work.

JEl EMI AH GLOUCESTER.

Philadelphia, Oct. 28,- 34

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

MR. GOLD, late of Connecticut, takes
this method of informing the coloured popula-
tion of this city, that he teaches English Gram-
mar, upon a neu and improved plan, by which
a pupil of ordinary capacity, may obtain a cor-
rect knowledge of the principles ol the En-
.. ! idi language, by attending to the study there
i hours in a day in six weeks. He* would
bc v.iliing to leach a class of coloured j crsons,
either in the day or in the evening- (as may suit
i heir convenience;) and. his terms will be
such, that no one desirous to learn will have
cause to be dissatisfied with them.

Persons wishing to avail themsflves of ihis
opportunity o learning English Grammar will
please to call upon the Rev. B. Fan], No. 0.
York trect,or the Rev. P. William/s 6S
Cros' -. -street, with whom also the names of
those who determine upon becoming pupils of
Mr. Gold, will be left. Nov. 10, 1827.

NOTICE.
THE "AFRICAN MUTUAL IN-
STRUCTION SOCIETY, tor the instruction
of coloured Adults, of both Sexes," have re-
opened their SCHOOL on Monday Evening,
October 1st, at their former School Room, un-
der the Mariner's Church, in Roosevelt-street.
The School will be open on every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at half
past ti o'clock.

Those desirous of receiving instruction, will
be taught to Read, Write and' Cypher, until
the first of April, 1323, for the small sum of
one dollar, to be paid on entering the school.

An early application is requested, as there
will be no allowance made for past time.
Aaron Wood, James Mvees,

William P. Johnson, Arnold Elzie,
E.M. Africanus, Henry King,

Trustees.

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EVENING SCHOOL

AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened .on' the 1,5th of October
next in the African School Room in Mulberry
street; where will be taught

READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY,
&c. . Terms.— Three Pollars per quarter,
payable in advance. Hours from 6 to half
past S o'clock. Sept. 18. ' 28

G. & R. DRAPER, •

(Coloursd Men.)

In Forest-street,' Baltimore, Manufacture all
kinds of Smoking and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappee, and Maucabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American SE

GARS. , ■ v . .:.- ,v

•N. B. The above_gen$emen have sent me
a large Box of tbeir, TOBACCQj for sale and
should the. experiment silked, they, can sup*
ply anyquantity of all the articles. SO
.SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

Economy is the Road
to wealth — And a
penny saved is as
good as two pennys
earned. Then cfdl
at the United States
Clothes Dressing
Establishment,

JAMES GILBERT,
Who has removed from 411 to 422 Broadway,
iand continues as usual to carry on the Clothes'
Dressing: in correct artdsystimaticalstyle; hav-
ing perfect knowledge of the business, having
been legally bred to it,. his *hdde of cleaning
and Dressing Coats, Pantaloons, &c. is by
Steam Sponging, which is the only correct
system of Coining, which' he Mill warrant to
extract jdl.lriftds 'of 'Stains,' /Grease-Spots,
Tar, Paint &c. or ho pay ''will be taken
; N. ' B. ;The piittic are cam%hed "against
the imposture' of those Who' attempt the 1 Dres-
sing"bf Clothes, % STEAM 'SPONGI NG,
who arelotaliy unawjuginted with the busi-
ness; asijthere are many Establishments w hich
hivfje recently been opened in.th|s city.

Al|: kinds of Tailoring Work done- at
the above place. ... { •
iA A ) 1. clothes .'left' to 'be. cleaned or remufeu
^H'tefoptt

•lie auction. >

J 1 ^ iViili-j

AUTHORISED AGENTS.
Rev. S. E. Cornish, General Agent.

Maine — C. Stockbridge, Fsq. North Yar-
mouth. Mr. Ileul-en Ruby, Portland. Me.

Massachusetts. — Mr. David Walker, Bos-
ton; Rev. Thomas Pauh do.— Mr. John
Remond, Salem.

Connecticut — Mr. John Shields, New-Haven
Mr.Tsaac.C. Clasko. Norwich.

llhode-Island—Mr. George C. Willis,' Provi-
dence.

Pennsylvania— Mr. Francis Webb, Philadel-
phia.— Mr. Stephen Smith, Columbia

Maryland.— Messrs. R. Cowley & H. Grice,
Baltimore.

IHst. of Columbia— Mr. J. W. Prout, Wash-
ington — Mr. Thomas Eraddock,. Alexan-
dria.

JVho-For fe.— Rev. Nathaniel Paul,: Albany.—
Mr. R. p. Wright, Schenectady— Mr. Austin
Steward, Rochester— Rev. W: P. Vftlliams,
FlusVifng-^Mr. George De Gf&se, ! Brook-
lyn L.L— Mr: Frederick HoHand, Buflalo.
ev>Jeney:- — Mr. Theodore • S. Wiright,

. Princetp.n-rTrMr. James C, CoweSj Newr
Brunswick— Rev. B. F. 1 Hughes, Newark,

"'■Ut 1 . Lebhard Sc^'Trtnfcib.

^V^V^—Mr/ W. D. Baptist,
burt-r-Rev. R. Vaughan, Richmond ,
m'lKCdrnUnar^^th Hinshaw, P.-M,,NjBW?

t S"alem. Mr. John C.' Stanley, , Newbern— -
Lewis' Sheridan,' Eliia'be'fbmwn/

Hayti—W. R. Gardiner, Port-au-Prince.

i'JM'S HU JOURNAL.

FREED

"RiGHTEOttSAJSSS EXALTJETH A NATIOJH."

........ _ ^

BY JNO. B. RUSSWUKM.

Sf : ^W^WSBLa ;VBlQft&V» MRWAmT 1« U 1*88.' voi*:i— sro. 43.

VER-VERT ;
Or the Parrot op the Nuns.
c; What words have passed thy lips.'

Milton.

(Co ncluoed.)

During these melancholy scenes, what
were you about, chaste nuns of the con-
vent of Nevers 1 Doubtless you were put-
ting up vows for the safe return of the vi-
lest of ingrates, a vagabond unworthy of
your anxiety, wbio holds his former love in
•contempt. * Anx ious affection is in your
hearts, melancholy in your dwelling.
CX3ase your praj crs, dear deluded ones;
dry up your tears . Ver-Vert is no longer
woi thy of you ; h e is a raf, an apostate, a
notorious swearer ; the winds and the wa-
ter-n}'mphs have spoiled the fruit of your
labour s. Genius l le may he still ; but what
is genu is without virtue ? Meanwhile, the
fooat was approaching the town of Nantes;
where th'e sisters of the Visitation were
languishing' with impatience. The days
and" nights had never been so ion % In
all their ennui, however, they had tl ie im-
age of their coming angel before th\em-
the polished soul, the parrot of noble ftree
ding, the tender, sincere and edifying
voice — sentiments distinguished me/it.

0 grief.' what is it all to come to ?
The boat arrives ; the passengers disv

embark A sister of the turning-box.- was
waiting in the dock; whe/e she had been
over, and over again at stated times, ever
since the letters were dispatched. Her
looks, darting over the; water, seemed to
hasten the vessel that conveyed our hero.
The rascal knew her sit first sight. Her
prudish eyes letting a look out at the cor-
ner, her great coif, wHte gloves, dying
voice, and little cross, were not to be mis-
taken. Ver-Vert, ruffled with impatience;
there is reason to believe,gave her internal-
ly to the devil. He was now for \the army,
and could not bear the thought of new cer-
emonies and litanies. However, my gen-
tleman was obliged to submit. The lay-
sister carried him oft' in spite of his- vocife-
rations, (hey say he bit her ingoing-
some say in the neck, others on the arm

1 believe-, it is not well known where : but
it is no matter. Off he went.— The devo-
tee was soon within the convent, and his
arrival was announced. Here's a noise
At the first sound of the news the bell wan
set ringing. The nuns were at prayers,
but up they ail jump. They shriek, they
clap iheir hands, they! fly. " Tis he, sister "
'tis he ! He is in the great parlour !" The
great parlour is filled in a twinkling. Even
the old aun3 marching in order, forgot the
height of their yeaTs. The whole house
was grown young again. Ft . was on this
occasion, that mothei Angelica ran for the
first time.

At length the blessed spectacle bursts
upon them. They cannot satiate their
eyes with admiring; and in truth, the ras-
cal was not the less handsome for being
leas virtuous. — His military look and yetii
maitre airs gave him even a new charm.
AU moiithB burst out in his praises, all at
once — He, however, doesnpt deign to ut-
ter one pious word, but stands rolling his
eyes like a young Carmelite. Grief the
first. There was a scandal in this air of
effrontery. In the second place, when the
prioress, with in august air, and like an
inward-hearted creature as she was, wish-
ed' to interchange « few sentiments iwith
the hitd, 4ae ! fiw* words qaygenUemaruit-
1ered, — the only answer he condescended
to give, and that too with an air of non-
chalance, or rather contempt, and like an
"u^ling villain, wa$-»' c God zoua4s*

what a pack of fools tl lese nuns are !" His-
tory says he learnt the se words on the road.
At this debut, sister , 4ugustin, with a su-
gared air, hoping to make him cautious,
said to him, •' For sha me, my dear broth-
er.'* The dear brother not to be correc-
ted, rhymed her a wor d or two, too rich to
be repeated. " Hoi;/ Jesus !" exclaimed
the sister ; " he is a s orcerer, my dear mo-
ther! Just Heavens! what a wretch! Is
this the divine parrot !-" Ver-Vert, like a
reprobate at the gallows, made„no other
answer than by setting up a dance, and
singing, " Here we go up, up, up ;" which
to improve, he commenced with an oath.
The nuns would have stopt his mouth ; hut
he was not to be hindered'. He gave a
buffoon imitation of the prattle of the
young sitwrs ; and then shutting his beak,
and dropping into a palsied imbecility,
mimicked the nasal drawl of his old ene-
mies the antiques!

It was worse, when tired and worn, out
with their, stale sentences, he foamed and
raged like acotsair, and thundered out all
the horrible words 1 he had learnt on board
the vessel. Heavens! how he swore, and
what tilings he said. His dissolute voice
knew no bounds. All hell seemed to pass
in review before them. Words not to be
thought of dauced upon his beak. The
young sisters trembled with horror. ' The
nuns without more ado, fly a thousand
ways, making as many signs of the cross.
They thought it was the end of the world.
Poor . htotUe* Cunegar;dc, failing -on- ho*
nose, was the ruin of her last tooth. " Eter-
nal Father !" exclaimed sister Vivian,
opening with difficulty a sepulchral voice ;
" Lord have mercy on us I who has sent us
this Anti-Christ, this devjl incarnate]
Sweet Saviour ! What a conscience can it
be v - which swears in; this manner, like one
of the damned? Is this the famous wit, the
sage Ver-Vert, who; is so beloved and\pri-
ed up< For God's sake let him depart from
among us without more ado."—-" O, God
of Love!'*, cried sister Ursula, taking up
the lamentation : " what horrors ! is this
the way they talk among pur sisters at Ne-
vers! This their perverse language ! And
is this the manner in which they form
youth! -What a heretic ! 0, divine wisdom,
let us get rid of him r orwe shall go to the
wicked place together." In short, Ver-
Vert is fairly put in his cage, and sent on
his travels back again. They pronounced
him detestable, abominable, an attainted
criminal, convicted of having endeavored
to pollute the virtue of the holy sisters.
Al'i the convent sign his decree of, banish-
ment, but they shed tears in doing it. It
was impossible not to pity a criminal in the
nWer of his age, who was unfortunate,
enough to hide such a depraved" heart un-
der sb beautiful an exterior. For his part
Ver-Vert desired nothing better. He was
carried back to the river-side in a box, and
did not- bite the lay Sister again.

But what was the despair, when he re-
turned home.ahd when 'he would fain have
given his old instructors a like serenade I
Nine venerable sisters, their eyes in tears,
their senses confused with ,horrpr ,tbeir veils
too. deep, condemned him in full conclave.
The younger ones, who might have spoken
for him, were not allowed to be present.
One or . two Were for sending him back to
his vessel, but the niajority resolved upon
ke^pitig him ^nd ; chastising hirn.! ?;He wis,
sentenced to; two months;. of abstinence,
three of imprisonment and. four ; of silence. |
#o garden, BO; .tofetie, no ibed T r£ojii, ,no '
little cakes. Nor *as this all/ They
chose for bis jailor the rery Aiecto of the
convent, a dowager old iafant, a Veiled ape;
an wtogenary skeleton, a spectacle mUe

on purpose for the eye of a penitent . Is,
spite of the cares of this inflexible /.irguf
some amiable nuns would often con te wr.th
their sympathy to relieve the horrc is of his
imprisonment. Sister Rosalie, rp l0 re 'chan
once, brought him almonds befo re break-
fast. But What are almonds in .• A room cut
off from the rest of the world * / What are
sweetmeats in captivity but bitt & r herbs?

Covered with shame and i nstrricted by
misfortune, or weary of the etern al old hag
his companion, our hero at last fo und him-
self contrite. He forgot the dragoons and
the monk, and once more in uni.« jon with
the holy sisters, both in air' and t one, be-
came more devout than a Canon. When
they were sure of his conversion, the di-
van re&assembled, and agreed to shorten
t»ie term of his penitence. Judge *, -if .fche
day of his deliverance, was a day of i |0 y
All his future moments consecrated to 'ten-
derness, are to be spun by the haud s of
love and security. O faithless pieasi ire !
O vain expectation of mortal. AH the dor-
mitories were dressed wkh flowers. Ex-
quisite coffee, songs, lively exercise, an
amiable tumult of pleasure, a plena? y in-
dulgence of liberty, all breathed of love
and delight ; nothing announced the. com-
ing adversity. But O indiscreet li' oerali-
ty ! O fatal superfluity of the heart of 'nuns !
Passing.too soon from abstinence t> y abun-
dance, from the hard bosom of misfortune
to whole seas of sweetness , satur&.ed with
sugars and set. on fire whh liquo rs, Ver-
■Vth* ieil tine day- oa-^boai of: sw&atmeats,
and lay on his death-bed j His roses were
all changed to cypress. In> vain the sisters
endeavoured to recall I/iis ileetin^ spirit.
The sweet excess had hasten ed his desti-
ny, arid the tortunaie victim of love expir-
ed in the bosom of pleasur e. His last
words were much admiredj but history has
not recorded them. Venus herself, closing
his eyelids, took iiim with her into the lit-
tle woody Elysium describe by the lover
of Corinna, where he assumed his station
among the heroes of the parrot race, close
to the one that was the subject of the poet's
elegy.

To say how his death was lamented, is
impossible. The present .history was taken
from one of the long.cireulars, composed
by the nuns on the -occasion. His portrait
was painted , after nature. More than one
hand gave him a new life in colours and
embroidery: and grief, taking up, the
stitches in. her turn, drew hinr with tears of
white silk around the margin. All the fu-
neral honours were paid him, which Heli-
con is accustomed to pay to illustrious
birds. His mausolum was built at the foot
of a myrtle; ,$nd on a piece of porphyry; en-
vironed with ' flowers, the i tender Arterpis-
ias placed the following epitaph,, injetters
of gold : •

O ye, who co irie to tattle in th is wood,
Unknown to lis, the graver sisterhood,
Hold for or*) moment, if ye can, your
tongues,

Ye novices, rind hear how foj:tune ; }Vjron i gs i
Hush : or if Itiushihg be too hard a task,
Hear but ano 'tlier speak, !ti^ all we ask—
One word M^ill pierce ye wjith a thousand
darts :

. . BLESSINGS OF SLA VERYi

The House of Assembly of South Caro-
lina have passed a bill to prohibit the in-
struction ofpeople of colour in reading ^ and
writing. There is something urispfeikii-
bly pitiable and alarming in the^ state of
that society where it is deemed necessary
for self-preservatioff, to sea! up the mind
and debase the intellect of ;maS iv
incapiacity. We shall not nbW co^sid^r
the policy of this resolve, btit to ''illustrate,
the terrors of slavery in a manner as elo-
quent and affecting as imagination cat*
conceive. The slaVe holders at the south
are conscious that " knowledge is power,"
and Jhat the diffusion of light among thiir
slaves would rouse up a host pf armed ni^iJ,
ready to give the dreadful retWhutionoT
emancipa ted bondage. Our boasted liber-
ty is a gross paradox. We have watted
in our bosoms a serpent, the poison of
whose sting is feit through every veiii of
the republic ;, we have bees industWously
creating mines of irremediable destruction,
gathering the materials for a national ca-
tastrophe, and thickening the stornitB o4*
accumulated vengeance,-^and rioW ite
tremble at the first whispering of the v ten>
pest, and faint at the sound of the earth-
quake. Truly the alternatives of bpj*e>
pression are terrible. But this state of
things cannot always last, nor ignorance
alone shield us from destruction.

jv*. Phikmthropte:,

ANIMAX GRATITUDE. "
On Friday afternoon, a boy of fourteen

taprn of Reideley's, was attacked by a ball
without the least provocation. He was^
peatery knocked down and trampled up-
on for a length of time so as to be severelv
bruisedm all parts of the>dy: No per-

son being near, his cries were not heard—
and fatal consequences would very soon
have ensued,; had he not been releasedinV '
most singular manner. Whii^ the ifurions
animal was getting more enraged, he was
attacked by the rest of the cattle (oaten) m
so determined a manner, that, in order ^'to
defend himself, he left the' boy who was
fortunately still able to remove, and who
was thus enabled to escape. Sueh an ex-
ample of the exertion of a degree of intel-
lect in cattle, led to an enquiry of the boy
regarding the circumstances Of the,cai».
The boy informed the writer of^bis.aiticle
that only one of the cattls. came first io kis
rescue and attacked the buty and in ^lit-
tle time the others came, as if toihe iiisi^<
tance of the first. This gratenil 4&d gen-
erous animal had been (during the, last i win-
ter in rather a sickly conditioi, ;o^rini /
which time the boy nadrpaid it'considetailQ
attention; giving ; it handfirfg.. ©f.^nu^ j
otherwise; adhiiriiste^ing te iu comfbi4s.
which attention it ha*/ so nobly leiaiJoK •
rescuing its ^riefaorior ;from a^io&M^ ;
fehockingdeath.^^^^ :[ .-, K ]^

A rather ^iudieron^ scwtoolt Blioe^in 1
j W«)Besteir:j Engw) Jateiyco^eoaefc^S^ .

^Jong nearly ranovef a ser^gnclfUp^ s
Wie^cyachman 7 called ^outi olSTal*

^The 1 igirl, hdwsver^ / whkoons^

Hf m v, e ,ven, »d *m a S&SS^SSS

'•hearts A . . - : iportrnon:Btnff| Ws; A ; M8i4i^Ajw,V 0 'S '

They say nevertheless, fait ttfe shades
of the byrrf -^fe/ihe; toJnl>, The; inn

170

FREEDOM'S .TOWftltA I,.

[From the Christian Advocate & Journal.]
Importance op Sabbath Schools.

" Do. you belong to a Sunday .school V
said 1 to one of a group oi' boys, whom 1
.found playing on the Sabbath ; his abash-
ed countenance immediately seemed to
say, " Sir, I know it is wicked ; for now 1
remember what my teacher said about this
day — how I should keep it holy."- Jiut
although he did not say just this, he told
me he- was a Sunday scholar; and all hip
playmates, who gathered around him,
seemed to feel quite ashamed, and soon de-
parted (o go home. In traversing the
streets to and from church on the sabbath,
I have thought I could select all the boys
who had been connected with these insti-
tutions, from among all /others, by the dif-
ference of deportment; they manifest to-
ward those who speak to them on the sub-
ject of the sabbath. Finding some at play
on the platform of a corner store, \n the up-
per part of the city I thought I would try
my accustomed question ; and on inquir-
ing if they attended the school, " No," vo-
ciferated a boy with the greatest eiTronte- ;
ry ; 'showing that he .considered himself
above being taught ; while I could not but
Feflect, how much better manners he might
have learned at Sunday School. My mot-
to also, like Franklin's whistle, serves me
many times to show why young men and
boys'are no better. When 1 see a young
man loitering about the church door, af.er
service has commenced, 1 say to mystdf—
he has never been to Sabbath school.

When I see young men or boys, spend-
ing money for nuts and other things,, and
then taking them to the house of God, I
say at once — they did not team this at sab-
balk school,

When I see young persons, assembling
in the beautiful summer afternoons, for the
purpose of playing ball, &c. forgetful that
the eye of God is upon them, and that for
all these things he will bring them, into
judgment, my heart involuntarily sighs
over them,, and I exclaim— Oh, that they
would attend the sabbath scJiool!

When I see them in winter, with skates
in their hands, passing out of the city to
find amusement on the ice on this day, in-
stead of going to church, my heart has
whispered — poor foolish youths, to seek
pleasure at the awful risk oi* the displeas-
ure of Heaven — how much happier would
they be at sabbath school f

I one day met a group of boys, who were
intending to go out of town lor the pur-
pose of bathing ; and when spoken to,
" Why," says one, " we have to work all
the week, and have no' other time for re-
creation." Ah, thought I, it is dangerous
tp steal God's time ! — This excuse never or-
iginated in sabbath, schools.

Queen Elizabeth's Fanaticism.
Is 1603, Queen Elizabeth saw one

„ , — . . ^

lor ; but she , answered, that she. would growing t'rince, prepared trim for the im- 1 \ll at Saint Nicholas, desirous to know the is*
have none of jtheso-hedge-pri^ The princi- l suc 0 f Hie .:o"/.ibat, remained in doubtful

anxiety. ; '

Each one's heart was the abode of fear and
<loubt K tvwjPflhe uense smoke, escaping the
i de spot's fury,' ind evading the imp>hrenble re-
sentment of those aim«d in the justice of their

co/lin

njg, soon, after this, into a sleep, she de-pies of tho ay stem which he adopted, and
parted. Her body was then opened and has since pursued, may indeed be oon:,id-
eiiibainicd; it; was afterwards brought to! ered in some 'measure applicable to the j
WniteUall, where it was watched every Iternper and habits of his people ; btitgen-
nigiit by six ladies, who were on each side \ er.ally speaking, a policy tending to the di-
ofthe body, which was put within a broad , munition md destruction of the population
and a h ad coflin covered witli vol- j of an empire, to say nofHung of the natural
It happened, tiiat her body burst the , odium it necessa rily excites, mustbelook-
colfin b with so great a. violence, attended ed upon as calcul uted to defeat its own ob-
with i most dreadful noise, that it split the ject. I shall not here specify the number
wood , lead, and tore the velvet, totheter-, of Janissaries, who, it is asserted by all

well-informed persons residing in Constan-

ror aiad astonishment of all "present.

DOMESTf C JSEWS,

jB/tj.'tisl General Tract Society.— The
anniversary of the Baptist General Tract

tinople, have gradually .disappeared through
mysterious means, from 1808 to 1824.—
Suffice it to say, that it is not toss than the
amount of population in one of the second-
rate kingdoms of Germany.! And if the
waters of the Bosphorus were, by some

Society, was celebrated in Philadelphia on j miraculous operatiou, s uddenly withdrawn,
Wednesday evening last, in the Baptist j the heaps of human bones which they per-
Meeting-! louse, New-market street. This i haps still serve to conceal, would fill one

is the first year of the Society's operations
since the change of its location. The an-
nual report* exhibited a pleasing evidence
of the good &vor with which this institu-
tion is regarded. A sum little short of
three .thousand and. two hundred dollars
lias been received into the treasury during
the year past ; betwixt three and four mil-
lions of pages' have been published, 'iio'
pages oi' Stereotype plates have been ad
ded totlie number previously on hand, re-
mittances in money have been received
from l'ii't auxiliaries, and '2-> depositories
established in'tiuirteen states. We hope
in our next to give the report either in
part, or whole. — Col. Star.

Piireign Missionary Society of New-
York and Brooklyn. — The first annual
meeting -of this. Society was held at the
Mason ic frail, on Friday evening, Decem-
ber "Xiih. The receipts of the year had
aooiuit ed to 7,

with horror and amazement.

We have received a brief communica-
tion from thO Rev. Jo,un Or.msbkb, late
I'astor of the Baptist Church at W st-
Cambridge, dated at Broome, N. Y. the
place of his present location with a Bap-
tist Church. It appears from his letter,
of which the following is an extract, that
the people in his vicinity are flocking to
hear the word —

" I am happy to i,nf° nn you that my
health is very much improved since I came
to this place'. I have not been so well for
seven yen s past as at the present. I have
been enabled to preach five sermons and
attend one conference this week. My
time has been spent more like that of a
Missionary than otherwise. I go from
place to place during the week, and have
more invitations to preach than I can pos-

, dollm-s r'al" oi" si,,1 y C0I "I^ wjfo ; oft™ \ ride ( from j»' c

,„,^. a A .i,^,,^, *u„ «>. to ten miles and find the place ol worship

w''!ich had been received through the fif
teen Associations auxiliary to the Society,
i he Re poitof the executive committee
alluded to th : success of those ellbrts as
exemplified in the history of the Cherokees
and the (.Sandwich Islanders, and conclu-
ded by replying to some objections which
are occasionally made against the objects of
the institution. The meeting was then
addressed by Theodore Frelinghuysen,
Esq. of New-Jersey, Rev. .Jonas King,
late Missionary to Palestine, Rev. Mr.
Kirk, and V/iU'iam Maxwell, Esq

Ten thousand dollars have been subscri-
bed by the citizens of i'awtucket, It. I to
be appropriated to tiie erection of a Con-
gregational Meeting-House.

MA II MO UN I) II.

The. 'Rtigninfr Sultan of Turkey.
He was born July 20, 1785, and is the

pla

crowded with attentive hearers.

worship
' Col. Star.

Foft THE FkEEDOm's JoURSAL.

THERESA, .-2 Hwjtien Tale.

During the long and bloody contest, in St.
Domingo, between the white man, who flour-
ished the child of sensuality, rioting on
the miseries of his slaves ; had the sons of Af-
rica, who, provoked to madness, and armed
themselves against French barbarity ; t Mad-
ame Paulina. was left a widow, unhappy — un-
protected, and exposed to all the horrors of the
revolution. Not without much unhappiness,
she saw that if she would save her life from
he inhumanity of her country's enemy, she
must depart from the endeared village of her
son" of" Abdii' "l/a"mid7 whoTied" "in 'l789~ ! innocent childhood ; still dear to her, though

and nephew, of the Sultan Selim III. He

now it was become a theatre of many tragic
scenes. The once verdant plains, round its
environs had been crimsoned with the blood of
innocence, and the nature cf the times arlbrd-

j.^ iuu«, ^M- v .. was proclaimed Emperor, July '28, 1808-

night, as she lay in her bed, her own oouy TUe . folU)wi account 0 f t i,j s sovereign is

exceedingly lean and fearful, in a light* t>i ^ „ RecolJe( . tions of Turkey," publish-

^ A ^£ U ^J^^&^ A ^London New Monthly Maga-;, d no secui , ly to tlie oppre£sed Mtives of

^neilToTo to e be b d°o?"o ealorlink, on' the daughter of a French Painine w(iU>h had U8Urped theplacc of pl

council to go to ueo, or to cdt ui , rnerc hant at Martinique, who at the- age of: .. . ... 1 1 1 u '

i. .i- nrimiral nersuaded her to lake ^ ^ to Maraei|1 that+ier ed _l

and happiness, with her associate security,
were banished from the humble dwellings of
the injured Haytiens.

After much unpleasant reflections on hei
pitiable situation, Madame Paulina resolved to

lythe lord admiral persuaded hei

a little broth. She told him if, he* knew , ^ be coinpletod in France>

what she had seen in her bed he vvoum . The vesgel on board 0 f which she had-em-
liot penuade her as» he did.--&nc, snaKiijg barked . was . ta ken, near the gulf of Lyons,
her head, said, with a pitdul voice, iuy ^ ^ A] „ er \ nG ship of waI . f and carr i e d in-

lord, I am tied with a chain ot iron ^aoout ^ Algie V Sj . wh e re the young Creole was : ; ddress a Iettep ; soliciting the advice of her
my i^^^^^l.^^ immediately transferred to the Harem of brf)t| . lhen at Cape Marie', and at the head
ed with me. She seemed to place more ^ to render her peculary. fit for a I . ' ... * t . ,. . ,., ..
confidence in charms • and spells than in « ^ £ , * reigning Sultan Ab-j °J*J»*l ° *>* P**« brethren, who like bun,

prayers to God; for she wore a piece of S oulhammid) who soon jtdged her wort hy | Gained slavery, and were determined to live
gold.in her ruff, by means of which an o a ^ ^ honoured with his notice. She j ^ee men.orexpire in their attempts for liberty
woman in Wales was said to have lived to ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ present g u itan, who ( and independence. But reason had scarce ap-
the age of One »= j^red years,, and- could en( , eared her ^the life she Jed in the ser-j proved this suggestion of her mind, when sud-
BK)t die as long as she wore it upon her po- insomubh that s he declined avail- den j yshe heard a simultaneous volley of mus-

dy ; and the card, called the ? T ing herself of any of the opjwrtunities of ^ and the appa n ina roaril) g 0 f hea

Hearts," was found nailed under the hot- ^ ^ ^ £ whbh ho ViiidefaUgabIe ' Ut h PI ° g

»r w «h!)ir As tier sickness grew , 8 ...u« u- j . »

distant war-

r%rZ U Tse7 8 icta'er CT making her pscape wmcn neir inopmugaoie r rumbling along the mountain's ridge,
torn of her chair. As rer ^^ f * . *

worEe, thecouncil sent to her the Bishop -^—^3^ t h re w in her way. , like ternfy.ng /At«ufc« ; to this distant war-

©f Canterbury, and other clergymen ; but The edu j. ation of her ^ became the ! fare, the lapse of fifteen minutes brought a ces-
as soon as she saw them, she put herself in. . ofc . i f hef care8 an(1 occupations; ! satioh, which announced, that on either side,
a passion, began to abuse them, and bid ar)( f her ^^ejg^ joined to those of Selim,! many that were, had ceased to be. Silence
thcmbe pwkiog. Upon this some ot net , fa evince & a s t ron g partisOitj for the having ensued, there was aAtillne&s in the air.
Itfto BKjAioncd to. hwreothei bubopii t*nt. ■ . _ ^ • - • .. j 6

cause, was seen to overtop the dusky hills
winding its way upwards in sulphureous col-
umns, a»' if, to supplicate at the Eternal's
Throne, and plead the cause of the injured.

The French in lids combat with the Revo-
lutionists, suffered much, both from the ex-
treme sultriness of the day, and the courage
of those with whom they rontended ; disapr
pointed and harrassed by the Islanders ; they
thought it a principle of policy, to resort to
acts of cruel 'y: and to intimidate them, resolv-
ed, 'hat none of them should be spared ; bu t
that the sword should annihilate, or com
pel them to submit to their worked degrada-.
tio.s.s ; and St. Nicholas was the unfortunate
village, first to he devoted to the resentful rage
of the cruel enemy. A]\ (h e natives were
doomed to suffer ; the mother and the infant
that reposed on her bosom, /ell by the same
sword, while groans of (he sick served only a s
'he guides which discovered thtm totlie inhu-
manity of (lie inexorabie, at whose hands they
met a miserable death.

The sun was fast receding to the west, as,if
ashamed of man's transarionn. boa^itH itself
in the dark mantle of twilight, wlien Gen. Lc -
lerc, fired U,e lew dwelling, then rtmzming
in the viliat-e. Misery was now garbhu in
her most terrifying robes, and tenor possessed
tself the. hear: of all, exept the Funch, in
whose hands were placed the weapons of 'des-
truction. '■• ■
i Ik; intelligence of the defeat of the arnr;
recenlly stationed at Cape. Maiie, read f -d tlx
earf^of the unhaj r y I a> lina, and with honor
she heard that her beloved brother in his at-
tempt to -egain t. Nicnolas, brc-ail.c/. out l is
valuable hm in the cause of reedom, ;\m for
his country. ut it was now np liu.e to in-
dulge Hi ^iiti— Safety was the object oi the
wretched villagers.

To elleci an escape from the hcrrois of this
ominous night, was dilhcuh in the extreme.; for
5 Ue passes -leading owl into the couii?ry \\ere
all occupied by the enemy V troops, who v\eie
not only vigilant, but leleniless and cruel.
Madame Paulina apprehended her own dan-
ger, but her greatest solichude was Ibr the
iafety of her daughters, who in the niorning of
life, were expanding, like the foilages of the
rose into elegance and beauty. he had kept
them long concealed horn the knowledge of
tiie enemy, whose will she knew was their
law, and whose law was jnjue nee— the moth-
er's wretchedness, and the daughter's shame
and ruin. In happier days, when peace bles-
sed her native island, she had seen a small
hut, during a summer's excursion, in an. unfre-
quented spot, in the delightful v>lley of Vega
Real, and on the eastern bank of the beautiful
Yuma; and now sue resolved if possible, to
retreat thither with .both hei daughters. - ,
Necessity being the source of human inven-
tions, was now ready to commune with her
mind on subjects of moment, and to give birth
to the events of its decision — and in the midst
of the general uproar in which the village now
wasr-The shrieks of the defenceless, the hor-
rible clashing of arms, and the expiring groans
of the aged, aulina hurried herself in the' ex-
ecution of her plans for escaping.

With a feigned pass-port and letter, she in-
geniously contrived lo pass out of the village
conducting her\laughters>,like the pious>Eneas,
through all the horrors, in which St. Nicholas
was now involved.

But though protected by the mantle ofnigW,
Madame was hastening on her way to safety
and quiet ; she frequently vould turn her eyes-
bathed with the dew of sorrow, and heave her
farewell sigh towards her iU-fated village 5
and like ' ot, when departing <M of Sodom,
Pautuaa prayed^ for mercy for ..the enejaies. of

FREEDOMS JOURNAL.

her country, and the destroyer* o!' hii peace.
She- aud net daughters, dii»t-.n by cruel ambi-
tion, iVom then j tuuelul atot.tt wt»r tMeii'h
ed. i'uoir souls were occupied by fearful
dounis uid anxiety, /very wiisper of ine
wi/uls amon^ -.iie leaves of the plantain and or-
a'.ige trees, caused her daughters to apprehend
the approach of danger, and she to heave the
auxious sigh.

The ^reen lizard crossed not the road in the
way to it* hole, at the noise of the fugitives
feet, but they beheld through the shade •;' t
ni<dit a body of the enemy' ; the distant s^Iare
of the fire-tly, was a light which pointed to the
enemies camps ; while the bat bea'iogihe
in its nocturnal ranges, often na; U.e false
messenger of darner to the lair adventurers.
Eve/y tree kissed by r!>e z^'hyrs, tl:a* ruffle. I
its leaves, was ;in anny approaching, and in
.the trunk of every d'v > e 1 'iiahoi^ahy, »va<
seen a Frenchman in ambush— no; less ahum-
iag to. the fugitives, were the ripe fruit that fre-
quently fell to the earth. Then having
turned into a K'-padi, Paulina ft li herself
more secure ; m I with a soul oppressed
mingled grief ami joy, she with maternal ailec-
pon embraced her daughters, and observed to
them, that however just may be the cause
which induces us to practice duplicity, or the
laudable 'object winch gives birth to hypricrisy.
Truth alone can make us happy, and pre\enJ
the h\ 4 "rna\ Judxr of the human mind, tilling
us with fearful apprehensions, ami painting to
oar rna filiations the result which would at-
tend detection,

(To be ! ontinued.)

N K V'-YOR K . J A N U A R Y IS. 1 S2S.

/V.V.7 P'Ullm

■riiftlt D. \ f

Cibmrcd Children. — We have pleasure
in announcing- the return of High Consta
bin Garragues, after an absence of more
than •> months, on an excursion through
the States of Louisiana and Mississip-
pi, in pursuit of the coloured children, who
were stolen away from this city, but regret
to state, that, notwithstanding his unceas-
ing p.Torts for the purpose, he succeeded
onlv iu bringing home two of the boys, to
wit, James Dailley, a mulatto of about 15
years old. and Kphraim Lawrence, a black
boy of about 17 years The first named boy
was given up by his master unconditionally.
He was sent to the Alms House on his ar-
rival here from whence he had been
hound out. about 4 years ago, to a man by
the name of Patrick Pickard, calling him-
self a tailor, and then living on the Moya-
mensinj Road, who subsequently carried
this boy, and several others down the Ohio
and Mississippi, and sold him in Louisiana
— ho there claimed to be an inhabitant of
Biooke County, Virginia, Bailey is in a
miserable statf* of health, from sickness and
from he effect^ of repeated acts of cruelty
ami inhumanity, inflicted, upon him, as he
alledge- while in slavery The probability
is, he will not recover; he was unable to
walk when brought into the Police Office.
This boy says his mother is living some
where near Woodbury, New Jersey
Epbraim Lawrence, is well known here by
many white persons — and there will be no
difficulty in producing evidence hereafter,
as to his identity. Mr. Garrigues entered
into bonds to return him before the court in
Mississippi in May next. — Ephraim beiug
wanted here to give evidence before our
Mayor's Court, against Henry Caw, who
had kidnapped him, and a boynampa John
— (Carr it will be recollected, recently
died in Arch-street Prison, during the ab-
sence of Mr. Garrigues) The holder of
the absent boys demand strict legal proof of
their identity, which is only to he made by
the verbal oaths of white persons in open
"/ourt — and this it is, renders their recla-
mation so exceedingly difficult. F. T.
January 12<A. 1828.

A BURMESE EXECUTION.
The scene tod k. place a Rangoon, and
the sufferers were men of desperate char-
acters, who merited death. At a short
distance from the town, on the road known
to the army by the name of the Forty-first
Lines, is a small open space, which for-
merly was railed ; and here all criminals
used to be executed. On .this occasion
several gibbets, about the height of a man
were erected, and a large crowd of tfur-
nians assembled to feast their eyes on the
sanguinary scene that was to -follow.

When the criminals arrived, they were
tied within wooden frames, which extend,
ed arms aud legs, and the head-execution-
er going round to each, marked with a
piece of chalk on the side of the men, in
what direction his assistant (who stood be-
hind witlhi sharpened knife.) was to make
the incision. On one man he described a
circle on the side ; another had a straight
line marked down the centre ot his stom-
ach : a third was doomed to some other
mode of death ; aud some were favoured
by being decapitated. These preparations
being completed the assistant approached
the man marked with a circle, and seizing
a knife, plunged it up to'the hilt in his side
then slowly and deliberately turning it
n'nd, he finished the circle '. The poor
wretch rolled Ins eyes in inexpressible ago-
groaned, and soon after expired;
thus depriving these human fiends of the
satisfaction Ins prolonged torments would
have alibrded them. The rest suffered in
the same .manner; and, from tiie speci-
mens I have seen of mangled corpses, I
do not think this account overdrawn.
Hanging is a punishment that seldom, if
ever takes place.

The manner in which slight punish-
ments are made is peculiar to the Burmans,
and, us nearly as I can make it out, ac r
cording to our pronunciation, is called
" toung." The delinquent is obliged to
kneel down, and a man stands over him
with a bent elbow and clinched fist; flu
first rapidly strikes him on the head with
his elbow, and then slides it down until
his knuckles repeat the blow, the elbow
at the same time giving a violent smack on
the .shoulders This is repeated until it
becomes a very severe punishment which
may be carried to great excess. .

Two Years in Ava.

dressed, but mttfe b/ut a fool is for this
enraged with the> ing.ster of the Jceremon-

ies.

Food.— Nature .delights in the most
plain and simple di et. Every animal but
nan keeps to one dish. Herbs are the
ibod of this sp«cie?;—nsh of that, and flesh
of a third. Man falls upon every thing
that comes in his way ; not the smallest
fruit, or excrrjsence of the earth, scarce a
berry or amiishroon, can escape him. As
to his meats, they are so disguised by
cooking, that neither the eye nor the taste
can discern the quality, compound^ or
name of many fashionable dishes, suppli-
ed by professed restauaieurs.

" Make way gentlemen," once cried a
Massachusetts representatives to the popu-
lace, in the procession on an election day,
" make way, we are the representative "
the people." " Make way yourself,''
plied a sturdy member of the throng,
are the people themselves."

E DENTON, N. C. January 18.
A Solemn warning to Parents. — It
seldom we have to record a circumstance
which call so loudly on parents, to bring
tiieir children up in a becoming manner,
the following ; —A few days past, two
small boys, aged 10 and 11 years, (sons
of Mrs. Rogers, a widow lady, resident of
Hartford county,) commenced a game
cards, when a dispute arose, about a walnut,
which it appeared was the wager; It seems
that the eldest contradicted the other, and
he was told if he repeated he would shoot
him instantly; not supposing, perhaps, that
he was in earnest, the eldest boy contra
dieted him the second time.when the young-
est, gf| hesitatingly, stepped into the house
which Vas not far distant, brought out the
gun, & put his diabolical threat iu execution,
by shooting his brother through the head,
when he fell and expired in a few minutes,
We are told that the boy has been safely
lodged in jail — It is not unfre uent that
such coasequences ensue, what some
arc pleased to toruv innocent amazement.

Truth — There is nothing says Plato so
delightful as the hearing or seeking of the
truth. For this reason there is conver-
sation so agreeable as that of the man of
integrity, who hears without any inten-
tion to betray, and speaks without any in-
tention to deceive.

iSumntavg.

Accident. — Abraham Thompson, a colour
ed man, was killed by the cavirtf in of a well
which he was sinking in Chiittnhawi, Penn.—
Flour.— Upwards of 165,000 barrei of flour

THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN.

Curious Coincidence.. — It has been al-
ready noticed that the famous battle of Sal-
amis was fought on the same day of the j were inspected at Baltimore the Ivi quarter,
month that the recent defeat of the ^kASlcamrBoat Disaster— The steamboat William
was achieved by the Allies. Trie coinci- 1 £ enn '^ v ! ille on way from ..ed river to

dence, however, is far more striking than | S^^ ^ S 180 -, 01 " a i ,0VC 12° l ^ ,el,

' r\ .u vui r\ . i 1 ol cotton, sunk about 45 miles above the eitr.
many imagm,. On he • *)tb j^toter A comb and f tore f n

480 years before the Chiwtian Era The- North Second street, Philadelphia, was robbed

mistocles, with only ships, defeated, between S and 9 o'clock on Saturday evening,

and nearly destroyed, the fleet of Xerxes, of sundry combs and fancy articles, by some

consisting of '2,00 sail of vessels. Our rea- knave who is an^adept in the business. A

ders will have read that Xerxes invaded pane of glass was carefully taken out of the

the territories and the liberties of Greece, bulk windows, and the villain helped himself

and paid the price of his temerity by the liberally.-— .tfeewfe/d — \ yoU ng man by the

destruction of 200 of his ships, besides --amc oi " Mahan. of Washington county, Pa.

many winch were taken with their stores * **** [™,tTT™' by ^ - C T g - "

t ■ ... rr«. • •, ■ lL of the earth, while be was engaged in digging

and ammunition The coincidence is the a drain from a coal mine.— ^ttw&i

more singular, inasmuch as the combined Dr . Nanccede, the vaccine physician of Phila-

fleets of England, France, and Russia, de- delphia, vaccinated 1724 during the last year,

feated the Turkish navy, in the samequar- - — -Sheep.— iihode-Island, 14 miles long, and

ter. in defence of the same objects, on the less than 8 wide, has more than 80,000 sheep

same day of the month, and nearly under upon it. There are about 200,000 in Berk-

tlie same circumstances, although at a dis- sl) ire county, Mass. ; about 400,000 in this

ttuiceof two thousand three hundred and jjL etw £ n 2 an ? f 0 ' 000 » ' cnnsylvania;

Jven years from the period at which the $ Yi^l^rT.^TtT^* 6

Hberties of Greece were preserved by The- Jjft l^^S ^

mistocles. number is now calculated at 250.— Fatal

- — Mistake.— Mr. Adam N. Swart, of Glenville,

. was lately shot in the woods by a young man,

Happiness Within.—]? the soul be hap* who observing something behind somebushes,

pily disposed, every thing becomes a fired at as he supposed some game, but lodged

subject of entertainment, and distress will the moments of his gun in Mr. S warts head.— -
almost want a name — every occurence — The paper njill of Messrs. Peck & Co.
passes in review, like the hVures of a pro- 'Chester, was entirely destroyed* by fire

»>*»•> 300,6 »% * oU^ iU ?^^^^^..

nv nts of a falling chimney. C?ootf.— The

owner and driver of a hack was lately de-
1 riv. d o his licence for indecent conduct—
jpo. i.—k couple oifine deer was lately kilM
at I*iip, Long Island, by a company of sports-
men. One of the deer led them a chase of 5a
•niles — — Sleighing.— The sleighing *from ,
iud on to Buffalo, is said to be good. —
hrry. — On the 10th ult. Mr. Boyd, a farmer,,
was attacked early in the evening, on the New-
born and Cochecton Turnpike by two ruf-
fums, who robbed bim of 105 dollars, beat him
severely, and left him for dead, One rierson

has been arrested on suspicion. Caution.

Mr. Judah Church, of Detroit, lately lost bis
life by a well caving in which he was digging,
City government. — William Paulding,
Jun. has been re-elected mayor .of the city, by'

almost a unanimous vote. JN"«o Papers.-*.

Proposals have been issued for publishing two
newspapers at Chester, Vermont, under the
titl of the " Vermonter" and " Freedom's
Banner." In Jtfaine, proposals have been isr
sued for publishing ho less than seven news-
papers, to commence with the present year.- —
JYavy. — Dr. Jacob Jimeson, of Buffalo, be-
longing to the Seneca Nation of Indiann, has
received the appointment of surgeon's mate in
the navy. He was educated at Dartmouth
College. A promising youth.— Vn Wed-
nesday last, says tne Lockpoj t paper, we had.
the curiosity to weigh and Measure a young
man who came to this village a few days since
in company with his motl ler, to visit some
friends residing here. His height was six feet
three inches,. measured round the waist, f xr
feet eight inches, weighed two hundred rind
ninety eight pounds, was eighteen years the

4th day of November last. Editors. — The*

editor of the Charleston Gazette, has bestowed
acovvskinning on his neighbour the editor of
the .Mercury ; and the editor of the Frankfort
Ky. Spirit of '76, has caned one of the othet

editors in that place. JYVw Paper.— A new

weekly paper has been commenced in South*
bridge, Mass. entitled the Reformer and Mor-
alist. It is principally devoted to the suppres-
sion of intemperance. Ladies Magazine.—*

In Boston, proposals have been issued to pub-
lish three nesv magazines. Two of them to
be called the Ladies Magazine, and to be edi-
ted, the one by Mrs. ^arah J. Hale, the other
by Mr. Hamilton. The third, to dc entitled
the " Power of Taste," and to be edited bv

Mrs. R. A. Ware. At the Circuit Court ii\

Washington county, says the Commercial,
Miss Mary Anthony recovered 450 dollars

against JlJr/Williaffi Z-egg,f<ir not fulfilling his
promise to marry her." Truly Mr. Legg ' oa s
put his foot in it ; he might better have, ' 0r ^ ve 4
the effects of Anthony's fire;

Errata. The word " not,'* was 'omitted

in the third paragraph of the Editorial, ii>
which we made a few remarks respecting the
Slave, Grace, in the decision of Lord Stowed,
in our last week's paper.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

E. and Amicus, have been received, and
shall appear next week. S. W. is under,
consideration. S. in our next.

In St.Philip's Church,on the 15th inet. b£
the Rev. P. Williams, Mr. John H. La-
mottk, of Charleston, S.C. to Miss Isabel-
la, adopted daughter of Richmond and So.-
phia J. Kinlock, of the same place.

In his City by the Rev. Benjamin
Paul, Mr. George Stuart, to Miss Eli-
zabeth Miller.

By the same, Mr. John Labart, to Miss
Eliza Freeman. \4
By the same, Mr. Simon Green, of Pro*
dence, R. I. to Miss Ellen Carington,
of this City.

The City inspector reports the deaths of
persons during the week ending ori Sa-
turday the J 2th inst. viz 10 men, 21 women-;
" boys, and 17 girls.

PEW.

WANTELV^The whole, or part of a
PEW, in the lower part of St. Philip's
Church.— Enquire at this Office.

ALMANAC.

JANUARY,

I Rises;

Sets

Moon's
Phases

18 F.iday,

19 Saturday,

20 Sund y,

21 oriday,

22 Tuesday

23 Wedns

4 Thursday

7 lb*
7 15
7 14

7 11
7 10

4 44
4 45
4 46
4 47
4.48
4 49
4 50

Full 2d m.
Last 10 2 19 x.
New 16 7 28
First 28 3 49.*
Full 21 8 8
Last 7^,2 14

1T2

POETRY*

Fob the Freedom's Journal.
REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST YEAR,
The year hatb gOhe, and in its stead,
Prolific Time another brings
To cheat uV wHh its noisome tread,
As hope doth with her whisperings.

Cast back the retrospective eye,
And view the deep inscribed part,
Then tell of its variety,
What are the joys that purely last.

We've revel'd ii i the blithesome dance ; t
We've drain'd tlie Lithean cup of wine;
And Beauty ! wl *en thou didst advance,*
We bask'd in bri glitest rays of thine.

The dance amus ed the changing mind,)
A moment with ( :heerful glee ;
The heart grew f nek, soon that resiga'd,
And sought its c ure, oh, wine in thee.

We sipp'd with j oy the rich Champaigne
That sparkled to the overflowing brim ;
And drown'd all thoughts, both grave and
vain,

E'en Reason in the interim.

But soberness in turn must come,
And its precursors, headachs, qualroi
Which cause feelings quite like some
I've had at sea 'mid storms and calms.

Next Beauty \ ah, how sweet thy smile,
We liv'd emparadised in bliss,
Till time prov'd ev'ry one a wile,
Which lur'd to rain, wretchedness.

Then w ^at g ave ^ c bosom peace,
Or joy le ss trans ; ent than we foUnd
In dance, n> woman, wine ? th' increase
Was from that source which will abound.

It spra»g, divinest light, from thee !
Resplendent virtue ! from thy throne ;
And when all transient pleasures flee,
In serving thee, this peace is known

«Tis not a fitful, changing glow,
This sacred power within the breast ;
Ii gives us happiness below,
A home among the ramsom'd blest.

ARION.

For the Freedom's Journal.
TO THE BRIDE.
No$, the nuptial knot is tied,
Su'da attends the lovely bride . ;
Crown her, ye celestial; powers,
Flora, strew her path with flowers.

Ye nine, your golden harps employ;
To melting strains of nuptial joy ;
Oh ! Cupid prove the gentle guide,J
To this new, this beauteous bride !

Lead her to the Elys'an bower,
Deck'd with every open flower. ;
The grove, where coos the'Turtle-dove,
Emblem, fair of virtuous love.

Pom'iw, th 1 ^cornucopia bear ;
Witbfruit amfavsial for her Tare ;
Oh I may she ne'er taste of sorrow !
fittt, joys gi|d each op'ning morrow.

1 HITMEN. -

\hich made each passing -moment, hour, and
!'■ day, ' ' i ' - " , '
M\ silver streams, glide silently away—
i ; ut,>wu'Uy over, as a summer shower, .
lime brings us 10 the last,- the parting hour,
are^tellr-and thV we never meet below,
till shall' the lucid, stream of memory flow,
And show us. bright its crystal bed,
Things numbered with the distant and the
dead;

. . „ «, tears)

Thro the long vista'of departed years.
And tho' ambition in my bosom glow,
To ,'eaveau honourable name belbwj
I will .not ask from lame a prouder meed;
Than what by thy . remembrance is decreed—
Let glory pass— let honour's breath depart,
So that my name survive within thy heart

ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH MUSIC SCHOOL
^HE Public is respectfully informed, that
the above SCHOOL, (under the direction of
Mr. Rabbeson,) Is open every Tuesday and
Friday Evening, at 7 o'clock, in the School
lioom, under St. Philip's Church.

Persons wishing to join, are requested to do
so without delay. Terms made known at the
School. January 18.

LAND FOR SALE.

THfi subscriber t» authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, TWO THOUSAND
Acres of excellent LAND, at" less than One
half its value, ; provided they will take meas-
ures to settle, or have it settled, by coloured
farmers. The land : is in the sUte of' New-
York, within 7^ miles of the city ;i its location
is delightful, being on the banks of the Dela-
ware river, with an open navigation to the city
of Philadelphia. The Canal leading from the
Edaware to the Hudson river, passes through
the tract, opeiurig a direct navigation to New-
York city. The 'passage to either city may
be made in one day or less. The land is of
the best quality, and well timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his
brethren, who are capitalists, will at least in-
vest 5w or 1,000 dollars, in these lands; To
such he will take the liberty to say, this land
can be purchased for 5 dollars the acre, (by
coloured men,) though it has been selling for
25 'dollars. He also takes the liberty to ob-
serve that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement,
formed by coloured families, would be condu-
cive of much good. With this object in view
he will invest 500 dollara in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH

,New-York, March 20.

N. B. Communicatfons on the subject, post
paid, will be received and attended to.

Economyis the Road
to • wealth— And
penny saved is
good as two pennys
earned. , Then call
at the United States
Clothes Dressing
Establishment,

JAMES GILBERT,

Who has removed from 411 to 422 Broadway,
and continues as usual to carry on the Clothes
Dressing in correct and systimatical style; hav-
ing perfect knowledge of the business, having
been legally bred to it, his mode of cleaning
and Dressing Coats, Pantaloons, &c. is by
Steam Sponging, which is the only correct
system of Cleaning, which he Mill warrant to
extract all kinds of Stains, Grease-Spots,
Tar, Paint &.c. or no pay will be taken

N. B. The public are cautioned against
the imposture of those who Bttempi the Dres-
sing of Clothes, by STEAM SPONGING
who are totally unacquainted' with the busi-
ness, as there are many Establishments which
hvae recently been opened in thit> city.

All kinds of Tailoring Work done at
the above place.

All clothes left to be cleaned or repaired
will be good forohe year and one day — if not
claimed in that time, they will be sold at pub-
lic auction.

Lady 1 .-the M% of br&f epj^y^ent oV»,
We bid "adieu; perhaps fb* meet' iV> rooted ; •
%d, Uke the attmmer't -pok and idewy'aky,. -
eep that ou»hi*hfc 8f ^lartoess is So n^gb '
! it was sweet hv ha ^lerliere^wiffiatliee,
oad in the spell thy preseace could decr<t

AFRICAN FREE SCHOOLS,

NOTICE.— Barents and Guardians of
Coloured Chidren, are hpreby ihformed,]|that.
male and Female! School has long been estab-
lished fbr coloured children, by the Sf anumis;
sion Sbciety of this city— where the pupils re?
ceive such art education as is calculated to fit
them for usefulness and respectability. The
m/de school is ^siiuaWdjn Mulberry-streetjnear
Grand-street, and the female school in William
street, ".'near Duane street; both uudef the
management of 'experienced teachers. The
Boys are taug^t'R'eadirtg, Writing', Arithmetic.
Geography 'and Engish *Grammar---and |the
Girls, in addltio'tfto^se'^ane^' are taught
Sewing; Marki^

1 ERMS OP ADMISSION.

Pupils of 5 to 6fteen years of age are admitted
by theTeacbers at the Schoblsi at the? rateiof
twenty-fivecentstbone dollar per ouartef, ac-
cording M the ckcumstaiices iof ? the parents;
and the children of such 'as cannot afford to pay
any thing artf&dmittedfree of expense/ and en:
joy the same advantages' as those who pay.

Each school is visited weekly by.a commit-
iee of the trustees^ ill addition to which* com-
mittee of Ladies pay reguiar visits to th6 Fe-
nialeschool. iCarc is: token' to » impart: moral
instruction, 1 and such have .been' thehappy ef-
**ts of the system pursued in these sxhools^
■ tat^ aMhough several thousand i thave beer
right ;inrthein sihee theirvestablsbment (now
.ire than thirty years) there has tiem been
) instaiice known to the trustees where a pupil
aidg received a regular! education has been
•orivicted of anyxrfehe in our Couftg of Justice
. ^'^6rae¥df tte BdMof Tis&eea. '

RIcfiARD FIELD,

EVENING SCHOOL
AN E> EftiNG aChOOL jor persona of
Colour, will be ppenftdoh'th* Ifith oj Cctober
next in tt»e African School Room inMttiberrjr
street ; wliere will be taOA^ . .
READING, W RUING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY,
'6ic. ! TEaMs.— A hree : Dollars per quarter,
payable in advance. Hours from 6 to half
past 8 o'clock. Sept. 18. 08.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

MR. GOLD, late of Connecticut, takes
this method of informing the coloured popula-
tion of this city, that be teaches English Gram-
mar, upon a new and improved plan, by which
a pupil of ordinary capacity, may obtain a cor-
rect knowleilge of the principles of the En-
glish language, by attending to the study there
of two hours in a day in six weeks. He would
be willing to teach a class of coloured persons,
either in the day or in the evening (as may suit
their convenience ;) and his terms will be
such, that no one desirous to learn will have
cause to be dissatisfied with them. '

Persons wishing to avail themselves of ihis
opportunity o learning English Grammar will
please to call upon the Rev. B. Paul, No. 6,
York-trect, or the Rev. P. William's 681'
Crosb-street, with whom also the names of
thos ewho determine upon becoming pupils o
Mr. Gold, will be left. Nov. 16, 1827.

B. F.HUGHES' SCHOOL,

For Coloured Children of both Sexes,

Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for
. the admission of Pupils.

In this school will be taught READING
WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY.

vith the use of Maps and Globes, and History,
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.

Reference.— Rev. Messrs. P. Williams, S.
E. Cornish, B. Paul and W- Miller.

A CARD.
F. WILES,

RESPECTFULLY inform* Ids Friends, and
the Public generally, that his HOUSE No..
152 Church-street, is still open for the »ccon>
modation of genteel persons of colour, with

BOARDING AND LODGING

Grateful for past favours, he solicits a
continuance of the same. His house is in a
'healthy and pleasant part of the city ; and no
pains or expense will be spared on his part,
o render the situation of those who honour
him with their patronage, as comfortable as
possible.

New- York, Sept. 1827. 26— 3m

NEW ESTABLISHMENT,
B. MERMIER. resp<cu'ully informs his
Friends, and the Public Generally^ that he has
opened a REFRESHMENT HOUSE, at
No. 422 Broadway ; where such as favour
him with their custom, may always expect to
be served with the choices Liquors and Re-
freshments, at the shortest notice.
New- York, Dec.il, 1827.

THE

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

Is published every FRIDAY, at No. 1D2
Church-street, New-York.

The price is Three Dollars a Year, pay-,
able half yearly in advance. If paid at the
iime of subscribing, $2 50 will be received

00 No subscription will be received for a
less term than one year.

Agents who procure and pay for five sub
scribers, are entitled to a sixth copy gratis, for
one year.

No "paper discontinued until all arrearage*
are paid, except at the discretion of the Edi-
tors. .

All ^mmunications, (except those of*
Agents) must ^ be post paid.

New- York, March 14,

SCHOOL NOTICE.

THE "AFRICAN MUTUAL IN r
STRUCTIONTSOCIETY, tor , the 'instruction
of coh>ur^d Adults, of both Sexes," have re-
ojpened their SCHOOL on' ' Monday Evening;
October 1st; at their former School Room, Un-
der, the Mariner's Chtfrch) In Rbosevelt-sueeet.
The School will be open on every Mohtdayv
WEDNtSDAir, and Friday Evenings, at half
past 6 o'clock..

Those desirous of receiving instruction, will
be taught . to ,Read, Write and Cypher, ..until
the j firstj of Aprili 1828^ , for the small sum of
one 4pU*T> ^ « e PMrfon; ^ entering <he school.

An early ajpphcation is requested, as there
will big uo' allowance made for past; (ime.

AabOm' %OObi V. . 'jAMES.'MVEBS, \

William P. Johnson, Arnold Elzir
E.M,AfRicAN08, ■ HENkvEiNOi
'• ' Trustees.' :

G &, R. DRAPER,
(Coloured Men.)
In ForesUtreet, Baltimore, Manufacture all
kinds of . Smoking, and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch/ Riippee, and Maccabau SNUFF,
Spahisbr Half Spanish; and Ajttericaa SE;

GARS. - ■ ^^.U-QHL?

• ' N; : B; The above -gentlemen ? have sent Me
a large iltax of their ^BACGO. fbn aa|« s and
shouTd'tbe t iei3>e«*»ent «u«ceed,i*l*y; <m
p^anyquanfity^fall^

CORNISH.

RATES OF ADVERTISING'.

For over 12 lines, and not exceeding
22, 1st insertion, - - - IMs.
" Each^epetition of do. - - 3B
" 12 line?[.&r under, 1st insertion, 50
" Each' repetition of do. - - 25
Proportional prices for advertisements

which exceed 22 liocfs.
N. 15 per cent deduction for persons ad-o

vertising by the year; 12 for 6' months; and

6 for 3 months.

AUTHORISED AGENTS.
Rev; S. E. Cornish, General Agent.
Maine— C. Stock&ridge, Esq. North Yar-
mouth. . Mr. Reuben Ruby, Portland, Me.
Mo»sachu*ett*.~~Mr.. David . Walker, $os-
• ton ; Rev. Thomas Paul, do.— Mr. John

Remotid, Salem. 1
C6nneciieui—kr. John Shields, New-Haven.
4 Mr; ; Isaac C; Glasko r Nomich^ 0 *.n .
RhodUfand—Mt. Geoi-ge C.Wilhs, Pron.

phia.r<-Mr. Stephen Smitl>., Columbia ,
Maryfa*d f —pf>tevs, R. Copley & H. Grifie,

Bwtimore. " '
m. of CoiuM^-m. J. W> Prout,:Walh.

in|toh-^Mr. Thomas Braddock, ) Alexaa^

New- FoVJfc.— Rev. Nathaniel Paul*, MfyJfT
Mr.R. P.Wi^ht, ,^h«pecMy^Mr t ^
, Ste^^Rochesterr-Rev. Wf^^fgg
: F«n«TTTMr;ge fl rge ^^PeJ^W^^J* ,
lyn,L r f.t T rT^rre£r!ck^

Pru>ceton^%. James C. Cowes, ^
Rruns\vickf-Rev.B,F. Hughes, Newark,
:( >M r :Xeo^rd Scb^rehton.( o-ui ^ui ^ ,
Vwtim^M. Bawwty. JiFrederjcWt

: : burg^Revv RvfyaughaAr^ichaaQB?^ -«»v
Nortk\e'ar6lin€^tih Keosba^, f tt ]&JW* m .
Sal&i, Mr.; J John ,^f,$jtanley K Newbern*
Lewis Sheridan, EKiabe^town, ;. n ,
England— Mr. Samuel TlRniii, Liverpael
Hoy«i-W. R. Gardiner P,ort-a*Prinee.

FREEDOM'S

JOURIfAIa.

If- ^T-OIE.^ S'MM^ .¥ASSmmT m> 'MS** • vat. t«-arp,44.

NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE.

" VV'i ) goes there?''
" Rounds?".
" What ftjuu's?"
" Grind itounds "

" Stand, grand rounds— advance one
and give t!ie countersign 1"
•' Waterloo? '

" Piss, rrra*» ■? rounds; all's we!!/'
Splash went the. steel, and patter
went the r.ei, :xs the d.:r; • .{^liog-re rapid-
ly passe.i between th<-; officer of tl-.f ounds
and the ad^uc^t sentry of Ballycraygen
guar;} u.-vjise, one tmny n.ight in the d ;;ith
of December, and in the midst of t!:i
Wick low mountains.

" Guard. Urn out '." instantly beJlowei
with true Highland energy, from the lung-
of S^rcr'M ii M'Fadgen, aud echoed quick-
ly :>y those of Corporal O'Cailaghan. in
creased the panic to its climax, and broki
up the circle of story tellers who were eh-
joyin r themselves round a huge turf fire
and, for aught yet known, a battle of pun
potyeen. - Guard, turn out!" repeated tn<
corporal, as he upset, in his haste to obe.y
the' stool on which he sat. as well. as th«
lance corporal and a fat private who' occu-
pied one end of it : but notwithstandin
these, little embarrassments, both men au<
lnusiiets were out of the guard-house in ;i
twinkling — silent,, and as steady in line as
the pillars of the Giant's Causeway.

The officer's visit did not last many se
conds, for the night 'was too wet, and no-
thing had occurred with the guard worth
his particular notice : off he gulloped, and
the clatter'of his horse's hoofs was almost
drowned in the word of command given by
Sergeant M'Fadgen. --s he returned the
guard ; for 1 he Sergeant always made il a
point, ..vhen giving the word' within th«
hearing of an officer, to display the power
of his non-commissioned lungs in the most
laudable manner.

The arms were speedily laid down, and
each man ran to take up his former >ositi n
at the lire, or perhaps t » secure a better,
if permitted to do so by the rightful owner;
this; however, was, as regarded the stools,
without any reference whatever to the ser-
geant's seat — an old oak chair, which he
leisurely, gravely, and consequentially re-
sumed.

"The Major was in a hurry, to night,
Sargeant." observed Co.poral O'Callag-
han, us he fixed iumself at the front of the
fire, elbowinsr his supporters right and
left. „

The Major's nao Tool, Corporal ; it's a
cauld an' a raw nagid," "replied tue Ser-
geant.

" Could, did ya say, Sergeant," return-
ed O Callaguan. .•' By the powers of Moll
Kelly', he knocks fire enough out o' the
wet stones to keep both hirn and the ba.te
warm ; I could ha' lit my pipe with it
when he started off.".'

" Aweel, he's done his duty as effectual-
ly as if he had stopp-d an hoor ; so dinna
fash, but gi' us in at story yon were jist
commencing afore the turn-oot."

" Yes, yes, the story, Corporal .
'Give us "the story;"— That's the things
my boy :"— " Let us have if These, and
a dozen similar requests followed the Ser-
g ••it"'?; ho-, the men of Jhe guard : wben
> u r the dee quantity of hems; haws, and j
apologies, usual in all such cases,' Cprpo-j
?al O'Cailaghan commenced the following |

8 ..'Oil i UF Ai.vJt a K

" Well ! if viz tm?l have the stojy
I suppose T must tell it: — Maria D<
Cai eio, you see, is a Portuguese name, as
you Redmond, and pu Tom Patthsrs-e
knows well ; for it's often you saw the sel
same young girl I'm going to tell about
and as purty a cratim; she was as ever
stept in shoa-leritnc", — a beautiful and as
sweet a young blossom as the sun ever
shone upon, with her black curls, and he
white teeth, set just like little rows of harpv
sit;hord kays ; and her eyes, and her lips,
and her ankles: O'' she bet all the girls I
over saw in either Spain or Portugal ; that
you may .depend' upon. Well, Harry
Gainer was bur sweetheart ; poor fellow !
he was my comrade for many a long day.
Yot knew him we!!, Sargeant."

" I listed the lad mysel at Waterford
about this time ten years, as near as possi-
ble , an' a gay callant he was," said M'-
Fidgeti ; and then with an important sigli
resumed his pipe."'

" Well, Harry and I went out with the
rigimt'.ut from Cork to Lis -on in 1810,
and it was in March ; for we spent our Pa-
trick's Oayaboord, and drowned our sham-
rock in a canteen of ration rum, just as we
were laving sight of Ireland ; and we gave
the countrhy three cheers on the for<
castle - the whole lot of us together, sailors
an' all, as the green hills turned blue, an
began to sink away' from our sight. W»;
had a line passage, an' landed at a placu
called the Black Horse Square, though in
March, as one of our July days here. Well
— to make a long story short, we made no
delay, but, according to ordthers, we re
embarked abpord the boats, aud sailed up
the Tagivs to' Villa' Franca (as pretty a riv-
er as ever I sailed in,) and then the regi-
ment marched on to Abrantes, where we
hailed ; it was in this town that Harry first
met with Maria De Carmo. Both he and
1 were quartuered at her father's house, a
nice counthry sort of a place, what the
Portuguese calls a Quhi 'a, m the middle
of a thick wood of olives, on the. side 0' the
nigh hill of Abrantes.

" We halted here about a month, during
which time Gainer was always looking a£
ther this young girl ; and frith : he hadn't
much troubie to bud her any day; for she
was just as fond of looking after him. 1
often met them both strolling up along the
side o' the river, lik;e two turtle-doves, bil-
ling and tooing, audi could ha' tould how
the matther would have gone, in two days
after we arrived; for, 'pon my sow! J don't
knoxv Imw it is, hut when a young couple
meets, that's made for one another, there is
such an atthraction, an' such a shaking to-
wards this way an' that v, ay, that they are
always elbowing and jostling, till they, fall
into earh others arms.

" Poor Harry was a warm-hearted sowl
as ever was born, and as honourable too.
He came io me the night before we march-
ed from Abrantes for .':'lvas, and says he to
me (we were, just outside the town, takin
a. nit .of a wal k in 4n orange garden,) say s
Tom,' an' tiie poor leilow sighed
enough to.break his heart 1 Tom,' says
ie, " I dpn't .know what to do with that
jdrl.';' the regiment marches; to-morrow,
and God knows will I ever see her again.
She wants to come with me, ..unknown to
her parents.'' ' Ain' will you iak.e her?"
says i.±- 4 ? Take her, Tom.' says he, ' isjt,
an' she the onif child of t iie good 'natujed.
ouid ; man that 'behaved Sfi well to us 1; f h:
Lord ferbid i lid sooner junip ; off^'ihis hiil
into the riyer than I'd lade a sweet' and iii-
x:ocent girl asthray, to break ther heart 0'
her father.^ ■ ' V v *

" Octi i 1 anew well, before I miutiou- remarked Sergeant .'.M'Fadgen ; to , the
ed it, that parry's heart was in the right truth of | widt h observation a general ad-
place.—" Well" says I, you must only mission was given by all the fire-side lis-
lave her, poor thing ; it's better nor take teners

her with you. But what does her father 'Well, we broke up about, one o'clock-
say?' \.0,' says Harry, ''the poor man purty merry, but not at all out o',. the way ;
would 'be willing enough to let her marry and, as we had to march, a little after day-
me if twas settled; but although he likes break, I thought three or four hours' rest
me so much, he knows well that this is would do us no harm; so I would'nt let
no time for marriages with, soldiers.' the. Patroa open another ' bottle. Harry
' Well, then, Harry, says I, 'there's looked a little out o' sorts at my prevent-
no manner o' use in talking; you inghim: but I knew what he was at — he
must only give her a lock o' your hair and did'nt want the dthrink ; but just to keep
a parting kiss, — then God spied yon both.' sitting up with the girl ; therefore T thought
" itb that, we went back to our quarter,' it betterltogo; for he an' she would have
an' took share o' a canteen o' wine; but been just as loth to part if, they had been
although Harry drank i taw it was more six weeks more together without stopping,
for the dthrowning ol his trebles, and the j ' Next morning we turned out at day-
sake of coo veisation about Maria, than for ' break ; an' faith 1 Harry might as well
any liken he had to iicker. But, faith ! 1 1 have staid up all nfeht for the sleep he got
am sure, although I'm no great hand at it, — he looked live picture of misety and
myself, 1 think a glass on such an occa- {trouble. We had our rations sarved out
siou as that, when the heart o' the poor fei- the day before ; but. faith ! we did not

low was so full, 411 my own not very emp-
ty, an ! when we Were going ? to march from
the town we spent some pleasant hours in,
was a thing that if a man could hot enjoy,
he ougnt to be thrown behind the tire, as a
dthry chip.

" We were just finishing the last glass,
when tiie ould man, our i-atroa, o-ignior
Joie, came to say that we must ate a bito'
supper wfth him, as it was our last night
111 tiie place ; and although 1 didn't tin-
therstand much o'. the language, yet he ex-
plained himself well enough to make us
Know that he was in the right earnest
good nature. We had v no more wine to
oiler in in, at which' he smiled, and pointed
to the parlour below, — ' La esta bastente,'
says he ; which means t/tere y s enough be-
low stairs, my boys. We* went down to
supper, which was a couple 'of Gaiiin.aa
bi>os } or, in plain English,- roast fowls, —
an' soup ; with oranges of the best quality,
just plucked out of the ould man's garden.
Maria was with us, an 1 1 don't think i ever
passed a pieaaanter night. God knows
whether it was so with Harry an' his
sweetheart or not ; I believe it was a sort

mixture. They were both not much in
the talking way, an' Maria looked as if she
had a hearty meal o'crying before she sat
down to supper.— However, i kept up the
conversation with Joze, though 1 was obli-
ged to get Harry to interpret for me often
enough, as he was a tar better hand at the
Portuguese than 1 was, from always dis-
coursing with Maria — faith ! in laming
any language, there's nothing like a walk-
ing dictionary ;— that is .0 say, a bit of a
sweetheart.

" Signior Joze, gave us a terrible ac-
count o' the French when they came to
Abrantes first;; and all he feared was, that
ever they should be able to make their
way there again. He hoped be would ne-
ver see the day, 011 account of his dear
Maria, for they nather spared age nor sex
in the unfortunate counthry. .

" ' They call themselves Christians,
says he, ' and the English infidels : but ac-
tions, ai'tner all, are the best things to
judge by ; the sign of the cross never kept
a devil away yet i if so, there should not
have been siich a Legion of them here
along with the Frerich, fbr we had qrosess
enough."' ; -i

" Joze was a liberal man in his opinions
an* altjiough^a Cat^lic, anS more attached
to Harry an' me friitn pr6iessing the same'
religion, .Jet lie. was not like the bigotef of
ouldj, that it nmd of ; but one that looked
upon every faith in a liberal light. He was
Ibr, allowing ^^very man to go to the divil
his own way.'!. , , . . •

' 1 dinna ken bi\. joze was faight,' dryly

want much o' tiiat — Harry>and I ; for Joze
had stuffed our haversacks with every spa-
cies of eatables. •

' We musthered in th* square or market-
place — mules and all, by four o'clock, and
at half past four we marched off to the
chune o' Patrick's Day, upon a fine band
as ever lilted : which, in the middle o e
foreign parts, as I was, made me feel a lit-
tle consated^ I assure. The regiment was
followed by. a crowd of Portuguese, as far
as the bridge over the Tagus where we ,
crossed. Poor devil's ! the band didn't
seem to make them to look pleasanter ;
they were like as if they suspected we
were not certain of keeping the French
out loug ! .

' Just as the light company was moving
on to the bridge, Harry and I belonged to
the light company,) we halted a few min-
utes, and he fell out to spake a parting
word to .Maria an' her father, who where
both waiting then at the bridge. Her man-
til a almost covered her face ; but still I
saw the tears mwling.down her. cheeks,
poor girl, like rain; In a few moments the
column moved on, and .Harry; was obliged
to fall in. We both .-.hook hands with the
ould father— Harry kissed his- sweetheart,
and we marched on over the bridge. But
to make a long story short, our rigiment
at Elvas about three months, when the
French began to attack us, and we retreat- :
ed upon A brantes. This was the time that,
they -boasted of going to dthrive us into
the sea, clane uut 0' Portugal ; but my
sowl, the Mounseers never was more mis-
taken in their lives. . Well, we hadn't hard
fro'p Maria for two months, and I remem-
ber it was late in the evening when we en-
tered Abrantes on our retreat. ' Harry and!
I didn't want to taste bit or sup till wo
went down to ould Joze's house, and there
we larnt that he died of a favar six weeks
afore ; poor ould man ! I was sorry to hear
it an' so was Harry— very sorry indeed*
We inquired about the daughter, an' hard
that she was living with a particular friend
of her fathers, at the other end of the town.
We soon found her out, although she was '
denied to us at first by an ould woman <
but faith l a nice looking young lad, dres?
sed J ike a pysann % or counthry boy, with a
.wide black hat an* red worsted sash on
him,.- -came out driving along, and threw'
his arms round Harry's neck, hugging ah*
kissing' him.. By my- sowl! the btywaa
herself, sure enough. The fact is, Maria
had 4thressed herself up like a boy, fearful
that the ; Frerich would ill use her whej ;
they came htto the -town ; an' thejrl^.
pected them, from report, two days befqnC
Faith ! an' so they would, I'd warrantiyo!
for they never showed much mercy to a.
purty girl once in their power.

(To be Condnucd.)

114

THE SLAVE QUESTION.

A bill, introduced into the Congression-
al House of Representatives, for the reliej
of M. D, Auterive, "occasioned on the 4th
inst. some unpleasant remarks. The facts
, in the case seem to be, that an officer of
the U. S army had impresspd into the ser-
vice of the Government, a slave belonging
to M. D' Auterive. The slave having re-
ceived injury while in the service, the
owner .demanded compensation for dama-
ges. The Committee of Ways rind Means
in - reporting on this bill, excluded this
claim for the slave, on the ground that

slaves are not put on the footing of prop-
erty, and paid for when, lost to the owner
in the puhlic service." Mr. Clarke, of N
York, spoke in a conciliating manner ; and
his object seemed to be to often the asper-
ities of Southern gentlemen on this sub-
ject, and to prove that ' the slave is no less
evidently regarded by law as a member of
society, not as a part of the irrational cre-
ation ; as a moral person, not a mere arti-
cle of property. The Federal Constitution
contemplates slaves in the mixed charac-
ter of persons and property.' Mr. Randolph
seems have been much excited by this dis-
cussion, and in a short speech remarked;
that ' his motive was earnestly to request,
that no member south of the Ohio^and
west'of the Mississippi, would deign, Would
condescend to debate this question, wheth-
er persons can or cannot be property or
allow that the Federal Covernment canj at
any time, or under any circumstances,
touch it directly or indirectly.' He was
decided in the opinion, that ' slaves are
made property by law;' and ' what the law
makes property, is property.' The follow-
ing are some of his remarks : —

" It was a question with which the Fed-
eral Government had nothing to do ; with
which it never had any thing, never can
have any thing to dos for the instant it
Itifs its unhallowed hands on that aric of
our safety, it ceases to be a government. It
was settled two hundred yearss^go ; it was
settled when therirst cargo of Africans was
sold 'in our maket. This point was^settled
more than half a century ago : at the N same
time that we threw off our allegiance\to
Great Britain. \

:{ Slaves are made property by law, and
yon cannot make them other than property
any more than you can interfere in the
payment of the national debt of Great Bri-
tain, or the tithes, or any other matters
which relate to a foreign country. When
gentlemen tell us the Constitution is to
protect us in this, or any other property, it
is the kind of protection which the wolfe
gives to the lamb. We scorn such a pro-
tection : the executivo power is sufficient
to carry our State laws into effect, and we
want the aid of no document.

" We have been told something about
humanity and religion. What have they to
do with the question ? Nothing. It de-
pends solely on facts— it a' lex script a est.
We may cavil about religion, but, whether
Jew or Gentile, we cannot interfere with
this property. Here Mr. R. made a refer-
ence to the only Constitutional authority
which could interfere with it — the States ;
and to the strained construction by which
alone the Federal Government could have
-such a right.

!' Humanity ane religion are very good
in their places ; but we ^qv* no ric*ht to
fet up our humanity and Higri m as stand-
ards for other men. He would out a case,
and he wished he might be understood lit-
erally here and every wher*» else. Rv the
law of a State — he would say the State of
Virginia. Suppose a slave mav be pun-
ished only by . the master, and the master
is not made responsible for his treatment
of the slave ; and suppose slaves were dai-
ly; cruelly murdered by their masters —a
case as possible as many others which had
been put — where is the remedy ? Is it
here '? Can you pass a law to prevent this
conduct beyond the Potomac if You may
cry your eyes out, with your humanity and
your religion, but you could not prevent
it. .They are as much under the protec-

tion of humanity and religion in the States
as here, aud it Would be an act of scurrilous
rashness for ijs. to

. " Step in where angels fear to tread."
" I cannot; paid Mr. andolph, agree
with the gentleman from N.ew- York, that
the slaves are an unhappy race. They no
doubt, are causes of unhappiness to their
owners, sometimes, and no doubt they are
unhappy sometimes, themsel ves : ' for who
is exempt from! unhappiness ? But I be.-,
lieoe thai, as d class, I have no hesitation
in saying that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, they, are much happier than
their proprietors are, now, loaded as these
are with the effects of a system, which I
will- not go into a discussion of, and- with
the cares, and wants, and difficulties, which
this very population brings upon them."

There is a precious confession' in these
remarks of Mr. Randolph, which perhaps
fell from him involuntarily, that he be-
lieves the slaves are happier than their
masters. The 4 secret, that men living in
luxury and splendour, and oppressing all
beneath them, are unhappy in the midst of
an ill-gotten abiindance, will occasionally
appear. So great sometimes is this infe-
licity, that they will envy the quiet of their
most degraded menial, perhaps of their
beast. This ingenous , confession forcibly
reminds us of the very strong language
which Cowper uses, when contemplating
the relative circumstances of the slave and
his lord. Every man who justly values the
rights of his fellow-man, let his colours be
what it may, will readily adopt the senti-
ment of the ppet :

" I would not have a slave to till my ground,
To fan me when Tsleep, and tremble when
I awake, for all the gold thai sinews, bought
Ynd sold, have ever earned."

Mr. Randolph says the question of slav-
ery was settled two. hundred years since.
There is, however, no argument to prove
the right of Europeans or Americans to
make slaves of Africans, that would not
equally prove the right o'f the latter to make,
slaves of the former, if they had the power
to do so. — Christian'Watchnan.

" It may be observed, that the air of several
of our states is nearly as pure as that of Great
^ritain ; and had nbt this quality been impair-
edjby an, article of the constitution, would pro-
bably have been wholly so. : One' case may,
and sometimes does, occur, in which these non-
slave-hoKJing states furnish a complete asylum
to the slavb. When a master is accompanied
■by his sla'veXinto one of the free states, the
latter may choose bis own time for !retuming ;
into slavery ; theVe js no law to .compel his re-
turn. An instance ptf this kind occujred a few
years ago^ in this city. Upon application to
Judge' .Wasbingtonifor\certificate to ' author-
is h his removal, the JudgeWdied, that, as the
slave did not escape from another state or ter-
ritory into this, he had no authority tq direct
his return ; the man must choose for himself
whether to go back with, his masterNpr not.

[African Observer.

DEDICATION.
' Ethiopia shall soon stretch outlier Iwnds un*
to God- -—In this city, through the tender mer-
cies of God, in another of the strong holds of
Satan where he has heretofore reigned vvith
almost unlimited s way, the Great Head o'f the 1
Church has es.ablished a Temple for his wor-
ship. The neat and convenient iiouse of wo<\
- i,' for the church and I'.on^re; :.nl ion under
!.'<ie pastoral ca-e of the . ev. JAM ICS |,EK.
;>f the Mefio.li-- !£j;Hiv>pal order was, on ua
i5' h inst. solemnly ■ l ledicaied"to the' Wor<-ip
of .\lmi'4lity God. j'ne services on thai oeir>-
iion were as follows. - ' — V <:df pas' 10 o clock
the .ev. Mr. Jenks, O. D. pie^ched. accord-;
iog to .he appointment. a:most excellent Ser-
n^n, founded on,\j[atli. 18, 20. Tiie-ttev.'
Thomas Paul made the concluding prayer.-
The house , was full. < In the afternoon the.

ev. Louis Divight preached from Psaims
50th 14th, and Mr. < !au/ again prayed. In the
evening the Rev. Mr. Lamb preached from
Dan. 2d, 44th.-—Mr^ Paul was' requested (n
•make some remarks appropriate to the- solem-
nities of .the occasion, and their highly esteem-
ed Pastor made the closing prayer and pro-
nounced the benediction.— The Key.. Thomas
Paul was to have preached one , of the Ser-.
uions, but an inftamaion on his lungs prevent-
ed. Perfect decorum prevailed .during, the

services. Let every one that loves our Lord
Jesus, pray for this infant church. " Tby
Kingdom come."

The sermons on, this occasion were uncom-
monly interesting. ; May -He, who of one blood
has created all men that dwell upon the whole
earth, and with whom there is no respect of
persons, crown the labours of his willing ser-
vants with Divine blessings; and that Heaven
may bless and prosper them in their labours
of love, is the prayer of their grateful coloured
friends. Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

[B. Sat. fcve. Gaz.

&ojmruitt(c3totts.

For the Freedom's Journal.
THERESA,— A Haytien Tale.
ALtRNJNG had just began to peep forth,
and the golden rays of tbe returning sun were
seen to burnish the tops of the majestic cibiao
monnUins,when the bewildered adventurers
were suddenly startled by the shrill blast of a
•mgle; their surprise was not less than their
wretchedness, when at no great distance, they
beheld approaching them a detachment of the
enemy's cavalry. At this unexpected crisis ma-
damePaulina overcome vvith tearful apprehen-
sions, irenibledlest she shoidd be wanting in the
discharge of her. difficult undertaking. But it
was now too late ; she -must eith<r act *\ell
her part or be reconducted by '\-e foe o ..
Nicholas, and there, after witnessing the des-
truction of those for whose happiness, she was
more concerned, than for her owh, receive a
cruel- and ignominous death.

The parly of horsemen being now very near,
she gave some necessary instructions to her
daughters, and conducted them onward with
no little confidence in her success. The lieu-
tenant, by whom the French were commanded,
observing her attired in the uniform of a French
officer, took her for what sue so well affected
^o be— (a captain of the rench army) lie
made to her the order of the day, and enquir-
ed the time she left St. Nicholas, .m
whether conducting the two prisoners, (for
Paulina had the presence of mind to disguise
her daughters as such) she replied, and taking
forth her letter, she handed it to the lieuten-
ant Succeeding thus far admirably* our ad-
venturess was led to make some enquires rel-
ative to the welfare of the French troops, sta-
tioned west of St. Nicholas, and having collec
ted much valuable information, they parted,
and Madame Paulifia favoured by a reariv a<!
dress, and with much fortitude, escaped death.
— conducting the dear objects of her tender so
licitude far, from the ill-fated village of their
infancy. 1

Being informed by the lieutenant, that at the
distance of a few miles, there were encamped
a company of Aht French,' she thought it
judicious to avoid all public roads, and hav-
ing turned into a thick grove of the Pimento
trees, she proposed to her daughters to rest in
this spot until darkness again should unfould
£r mantle.

this grove of quiet security, the troubled
souls\tf the fugitives ceased partially to be op-
pressedvrith fear-vthe milky juice of the co-
coanut allayed their thirst and moistened their
parched HpsY &t\d the delicious orange, and
hxurious mangb^in spontaneous abundance,
yielded a support' Vtheir'hearly exhausted na-
(lire's.

MadamePaulina and nfcrdaughters.were now
seated under the shade ofa\rnaj< stic spreading
Owwt. The day was fas\ declining, and
though the heat of July was intensely oppres-
sive; in this secluded spot,the air' was rendered
fragrant with the variety of arometib shrubs,
that grew spontaneously in this grove oroeace.
The humming-bird skipping capi^iquslyrVpm
blossom to blossom, displayed its n»a|mirictW
plumage, and for a while diverted the minds
of the unhappy fugitives from grief and from
ominous forbodings ; wearied and fatigued by
a 1 journey which was not less tiresome than
hazardous, their much exhausted natives,

were greatly ..refreshed by the cool breeze
which gave to their whole bodies a calm *en.
salion, in which their souls soon participated
and t ,Madame and her eldest daughtei were
now lost in the arms of sleep, the kind restorer
of vigour to. the minds and bodies of men-
All around was now atill,savethe western wood-
pecker was heard at times to peck the hollow
trunk of some decayed tree, or the distant
roaring of heavy cannon, which announced i.hat
all creative beings were born to enjoy peace,
but man, who sumulated by ambition, is more
cruel than the I easts of the forest, whjen soil
he ever renders fertile with the blood of his
victims . But Mademoiselle Theresa,
ihe youngest of the three adventur-
ers, greeted not sleep. ". he vigour of her bo-
dy was indeed. much exhausted, but the emo-
tions of her mind were.more active than ever ;
she saw with the mind's eye the great services
which might be rendered to her country ; she
brought to her imagination the once delightful
fields of her native Hayii, nowdy'd with the
blood of her countrymen in their righteous
stru. gle fo • liberty and for independence.

Not less did she content] late the once ficur-
idting p:an!ati ns ruined and -t. Domingo
once he jruina yo he West-Indies, n-duced
to fa.i im, now ihe island of misery, and -he
abode of wretchedness.

L va.- t.ti. 1 e las i i lit, that rhe witnessed
the most te =i ..ing scenes of her Hie— wten
tije si. lit k.- of hir tying f i, ,.d> u.acu i.. an-
;ri'i eiul ju th what her own /a t must be,
should she fail to eft* ct an escape from the vil-
lage of her happiest (iays. Theresa thought of
the brave St. Clair ; she im agied she saw
her beloved uncle weltering in his blocd, and
the barbarous French fixing , his venerable
head on a pole, and it exposed on a cross road,
as the head of a rebel; She shuddered at Mm
thought ; hci: soul was subdued, and the fount
ofgrief issued frondier eyes in copious streams,
bathing her febrile cheeks with the dews of .
sorrow/ Why, said she, O, my Get! ! , hast
thou suffered thy creatures to be thus afllicU d
in all thy spacious earth ? Are not we too thy
children ? And didst thou not cover us with
this sable exterjor, by which our race h
distinguished; and for which (hey are contem-
ned and ever !;ecn cruelly persecuted .' 0. rr,y
God '.7-my.God ! be propitious to the cause of
justice— -Be near to the Haytiens in their
righteous struggle, to obtain those rights which
thou hast graciously bestowed on all thy chil-
dren. Raise up some few of those, who have
been Ion? degraded — give to them dominion,
and enable them to govern a state of their own
— -so tha< the proud and cruel may know that
thou art alike the Father of the native of the
burning desert, and of the more temperate
region."

• (To.be concluded in our next.)

Fon the Freedom's Journal.
AN HOUR ' IN TB1NITY CHURCH-
YARD.

A short time since I visited" Trinity Church-
Yard, for the purpose of spending a leisure
hour in meditating on .the- fate of transient and
short-liv'd man ; a most gloomy and melan-
choly place you will say perhaps for the con-
templation of a jmird usually receiving more
pleasure in beholding objects of a brighter
cast and fairer 'aspect, than the sad memen-
tos of the departed but you must also be
! aware, that the heart hating a constitutional
susceptibility of jjrief, and the bosom 'possess-
ing acute sensibility of soul, receive in this'
solitude, a land of mournful pleasure, which
is no where else to be found. Here the' per«-
turbations of the aching breast are calmed.-*?
Here the painful emotions that agonized if lie
dormant-T-among the , graves, our minds in, a
great measure, let go their hold on earth, and
sublunary concerns.and "are lilted up toHeiven.
iN« ber that we seem to ast imitate ourselves to
the\^right spirits aboye-?-tb hold mute con-
verse with the good thaV have risen to the en-
joyrncntSif eternal felicity, far removed from

this scene oi" strife and turmoil ; wc iiete j e.
ceive tbat others have passed to " that bourne
from whence no traveller returns." And, that
we also too must soon tenant as lonely man-
sions. How necessary it is, then, that on the
bed of death, our hearts shall be sp formed by

NE VV- VO rt. ttJjA N" a \ i If 25,

1328.

LIBERJAN CIRCULAR.
The December Number of the African Re.

the influence of the Christian graces, as not to pository, published under the auspices of the
shudder on beholding the threshold of eternity American Colonization Society^ contains a long
in full view, where abyss is wo to the sinner, address from the happy citizens of Liberia,
. bui j^y to the repentant. Africa, to their free brethren of colour in the

VV.nle copying some inscriptions, guested ^ruted States of America. We are always rfr
ty love and friendship, mv eye happened to joiced to hear of the welfare of our brethren in
light upon the spot that inurns the ashes of a all quarters of the globe, and 'can assure our
great and good man, the compatriot of our im- refers, that though opposed to the plans
mortal Washington r over his remains rises a theAmerican ColomzationSociety,we are pleas-
pyra -nhlal column of a quadrangular form, six ed to learniheir progress in life, and advance-
feet square at the base, sei im a niche, nine ™* in ^the different arts and sciences

^ . , , . . It is true, as the writer, (whoever he may

feet square, and that embosomed in another >. K , J

„ ^ rr,, x ■ be r observes, thai much speculation and un-

ten feet square. The column rises tive leet > , ' \

^ , . , . c , ? ♦ certainty, continues to prevail among the peo-
above the second base where it is four feet . * . ' » v

. A » \, , • pie of colour in the United States," concerning

square, and on that of the colomnal base rise r . 6

BV i 1 , , . . ,. . > the condition of those who have emigrated to

four otber columns of minor dimensions, ter- . »

! Africa; as no accounts, which might be de-

minatinij four feet from their basement in pyr- 1

nt the j iea(J of i pended on, have ever reached us of their im.

proved condition; Wc do not deny that

amidal forms, six inches square
their capitals : the north side contains this in-
scription: — " In memory of AuEXAND R
HAMILTON, the Corporation of Trinity
CrmrcSi, iiave erected this .Monument in testi-
mony of their respect for ttie Patriot of incor-
ruptible integrity, the Soldier of approved va-
lor; the Statesman of consummate wisdom,
who«e talents and virtue will be admired by
grateful posterity, long after this marble shall
have mouldered into dust." He. died July
i l:'0-$, aged 47. Over the whole wave.
('.:. a .a.'iies of two weeping willows, fit em-
!;• ;. «k of the nation's feelings. for that bereave-
ment of Providence. A few rods from ! his. in
~u oispir.uous "place in the cernetry, rises a
c:rn Iran. r, -ar c- i'-.i-on imbedded in a niche.
\';lf><r. ba4 U <h feet by ten. ' : 'hr column
:!•;:>« ;iv.« fee?, and tf.en shoots off' into a fluted
! .voive feet uij ;er, sonv -v,-' a', resembling
;> in isi, two i>et of the summit is broken of}
transversely, on the east is this inscription : —
Im memory of Cant. JAMES. L \ WHENCE,
ofthe United States Navy, who fell on the lir^t
day of June, 1313, in the J2d year of his a/}e.
in the action between the Frigates Chesapeake
and Shannon: he had distinguished himself on
various occasions but particularly when caji
turing aud sinking his Britanic Majesty's
sloop of war Peacock, after a desperate action
of fourteen minutes ;-his bravery in action was
not eqnalied by his modesty in' triumph, and
his magnanimity to the vanquished; in private
life he was a gentleman of the most generous-
and endearing qualities, and so acknowledged
was his public worth that the whole nation
mourned his loss, and the enemy contended
with his countrymen, who most should honour
..his regains. The west side contains this it;..
scripiion : — " The Hero whose remains aiv
here deposited, with his expiring i breath, ex-
pressed lis devotion to his country ; neither
the fury of battle, the anguish of a mortal
wound, nor the horrors of approaching deali
could subdue his gallant vpj'rii ;- his d'unn
words were, " DON'T GIVE UP THE
SHIP . !5 A majestic Elm, sweeps mournfully
over the sacred spot. " Alas, the good die
fost, while those whose- hearts are dry as sum
mer dust burn to the socket."

"But the night dew that falls, though in si-
lence it weeps,

Shall brighten with verdure the grave, where
he .sleeps ;

And the tear that we shed, though in secret it

j have monthly reports from this " paradise of
bliss" but from what quarter do they emanali
| From the pens of impartial men, or from those,
wno having formed visionary theories, are de-
termined to try the experiment,, no matter how
many lives are sacriiiced. With the Writer on
board the U. S. Ship Ontario, we believe
" that a lair and honest account of the Libeii-
an settlement, its progress, population, &c.
is- what we have never seen yet ; and'that an
impartial man m this affair is " nigri simihs
cygno."

We can assure our friends of Liberia, that
limited as 'hey are pleased to consider our
views, they extend not only to the improver.ien'
of our own condition, but to the ultimate eman-
cipation of our brethren. w:»o are in bondage :
and never shall we consent to emisrr.-stc from
America, until their ffrior removal from this
land of their degradation and suffering. And
even then, we would not a^kthe aid of the A-
mericanCnlonizaliohSociety,to carry us to their
land " /lowing wiilvmilk and honey.'

Our Liberhm friend* in the enumeration of
the great' Weepings- which they now enjoy,
consider justly. Liberiy.a.s the greatest and the
chief. Liberty we know is sweet— even anions
he burning sands of Africa ; hut we were not
aware that ijs value was superior in Liberia,
to that enjoyed in Hie verdant fields of Europe
and America, by' the healthy citizens of both
continents.

" The life of life! that tothe banquet high,

,,wis, .suck*, M$ and sheep" widen- thrive
wnhoul feediuigih this new garden of Men.
Tneir progre^ iias been so rapid, thatw 0
have not known with whom to compare them—
they are a nation of incomparable^ second

race of Utopians. .

(To he continued.) i _

//0(r.s— In twenty days, in November,
there parsed through Pcrry^Ohm^on their
way to markets east 6i that, 2C,ouu hogs —
and in Oct. ^0,000— — Harvard Univer-
sity.— The Rev. Dr. Nichols, ofPoitland,
Me. has been elected President of Har-
vard University, Dr. Kirkland haying re-
signed. A.mhcrd, Mass.— The School

Committee of. Ainhcrst have voted to in-
troduce the Amherst inquirer into the dif-
ferent schools in that town, to be used in
the higher classes in their reading lessons.
~ — Ludics, Fair.— The ladies of Wash
irigton City, have held a two day's public
sale of fancy work, chiefly wrought by
their own hands, and procured more than
'2,000 dollars for the Orphan Asylum. At
Georgetown, 12,00 dollars were collected.
— — Better late than never. — In 1823, a la-
dy in Waitonbury, Conn, manufactured a
superb cloak, and sent it to President Mun-
roe. lie in return, sent her a ring enclos-
ed in a letter by niail, which has lately ar-
rived, having been four years on the way.

— Singular not ire. The Worcester

Spy states, that one of the physicians
Southborough, recently received a letter
ol which the following is a true copy
Sir — 1 consign my remain.', to be dissected
at discretion, at the Medical College —
Cause — Tedium Viu-, or a certain cure
for intemperance, has induced me to effect
IS'o obsequies is asKed. .In the pine
grove, near Air. E. Flagg's house I shall
be founds—The bodv was louud agice-

biy to the directions. Pta.r: — The

consumption of i lour in Philadelphia, is
emulated at ;$00J ;>arr els per week, mak-
ing 150,000 per annum— — MujiiifaiUorics.
— There are in one hundred and fifty in-
corporated woollen ond cotton manufacto-
ries, with ai aggregate capital exceeding
20,000,000 in Muss. S. wit Caadnia.-The
Court of appeals of S. C. has confirmed
the. right of free persons of colour to hold
real estate. — —*Small : Pox. — The Mayor
ol Washington ha3 notified the public by
proclamation, that a disease resembling
the small pox has broke out in a part of

that city. Ftre— The barn of Mr. Jno.

C. Paic, about two miles from Haverhill,
Mass. was destroyed by fire on the ! 0th
instant, and most distressing to relate, Mr.
Page was burnt to death in the barn ! He
had released his horse,, and three cows,

from the roof of a mill, on the water-wheel,
when in full motion, and the first stroke of
the bucket severed his heud from hi* body,
i he body was then drawn in, and stopped
the wheels. - Qaution^Jvro mei> n*^d. •
Avery and Vari Gleason, were found, dead
in Lima, and in a room warined by chal-

coal fire. Female Preaching— Miss Mil-

er, a female preacher of tde Methodist
persuasionoffour years standing, is preach-
ing at llichinond and Peterslmrg, Va. She
*o out 22 years of age— — Jkyurtant Dc-
r fc/on— The Judges of the Supreme Court,,
have decided that the city of Philadelphia
has legal jurisdiction oyer the island in the
river Delaware, opposite the city'— —.-Hug
show.— The farmers of Curretuck county,
N. C. are descending to particulars, and
have got up a hog show, which excited ho
little curiosity, and awarded premiums of

40 to $130. -Charity.— At the annual

meeting of the Howard Benevolent Socie-
ty in Boston, lately, a collection of 306 dol-
lars was taken up.- A Stranger.— A

large opossum was lately killed in the
streets of Portland, Me.

Familiarity on short acquaintance. — A
gentleman and lady travelling from Phila-
delphia to New-York,' were - gratified, with,
the attention of another gentleman, who
by urbanity and politeness, so ingratiated
himself on the journey, that the care of
the lady was confided to him and the Phil-
adelphian returned home. The gentle-
man afterwards with customary politeness,
offered to change a hundred dollar note
lor the lady at the brokers, and left the"
house' [apparently] for the .purpose, since
wiiich- he has not favoured the lady with
her change or his company, but took the
sta^e for iNew-liaven. So much for con-
fiding in strangers. N. Y. Inquirer. '

MwxiM* ■

In this C'i'y, on Saturday Evening Ir.si,
By the /?ev. -Mr Cone, Mr. .Robert G. ;
Balsoh.of the Island of Barbadoes, to Miss
.Phfbe Mills, of this City.

In Philadelphia, on the 9th ult. by the
Ray Dr. Kdy, Mr. William Smith, to Miss
Amelia Lewis, both of that City.

rolls.

^Shall long keep his inemory green in our souls.,,
. ARION.

JVcWe det.—On Saturday afternoon as
some boys were playing on Chesnut-st. two of
them fell into the River. One of them being
able to swim reached the wharf. The other, a
colored boy, was sinking, when he was rescu-
ed by Mr. Jeremiah Boonpan, a you ng man
m the Counting House bf Mr J Le Fever,
who plunged into the River, and saved him
at the risk of his own life.— Dem. Press.

And sober mealgives taste ; to the bowjd roof and returned, contrary tothe remonstrance
Fair dre.am'd repose, and tothe cottage charms.M ^ his brother, to. save his oxen, and per-

Havm* l„v S of .heir own, and jud« s cho, 1 ^^JT^***"^''--
c ^ . , , . tn tlie Massachusetts House of Represen-

en n-om amon.then- learned and enlightened tatives ; the hill to establish the Salem The-
/wn^.aresubjecls of.the greatest self-gral- atre has been Negatived by" a large majori-
l fication to our Liherian friends. Of a (ruth, ty— yeas, ■ 40-i-naysi 178.- — -A Strom*
the climate and soil; of Africa must be supe- Team— A gentleman who owns a coffee
rior to all others in qualifying the ieno.rant for plantation' in the island of Ceylon, which
the most important offices in the community, bounds with elephants, has succeeded in
We recommend a short sojourn' in this fairv- eln P ,0 y in g tneae animus. in .ploughing and
land to the uninformed of all countries ; to be

zation s, mtp men of learning, and held The funds of the institution will not ad-

Law and P°h ' ^ ' ** ^ ° f mit an >' more a * present.— AflrW assault

; " , f m ' . i : - J - — As a genUenoan was. on his way upstairs

' A utile learning is a dangerdus thing, to his room, in Broadway, he was met by
Drink deep, or tastle not the Pierian spring, a lady, who had entered t he house and was
Great stress is laid upon liberty ofcohscieMe: descending. As - conscience whispered
we cannot conceive what the writer means fte r ' nJe ntions were none of the best, she
never having been residents bf any portion of sn tfchedthe cane out of his hands, laid it
the globe where this was denied, we know not ^ and shoulders, and

what more our Liberia friends can have We am,d ' he 'ITv* V-f ge " tle "

" " ,c,,us nave. We man f rftrn mn iV no n * Ht> Uoanv AiJ nni triva

... ... , ■ , man,. from motives of delicacy did not give

agree readily with them, that they know noth' chase.— -Moncat ^.—Thirteen men,

'ngof that debasing inferiority with which our says the N., Y.Ga'zeite.in a state of lieast-

colour is stamped in Americ)i. Half civilized ly' intoxication ;wer^ counted on the night

themselves, with learning enough to render of the 3d inst. in the course of a walk from

them conceited ; in the midst of beings still ? um P street, ^ear the Bowery to Hudson

more uncivilized ; can we woqder that they near . Alltnon y"?treet.-~ ; --r-/lrm^ — Francis
me^t with nothing to make, them sensible of th*' ' ^^^*"pl^''2» _a ^seaman on. board, of the

least in(c i iori i ^ vr ^^t^^ Amencan^ship falcon, has be,n arrested

; ., , jj- «r prejuawea, as we are at Amsterdam l»r firing a ball at the chief

considered, we have never dared to 1 compare justice of the ci ty ^—Shockihg Deathr-

om enlightened Liberiam, with the heathen We are informed that a man in Riga, Va-

aronnd them, nor with "the cattle, swine, med Horace Hall, on Monday last, fell

In this City," on Jtfonday la^t, after a
long- and lin-'e'ing'ilInes3,3/ary-Ann R. on-
ly daughter of Mv. Thonias Downing, aged
6 years/

The City Inspector reports the deaths of ,S9 '
persons during the weekending on -Saturday
the 19lh inst. .viz. S3 men, '17 women, 27 boys ',
and 12 girls.

WORTHY OF NOTICE.

On Wednesday evening last, a ; meeting .
was held at the Manumission . School
Room, in Mul herry street, to take into
consideration the- important subject of
forming a Fragment Society," among
trie Females r .of Colour in this city. Wc
were pleased to witness the respectable
number present, and the order and unan-
imity which prevailed throughout the eve-
ning. <

The benevolent object of the meeting
appeared in unison with the feelings of all
present ; and the .number who. tendered
their names for membership for the hew
Society, shewed that all were earnest, and
felt a sympathy .for the distresses of suffer-
ing humanity. V

All who feel desirous of aiding the loada-
ble efforts of tM Society about to be organ-
ized,, are invited to attend on Wednesday '
Evening next, at 7 o'clock at the same
place. '

03*" We hope our agents in different
parts, have noi forgotten the interests of
the Journai.e^j). . v y

No. 551 . Peart-street; near Broadway, keeps
constantly on hand, an assortment of
BOOTS & SHOES,
Also, a Superior Quality, of f iqnM &&&&
free from the use of Vitriol, of his own mano-
facture, all which he will tell cheap for easb.

Boots and Shoes made to order, and repair-
ed on the mo.it reasonable terms. V
New-Yor^Jan,25 44

1?<>

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

For the Freedom's Journal.

For the Freedom's Journal.
Likfs on the death of the Reverend
JEREMIAH GLOUCESTER.

Is Gloucester dead ! The man of God?
Why ! I saw him, but the other day
With cheerfulness upon his brow,
Oh! has he now so soon decayed!

i r ES, I saw him, mount the sacred desk ;
There, with energy proclaim the truth,
While, listening ears, hung upon his lips;
And is 'it possible, he's dead and gone !

What, gone — left his newly wedded bride —
Forlorn, to weep and mourn — a widow !
Left the people of his charge alone ?
Has he gone, and leftthe world for ever !

Depart' d, in the morning of his days,
In the blooming primrose of his life ;
'Mid, the hopes of future usefulness ;
Is he, suddenly cut down — by death !

Yes. I read the record of his death ! —
While, I read, my bosom palpitates ;
Tender tears come rushing to my eyes !
But, oh, delightful, cheering thought ; that,
Though he moulders in his silent Urn,
He's free from every care and pain ;
Gone to rest from all ids labours here ;
Arsd to receive a rich reward in Heaven !

AMiCUS.

tO"Ai-L QKi>J£KS * OK JOB, on FAflU*

l&eattg mittuitof m the Gffftt

OF THE
FREEDOM'S JOURNAL,

NEW- YORK.

ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH MUSIC SCHOOL

Public is respectfully informed, that
the above SCHOOL, (under the direction pf
Mr. Rabbeson,) is open every Tuesday and
Friday ' Evening, at 7 o'clock, in the School
Room, under St. Philip's Church.
Persons wishing to join, are requested to do
> without delay. Terms made' known at the
School. January 18.

L:n£», written on hearing a beautiful Young
Lady express a determination to live an
Old Maid.

What ! live an old maid ! the idea is distres-
sing, •

Be banish'd for ever the thought— -'tis unkind ;
Remember great Natur's design, you're trans-
gressing,

By le aving the pleasures of marriage behind.

Why live an old maid ? — have Love's arrows
lost' power

To wound — to infix their soft sting in thy
heart f

.Why offer celibacy's shrine a fair flower,
Whose fragrance such ecstatic thrills can im-
part.

Thou, live an old maid ! nay, I cannot believe
thee,

Thou wilt not connubial pleasure forego;
Hymeneal bliss is a balm will relieve thee
Prom every sorrow ; — 'tis Heaven below.

Economy is the Road
to wealth— And
penny saved is
good as two pennys
earned. Then call
at the- United State.
Clothes Dressing
Establishment,

JAMES GILBERT,

Who has removed from 411 to 422 Broadway,
and continues as usual to carry on the Clothes
Dressing in correct and systematical style; hav-
ing perfect knowledge of the business, having
been legally bted to it, his mode of cleaning
and Dressing Coats, Pantaloons, &c. is bv
Steam Sponging, which is the only correct
sysNiUi of Clean ikg; which he Mill warrant to
extract all kinds of Stains. Grease-Spots,
Tab, Paint &c. or no pay will be taken

N. B. The public are cautioned against
the imposture of those who attempt the Dresh .
sing of Clothes, by STEAM SPONGING,*
who are totally unacquainted with the busi-
ness, as there are many Establishments which
hvae recently been opened in this city.

DC/- All kinds of Tailoring Work done at
(he above place.

All clothes left to be cleaned or repaired
ivill be good for one yea!' and one day— if not
claimed in that time, they will be sold at pub-
lic auction.

which

beautiful radiance

Tis a gleam
shineth,

Vain are words, its dear rapturous transports
to tell

'Trs a flame which terrestrial comfort refineth,
A source of pure pleasure— -a Heavenly
spell.

Then, avaunt with the thought—be no longe r
. forsaken,

The soul-cheering prospect of conjugal bliss .;
Call fancy to aid — it will soon re-awaken.
The thrilling delight of a chaste nuptial kiss.

What, live an old maid! — thou art bow in
youth's morning—

AFRICAN FREE SCHOOL

NOTICE. Parents and Guardians of

Coi oured Chidren, are hereby informed, that a
male and Female School has long been estab-
lished for coloured children, by the Manumis-
sion Society of this city—where the pupils Re-
ceive such an education as is calculated to fit
them for usefulness and respectability. The.
male school is situated in Mulberry-street,near
Grand-street, and the female school in William
street, near Duane stree't; both uuder the
management of experienced teachers. The
Boys are taught Reading. Writing, Arithmetic,
Geography and Engish Gnmmar-^-and" the
Girls, r in addition to those branches, are taught
Sewing, Marking, and Knitting, &c. 1

i'ERMS . OF; ■ADMISSION.

Pupils of 5 to fifteen years of age are admitted
by the Teacher* at tile Schools, at the rate ojf
twenty-five cents to one dollar per quarter, ,ac
cording to the circumstances of the parents
and the children 6T such as cahiidt afford to pa;
any thing are admitted fe^ee of expense, and en-
joy the same advantages^ those who pay.

Each school is visited weekly by * commit-
tee of the trustees, in addition to which' a com-
mittee of Ladies pay .i^guiar visits ilotbe .-Fe-
male school. Care is taken to impart mora
instruction, and such have been Unhappy , ef-
fects of the system pursued in . these , schools,
that although several thousand have beep
taught in them since their esteblshment (now

LA* 1> i OH Sikh,..

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, * TWO THO U &AND
Acres of excellent LAND, at less than one
half its value, provided they will take meas-
ures to settle, or have it settled, by coloured
farmers. The. land is in the state of New-
York, witiiin 70 miles of the city ; its location,
is delightful, being on the banks of the Dela-
ware river, with an open navigation to the city
of Philadelphia. ^ The Canal leading fiom tnr;
Eeliivvare to (lie Hudson river, passes through
the tract, opening a direct navigation to New-
York city, Tne passage to either city may
be made in one day or less. The land is of
the best quality, and well timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of hi
brethren, who are capitalists, will at hast in-
vest 500 or 1,000 dollars, in these lands. To
such he will take the liberty to say, this land
can. be purchased for 5 dollars the acre, (by
coloured men,) though it has been selling for
25 dollars. He also takes the liberty to ob
serve that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a seitluntnt,
formed by coloured families, would be condu-
cive of much good. With this object in view
he will invest 500 dollara in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.
New- York, March 20.

N. B. Communications on the subject, post
paid, will be received and attended to.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

MR. GOLD, late of Connecticut, takes
this method of informing the colouicd popula-
tion of this city, that he teaches English Gram-
mas-, upon a n<?v.' and improved plan, by which
pupil ofordinary capacity, may obtain a cor-
rect knowledge of the principles ol the En-
glish language, by attending to the study there
of two hours in a day in six weeks. He would
be willing to teach a class of coloured persons,
either in the day or in the evening (as may sui;
their ^ convenience ;) and his terms will b>
such.^that no one desirous to learn will havi
cause to be dissatisfied with them.

. Persons wishing to avail themselves of it-.i--
opportunity o learning English Grammar wili
Uease to call upon tlu» Kev. B. Paul, No. 0,
"ork-treet, or the Rev. P. William's 6 L "

rosby-street, with whom also the names of
those who determine upon becoming pupi ls
Mr. Gold, will be left. Nov. 16, 1827.

ss&css

FRANCIS WILES,

KESPJEC 'i i 'CLLit inform* his Friends, and
the Public generally, that his HOUSE No.
i6sJ Uhuie^ aiftc, is *>Uiiopu» to. .i.t arcom-
motiaiion oi' genteel poison* of coioui, with

HOARDING & ijOUGitoG.

Grateful for past favours, he solicits a
continuance cf the :.ame. His houfce is in a
ueailiiy anu pleasant pan ot the citj ; anu no
pains or expense will be spared on hi . par-
to render tuc snuation of those who honour
him with Lheir patronage, as comfortable as
possible.

New- York, Sept. 1827. 20— 3m

E'vEMNG SCHOOL. 1 ~~
AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened on the 15th ol October
nest in the African School Room in Mulberry
street ; where wi!l be taught ■
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC*
ENGLisH URaMAlAR, GEOGRAPHY,
&c. Terms.— Three Dollars per quarter
payable iu advance! Hours from 6 io half
past 3 o'clock. Sept. 18. 28

ft EST,;
B. MERMIER. usLectfully
i'-nu.s, and the Publh- General! v 4 that he has

inarms his

opened a REFRESHMENT HOUSE, at
No. 42'2 Broadway: v't-ev? such as favour
dm. with their custom, may always -xj..«»rtto
he served with the choice; Liquors and Re-
freshments, at" the shortest notice.
New- York, Dec. 11, 1827.

Is. F„ HUGHES' SCHOOL,

For Coloured Children of bofh Sctcs-

Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready fo
the admission of Pupils.

In this school will be taught - READING.
WRITING, ARITHMETIC,

ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY
with the use of Maps and Globes, and History.
Term* from two to four dollars per quartcs
Reference. — Rev. Messrs. P. Williams, 8
, Cornish, B, Paul and W. Miller.
New- York, March 14. 1

SCHOOL NOTICE.

RATES OF ADVERTISING,
t or over 12 lines, and not exceeding
■1% 1st insertion, - - -
u Each repetition of do. - -
" 12 lines or under, 1st insertion,
11 -Each repetition of do. .
Proportional prices for advertisements
which exceed 22 lines.

N. B. 15 per cent deduction for persons ad-
vertising by the year; 12 for 6 months; and
h for i3 months.

Be cail'ed an " Old Maid" to the. do* s of thy j«>°re than thirty yearn) (here has never

* - - - - - - -■- 1 -* Ik. i — .^-i- _

life!—

J^bre sweetly eadearing— -nay, &r moire adorn

m, ■

Are the titles of" fiMthfoi, affectionate Wipe"

' ' ' E. .

an instance known to the trustees where a pupil
having received a regular education has been
convicted of any crime in our Courts of Justice.
By order of the Board of Trustees. .

PETER S. TITUS, '

THE « AFRICAN MUTUAL IN-
STRUCTION SOCIETY, tor the instruction
oj'feftloured Adults, of both Sexes," have h
opened their SCHOOL on Monday Evening
October 1st, at their former School Room, un-
der the Mariner's Church, in Roosevelt-stree»
The School will beopfen on every Monday
Wbuwbm'AV, and| Fridat Evenings; at half
pa»< .6 o'clock.

Those desicous of receiving instruction; will
be I aught to Read,' Writ e and Cypher, until
the fust of April, 'ISt&i' for the small so»u of
one dollar, to be paid oj| entering the school
/ 'An early apphcutionj is requested, as thv i
wjjll be no allpwance made for past time.
Aaivon iWoob,- ' < . James Mvebs, •
William P. Johnson,. ARwoLn Elzib
j|/M. Africanus, . ; Henry King.
-* .>■;■■• '."'Trustees,

' (Cobured' Men.) .
In Forest^stre^ fialHiibore, Manufacture al
kind! of iBmokuig and '€he wine TOB ACCO
Scotchi Rappe*, , ,and Maccabaii SNt'^F
Stoaiush, Half Spanish, and American SF

G>as: :

. B/ The aboVje jentlemeh have sent, u p
« lar^e ^ of theijr TOBAeC^ for Sale «r,d
should .j^i^.fjj/^nff)i§i$ stjtcceed, ihey can sup-
pijany quaotityof »ll the artjcUs.

Is published every FRIDAY, at No. 152
Church-street, New-York.

The price is Thuke Dollars a Year. v a y-
.'de half yearly in advance. If paid at the
:ime of subscribing, fy-Z fjO will be received

DCr No subscrijjiion will be received for a
less term than one year.

Agents v ho procure and pay for five sub
senbers, are entitled to a si.v.h copy r t p'irfis, for
one year. .

No paper discontinued until all arrearages
are paid, except at the discretion of the Kdi-
>r.

All Communications, (except those of
Agents) must be 2-osl paid.

SS
50
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AUTHORISED AGENTS.
Rev. S. F;..Cornish, General Agent.
Maine— C. .Stockbridge, Ksq. North Yar-
mouth. Mr. Reuben Ruby, Portland, Me:
. &dkacrmeU9.~$h. David Walker, Bos- _
;on; Rev "liomas Paul, do. — Mr. Jolm
Ren.onu v Salem.
Coiiiiealieut—Mv: Mra Shields, New-Haven .

Mr. Isaac C. Giasko. Norwich.
ii'hode-hhmd— Mn George O. Willis, Piovi-
ience. .

i tnnsyhavia—Mv. Francis .Webb, Phjlfidel-
phia;— Mr. Stephen Smith, Columbia

M r^iand.— Messrs. R: Cow ey & HI Grice»
Baltimore. 1 " , ".

i. of Columbia— Mr. .). W. Prout. Wash-
ington— Mr. Thomas Braddock, Alexanr
dria.

•ew-York.— Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Albany.—
Mr. R. P.W right, Schenecfady-^-Mr^ Austin
! Steward, Rochester— -Rev. W*. P. l^'ilHnwW^ t
- Flushing— Mr. George De Grass,e, ^r^ok-
•tyn, L. 1.— Mi 1 . Frederick Hollandi Bufialo^
etc- Jersey. ^-Mr. Theodore S. Wright
Princeton— Mr. James C. Cowes, New*'
Brunswick— Rev. B. F. Hughes, Newark
Mr. Leonard Scott, Trenton. v > >•

. ,'rgtflw— Mr. W. D, Baptist, Fredericks-
burg— Rev. R. Vau«han,{tiiclm)0iML Q

. YorMCeroi'tiu^Seth Henshaw, P. Mi Neif-
Solem, Mr., John C. Staaley, -Newbern—
Lewis Sheridan; ElMMttypw*

Enihmd-Mr. Samuej TboaMS, Liverpool

tta^-W. R. Gudiner, FofUn-Prmee.

THE MILITARY SKETCH BOOK. ■*

NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE.

"The people with which "Maria now
lived, were good crathurs, and as fond of
her as if she was their own. They insist-
ed upon us stopping with them, although
there was six soldiers more in the house.
A good room was provided for us, an' every
thing comfortable. Harry and Maria
made much o' their time ; but I was ob-
liged to go on the baggage-guard, so left
them to themselves. Next morning, at
day-light, we were all undther arms, and
marchedout o' the town towards 'Pun hete.
We were the rear-guard, and as we expect-
ed the advanced guard of the French up,
we were prepared to give them a good
morning ; the ba^ga^e was all on an hour
beforc.° Sure enough, the enemy hung on
our rare the whole day, and towards night
our company had a bit of a brush with *em.

" But I foi$8t to tell ya, that as we left
the town of Abrantes, in the dusk o' the
morning, and the' column was moving
down the hill, the mist was so thick I could
hardly see Harry, although so'close to my
elbow : but I heard him discoursing a lit-
tle with a Portuguese that walked beside
him. 1 When did you lave Maria,' says I.

* Hush man,' says he, ' she's here.'—' O,
by the Powers!' says I again, "-Harry,
my boy, you did right, for she'd be des-
troyed by these. thuudthering French beg-
aars.' — : For God's- ■sate-?-- myo Harry?
''then don't let on to mofcyal man any thing
about it; she can be with us until I can
get her down to her friends in Lisbon.' I
made no reply, but just put out my hand
to Maria, who was close \\6 Harry, an' I
shook hands with her. * O my honey !»
says I, * yquSttie as good a littJe soldier as
any in the division: ta|e a dthrop out o)
this canteen. Poor thitigj she smiled and:
seemed happy, altho^b we ha iap ^m^
prospects of an asy life of it, for a few ak^;
at last. She wouid'nt , taste the rum, fl#
coorse, but with the best humour in the;
world, pulled put a tin bottle and dthrahfca
little of its contents, which' I saw was only,
milk.

1 The mist began to rise above us by
this time, and the sun threw out a pleasant
bame or two, to warm us a bit ; for the
men were all chilly with l ike .djew. In a
very few minutes, the"walkiftg and the can-
teens produced a little more talisr albrig the
line o' march, and we seemed as merry as
as a hag o' flays, cracking our jokes all
along ; although a squa^thVon o' blue' bot-
tles was plain enough to, he seen on 'their
garrons, through the bushes on the top.p'
the hill . behind us ; but a divil q; roe they
daared aome down. Well ! we arrived at
Pun hete, about one o'clock,, and aftber
athing some beef, just killed and briied on
a wooden skewer ; and washing it down
with a canteen o' wine ; thedivision crossed
the river -Se hairy, an' encamped , *>n the
other side in green tents j that is good'
wholesome branches o'cork chesnut, olive,
and orange threes waiving purtily over pur
heads. Dy you remember the night,
tBrson ? Dy yotf : Redmond V

'Yes, faith ! we do,', say* Patterson ;-.

* and that- was the first $me I saw Maria,
though I then thought^he'was a boy.'

* Well, IM1 never fc?get^
as I live. These; we- were; ? «Wiy» 'ij w;
Maria, ana* myself, uadthei a,free> wjth a
raftonj Sre iUakinj^^m^r^^e^^W^

were 4feJfeep, and I ^t^euty qf ^^
striw^which; kalike ow, ffc^r* an^

up a good feed for [Mr, ah* stuck fclimty 6'
branches, into the bank over her, to keep
There she slept, poor sowl *

off the dje w. There she slept, poor] sowl !
while Harry, and I pat at the fire 5 , utttil. we
fell asleep, discoursing 1 6' <>rit th nfc or
other. We had some gratis an' bread,
an 1 athrifle o' wine which 1 got in the
town on the way (becaise jStad a look out
for a dthryday,) upon which; the. w)i6le ot
tis faisted well.

' When the girl fell asleep, Harr j towld
me all about her cdming nway with him.
Says he, 1 Tom, yoji're. rny only mend in
the regiment that I would ccinfide in, arid
if I' fall I request you will Mo' what'i right
for that poor dear girl, just tide same as a
sisther ' Don'^ talk about falling,'! says 1
'* till you're dead in earnest. Godj forbid
£a should ever lave 1 us without falling in
with a Jew score o' the French ajcound-
threls and giving thejm their godsend'

' ' Well/ says, ' Tom, tier's no ; know*
ing any of our fates,| so God 1 bless you, do
as I bid you.' (I shook his Hand, land it
Was in thrue . friendship too. I j didn't
spake ; but he Jcnew| what I meant.) ' She
has got most respectable. friends in Lisbon,
ahd here's the adthress — ' llua cft| fores
Lisboa.'' I took the paper, and pujt in up
in the inside bre'ist-pocket of my Jacket,
where I kept my will in case Iwas lettlcd;
fori had a thrifle whiohl wished mj moth-
er and sisther to getjin case of aciidentj
an' by my sowl, there was plenty of rason
to expect it, for the report ^was that the

' Tom,' says he, ' that sweet girl sleeping
there, is as dear to j me as my life ; an'
dejarer top; ; iMl take care of her,, plase
God, until t bring, heij to her friends/; now
that her father is dead and she's! an or-
phan,; slie shajl be to me only as a sisther,
until we get to Lisbon, an' then she shall'
be my wife. Therefore, stand ^y me,
Tom, in protecting her oh the march. In
the dthress she now Wears, she will pass as
a tmdeteer of our division, and hot rise
wotthfcr in.the men; We must say that
km mule was killed, an* that he is a good
fellow, we have taken a liking to-^if any
bddy asks^ about her. I took her away foi
the best : Jjecaisc she! was in danger ofley*
ery thing bad, and also a burthen,, to %hd
people she was with', at such a time
this. I swore oh thelHoly Evangelist, be-
fore the quid couple; that I would protect
bet to Lisbon inviolate, and I hope I'll
keep. my oath, Tom., If I break it, rpay
that burning log there watch my »'

Then,' says I, 'Tom, I'll dorfiy
if I don't mane to do it, may
light mine !' \

' In this way we talked over the night, 1
until the day broke. ! We' eould iusi
all spr ead undther ihe ? threes; the irri»i
snoring fast ^!.asleeil f an* the Writhes' j
in ftont Sefpre l^M^^^jiictfijl..
I spied, over on the twlohfatoi W.jjJMfy:
nalfia parter of a .nflfe, our pickets moving
in a, bit of a , hurry foth 1 about f ha(r
a dozen s^hpts ifrom.^ei^''8hQWe^V^.;^
ly ; what c»rt of a storm was begiDuing. TI
alarm Wis among us iin a min^ an'
one of us Sazed thp cowid 'irPnj^i*

'wal^en poor Maria 1 .'— 'Yes/ ; 'at#'
'G&tytyter,! wilU' Wkh tharfe
a^p .^jj^tEtt ^fite

ry close to, hira [ wh(
ig^r; f O sbe/wa^i

bottowdrte cokt,
andiMnd)
tever you are}"

From the Qenwk of : Viwertal Emancipation,
MINUTES, &c :

OF THE A^E^ICAN CONVENTION.

Common Council Chamber, ■
Philadelphia, Oct. S, 1827.

. Agreeably to notification, the following
Delegates to compose the 20th biennial
session of the American Convention for
prontotijag the Abolition of Slavery, &c.
met. ' ; Ni-: ; ;

• From JV«w- Fprft—Mahlon Day.

Pennsjtfvania-^Wm. JRawle, Jonas. Pres-
ton, Joseph M, Paul, Thomas Shipley, James
Jtfott, D. JPitul Brown, Joseph P. Norris, Jr.
Edwin P. J AtLee, Joseph Parker, Jesse W.
Newport '

' Western PenriMjlmnia—Dnrid Hilles.
Maryland--p*vft Brown.
Detawafe— Leit Pusey.
. Virginw»~Tloh(:Tt Bond.

The. nttttiber of ' Delegates prescribed by the
Constttutioikdftlie Convention, to forma quo-
rum, being! present, Wm. Itawle, Esqj. was
called to the 1 Chair, and E. P. Atlee acting as
Secretary.

' On motion, Thomas Shipley and Joseph
Parker we?*} appointed tellers for an . election
of Officers of the (Jonyention for two years.

After baUotingj the tellers reported the fol-
lowing as the result of the election, viz.
President, William Rawle, Esq. L. L. D,
Vice President, Daniel .Raymond, Esq.
Secretaries, E. P. AtLee, M. D. Mahlon

,^%w8wi»fe- Jona* Preston, M. D,

A comiiaunicntion from the New-York
Jtfanunussioh Society, . was . read ; also, one
from the Pennsylvania Societjr for Promoting
the" Abolition of Slavery, &c. one from the
jt'fee Labor Society of Wilmington ; one from
the Benevolent Society of Alexandria ; and
one^from Western Pennsylvania; from which,
it appears that the following are the Delegates
from the several Abolition, JWanumission, and
Free Produce societies in the United States,
now received.

Next-York Manumission Society. — Wm. L.
Stone, Esq. Aaron Leggett, Mahlon Day, Har.
vey Shotwell, Evan Lewis. .

took thei r seats,' viz;

From Maryland, Daniel? Raymond,* Esq,
William fedsey, Benjamm Londy.

Delaware, Samuel * 5. Grubb,-Eiq.

District of Columbia. J. C;.Daives, K.JI.
Neal. ■ .... ."'

Ohio, David ScbplfieW- .'

The fqllowing'cominiinicatibns Were rcceivell •'.
and read-rone £rpm -the -Salem Abolition and

eyS

' Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Ab-
olition of Slaverri. ifce.^— William Rawle, Esq..
Jonte PrestbnyM. D. Jos.M. Paul, Benjamin
Tttfckwi Thomas Shipley, Isaac Barton, James
Mott, Joseph: P. Korris, Jr. Esq. D. P. Brown,
E^/rfndEiPi At(ee r MD.

■i^Wtti Fmhsyfomia Convention of Delegates
'^ j2bj5W(^i^J^^M»ott Societies.T'Dh-
vid Hilles, ^ Rev. Charles .Wheeler, and John
Grahani. ■ r ■

FHe produce Society of Penmylvania.^Jo'
sepb timh, M. D. Joseph Parker, Esq. and
JeWerW. Newport •
ii; DtUmmre Free: Labour Society of Wihmng-
.jfm-~Bej>jaittin Webb, and Isaac Pierce. . .
Vwgirm (hnxtntionfoA'promoting.the. Abo-
K " %&miti^W&le,8. 'BJadenVJIenjaj.
'avter, Rpbe^^hd^w'ard Walkep,
ina^awiBett;;-/'' "- : : !
^mption, thelbllpyring;
a^dmmitteebf arr" J

the proper bttiintk of tha i
bprt to the next si(ting^Tlnni»

>Tke

'PlMtQO,^.!

; fttker,N«Wpe«,«>AB»L

ity of Wailiingioh, D C»*ene' fiWw the »a6-t
slavery cbhventioh of Jtfaiyla«3; and^one fro|r»f
the Virginia contention. , n . , ;

Agreeably to the resoljitionadopted last ten-
sion, the following gentlemen, were, after tek
lere were appointed and.an ^ efecrlon had, ; de*
clared to be chosen.as counsellors to ibe^eoni-
vention : ". [ ". '■ Ai:v -- ■■ .

Peter A. Jay, Esq of New- York.
Horace'Binney, Esq LL D of Philadelphia. ,
' Daniel Raymond,' Esq: 6f Baltimore.
The minutes of the acting committee'of the

Convention, were read and accepted.
The report, in part, as follows, of the corn*
mittee of-arrangementj was produced, accept*
ed and ordei'ed.to lie on the table for the pres-
ent, '

TO THE AMERICAN CONVENTION.

The Committee of arrangement respectful-
ly report in part, that on examining the miri^'
utes of the ; a'd|burneci ; . session^' tiiejr-.nnd.; the
following items of uhlJnished business. ' ' ;'

1st Page 42 of the Minutes'-twp resolutions
referred to the. convention, hr the following
words:

Resolved) That this convention, would highk
ly approve of the appropriation of an adequate
portion 'Of the public revenue of the United
SStates, for the volnntary rcnaovid .^fjimcli.
slaves as ^ay.hereaftejr be emancipated to any
country, which they may select fortheir future
residence. "

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to.
draft a memorial to congress, expressive of the
sentiments contained ;in the foregoing a^olu-
tion.

2d. Page 43. The following resolul ion J)rt^
posed by Isaac Barton, and referred to a com-
mittee consisting of Solomon Temple, Thomas
Earle, Jonas Preston, W. L. Ston^W. Gib- .
bons. ... ' "

Resolved, That a committee of five membci*s
be appointed to prepare rules for the govern-
ment of the 'deliberations of fhi»„ convention^
and report to its next session. . , ";

3d.. Page 48,- ' Amendments oi'the constii'tV
tion. • ; . ' > /.

On a careful examination of the several a«U
dresses to this convention, and of the business
Which ought to claim its attenUop ^f^e pres>
ent session,' your committee'recp^iuneig^ the
adoptioh* of the fbllowing resblififona

1 . Resolved, ■ Thai z w^\ti?e$i, appoint-
ed to draft an address to the state legislatures
of the ; non^averl^pj^ing states, praying /hem
to -use their influenc^. witb tw
in congress, to prpjrnote the aboMoki of sfavef y
in the district of Columbia, : ! ? v 5

) 2. Resolve^,, That this ebnyen^ori^cb^sider
the formation, of anti-slavery iss^atitijtej par-
ticularly in the slave Holding' s^^;; ie a* most
efficient means to premote th<e abolition ,of sla-
very^ "and'<kV recommend thivsubject. itb the
particular attention of the acting coj^h>«.

S. Riibidedi That a conunittel li f^nte^
to take into consideration the propriety of ^ub-
mitritt| to the: censukrat ion of their ,Cp^1 the
Mowing question t Cani a .m^pC^p,
Btatea, c«MiMently with the,^p|^u^(Hi; be
ide^^.tj^.b^^

w*', WW? r; ::o • \ {■;>■;■ , t t . ■;, * I, \'\
\ 4. Resohed, Thata coinnn^eefe
: tad to$a£ •nad^sto
States, 6n the importance oTN

)^^^ftopi^.«^^M>0M^n..
Xfo wni« tteasofct ate hece«m t?b* taken
;^^^at^o/^4&^d«ve

' X^um. .toxil : ; ■ MHuryr;; ,,,,

1 IH

I

tytde, and to |»rotccyfcec pewon* of colour
from being kidnapped' and<#fcethcr Aiiy reg-
ulation n.igfctbe udafffced to prevent their be-

>n£ carried off in steam boats, stage*, and
coasting vessels.

7. Resolved, That the subject of free and
flave l»bour, and the propriety of further en-
couraging the use of productions not contami-
n;rted byslaverv, be referred to a committee.

9. Resolved." That the subject of preparing
;md proposing a plan for the gradual abolition
of slaverv, bo considered by the convention in
.ommftrce of the whole.

Respectfully submitted,
THOS. SHIPLEY, Chairman.

lOmoi 3d, 1317.

On motion jf Wm. Kelsey, that the first
ifem of said committee be now considered
it was carried

A motion having been made, that a com
mittee be appointed to draft a memorial to
congress, in accordance with the resolution
;rtta£hed to the first item of the report of
the committee of arrangement, and the
object having been pafeially discussed.
* It was ordered to lie on the table for the

^NcTreport, having been made by the
committee chosen at the last session to
yerform the duties brought forward in the*
second item of the committee of arrange-

Oji motion of Robert Bond, the follow-
ing were chosen a committee to frame by-
Jaws, rules, &c. for the government of this
convention, and report to this session—
Robert Bond, Isaac Barton, and James

The third item of the committee being
oansidered,

On motion of D. Raymond, that the res-
olution offered by John Allen, at the last
^ssion, be indefinitely" postponed, it was
-carried: _ . _ . , k

The resolution of T. Earle, offered last
session, was postponed till to-morrow.

On motion of T. Shipley, that an addi-
tion be made to the committee of arrange^
ment, it was adopted, and Daniel Raymond
£>avid Scholfield, and Jesse W. Newport
ere" appointed.

The fourth item of the committee of ar-
rangement being brought up,'

It was moved that the first part be adop-
ted, and after some discussion, deterred,
till this afternoon.

djourned to '3 o'clock, P. M.
J ' 3 o'clock, M.

Convention met. B. Raymond, V P in

'^P^sent, Messrs. Leggett, Day, Preston,
Paul Tucker, Shipley, Barton, Mott, At-
lee, Hilles, Pierce, Pusey, Parker New-
port, Bond, Grubb, Raymond, Kelsey ;
/.undy, Scholfield, Dawes, Neal. }
A communication from Greensboro,
? \orth Carolina, was received and read,
and submitted, with the rest of the com-
munieations to this convention, to the corn,
mittee of arrangement. .

The first tesolution offered by the com-
mittee of arrangement, viz :

Resolved, That a committee be appoint-
ed to draft an address to the state legisla-
ture of the non-slaveholding states, pray-
jno- them to use their influence with- their
representatives in congress, to promote the
abolition of slavery in the district oi Co-
lumbia— being considered, it was, on mo-
tion, indefinitely postponed.

The second resolution of the committee
of arrangement, viz : '

Resolved, That this convention consid
ei the formation of anti-slavery associations,
particularly in the slaveholding states, as a
most efficient means to promote the abo-
lition of slavery, and to recommend the
subject to the particular attention of the
acting committee, being considered, was
adopted. .
The third resolution of the committee,

amraiu*& viz
le be appoint*
^bi^zciit of the
iiiice pfeeduca

viz : . • .

Resolved, That a committee be appoint
ed to take into consideration the propriety
Of submitting to the consideration of their
counsel, the following question, viz. ; Can
a resident of the United States, consistent-
v with the Constitution, be denied the

La by i"*y, >f claimed M a {{ ^ me

J-^ Sorted, -and the following coi^tv
^eTppSd viz : Tbos. «^**
ITatn JKelsey, Jam% Mott, and Robert

Bon4,

, ■ T^ c fbnrUi&esoMion of
<Itis»ivcd0hft$ cfrumj
edjb'dratt ittlad^eaji to tff

XI nited States, on *fie%ipoL T

ting the children of indigent free prions

of colour.-^A d PP te ^' fol ! owm g ls

the committee^ " tea Pusey, '}. MahMrt; l>ay ,
Isaac Barton.! ' \

^The consideration of the 5th resolution,
offered by the committee ofj arrangement
was, on motion, deferred un'til to-morrow.

The following resolution offered by B.
Lundy, was adopted,

Resolved, That a committee be appoint-
ed to prepare an address to the several ab-
olition and manumission societies in the
United States, requesting them to have me-
morials signed /by as many cif the citizens
of their vicinity as practicable, and for-
warded to Congress, praying the abolition
of slavery in the JDistrict of Columbia —
and the following is the committee— Ben-
jamin Lundy. D. P. Brown, Samuel S.
Grubb, Joseph Parker, Jos. C. Dawes.

The following resolution offered by Wil-
liam Kesley, was read .

Resolved, That the friends of abolition
be, and they are hereby requested to me*
moralize the legislature of their respective
states, calling upon them to request the;
Representatives and Senators of their sev- :
cral states, in : Congress to endeavor to ob-
tain the passage of an act, declaring, that
after a given date, not far . distant, all per-
sons born in the district of Columbia, shall
be free at a certain age. Laid on the ta*
ble.

On motion of B. Tucker, That the res-
olution in conclusion. of the second para-
graph, of the first item, reported by] the
committee of arrangement as unfinished
business, and presented by T. Earl^, at
the last session of convention, viz : vj

Resolved, That a commitiee be appbint^
ed to draft a memorial to Congress, exr
pressive of the sentiments contained in the
foregoing resolution, be indefinitely [josti
poned. It was carried. ... r

Adjourned to to-morrow morning ajt l\f
o clock. ■ 1 ;

Oct. 4th, 10 o'clock, A. H.
Convention met, Wm. Rawle, psrj.
President, in the Chair. j j

Present—Messrs. Day, Rawle, Preiton
Paul, Shipley, Barton, Mott, J. P., Nc rns,
Jun. D. P. Brown, AtLee, Pierce, Pi|sey
Parker, Newport, Bond, Grubb, Raymond
Kelsey,. Lundy, D. Brown, Scholjielu 1
Dawes, and Neil. * j

The following resolution was offered by
B. Lundy :

Resolved, That a committee be appoint-
ed to make enquiry and report to thejnext
session, what experiments have been here-
tofore made, arid are now making or^4he
American continent and islands, in rela-
tion to the cultivation of the products
of cotton, rice, sugar, tobacco, &c.
by free labour,' or by slaves whose
condition has been so meliorated as t) ap-
proach the condition of freemen, shewing
what is the relative advantages bet veen
free and slave labor. Which being adopt-
ed-— Benjamin Lundy, Thomas Shipley,
Joseph Parker, William Kelsey, anc Da-
vid Scholfield, were constituted such |com-
mittee.

The committee appointed /to prepare
by-laws, rules, &c. for the government, of
the convention, made their report, vdiich
being read, was adopted.

The committee of arrangement, &c
made the following final report.

To the American Convention.
The committee of arrangement,
Report in conclusion, that on examin-
ing the addresses last submitted to hem,
they find the following subjects require the
attention of the! Convention, and recom-
mend the adoption of the following risolu-

U °Sth Resolved; Thai a Committee 1 * ap-
pointed to consider ofi and report, wlether
any measures ought now to be adopted, to
meliorate the cdriditfcn of the slave pop*,
lation, particularly in respect to tJi< rela-
tion of batl>an4 and wife, and the separa-
tion of Mjr connexions,; by sale, j- v.

appointed to examine and report the
next Beflsion, what amendinems are neces-

sary in Uie laws of the several states more ing to claim him, he was, according to law

^rTectQalfi to ri^M^t .ihju dgiitli- pf free per- pat.up at pubHc auc ipn A for the payment of

- — -* *l fa t ] loir his jaU f<^k andl sold at-a. slave for Wl He

• .• _ xvasi DiirrliasAdbv a k1»v* ttaflfr wLi «r«« i»t

gonapf ^ourjjfPjrticuiariy to ren_,. ....
testimony admTssihle in f&tirts of justico.
>■ ' / On behalf of the Committee,

THOMAS SHIPLEY, Chairman.
ia mo,4th, lfe ' '
The fifth resolution offered by the Com-'
mittee of Arran^mehtjipbsiponed until to
day, being brought forward again, was
largely discussed) but amotion being made
for postponing the subject for further con-
sideration this afternoon,— and having car-
ried. : '
Adjourned to 3 o'clock, P. M.

8 o'clock, P. M.
Convention met, William Rawle, Esq.
President, in the Chair.

Present,— Messrs. Day, Rawle, Preston,
Paul, Tucker, Shipley, Barton, Mott, J. P.
Norris, Jr. D. P. Brown, AtLee, Hilles,
Webb, Pierce, Pusey, Parker,. Newport,
Bond, Kesley, Lundy, Scholfield, Dawes,
and! Neal. .
• The following preamble and reso ution
offered by D: P„ Brown, was read and
adopted,— viz. . '

Whereas, Geo. M. Stroud, Esq. of the
City of Philadelphia, has issued proposals,
to publish a work cmtitled, a Sketch of the
■laws which relates to slavery. m the sever-
al states of the United States of America
—and whereas, a work ot this kind has
long been a desideratum with the societies
49 . ii- .L:., nnn «ontmn — Therefore

»i»o jom , ivy» a***-; «*f p wr i

was purchased by a slav* trader, who wa» not
requn-ed to give security for hit remainitig in
the district, and he was soon after shipi cd" at
Alexandi ia for one of the southern states. An
attempt was made to benevolent individuals to
have the sale postponed, until bis claim to
freedom could be investigated ; but tbeir ef-
forts were unavailing, and thus was a human
being sold into perpetual bondage ai the- Cap-
ital' of the freest Government on earth, without
ever/ a pretence of trial or an allegation of
crime.

We blush for our country while we wflate
this disgtaceful transaction, and we would fain
conceal it from the world, did not its very en-
ormity inspire us with the .hope that k will-
rouse the philanthropist and the patriot to ex-
ertion. We have no hesitatipn in believing,
your honourable' body never intended, that this
odious law should be enforced it was adopt-
ed with the old Code of Maryland, from which
we believe, it has never been expHihged since
this district was ceded to the general govern*
ment:

Tub fact of its having been so recently etc*
cuted, shows the necessity of this subject beiHg
investigated by a power, which we confidently,
hope will be ready to correct it. '

We are awure of the difficulties that would
attend any attempt to relieve us from these
grievances by a sudden emancipation of . the
slaves in this district, and we would therefore,
be far from recommending so rash a measure.
But the course pursued by many of the states
of this confederacy, that have happily sruccced-
inxr h*™ a desideratum witntne societies ed in relieving themselves from a similar burden
^^W^^^^^^ together with the bright example, which has
repreaentea in wi» a „ t ; n _ rCimm ittee be been set us by the South American Republics
.Resolved., Th^tl 1 ®.^^™™^ proves, most conclusively, that a course f
authorised to subscribe on the part oi imt, ^ dual emancipation, to' commence at- some
Convention for fifty copies ot that worn lixed periodi andto take effect only upon those
when it shall be completed— -provided it w ] 10 may hereafter be born or removed into

i ij' ««. *5i^iV •irinrnhjlt'Oil. > tUi* Aistmnr m'\(ri-t h:- mirsi'w!: toifh'r.nt ff^tM-

should meet their approbation
(To be continued.)

[From the Georgetown Columbian.]
To the Honourable the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United StatesofAme-

rifca, in Congress assemble^:
We, the undersigned, citiiens of the coun-
ties of Washington and Alexandria, in the dis-
trict of .Columbia, beg leave to call the atten-
tion of your honourable body to an evil ot seri-
ous magnitude, which greatly •-impairs the
prosperity and happiness of -this district, and
casts the reproach of inconsistency upon the
free institutions established among us.

While the laws of the United States de
nounce the Foreign Slave Trade as piracy,
and punish with death, those who are found
en^nged in its perpetration ; there exists, in the
district, the seat of the National Government,
a domestic slave trade scarcely less disgrace-
ful in its character, and even more demorali-
zing in its influence.. For this is not like the
former earned on against a barbarous nation ;
its victims are reared up among the people of
this country, educated in the precepts of the
same religion, »nd imbibed with similar do-
mestic/attachments. .

TheW people are without their consent,
torn froin their homes ; husband and wife _are
frequently separated, and I sold ; into d sbint
parts; children are taken trom their parents
without regard to the ties of nature: and tae

>yiiu may hereafter be born or removed into 1 -
tlio district, migbt bo pursued, \wthcut detri-
ment to the present proprietors,, and would-
greatly redound to -4he 4>vosperity> and lion'om-
of our countr)'.

The existence among us of a-? disi met. class s
of people, who by their condition as slaves,, are
deprived of almost every incentive to /virtue-
and industry, and s^it out fxQm many of Jlif;-
sources of light and knowledge, ha s an evident
tendency to corrupt the" morals of thfr people,
and to dampt the spirit of enterprise, by accus-
toming the rising generation to loo^j with con-
tempt • upon honest labor, and. to depend for.
support, too m\ich\ipon the 'labor of other?..
It prevents, a useful and indtfstriov« class of
people from settling amogg us, by rendering
the means of subsistence more precarious 1 to";
the labouring class of whites. .

It diminishes the resources of the commu-
nity, by throwing the earnings of the p<ior into
the coffers of the rich ; thus rendering tr.e for-
mer dependent; servile and improvident;-
while the latter are tempted to become, in the
same proportion luxurious and prodigal.

That these disastrous results flow from the.
existence of slavery among us, is sufficient^
conspicuous, when we contrast the . languish-
ing condition of this district, and the surrounds
ing country, with the prosperity of those parts'
of the union which are fcss favored in point of
climate and locatibn, but blessed with a free
industrious population.
We would, therefore, respectfully pray that

; P Jthnnt regard to the ties ot nature : ana uie wbwouw, uktcwio, iwjieuiuujf

bonds of affection are broken these grievances may claim the attention ol
most endearing bonds oi ane ! your honorable body, and that a law of Con-

Noris this traffic confined to those whoare ; gress may be enacted, declaring, that all chil-
l^ttlSmra for life. Some who are entitled dren of slaVfes, born in the district of Columbia
o g free^ wht > haTe a limited time after the 4th day of July, 1828 shall be free

oserve ar'e ^sold into unconditional slavery, ; at the age of -36,yean . :■ and thatthose laws
'?na^^ to '^lecteeBS of our laws, they : which ftuthorizfe the selling of supposed runa-
«re ff enerallv carried out of the district before \ ways, for their prison fees or maintenance,
the Secessary steps can be taken for their fe- may be repealed.

lease. . ; And also Mhat laws may be enacted to pre-

We behold these scenes continually .taking vent slaves from being removed into this pis-
nlace among us, and lament our inability to tr i ct) 0 j. brought in for sale, bire, or . transpor-
nt*vent them. The people of this district have tation . yfithwt, however, preventing Jtfem-
Withiri themselves ho means of; legislative re- bers of Congress resident grangers, ortraret-
S - arid we, therefore appeal to your hbn- i ere , from Bringing and taking away With,
ourable body, as the only one invested by the them their domestic servants.
American Constitution with the power to re-'
lieveus. . . •-. ' *

•Noriiitortt^^^^*^^ 1 -- Vmom of the Rattlesnake. ''A-genUe*-
L -l— hv anv thine at present oiiv .with the same knife used on tne oc^

L alaring injustice by any thing at present al , y with the same knife used on the^oc-
ta^rn among t^e governments of Christen- and which had ever

dom. Ail instance of .-the operation ofthese ; time ibeeh j^nrt the iside of the M^n»
H^wlikhocca^ summer, w6unded h fe leg sllffhtfy. In, * ^J^J

we .Wfll bntAj relate.^ • ■ ■-■ ■-— * ■ ■ • - - A "

^«,Tv,r 7 78 WOUmitJU 1119 R3g BMK»*»J' --5 - . .f i.

City. He Was adi ertised/hutno on« appear- ; proved successful— Mofnh Cm. X* ,

KOTICJE.

At a large meeting of Females of Co-
lour, Ministers of the differeut coloured
Churches in this city, and Members of the
Manumisaion Society, convened at the So-
ciety's School Room, Mulberry-street, on
Wednesday evening the 23d January^ to
take into consideration the subject of form-
ing a Fragment. Society ; the Rev. PE-
TER WILLIAM'S was called to the
Chair, and Jno. B. Russwuum, appointed
Secretary.

The object of the meeting having been
stated by the Chairman, and the following
Constitution (prepared expressly by Mr.
Andrews,-fbx.-the new Society) read by the
Secretary ; the meeting was addressed by
Messrs. Andrews, Hatch, Hale, and Todd,
all highly approving the contemplated ob~
ject, and urging the immediate formation
of a Society to carry its benevolent plans
into operation. Therefore,.

Resolved, That this meeting accept the
whole ! ofthe following articles as the Con-
stitution for the new Society.

Restrfved, That the Chairman nomin-
ate persons to take down the names of all
who feel desirous of joining the new Soci-
ety.— Messrs. Cornish, Quin, Jordan, and
Russwurm, were appointed.

Resolved, That this meeting adjourn till
next Wednesday Evening, the 30th inst.
to meet again at the same place.

^oirstftutCott :

1st. That, whereas, an unusual number
of children belonging to the African Free
Schools under the care of the Manumission
Society from various causes, absent them-
selves from school, and, as we have reason
to believe, that such absence in numerous
instances, is owing to want of suitable
clothing; We, whose names are- hereun-
to subscribed, do agree to form ourselves
into an association ibr the purpose of pro-
curing donations in clothing, &c. both for
motes- ami females of the .said schools^ to
furnish them to such children as may need
supply.

^~d. That this Association bo called,
The African Dorcas Association; and
. that its objects shall be to afford relief in
clothing, hats, and shoes, as far as. our
means may enable us, to such children
regularly atsend the schools belonging to
the Manumission Society, and to such oth-
ers as a committee to be appointed, as ad-
visers, may from time, recommend.

3d. That a committee, consisting of the
Minister of each African Church ° in this
city, shall be considered an advising, com-
mittee. They shall be requested toper-
form the following duties.

Manageri to, preside at their ineetings ahd veducatil
at the m^etjings of the Assoc atton, or alio *
shall have power to appoint any one of the
advising ^mmittee to presidt in her place,
at such meeting. The Boai d of Maria*
gers shall also appoint one < f their num-
ber, Treasurer, for one year, at this same
meeting, who shall have charge of the cash
concerns, of the Association, and shall be
assisted in the performance of her duties
by any of the advising comnittee, whom
they may; appoint.

tijwi; They have, therefore, detetmined
to ask the aid of the public, iri founding a
school lor coloured children, on the plan of
their present establishment. It is nb't their in-
tention to appropriate any part of the fuuds
now in their hands, to this object, but they
wish to obtain, from the benevolence of their
fellow citizens, the means of accomplishing
the proposed undertaking. A committee / has
been appointed to carry into effect the design of
the managers,^br which purpose subscriptions

42

7th. AH clothing, for distribution shall | and donations will be received by the -follow-

1st, To arrange all our stated meetings,
and keep all necessary records and minutes
in books to be provided by this Associa-
tion for that purpose.

2d. They shall be authorized to receive
all donatljns either in money or clothing
for distribution, accounting therefor to rhe
Treasurer of the Association every three
months.

3d. They shall provide a suitable place
of deposit of clothing, and for our stated
meetings, giving due notice of the latter
in the respective Churches. They shall
he authorized to make By-Laws for their
own government, as experience may dic-
tate.

4th. The stated meetings of this Associ-
ation shall be semi-annually, that is, in
September and March, on such day as the
advising committee shall agree on.

5th. All contributions of money, shall,
after defraying incidental expenses of the
Association, be expended for. hats, shoes,
&c. for distribution, and no money shall at
anytime be expended in any other way
than to provide hats, shoes, and clothing,
except according to the provision made by
this article.

be properly adjusted, repaired, made tip or
altered, under the superintenjdance orf this
Board, and all distributions shall be under
their direction, conformably jwith the se-
cond article.

8th. We individually consider ita great
blessing for our children, and those of our
friends of Colour, to enjoy tile advantages
of a good education, and that lit is our duty
to use every proper means in )ur power, to
promote a regular attendance at school, so
that the rising generation amongst us, may
freely participate in the gOod which their
and our benefactors are so libi srally tender-
ing them. i

9th. Every person, on beco ning a. mem-
ber of this Association, shall pay into the
hands of the Treasurer, or t< > any one of
the advising committee, twelvi and an half
cents, and twenty-five cents, at eveif se-
mi-annual meeting.

lOthv Every Female of Colcwr of a good
moral character complying or agreeing
to comply with the requi ements of
the 9th article, shall be c onsidered {
member of this Association.

It was also agreed, that until the con
templated meeting in March pext, the af-
fairs of this Association, sh;ijl be nomina-
ted by the .Ministers present, and that they
be requestrcf to enter upon. t!h jit duty forth-
with. I

Agreed jilso, that in conformity with
the 3d article of the Constitution, the. fol-
lowing name* 1 persons, be, ai^'d hereby ac-
knowledged h v.. this Association as their
Aduaing Comrnattce, that is t<j> say-
William Miller r Christopher Rush, Sam-
uel Todd, 1 William Q-uinn, Peter Williaiqs,
Benjamin Paul, Sajnue! E. Cdrnish.

At the annual meeting of tlie New-York
Manumission Society, the foBowing named
members were duly elected its oi&cers for- the
year 1328. '[

Cadwaliader D. Colden, President;
George Newbold, 1st Vice-president.
Peter A. Jay, 2d Vice-president.
Robert C. Cornell, Treasurer.
Thomas Hale, Secretary.
Richard Mott, Jun. Assistant S
Matthew Hale, Register,
Barney Corse, Chairman, Ira (it.
Secretary, of Standing Committe< .

Micftael JVI. Titus, Chairman, Lichard Field
Secretary, Board of Trustees, of African
Schools.

Joseph Curtiss, Chairman, William L.

ing ladies-
Mrs. Thomas Latimer, No. Z10, Arch-street
Mrs -Robert Vanx, No 346 Arch-street
Mrs Samuel Moore,$No 183 Pine-street
Mrs Pearsall, No 218 Arch-street.
.Miss Engles, No. 222 Pine-street/
MissCitte'ra, No. 140 Walnut-street.
Miss Davidson, Noi 268 Walnut-street.

[Poulson's Phila. D. Adv.

PREEDOAl'S JOURNAL,,

JSTeW-YORK, FEBRUARY, 1,1828.

Secretary.
Underbill,

Slavery in the District of Columbia.
We invite the attention of our readers to the
petition of the citizens of the counties of Wash-
ington and Alexandria, in the District of Co-
lumbia, upon the subject of the * Domestic
Slave Trj.de, carried on within their borders.
Their arguments for its abolition are unan
swerable, and must carry convicton to the
minds of all unprejudiced persons. Slavery is
certainly disgraceful in any part of the Union
but more particularly within the limits of the
District of Columbia, under the immediate no-
tice of Congress, and Ministers from the dif-
ferent governments of Europe. May not the
latter exclaim with propriety, upon viewing
the revolting scenes which daily present them-
selves, that all our- boastings of liberty and
equally are mere mockeries.

Nothing ever affords us more pleasure, than
to find our friends active in the cause of op-
pressed humanity; and in no part of the Un-
ion, have we been more anxious that an effort
should be made, than in the District of Column
bia. 1

Slavery is acknowledged to be an evil, even
by Slaveholders themselves ; but yet they
pertinaciously hold what they must sooner or
later surrender, willingly or unwillingly.

Summary

Legacy—The report in circulation that the
late Mr, Boylston left four hundred thousand
dollars to the President of the United States, is

contradicted in the Boston papers. Wound

—Mr. Ruggles of Worcester county, inventor
of the patent percussion pistol, lately received
adreadf ul wound from the accidental discharge
of one of those formidable weapons. Do-
mestic manufactures.— The brig Gang**, about
Stone, Secretary, of Committee of Correspond- 1 to sau * from Baltimore for the Pacific, has a
ence. cargo of abnut 800 bales of domestic cotton

6th. Twenty-one members of this Asso-
cjatidn, to be annually chosen in , March,
from a ticket of nomination, agreed, upoii
by the advising committee, shall form a
IJoard «f Managers, who shall at their first
Jiweting in every year, appoint a First

Joseph Codies, Chairman, William C.
White, Secretary, of Committee of Ways and
Means.

Cadwallader D. Colden, Benjamin Clark,
Peter Augustus Jay, Charles Walker, Joseph
Blunt, William Paxton Hallett, jlra Chsbe,
John Saialley, ! Counsellors.

, THOMAS HALE/ Secretary.

[N. York Dpily Adv.

COMMUNICATION.
The Infant school lately establii bed in this
city, having proved a very useful institution,
and having given great satisfaction both to the
parents qf the pupils, and the era* mm gener-
ally, who » have witnessed its op« ration, the
managers are desirous to extend t ic benefits
of the system, to a portion of the joiwnunity
less favoured, in many respects, th in those at
present enjoying; its advantages, and particular-
ly standing j» need of. opportonitift i' for early

goods, chiefly of Baltimore manufacture, valu-
ed at 100,000 dollars liobbery.—k house

on the public road to Hackensack, N. J. was
lately entered by a person who accidentally
set a bed on fire, which caused a general
alarm.— He escaped after throwing an axe at a
female, but: without doing any injury. It is
said that the robber was a female, disguised in
men's apparel, and had formerly been an in-
mate in thd k^y.-—AUemfiatmurder.—
A diabolical attanggrt was made on the evening
of the 3d inst. to murder the Rev, Jason La*
throp, of the village of Newport, Herkimer
county, N. Y.— S«ie«fc.— Phineas Hellish,
was found drowned at the bottom of May ' 5
wharf, Charleston^. C. on the 3d inst. When
taken out of the wfteft he had his hands tied
to fourteenijK>iwd Weight which was suspend-
ed before him, tied up in a white handkerchief.
JV«u»: Qiftr-K culprit by the name of Sawyer!
upon being sentenced to the Pemteatiary fir
eighteen *6»tfes by the Recorder; *few«Jaj*

since, dryly thanked.him for his J\'cw-Ve*k'*

f?#.— to'^

and son, convict ata-Jate CW^w ^aH^ v
borough, S C. of (he murder of captain jpjfc/
tcr, were hung in thetplacc.on (he 4th tost.--
Mto Passagfi+A-Mw passage around tar. e
Florida through.the harbour of Key W«*i
been discovered, by which vessels drawing u"
more than twelve feet water may pass from
Atlantic to the gulf of Mexico, without expo-
sure to the dangerf and delay insident to the

route, by the Tortugas LihrrdUy-Th,

Ireasurer of the Greek Fund inj Boston, a,
knowledgqs the receipt of sixty dollars from the
Ladies Sewing Circle of that city— -Sad „i?<>
cident—A. mournful event occurred at a wed-
ding lately near Centreville, M D. One'of
the groomsmen was shot dead by one of the
company with a pistol which was not known
to be loaded.- — -Remale Masohs^-The Fred-
erick Mil. Advertiser, announces that on Wed-
nesday last, a Mrs. Chalmers intended to de- '
liver a Masonic Oration' composed by 'herself-
and besides all this,' the lady promises " to
disclose the whole secrets of masonry."-—!.
NewlPubUcalion.— Proposals are in circula-
tion for anew periodical worktop be entitfed
"The Repository and Christian Review,',
and conducted by Irah Chase "and NVH. Ri>
ley, Professors of Newton Theological lnstitu-
Hon; — -New College-The King of England
has granted a charter to establish a college a i;
York, Upper Canada, to be called King's Col-
lege. Sir PcregrineMaitiand to be chancellor
Archdeacon Stachan President, and the Bishop'

of Quebec, Visitor Convicts-The cost of

supporting a convict at Cbarestown state pri- .
son,, is 94 dollars and 3G cents ; at Concord,
N H. 64 dollars 29 cents ; and at Auburn, x!
Y. 60 dollars 26 cents— -DrowneA-A lad
named Harrison, son of Mr. William BennC
of Shoreham Vt. aged about 13,-was drqwjieri •
in Lake Champlain on the 13th inst. He drot- *
,ped through the ice near Larabees's point— -
■Jail breaking.— On the Sth inst; eight of ih:
fifteen criminals confined in the county jail ia
Pittsburgh made their escape. Six of tbeir
liave been apprehended and again committor*
to prison. — -Alabama— Since the late fire b
Mobile, ninety three bouses have been buih

and fifteen are now going up.-- Fire— :On

the Hth ult. the leather factory of Messrs. Dar
and Gillum, in C'aUskilI,was burnt down—lo-,
estimated at. 7000 dollars'.— -Good subscriber
A conscientious subscriber to iSouthern paucv
says the best way to read a paper mth a cic:- r

conscience, is to pay foritira advance. Da

elling— The committee of the Legislature on
this subject, have introduced a bill declaring
the killing of a person in a duel, murder /.send-
ing a challenge, a high misdemeanor, punisha-
ble by 14 years in the state prison, seconds and
surgedns to be fined 1,000 dollars, disfranchis-
ed, and" to give security for good behaviour— —
Fire— The house of John Welling;- near Itha.
ca, was destroyed by fire on the evening of tht:
9th instant, and three of his children were con:
suraed in the flames. The eldest, a girl of 1 1
years, was rescued from tfie fire, but survived
Only afew hours^ The parents were on a visit
about 3-4 of a mile distant^-- — Racing— A
man named Seton, was thrown from his horse,
while running a race near Eastoo, Penn. last
week, and almost instantly killed.

The Managers pf the African I>ok-
cas Association, are hereby notified to
attend a meeting on Monday Evening
next, at 7 o'ciock.at No. 96 Christie street.

February 1-185281

TO CORRESPONDENTS,
Haytien Tale, by S. is unavoidably deierW
till our next, for want of roons. We adenmr-
ledgeithe reee^ of lefasfrm Car&sk, Pern.
JVbrwkhjCoim; Safem, MMsf/trii PhUadelpMa

(fjTJN* bop© our Agents in different
,pwts ; have 'nbjt • Ibtgotten 'the'. interests of
th+3*^,^ ' .

duced into a circle of youifg r Iad»es a^en-
S ~ n If the west after .t^ usual compliment

POETRY.

tfEW ESTABLISHMENT,

llo, 42a Broadway; where such as fcavour
him with tnete custom, may always expec(;to
bfserved with the choices Liquors and Re-
freshmehts, atthe ^ortestMtice.
New-Yoi;k,Dec. U, 1827.

AFRICAN FREE SCHOOL.

NOTICE. rPirehts and Guardians of

Coloured Cludren* are hereby informed ); tb*t a
Male and Female Scheoj has long been estab-
lished for coloured children, by the Manmnis-
sion Society of this city—where the pupils re-

FoR THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.

Linns to a Sister, on the death of her Infakt.

Nature's great debt is paid her spirit's

ited, .
Thy playful Mary's numbered with tue

dead : .

Why starts that tear? why, sister, why re-
pine ? ,

Why murmur at thy Master's will divine .'.

« She sip'd but lightlyof life's bitter cup.
Refused to driak the unsavory portion up,"
With resignation calm, she tura'd aside,

Ousted with the nauseous taste and

died.

She's gone '.-but whither? to her God
above !

She's flown to mansions of eternal love, - :
She's chang'd this world of vanity and night,
Far those of endless pleasure and delight.

t0 ^ 5& <K tothe
^KoffiSnLhyi The consequence

termination always to say be easy a
Frenchman.

Dear Sister, dry thy tear bedewed eyes,
Suppress thy fruitless bosom-rending sighs.

Let from thy heart, unholiness be driven,

Then thou shalt meet thy lovely bate m jcoumensato

-Extraordinary Discovery-An olmrttrej
recently blown down at Barry, near . Any
berly Castle, containing 40 teet of timber^
was a few days since saw ed across in the
rnidst when the nest of a tomtit was d*
e^ve ed in perfect state, in which werto

but a few days. Thfe solid jnass of tira-
W which enWd this cuaiosity must
te t^ growth of many yms. v No ma|k
Lid be discovered of the original en-
could oe .a nearest pomt, is

T"ZJs from Se outside of the tirobejr.
five inches irom [S^Ush paptr.\

I , Prt „ a man recently offered, to

,he would let ln ^ heofferwas deC Hned.

THE " AFRICAN MUTUAL IN
STRUCTION SOCIETY, tor themstmctoon
of coloured Adults, of both SexeB » have re-
onened their SCHOOL on Monday Evening,
October is , at their former School Room un-
der the Mariner's Church, in »ooseveU-s^et.
The School will be open on every Monday
Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at half
V ^Mm of receiving instruct ion will
be taught to Read, Write and Cypher, until
the fiS : of April, 1S2IJ, for the small sum of
one Sr, to be paidOn entering the school.

An early application is requested, as there
will be no allowance made for past time.
a i«n« Wood; James Myebs,

Heaven.

I

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

For the Freedom's Journal.
STANZAS.
Sigh, for pleasure, thou may'st find her.
Iifconnubial joys alone;
Friends may smile, but there's a kinder,
Greets thee with a sweeter tone.

On life's billows when thou'rt tossing,
Man, the night were dark and drear,
Did not thy beams, Oh, woman crossing,
Dispel the gloom, the prospect cheer.

J have had thy love in sorrow,
Yield a balm my wounds to heal ;
And e'en 'twould gild the future morrow,
With joy to know that one would feel.

Oasis thou, on life's Sahara,
Verdure on drear existence' waste,
And fortune how so e'er it vary,

Still leaves thee, woman ours at last.
O'er him thou lov'st when death is ending,
Full fast his fabric, mortal's doom,
Like some sweet seraph, thou art b.endmg,
To smooth his pathway to the ^ m

Mil GOLD, late of Connecticut, tikes
tion of this city, that ^f^^d «lan, by which

Iftwohoursinad^
their convenience and nis

E. M. Afkicanus,

Henry King,
Trustees.

sion Docieiy 01 uuk u«j-r-r»w»c wc *c-
ceiye such an education as is calculated to ' fit
hem for usefulness and respectability. The
male school is situated in Mujberry-street,neai''
Grand^street, and thefemale 'school in : William*
street, near Duane street ; both 'uuder the
management of experienced teachersr. The;.
Boys are taught Reading, Writing, Arithmetic,
Geography and Engish Grammar--apd ( the.
Girls, in addition to those branches, are taught
Sewmg, Marldng, and Knitting, &.c. ....
TERMS OF AJtmmPti*
Pupils of 5 to fifteen years of age are admitted
by the Teachers at the Schools, at the rate of
twenty-five cents to one dollar per quarter, ac-
cording to the circumstances of. the parents;
and the children of such as cannot afford to pay
any thing are admitted free of expense, and en-
joy the same advantages as those who pay.

Each school is visited weekly -by % commit-
tee of thVtrusteesi in additionto which a epm-j .
mittee of Ladies pay reguiar visits to the Fe-
male school. Care is taken to impart moral
nstruction, and such have been the hapjjy «-
ects of the system pursued in these schools,
hat although several thousand have been.
au<*ht in them since their establshment (now
more han thirty years) there has never beea
au insance known to the trustees where a pupii

. • •. -J odiinoiimi Tins llP.en

Clothes Dr.EssrNG
Establishment,
JAMES GILBERT;
Who has removed from 411 to ,422 Broadway
and continues as usual to carry on ^Ctotb»
Dressing incorrect and systimatical style; hav-
inz perfect kno ivledge of the business, having
beiflegally bred to it, bis ™de of c eaiung
and Dressing CJoA^to^.^g

Economy is the Road
to wealth— And

penny saved is as 1 au j nsajnce known to the trustees where a pupii
good as two pennys h iav j at/reC eived a regular education has beeji
earned. Then call conv jctedof any crime in our Courts of Justice,
at the United States By order ofthe Bo«rd of Trustees.

~ I * PETER- S. TITUS,

JRICHwfl'RD FIELD.

uef . 1 0, 1323.

"ii. F. HUGHES' SCHOOL.

For Coloured Children of both Sexes.
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for
the admission of Pupils. n
In this school will be tau S l * ]**$g IWG

and Dressing Coats, : ^^^^^^mj^T^Si^, GEOGRAPHY
Steam Sponging, which,* the on y co«ect ^IA^» n G j obe ^ Higto

system of Cleaning, which he ^^ w ^Xm wo P to four dollars per quarter,
extract all kinds of Stains, ^ 10TS jSSSLr ot : Messrs. P. Williams, S

01 cioines, \>y o ^winess as

ot domes, nvoix^u « ; * THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL,

£S53? ^acquainted f» ttol»^» L ^* WMy FRIDAY, .at No. 15.

there are many Establishments which have j P church , 3t reet, New-York,
recently been opened in this city^

^etobedissaUs^^- ^
Persons wishing to JgjK^^ w ill
^portunity of learning |»f K6; u,

^Tase to call U PJ ' P WUiaW*- 68

centlv been opened m «us cuy. 1 The price j 8 Three Dollars a Yeak, paj-

All kinds of Tailoring Work done at l^^biSf yearly in advance. If.paid at the
the above place. . .h:™-. r>r m'

teabove place. i A ^ flirpd |tfme o7s^

All clothes left to be cleaned or repaired ^ \ um ^ No subscr iption will be received for a
will be good,for one year and one day~-it no ^ on(J

clairoedln that'time, they will be sold at pub- >yho Ve d pay for five sub

Uc auction. .. • ( scriblrs, are entitledto a sixth copy gratis, foi

LAND FOR SALE. 1
coloured brethren, 1 WU-. f Qne

ures to settle, or have t seme", J rnllJ „. ^ ~

farmers. Th« .land :.s m th ^.VLSn ' WHE PuMie is respectfully informed,^ tot

was filled with powder, which
by means of .a long tram, blew to atoms n ro?
ber that had been \^^7 f ^^J^X
- To immure them alive is a f re ^ e P ^ u „
ment; of this many instances may J»
ced, and confirmed by mdisputablee udenc^

S the like ^offene^ they

Mid Shoes made to order, ,
perl*." • •! -

AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of J paper discontinued ; unli all arrearages
Colour%ill be opened on the 15th ^ 0 ^ Le paK except at the discretion of the Ldi~
nextin the African School Room m Mulberry « P .
s?ee { where will be taught- tor * AU Cpmmunications (except those of

READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, } must be^ ? «J

FNGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY, A S RATES OF ADVERTISING.
&c. Terms.- — Three Dollars per quarter ^ L. eT 12 lines, and not exceeding
payable in advance.. Hours from 6 to half o 2 , 1st insertton, - - " g cts '
past 8 o'clock. Sept. 18. « Each repetition of do. - - .»»

' "Klines. „ „ ,j

cent deduction for persons ad-
IveSingiySyear; 12. fo, 6 months 5 . and

w.rntwiy"-""- - ,- t i « Each repennc

%1E Public is respectfully informed, than op0rtiona l
ti above SCHOOL, (unde,

Mr. Rabbeson,) is openevery r^e^dar and R j (
Friday Evening, at . 7 o'clock, in the School fc fa(

/ .._j„-cf Philin's Church. , X ^_ ol,„ n rt, c

»J2£?£PW« Chureh . I^Fmooths.

School. J««illii____ R « S ^- ?Sf Fr-Nhr^ Va,.

Si'NClS WIEES, :• Stoekhndge. fesq.

^•Shiel^i

: FRANCIS WILES, ! *^ C ^lSilS Portland, Me.

RESPECTFULLY * n .^^. n '^jjsS Vno jjl&S^we^^Mr^ jbbn
th e public generally, that his HOUSE 1 No. ^ R Thomas Paul, doA-M*
^2 Churchltreet, if still open for the accom- *™ t
modation Pf . genteel persons of colour, with

SrjSSSSfSa doli«»i» »WPte ' fcrfS to patroMge, as comfortable as

SAMOEL E. GOBNISH- i— ^

Mr. Isaac C. Glasko.iNorwich^
it&l5tandMMr. George C. W-iUis,

5 dence. _ • , .wi^iL'^^h^Jlwl^'

2fr-3m i

r; ' 'ai draper,

. (CWtw«^ -Men*).' .,

^air^ff3#exP^

* i^^w^S Ornish,

Mr. R. P.Wngnn * 1 S?^M , --W«PB*»

Steward ^^^^^VrL

■ ii Ifci^ii ti 1-f

Nfe^YOE^TFRro^ FEBRUARY ^ 13*8

THE MILITARY SKETCH BOOK.

NIGHTS JW THE GUARD-HOUSE.

STORY OF MARIA DE CARMO.
(Continued,)
Very few, minutes more passed, till the
'Grenadiers and we (being the light company)
•were ordthered out to cover the retrate ; a
squadthrono* the French 16th dragoons, in
green coats and brass helmets, came throtting
np the road through the ravine, that was Oh
our right an' opening with the main road. We
were within about two hundred yards 'o them
before they got into the main road, for we ad-
vanced close to it, undtherthe coyer of a ridge
o' bushes; an' in about a minute we let slap
among them. • O! faith, it bothered tliemj for
they did'nt want for the word 1 threes about,'
but gaUobep* off, laving about a doeen o' them
behind. HoWsomerer, they did'nt go far when
they returned al a throt, seeing that a column
cf infantry was 1 moving down the main road
the top-Q? theJhiH, to dislodge us. At this mo-
ment', our own! light dthragoons [the 13th I
think] with Jborses. that looked like giants, to
the F rench' garrpns, came smashing down be-
hind us on the mnin road, just as the French
.horse were coming up. Oh! by ? Jabus ! such
: a licking no po'o'r devils ever got ; the sabres'
went to work in style, an' our .poor ' captain'
£<ive Us the - word to face about, ah' give it
right into the column coming down the road ;
which we did with a " cendmillefalthea" ati 1
then retired as steady as a rock, before our ca-
valry. I was just at this time I saw Mark
lose to us, an' as pale .is denth, though all on
the rifcvt, an' as brave as a. lion. We were
'now in full march' "a fiber- the'Hreezcs we'harT
■ .kicked up ; when, from, .an opening on oar
right, through a .wood of Olives,' an immense
hody of horse approached at full gallop ; .we
had just time to them a volley an' rnn, when
they were in among us. Harry en' 1 about
eighteen more, were cut of frorci the rest and
surrounded, when all further righting with us
was out o' the question ; so we were marched
off prisoners. I lost all feelings about myself
when I Jooked at Harry, for his countenance
was like a wild man's. I knew the cause ; it
was that JITaria was missing. He attempted
to run back, an' was near being bagneted by
the French guard in charge of us, for doing so.

Thon we were taken across the river at Pun-
hite. an' packed '. on' fo Abrantes. In going
through, the rascals pas-aded us about the town
to show they had taken some prisoners, 'an'
telling the Portuguese thai they, killed thous-
ands of us'that ?norning ! On the way to Aran-
£es poor Harry hardly spoke a word, an' I
«idn' say much, for our hearts were sick and
sore. The whole o' the road along was in a
bustle with the advaucing army, singing
French songs and shouting at us as we passed.
i Ah .!' says I to myself, 4 if I had a dozen o'
ye to my own share, I'd lam you to shout at
th' other side o' yir mouths., But we'd one com-
fort ; an' that was, that we kne w these fellows'
tone would be changed before they went ma-
ny miles farther.

' We arrived at Abrantes~right* back to
where we started from the day before,— an'
was again made a show of aboot "the tQwn by
the braggadorios o' Frenchmen. One o' their
generals came up to me?— a finikin little hop-o'
my-thumb fellow, who could talk a little bro-
ken English ; an 1 says he, " You English-
men eh ?'— ' Yes, says I ' in throth I am.'—
* From . a place called Ballinanaore. in the
cPuh'y of Leitrita.' — • Is that in rlirlaund ?'—
' Fes, faith,' says I, it is.'— r Ah boh,' says the'
generalj ' you bfe von Catholic— von slave d'-
Angjeterre.'-— s No, Moonseer,,I'm no slave to
Angletorre, though ! am a Catholic. There's
alhtle differ in our religion, to lie sure, but we.
are aRdhe afther all,' - ' Veil sare ? you be
Catholic, and Frenchmen be Catholic. You
give me all de information of de English army,
and yeee ma^ke you sergeant in de French
Guard, and give you de de Pargent ; you can
den fight against de herenck English' -'Thara^
yd« gays 1, 1 Moohseer General but I'd ffliieh;
f#ber beexcused, ifiyou plase* 1 know jacr
differ, between Ireland and England , when
out o? the countries; we may sqabble a bjt at
borae; ; just to keep us alive, but yffin Swat*
a^if yWi think we Would dp such a ^Mfig **
%&t;|jgakst our King and cowtthry. Conic

boys said i f (turning about to my j comrades^
if any o' yiz want promotion an' plenty o' mo-
ney, now is your time. All yeu'll be asked to
do, is to fighUagaiht your ould' king;, your ould
counthryv anf your ould rigiment. ] Any of* yiz
that likes; this, let him spake now.'i Toe gen-
eral was a little astonished, an' soj was the of-
ficers with fain. . There was a bit of. a grin on
all. my comrades' (aces, but divil a taordone o'
them answered.— -' -— 0 ! I see How it is,' says
I, ' none o' yiz accepts the General's offer} so
now take ; 0ff your caps an* give three hearty
cheers for onld England, Ireland, arid Scotland,
against the world.' Hoo! by the Holy St. Di-
nis I you never hard such a shout-hiti was like
blowing blowing up a mine. The General
hadn't a word in his gob ; he lawj there was,
nouse o' pulping us any more, and so he turn-
ed round smiling to one of his officers, an' f ajrs.
he in French (which I understood well, though
he didn't tfrinjc it) '• En verititce sow de pr<fv$$
gen* ! 1 H ioute I'armee BriiQnniqne] (Atm^k
cet. echdntiWan-ci, tant pis pour nous autre* f
and galloped off. The maning b' that was
this, you see— that we vfere the broth o' btojft,
art if the rcnmndhwr oMhe EngHsVarmfttfa*
like us, the deail a nwch chance l/te.-JVencA
would have,'

' It was. nae bad compliment, Corporal/
said Sergeant M'Fadgen ; a se itiment in
which the rest of the guard unanimously
joined.

' By my sov/1 it w;isn ? t, Sergeant and we all
felt \vhat it \vtis to have the horioui _of our fi-
gi>hent in our hands, and to stick to it like good:'
soldiers'; its we ought through thicl: an' thin.
' ' Welly we were there sending i i the mart
r et'-placey 'surro^iKted- by •.stfag|l1rigi FKaciv hti*
Frencbilied P .-rtnguese ; that is, e'lows'who
followed their invaders, like pur logs, ■ to be
kicked about as tlsey liked ; but t lere wasn't,
many o' them, an' may be the poor diviis
couldn't help i^ unless they prefer i'ed a male
o' could iron." The shops were all" shut up
except where they were broke open by the
French, artd in every. balcony you could see,
instead of young women, a set of French sol-
diers smoking and drinking. Sayj I to Harry
Grainer, ' if poor Maria Was here iow, she'd
have a bad chance among these ra pscallions.'
Harry >hodk his head and said, with a heavy
sigh, ' Ah, Tom, is she any bett ir off now ?
God help her where can she be V . it this very
minet, a muleteer bov appeared a nong them,
crying out ! Viva os Francesos, along with
some others, and he had a tri-colOilred cock-
ade in his hat. It was nobody else but Maria
herself! She put up her finger to her hp,
when shei saw that we were looking at her ; an
this is the Portuguese sign for silerice. We
undtherstood her in a jiffy, ah', by ; he Powers!
poor Harry's face grew like a May-day morn-
ing. I could see |hathe didn't kndw whether
he was on bis head ori his heels., jilence^ my
boy,' says 1, don't you see how it is; don't take
the last notice oif her for your.life. We were,
immediately marched off to a chur( h, close by.
where we' were to lie. for the hi, ;ht Some
brown bread was given to us, an* some of Ad-
am's aletdfaste ourselves ; an' the re -we were
— twenty 6f us Now just as We Were gojttg
in, Maria, in a bustling sort o' wa) got close
to Harry and me, and says she, in. a whisper,
' JVb»- tdorme vos ?ntr$e ,e$Ut note. .<#mnque t
pour anfpv de pios. She then went away an*
careless manner, prctendW to ,: ojp in the
jokes passed off upon us' ^^6910^' ;

'TheBnglisho'fhaV
gen, anxidus to show his Ifnowle^lgs qfthfs Pprr,
tttguesb, " is For the loo 6* God, I tarry 4mm
sleep d adnk tHe ndight,' '

'Throth' ypu'rt 'v\^SnM l iiiis\ sergea^;
you ought te kriow lt Weff, for youiWere a long
titoe i te : |lteP^iii«rt«? ,v - - " x : :

The- sktjg&B& : siut his ' eyes ah ; <Jf ^mokeS
again.- "

i^Ws^.tfe f^J&rtiyWYtTed fen iwcipatipjp,
- or *&t : m&ikbit ; 0&ffi<iit.

and discussei

ing committee was appointed ^futfiUts oV ,
Lct^-V^m. Rawle, Benjamin Webb, L>. Faul
fewn, Joseph C. Dawes,, and Robert Bond.

The sixth re«oiuton, offered by the coirtmit-
tee of arrangement, was read, considered,
and adopted ; ! and the following committee
was appointed to attend the duties therein spe-
elile^, vj^. David Scholfield, Mablon Day,

Isaac Pierce, Benjamin Tucker/and Jesse
Newport.. . .

, - The following resolution was offered by T
Shipley, and being read ? was, adopted, viz.
. { jWhereas, a periodkai work, e»MUed |he
iiftjean Observer, has been for sometime pu^h-
^ed in this city, edited b) ' Enoch Lewis',:
Am whereas, a We'ekly, hewspa'der, entitled
r^ftdom's Journal, edited by John B. Russ-
wurfe l persoH of colour, has' been for soihe
t^ei»AiW»hed hi the chy of JVew-York; AfiA
whereas, both these werks from their intrinsic
saerits, in aiding the cause of the injured Af
ncans, deserve the support, and cucourage-
ment of this cofiventidR : : 'yhprefpre, :
Resolved, Thnttbeaq^glcomnu^teehc aur
bmed'to subscribe for, nve.cppie.s pf the AC-

tah Observer, and two copies of Freedom s
mM{ and that the^ give th'etosuth.circur
latipn a* they may think best.
^dsaph Parker offered the follovtihg" :—
lleselved. That a eommittee be -appointed,
to prepare aimemorial 1 to the ingress of the
United States, praying that body to 'adopt
measures /or the abolkvon pf slavery in. thedidf
trict'of ; Columbia-r-Wluch wa? adopted,; .and
the folloy^iog committee appointed to .prepare
such a.merVwrial, viz.. Joseph Parker, Lea Pu-
gcjry and William Keisey. . .
' '^rw.veinhttiitr^ of Wilham- Ke!«eyv-offcred
yesterday aftetnoon, arid -Ia¥d on the table, be-
ing again brought forward, was, on motion,
postponed.

On motionj the following commkteee was ap-
pointed to prepare an address to the several
Aboliton, JVIanumission, Anti-Slavery, &c. So-
cieties, in the United States, viz. Thomas
Shipley, Benjamin Webb, and Benjamin
Tucker.

Adjourned to 10 o'clock, to-morrow morn-
ing. \

October 5th, 10 o'clock, A. M.
Convention met. Wm. Itawle, JCsq,
President, in the Chair.

Present — Messrs. pay, Rawle, Preston}
Paul, Shipley, Mott, J. D. P. Brown, AtLee
HUlos, Webb, Pierce, Pusey, Parker, New-
port,. Bond, Garrett, Grubb, RaymondJun.
fCelsey, Lundy, Scholfield, Dawes, and
-Neil.

The committee appointed to draft a memo-
rial to congress, praying tiiatbody to pass an
act abolishing slaveay ill the district of Colum-
bia, maderepei't ; Which was read and order-
ed to lie on the table.

II ob ert Bond : having offered the following
resolution, viz.

Resolved, Tbat i committee-be now ap-
pointed to exarainevand. , settle ,the," Treasurer's
accduhts, andi report" what suing 1 may be ne-
cessaryJto .be raised for the; current expenses
of the conventioh,. and to apportion Jt on the
several societies represented. : i

Jtf.Day, T. Shipley, Di Hillesj J. Pierce,
J. Parker, R. Bond, N S. Grubb, W. Keisey,
^•Schblfield,* and J. Ci pawesp Svere appoin.-
ted tb the serviced therein raeritioned.

The subjoined »esoItttie»V offie»^ b y Lea
Eeseyj was read and aAmted^ viz. ;
, i JReaeiired, Thajt. the,- eeliog eomjuittee,be,
aiod Jhej; are hereby dire^, . tp,continue the
siibsc«p^on of thi^-conKen^n to the work en- v
iitfed the. QwJ.»»s ot V'piversal'tim^ncipatipn^
edited by Bem^hin Lundy, for the additional.
G^fcftito ^fe^^fiaid'lbf'anntialljr.
'' *T(ie cOhljan^tee apptimted to prepare a me-
mertal' to t^rm\ ftiftigtm body to pass
an act ttf^»e*entr the<Mier introduction of
ilavo intojKoiida; reported a draught of one
wfck beiag reaii )a wptip^ was made to inn
tne t«mt()ry ; of Aflkaosas. . Tfc «ubje«t>

t?jn^ ; b^en ip;aiewhat diseussed, it was mov-
fecf»«*^L hi ;decid>d, t%t thia (cpnven-
6 into committee ottbe whole, for a more
iu1ii , ^iiin^t«m'; '6ftt.; : and'Dr: JonW

reported l»h*»iremoriai wltW amewknent;

On motion of James ftjfcott, 'the anep
was recommitted to' me cbmmitteei and im
Moil artd William^Kelsey were added te J
•committee. - : ' '

The folldwibg resolntioii, presentBtt i m -I-
Shrole^^itread^nd aadpted: : +
Resolved, That the acting committee d>
rected to have 250 copi es' of Ae CpnstituUon
of the Conventikm,. as,aw^
laws* printed* (br the useoMoe" con^ewjjj
and tnat the^aUobAyepi^d^copiesof tag
minui es of.the.present se&sfoiJ, af^ ; disMb^e4to
the several ahti^sliiv'ery societies tn the tjmted
State's. ' 1 • • ' ' ; ..'

, The following preamble ajnd ^ResolatiSn
were pffered by B. L»ody> anff readr^ipi, .»
, W^hereaa, a large nun%r of ap^sj§f»y
Societies, have repe'ntk b<;en p|rg$!^4 M tile
sla've hbl^|r:'jita,tes '^l.fb>#- »ra^^«m7^i7J#W
very, far south anc( west tflPWWftpm |"laAtt
& fflsposition having been < maWe&eiJ aljftp^g
thfeni to unite with tbey^^jN'''w|ile1i eOtac
pose this convention, sevfcthl motel beiiig
now represented herein v^rid'iieei^^ Jt'ik-stlK-
|iqpqM44)(jU)«t. ftoci*ftidB.>of. - itbifi ^^AO|fkM0* ii*

ate, in ; their,labprsv . for; the ac^nipiiahmsRt^t
the^eaf objecfc which .they seyeraJly .tjifft in
view':' 'Tlierefore,' '.' • .. .

: Resjplv^,' That .the first section bf the se-
cond article' of this convention bc : sirickeh ouV
an'dithe followingjnsertedim lieu Itiereof, 1 viz.
. ThJfe cohyentipn Miall ;m.eet,iumually .at tfee
pity of Washington, in the mon^h of . .
provided, however, that wjhjen i amajojjl.ty pf.j!bp
members may, deem it pxpj^ijqw to ^pitm.p
Some other place, they shafl'be emp6were^>>
to do, once in every two years. ; ,. It mat dltb' 6e
sp^'ciiilly-eoniehe^

On >motion, adjourneoTtd'ljelf ^pasFa iT^e^ki
Half : past 3 VcloclcrP^.M.

Convention' met, D. R^yniond^Esq. Vice-
President, in the Chair. ".

Present.-— jNlessrs: Day,. Preston, Paul,
Tucker', Bartoni Mott^ AiLee, Hilles, Webb,
Pierce, Pusey, Parker, 1 Newport, Bond,Grubh*
Jlaymqnd, Keisey, Lundy^ D. BrpWn,.; Scholr
field, and Dawes.

The follpwmg.; geptlemen , were appointed
the acting comrriittec, to tvan^act th? basinesa
of this convention' in its recess, vizVJanjes
Mott, Thomas Shfrilev, Isaac Barton', ^ P.
Atlee, Benjamin Tucker, Mahlbn Dayi/Iica
Puseyj Saniuel S; &rubb x William Keisey,
Benjamin Lundy, Daniel Riayraondy Itose^h
Parker, Robert Bond,: J..W; iNewport, ' Jon&
Preston. ' : : r. .

The following resolution for ?n amendment
to the Constitution,. was presented by .a?pie,s

Mdtt, viz. " ";' " . ..

Resolved, That' Sec. 1st, 1 pf Article 2d, ot
this convention be so amended as' to read thusv
Article 2. Sec. I; This convention shall
meeton the 1st Wednesday 6f D'ecembtr^at
Philadelphia, or at such other place as may fop
designated by the precediag session of the
Convention. , , ,.

On motion, tiie sever^I. am'endmen^-prppOT
sed to the ^onst^tution^ d|iring this, session ah,«
the last, were referred to, the ; following , com-

littee for consideration,' tP reDotftl^rfeon to-
morVow morning, viz. Jpbas* Prestow, Jamed
Mott, "Berijairilh' Lundy, I Joseph; :GyDM*&i:,
and Robert Bond.> 1 i 1

i The committee appointed to draft an addeesi
to the citizens of the United ^tatea* ^ib^ioi-
pprtance of educating tbe f( child>an.of,i»di^at
foe persons, pf^cplQur,ii;e^W^ JWJ?
which being read^ was ordejred to^PI 1

tle - : ■ " i ■ • * ' ' ' ; '• V ^■-•v^' '' ■ ■
.^irhe;mem6rial.to;C^ on.tbe.suWect
dfabolwhingsiayeryihthe «»f Cp}«^-
bia. t^ng 1 'again read, arid I c6nsidercd^ ^rat
adopted. " >; ,: " : : ; "| ' ' r : . V
On motioni'ResPlved,' mit^****!™*

retaryTbe dilw«9ito the ar^- - -
thenpatnAiitt^^

3P3

mended to the particular considerauon of the. that many of the children that have, cried
convention at the next session. . hear^ly on .being .sent to school- the. frst
The gfc^gfeofgM by^mtn*: ^ or tWQ> ha&criedas mlicli- on being

Jfj2X g l?»^w2S° ^* at l^e^afteKthey ' hal been in the

considerate^ ,0* ncjt--se«Km. •.•;>• -.57 -i L - /'.i"r* ji r

-The lOth 'resolutibnVonered by the commit: : sc^ but ;a very. -short timd And I am of

tpe of arrangement was referred, to the acting
c^a^k^^aie duty jit shall be to. report
.hereon to the next session.
■ ■■-■The following resolution offered 'by S. S.
jGrriu^>b,was read, and referred jo the committee
aniehdmeris t, viz. : "'

Resolved.That when this convention do ad-
journ, it adjourn to meet in the city of Balti-
more on the . -day . of 1828
/ The resolution of William Kelsey, offered
on the afternoon of the 3d inst. being a^ain
considered, was, on motionj adopted. °

Adjourned till to morrow morning, at 9
o'clock. .

(To be continued.)

*- INFANT SCHOOLS.
. Extract from an interesting pamphlet, en-
titled A Plea^for Infant /Schools."
If it be asked, How can knowledge be
communicated to so young minds? we an-
swer that happily we are not left to grope
in the dark, but have all the light of expe-
rience afforded by those who have prece-
ded us in this excellent worki These
Schools are now spread over all England^
and their vast usefulness is there univer-
sally acknowledged. We will endeavor to
. give i brief sketch of the plan, which has
been unfolded at large in works recently
published there. And here we would
state, that the system unfolded is not to be
implicitly followed, but is thus given to
convey an idea of its general method

' If we would be successful in our la-
bours, we must solicit aid from that Being,
who never -yet denied it. The children
being assembled, they are desired to stand
up, and immediately to kneel down, all
close to their seats, and to be silent. This,
being done, a child is placed in the centre
of the room, who repeats a short and sim-
ple prayer. The Lord's prayer is after-
ward repeated by all, the children, when
they immediately repair to the stations as-
signed for their lessons.'. These . lessons
arc communicated to them either by their
t teachers, or by monitors, but most gener-
ally by the former ; because to avoid wea-
riness, a fjreat diversity of method is al-
lowed, fdeas are also extensively commu-
nicated to them by means of pictures,
which illustrates the wonders of creation,
and the scenes and prominent transactions
in. the Holy Bible. Wnvnia-.is too often
introduced, inasmuch. as nichdi/ has been
found an important auxiliary in infant in-
struction. Many useful lessons are taught
in verse, and even the nhhtthd'H set to
music, v/hicti the writer "has heard charm-
•ingly sung by two liundred children to the
tune of '•' Autd Icing Syi

To enable the teacher to have a view of
all the children at once, semicircular seats,
arising above and in the rear of efach other-
arb provided. Upon these, at times, the
children are seated, and the teacher pro-
ceeds in; his course of familiar and patient
instruction, asking questions "in arithipe-
TTc, . spelling, or concerning the meaning
P.f wprds,. in such a manner, as his judg-
meni directs ; to alLof which he suggests
answers. These questions he repeats un-
cilrtBe answers are fully engrsved npon the
memories of his ; » youthful /charge; The
answers' /are repeated by the children
0**A t . The repeating of the arithmetical
ftbles, aiphaoet, &c. is accompanied with
£he clapping, of hands, or other bodilv mo-
Man-;, VTIius" the .attention is kept fully
awfkf, and habits of united action, "and of
order are elicited. ' To illustrate ajktliis
we girethe Extract which follows, < "..

'_ c : ';^s; an' " TnfanVSchool may be iregaici-

opinion, that when children are absent; it

is. generally the fault of the parents.

I

nave W

theif break .fost,bfoaW it has nptbeehready;
ot,ie W wjthout shoes,; because they would
not be kept at home while the} were mend-
ing ; . and I have had otheSs come half
ares'sed, whose parents have been either
at work or. gbssip'in? and when they have
returned home ha^e thought tfteir children
had been lost, but to their great joy and
surprise, when they have applied, to the
schooli .have found them there

" The children are desired .t > siton their
seats, with th&r feet out straight, and to
shut each hand, and then ordered to count
a hundred, lifting up each han< I every time
they count one] and bringing each hand
down Upon their knees' when they count
another. The childreii -have given this
the name of blacksmith ; and when asked
why they so call It, .they ansvyeied, because
they hammered their knees wi h their fists,
the same way as blacksmiths hammer iron.
When j they have arrived, -at a hundred,
which they never fail to let yt u know by
givingan ev'tra shout, then the) may be or-
dered to sit on the floor. They are then
desired to take hold of their toes ; which
being done, they are desired to add up one
hundred, two.at a time '; which they.. do
by lifting up each foot alternately, all the
children counting at one time; ijaypig, two,
four, six, eight, ten, &c. By tnese means
every part o. the body is put jn motion ;
and it likewise has this advantage, that by
lifting lip each foot every tirne^ | they keep
good time, a thing very necessary, as un-
less- this was the case, all would! be confu-
sion They also add up three a[ .a time by
the same method ; thus, three; ( six, mine
&c. but care must be taken npt to keep
them too long at one thing, or in one post
tion." . (We would here remark, that in
not seated
while up-

some schools the children are
on the floor, but repeat the table:
on th e raised seats , using their aj-ms for the
purpose of keeping time.)

" They also learn the tables, 1:
themselves into circles around
of young trees thatp-are planted
ground. For the ,sake of order,
has its own' tree; and when they

y forming
a number
n the play
jach class
are order-

tionists, and, in the final success of the
F reuch power in this^islaud. These were
i n vai liable, discoveries,^ and could they be
made k'n ownv in due timeito those against
whose. rights,tfieir injustice was intended,
it would not fail to give success to May-
; tien independence, disappoint the arch-cn-
e^v, and aid the cause of humanity. But,
alas' lnpnrtant as they were to the cause
of freedom, by whom shall they be carried.

Who. shall reveal, them to .the Itevolu-
ists : No one interested was near, and
they were in the possession of none friend-
ly to the cause of justice, except the.three
defenceless ones. Theresa herself must
be the bearer, or survive only to wit-
ness^ them executed agreeably to the de-
sires tof the enemy. In what manner must
she act 1 The salvation of her oppressed
country to her, was an object of no little
concern ; but she also owed a duty to that
mother, whose tender solicitude for her
happiness, could not be surpassed by any
parent, and a sister too, whom she tenderly
loved, and whose attachment to her was
undivided. • Her absence from the grove,
she was confidently assured, would be to
them their greatest source of affliction ; it
would probably _ terminate the already
much exhausted life of her dear mother,
and complete the measure of Amanda's
wretched ues:?. Fler owii inexperience in
the. manner, she should conduct in an af-
fair so important and hazardous,' was an
obstacle which in connexion with her sense
of duty, and care for her mother's happi-
ness, would deter her from embarking in
it. She ^paused, then as if aroused by
swne internal agent, exclaimed, Oil llay-
ti ! — !;e independent, and let Theresa be
the unworthy sacrifice oii'j.-cid to that God,
who shall raise his mighty ar::i in defence
of thy injured children. She drew from
her bosom a pencil and wrote on a piece
of bark of the Gourd-tree, teiling her moth-
er and \manda, whither she was gone—her
errand ; begged that, they would not be
unhappy on account of her absence; that
th^jy would remain at their place of peace
and (jaiet, uniiil she should ■ return to them,
with an escort, Who should conduct them
to a safer retreat, and commit tin mi to the
protection of friends. This' scroiJ, There-
sa pinned on her mother's coat, while she
and A'n:mda were yet indulging in repose,
and like an heroine of the age of chivdry,
she forsook the grove of Pimento'and- has-
tened on her way to the camp ofl/Ouvor-
ture. She had scarce reached the third

ed to the trees, every child knows it's place. , , . , . . .
As soon as they are assembled around the j f rt of lldr , J°^ney • when her mother
tre4s, they join" hands and walk iound C v - f rea ™ n S> th $\ one or her daughters had
cry child saving 'the' multiplied ^ ion. table been borne of! by anofheer of the enemy,
They then lei ff o Hands, and put them be- 1 awoke from sleep and racing Theresa,
hind andfor varieiv's sake, sing (the nen6e! UR,,cv f d f h u cr * r & m prophetic. It ,vas
table, alphabet, &c. Thus the children th ^ ..koeiiMt anguish filled her
are improved and delighted, for they call it ^ *™ U ™- v ishe 1 d L,fe
play ; and itis oflittlb consequf^ what ' t0 ^^^^^^I^^^l^S
they call .it, so long as .they are ejlified, ex-
ercised, and made happy. i The {latter ex-

ercise is adapted jfor fine, and tl)e former
lor wet weather." '■■ •

■ Fxui THti F^EETJiOM's JoPRNfL.

THf :: ' fi

f$ ^a i popbinati^n lof .the f pchdo^an^i Atopics' of interest;
nursery 7the art of pie^sin^torms- 'a. '%t$my[ '"digtawfe'e«to !

i&mt-Jmfc of ■ Jfcft*jta.tem.; and (las'^ttie
ckJWr^ r.are. ant to) be vfretfal, jtr^bmes-
€»i^edi«ftti<6 divfert; as well as teach theini
FUr if cMWreri (if two r^ars <sld kte not df.'
viated they wiil 'haturaHy '-'cry; foi" th^
'*iIMm : ' it i^fro^ibfe to have - two' or
^nfee^htfnaife^s^ofln^
or, and yet not have one of them cry for a
whole day, and X car. assure the reader,

tive, she-. pensively }

she would go in search of the dear object
of all her'afflicfion, but where, she knew
not. Keen is the grief of a mother^ whose
chil ] has been forced ; from her. v ' She is
extremely wretched;., and her . affliction
then, carinot be less severe, than it vvas
w.'!ien. ,in the anguish and- sorrow of
her. soul,, the dear object of her tender est
solicitude, was introduced into the world,
to take its station ampng the Probationers
for eternity. Amanda !was now awakeried

ERESAj-r— tfl Haytien Tale.
■ '. , . ' i (Continued;) ''' . »

It ^vas^nthepresence-of Thefesathat. by the unhappy and pirifulgrief of her';be-
the conversation .between' L'Motellc wildered- motHer. Hastily she' enquired
and her heroic racither took placl: Mad- fQt }%T }f r . "\ °J f ^

ame Paulina, on her part leaving nothing and m!«t despa,r told her, she hjd been
undone, -which miifht serve to accomplish ^f^'^M .^} th . W ar M- '
the object forNvHifch she had bee'n Muced culated accents, she, related, her ominous
to pradic^'ddHH^r J L'Mo telle ie- dream,- and the fact ^as .po.w, realized m
qkmd -m hWm she realty: 5 j.ppVared ber^bsence^m the ,grove. ; An.my-chil -
fo be:; ^a^spngl^^pm 'Mti^rs ^ ^ pl ! ,?H u ? e ^

cwcer^n^he^aPe-^ • it the - m f ^ red her pbjects.by

^ijiitar^ara I^^^^bi^ p^ti^ French : was . surroun^d t f e^emed^to.re.:
troona -.their cond^ionTunxi^reng thv were ■ cede-lier senses were bew.ldered^ .and^

and sorrow poured from their eyes ; Tho •
troubles of their souls;wcre greatly subsid-
ed, but happiness cojild mot be restored,
until the success of Theresa be ascertain'
ed, and she again baencrrcled in their
arms.

It was uncertain whether she could' in
safety reach the camp of the Revolution-
ists ; the roads were at all times travelled
by reconnoitering parties of the French •
a"d what would be the fate of the heroic
Theresa, if taken by any of them ! How
cruel would be her usage, particularly, if
her intentions and the circumstances,
which gave them birth be known. Death
inevitable would deprive the world of one
so fair, virtuous, and' sol noble.

Such were the thoughts of the mother
and sister of the noble adventuress. But
while they were thus grieving, Theresa,
favoured by fortune, had safely arrived at
the military quarters of the great Toussant:
had communicated to the chieftain the, ob-
ject of her visit to his camp, and' was re-
ceiving all the distinctions due her exalted '
virtue, and whieh.her dauntless resolution
so justly merited.

The sun was now fast receding behin d
the lofty Cibao, whose rugged summits in
the morning, appeared' burnished by hs
resplendent rays, and darkness was put-
stretching her spacious i mantle. The or-
ange and citron groves, and all the rich en-
ameled luxuriance of torrid luxuries, now
began to wear a sombre aspect, while the
chattering Paroquet ceased to imitate man,
and disturb the sweets oif solitude, with
prating garrulity, had retired to her roost on
the sturdy logwood'. Now it was, that
Theresa, under a strong pilitary escort, left
Lhe general's c imp of hospitality, retracing .
hor steps towards the grpve of Pimento,
where, at her departure, she leftdier dear
mother and Amanda, enjoying calm repose;
seated in a close carriage, her thoughts re-
verted to the deplorable slate of Ijer cpun-
trf ; with a prophetic eye she saw the des-
truction of the French, and their final ex-
pulsion from her native island. She en-
treated the Creator, that he would bless
the means, which through her agency, he
had bo.en pleased to put in the possession
of hor too long oppressed countrymen, and
that all. might be made useful to the cause'
of freedom. But turning her , thoughts to-
ward her mother and sister,, Theresa was
conscious, that her absence from the grove
could not fail to have given them extreme -
sorrow and unhappiness ; her gentle na-
ture' recoiled at the recollection, ' and -she
gave way to a flood of. tears. But< recol-
Fec ting again the important services, she
had rendered Her aggrieved country and to
the -Haytien peopk — the objects which
prompted her to disobedience, which in-
duced her to overstep the bounds of mod-
esty,' and expose to immediate dangers her
life' and seX. She felt that her conduct
was exculpated, and selt-reproach was
lost in the consciousness of her laudable
efforts to save' St. Domingo. Her noble
soul re-animated, recovered its wonted
caiim, as the occa\i its quiet motion when
the gentlei breeze, and the returned sun-
shine, succeed a tempestuous sky and
boisterous Winds.

- , ^"
( To be concluded in ou,\ next./

, ; For the. Freedom's 'Journal.'

Mr Editor, •'' ( - : ;_ ■ :

TrfAT allj men " are born jfree. and \iqt$ >
is a position which I. think few wiU ^dehyv It
has been recognized in its fullest extent in our
liap^jr CbhititUtidh, and has' become • inVerwo-
ven into cv^ry system which ms foi| its objfet,

and . Theresa^ learned i Amand ^ U » ( ^W^>- b 7 her mother,

from th6'pm^^m ! ^m^m^ b ^ k to ! the /»» r ^ o ^ h ^ m ? th .^ s

the Intem^hle,- ^emin|to%: ^^^mm^vW the

pvTaraS* writing o fTlieje^a-jrjthey read it with

J>ent-;|^r /r eye3>

minate in the d«LcUon of the Jtevola- ,0 »g ue3 ' whlli! ,he tears, of mingled joy

the happ$^sjof,m--'n;" ■: .T^e'e.fis.no^prl;

•that Ameriiaahs hold more ^elar ; , they priiKit
asthf safeguard of their lib^i^sVas-kne^l- '

their; ^ bqast^a: }$0fyfs$ 'm if •

ThU jhas iiade' our-iid
the'-asykni for the? oppr©s»W \ wbert .of
Wcfy mWtk 'Wso^^ana t^'^.'fww^'

go r ,and np.^rlhef^.fi^mi^ kk Mflto* *?'
this happy land; that Ameriea| has been stained

by this foul blot -onrher-charactcr ; - but «fitis, j
we say nothing. . 3Phe thing is done : all our
remarks will not correct it; but yet, -what I
would desire is, to claim some of our rights.
To have the liberty of expressing our thoughts
publicly, and to step forward, and endeavor
to be the means of enlightening some of .our
unhappy race. We ask not for a participa-
tion in the councils of the nation, we do not
wish to alter any of its laws, but only to have
a right and title to use the talent we have re-
ceived from pur Creator, and show to the
world, that although nature has given; us a
darker hue than the rest of our fellow crea-

Be it enacted, &c.' That wherever any per?
son shall be apprehended or eoii imitted in the
tures, she has bestowed capacities to instruct District of Columbia, as, .a rum iway, and 4t

FRfiaJ&O-WS JQl

N^W-YOiRK, FEBRUARY, 8,183».

the District

Free Persons of Colour in
...... of Columbia.

Mr. Varnuito, from the Committee on the
District of Golumbiil,' reported
bill, which was twice read and c unriiittedj:
A bill concerning free, persons ol colour, in the
District of Columbia.

and enlighten our race. To be sure. this has
been disputed ; we have been pronounced to.
tally unfit for all the higher duties of man; We
have even been ranked with the beasts that
perish, and denied the hopes of an, hereafter ;
but of these things we will not speak, as a
mere condescension to notice them, Would
certainly subject us to the charge of weakness.
If then we ore such puny creatures, if we arc
mere machines in the creation, why is so great
a hostility manifested against our endeavors to
disprove the fact r Why this alarm at the ap-
pearance of a .paper devoted to literary purpo-
ses? It appears to be something more than na-
tional prejudice, it can be nothing less than a
desire to oppress and degrade us still lower

These remarks were suggested on reading a
: icce in one of the papers of the day, hostile to
the encouragement of your paper. v o doubt,
from the respectability of the source from
whence it sprung, it has had its influence ; it
has aroused into greater activity the bitter pre-
judices of some, and awakened fears in others,
• . ho otherwise were favourable to your exer-
v'-.ns. . These might be grounds for fears if
you wore cn.learorfcg to sow tta.s.e.gds of re-,
brdiion; of ripening into revolt those already
disaffected ; but certainly this has not been
your object. True it is, regrets have been
expressed for our condition, but while these
have been expressed, .you have held out the
only means of consolation, viz. the enlighten-
ing of the mind, which of itself would afford
ample opportunities of spendingtime ; which
otherwise might be devoted to the most law-
le .o design. You do not propose to i alter the
relation which exists between master and ser-
vant,but to stimulate to higher exertion the lat-
ter ; 10 afford materials for amusement as well
as instruction, and thus render life more toler-
able. It is an undeniable fact, that ignorance
is the parent of vice, that almost all crimes are
to be attributed to <his. The frequency of
petty vi.n\t ciin-nittcd by coloured persons
proves my ^llion, that" unless their minds are
enlightened, and made to Lhe end and con-
sequences of guilt, all attempts at reformation
will be useless I nstil into their minds that
they have higher parts to perform, and you at
once strike jtt the root of the evil. If you wish
them to be degraded, their action of course,
must and will . correspond ; but shew them

Schools The bill making ' an annual State
appropriation of 10,000 dollars fol- the Free
Schools, and providing a fund forj accumula-
tion, to be devoted to the same object, has been
passed, by the 'JftuSc ~of ^^presehtXti^es W
(he Legislature of Rhode-Island withonly two
disse* ting votes. — Drowned-iMr. Benja-
min Ellis and his son Sewall we^e drowned
at Plymouth,' Mass. lately, by falNng through
the ice. The 'bodies were, recovered a few
hours after the accident occurred. Mr. Kllis
has left a wife and a large number of children.
Deaf and Dumb.— An institution for the in-
struction of the Deaf and Dumt , has be en
commenced in N. Carolina ; and m applica-
tion has been made to congress for a grant of
land; African School-^-Duvmg tic last sum-
mer an African School was kept in ?ortsmouth
N. H. the exppnse of which was principally
defrayed lor the first time by the'tiwn. Near-
ly all the coloured children amoun irigto about
SO, attended the school.— —Educilion— Four
scholarships of 1000 dollars each, are found-
ed at Danville College. A farm is attached, to
reduce bv h.'uonv the expense oi' living.
The indigem will be supported and educated
without charge. CHlose who are able, will

never pay above 20 dollars per an mm. —

Toasting — At j the celebration of the bat-
tle of New-Orleans, at Wilkesb irre, Penn.
the Landlord of the Inn gave th i following
that nature has been equally beautiful to them ) toast ; i Jackson for President ; and may
as it respects mind, and you to- ch the very ; be the \nex( Sheriff r -—Pardor^VLttity
cord that will stimulate them to exertion. I \ SchuJ^'of Georgia,, who was sonr stime since
.would then ask, how can this be better. done! found guilty of manslaughter, by vhipping a
ihan through the medium of a public paper, j man s6 as to cause his death, has be en pardon-
especially when conducted by one of their own led by the governor. -^2#<fc._ r T vo of the
" Here is at once an evidence of what can men concerned in the late riot at South Bos-

shall appear, upon examination, that the said
person is entitled to his or . her freedom, the
jail fees and other legal expensed of such ap-
prehension or commitment, shall be charg^a*
ble to the United States,' and be Collected and
paid over in the same manner as iother public
Charges.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That so
much of the 21st section of an act. of the State
of Maryland, passed in the year 1715, entitled
" an act relating to servants and si ayes', " .and
now in force in the county of W isljjngtdn,. in
the District of Columbia, as authorizes the
commitment and sale of free persons of colour,
for prison fees land other charges of apprehen-
sion, upon suspicion of their being runaways,
shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.

jttrt. Gnz.

race

be done. Let not your exerti-ns cease : here
we feel highly pleased at the prospect of being
able »o sit down,- and read our own paper — of
hearing, of .the improvement of 'our race, 1 and
in short of knowing that the interest that is ta-
ken to efiiect this, charge is supported by; our
brethren at large.

• . - J. B. V.

Carlisle, Pa. Feb. 1, 1828.

•x>r. Jqiikspjv: /

A young Clergyman, ?ery defidentin learn-

ton, have been bound Over in the sdm of 5Q00
dollars, 5 to take 'their 'trials at' the he: :t Munici-
pal Court- Canals and RaUwa ($ --There

are 2550 miles of canals complete 3, or in a
forward state • there ar« 1024 proj« icted, ' and
which it is believed will soon be et mnaehced.
There are 544 miles.of r^il road;Cor teraplated
and 23 miles completed or comm inced— - — -
Co«n/«r/«tter.— Hervey Gris wold, who was
tried and convijtfeH on four indie ments ,fo r
pafcsjng! ^^fe^fe JM' been Sentenced
to the Connecticut State Prison forj 12 years.

:ng, complmmng to.Dr. Jolmson that some bowi >TAe CAerb^
or other he had lost all his Greek; suppose,' ed by.^^^Wsai^te;!^ {n'ftlloj^ttdW;
wid the doctor, * it was at the same time I lost . Their, (nnt&g jntfe^ials have arri 'ed. The
«y great estate in Yorkshire 5 , • | types are geBerj&y cast in the Cherokee a>

phabet, which consist pf 86 diffi^^Uairac-
ters or rather^ sy^ n We?, ; the iri venM^n of a na-
tive Chcrote«^^^ttwt(fti--A.' Mrs. Hicfcur^-
son, of Springport, ,., Cayuga . '• county lately
committed suicide "by .hanging herself. No
reason can be , assigned as the probable induce-
ment for the commission of this rash act . -p—
•'l^tn— The depth of rain which fell in .'Phila-
delphia during the month of January "was two
inches and 1 1-lOOths. It rained twelve days
during the months— -Fire— A Vermont paper
states that the storeofMr. A. Buck* , of Pitts-
ford, with his,. wh9le.st0ck.of. dry/goods was

lately destroyed <by fire. r At' Pensacola, the

niiddle of January; '.the: thermometer stood at
76. Roses wjere in bloom the whole of De
cember. A large; water melon, which grew in
the open field, was ; plucked and eaten on the
1st of January— — Oranges — A very large
crop of Oranges have been raised in East Flo-
rida during the past season. They have sold

at 7 dollars and 50 cents the' thousand At

St. Louis, Missouri, January 9* cloaks had
been thrown aside. At Hvmfsvillc, Alabama,
January 4, no fires were necessary— the' doori
and windows remained open — -Judge Lips-
comb, of Alabama, who was impeached by
Mr. Salle,]has been exonerated by theLegisla-
ture from all the charges preferred against

him Sermon — A sermon was preached in

the Middle Dutch Church, on' Sunday eve-
ning, by the Rev. Mr. De Witt, for the relief
of the respectable and Indigent Females, and
the sum collected amounted to 336 dollars.--
Counierfeits-The public are cautioned ag ainst
receiving counterfeit 10 dollar notes of the
Manhattan Banking Company in the city of
New- York, dated Jaly 1, 18, 5, letter F. f.
payable to T. Phelps, H. Kemsen, Prest. Ro<
bcrt White, Cashier — [-Gale— -A violent S.
W. gale^vaa-espermcedtit Buffalo on the 2.7th
January.. No particulars of damage have been
received.

Webb, the. celebrated walkc^^wwaf ■
ma&ablr for ^ ,
drank nothing but witer.. He was 01* day
recommending! his 'MftTien to a friend who
loved wine, arid urged] him with grca| earhesl.-
ness to quita course luxury by wbich|Iiii;
health and inteilecji would .be greatly dfftroy-
ed. The gentleman >pjp«i|ed-: convinced, and
told him, that he" would cdhform to his coun-
sel, though he could not! change his cpufse or^
life at once, but wouldlleajve off strong liquors
by degrees. ' By degrees ! { exclaimed Webb,
' if your house was on. fire would ypUfleap '
out of the window by degrees/ - ' ' *■>

Louis XIV. was remalfitable for bestowing
many favours upon the same suhiftcl". ; It is
said, that a petitioner solicited the king, but Tor
one crown.— r-' One. crown,' an^were'd this,
prince, with astonishment ? 'Yes", Sire,'' re^*
plipd the petitioner, ♦litis only necessary to
make a beginning with your majesty; it will
afterwards be continued; with augmentation,
and I shall finally be loaded with benefits.'

The great duke of Marlborough, blest with
a shrew, was hesitating "whether he should
take a prescription recommended by the duch-
ess; " I will be hanged said she, 'V if.it does
not curse you." Dr. G ( lirth, who. was pres-
ent, instantly exclaimed, Take i£ then, your
grace, by all manner df 'means; it is sure to
do good, one ivay or other. ••

Washington, January 24,
The case of JUangny D" vuterive has been
at length decided finally (it is hoped) in the
House of i icpresentalives, by a majority of 4
votes in favor of the allowance of that item
of the claim which has been the subject of so
many ' day's debate in that body. This deci-
sion does not appear to us to settle, very cleaiv
ly any principle. As far as it goes, its favora-
ble to those eights and interests, in regard to
which the people of the South are so peculiar-
ly sensitive ; though there were gentlemen
evenfrom that part of the country, in whose
estimation the objections to the claim out-
weighed the argumenrs in its. favour.. The sub-
ject has given rise to a good deal of able de-
bate ; and it is satisfactory to observe, by ref-
erence to the yeas and nays, that the division
upon it was marked by neither geographical
nor patty line s.— Nat. Inlell.

VAHlKTfES.

SWIFT. .

A ; gentleman, at whose house Swift , was
dining in Ireland/ after dinner introduced re-
markable small hock glasses, and at length
turning to- Swift, addressed him, J'Mr. Dean,
T shall be happy to take a glass' of hie, !luec
hoc* with you, 5 ' « Sir," rejoined the Dr. " I
shall be . happy to comply, but it must be
out of a hujus glass."

PORSON.

Pprson, frequently indulged much satirical
observatipn, (as. in the folio wing: instance) on
rtbe^ajtray^ganjt terms of .Jattery which Mr.
Hayley and'Jlfiss Seward used in compliments
to 'eacjh other.

Miss Seward, loquitur. ..
Tuneful poet! Britain's glory!
Mr. Hayliiy, that; w you..

Mr. .Hayley, respondet,
Ma^ain,you, carry all, before you,
' Trust me, Litchfield, swan you do.
' ' ! _ ' ' ,Mis^ Sfeward,. \-\
Ode, didactic; e^)ic, .sonnet /' .

Ma'am, I'll! UkeTOy qath- upon it, .
^YoU yott^are all tbfenihei ; .' "- { t .
, H was with as much delicaey as satire, th^t
Pifrson returned wtth^Ke manuscript J oKfriehd
tb^' answer^ <( jtjfo* ii Sl wb^ldTbU read wl^n Ho-
mer and VirgiP were fbrgoitcri; but not 0
ihm.'

At a certain diplomatic dinner,' where there
were many foreigners of distinction, the duke
gave for a toast, " My queen." One of the
party who sat next to Prince Eugene, enqui-
red of him, in a whisperj-" what, queen." his
grace had given;" " Idindw of no queen f that
is his particular favoyrite," replied the^prince,
except it be " regi?}a pecun ia."

The dinner daily prepared for the .Royal
Chaplains at St. James's, wasyepricvedjfor a
time from suspension, by • an eflort of wit.
King Charles had appointed a day^ for dining
with his chaplains ;\and it was understood
that this step was adopted as the least unpala-
table mode of putting an end to the {dinner.
It was Dr. SouU^sJurnto, say^h^;gracei.,aj»d
""^ v 'boho.ured his cl^feMK

whenever the King' bnnoured his cbatfl ....
with his presence, thb prescribed formula ran
thus : " God save the King, and bless ^»e^in-
ner. Our witty divine took the liberty oi'
transposing the words, by saying, " God blest
the King, and save the dinner." " And it
shall be saved" said the nomatch

It was pleasantly retorted by a gentleman,
who, being enquired whether a friend of his
lately married, bad spent the honeymoon on
the continent, replied, ' No, he spent it incoo-
tincnthj at home. '

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Wc hope our respected Correspondent
F, A. of Boston, Mass. mill, excuse the
non-appearance of his important commu-
nication this week. We are desirous that
cur ansioers to the several queries, should
accompany it. . . ..

The good counsel from A, Subscriber' "
in Philadelphia would; have bem more wel-
come, had the. postage, been. paid. ^ We
consider all such unpaid communications as
an imposition on our good nature.

We acknowledge the receipt of [letters
from Carlisle, Penn: Boston, Mass.

^j^SiED.
In this City, oh the 29th' uHyby. whe Rev.
Benjamin Paul; Mr; Isaac Rookks, to .\Wiss
Eliza Atkesoi*. ,,..,< . ; • , , ; - •

By the same, wr George Troup ; to jMiss
Sarah Johnson. • ; • ' ••■

Bun, ,

On Monday last,! Caroline, ,<Hu#j©r 01
William Beverly, aged ' .seven-' years^four
months and eight-d'ays:;"'" '

The City, Inspector ;, reports^ the; derfi of
07 persons,during the week ending . on>5|iur-
day 2d inst. viz 35 men; ZA WomtW, WBojb,
and 20 Girls, v ,. : ' • ; ' •-, » n r . ;

Deathsjn . Phila4ejphia, dg^j,tt»^taiie'
period, Pfijij^^J^^^

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LINES.

Ob ! tell Toe not of years that are past;
. The present let me know ;
Recall not all that's fled so fast,
In life's quickchanging flow,

Tellme'not of the gay wrought scene:?.
We've known in days of yore,

Oh cease to think, they ere have been,
Like dreams, they'll be no more.

Tbo c time has laid a kindly hand

On us, yet has he given,
Our hearfci a change, or has he fan'd

l^be flame that lights to Heaven.

Seek we on earth its short-Rv'd joys,

Transient as they are bright,
Why ! plaaijwe flowers wbichjeare destroys,

Ere they have burst to light.

The present let us call our own,

The future time will ope ;
One gives us joys before unknown,

The other whispers, hope.

ROSA.

Ah.

It^harf cbine in |fear ahd ( wonder 1 ';
Her«M4e4'bV trujoip ! and &uhdet'£
ii^-jom ih jstrife aftd' toir,
It shall come in 1 blood and ipoil'.
It shall c'ptiie ih 'empire's gro'aH^,
Bumingieniple^ trampled tHhines
Then, a>nbidopi irue tny Mt f~-

♦ Earth to eatthVand'du'^ttij dUsf !'

,; ■ . • ■ I.. ■ ; ' .«

Then shall come die judgment sign.
In the east the King shall shine ;
Flashing from HeaVert's golden gate,
Thousands thousands round his state
Spirits vrith tlie crown and plume, !
Tremble, then, thou sullen tomb i i
Heaven shall open on our sight, j
Earth be turned to living Ught, j
Kingdom of the ransom'd just!—- !

Earth to earth; and dust to dust !?

, .j

Then thy mount, Jerusalem^ ;
Shall be like a gorgeous gem ; j
Then shall in the deserts rise
Fruits of more than Paradise ;
Earth by angel feet be trod,
One great garden of her^ God !
Till are dried the martyr's tears \
Through a thousand glorious years; !
j Now, injhope of Him we trust — j
Earth to earth, and dust to dust !'j

Fob. thb-. Freedom's Journal.
SONG.

Baaish'grief for hope presages-,
floppier seeneVin life ahead :
Bear up still, and pain that rages,
Sbon will cease, its power be fled.

Why should we let drooping sorrow
Force the intrusive tear to view;
Is there a balm which wc can borrow,
By opening healing wounds anew r

No, anguish feeds on its own making,
And rends the heart of softer mtjuld;
Soon peace the trembling breast forsaking
Flies delug'd from its stormy hold.

Despair proclaims her dread dominion
So late tranquillity's domain,
And cautious each officious minion,
Guards close the avenues of^pain.

Then banish grief, not'once'presuming
To brood o'er ills you can't arrest,
Bear up, the heart may yet be blooming,
The Halcyon spirit fill the breast.

ARION.

From theXondon" Forget Me Not," for 1857.
. A- DIRGE.

EY THE REV. G. C80LY.

' Earth to earth, and dust to dust t'
Here the evil and the just,
Here the youthful and the old,
Here the fearful and the bold;
Here the matron and the maid
Iti one silent bed ate laid ';
Here the vassal and the king
Side by side lie withering ;
Here the sword and sceptre rust —
* Earth to earth, and dust to dust.'

Age on age shall roll along
O'er this pale and mighty throng;
••••*;$J^;4kat wept them, those .that weep,
All shall with these sleepers sleep.
'Brothers, sisters of the worm, '
Summers sun or winter's storm ,
.... Song of peace and battle roar,
i .'Ify'er shall break their slumbers more,
^Oeatft#hall kef phis sullen trust—

^4kfdw» eartft, and dust to dust!'

; ' (;■ ''.: ; . .!•,
j 7- vBjtt » fa U coining fast,
* |-Eicth/%;mighti<!st«Bd thy last!

FRANCIS WILES, j
RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends, and
the Public generally, that his HOUSJE No.
152 Church-street, is still open lor the accom-
modation of genteel' persons of colour, with

BOARDING AND LODGING.

Grateful for past favours, he solicits a
continuance of the same. His house lis in a
healthy and pleasant part of the city ; land no
pains or expense will be spared on h}s pav-
to render the situation of those who |)onour
him with their patronage, as comfortable as
possible. '

New-York, Sci)t. 1827. 2/i—8ni

NOTICE.

THE <: AFRICAN MUTUAL IN
STRUCTION SOCIETY, tor the
of coloured Adults, of both Sexes,
opened their SCHOOL on Monday E
October lsi, at their former School Roc
cjer the Mariner's Church, in Roosevelt
The School will be open on every
Wednesday, and Friday Evenings,
past 6 o'clock. ■

Those desirous of receiving instruction,
be taught to Read, Write and Cypher!,
the first of April, 1828, for the small is
one dollar, to be paid on entering the se

An early application is requested*
will be no allowance made for past tim
Aaron Wood, James Mvebs

William P. Johnson, Arnold E;Lzre
E. M. Africanus, Henry.

Trus

' hriv

Economy istlie Road
to wealth-4-^nd
penny, saved
good as two 'pennys
earned. Then : . call

atthe United

e re-
enin#

•street.
nday
half

i, will
until

sum of

hool.
there

States

Clothe s $ressino
tlstablishriieri^

JAMES GILBERT,

Who has removed from 4li to 422 firojadway^
and continues as^u'sual'to cany'.pn.tte',t/Ioth;i(8*
Dressing in correct arid systimaticaiityle j Ha-jg
ing fietfect knowledge" of the bds'ipess,ihavihv
been legally brag., to ^. his mpde' -pf cleahiri!?
and Dressing, Cpij^'y^f^m^ &.6.,is. ( by
Steam Sponging,' which ^ the.,o^lk)coii , <tct

^n«^v »xt 1^ ui •pi.aiifs',' GREAsi-ap.ot*
Tar, Paint ■^6th^^'r^-WtBk^ i ''-
■ N B The public are cautitaed aginst the
imposture of those who attempt the Dresing
of clothes, by STEAJjf /jSPO^(J^ Vj ,who
are totally unaccMa&ted'witia the husiiie8s,a8
there are many sSdahlishments wfcici have
recently been opened in oily.- i'
[ tt3r . AH kindg 0 f jTailoring = Work < lone;
;the,aboxe pjace. , . . , , , , . ; ; ' ; ;
! ,Au. ! cto^.jy| j ^! .1$; cleane4 ; 0£ rspairf
9* good for 'one year.and one ofoy -^fo
claimed & that time,; they. wiB be sold & pul
lic aufition. ' ' % ' " '

G & R. DRAPER,

' (CoMrdd Men.) r
iln Forest-street, Baltimore, Manufacture all
kinds df - ! SmoMnj'/aiidi Chewjnfe TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappee, and Maccabau SNUFF,
gS^S^' Spanish,, and American. SE

t N. B. The above gentlemen* have sent me
•a large Box :oX. their TOBACCO for sale and
; should the experiment succeed, they can sup-
ply any quantity of all the articles.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

B. F. HUGH ES' SCHfOOL.
For Coloilrtd Children of both Sexes.
Under St. Philip's Chunih, is now ready for
the admission of Pupils.
In this school will be taught READING,
WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY
with the use of Maps and Globes, and History,
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.
Reference.— Rev. Messrs. P. Williams, S
E. Cornish, B. Paul and W. Miller.
New- York, March 14. 1

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

MR. GOLD, late of onnecticut, takes
this method of informing the coloured popula-
tion of this city, that he teaches English Gram-
mar, upon a new and improved plan, by which
a pupil of ordinary capacity, may obtain a cor-
rect knowledge of the principles of the En-
glish language, by attending to the study there
of two hours in a day in six weeks. He would
be willing to teach a class of coloured persons,
either in -the day or in the evening (as may suit
their convenience :) and lus terms will be
such, that no one desirous to learn will have
cause to be dissatisfied with them.

Persons wishing to avail themselves of ihis
opportunity of learning "EriglishGrammar will
please to call upon the Rev. B. Paul, No. G
York-street, or the Rev. P. William's 68,
ros.by, -street, with whom also, the names of
those who determine upon becoming pupils of
Mr. Gold, will be left. . Nov. 16, 1S27.

- W P. JOHNSON,
No. 5pJ . Pearl-street, near Broadway, keeps
constantly on hand, an assortment of

BOOTS & SHOES,

Also, a Superior Quality of 1 iquid Blacking,
free from the use of Vitriol, of his own manu-
facture, all which he will sell cheap for cash.

Boots and Shoes made to order, and repair-
ed on the most reasonable terms.
New- York, Jan. 25

LAND FOR SALE. ~

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, TWO THOUSAND
Acres of excellent LAND, at less than one
half its value,', jjrovided they will take meas-
ures to settle, or have it settled, by coloured
farmers. The land is in the jtatc of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city ; its location
is delightful, being on the banks of the Dela-
ware river, with an open navigation to the city
of Philadelphia. The Canal leading from the
Delaware to the- Hudson river, passes throu:; ::
the tract, opening a direct navigation to New-
York city; The passage, to either city may
be made. in one day or Jess. The land is of
the best quality, and well timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his
brethren, who are capitalists, will at least in-
vest 500 or 1,000 dollars, in these lands. To
such he will take the liberty to say, this land
can he purchased for, .5 dollars the acre, (by
coloured men,) though it has been selling for
25 dollars. He also takes the liberty to oh
serve that the purchase will be safe and ad>
yantageouB, and : he thinks , such a settlement,
formed by coloured families, would be condu-
cive of much good. With this object in' view
he will invest 500 dollai'a in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

,Newr York) March 20.

N..-B: Communications on the subject, post
paid, will be received and attended to.

. . ^G : ,SC#pO,L for persons of

.Colour;, will be opened on the i5th of October
itiext ih the A frican Schobl Room in Mulberry
street v-where iwill be^wght

;^c, TMMg.— ntfee.p^Jare per quarter
payable lV advance. Hbuis from 6 to half

l WftEi Pubiic is re'spcctfuily mformed, that
&e itbbvfe" SCHOjOL, (lin'aer WMii 6f
Mr. B&btlfotf,) Is ope^' every TtfesSay and
Friday Evening, at ,;7. o?clock, itfth* School

, Persons ,vnshmg to join, are remiested to,do
sf withouVcltetay. K te^s 1 rI^e [ lmown' ; at'th(
ahobl: January id. '

i- iwuAft- FKb^ ^aooiu

NOXICE.—- Parents and. Guardians of
Cobured Chidren, are hereby informed 1 ;' tbata
Male and Female' ScriebV hti lorigf be^n 1 etfafc*
lished- for coloured children, % the Manwhig.
sion Society of tliis <My^whtte the pupils re-
ceive such an education 9a is calculated to fit
hem for usefulness and respectability, 'the
male school is situated ih Mulbcrry-streer,near
Grand-street, and the^ female school to Wilban*
street, near Duane street; both under the
management of experienced teachers. The-
Boys are taught Reading, Writing, Arithmetic,
Geography and En^ish' drammrtr— -and the
Girls, in addition to those 1 bAihclies, are tauglit
Sewing, M arking, arid Knitting, &c. (
TERMS OF ADMISSION,
Pupils of 5 to fifteen years' of age are admitted
by the Teachers at the Schools, at the rate of
twenty-live cents to one dollar per quarter, ac-
cording to the circumstances of the parents ;'.
and the children of such as cannot' afibrd to pay
any thing are admitted free of expense, and en-
joy the same advantages as those who pay.

Each school is visited weekly by a commit-
tee of the trustees, in addition to which a com-
mittee of Ladies pay reguinr visits to the Fe-
male school. Care is taken to impart moral
nstruction, and such; have been the happy ef-
ects of the system pursued in these schools,
ha although several thousand have been
a ught in them since their establshincnt s(noW
more han thirty years) there has never been
au insance known to the trustees whe«e a pupil
havingreceived a regular education has been
cotivictedof any crime in bur Courts of Justice.
By order of the Bourd of Trustees.

PETER S. TITUS>
RICHARD FIELD.
Jan . 10, 1923.

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. od- JOB awn FABT€J¥ '

neatly executed' at Wt Ofice. ":

IS) JO 17]

tJJTAL.

BY Jim fi, RUSSWURM.

vol. i,-*-im xLVii/

THE MILITARY ^ki^iCiJ BOOK. ,

N30UT8. IN THE GtfARD-HOUSE.

ST.;fty OP MARIA DE CARMO:

(Continued.)
•^% LL ! w got into the church, which was
more like a stable ; for there was* a squad-
Ihron of dthragoons' horses' in it the night be-
fore ; the sfhraw that remained \vas all we
had to sleep! on, an' wet enough it was, God
knows! The allhar piece, a fine painting; cut
and hacked, an' the wood of the althar itself
tow* up, for firing. ' There's something
brewing, Marry,' says I.—' Whist 1' says he
* jomj ; «bc mawes to get us put if she can ;
an- sorry enough I am, lbr ; she may get shot, or
be hung b-. these Frenchmen, if they discover
that she is our friend.' So we talked about "-'it
a while, artd : agreed to watch all night, as she
desired. It Was then coining dark," an r we "rill
sat down on the sthra'W, after a few moutli-
fuls of what We we had, an' some conversation,
all feli asleep,exceptHarrv and me.Wc talked
together to pass the time* till about nine o'-
clock, when we both from, fatigue felt very
sleepy, so we agreed to lie down, one at a time
v.hilo the other walked about. 1 had the fn«*'
sleep ; an I suppose it might be two hour*,
wlicn IJan-y wakened ine, ari' lay down him
self; but although he did, his sleep was on'< J
a doze, for he used to start an' ask me • some-
thing or other every ten 'minutes. At last
uhout^one o'clock— I think it couldn't be mo\ <
— 'h o high window on one side 'began to ris-
- ;\ and'l epuldjustdisarn a figure of a head
.aV shouldhers. like j\Iaria's between me an
'.he faint rrrav •;„;!:(: o' \-,n sky : so I wake:;

my, an wc bodrwent over imdther Hie wi.:
<jow. : * lis sh-'s s-;re chough p I ;' ;in' •• J
v. hisper froiri' her soon showed ii/.wav: i'
s.iores of our comrades wr&jtut load cnou:-
tn tdhrown her voice, an' ours too, from any
danger: an' from the great fatigue the v su\
iercd, there wasn't a s wi awake, but" our
solves and the scnthry outside the door.. * Take,
thU rope,' sayssiip, -in. Portuguese, k an : pull
she/ ladther, while I guide it down to you ;—
make, no noise.' We then laid howldo' the
rope, which by a liUle groping we found hang
mg down from the window, an' we pulled
-;eady, while she took the top o' the .ladther,
••.a 1 guided it down as nice .us you please. She
then sat. down across on; tin* window, while we
cautiously, mounted theaadtber, an' got up to
her. I , vas first . SQ | looke .| a |j round tQ see

'i i could make. out any o'thc. sent hries ; but
^ae heavy s ky H!U } a high- wind favoured us.
^o Harry an' Island on 'the edge, an' we slow-
ly draws, up the ladther an' put it down. 'Here
r 0 .^s !' says ^ ; aii'jltook a parting look at my
..»ric&r.coat-:a*.U}s' ; God send you safe, lads !'
•' thought I. ns 1 went down. ./Uaria was the
next, -and then Hany. When we all three got
. out clear, i was putting my hand to the lad-
thfer to take it away, when the scnthry cried:
out *:Qut va la from' the front o' the church.
Thinks 1, 1 It's all up with us !' ■Maria-seemed,
to sink into nothmg ; she laned against us both
thrcmblir.glike.au aspinlafe, while we-stirred
not a limb, .and held fast our breath. .'Qfi.M
la 1 was again roared .'out by the senlhry,' ih'a
louder voice. O God ! how. I suffered, an'
Poor Harry too ; the drops run off our faces
With anxiety, for it was now whether we should'
answe: to the sehfhry's challenge, :in' be taken
or remain silent and be shot ! He, challenged a
third ixm.e< when. at. the highest pitch. of our.
feelings, a Fiv.uelmUn.*p^v«i ed dR.the jcbal-,
lengp.ashe passed by t^e sentiiry. I suppose
it was some .officer pro\v'lip.g about, the town to
watch the guards. Oh. wfmt a relief it was to,
us L Ye may guess 'dibw glad we were to find'
•tha'roUi- chance was as good ever

•' Afther a bit,' Maria tduljf us to follow ex^-
actly wherever.she Went, arid to carry the lad- ;
th>A- ? vWlh-a«. 1 So We c)ro;-eeded-^she tii st-^-
pieking our steps in the'dark, .till we.' goboufe
over a liirle wall intotft narrow lane, where ;Wi?i
left 4be ladther down ih^.ditc",. ;The ^vind
blew as loud as everd hardjit, : .:\yhjch" fyvpwM,

hops.. We cjeeped on, till welcame to a s'oit
ofan'OutJiojAsp.;, where. we halted to ^thraw
bur breath; ai> thanked God forjour. eiscape so
ikr.'\;-Sayk : Jiljai i i'j( to Harjy, 'Men *Aiirtque !
men curacib? ? ---but ther> no ufe'of 'ielling it
in Portuguese, |9Q Til give it jplain English
-f-'Hchry nay! heart;' says sbe,r we nowlare
ho back of Senor Luiz de Alfandega's housej'
(iha.t wrt? her, friend's; where she| Jived) and we
mu^tj«t«y . there until morning/. ' Are the
^ndla'ia^,. qp not ?* . says Raw. * No,' re-
^^4'^ar)Oj. : 'jnone^ of the soldj^ers, except a
sick.' !.' rench ciirn'el'and 'his.servah ; but both'
'are fafet asleep 1 j abVve Stair's. Poor Luiz : ah 5
his n^fe averted, .ind.fhere is m body remain-
ing in the house but. Emanuel' (that was an
(6uld crater, of |a \nan, , sixty years in the
family — a sort! o'cate-taker b. tsie vine yard.)
' I will go-to. the^. window an' se if all is safe,
ltwas he\vho provided me wit i : the ladther,
an' now waits to hear, of my s access. Stay
here until I retu^' She went u [ido the house
and in a few minutes came baclc an' guided us
safely into the kitchen, where ould Emanuel
was waiting./ : , '

' When we got into the kitchen, there was
the poor ould inan sitting. W' e couldn't see
him till we ■strudk a ■ ligiit-r-whi m W;ls- a good
while first, owing to hi$ gropin ^ about .for. a
llint, i}n' being fearful o*'. wakening t!je curriel
or h.isXar.vant, that was above ^tairs.' Well,
We go't the liglitjj and a sad sight it showed us;
there. was destruction itself-^-e' ery tl ing bro-
ken.and batthere'd — tl>e window? knocked out
the' partitions! burned-— an' the - ould m«n,
with his white head, standing, like despair,
ov'ev'the riiinsV- This Was dl done by the ra?:-
cels o } 'French ; ?m : d suppose i ' ^hey «veiu-t
turaed out, to make room; for fqr the sick cur-
rsel, they'd ba' left the house.

'.Maria -now brought out.iVoni a.jjoo.k in the
kitchen, two shutes o' cou'nth'ryman's clothes'

I held out of, broipe' away in niy hand. 1 ran
afther ibjm as.lie got out o' the door, but he
got clane^of through the back o' the house.
[To be Continued.]

u^gre,ally ; an' the sort o'gray ; ,(.wilight that
was "above t us,., was just sUjlnpjeijt' fo
oiir way. .Mana'riqw

fiEhl/owher t whicH ! We ai'd, ; all alting^.i^rt^r n=j^ yht;}&V Wp&t

parti-
heads to look,
the cracks in
the step was

| !ot- iiVto put on, ;in ordther thajt we nught all
. escape to the English camp ; ar^ : "scarcer)
we taken them up, when we harjl a noise, as if
a person- had ■ slipp't' hi.V foot on .the stairs.
• «\ hist.' says J, ' t. fai ry ; there sjonjebody stiri-
rirtg.' 'We were all as mute as hiicej ju^' the.
ould man blew out the -light., , ; We conhi now
hear a ...footstep moving down &e stairs
as there was a board broken. ou
tjon, Harry an* I popped o.ut om-
it was dark; but we could see
the gate o' the hous|e. Presently
at. the bbttom o' the 1 house. Presently the step
was at the bottom b' the stairsV»b* in .the stone -
passage or gateway. — The Porftkdese houses
mostly have gateways. Maria tihrerabled like
an aspinleaf an' Hajry pinched hp: to be quiet.
The bou.lt o' the gate whs np.w : slowly moved,
an opened. We could then see, jby a dim light
froim the sthreet, tjiat a Frepcfi soldier, in '.re-
gi'mentail's was let in by another j in undthress,
an' the gate quietly shuts nh' ; not bou.b.ed, but
larched afther them. ' Bf the PojweVs P thinks
I; we ate done. So'-we listened [ an' present*
ly one o } the villjiins says to the .other, in
French, " die's fast .asleep ; ■ but'yod .must be
quick, or he may wake ? the money is, all reaf
tly on Mie table." 5o«h then stole up slairs^
an' L -consulted with Har.ry about, the malt her.'
We didn\ knfiw what to '^ink'.ojf it.. . 'Says I, :
6 They^re, goiiig'to rph the "cuf hel|6f His nto'riey,'
you ;ma^ depehd' upon it.' : t Wen exclaimed'
to Maria what the vbari suid,;ah 'pays she," "'in l a'
imnnteV '- They're irking to tiitirtA&Wm? ^¥e«f
says'onld En»an»ieli, • ■ - C&tani&rtp? • .Scarcely
was! Abe*! word. oitt; of obw-nJttujtK,' when,
heard a ;di«adfnjigrban!
the; paid m.am iHatty [
.minute, , i/^ljowed , jixy ^
^r,ba^net^^'il v JJs

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From the Genius of Universal Emancipation.
: / MINUTES, &c.

OP THE ^lMEHICAN CONVENTIOW.

' [Continued.]

Octdber 6th, Q o'clock, A. M.
Convention met. Wm. Eawje, Esq.
President, in the Cbaic.

Present — —Messrs. Day, : .RawJc, Preston,
Shipley, Partpn, Mptt, J3rown, AtLee, Hilles,
W ebb, Pierce, Pusey rarker, Nevvport,Bond,
Raymond, Luhdy, Scholfield, and Dawes.

The address to the citizens of the United
Slates, on the subject of the instruction of the
children of indigent free persons of eolour, be-
ing read, and considered by paragraphs, was
adopted as follows :

The American Convention for promoting the
Abolition of Slavery, &c.' to the Citizens '

of the United States.. .
Among the various subjects which have ob-
tained our' attention n't this time, that of the
.education of indigent Coloured children is con-
idered one of prinjnry importance; When
we "look; around -upon the pne-hand, and see.
the incalculable advantages, which have^ ac-
crued to the children of white persons iri limi-
ted circumstances, - from the' instruction • be*
stowed upon thern> by judicious benevolent
provisions ;- and upon the other, to^ observe tHe,
doplorable effects D.f the w»nt of instruction, in'
the case of the neglected children of coloured
parents, we feel a conviction that the period has
arrived, wh'en the Abolitionist and the Philan-
thropist ought^.p. iv r 'ne\y and redouble Ibcir ef-
forts to remove the unpleasant contrast ; and
it is with much satisfaction we have (learned
that in some parts of oui' countuj'i ' the atten-
tion of bbnevolent.individuals, and. charitable
institutions, has been attracted to this subject,
and the success which attended their endeav-
ors, furnishes a most poVverfurihducenient to
follow up so praiseworthy an undertaking by
the united e'flbrts of all those who are one in
sentiment- with. us r cUV improving the condition
of the African r^cef. ^Vc^rust it will be, read-
ily conceded, tlikt whatever measures liavc the
effect of enlightening .any portion of the com-
munity, are "a ..public good and upon this
maxim, the education of the children of what
are. called the lowci 'classes, h,as often been re-
commended with a laudable ieal, by states-
men eminent' for" their wisdom and .foresight
from hence, and the acts;ofsome: of .'the.Statef
Iiegislatureftj much "has been done to enJighjt^n :
the minds of indigent children s : Unhappily* , in ;
some parts .of ppr. country, cpioured^^ildrftp,
are deprived of ,t Jie b enetits 'of f ci^ucat jon, b;y ; .
imgencrous constr^cfiofls of, existinglawf ; .in;
somej by , the absence of all .legal prpvisiob for
their instruction, and ih others by thp existence 1
of ieg at 'pro'Hihiiio'n^'V ' tlmS : ' lda'iirfg- a < wide
;fieid open "'-f6r thb %'ene'Vpleht Operations of
:Jhosd who feel an interest in taisingnthe d^grar'
jdP'd : Afiic - 9n frown state/ of igtofrfiode whichdst
taiieproach to the;age andioountry, in, which we ;

live..' III!/ • .;;r,ij, f.j-v ;.,)' r ,

. As! regards the v cppaeity ; of eolour«d } ebdr,
dre^to, apqujirp'tknpw^^e,, wben;$e o^poytu^

ih'u'pPB th'^b^'atSiipa,') while;! rian'/atth^ felf
low who fired? the; pistoh 5t,wisUJ^«nwti«

lie; mafia:, for^theidcjw, an^ea^d ^f^tpx^
tiiejEmaflftej-irl )mj, . ?*ffll vM*

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flieVines wnichg^ over the wtilte' tii&as I *&eWtbe ^*Setfs^la^#hjc : h>#4'«

tins 'fi|ed a Wstdrij

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, . f f ^W^ieWs'arW'^ciiitext; ; it'io ^^b'tb^be

fiends of emancipation and equal. rights Jthit; ,
they give to this subject: the sQlepin considsra ?
fion which its importance so loudly demands,
and. adopt such measures as may appear best
jCftlQulgtpd. to dissipate, the cloud of ignorance-
by which the present coloured gpneVatioh is
enveloped, and 'succeeding' ones threatened,
if those measures are pursued 'with' a zeal
worthy of such a caus'e, we trust your' labors
will be crowned with success, and the bepev-r
oleiit heart will expeet no richer reward.

The committee appointed to draft an address
to the several Abolition i Manumission, &Ci.Sor
cieties in the Uuited States-" reported an essay
which was read, considered by paragraphs,an,d
adopted, as follows :

To the various Societies instituted to; promote
the; Abolition of Slavery in the United
. 'States; or to' protect the rights and improve
the condition of the People ofCplo.ur,
The American Convention of delegates
from Societies, associated in various p.arf^ of
our country, to piomote the abolition of slave-
ry' and improve the condition of the Afrjca#
rtcej .conyened in Philadelphia, having harmo-
niousiy'ttknsacted its importaiit* concerns, ad-
dress- you at;' this time with increased interest;
for the succ'esS of the cause they, have espous-
ed ; firmly relying on theiDivinc Being for a
iblessingon their feeble efforts to prpmote the
pause o£ jus.tice and mercy'

The communications forwarded to the Con-
vention at t jus lime, fully .evince that the cause
f af ^mancipation continues to advance; and
4hat even in the. strong holds of : slavery; the
friends df ."the oppressed slave arc fast incre'as-
ipg in number's. Our fellow citizens ef the
sbutli and west arc becoming more and; more
awakened to a Sense .of the evil, ; injustice a»d
impolicy of slavery ■;. »nd we firmly- :tr,ust that
those who have engaged jivihc, beuevoj^nt
work of " restoring liberty to the captive, ,aj).d
tof let. -M"? oppressed go free" will hot look
back with, m^couragemeht jto Oie long period
this cruelty ^^iias'prevaile(i,btit continue to press
forward $M increased : energy to thegohl; they
have set before theni, the complete attd .fipa|
abolition "of' slaVe ! ry within iheUpite^States.
To promote this desirable 'object we know of
no measures more efficient than the formation
of anti-slavery associations, particularly in sit-
uations where the e\dls>:of slay ery,pre vail ; for
experiencie.bas fuHy proved . that a combina-
tion of efo)t has. often' effected that; Which in-
dividual exertion, has attempted in vain. The
diggepiinaton of useful ' works and tracts on
the^tfbject of slavery, cannot ba have a pow-
erful effect in enlightening the public mjnd
pn this awfully - interesting, snbjeet. , The
convention wopld particularly recommend
the following works to your special <at-
tention-s-viz- ( larksori's Abolition off ; the
Slave Trade, abridged <by . ^yaii : Lew's : ;
Clarks(3*'s Thoughts on Slavery j. .Laws of
.the State of Pennsylvania, passed 1790 :
Tract op Slavery, published' by the Tract As-
sociation of Fiiends in Philadelphia ; : Hodg-
son's letter to J. B. ,on . tbe comparatwe
productiveness of.Free.and ^ave Labor ; .and
a work now preparing foy publicafjbn in this
city entitled, a Sketch of the' L'aws'ih relation
to SlaverV in the iUnited States, -by. George M.
Stroud. They also recommend thpt^cp An-
ti-Slavery Society .subscribe, and prjHnpte
! subscripfions amongrthpir members and oth -
ers for the Genius of Universa) .Emancipa-
tion, edited by Benjamin 'Luhdy, of Belltittibi!*,
arid to ; the African Observer; a Tperiodic/d
work; -published in Philadelphia, .b.y ^Eopch
Lewfc v apd the Freedom's Journal, a.weekly
paper ppbiisbed at New York, . by " JohW B.
Russwurm, a person of col&ur. < '5A11 ; these
WPrks w^ ! believe 'arP Well condncted,- and
^cill ibe pdwerfitl aids to the cause of liberty

and justice. , ; :.- . ■

;;Aa»n incipient, step tp. thf aboppn of slav-
ery, we ea?ne'stly reconiwend'fnai immediate
applicatibri^fee riiade' tb the Legislatures:. of
states ■wHere^Rvery*!itets,to:p^
of slrtvcs outof the stjite'.; ;^he.traffic whjefa. is
thus ; 6arried t on ;: frpm st^tevto s.tstp,, is. fitful
pf, evil . consequences, pot bnly depraving the
minds ortho8eengaged4rillbdtp>odti
most cruel separations^ ^Pf nejBir c^nrtetloiis^tod
"depriving its vicrtms of Wlinost every toeeijtove
-to; c'oftfugal -fidelity, or correctness of cpnduet.

Perhaps next in importance in meliorating
the condition of the slaves, is the adoption
of regulations for their religious instruction
and the education of their children.

The condition of the free people of co<
lour in the United States has claimed our
attention, and we earnestly recommend to
the several societies, not only to use their
endeavors to protect them in their just
rights, but to use every means in .their
power to elevate them in the scale of soci-
ety, by affording them and their children
the means of literary instruction. And as
the first day of the week is too frequently
spent by them in dissipation, we would,
suggest the formation of associations wher-
ever practicable, for the establishment of
first day or Sunday schools for their bene-
fit, as well as schools on the other days of
the week. The degraded condition of this
class of men ought to call forth our regret
and sympathy ; being precluded from pur-
suing the lucrative employments of life, it
is much to be desired that more of them
have heretofore been permitted may be in-
structed in handicraft trades, and employ-
ed in manufactures.

You will observe, by our minutes, that
the Convention has again addressed Con-
gress, on the important subject of the ab-
olition of slavery in the district of Colum-
bia, and the restriction of the further in-
troduction of slaves into the territory of
Florida ; and we hope our application will
be supported by addresses, from other bo-
dies of our constituents. The convention
believes that if the advocates of freedom
persevere in endeavoring to enlighten the
public mind on this all important subject
that the time is not far distant when a tri-
umph will be obtained over the strong pre-
judice and delusion which has so long con-
tinued, and the cause of justice and human-
ity will finally prevail.

The convention fervently desires that all
who have put their hands to this great
work may really deserve, the epithet of
" Saints,", which iu irony has been
proachfully cast upon them ; and by their
energy, prudence, and moderation, con-
vince their opponents they have been mis-
taken in their characters and conduct.
And we confidently hope that the blessing
of that Almighty Being, who equally re-
gards the bond and the free, will crown
vour righteous labours with success.
(To be continued.)

HOU&OTCS OF

We copy from a Philadelphia paper, the
following; paragraph, for the sake of offering
an incidental remark :

' DIED, in Philadelphia Almshouse, James
Dailey, the mulatto kidnapped boy, recently
brought home by High Constable Garrigues,
from Louisiana. He was far gone when sent
to the Almshouse, and lived but eight days
after his return home.

The House Surgeon's Certificate declares
that, in his opinion, the boy died of debility,
resulting from improper food, neglect during
illness, and severe treatment His person
bore the scars of repeated whippings and blows
and was emaciated.'

it is to be lamented, that there is no remedy
to be applied, to satisfy the outraged laws-of' ,
the nation, for the cruelty inflicted upon this
unfortunate descendant of Africa. He was
; born free as Cassar," and from his birthday,
till the hour when he was kidnapped and torn
from his mother's cottage, und the embraces of
of sisters and friends, he.breathed the pure air
of liberty, and dreamed not of the horrors
that awaited him. But in the midst of securi-
ty — at an hour when he delighted himself,
with the sports of his juvenile companions, he
was seized upon by ruffians, and couveyed to
regions, far beyond the towering Alleghany,
and doomed to spend a portion of his life in
bondage, and to receive the stripes and casti-
gations of a merciless master.

But it was decreed by Heaven, that he
should be freed, and at an hour, when he little
'^pe<;tedt»5 Deliberated from hi <; chains, a min-

istering angel came to burst his manages, and meot's ease will ehsiue. The tooth-ache is

to restore to him that freedom which
birthright, but which he.hfmlost.

But his liberation came an hour too
already had the hapless victim to man*

load of human suffering, and looked
cently towards that grarc, which was

was^his not to he puffed at jjpoularly, but will tiavc
i its :©wn way— is quiite as imperious as a
late, for Mogul Prince. ' Th rob 1 throb ! the heart
\ trench °^ a y° u £ ma ^ cn 11 Dver throbbed so wild-
ery an'd 'ZacUyT'be^olink' beXath the" ^ ^ theteeth « F4II up the cavity of thy
* «4»'V» . .s i tooth with hntdippetl in peppermmt/'once

^Picxclainea my Friend Uncle John, I follow-
j rea<} y to 'ed his directions in iplicitly,' as I thought,
receive him, and which would silence :all, his I DUtj yo powers! what a mistake I made !
sorrows, and quiet the tempest of his soul. in the agony of ray distress, I seized a
He'had scarcely arrived at the honiej|of his! phial containing aqua fortis, yes, the real
fathers, when he yielded[up this mortliltaber- ; biting kind, not liovveve^ with, the most
nacle,tothatGod whojgave it, aud sleeps j n I distant idea that its contents were of so
peace. Peace to his manes, and may a ju S tjP un g ent * " a f ure > * he i«"t was applied as!

. ■ Y, u « :i . •• •♦i ik- 'recommended: and now,' ye kind souls

God meet the negro boy's destroyer, with jbis j ^ j ^ , iave bounded ? whVj

avenging rod, and infiict on; them thatjpiinish-j nephcwcl .j ed my . aunt N a bby, what ails
ment, which is not prepared for their! villainy . tnee ? A fter some harmless execrations, a
by the laws of the land. j satisfactory explanation took place, the re-

It would be well;for humanity, ifpobr I>AI- j suit was this-~thc remedy actually admin-
LEY were thejonly one who has « suffered for 1 istered, proved infallible, but subjected me
his complexion/' and felt.thc rigor of t|ie slave j to the necessity of breakfasting, dining and
dealers tyranny. Unluckily ,he was ni>t alone;
there are hundred s in the Southerh States
who have been torn from their houses by the
kidnappers— hundreds are now held ip chains
who. were born freehand were QntUlejl to the
rights of freemenjl; and yet nothing^isjdone to

return '.l.em to their homes— -to restore them
their rights, and to place them on equal footing,
with their brethren. Wc do not stale this »l
random; we know of several free blaaks, be-
longing in the neighbourhood of Wihnjng'ou,
Delaware, who are now held as slaves in't he
South Western States and who were jkidn ap-
ed and torn from'their honies and families. If
they are yet living, and wc doubt not that they
are, they can be easily returned, anil should
any citizen of Delaware, feci sufficiently in -
terested, to induce him to make an eftbijt to pro-
cure their redemption, if he will address a note
to the editor of tho Literary Cadet, Prolvidenee.
Ithode Island, the residence of the kidnapped
slaves will be'pointed out, and every,' informa-
tion be given, necessary to their redemption.
Wc can also pent to-one, who was khlnappcd
in tlu: cir.y of New-York — sold in Norfolk,
Virginia, and afterwards transported (6 Alaba-
ma. Should any citizen of N ew-Yoi kjfeel dis^
posed to be -informed in relation to the last
mentioned kidnapped boy. by addressing us,
he'ean bejdirected how r 'to proceed, to ^ave,the
sufferer from a life of slavery.

Providence, LI. I. Iiit. Oaz.

supping on gruel, for at least a. fortnight.

ARION.

[For the Freedom's :Journal ]
TIIJEK.ES A — A Ifayticn Talc.
• Concluded.

TOOTH-ACHE.
Mr. Editor, 1

Op air the evils, perplexities, and pains,
we, mortals are subject to, there are none
that will bear a comparison with trie tooth
ache. You may unluckily, bruise yo ur fin-
ger, or perchance be promenading! Broad-
way with your gouty toe 1 carefully! wrap-
ped in some half dozen fdlds of flannel, in
this delectable state you may be revelling
in the balance of enjoymient you possess
removed from the domestic fireside ^vith
three or four ijrchins arqnnd you, rather
troublesome^occasionally. I repes t thus
how delighfful the reveries you jnay chance
to be in-,' when without any previo is inti-
mation of the sad disaster some unlucky
wi^ht plants his boot fully upon thi object
of your kindest solicitude, thereby giving
you an irresistible proof of his tteq r ht as a
blood of first water. All, this is he rrible !
but Usith a few ohs and ahjs, the effe ct cea-
ses. '&ot so with shooting] throbbing to oth-
ache ; when this seizes you it puts an end
at once to all hilarity and enjoymert ; not
a smile is seen on the countenance, all is
clouds and; vapours, grurn Wing and iir na-
ture; soothings avail nothing, but on the
contrary are repaid with k 1 Volley of spleen
and rhoroscness. The very elerhen s se'eht
to conspire against you ; St is sure s,t- such
times to rain incessantly ; the sun vtfl not
even shine out for, fear hip bearnsm: ght al-
lay a moment's agony. You may fu raigate
almost to strangulation, but it is, ten chan-
ces to one after this and (the grievous trou*
ble and pain of blistering! the cheek by the
application of hot bricks, whether a ino-

F.vrnn to experience trials, she was now
to ho made moi'e wretched than ever. vSt.
Lewis was now nr;ar the forward progres-
sing company of his- brethren in arms.
He had been despatched to the Pimento
grove, to acquaint madame Panliua and
Amanda, of the approach of their dear
Theresa. But, 'alas ! by, whom, or how
was the doleful news to be reported to the
heroine ? I lor mother and sister were not
to bo found at the place where she had
left them : and who shall keep the shock-
ing intelligence from her ! Already she
saw him approaching ; he was now near
She observed the gloomy melancholy,
which settled on his" brow, that plainly
foretold all were not well. She in-
quired into the result of his journey to the
grovo, and as an earthquake rends the bo-
som of the earth, so the intelligence her
gentle soul.

" Oh ! Theresa ! — Theresa ! said sin
in bitter grief, thou art the murderer of a
mother and a loving sister! Where!
where shall I hide me from the displeas-
ure of heaven and the curse of man ! — Oh,
matricide ! matricide ! whither shalt thou
flee from thy accusing conscience ! In
life l" shall be wretched, and after'dealh, oh!
who shall release this soul from the bonds
of self-condemnation! "Oh my affection-
ate mother! Hast Theresa rewarded thee
thus,for thy tender solicitude for her; "was
it for this, that thou saved me from the de-
vouring flames of my native St. Nicholas !
'Was it for this,that thou didst exert all thy
ingenuity, and saved me from the uplifted
sword of the enemy of St. Domingo ! —
' Oh God ! forgive this matricide ! " For-
give Theresa, who to save her country, sa-
crificed a mother and a sister— V 1 Wretch-
ed Amanda ! and thrice wretched is thy
sister, who devoted thep to misery and
death !"

The body , of escorts were now arrived
at the Pimento grove — Theresa sprang
from her carriage ; "hastened to the place
where her . mother and sister reposed at
her departure. She cried in the anguish
of her soul, " !*iy mother, .my mother !
where art thou ! — Come forth — let The-
resa embrace thee* 'to her wretched bosom.
Come Amanda ! dear Amanda," come, and
lave thy loving Sisier from black despair !
" Where, cruel, enemy, where, have ye
conducted them i If ye have murdered my
dear mother . and sister, let Theresa but
embrace.^heir clayey bodies, and while I
bless Abe enemies of the Haytiens !" But
her grief was unheard by those, the loss of
whom she bitterly deplored; solemn silence
occupied the grove, interrup*ed only by
intervals with 'the moans-- and sobs of the
men ofirms| who marked her anguish of
soiijl, and Were absorbed into pity. • Whith-
er now shall Theresa bend hei steps ! No
kind mother to guide her in lite, or affec-
tionate sister, to whom to impart the sor-
row of her soul, or participate with in inno-
cent pleasure j ftiendless and disconsolate,

she Was now left exposed to many evils,
and at a time too when the assiduous care
of a|horher , was most essential in 'thejMr'e-
servation of her wellbeing. .fThereta-^ras
on her way back the camp of the Icihd
Touissant L'Ourverture, to claim his fath-
erly protection, and seek a home in the
hosom of those, to whom she had rendered
herself dear by her wisdom and virtue.
The trampling of many horses was heard,
rapidly approaching, and bending its way
towards the same direction. It was a parr
ty of the French troops, and she was now
to witness war in all its horrors. Tho
enemy of Hay tien freedom was now near.
The war trumpet now sounded the terri-
ble blast for the engagement, and the Re-
volutionists like lions, rushed onto the
fight with a simultaneous cry of "Freedom
or Death !" The French, great in num-
ber,' fought in obedience to a cruol master-
Thellaytiens forlibcrty and independence^
and to obtain their rights of which they .
long have been unjustly deprived.

The pass between. the Mole and the vil-
i la^s St. Nicholas,, drank up the lives of
huadreds in their blood. The French re-
treated with precipitance, leaving their
'baggage 'with their gasping friends, oh the
spot where victory perched on the stand-
ard of freedom : And now the conquerors .
had hc^an to examine the property deser-
ted by the vanquished. A faint but mourn-
ful groan issuedfrom a baggage cart forsaken .
by the enemy; directed bythe light of a flam-
beau, captain Inginac bent thither his
nimble steps. Curiosity is lost in surprise
—-joy succeeeds sorrow — the lost ones
are regained- It was Madame Paulina and
Amanda, the mother and sister of the un-
happy THERESA. S

— ~.»e*e<t. —
A gentleman was informed by his valet
that his wife had just been delivered, and
was requested to guess what it was; he
replied " perhaps, a boy." " No. guess
again." " A girl," " 'Egad you've hit it,"
said the astonished ton?or»
— ..*6©e<»-—

A certain officer of an envious disposition,
said to Lord Exmouth, when he had just
gained:', great victory, " what can those
who envy your glory say now r" " I do not
know," paid the brave admiral, " what do
you say !''

Tierney observed of lord Thurlow, who
was much given to swearing and parsimo-
ny, that he wasi a rigid- disciplinarian in
religion, for that in his house it was pas-
sion iccch in. the. parlour, unci lent in Mc
kitchen all the year round.

Count Stacldeherg was on a particular
embassy by the Empress Catharine of
Russia, into Poland ; on the same occasion
Thurgut. was dispatched by the Emperor ;
of Germany. Both these ambassadors
were strangers to each other. When the
morning appointed fbran audience arrived,
Thurgut was ushered iuto a magnificent
saloon, where, seeing a dignified looking,
man seated, and attended by several Po-
lish noblemen, who were standing' most re- '
spectfully before him, the German ambas-
sador (Thurgut) concluded it was the
king, and addressed him as such, with;the
accustomed formalities. This dignified
looking character turned out to be Stack-
elberg, who received the unexpected hom-
age with pride and silence. Soon 'after,
the king entered the presence chamber,
and Thurgut, perceiving \\\£ mistake, fe-
tired much mor.tified and ashamed^- in
the evening it so happened that both these
ambassadors- were playing cards at the -
same table with his majesty. The Ger-
man envoy threw down - a card, sayingy
" The king of clubs." > " A mistake
said the monarch, " it is the kriave!^
" Pardon me, sire," ; exclaimed Thargut,
casting a significant glance at Stac^tter^;
* this, is the sccprid time to-day 1 have mis-
talcen a knave.for a'tipg." Suokelb«i,;
though very prompt at a repartee, bit ms
lip, and was»silent.

Fnm atew.V entitled Skctehct of Persia.

The following admirable lines Were in-
bribed upon a golden crown having five
sides which was found in the tomb of Noo-
therwan.

'First Side.—" Consider the end before
you begin, and before you advance provide
a retreat.

Give not unnecessary pain to any man,
inn study the happiness of all.

Ground not your dignity upon your pow-
< r to hurt others."

Second Side. — " Take counsel before
you commence any measure, and never
trust its execution totlie inexperienced;

Sacrifice your property for your life/ and
your life for your religion.

Spend your time in establishing ,a good
name, and if you desire fortune, leartn. con-
tentment."

Third Side. Grieve not for that which
is broken, stolen, burnt, or lost.

Never give orders in another man's
house, accustom yourself to eat your bread
at your own table.

Make not yourself the captive of women"
Fourth Side.-~~" Take not a wife from
a bad family, and seat not thyself with
those who have no shame.

Keep thyself at distance from those who
are incorrigible in bad habits, and. hold no
intercourse with that man who is insensi-
ble to kindness. »
Covet not the goods of others.
Be guarded with monarchs, for they are
like fire, which blazeth but destroyeth.

Be sensible to your own value, estimate
justly the worth of others ; and war not
with those who are far above thee in for-
tune."

Fifth Side. — " Fear Kings, women and

northern and middle states, and how nia- mnnts of our brethren generally, mid especi-
ny, or how difficult soever mt y be the urt-; ally, the enlightened part, when we say that
decided poiats or the" gener d subject* of ! we are prepared to enlist our means, efforts
tlZlf ° r f ti ? n ' n ,° t +* °^ h ™ H Rnd inflwencc ' in <™ouragement of any

presented. Wijh this WoJd -prinoij^e j. ™: a ^.r beI,e,r,n * rf th » ob J ect TOU "> b ^b-
then in view, are you able Ind willing, , r ,. . . 4l

gentlemen, to give the public answers to| go lor1h . w,lh . the ""tr-urtentg of civilization

and Christianity to our benighted brethren in
Africa, and throughout the world.

the following questions.

Have tiro coloured population in tH£
Northern and Middle States, . the intention
and ability to acc6mplish any : hing of con*
sequence, alone and immediately, to pro-
mote the cause of education aijiong them ?

Are they willing and reac y to unite' Cure for Intemperance-

Jftummarg.

their funds' and their influence with those j been discovered, says the Elkiou T
of the white population, in the execution I t ^ lt sulphuric acid taken in spirits, corn-

It has recently
" y ress,

of the same object ■ Or,

Are. they willing to submit al
in this matter, to jhe justice and
and entire management of the
ulation 1 In a word,

Are they prepared to encourage and co-
operate with a National Society 1 for Afri-
can Education ? The definite* object of
which might be to establish, Common'
Schools, Academies, a School for Teach-
ers, and a College for limited or liberal in-
struction.

With great respect, I

He envious of no man, and avoid being
<, ;t of temper, or thy life will pass in mis-
ery.

Respect and protect the females of thy
family.

Be not the slave of anger ; and in thy
contests always leave open the door of
conciliation.

Never let your cxpcnccs exceed your in-
income.

Plant a young tree or you cannot cj: pect
to cut down an old one.

Stretch your legs no farther than the
size of your carpet."

Boston, Mass. Feb. 1, 1839:

tely eradicates the inclination to use

operations '^n ™i e *ff at % J ' " '° ^ ^
ffenerositv ! Chamber's remedy, being more

°, n -/ i simple, cheap' and innocent.— — Aborii
Hime pop- p oelry . - -

Baltimore, early on the morning of iht hi
inst by a person who sealed iht yard wall
and placed cimibmhbles ogaimt the hack-
door A Umely discovery probably saved
the family from being burnt in their beds—
Deaths from burning Charcoal.^— Twoc
l T^.?,? rsms > *"« by the name'

of Williams, were found dead on their bed
at East Hartford, on Thursday morning
last. Previous to their retiring to bed, they
placed a kettle of burning duty coal in the
room in which there was no Jin place, which
was undoubtedly the cause of their death.*-
|bonous mifortunc.— M« Blanchard o
j the Albany Circus- Company, fell from her
horse lately, while performing at Utica, and
broke her teg, so that, in three days time am* '
putatwn was necessary; and it is much
feared that death will be the consequence.—
Law.— At the Court of Sessions last week
a woman was indicted for stealing some
bombar — 1 " ■'' ■

F. A.

It alfords us pleasure to answer the forego-
ing irtcmires. We have ever considered the
education of the rising generations of our Co-
lour of the highest importance ; an J when we
reflect on the vast sums which inf ituafion is
■isting on Colonization, which will never pro-
lit but the few ; we have lamented] that phi-

lanthropists should be so misled. Wore half the

amount expended in emigration to

Hayti and

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL,

NEW- YORK, FEBRUARY. 15, 1S2S.

Africa, devoted to the subject of African Ed-
ucation, it would bring about a new era .in the
his.loty qf our coloured population. But ediij
cate our youth, and you remove the, moral in-
fection that ovists among the lower class of
our people — you elevate the intellet t, and ex-
cite and oppressed an injured pcop.e, to hon-
ourable and successful endeavours after vjr-
tue anil competency. This is the whole se-
cret of amelioration, and let him fiat wou\d
improve us as people, either in this Country or;
./Mica, turn his attention to the improvement
of our education •, furthermore, let Kim that
would touch the heart of the slavehotding sec-
tions of our country, and bring about univer-
sal emancipation, as the most efficient mean's,
cducajefand elevate the moral character of the
coloured population of the North,

trophy directed in this channel would strike at
the root of moral degradation and sla
But to the subject of the several
and first; The coloured population of the
have

igmal

In Dr. James Jamison, the Sene-
ca Indian, lately promoted to be Surgeon's
Mate in the American Navy, is said to have
been found the real author of the " Tremont
Prize Poem," about which so much noise
has bcenmade. — —-rLaudable — The Young
I Men's Bible Society of Baltimore, have re-
solved to supply each destitute family in
the state of Maryland with a copy of the
Sacred Scriptures within the year. We
hope our free and enslaved brethren will

not be forgotten. — Travelling. — The

number of persons icho stopped at the City

azines : but as it was proved that she
had only stolen bombazette, she u
fed.

e was acquit*

Philan-

ery.

inquiries,

As intelligent friend to whose judgment we
have submitted the important communication
of our Correspondent F. A. has returned the
lullowing answers to the different queries con-
tained therein. . We assure our Correspond-
ent F. A. that we agree perfectly with our
friend. As the subject of African Education

is important on. all its bearings ; as it concerns ; \ ort j )ern am j Middle states, as a'bcldy.

' us— as it concerns society at large— we hope j no ti ne ability to accomplish any thine of con-
nil who .feel the least sympathy for the presentj PC q Uence 0 f themselves. There areimany in-
degraded condition of our people, will second : ^jviduals among this population, who have suf-
the benevolent a iews of our Correspondent , fi c j ent means to give their children a classical
F. A. j education, and to do something for general cd-

AFRiCAN EDUCATION. . uca.tion i but under existing circunstahces,
Messrs. Editors ! these individuals, prefer sending.their 1 children

^ I have been looking from week to week, to our Eastern instigations ; believing it far
with intense anxiety, for something like better for their sons (especially) to l|e educa-
act ion and result, in regard to African Ed- ted with our white youth, than in a separate
ucation in this country. This is evident- institution among themselves ; and in thi3 idea
ly the object which demands the first and W e fully concm with them. We feel turselvcs
immediate appropriation of talent and mo- (0 be f me Americans, and believe ( ur intcr-
ncy. Whatever difference of opinion may ^ ^ c jnsep{mib ly con nected with the inter-
exist with reference to, the ultimate dis- of the country, and tliat every plim or, in-
tiaation of those who may ^^d- that conteroplales us as a separate

what prevents a union of abilities ana ei- * . *

'forte, in preparing them for usefulness people, is at war with good policy. ;
somewhhere f The prime object is to give Secondly ; All floured men .poising
elevation and happiness to our coloured- wealth, education or influence would rejoice
population: not as citizens , of the United in the privilege of uniting all tlieir' abiiitieswith
States; not as -emigrants to Hayti; not those or! thWwmte {population, in 'any i •to, tlttt'
as .Colonists for Liberia, but as a race of wou i<j

raise the standard of education among
hurna« beings, as our neighbours, accord- 6u wlour> , wry i^
ing to the liberal interpretation of the timC} ^ priti icge of edacktiifc their fewn-chil-
G 0 P nthis one principle alone rests the dren aceordi^ their restive vieU. .
whofe c%e of African education, in the, Thirdly ; We are sure we .peaMac scuta,-

Hotel in Baltimore, during the past year,
was nine thousand, nine hundred and thir-
ty-two, making an overage of about twenty

seven arrivals a day. Shoes.-rLynn,

Mass. manufactures and exports a million
of Shoes annually. Its population in 1820,
was 3,800. New Church.— The pro-
prietors of Trinity Church, Boston, have
lately voted to takedown the old wooden
building, and to erect in its place a hand-
some store edifice. Cold. — At Bangor,

Me. on Wednesday the 23rf ult. the ther-
mometer stood at eleven degrees below zero.

Medical Students. — There are 151
Students attending lectures in the Medical
College of Transylvania inLcxington,Kcn.

Progress of Morals.—,! man by the
name of Blake, living halfway between Sy-
racuse and Salina, N. Y. was stabbed a
few evenings since, by a mm named Park-
inson, who has been arrested and committed
for trial Blake is likely to recover.'
Stage Robbery. — The box of the Eastern
Stage was cut lately near the city of Phil-
adelphia, and four trunks taken therefrom.
Titv, of the trunks hav\ been found, and
stripped of most of their contents. Sui-
cide. — A man by the name of Lycum Wil-
lis, commanding a small oyster boat, be-
longing to Philadelphia, committed suicide
by shooting himself with a fowling piece at
Easton, Penn. — Continental Money — By
a report made to Congress, it appears that
the CantincntulMoney from 1775 to 1780,

amounted to $2-ll,552,7S0.~ Population

— Alabama in 1827, contained 152,178
whites, 91 ,308 slaves, and 555 free persons
of Colour. Total, 244,041; Mr. Con-
way.— The Savannah Georgian ofthe%6th
January, states, that Mr. Conway, the cel-
ebrated Tragedian, icho was a passenger on
board the Niagara, when off Charleston
light, took.an opportunity when the. passen-
gers o f the Ship were below at dinherf to
jump overboard, and thus put an end to Ms
existence. Every attempt was made to save
him, without effect.' Steam Boj# Acci-
dent. — The Louisiana Courier of the Wth
January, states, that the Steamboat Fcli-
cana burst, her air boiler the preceding eve-
iringi and that two of her crew were killed —
Drowned.—- Two meii and three girls were
drowned in, Schoharie circclc, Jan. 27, in at-
tempting to cross it in a sleigh. The hot*
ses also were lost.---— Suicides.— Daniel
Hudson was found dead at Albany, Jan.
20. The verdict, of the jury was, that he
caiks to his deathi by his own rash act of
voluntarily taken opium.— ^Iri Baltimore,
9Xth ult. a wohian by . the name of Eliza
Scth, was found dead in Caroiint-strcet,
Verdict of Jury i " that she came to her
death by taking laudanum. 11 ~— Incendia-
ry^ — An attempt icias made to seii jire to the.
house of Mrs- Kurty, in Saratogarsireet,

AFRICAN DOR M.fjlSSOClATIOM
At a late meeting.of the Association held at
No. 96 Chrystie street, the following Ladies
were chosen officers of the Society. Mr*. Mar-
garet A. Francis, President ; Mrs. JWargaretta
R. Quinn, Secretary ; Mrs. Henrietta D.Re-
gulus, Asst. Sec'y. Mrs. Sarah Bane, Treasu-
rer.

Board of Managers— Margaret A. Francis,
Jllargaretta P. Quinn, Henrietta D. Regulus,
Sarah Bane, filiaab»th Lawrence, Nancy
Scott, Mary Seaman, Maria Johnson, Harriet
Stokely, lUhecca Matthews, Violet Jackson,
Susan McLane, Esther Lambert, Harriet
Woodruff; Maria Morris, Amelia Smith, Maria
Degrasse, Esther Lane, Caroline Dennis, Ma-
ry Williams, Diana Reynolds.

Persons desirous of becoming members or
aiding the benevolent efforts of the Associa-
tion, can apply to any member of the Board of
Managers, or tlie Advising Committee.

N. B. ThVplac* of meeting and deposit for
Clothing is in theAfrican School Room in Mttl-
berrj-stre<jt. Tht Society meet every Wed-
nesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Jlrion has been received, and shall appeh-
neai week. No. 1, of the Letters of a Man of
Colour, in our next. Augustus has been re-
ceived. The subject upon which he treats, v%
have already discussed J* oftr sorrow, and there-
fore beg to be excused from giving it an inser-
tion in our columns. Sonneteer has 'been to

ceived, and is under consideration.

DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS.

As the Year is nearly exbired, we hope
all our Delinquent Subscribers will see the ne-
cessity of [immediate payment. Using the
words of a contemporary at the North, we ad-
dress them thus : " Gentlemen, we cannot

lire upon air, names, nor any of tfiat kind of
stuff," nothing short of the Cash will keep our
iill agoing."

'MARRIED.
At Newark, N. J. 9th inst. Mr. Jacob Theo--
dore Ray, to Miss Sarah' Ray.

In New-Haven,C©hn. by the #ev.Mr. Jtfer-
vin. Mr. Benjamin Haskell, of Providence,
Jtfass. to Mrs. Charity Vanscoit, of LitcBheld,
Conn.

The City Inspector reports the death of 95
persons during the past week.

The number of deaths in New.York, in the
year 1827, was 5,181, viz. 1538 men*, 991 wOr .
men, !457 boys, and 1197, girl*.. The nunibifr
of children whe died not cxcccdir-.g one year of
age, was 1336, from one to t*/o, 546, from 2
to 5, 339. There were 63 ov e r eighty years of
age, 13 over ninety, and 1 e^vcr a hundred. The
deaths by consumption were 829, dropsy in
the head 235, dysentary 199, drowned 68j in-
temperance 72, sma'il pox 149^ mettles 172,
typhus fever 96, bVlious fever 16, bilious re-
mittent 18, fever 132, intermittent 20, remit-
tent 42, &c. The excess over the number of
deaths in 1826, is 208.

The average number of deaths in Philadel-
phia, in 1827, was unusually small, and that
of births much greater than common.. The to-
tal amount of deaths was 5,945, and the ex-
Cess of biithB 3,0*8.

va ■

Inscription under the Picture pf an aged

SLAVE.

[By James Montgomery, Esq.]

Aht thou a Woman ?— so am I, and all
That woman can be, I have been, or am ; '
A daughter, sister, consort, mother, widow.
Which of these thou art, oh be the friend
Of one is what thou canst never be !
Look on thyself, thy kmdred, home, and cry,

K Thank God,
An English woman cannot be a SLAVE !"

Art thoti a man?— Oh ! I have known, have
loved,

./2nd lost all that to woman man can be :
A father, brother, husband, son, who shared
My bliss in freedom and my wo in bondage.
A childless widow now, a friendless slave,
What shall I ask of thee, since I have nought
To lose but life's sad burden ; nought to gain
But heaven's repose ?- -These are beyond thy
power ;

Me thou canst neither wrong nor help ; — what,
then r

Go to the bosom of thy family.
Gather thy little children round thy Auees,
Gaze on their innocence; their clear full eyes,
All fix'd on thiae ; and in their mother, mark
The lovliest look that woman's face can wear,
Her loofe of love;\beholding them and thee ;
Then at the altar of your household joys,
Vow one by one, vow all together, vow
With heart and voice, eternal enmity
Against oppression by your brethren's hands ;
Till man nor woman under Britain's laws,
Nor son nor daughter, born within her empire,
Shall ifniy, or sell, or hold, or be a slave

,/Yo cokl appi'oaclvnplaltef.d riiein,

Just ytwit wwld mafco suspicion
No pau^eth* extremity between; ;

He made, me blest,; and bro/cc.my (heart
Fxp.m hope* the wretclied's anchor, torn,

Neglected, and neglecting all,
Friendless, forsafeeh and forlorn,

The tears I sHed must overfull.

Glasgoio Paper

At the time a great flood of the riverThi
DicA: Suet and some: friends were enjOym;
themselves over a bowl^ofpunch, at a i^vein
on thebanfes of the river. The waters increas-
ed rapidly and threatendto innate the Uotisr
in which they were in. The ! landlady, rukhed,
in great alarm inlothe room, exclaiming 'Gen-
tlemen, rise and be off; unless you want to be
drowned.' The water will be in upon you im-
mediately." "Let it come, "quoth. pic>. gaily,
only maAv. punch of it. and we will dvin/i i! '

CHU^C- ; * MUSIC -ftCH.OOI-..

THE public is respectfully infdrmedj that
the above SCHOOL, (under the d.irec'upn of
Mr. s RABBESON,) is open every .Tuesday
and Friday evening, at . 7 o'clock, in the jSjcho.ol
Room, und^r >t. Philip's Church.

Persons wishing to join -without delay.
Terms made known at the School. Jan. IS

x : . {Coloured Mm.); . , , .
In ' Foj;csWrcet, Baliiinovc, ^lannfi^uc.,HijL
ki^of '&

Scotch, Rapjiec, and Madcabait S,NtfFF;'
Spanish, « Hair Spanish, ; and ; American ST5-'
GARS: i

N. > B. The above gentlemen have sent me
a large box of their TOB ACCO, for sale and
should the experiment succeed,. they can sup-
ply any quantity of all the articles.

SAJVHJEL E. CORNISH.

School for Coloured Children of both Sexes.

Under Sf. Philip's, Church, is now ready for
the admission of Pupils.

In this school will be'taught READING,
WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY
v\ith the use of M.aps and Globes, and History,:
Terms, from- two to- four dollars.per quarter
Reference.— Rev. Messrs. P.. Williams, 8
»'.. CoVnfeh,. B. Paul and W. Miller.

New- York, 'March * 1

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

MIL GOLD,

ate o! onnecticut, takes

A KlCAff JPttUl} iSvHOOJL.

NOTKJE;-^Pawnt* and . Guardians of
Colourcd.Qbidrcn,:are hereby informed, that a
>Male and Female School has lohg been,e*Ub-
lished lbr,coloured children* by the Manumjs*
sion Society of this city— wher,e,thc Jmpils re-
ceive such uh' education as is calbulateito fit
hem for usefulness and respectability} The
male school is situated in M¥.Ib,¥f«yr9tifie^n<Jar
Grand-street, and, the femalfrsqhpoHn WjUham
street, near Duane street ; both utider thc
management of experienced teachers. 1 ' "The
Boys arc taught Reading. W ritings Arithmetic.
Geography and Engish' ; Granjiiiaiv-and the
Girls, in addition to those branches, are. taught
Sewing, Marking, and Knitting, &c., .
TivttjVlJs OF AJDJMtiSSjUi.^. •
Pupils of 5 to fifteen years of age are admitted
by the Teachers at the Schools, at the rate of
twenty-five cents to one dollar per quarter, ac-
cording -to the circumstances of the parents;
and the children of such as cannol aflord to pity
any thing are admitted frecbf expense, and'en-
joy the same advantages as those who pay.
Each school is visited weekly^by a commit-
e. of tjic trustees, in addHioh.tq which a cqm-
it'tee of I'.utiU s pa y reguiar visits to the Fe-
ale school. Care "is taken" to imparl moral
ruction, anil such have' been the hiippy ef-'
eets of the system pursued in these school^
ha although Several thousand have been
aught in them since their e8tablshmeut|(now
more ban thirty years) - there has never beerc.

>is meihod of informing the coloured .popula- t aU insance known to the trustees where aipupil

psjLjiess mugs,

RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends, and
the Public generally, that his HOUSE No.
152 Churchistreet, is still open for the accom-
modation of genteel persons of colour, ] with

BOARDING AND LODGING.

Grateful for . past favours, he solicits a
continuance of the same. His house is in
healthy and pleasant part of the city ; and no
pains or expense will be spared on hisjpar-
to render the situation of those- who honour
him with their patronage, as comfortable as
possible. ' <

New- York, Sept. 1827. .26— 3m

SONG,

By Miss Cranston, (now Mrs. Dugald Stew
art) wife of the celebrated Metaphysician of
Edinburgh.

The tears I shed must fall,

I mourn not for an absent Svvaic,
For thought may past delights recall,

And parted lovers meet again.
I weep not for the silent dead.

Their toils are past, their sorrows o'er,
And those they lov'd their steps shall tread,

And death shall join to part no more.

Tho' boundless oceans roll between,

If certain that his heart is near.
A conscious transport glads each scene,

Soft is the sight, and sweet the tear ;
E'en when by death's cold hand remov'd,

We mourn the tenant of the tomb,
TothiM that e'en ir, death he lov'd,

Can gild the horrors of the gloom.

But bitter, bitter are the tears,

Of her, who slighted love bewails,
No hope her dreary prospect ( beers,

No pleasing melancholy hails :
Hers are the pangs of wounded pride,

Of blasted hope, of wither'djoy,
5Hie flattering Veil is rent aside,

The flame of love burns to destroy.

In vain does memory renew,

The hours once ting'd in transports^ dye
The sad reverse soon starts to view,

And turns the past to agony ;
E'en time itself despairs to cure,

Those pangs to every feeling due ;
Ungenerous youth ? thy boast how > poor,

To win! a heart— and breafcittoo !

. NOTICE.

THE " AFRICAN MUTUAL ' IN
STRUCTION SOCIETY, tor the instruction
of coloured Adults, of both Sexes," have re-
opened their SCHOOL on Monday Evening,
October 1st, at their former School Room, un-
der the Mariner's Church, in Roosevelt-s(rect.
The School will be open on every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at j half
past 6' o'clock. j

Those desirous of receiving instruction* will
be taught to Read, Write and Cypher, [until
the first of April, 1 928, for the sinaRsuin of
one dollar, to be paid on entering the school.

An early application is requested, as there
will be ho allowance made for past time. \
Aaron Wood, James Myers,

William P. Johnson, Arnold El^ie
E. M. Africanus, -Henry King,

Trustees.

n of this city, that he teaches English Gram
mar, upon a netv and -improved plan, by which

pupil of ordinary capacity, may obtain a cor-
•o'/f- knowledge of the principles of the En-
• lisii language, by attending to the study there
,:f two hours in a day in six weeks. He would
be willing to teach a- class -of coloured persons,
either in the day or in the evening (as may suit
their convenience;) and his terms, w ill be
such, t!iat nnV,??e desirous tojearn ivil! l,;i\c
•:a::s.e to be (ii^s.-ifislioil v.\\\\ t!,cm.

Persons wishing to avsil thr-ms-eives of ibis
opportunity of jcaniin- ]'ngii>l;Gi jimmar will
please fo call upon i'i.v llcx.il. Paul, No. t!
York-sfreet, or the Rev. P. William's O'S.
rosby -street-, ivilli whonr also the names of
those who determine upon becoming pupils of
Mr. Gold, will be left. Nov. Hi, 1827.

W. P. JOHHSOH,

No. 551 , Pearl-street, near Broadway, keeps
constantly en hand, an assortment of

BOOTS & SHOE^,

Also, a Superior Quality of ! iquid Blaekin;r,
free from the use of Vitriol, of his own manu-
facture, all which he will sell cheap for cash.

Roots and Shoes made to order, and repair-
ed on the most reasonable terms.
•New- York, Jan. 25

J05

Economy is the Road
to wealth— Anti
penny saved • is
good as two pfijriiij-A
earned. Then call
at Oie United States
Clothe s Dressing
Eslablishmev

l 9

Who has removed from 411 to' 122. Broad vay
and continues as usual, to carry on the Clothes'
Dressing in correct andsysrimatical style; Va-g
ing perfect knowledge of thfe -business; ha cinv
been legally bred to it, his mode of cleaiinS
and Dressing Coats, Pantaloons, 1 &'c. is by
Steam Sponging, which is ; the , only i cox rect
system, of Cleaning,, which lie.Avil} warra ited
extract all kinds ; of. Stains,, ^rease-^ ot
Tar, Paint &e. or no pay will be taken.,
. N B Tlie pjiblic ..are cautioned agansst ithe
imposture of 'those. 1 wiio aiten.pl the X>r'e sing
of: clothes, - by STEAM SPONGING. .Mo
are totally unacquainted wiffi the busihe^j as
there are many Estabnshtfients which' t ave
recently been 'opened in this cityV

0(5- All kinds of Tailoring Work dohu at
the aboye.plade. , f ' •

All ciothies jpft to bje . cleaned o.r rep^
will. .be good for one year ^di pn^ day^f
claimed in #at time, they som at pub-

lic auction; : " ., ' ' .' ' '.' '* ~" •

THE subscriber is authorised to ofi'er to his
coloured ' brethren, TWO THOUSAND
Acres of excellent LAND, at less than one
half its value, provided they will take meas-
ures to settle, or have it settled, by coloured
farmers. Tlie land is in the state of New-
York, within 70' miles of the city; its location
is delightful, being on the banks of the Dela-
wareiiiver, with an open navigation to the city
of Philadelphia, Tlie Canal leading, from the
Delaware to the Hudson river, passes through
t'-u- tract, bpening a djrect navigation to New-
i'ork- city. The' : passage to -either city' may
be made in one day or ie.ts. The land is of
the best quality, and well timbered."- .

The subscriber, hopes, that some of his
brethren, who are capitalists,'. will at least 'in-
vest' 550 «!• 1,000' dollars'; in these lands.' To
such he will -take ihh liberty to say. this land
can be purchased 'lor 5. 'dollars lh« acre, (by
coloured, men.) ibougli it has been!selliri{i for
25 dollars. He also takes the liberty to~ ob-
serve that the purchase will be sale and ad-
vantageous, and '-he thinks' such a settlement,
formed by coloured" families, would-be condu
cive of much good., With this. object in view
he will invest 500 dojlara in tlie.purchase.'-
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THE MILITARY SKETCH BOOK.

NIGHTS I If THE GUARD-HOUSE.

TDKY OF MARIA DE CARMO.
(Concluded.)

' I immediately went back to the room, an'
there was Harry shaking the murtherer by the
neck, an' the oald man lifting up the curnel
gently, who was groaning in a shocking way,
an' looking at us asi if hit thanked us from his
very heart an' sowl, hut couldn't spake a word.
He was bleeding fast from a deep wound in the
side, an' the bloody knife was on the ground,
beside the bed.
' ' Afther I shook my fist at the tallow-faced
rascal that stabbed his master, an' when I
threatened.him with the rope J went over to the
poor curnel, an 5 1 spoke kindly to him : I gave
him a dthrinko' wather ; 0! God help him,
how ghastly he looked at me— I'll never forget
it. He pressed my hand to his heart, an' sunk
hack upon the pillow ; then he struggled an 1
heaved his breast very much, an' seemed just
on the point o' death.

' At this minute wc hard people running up
the stairs, an in a minute a corpora! an' six file
o' the French guard burst into the room. Tin
murthering dog no sooner saw this than he
fell on hiskneea, an ; pretend to pray to heaven
an 1 to thank God for his deliverance ; then
starting up, he cried out to the corporal to saze
•.be murtherers of his master.

' The three, of us wero immediately sazed
We rli-.t every thing we could to jprove the

if tf:=;r as j t mhttf w.is;ihtt?lus was dfno 'user
I ab.iseil, an 1 cursed atr swore at (he villain
as well as I could, in hutji French an English,
an' bid them ask his masfher ; but this had nc
effect, far when tr.e soldiers went <o (lie cur-
nel they found hitn dead • so Emanuel, Har-
ry, an' myself, were hauled oK as if we were
thrCe inwrtherers, an' locked up in the guard-
house.

' When we began to think of ourselves,
good God ! how dihreadful our situation ap-
peared. Harry suffered on account of his
Maria as much as any thin? else. What was
Income of her he could not tell, nor could i
cither; poor ould Emanuel did nothing but
pray all the night,

' As soon as the daylight came, hundthreds
of officers crowded to see the two English sol-
diers who broke from their prison and murther-
ed a curnel ; an' sure enough it was past bear
ing what we endured from them. But the
worst of all was when the general, who want-
ed Us to enther his sarvice the day before,
came ah' saw us.

' ' What ! says she, 'are !H<?se tUo men who
refused so nobly yes- herd ,1, ».) bethray. their
counthry ? Have they committed niurther?"

' 0, this cut us to the heart. There was not
an hour passd until a court marshal was as-
sembled ; we we/-? marched in by twelve men
and placed before it for thrial. The charges
were read ; they were for murthering the cur-
nel. an' attempting the rnurther of his servants-
.All the officers o ! the garrison were present.

i To describe_oyr /<Mjtegffs at that moment is
out o' the ' power 6* man: but we were con-
scious of our innocence, an' that supported Us.
The poor ould man almost dead ; he could
scarcely spake word.

' The thrial was ; very short ; the murtberer
was the evidence. He swore as coolly and as
deliberately that we lolled his masther as if it
. really was the case. He said that the curnel
toad just gone asleep, and he had lain himself
down beside his bed, on a mathrass, when he
saw the door open, when we three enthered
with a lanthern. an' having sased him* stab-
bed his masther with a clasp-knife, but that
before he.was sazed, he said he snatched a
pistol an' fired at us.

One o* the officers present then persavin the
marko' the ball on the arm o' Harry, pointed
it out His coat was stripped off, an' the skin"
appeared tore a little, which a surgeon pres-
ent declared was done by a ball. The corpo-
ral and the /guard which took us, proved the
situation which they found us in, .adding that
we were just proceeding to kill the servant as
they enthered the room.
, *Tiiis of course clenched the business;
however, we were called upon to make our de-
ience.. As I spoke 'Fferich, Innthertook it. I

acknowledged that Harry an' Ijgotout o'
the church for the purpose of escaping to
our own throops, tiiat we went] into the
house where the curnel was. killed, in or-
der to change our rigimentais for other
clothes, which ould Emanuel haa provided
for us. I didn t say any thing about Ma-
ria, lest the poor thing might bb brought
into the scrape. I then describeld the way
that we ran up stairs; an' the sthruggle I
had to hould the soldier who was the ac-
complice. • Harry an* the ould man gave
the same account o' the affair through an
interpreter, but all our stories oply made
them think "worse of us. ; W& were asked
could we point out the soldier pe saw ?
and what proof could we give of it ? But
there was so much hurry when we discov-
ered the murtberer, that none o( us could
give any particular description of the man,
so as to find him.

' We were immediately found guilty,
and sentenced o' death was pronounced,
We were marched on the minute to the
place of execution ; it was in fnjnt o' the
house where the murdthered body lay,
and the gallows had been erectejd before
the thrial,

' Great God as we stood undther the
fatal bame, what was my feeling! My friend
Harry's fate, and the poor ould man's sunk
ine tcf.'tlieTidttom" of misery. Harr' y thought
oJ' nothing but his dear Maria, an' Eman-
uel was totally speechless an 1 tottnering.

' The ropes were preparing, w|hen Ma-
ria burst through the soldiers, with a pale-
ness on her face even worse than ours :
her clothes disorthered, her hair flying
about; the soldiers were ortherejd to stop,
her, an' they did ; but although} they did
not understand her language, they could't
mistake her well, when she pointed to Har-
ry, an* knelt' down at the otiicier's feet..
All thoright it was a friend of dur's, but
none supposed her a woman. iShe was
then permitted to go to Harry, air* — oh !
such a parting ! — she hung upon his neck;
she knelt down ; she embraced Ins knees!
I stood motionless ; gazing at the fond and
unfortunate pair in agony, wishing that the
scene was past. An' even Emanuel felt
for them, overcome as he was, jwith the
thoughts of his own situation. r \

' 'IV Provost was now proceeding to
his juty, the ropes in his handj, when I
started as if I had awakened from a hor-
rid dream. A thought struck (me ' like
lightning ; I roared ont ' Stop, fpr,.God's
sake, stop !' with a strength and determin-
tidn of manner that changed thel/eelings
of everybody ; an* I called out to the bf-

my neck as if I was her lover, an' not Har-
ry while poor ould Emsanuelsuddenly came
to his speech, aii' cried like a child.

' The officer was away about ten minutes
an'; during this time there was the greatest
anxiety among the crowd. I could see
plainly their countenances showed that
they wished we might be found innocent.
The officer at length appeared ; advanced
hastily. — O God ! to have seen us then
Poor Maria, an' the ould man shaking ev-
ery" limb !

" Have you found it, Sir" says I. Yes
yes, my friend, I have,' was the answer
an' immadjatoly he brtheredthe Provost to
unbind us. The ould man dthropped on
his knees, an' every one of us followed his
example. There was a murmur of satis,
faction among the crowd, — all were de>
lighted with the respite, an' their prayers
mixed with ours.

' We were. on our way back to the Gov
ernor's house, when I thought o' the ne-
cessity o' sending to the rigiment to which
the breast-plate belonged, to secure suc-
cess, an 1 I asked the commanding officer
to do so : but it had been already done
he had sent off his adjutant at the moment
to the proper qaarter.

It was not more than eleven o'clock in
the day ; the news of the' affair had spread
an'.* greater number of officers crowded
to spake to us now, than to see. us before
the thrial

.We were all brought into a private room
where the Governor was, (an f tbat was the
General that spoke to us about joining tjhe
French; the day before.) The officer who
found the breast-plate, up an c totfld Rim all
about it.

But this breast-plate/ says the Gen-
eral, only gives the number o' the regi-
ment. We are. still at a loss* for the man,
should he have obtained another breast-
plate. Besides, this is riot direct proof.'

' ' Turn the other side, sir,, said the of-
ficer, and you will see the man's name
scratched upon it with a pen knife.'

' ' Oh ! by the powers ! this was like
providence, an' we all thanked God Al-
mighty for it. ,

In a few minutes the adjutant who
was sent to find the man, returned ; the
sargeant was with bim, carrying a kit, an'
every thing belonging to the fellow that
was ■ suspected. . He was then brought in
before us; an' when we saw him an' he
us, any body could have sworn he was guil-
ty. ' Look at the villain,' says I ; ' look
at his neck, where 1 left the'marks p' my

knuckles ;' an' jure enough; tb£ ^mark's.

ficer commanding, wW^cheajH^ ^fe^ .^W ^' L ' " *
that be rode :ov4 to me^at W ^ ' The General looked^ tttundthqr at

says I in Fkencfa tp him, ? 1*11. prove our
innocence ; I'll prove it if you will grant
me your support ni doing so.' .' This the
officer will irigly assented to. ' ^o; then,
your'self, Sir, says 1, 4 go yoursdf\ into the
kitchen o' thatrhQuse, tnd look! upon the
floor. There, plase the Lprdj, [you will
find the breast-plate o' tL* sobjier that
rriurthered the curiiel ; I tote it 6n him in
the sthruggle, bht unfb : ftlihat'41yj did r/ojt
keep it.' ' ' •

THerofiicerf God bless b&n \ ^though;
he was a Frenchman, seemed a4.glad a^
if he had already found/proof ef dur-innd-'
cence, and immediately dismWhtied, cat-
led' his ad jutfant ana* a ; safjeant]^ giy ^ith-
him ; ; an' went straight' ink) the house; ul
then tould Harry, Maria, and ] Emanuel,
jwhat- 1 thought of ; ;i an* such r4 aa-e$ect i'
never ,saw, as it had, t up^n '^11 p' theni.
Harry^rew red, 'aii(l~'lGf)I(ed' v ai^ l mt "IWithl
frefirigs as I nad tdreaidy ' J ^iVe* his life.;
■Maria's eyes almost started from Her hekd.
She seemed t$'laugh like, andhu^g^pund

him. 'Where's youK breast-plate, Sir V
says he. . The fellow .shook."

• ' It's on rn^ belt,' was the reply. The
belt was prtfdUced. It had no' breastplate
on it! The passporation^thropped off the
Mow's forehead. . ; . ,

• ' '•■-Sapch his kit,' says, thofieneral. . The
kit was .opened, and laraQpg^isfthipgs^i
found a purse of money a ^ir^atur^$ii^-
tufe of a lady, an' a .gbii^afohj^S/?^
Mging tothe Cttrnd. \ *>:k-p

' This was; convi^in^^ TM generaj
^eni«Qdedr J .hinjt to ans , i^^|h^.prwfs;
He; was silent. In a feiv^n^rita howev*
er/ he confessed the drfrtoeVbuf pleaded
that he was led to it by th| aarvant;' an^
tfcatibotbiittendedUrideaartk^

[eneral himsejf c^^^ward, $n6 ahopk
lances with us^ ' 'Maria" "a^khpwl'e3j(e3 f 'n t er
tffs£ufee,: in* the whoTe story of her getting
her fever and myself but o^the churebwas
tould.; ,ET«ryofiit«r ofthWgirHion

i [cpnjnrt^late m. ; ^hey, alL seemei-
^ W M, were t bur relations.

. 'The -rascally sarvant that swore against '.
us was sazed, an' both bim and tjieso!-.
dier were thricd in an hour afther by the
same court that thricd us. V/e were the
evidences : an 1 in less than two hours, the
murtherers were hung on the '^gallon's
which they fkid prepared f or us !

' There .wasn't.a man in the gnrrisonV*
happy as Harry that evening, nor a woinan
more joyful than Maria ; for the genera!"
orthored that wo all should, be escorted,
safely to the front an' delivered over to our
own army. Not only that, hut. plenty o'
money was given to us, with w hearty
shake o { the hand from all the officers for
our conduct; an' we marched out 6 fc\ I ; rou-
tes next morning with threQ; ? jolly cheers
from the men."

Thus ended the Corporal's story of M.t-
riaDe Carmo.

' Aweel, Corporal," said Sergeant JV!'~
Fadgen, that story is nac far short o'^bciu
a romance. If I didn't ken it to be fn<-
mysel' I'd ha' swore it to be made oot^o-
yir ain Irish invention."

The meed of praise so justly due top'Cal-
laghan for his story was now given by all
the men ; his courage and loyalty : we.r«
commended, and his sufferings pitied. All
however, who hail not been in the rigi -
ment at the time the circumstance occur-
red, demanded of-^Berpotil; 'what.fc'c*
came of Harry and! his *\v4Btheart.

' Faith,' replied O'Calfaghin, they liv-
ed like turtle-doves tp^e^^.for three year--
When we were delivered over from the en-
emy, they got married, an' had two fine
boys, who are now in. the Juke o' York's
School.'

From the Genius of Universal Em.\iU*ipaJ.ior>~ .
MI1VUTES V &C.';

OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION.

[Concluded.]

The committee appointed to prepare an a<I-
.dresstothe various Anti-Slavery Societies in
the United States, requesting them 'Knfcmo-
rialize congress on the' subject of the abplition^
of slavery in the District pf Columbia, reppr-.
ted an essay, which was read, considered, and
adopted, as follows :— ' ,■
To the various Auti-Slavery Societies' in the
United States.
The American Convention, for promoting
the abolition of slavery, and improying the
condition of the African race, feeling desirous
to encourage every measure that may have a
tendency to aid this deeply injured -'-peppk, /
andvto relieve our country fronvthe many evils
inscparahly^c'onnected with the system ^^ ; j>j; in-
dividual oppression, take the liberty to address
you upon the present occasion. And. ..in .the.
performance of this task, we are p ( artkujarly
solicitous to draw your attention to tliesubiect ;
of the abolition of slaverv in ; the. district of C9-
lumbia— a subject which we view : a», ; highly
important, especially at the present ^^ent,
and deserving your ni6st>seripus consideration.

District €

States-rrt-v, r-r-— ■ t - . 4
cal and municipal CQncerhs is solely. Tea^ ii
that body— that fthc; people . in e,Terj n §late
musj^share the honour or opprpbium attend-
' " Jb course bt .conduct pursued by thft^n-

„. les ih the admmistratiori 6( i$)rti&%9V-

ernrnent^Tan.dtpa.t the whole Union- 'rtfust be
n^asurabiy responsiWe for (he^nwatfences
re^ufrj»th^

ofth^ wbj^.we bugm notTbir a mwflehttP
hesitate in appbalihg to the.frienas; of Jp^ani-
in, eveiy jwtipo, of , the

FREEDOM'S JOVUfTAL.

otttion of slavery in the District aforesaid. — —
But we feel it an imperious duty to state, thai
in our opinion it would be attended, With the
most salutary effects on/oils er portions of the
Union, the ihfiuenee of which would be incil-
culabie. Under the preset regulations, that
distinguished spot on wbieh is erected the sa-
cred Fane of republican Freedom, is not only
polluted by the galling shackle and the iron
rod of oppression, but is, absolutely, convert-
ed into a great depository for,the purchase and
sale of human beings. The demoralizing ef-
fects which this must produce on the minds of
many who become familiarized with it, and
the odium which it attaches to us, in the esti-
mation of enlightened foreigners, many of
whom are^constant witnesses thereof, must
inevitably sap the foundation of our free insti-
tutions, and degrade our national character in
ihe eyes of the world. This, we conceive, (to
say nothing of the injustice of slavery and its,
concomitants,) should be a sufficient incentive
to action—^a sufficient inducement to labour
in the holy cause of emancipation.

We are aware that it has been asserted,
even on- the floor of Congress, that we should
wait until the people of that District themselves
demand the abolition of the system of slavery.
This,, doctrine we conceive to be fallacious,
The people there are not exclusively responsible
for the national disgrace and Criminality at-
tending it. The United States' government,
and of course, the people in every section of
the Union feel the consequences — and
if so, it follows, that they have a perfect riglit
to avert the same,by such just and legal means
as their wisdom mav^pointout, and their judg-
ment select. Bufa portion of the people of
that District^afe now demanding the eradica-
tion of the evil M question. Societies for the
abolition of slavery have been organized
among them; and they have protested against
the continuance of the cruel and disgraceful
practice. Let, then, the voice of their breth-
ren elsewhere be heard in unison with
theirs. Let a strong appeal be made to the
justice of the nation, that the constituted au-
thorities may be induced to take up the sub-
ject, and bestow upon it that care which its im
portance imperiously requires.

To facilitate accomplishment of thispurppse,
we would advise and recommend, that peti-
tions and memorials be circulated by all the
Anti-Slavery Societies in each of the States
andterritories, for the signature of the citizens
at large, and that they be forwarded to Con-
gress by the Representatives, with instructions
t° lay them before that body, at an early day.
:■ The Committee appointed to consider of
?f - and report what measures, &c. made the fol-
vr. lowing report, which was adopted.

To the American Convention for promoting the
Abolition of Slavery, Sfc.
The Committee appointed " to consider of
and report what- measures are necessary to be
ta ken to promote the abolition of the Domes-
tic Slave Trade, and to protect free persons of
colour from being kidnapped and whether
any regulations might be adopted to prevent
their being carried off in steairi boats, stages,
' and toasting vessels Report, that although
in their opinion the intimate connexion between
the Domestic Slave Trade, and the system of
slavery generally, precludes the expectation
of applying a very efficient check to the one
except by a reduction to the other, yet they
indulge the hope that the united influence of
the sereral Abolition; and Anti-Slavery So-
cieties thoughout the Union, directed to me-
morializing Congress, might procure some
wholesome restraint upon a traffick fraught
with, such aggravated evil, and productive of
. jsuch complicated misery.

In relation to the other subject submitted to
them viz. " the protection of free persons of
color against kidnappers," the Committee are
of opinion that the existing Jaws appear to be
amply suficient if properly executed. They
have therefore, no other measure to recom-
mend than the less obtrusive, but persevering
exertioris of the several associations now form-
ed, and which may be hereafter instituted in
the different sections of our countay.
On behalf of the Committee, 1 <

DAVID SCHOLFIELD, chaibmak.
The committee on Amendments reported
as follows:

. The committee to whom was referred the
' several resolutions relative to the amendments
, of the constitution of the American ' Convene
ition,. and reative to the adjournments of this
session, Revoked,. . : . .■■ *

That Jn their opinion the following amende
meats should be made to the constitution, viz.
Tha| section Jst of article 2nd, be amended
fey striking out " VWMpUa^ and mtoodnc-
Ing in place thereof Jrath&tgUm? D. >€.
And sfrifeihg ottt "first and iati^cinrmM
md ; and making "October" Md Dect
^attttheartidewillreadtliii!^

To* ceownrion that! faefliMnhdly

city of Washington, D. t.. on the* seccond
Tuesday m December. It may adjokiro from
time to time Jo such place as it may deem pro-
per,, and may be specially convened ii it here-
after provided. ! j

The committee also recommend the. follow-
ing 1 resolution— -

■Resolved That when, this Convention ad-
journ, it do adjorn to meet in the cily of Bal-
timore, on the 1 Monday of Novem >er, 1828.

On behalf of committee.

JONAS PRESTON, Chair wait.

Which report and resolution wen adopted.

The following resolutiqns were read and
adopted, !

1. By James Mott,

Resolved, That the .Acting com nittee be
authorized to open , a .correspondent e with the
* African Institution" and other at ti-slafery
societies ixi Great Britain; and invie an ex- ;
change of information relative to the important-
and mutual objects contemplated oy out res-
pective institutions.

2. By Robert Bond,

Resolved, That the acting commi tee be au-
thorised when the funds may permil,to obtain
copies of the best works and tracts ( n slavery
and slave; labor, for the use of this convention.

3. By Jesse W. Newport.

Resolved, That the Treasurer b[e directed
to place in the archives of the convention, five
copies of the minutes of the present and each
succeeding session, and at least on e copy of
each work which shall be subscribed for by
this convention. i

4. By Joseph C. Dawes.

Resolved, That this convention racommend
to the friends of abolition, the ins ruction of
coloured children, by the establish!] ig of Sab-
bath schools, or any other means which they
may think most advisable.

b. By Isaac Pierce. •

Resolved. That a copy of each of the peri-
odical or other publications, subscr bed for, on
account of the Convention, or pre sented to it
by the editors or publishers thereof! so far as
they are unappropriated, be furnished the pre-
sident of the convention, and the secretary of
each of the societies represented ;n this con-
vention.

The following resolution was offered by if .
Parker, and read— —viz j:

Resolved, That article 2, sectio n 1 st, of the
constitution-, be altered iby striking out the
words, f in the city of Philadelphis on the 1st
Tuesday in October," and inserting on the 2d
Monday in December; and th<: places of
meeting shall be alternately in tlie cities of
Philadelphia and Washington, D. CJ*

On motion, Resolved, That tb s thanks of
this convention be presented toWil iamRawle,
Esq. for the patient and dignified manner in
which he presided over its several sittings. .

On motion, adjourned sine die.

{The various communications fr>m different
Societies, to|he Convention, will be inserted
here after.]

[We invite the attention of our -eaders to a
perusal of the following essays (the first num-
ber of which we republish this we ;k) from the
pen of one of our most intelligentjand respec-
table citizens of Colour in the U. 5 tates. They
were originally published in the year 1813, in
Philadelphia at a time of consider »ble excite^
mertt, When a proposition came before the.
Legislature of Pennsylvania, • to register all
free persons of Colour witbifc th< state, and
also to prevent others from the dilferent states
settling within her borders For ohr ourselves,
we are so pleased with them, that we ' are
anxious they should circulate far i tnd near,and
be perused by friend and foe. W i hope every
one will wilf^udge for himself.]

./•LETTERS
From a MAN OP COLOUR, on a late
Bill ' before the Senate of Pei msylvania.
LETTER I.
O Liberty! thou powejr suprem sly bright;
Profuse of bliss and pregnant "ith delight,
Perpetual pleasures in thy pres »nee reign,
And smiling Plenty leads thy i anton train
Addison.

We hold this truth to be v self-evident;
thai GOD created all men eqiia \, and is one
of the|mostprbiniiien|i features in the Dec-
laration of Independence, and in that glo-
rious fabric of collected wisdon i, our noble
Constitution- This ideaembi ices the In-

dian ^nd* the Eufi
the Slint; the'Periuyi]
the winte Man and;
r measures ire
lis inestimable prr

the I Savage and
and tb< Laplander
Africa i ; and whit,
subversive of
i direct

s titution; and Income subject to the anim-
adversion of all, particularly those who are
deeply interested in the measure.

These thoughts were suggested by the
promulgation of a late bill, before the Se-
nate of Pennsylvania, to prevent the emi«
gration of people of colour into this state
It was not passed into a law at this session
and must in consequence lay over until the
next, before when we sincerely hope, the
white men, whom we should look upon as
our protectors, will have become convin-
ced of the inhumanity and impolicy of such,
measure, and forbear to deprive us of
*tfOBe inestimable treasures, Liberty and
[ependence. This is almost the only
state in the Union wherein the African
have justly boasted of rational liberty and
th/protection of the laws.and shall it now
be said they ha/e been de prived oi* that
liberty, and publicly -exposed for sale to
the highest bidder ? Shajll colonial inhu
manity that has marked many of us with
shameful stripes, become the practice of
the people of Pennsylvania, while Mercy
stands weeping at the miserable spectacle?
People of Pennsylvania, descendants of the
immortal Penn, doom us not to the unha p
py fate of thousands of our countrymen in
the Southern States and the West Indies ;
despise the traffic in blood, and the bles.
sing of the African will forever be around
you. Many of us are men of property, for
the security of which, we have hitherto
looked to the laws of our blessed state, but
should this become a law, our property is
jeopardized, since the same power whick
can expose to sale an unfortunate fellow
creature, can wrest from him those estates
which years of honest industry have. accu-
mulated. Where shall the poor African
look f or protection, should the people of
Pennsylvania consent to oppress him . ; We
grant there are a number of . worthless
men belonging to our colour, but there are
laws of sufficient rigour for their punish-
ment, if properly and duly enforced. We
wish not to screen the guilty from punish-
ment, but with the guilty do not permit the
innocent to suffer. If there are worthless
men, there also men of merit among the
African race, who are useful members of
Society. The truth of this let their benev-
olent institutions and the numbers clothed

b Jonda.— About, a million and a half of
acres of land, within the boundary of Flo},
ida ate claimed by Georgia 1 as belonging tb
that state.- — New Academy —Captain
Patridge proposes to establish a Literary
Scientific and Military Academy, at Mar-
lem, h. I. similar to the establishment at
Middtetown, with a capital of $50,000, to
be divided into shares of 100 dollars, under
the management of trustees,- — Intoler-
ance.-^/! convention of the Baptist Socie-
ty, at Le Roy, N. Y. consisting of dele
gates from 19 Churches, /tave resolved to
request all Free Masons" belonging to their
churches, to renounce publicly all commun?
ion with the order; and to ezcpmmunicafC
such as do not comply within a reasonable
time. — Curiosity.— The j Middle! own,

jlndian

and fed by them witness. Punish the guil- j Bible Society.— The females in thejnission

Conn. Gazette, mentions that in butting of
an elephant's tusk at a combfdetory in that
city lately, two ' iron bttlleto were found im?
bedded in it— the surface of the tusk being

perfectly smooth Strength of the Mili*

tia. — ■ It appears from an abstract of the an*
nualreturn of the militia of the V. States,
and of their arms, accoutrements, and am-
munition by states and territories^ that,
here are 1,150,58 men performing militia

duty. -Churches in Boston. There

are now iti Bpstoh 12 Congregational
Churches,, ( Unitarian.)— -7 Congregation-
al Churches/ Trinitarian, )— 1 Independent
Unitarian (Stone Chapel)- -3 Episcopal^
an — 5 Baptist-r-ri Methodist.— 4 Univer-
salist. T -l Catholic— ^t Christian.— ^1 Pres-
byterian.^— I Swedcnborgan." — 3 African
and 1 Freewil Baptist.— ——Serious Acci-
dent — As the Rev. Dr. Mr-Murray, and
the Rev. Mr.De Witt, were wcdhirig through
Nassau-Street, when at the corner of liber-
ty Street, a cart which came ^.behind
them, struck the former gentleman and threw
him with great violence against the curb stone
by which his Jiipt&as scrfously^injyred^ The
cartman we learn was much to blam*ipay-
g no attention oihatever to his business.
— • F atal Accident. — On Friday, morning
last, Mr. G. Stackhouse, while employed in.
cleaning the gutter of the three etotjyi house
occupied by Mr. Fordl the; better in. Inroad-*
way, near Fulton Street, fell down on the
pavement and was instan tly killtid on the

sp ot. Cheap Living.~-T^e hundred

and seven waggons were counted in i morn- .
ing at the Hill Market House in Cineih-
cinnatii, Ohio- A medium price for a good
turkey was &7 1-2 cents; for a. chickert { 6
1-4 cents; for a pair of ducks, 18 Cents;
for eggs, 6 1-4 cents per dozen ; for butter,

12 cents per ^ound. Pews.— A person in

Boston advertises ticopews in the Rev. Mr;
Dean's meeting house; one in the ftev. Mr t
Ballou's and one in the Rev. Mr. VV are's
all of which will be sold cheap for. Cash, or
exchanged for Lottery Tickets.

ty man of colour to the utmost limit of the J Schoolat Mayhaw have formed a Bible So-

laws, but sell him not to slavery! If he is • 7% mm t"£ <Ae !T ?

. J . , . ■•[. . \ of their labours half a day every week, to

in danger of becoming a public charge \f urnish bibhs f §r t fo destitute in Ceylon ;
prevent him! If he is too indolent to la- j to be remitted to the Female Bible Society
hour for his own subsistence, compel him J \ofthat Island.- — rFundsj- -Tht i funds of
to do so ; but sell him not slavery. By sel- 1 *** American Society for the Prjmotumof

• „ _ * . „ , , • .> , .< Temperance, now omovrit to nearly, Four-

ipg him you do not make him better, but • tee / Thous ; nd Doliars^^urder^
commit a wrong, without benefitting the - Mr ; Godfr^Bowyer, wink sitting tn his
object of it or society at large. Many of [house at Voile's Mines, Missouri, on (U
our ancestors were brought hefe more than ; evening of the 14th ult. was kiUedtya sht
one hundred ]

ers, many <
bled for the i

Do not then expose us tj sale. Let hot had been k^ed uHthm tfoqlmi^ of t

the spirit of the father behold the!son rob- rough. Carlyle um a dealer i* slavtfjmt

bed of that liberty which he died to estab- « W Tf/?TLk

v \ . " •*•••, ... slave. The slave fras keen lodged \n prism,

lisb, hut let the . motto of our legislators, gorged with having committed fa
be^r-^ The Law knows no distinction.^ ; Removal from Office^— Indgt James *f &
These are only a few desultory reniarkt Carolina; has been removed fr(nri of u t A*
oh the subject and intend to succeed this *** ty* nnvictrityore ifr X^M^

to$W la prove the impolicy and j onfl pi nc % t 0 f tUs city, we» ar#rn*d*t
unconstirutionaiity of the law in -question d^UmthetUiuU. in attenwtftog*
For the present; I leave the public to the aboard of the Steiimboat PitMurgK <*»*

which I hope they will see so much truth, u^^J}. 2£ hmjbeep inu^mf'de^
that they will never, consent to sell to ted Rtctor of St. T/komss' Cj^ * «i
ilifCty > A MAP OF COLOUR. ( nfoce ofthtMev, Mr.Jhfa^mc^;

VARIETIES.

Dangerous attractions, A Danish

Journal offers the following anecdote.

During several months past,- a number of.
individuals, ..especially young men bewil-
dered by ambition, have put themselves to
death by throwing themselves from the
Round Tower ; and to prevent these mis-
fortunes, it has been found necessary to
station sentinels at that place. The same
precaution is resorted to in Norway, with
regard to a lake in the neighbourhood of
Bergen. In a basin extremely deep, sur-
rounded by proje cting rocks, the lake
spreads its still and motionless water, so
effectually concealed from the light of day,
that stars may be discerned in the fluid at
noon day. The birds, conscious of a kind,
of attractive power residents in this vast
gulf, dare not attempt to pass it. Whoev-
er visits it, after having, with great exer-
tions, clambered up the up the barrier of
locks around it, experiences a most uncon-
trollable desire to throw himself into this
heaven reversed. It may be referred to
the same kind of delusive feeling which is
suffered when : in a small boat, crossing a
still water, which is so very transparent,
that every one at.the bottom may be seen ;
it seems to invite the passenger to enter
and the passenger feels willing to comply.
The Norwegians attributes this sensation
to the magic power of the nymphs, or Nix-
es, who are still supposed to people every
river and lake in the romantic districts of
Scandinavia."

SIERRA LEONE.

Instead of appointing a major general,
with an expensive establishment to suc-
ceed the Iameuted Sir Neil Campbell as
Governor of Sierra Leone, the care and
superintendence of the colony is intrusted
we understand, to Col. Denhain, as Lieut.
Governor, ^wuh, £^iMtt^^gceireiicne4 sal-
ary and allowances. The appointment of
governor of Sierra Leone has always, we
believe, included the colonelcy of the roy-
al African Corps.

This arrangement (for there will be no
other governor) cannot fail to give gener-
al, satisfaction, not only by the advance-
ment of a truly meritorious officer to a
post for which he is singularly fitted by
talent arid experience, and language of this
people : but affording a strong proof of the
alacrity of the government at home, in sei-
zing on an opportunity of economising the
very unpopular,, although perhaps' yet
needful, expense of this fatal settlement.
We are not now going to discuss the expe-
diency of continuing to feed and clothe
thousands of poor Africans whom we have
taken and adopted, or the causes of the

ria, and only rewired his lilerty at the
end of last year, tyn reaching Wilna, he
remembered his hidden treasu re, and af-
ter tracing out the spot where he had hid
it, he went to take itaway. What was his
astonishment to find, in place of his mo-
ney, a small tin box, containi ng a* letter
addressed to him, in which a, sommercial
house was mentioned at Nancj, where he
might receive the sum buried, with inter-
est, since the year 1812. The soldier sup-
posed this was all ajhoax j he vent, how^
ever, to the house pointed Out where he
received his capital^ with twehe years in-
terest. With this sum he established*
small business atNaWy which onables him.
to Jive comfortably, j but he has never been
able, although he has taken sor le pains, .to
ascertain how his monef was aken away
and restored to him.

Cube for the Ring-Woks . Take

the root of the common yellow, or wild
dock ; wash it clean, bruise it, or cut it in
very thin slices ; put it in a cup, or other
small vesselj and add vinegar i ufficient to
cover it. Let it stand a day or two, then
apply the moisture to the ring worm, by
rubbing it with a piece of the J obt, two or
three times a day, for a^ fe^ successive
days. Tfcis, it is said, Vilfetfeit an entire
cure. ;

[For the Freedom's Jour ial ]

COLONIZATION SOCIETY

The public can neither be in sensible to
the merit; nor have observed wi h any oth-
er feeling than pleasure, the extreme lib-
erality, that has been ; evinced in the man-
agement of this Journal I have remark-
ed, with no inconsiderable exuli ation, that
pieces have been published in this paper,
that I knew where in direct opposition to
the sentiment of the Kditors ; thus prov-
ing that their sole object was clearly to eli-
cit truth, by throwing open' its columns to
a free and candid investigation. And I
hesitate not, to advise certain of our
Southern editors, to follow such an exam-
ple ; for it is obvious that on ceriain sub-
jects among the most prominent of. which
stands the Colonization- Society, they
have cautiously avoided giving but one
side of the argument thereby c videncing
considerable fear as to the other. Such a
course must necessarily excite suspicion,
nor can that suspicion be favoraHy to their
cause. There is a paper publishe i in Rich-
mond called theConstitutional Whig,which

strongly advocates the present administra-
dreadful mortality which has recently at- j tion of our government, and appears wil-
tended the heads of departments in partic- ! ling to make it appear that this scheme of
ular, in Sierra Leone ; but we shall watch j Colonization in Africa, is an administira-
with great anxiety the v progress of the new ! tion measure. But we would inf )rm these
system, and especially the success of the j editors, that they are greatly mistaken in
new experiment about to be tried on the; thinking that this will add any popularity
island ofFernado Po. 'or strength to the administration^ far oth-

Captain Owen, in the Eden, has, as we j erwise — for I for one, am in favour of our
lately stated; gone there, and is accompa- ' administration, and voted for Mr. Adorns,
nied, we hear, by Col. Lumley, as acting but did I b rieve they wished to force this
governor, taking with him provisions for measure on the people, after th<! last ses^
several months, and a supply of labourers sion of Congress has proved its Unpopular-
aud mechanics from among the liberated ity, so far as for it to become a government
Africans. We are not informed whether measure, by even refusing to isten to a
any understanding has taken place with proposition on this subject, I should.im-
the native inhabitants or authorities (if mediately withdraw my suppo t, and
any such there be) on the island ; but we know many others who would do the sam q
are certain that the proceedings of our from men who Could be so per ectly j /e-
country men will be marked by that good gardless of the peoples will-— of t liis I f ,feel
sense arid temper, that moderation com- fully persuaded, that it never wil , nor can
bined with firmness, which belongs to the become a governmental business, and it is
British character ; and we can hardly sup- on this ground principally, my dbjec' tionsf
pose that it would be expedient to effect a to it originated..! It must rest oh pi rivate
forced landing, should any organized op- societies for support; and how can. they
position on the part of the inhabitants pre- possibly meet the expenses attend? mt on
sent itself. it ? If they transport oan they protect or

The establishments at Cape Coast Cas- support them ? Viewing it as an imprao
tleand the Gold Coast are to be given ticabla scheme,! as, one thatcaa only be
tip.— — Poulson's Phila. Daily Adv. partially carried into effect ; I id/ust also

-^&t>— . regard it as a dangerous one, ar<£ corise-

THE ROMANCE OF WAR. quently as opposed tp humanity. , But the
A French soldier who accompanied the subject ha^ been so ably ^ate^op in a
armies to Russia, concealed a small treas- P^^^^l^^^

lous in ne to en-

Ute atthe entrance of a village near Wil- W". Coloured Bait morean, 1

na, with a view of taking it^with him on . ¥. \ ^n«der «t ^^W »e to e«j
his refnrn. After the defeat of Moscow, »*> wems of t%e quertwii, I shall
*9 w» made a prisoner and sent to Sibe-i thweftw, only M^t youx atten top for a

short time while I attempt 'to expose t)ie
real viewB. and feelings of our Southern
Colohizationists,,. In an address delive red
before the Auxiliary Colonization Society
at Lynchburg, Va. by a member, he avows
such principles as are f/alculated not onljr
to.startle all. free coloured men, but every
person who is favourable? to Emancipation,
whose object is a hurna ne one, and who
may possibly belong to an Abolition as
well as Colonization So tiety. The speech
is a long one, principally composed of high
sounding words, and miftch idle declama-
tion. But occasiona&y their real object
appears, their total disz egt urd to every thing
connected with feeling. \

(To be concluded! in-, oar next.)

FREEDOM'S 0 tOVn^AJj.

NEW-YORK, FEBRl JARY, S2, 1 828.

0^"* WE hope our & kbscribcrs will ex-
cuse the Non-appearant "% of the JOUR-
NAL, at the time appoi nted. Circumstan-
ces beyond our controul. have been the cau-
ses of the irregularity.

The Year being near ly expired, we hope
all bur Friends and \mits, wilt use their
best endeavours to pro turc an additional
number of good Sub: ieribers, and conse-
quently a more eztensiv g circulation for the
Journal. ?<;

BISHOP ALLEN.
C4 Thursday high » .t, 14th inst. a num-
ber of respectable Ia< ; dies and genttemeu of
different denorainatic met at theRt.Rev.
Richard Alleys to i^tagratulate ;him, be-
ing his Birth Night. The evening enter-
tainment was inten angled with singing
and prayer. We v $\ remark, that Bishop
Allen was- the first . -person that formed a
jypus .Society f among the People of
Colour in the Unit . ^ State8 of America ;
and we are happ; /to see that his labours
have- been blesse J j > and that ^ has been
pared to see the , sixty-ninth y ear of his
age. He was al m the first persion that es-
tablished a Ben' ^ent Society am-ong us
for the grand pu ^p 0se 0 f retievihg one an-

S5 • C . r ! ° ?iSSr ° r<di8tr ^ i it wa» formed I
™. ffl .! 78 {' Since; there haa been es-
tablished in th M dfy upwajrds of u^- Afri .

ITr^T 01 wt Soc ^e«. was also
the founder ^ the fat African Church in
« , States of America., whereby we
were enab ^ ^ worship. Almighty God,
own vine and fig-tree, with none
nor yet make us afraid ; he also
in various parts of the country,
- jig the Word unto his depressed
and ev ' a injured brethren ; many of whom
by. him through our Lord Jesus
St, iro ughtto a knowledge of a Just
living God. We are thankful that
f , '«g ftt y ®od still spares him for the fcood
01 * iie African Race ; though aged, yet
*lous in the cause of his depr«3ssed and
1 jured race : though weak and infirm in
»dy, yet strong in the grace of <xoj>. But
a return to the celebration, it w:**. con-
ducted in a solemn and interesting man-
ner. The Bishop addrtased the company
with ah address suitaf^br ; ^ticb an oc-
casion ; the €vening'« WteftainiPieni con-
cluded with Singing and Prayer/

A SUBSCRIBER.
Philadelphia, Feb. 15th, 182^.

On Front street- —x^oj 305, occupied hjr
Rogers & Jones, sli otly 163 \\j •Sintlh and
Mills, entirely demoted ; 161 by Jackson &
M'Jimpsey, do. In thip store, we;~und«r»tawl
was a considerable quantity of gunpowder,
which exploded with a loud report, and crea-
ted much alarm; 159 1-2 by L. Youii& des-
troyed by the falllng^of the gable end of 161 ;
15^ do do.

On South street — -No; S3, Hussey & JV/c-
Kay, roof iujured ; 82 tit Forrest and Son ;
81 Whitlock St Bennetts 80 Henry beers dntl
Isaac Arnold; 79 S. B. tVhitlock,«hip c}ia
lcr, and Robinson and Thorp, sail makers.

On Flymarket street-— JVbs. 161 & 16$ v
by Spear & Polhnmus, coopers 4 159
wood Jennings, ship joiners— -the lower floor
as a grocery.

We have not heard that, any damage ty<fs
Sustained by the shipping, although the ships
and wharves were full, and the sparks fetf a*
mong them like showers of fire.

We regret to state that Mr. John McGow-
an, a fireman, belonging to No. IS, fell from
the third loft of a store in Sbuthstreet, ai»4 ha.d
his arm so much injured.that it is thought im-
putation will be necessary. He was carried
to the hospital. We haVe heard of-nb-oU^r'
accident. The fire was not extinguished unW
a late hour. It was necessary to use the en-
gines as late as half past 11 this forenoon.
Present estimate of damages, 200,000 dollars. .
. P. S. Since the above was in type we ate
informed by Mr. Jackson, that not apartick
of powder was or had been in their store. The-
explosion alluded to no^doubt was caused frf
the bursting of some casks of spirits ; tip-
wards of two .hundred casks being in tliat
building.

Oney clock. We have just been inform*

ed that JMr. McGowan is dead, r

N. Y. Com. Adv.

under our
to harm,
travellec' ,

were
Gimi
and '
Alir

DESTRUCTIVE FI RE I

This morniigatQne o clock a calamitous
Fire broke out in a three, story frau oe building,
in Fletcher st).'eet, near South stre ct, occupied
by Bachelor 'and French, as a blacksmith's
shop. The streets being very na rrow, and the
buildings, of wood, the flames spj read with the
rapidity of lightning, and were ^ /wt get under
untfl thje following propertjharf Ibeen destroy-
ed. , '

On Fletcher streeti— -S. Ni • eiwls, block
puiap maker ; Nichols & W ^algrove, bloel^ .
makers ; Hyatt & Duffle, coc >pers ; King a^d
Miller, joiners ; Serantpn, bl< jck maker ;
elbtiSt French, blacksmiths, and sey^.ii tk^
ers whose names we haven' itl)een a&iia«»
certajo. ^ ' , ' -..IT . ■

DEATH OF GOV. CLlXTOjT-

By the steam boat last evening, we received^
from Albany the melancholy account of the
sudden death of His Excellency PE WITT;
CLINTON, Governor of the State of-New-
York. This afflicting event occurred on Mofr ,,
day evening, and is supposed to have b*«n
caused by the bursting of a blood vessel upim
the heart. By this dispenf.atijpn of Providence
the state has lost one of if .s meet distinguished
benefactors. .Gov. Clyoton was a deiped
friend of literature and sreience, the ardent pat*
ron and encourager of • general educatiodj . and
by precept and example fostered the system of
instruction so extensively in use in the common
schools throughout the state. < But hit name
and his character are identified, with the mag.
nificent system of internal, improvement,
begun by his influence, and, completed by his
energy— a work which wii;t\transmit lu^ nawe
with the highest honor t^ the Utest;period 1 dt*
time.-^N. York Daily /tffr.

\

Jntbis ci^y, or/ the 21st inst. ^i?harli|A
Ash, Tyler of the Boyer Lodge.'

.. MARRJEW , ;
In thisj city, the Rev.Benjamiti fanJ, Mr..
Cesar ^ >ub6is, to Miss Sasaki
*" : * Brooklyn, L. ij, by t|le- ««nf5 ^
e Thompson, to Miss Eliza €«sar<

an* «g the Andrews !--Mariie4 ^Ig&fe.-Ep'
«tf r, Gonn* Andrew, Burnham, t^ Aqw Aiv-
dfews ; Adnmram Burnham, >to'$s||r iin~
f rews ; Nehemiah S. Burnban t^teaa.An-
^ Jrews; Nathaniel Bumhata, ta J&m$ An-
drews ; John Wagfield , to Polly j^dww*,
EphraiosPLow, to H«n*n q.^Mr^ ^
noch White to Eliza B itM l C^ An-
drews to Sa%Rrowa; SeA ; As^niliq^
U Darned ; 6bed Afl4re^, to«5ffiuU?r;
John I^iAHdreWs, to Aw>a G^cralnar; An,-
drew A«drew«, to ^ A^dMpr^Aa im^

J 62

POETRY.

• For the Freedom's Journal.

STANZAS.

Oh, tell me what sanative power
There is for the sorrowing heart :
What sun-beam to pierce the dark hour
When the flick'rings of Fortune depart !

Kisd friends | oh, they last but a day
When our sun of prosperity's high
They sink witbt/s 'setting away—
Are ftown When adversity's nigh.

Religion ! bow mild is the balm
S he pours in the agoniz'd breast ;
] low soft and how holy the calm
We feel with her spirit possest.

Is trouhl she brings us her aid
Bd#rest i:i the bright hope abo ve.
,She bids the soul be not af raid*
'^.c lenient' sweets of Thy love;

ARION.

Foj! the Freedom's Jourxal.
TQ S~-.

The liquid chrystal glitters in thine eye,
The pearly dew. drop quivers on thy cheek,
Thy snowy bosom heaves the trembling 6igji r
What can thy grief dispel ?— Speak, Lady
Speak!

Thy ivory'.brow with thought is overcast,
Thy dulcet accents tremulously flow,
The purple on thy cheek is fading fast,
What ails thee gentle Lady— may I know. ■

That nameless something"™ thy nymph like
form

That smothered ^sigh too, which thou fain
^ wouldst quell

Betray within, a gnawing canker worm :
What gave it birth ? Oh gentle Lady;tell 1
. J. T. E.

Southampton used c w) say; th^t 1 he/co uld ' hot
distinguish any thing af his ' fade; btit tHaj^ ^
his voice ' and grtit,' hp took Mm to ;bc Olivei 1
CromWelL-i-^Spcji^e. ;
' ! . : ' _ .' ~ip#»«~- •'
Mr, Cb^rnah was, on another occasion , , ris-
ing tp leave : !a convivial parity , when he was
stforigly^resied to tfayby theitfst, ! who re- 1

f; that*' He must not gd yet- for H«
not half Jiribed." rti; Not half-ptimWl'ttai*
the wit, ^am both loafed and prirWv a id if
you wait an. instant, ypu^hall hear me go of,?

VARIETIES.

Addison'^ chief' companions, before he
married Lady Warwick, were Steele,
Budgell, Philips; Carey Davenant, and
Colonel Brett. He used to breakfast with
one or other of them, at his lodgings in
St. James's Place ; dine at taverns with
them; then to Button's,; .and then to
some tavern again for supper in the ever
ning : -and this was then., the u saal round
of his \\te.—Spcnce.

i£;z~~: "'ni"^ .-'.-v ". " r ~ H *****""* '.
p- Seward', l5arl of |N T orthumberland, learning
thathissonhad ben slain, whom he had sent

*agaiust 'the ; Scots, ; demanded % whether his
wounds were-.in thefore of back ..part pf fcfc
body, and. being informed in the fore part, he
reqlied, " I am rejoiced to hear it, and wish no
other kind of- death to befal me or mine."

WheP ithft same Earl felt, in* his 'sickness*
that .death ; was fast approaching, he quitted
bis '.bet and put on his. armonr, saving, that
it became not a man "■ to die like a beast ;f on
which he rdied Btandiijg. •. |f . e - '

Tl»'' , t^^afte*.'&tog-V^htete8- tKe^ First
was : 'fcefceaded,' ' Lord Southampton :<and a
friPhd of feis got leave to sit; upby> therkoay
in '*fce* -biUiqttitiiigAbu^at" Whitehall. As
thef < wero' Sitting very melanehey « there, a-
boiifctwo 4 tfclockin the imoftftig, they heard;
tfc& i&ad f ctf Somebody coining very ; slowjy
uptfea^. 3t^nd ; by the door opened,, aiida
mail entered the room very much muffledup i*
Ms cloak; andiiis face quite hid 4a it; He ap-
tiroac&d 4be body; con»i#AFed il wry attend
tirelKdrsotne timff, and tbeo ahooki his bead,
M sighed out tb**w«i<M' Cruel iwcetatty/''^:
He ttoM^tfepMedja the satoe '*k>tr and eonr
cealed manner as he had «ome in>— Lord

Colour, Yffff, be bfjened.
next In the African School Sow in Mulberry
Sfreetj; where wflr^e taught ' ' " ,
RlUfllNGf WAITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH' GRAMMAR, ' GEOGRAPHY^
&e, * .Tiaiisi-r^hifeo Dollars * per quarter !
payable ; iii advance. < Hours from 6 to half
past 8 oV fcck. Sept. 18. • . • ' 28:

; Otie,mbrmng "a party came into the p ibiic
rooms at fiuifonj iolraevvhat latef than' usual,
and re quested some; tongue. They were told
that his lordship had eaten it al]» " I am very
angry whhjbis . lordshid, " said a , lady* loud,
enough for him Miesr the observation. ' I am
sorryj.foir it 'madam, " retorted Byron, j* but
before I ate the tongue, I wasassured that you
did not want it."

--.^g. <$«)-•■• • ].. .

Uis majesty, whehP rince qf Wales, .teing
present ' at a piquet patty, in which ' Mr. ) Ste-
pney and Mr. OhUrcb were opponeiitti. thfi
former gentleman. . went \out- Cjr a. kingj but
meeting with a'dfsappointmetot, exclaimed with
considerable warmth, "By ijovte, the' Jfi^r is
against m\ n . to whieh^nsvroyal higlwesSj amr
mediately replied,", TruJIy, Mr. Stepney^ypur
case is pjUabtein. the'ex'trehiei to h'avt the
7)Tmg--'aua j -OAT«rcft!against-ycHi;'yoa' ; c^
therefore, hope to escape, biibniust sufFer with-

0 ut bme^t^lmii-' >. ■

RESPECTKjrjLtt •> informs ;hls Friends, and
the Public generally, that his HOUSE No,
152 Church-street, is stettopW&r the accom-
modation of- genteel person? of colour, with

bqardinc^^Md LODOI1 IG. :

Grateful • for past favours, / he ! solk ts
continuance of the same.- His house is in a
healthy and pleasatttpart of the city; and n6
pains, or expose will be spared on his parr
to render the sitjiajion of tliose who h( npur
him with their patronage, as comfortable as
possible. ' *r
New-York, Sept. 1827. ' 26r-3m

THE: AFRICAN i MUTUAL IN
S rilUCTlON SOCIETY, itor the instruction
of: coloured ; Adu]ts,,oX both Sexes/' have re-
opened their SCHQ0L on Monday Eveaing,
"October 1st, s at their former Schopl Rdpnt un-
der the •Mariner's' Church, in Roosevelt-s reet.
The School will Dp bjien on every Moi day,
Wednesday,- and Friday Evenings, at half
past 6 o'clock* • <f .

: Those desirdus;»^ receiving instruction^ will
be taught- to. Read, ; Write and Cypher^ luntil
the first . of April, J 828, for the small sum of
one , foliar, to be, paid on .entering .the school.

An carly ; apphxau. 0 ^ is re^uested^ a? jthere,
will be rip Allowance made for past tjme.j .

AaRO^N. . VV*;OOD, . ..'.-..JaM^S M«SbS,

William P,' ?o«nson, Arnold $lbie :
E. M. AfrjcAnus, Henry Ki^o, -

: " 1 ■ Trttfttefo.

EcQriomv,istb,e!Road
to WeaIih-~A'nd
.penny iaved Js a
good- as' two 'pfennjs
eahie& Theri call
•at.the Uitfted State 8
Clothe s Dressing'

Who has removed from 411 to 422 Broadway,
and cpJRthmea as usual to canrjr pn^ the Clothes
Dressing in correct and sySUmatical style| ha-g
mg perfect knowledge of the business, .^vinv
been legally bred to it, his mode of el<
and Dressing Coa*s, P^TALoqifs^ ,&p.fs, by
SffiAM.SpoNwifo, ^hich- is the ..only . c<
system of Cleaning, which hp Aiill warr
pxtract all kinds jof Stains, Grk>*M»&
Painfe ho. pay will be taken} ^

■ :K B TbA publie are ejintiohed aganjitthe
imposiur^ of5( ^JShwH-aiS^^g?^
of clothes, by STljiAM SPON^O. who
aye. totally unacquainted with thejiusintst as
t^ere are many iX^tabl^hiaents which have
reeently^heeu opened i» this city. -

»*■ AH kinda of JTaiioring Work; «Mne at
the above jplace. , ■

AU , «lbi£es left tp ])e cleaned or rei
will be good for one year and on* dat-4if
ciy^edm that time, ftey -wfll be sold at p«b^;
lie auction.

.for persons of
i^tli qr Ofitbber

lai.3&t>' JOS' SiLESf-

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, TWQ THOUSAND
Acres of excellent LAND, at less than one
half' its value,' provided they will take meas-
ures^ settle,! or <have .it: settled,! by coloured
farmers. The land is in the state, of Newr
Ydrk, within 70 miles of the city; its location
is idelightful, being" on the banks of the Dela-
ware rhter,- with an open navigation to the city
of jPhUa^elphia. The Canal leading, from the
Delaware Jo the Ijludspn driver, passes, through
the tract, opening a direct navigation to Newr
York, city. . The passage to either city may
be made in one day or less. The land is of
the Desf quality, arid well timbered.

fThe subscriber, hopes' that' some of his
brpthTerij 'who arc. capitalists, will : at least in-
vest 600 4t* ! «,00iidoJl«rs : , in these lands. To
such he will fake' the libevtjT to say,:tfeis land
can be purchased for 5 dollars the. acre, (by
coloured men,) though it has been selling for
25 dollars. He also takes the- liberty to ob-^
Serve that the purchase : will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such, a settlement,
formed by, coloured families, would be condu-
cive of much good; With this object in view
he will invest 500 dolttfra in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New- York, March l 20.
i N. B. Communications on the sul<ject, ^;ost
paid, will be received and attended to.

w* ■.■^^•josfirson,

;o. 551 , Pearl-street, near Broadway, keep-
constantly on hand, an. assortment of
BOOTS & SHOKS,
iso, a Superior Quality of ? iquid Blackin;:
«: from the use of Vitriol, of his own mam:
• ' are, all which he will sell cheap for cash.
Boot8_and Shoes made to order, and repair-
ed on the most rfv^onable terms.
New-York, Jan. 25

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

MR. GOLD, late . of onnecticut, takes
this method of informing the coloured popula-
tion' of this city, that 1 he teaches .English Gram-
mar, upon a npw hrfd improved pla'n, by which'
a pupil of ordinary capacity, may ^obtain a cor-
rect -knowledge of the^principles Of the 1 En-
glish language, by attending to the study there
of two hours in a day in six Weeks. He would
be willing itp teach a class of coloured pe^f onsj
either in the day or in the evening '(as maysuit
their convenience, ;) -.arid his '' terms will be
such, that no <me {' desirous to learn will have
.cati$e : ^W : dissaUsBed : wjth'them. : - ,

Persons vrishing to avail themselves of Ms
opportunity of learning English Grammar will
plsase to call upon the Rev. B. Paul, No. 6
York-street, or the Rev. ; P. William's : 68,-
ros b iy ,-streetj with whpm.alsp the; namts of
those who dejtermine upon becoming pupils of
Mr, Ooli will be left. Nov. 16, 1827.

Sclwd for Coloured Children of both Sexes.

Under St Philjp's Church, is now ready for
the admission of Pupils.

;; . , WRITING,: ARITHMETIC,
• ENGLISH . GRAMMAR. GBOGRAPHY
Hvjtli.thc use of Map* and GlpbeSj and Hiatory,
Terms from two to four dollars per quarter*
lie/<faiic«.-^Revi Messrs. P. Williams, S
JE.Con»^, B. Paul and W. Miller.
New-York, March 14 v 1

O*. &;

(Colled Mekj
la Forestiftreet- Baltimore, Manufacture all
kitids of Smoking and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotebj Rappee, and Maccabau SISCTf,
Bpamab,(;1falf Spanishi> and American SEV

Jemen, have sent iriei

^ljrahy ijuafil

AJtfUEL E. CORNISH.

' " % ^it^" L a ' ,M,u ' ! ' ai,b! ^oardiaris 1 of'
/ouredtChidren, are bertbfihibtmed, tHal'a
..ie and, Female Sclwol has long, been eitab-
-ed for,coloured| children, by the Mamtoris-
'■ ■ u Society of th,is t city— whe^p the mipllsi .Wn-
- ive such an education as, is calculated to fit .
. -mfor usefulneps ^and respectamlitv. The-*
.tie school is situated i n MuBem-streeinear
' iand-street, and the female school in Wilfiaar
ueet, near Duane' street ; both under the
management of experienced teachers . The
Boys are taught Reading- Writing; Arifhmetic,.
\ Jeography and Ebgish Gramra*r-Hmd the
rirls, in addition to those; branches, are taught
^ewng,Marking,:andKnitting^c. ,
TERMS OF ADJVilSSIOK*
Pupils of 5. to nftcen years of age tare admitted
by the Teachers at the Schools^ at t?ie,rate of
twenty-five cents to one, dollar pejc quarter, ac-
cording to. the circumstances of {he pafents :
and the children of such as cannot afford to pay
<iny thing are admitted freVof esfenspj aiid en-
joy the same advantages ^^ai thoseWo pay; • s
, Each school is visited weekly ' by a commit-
tee of the trustees, in addition to which a comi
mittee of Ladies pay reguisr visits, to the Fe-
male school. Cano is taken :. to i impart J moral
instruction, and; such have been the happyj el- ;
fectsj of the system, pursue^ in, jthese, schools,,
have although; several., thousands :ha^e-; been
taught in them since their .esteb'^i^eQ^-Cnp^f
more than thirty years) . there, has never been -
an iristance known to the ! trustees Where a pu^il
having received a regular e'duc'atip^'liaa 'Been
convicted of any crime in our Courts of Justice.,
By order of the Board of Trustees.

PETER S. TITUS,
RICHARD FIELD.

Jan. 10, 1828.

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iiEW-jroax,

REPO **T

Of the African Instituti n for 1827. 3vo.
Hatchard. 1927.
The great field of Colonial Policy ofters'few
matters to our view, more at all times, but in
the existing posture of affairs more peculiarly
pressing upon our attention, than the situation
of the people of colour. Those unfortunate
persons form a very numerous class of our
fellow subjects; and their industry and gene-
ral good conduct render them still more wor-
thy than their numbers to attract our notice.
They are highly important in respect of wealth
and they suffer under privations entailed up-
on them by no fault of their own, but arising
from the crimes and follies of others, and af-
fixed to their colour by the decrees of colonial
wisdom and humanity. Dr. Lushington, the
• able, enlightened, and honest friend of oppres-
sed men, of what colour soever, has lately ad-
ded to the very great obligations he had before
conferred upon, the cause of justice and sound
policy, by bringing before Parliament and the
country this interesting subject, in a speech re-
plete with enlarged views, animated by a spir-
it of true philanthropy, and tempered by an
extraordinary portion of moderation. The
same question which Dr. Lushington so .ably
raised in the Commons, was afterwards most
•admirably stated in the Lords, and with great
effect, by Lord Harrowby, President,

<jf We Council Tbn* pnligbt

ened, accomplished, 'and virtuous tiobleman,
has always approved himself the firm and
powerful friend of the oppressed negro, in all
the situations where his eminent talents have
been exerted. We shall proceed, without fur-
ther preface, to state the case which soj.amen-
tably adds one to the numberless examples
heretofore given of the unfitness of West In-
dian Legislators to discharge their high func-
tions, and of the absolute necessity which ex-
ists for the prompt and efficacious interference
of the mother- country, in order to preserve her
colonial empire from all the worst mischiefs
that can resnh from power abused on the one.
hand, and vengeance long deferred and signal-
ly exacted on the other.

The important island of Jamaica was con-
quered fiom Spain during Hie brilliant period^
of the Protectorate, in the year 1655. 'Charles
the Second, soon after his restoration in 1661,
granted the island a charter, under which the
House of Assembly was constituted. By that
document, it is solemnly declared, that " the
children of subjects of England, to be born in
Jamaica, shall, from their respective births,
he reputed to be, and shall be, free denizens of
England, holding the same privileges, to all
intents and purposes, as the freeborn subjects
of England a superfluous grant, it is true,
because, long before the Restoration, at the
accession of the King's grandfather to the
English Crown, the general principle had been
solemnly recognized by the Judges in the fa-
mous case of the Post 'nari, (commonly called
€alvin's Case,) that all persons born within
the Kings allegiance are natural-born subjects
of thefinglish Croivn. Nevertheless, to re-
move all doubts, the gVant is thus expressly
made to all persons, without disrinction of co- !
Jour orlrace, and by the self-same instrument
^^fbjch constituted the Jamaica Legislature a
lawful body.

Nothing appears to have been done against
these rales during the reigns of Charles, James
H. and King William; but, as if the good

JOURNAL,.

NESS EXAJLTETM A NATION/'

>SUSAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1828.

VOL. I.—ffO. XLIX

Queen Anne's time were fated to be in all
parts ofihe ! world, America as well as Ireland,
and to all subdivisions of perst ns, mulattoes
as well as Catholics, the era o ? disqualifica-
tion, either for opinions which tliey should .not
and for complexion which thty could not,
change, in 1711 an act was passed, (10 Ann,
cap. 4.) excluding from all public offices all
persons of colour, Indians, and Jews. In 1733
this policy was further followed up by the act
6. Geo. II. disqualifying all persims of colour
not in the fourth degree from the negro stock,
from voting at elections. Previ ms t o this pe-
riod, a custom had been introdu ced of reject-
ing the evidence of coloured people against
whiles in every case ; but It was doubted
whether or not they could bear \ fitness against
one another. This doubt was solved in 1748,
by the 21. Geo. II. cap 7, whic i legalized .the
customary exclusion of coloun d evidence in
all cases against whites, but le fin as against
each other.

Notwithstanding these serious disabilities,
the mixed race grew rapidly'in numbers and
in wealth ; for it was found by the Ijfousc of
Assembly in 1762, that property of between
200,0001. and 300,0001. in value, including
four estates^ had devolved to t lem by devise
and bequest at different times. Men's affec-
tions not to mention their feeli lgs of justice,
towards the innocent offspring of their lore,
lawful or elicit, were found not o obey exactly
t he dictates of West Indian poj cy ; and legis-
lative ; measures were requied to force
them into courses more conger ial to the sav-
age spirit which presided overtjhose councils.
The Assembly, accordingly, which derived its
own existence and authority entirely from the
same charter that gave the mulattoes all the
rights of English subjects, "t<j all intents and
purposes, frcm the dates of tjieir respective
births," passed a law, restrainihg their power
of taking, by dcvise'or bequest, j to the value o^
20001. currency, and limiting iheir power of
purchasing landed property to the same incon-
siderate sum. I

In 17.3 the first attempt was made to ex-
clude mulattoes from all employment on plan-
tations, by a general act, which, being trans-
mitted to England, was refused the Royal as-
sent : and thus began the system of annual
bills, to defraud the Crown of. its. negative
voice. Each bill bound the planters, nndcr
severe penalties , to fill every situation in .their
employ with a white person , Those bills
icontinued up to the last year, when the Gover-
nor refused : his assent t o the deficiency law
because it contained pro visiors of peculiar'
hardship respecting the absentees.

In all thislKislory of exclusio i and disquali-
fication, it is cheering to meet i pith one-excep-
tion. After the Maroon war in 1796, when
the men of colour . had distinguished them-
selves, so as to extort the uri< [u'alified . :appro-;
bation of thej ^Wemblyi and t< » command the
hearty gratitude of the whoh community, a
bill was p assed, alio wing : th ;m to , give evL
dence against whi te persons^ -rin cases of as-
sault upon the witnes ses then selves I It gra-
ciously pieaiked those lords of I he world to de*
creV that the race, so nearly allied to them-
selves by bipod; and to whoso gallantry and'
faithful attachment they 6w<id their existence,
should no longer be kicked * a rid beaten like
dogs, without redress .; but t be privilege of
giving evidence was strietly jcoafined' to. the,
ease of the pjerson himself tthd jwasj&sawltedl:
and no mulatto could call anoj&er as his wit-

ness, if tried fur any offence. These restric-
tions >.nd all others on the evidence of free
persons of colour* were done away away in
1813 ; and in 1816 they were permitted to na-
vigate their own vessels coastwise, which, ev-
er since 1712, had been prohibited, by a law
requiring vessels of a certain burden to be
manned by whites. They were now also al-
lowed to drive carts [and hackney coaches, a
right formerly withheld by the same spirit of
curious and niggardly legislation. The res-
trictions upon bequests and devises were also
repealed in 1813. .

There still remain,howcycr, the most griev-
ous of all the disabilities under which the co-
loured race have been laid. T iev cannot ex-r
ercise the elective franchise ; they are exclu-
ded from all offices and places of trust ; arid
worse than all, they caunot serve in any case
upon juries/ Let us for a moment consider
the effects of these disqualifications.

The mulattoes are subject to the laws made
by the House pf Assembly; By those laws
they arc regulated, governed, and taxed. w ut
rich and accomplished and intelligent as many
of them are, they can neither sit in that house,
nor exercise their voice in saying who shall sit
there ; nor in any wj^y lift that voice, as free
men »houlddo, in any other than the notes of
suppliant petition. And to whom is the un-
checked dominion race of
men,' who m)*| have no yoice v ejther. direct or.
ia^uect,; in coanciU that are to rule their
destiny ? To a hostile caste ; to the men who
have created all these disabilities, in order to
exclude them ; to those who prove, by the ve-
ry act of engrossing all the power over the de-
graded race, that they hate and fear them, and
feel their subjection as necessary for their
own security and ease. Let Christian people
make the case their own, according to the fa-
vourite maxim so often quoted, and so seldom
followed. How would the people of England
like to be ruled and taxed by a parliament all
Irish— still more, by one all French or all
American? But that bears a faint semblance
to our case. Peace and fashion may reconcile
us to Frenchmen; our interest, the fear of los-
ing Ireland, and having England crippled, may
even reconcile us to Irishmen; and the interests
of trade may almost make us frjends with the
Americans. But between the people of col
our and their representatives and rulers, there
is no common tie, except that of humanity,
whichis .outraged by the one party, and only
remembered in the other, to show that it exas-
perates all animosities, and that cattle would
be better treated thau human-beasts of burden.
The band of Providence has stamped on the
oppressed a mark that .cannot be effaced, apd
the Ethiopian must be washed white before
his lot in being subject.to The hostile caste can
.become so entle as the case we have been
jsuppqsing, of the -English nation iruled by ah
American parliament, chosen in America,' and
: not: hr 'England.

. .The exclusion from all places renders the
deprivation of the elective' franchise stilt more
severe. The mulatto only" feels the ruling
powers, by coming in contact with his natural
enenriy ; he only sees/the constituted authori-
ties, of, his country, when lie joQks. at the hostile
.colour. . Power is never, mitigated by kindred
ie^jings; on the jontrary^ it ^exasperated by
the instinctive sejsje of natural diVersity^ by all
^e factitidu& .pr4.udices of customs and laws,
by all the feelipgl of fear which tyranny cre-
ates ki once for ft pirn augmchtittion. and its
own punKbmentJ .* • ' . '

But look to the worst of all these disabili-
ties. Whatever mulatto comes in a court of
justice — a court by outward form resembling
what elsewhere are courts in which justice
presides — he comes among judges and jurors
who are his natural enemies and oppressors. ;
He is injured in his person, he is despoiled of
his property, he is restrained of his liberty by
a white, man ; his child or his wife is taken
from him; his feelings- are outraged^; liis
sense of honour — for all our cruelty [has hot
rooted all sense of honour from the dingy, bo-'
bm— his sense of honour is wounded—a
sense the more exquisite that it has survived
every effort of his oppressor to extingush it.
In mockery, he is bid to bend his footsteps to-
wards the halls of Justice, and tauntingly told
that they fling open wide their gates to men of
every complexion and every race. — He hur-
ries thither ; the doors are blackened with the
white clouds — of his foes; the ermine decks
the shoulders— of his foes ; the jury-box is fil-
led with twelve— of his foes, — selected from
the motlev population he lives in, for the; ex-
press purpose of doing injustice between him
and his ,'adv.ersary. But we hear it said, " this
is insidious— there is no such purpose in the
selection." t Why then, we would, ask, is the
selection made? Answer us this, ye who
charge us with distorting facts, or rather with
perverting inferences. Answer and tell us,
why. ttajujrj. js j&fiM £#J° ur »
When the man of colour^ tried ?— freed from
all community of feeling and opinion with
him, and made up o^f men expressly and avow-
edly taken because they have a common colour
and origin with the mulatto's 'antagonist? Who
can name another reason for choosing them
all whites, except that, if chosen indiscrimin-
ately of the two hues, there would be jurors of
the same race with the man of colour : where-
as the principle is, to have them all of the
white man's blood and lineage? Again, let the '
Christian wrong-doer — for whoso consents to
wrong, doeth wrong — resort to the golden rule
of his Master, and put hihiseilf hi the place of
hi- tawny brother. How should we, in^Old .
England, like being tried for pur lives by a
French or an American jury, sitting undfer the
superintendence of a French or American
judge? But that is a poor approximatiori to
the case* in hand. Bather let us ask, how.
would you— Englishmen and whites as you
are-— like being tried by a jury all brown mu~
attoes, or all black negroes, with , an African,
in the seat of the presiding judge? How would
you iikd being told, not only that all your jud-
ges were not to be whites like yourself; but
that not one of them was to be other than
aliens to your name,and complexion and race?
You have already answered the question ; you
have, wherever you had the power, refused to
be tried by judges, any one of whom bore the
marks of the hostile colour; and yet you de-
sire the mulatto' ' to thirik ; he has justice when
you try him by judges, every one bf Whom is
taken from among his enemies oppressors •
In England^ you suffer ! not the meanest for-
eigner, of the most hostile nation. Or the jmost
• barbarous, to he tried by a jury of\ English-
men; he must have at least cue half ojf 'foreign
race and« birth. No matter ftd^litt'.iu^eagc
heis'sprung, be lt ever so base ;! from what
coast he has come hither, be it ever so hostile;
before what gods he bertds; be they ever s<> sa-
vage ; : bjr>h'«tbarD^He1i''fa^ra^ V ^disfig-
uwidi Be they ever so rVoltiiig--- he niayj^c a
rude idolater from New Holland, or a] barba-

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FREEDOMS JOURNAL

T ous soldier of Mahomet, or a vile and pros- We have said much on this painfully inter- I am acquainted myself with the very
tituted adorer of the Juggernaut — he cannot esting question : yet the subject remains unr names of numbers who have gone from
be tried by an English tribunal. But the civ- exhausted. The Legislature of the mother Virginia,andwho have perished; nor is this
ilized mulatto, begotten by -an English fath- country has been powerfully appealed to ; the 1 mortality a8 pretended coufined principal-
er. born in the bosom- of an English settle- whites of the colonies have begunlto feel its ly to those who go from the North. Bu- 1
ment J trained,itmaybein.there fi n r

English society, is condemned by his fellow been petitions from the whites in parishes of &c# j |y that th ° se |etterg come most
Christian, to be tried by a jury far more like- Jamaica, bearing to their Assembly, and to us frequently from persons interested ; from
lytodo him injustice than the English could at home, the unsuborned testimony |of most un- persons who have possessed influence at
by possibility be to wrong any infidel on whose suspected wituesses against one of the worst home, and -who on account of this fact be-
supcrstilious rites the sun ever rose ; and he practical evils which the destruction of the ing known, then* have been dressed up
is yet further condemned to hear this fellow grand evil of all, the African Slave [Trade, has with a little brief authority in Africa,' re-
Christian, boast that he has done his unfortu- \& behind it. Threats are much Ejected to . ™}™ d appointments, madeLibrarians.&c.
nate and unoffending brother justice. . , by the Islands, and jus* , if any one ever w,th sa,ar,es atfached t0 tl'em-and thus

It may now be fit, as principles alone, how ! launched such threats at them. Bijt there is a
incontrovertible soever, are rarely appealed to ! difference between a threat and a Earning— a

■with effect, to ask what interest we have in
perpetuating such grievances as these-~what
safety there is in keeping such a cause of of-
fence in all people of colour? And this ques-
tion may best be solved by inquiring into the
importance of the coloured order. Their
numbers in Jamaica alone are said to exceed
30,000, and those of the free blacks 10,000.
They therefore greatly exceed the whites in
numErcial force ; and the the mulattoes form
one half of the militia — being, from the nces-
sitv of the case, freely intrusted with the pos-
session of arms. But how much more impor-
tant an aspect do those numbers — those arm-
ed numbers — wear, when we reflect that they
stand between a handful of whites and the sa-
?)le myriads of African slaves by whom they
tire surrounded, daily and nightly, in town and
in country, in tne house and in the field, and
to whose divisions and want of concert, but,
more than all. want of arms and of leaders,
that handful owes its prolonged existence in
the Charaibean Seas. ./Moreover, by^ natural
and political causes, the numbers of the whites
are daily decreasing ; by the like causes, the
mulattoes are on the increase. Theu let the
wealth of the degraded castelie takeninto ac-
count. Their propertj is no™ reckoned at'
upwards of three millions. One gentlemen of
that colour has 150,0001. of his own i another,
a white planter, left as much to his coloured
children ; a third left 200,0001 in the same
way, and a fourth gave 200,0001. to a mulat-
to friend who survived him, and 150,000 to a
black woman. Among the petitioners who
made the late forcible appeal to parliament,
through Dr. Lushin ton, three inhabitants of
one parish were possessed of property to the
amount of 120,000. This is a body of men,
we may rest assured, who will wax great in
wealth as well as strong in numbers ; and it
becomes us to think betimes whether it con-
sists best with our interest, and with our safe-
ty to hr.ve them for our allies or our enemies.

The existence of the grievance is too palpa-
pable to be denied ; the planters, therefore,
essay to mitigate .the asperity of its features;
and, failing in this too, they would fain per-
suade us that the true remedy is by sending-
the coloured men to seek redress individually
at the hands of the Colonial Assemblies, from
which they are by law excluded. " Go," say
they, ,£ and bring in private naturalization
bills, as if you were aliens. The fees are now
diminished, and by paying your attorneys
heavy costs, you may gradually, and one by
one, succeed to the enjoyment of your just and
natural rights." To this (he answer is easy
and it is decisive. If the remedy be fit to men-
tion, it must be commensurate with the mis-
chief. Who, then, recommends bringing in
eight thousand naturalization bills ? But all-
all would- pass as a matter of course. Is it so?
Then what better reason can you give for the
obvious process of consolidating all the 8000
bills into one general act? The honourable
minded among the mulattoes feel an honest
repuguance to seek this kind of relief, which
the>ealthy only canjobfain ; while, fromjpar-
takingin it at all, the poor are for ever exclu-
ded—the poor upon whom the oppression of
the disabling laws presses by far the most se-

dazzled and gulled, write flaming epistles
to their friends in America, persuading
them to emigrate ; and here let me in-
quire if it is not the character of all emi-

.j ,„..» „ .j — — r ...... -- 0 - grants to write in exaggerated accounts of

ture is to act as the rights of its colonial sub- ! their new residence — is it not their inter-

vain, braggart menace, and a fair, o'pen, time-
ly notice. The duty of the Imperihl Legisla-

jectsand the safety of the state demand; and
to discharge its own functtons for tne common
good, if the Colonial Assemblies! forget or
abandon theirs. Incident to this high duty to-
wards the Empire, is another towards the As
semblies, the negleet whereof woulij give these
zealous bodies just cause of compl lint. It is
fitting to give them due intimaticn of what
must be done in England, if nothing be done
in the West Indies. Then, there is-a wide
difference between acting upon liis solemn
warning and doing the just things vhich will
render all proceedings here unnecessary, and
basely yielding to the menace of an adversary,
and doing wrong to escape from Jiis anger,
Let not the Assemblies then any longer neg-
lect this warning. It has oftentimes been giv
en, no doubt, and by a power mos t slow to
follow it up — b it followed up it Will and it
must be, unless right and justice have, ceased
to find favour in the sight of Eriglanc ,

[Edinburgh Review.

Ifcrffthtart Gowmttirttatfotts.

[For the Freedom's Journal ]

COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

I have been induced to ma te a few
comments on this address, from seeing it
in our Southern papers highly lauded,
while I acknowledge my inabilit jr to dis-
cover its great merit. But let us hear the
gentleman, he says, ".True it is, there are
a few among us, who have created objec-
tions to the Colonization Society. The
first great material objection is, tha^ the
Socicety does, in fact, in spite of its deni-
al meditate and conspire the emmtaipation
of the slaves. To the candid, lei me say,
there are NAMES on the rolls of the So-
ciety too high to be rationally accused of
jhe duplicity and insidious falsehood which
this implies farther, the Society and its
branches are composed, in by fir of the

-holding

larger part, of citizens of slavt
states, who cannot be gravely changed
with a design so perilous to themselves.
To the uncandid disputant, I say,
put his finger on one single sentiment, de-
claration, or act of the Society, o|r of auy
person which shews such to be tpeir ob-
ject ; there is in fact no pretext for the
charge. Let me repeat the friends of this
Society, three fourths of them a *e slave-
holders : the Legislatures ; of M iry land,
Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, ill slave-
holding states have approved it ; every
member of this Auxilliary Society is, eith-
er in himself or his nearest rel a ives in-
terested in holding, slaves. It is such as
we who have originated, and are n aturing
the plan -. And I ask, shall we no be al-
lowed to promote our own mjtty and
gratify our humane feelings — then I must
eave the gentleman for one moment to
eulogize those humane peelings by an at-
tempt to shew to what tfcey are directed.
To send the free coloured people tc Africa,
to expose them to perilsiy sea and ! >y land,
to pirates, to savages, p disease, and to
death.— Gentle reader, j>e not indignant at
the picture, for it is doubtless a aithful
one. The biil of morality at the Colony
in Africa, exceeds anj thing of tl e kind
in so small a period of ime I ever read of.

est to do so, in order to draw others to
them, who may improve and strengthen
their society ? And admitting tho colony
to be at present prosperous, how much
longer is it likely to continue so? It at
present holds out better or no inducement
for an attack, either from at home or a-
broad. The prudent man and the philo-
sopher never looks only at the present day,
extends his view beyond the present, trac-
ing natural effects from natural causes
But to return to this gentleman's fine
speech — •* once more this society is in no
way connected with certain Abolition So-
cieties in the country. To these the Colo-
nization Society would say " your object
is unattainable, your zeo^darigerous, and
nothing can give it the right direction, or
the'right temperature butsurrenderingyour
plans to ours." What extreme modesty! what
convincing arguments ! Again, he say;
" It is no Abolition Society ; it addresses
as yet no arguments to the Master, and
disavows with horror the idea of offering
iemptations to any slave. It denies the
design of attempting -Emancipation either
partial or general. It derives with us that
the U. Stares government have any right
or 'power to emancipate, and declares that
the states have exclusively the right to
regulate the vyhole subject of slavery."
(To be concluned in our next.)

From a MAN OF COLOUR, on a late
Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania.

LETTER II.
Those patriotic citizens, who. after
resting from the toils of an arduous
war, whicn achieved our independence
and laidthe foundation of the only reason-
able 'tepublic upon earth, associated, to-
gether, and for the protection of those in-
estimable rights for the establishment of
which they had exhausted their blood aud
treasure, framed the Constitution of Penn-
sylvania, have by the ninth article declar-
ed, " that all men are born equally free
aud independent, and lutve certain inher-
ent and indefeasible rights, among which
are those of enjoying life arid liberty."
Under the restraint of wise and well ad-
ministered laws, we cordially unite in the
above glorious sentiment, but by the bill
upon which we have been remarking, it
appears as if the . committee who drew it
up mistook the sentiment.expressed in; this
article, and do not consider us as men. or
that those enlightened statesmen who for-
med the constitution upon the basis of ex-
perience intended to exclude us from its
blessings and protection. If the former,
why are we not to be considered as men.
Has the God who made the white man and

eujoy the same liberty, and be protected
hy the same laws.— We woujd wish not te
legislate, for our means of information and
th.« acquisition of knowledge arc, in the
nature of things,so circumscribed, that we
must consider ourselves incompetent to the
task : but let us,i» legislation beconsidered
men. It cannot be that the authors of
our Constitution intended to exclude as
from its benefits, for just emerging from
unjnst and cruel mancipation, thejr souls
were too much affected with their own de-
privations to commence the reign of ter-
rour over others- They knew we were
deeper skinned than they were, but they
acknowledged us as men, and found that
many an honest heart beat beneath a dusky
bosom. They felt that they had no more
authority to enslave us, than England had
to tyrahize over them. They were con-
vinced that if amenable to the same laws
in our actions, we should be protected by
the same laws in our rights and privileges.
Actuated by these sentiments they adopted
the glorious fabric of 6ur liberties, and de-
claring « all men" free, they did not par-
ticularize white and black, because they
never supposed it would be made a quesv
tion whether we were men or not Sacred
be the ashes, and deathless be the me-
mory of those heroes who are dead ; and
revered be the persons and the characters
of those who still exist and lift the thun •
ders of admonitiou against the traffic in
blood. Ami here my brethren in colour,
lot the tear of gratitude and the sigh of re-
gret break forth for that great and good
man, who lately fell a victim to the
promiscuous fury of death, in whom
you have lost a zealous friend, a. pow-
erful, an liWruUl'euu- atl»woaltr , a sin-
cere adviser/and one who spent many an
hjurofhis life to break your fetters, and
ameliorate your condition — I mean the cv
ertobe lamented i>r. v Benjamin Rush.

U seems almost incredible that the ad-
vocates of liberty, should conceive the idea
of selling a fellow creature to slavery. It
is like the heroes of the French Revolu-
tion, who cried " Vive la Republic,"
while the decapitated Nun was precipita-
ted into the general reservoir of death,
and the palpitating embryo decorated the
point of the bayonet. Ye, who should be
our protectors, do not destroy;— We will
cheerfully submit to the Jaws, and aid in
bringing offenders against them of every
colour to justice ; but do not let the laws
operate so severely, so degrading, so
unjustly against us wUme.

Let us put a case, in which the law in
question operates peculiarly, hard and un-
just — I have a brother, perhaps, who, re-
sides in a distant oart of the Union, and
after a separation of years, actuated by
the same fraternal affection which beats in
the bosom of a white man, he* comes to
visit me. Unless that brother be regis-
tered in twenty four hour* after, and be
able to produce a certificate to that effect,
he is liable, according to the second and
third sections of the bill, to a fine o£
twenty dollars, to arrest, imprisonment
and sale. Let the unprejudiced mind
ponder upon this, and then] pronounce
it the justifiable act of a free people, if he
can. To this we trust our cause, without ,

the black, left any record declaring us a
different species! Are we not sustained] fear of the issue. The unprejudiced-rnust
by. the same power, supported by the. same ; pronounce any act tending to deprive a
food, hurt by the same wounds, pleased free man of his right, freedom and immu-

with the some delights, and propagated by
the same means. And shpuld we not then

nities, as not only cruel in the extreme,
but decidedly, unconstitutional both as ire-

FREEDOM'S JOUttKAL,

gards the lettei and -spirit of that glorious
instrument. The same power which pro.
iects tite white man, should pr > e -A

A MAN IK COjLOIM

NEW- YORK, FEBRUARY, 29, 1828

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Arion has been received, and shall appear
in our next.

LATESf FROM EUROPE.
By the arrival last evening of tne packet ship
•Birmingham, Captain Harris, we received
London papers to the 7th, Shipping Lists to
the £th, and .Liverpool papers to the 8th, of
January, inclusive. Tiiey came to hand at so
la?e an hour, that we are only enabled to ex-
tract the following leading articles of intelli -
gence.

The London Courier of the 5th of Jan. in
speaking of the news from Constantinople,
sa y S _«"lt is mentioned, that, after an extra
ordinary Council had been held, the Porte re-
newed its refusal to accept of the intervention
of the Allied Powers. The Ambassadors, in
consequence, demanded, it is said, their pass-
ports, which were again refused, upon which
they prepared to quit the Turkish capital. .

" It would appear, that with respect to the
subjects of England, France, and Russia, there
was no disposition on the part of the Turks to
molest them in any way. The gorernnient i'5
staled to have been engaged in making every
preparation for war, but nothing inconsistent
■with the usages of the most civilized States,
had been attempted, or appeared to be medi-
tated, on their part."

Letters from Bucharest, dated 16th Dec
«ay every thing announces .war, and that the
Russian armies were ready to march ; but it-
appears from letters dated the day subsequent
that toe Russian Consul was still there, an!
no prepara'.'.ons for his departure were spoken
of. '■

The London New Times of Jan. 7. says.
—The affairs of the East, so for at least as
the private letters which have reached
town since our last, and the notices in the
Foreign Journals, enable us to judge, con-
tinue in the same state. The departure
of the Ambassadors took place quietly, and
it is reasonable to suppose that they would
avail themselves of the permission, or fath-
er sufferance of the Porte, io place them-
selves in safety before any active hostili-
ties could commence oh any side, in Vi-
enna, by the latest accounts, it was stpl
hoped that no war would take place We
fear that this is but an exemplification of
the old rule, quod vol urn us credimus. M.
de Ribeaupierrc had, it is said, r-newed to
Mr. wanning, on taking leave of him. his
assurances, that unless Turkey commit-
ted some infraction of the Treaty of Aker-
mann, Russia would not attack its territo-
ries. On this assurance we can implicit-
ly rely ; and in further confirmation of the
considerate intentions of his Court. s.
de Ribeaupierre has . ordered M. de Min-
ziacky to remain at Bucharest, to receive
communications, should the Porto see tit
to make any. IVe do not think it will
Up to tho departure of the Ambassadors,
our hopes were sanguine that the Sultan
\ was but acting a part— that when he found
that he must acquiesce, or break with the
Allies, he would choose the former as the
. least evil ; but his suffering them to de-
part, bespeaks more obstinacy and less cun-
ning than, we were willing to f ive him cre-
dit tor We are now moie than ever convin-
ced of an observation madp by one of the
Diplomatists-" that, nothing but a *ood
drubbing would bring him to bis senses.
The affair at Seio has either been alto-
gether fabricated, or else extremely exag-
gerated. J . ■ °

- From the Gazette de France, of Jan. 5.

Constantinople. Dec. 9.

The Ambassadors of France and Endand,
atJength, embarked yesterday. All the efforts
.madetamduee t ne Porte to accept their pro
posals have failed. K

The arquis de Ribeaupierre, who embas-

£ T 5 oard ' sblp before the other Minir -

■KiUMaa Consul General atBuchtrest, instruc-
«ons, , p wmc h he acquaints' him with Jus de-

parture from Constantinople, anjj at the same
time desires him not to leave J Idcharest till
further orders, because his p/esence there
still depends upon particular c rcumstances.
The capital, in consequence of tl e precautions
taken by the government, reman s tranquil,yet
the Franks are not without uneasiness,

Paris, January 4,
This morning, at eight o'clock the Minister
of Finance came to transact ibus ines with the
King. At nine, his Majesty trai isacted busi-
ness with the Minister of War, and at noon,
with the Minister of Marine.

To the i ews from Constants ople already
given, we add the following deta Is, furnished
by the Augsburg Gazette, in a letter, dated
Dec. 8, in the evening :

.Messrs. Guillemino* and Stratford Can-
ning had quitted the Porte, at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, and at five they were >ut of sight.
The north wind still detained M de Ribeau-
pierre,^ their hotels, the Ambai sadors of the-
Three Courts had repeatedly as ted for their
passports. The Reis Effendi ct used them to
be ansewered, that the Porte wo ild make no
difficulty in delivering Firmans to them if they
could shew orders from their C ourts for the
step they were going to take, it n ust be ignor-
ant of their departure, though it ( id not intend
to throw any obstacle in the way af it;

" However, orders were given underhand-
to respect the vessels of the Amb issadors. It
had not transpired that they met with any dif-
ficulty. M. de Ribeaupierre, it i i said, gave
his two Colleagues, hefore his d« parture, the
assurance, that if the Porte respected in its
full eiteot the Convention of Alerman, and
did not by some ineonsideratestep .compromise
the protectorate oi Russia over t le two Prin-
oalities the Russian Cabinet wou d conscien-
iously exeeute the Convention of 6th j\nly.
The report of the destruction of the Grcfk

fleet, received by last arrival, pro
correct.

The total deficiency in the Quarter's Rev-
enue in England, compared with that of the
similar qu arler of last year, amounts to 1 87,<-
973 pounds.

The Austrian observer, of Dec. 56, in re-
plying to the observatious in the jKngnsh pa-
pers respecting the. policy of Austria in the af-
fairs of the East, says :

" The instructions of the Internuncio dur-
ing every period of the insurrection, however
various they may h;<ve been, were always the
same in principle, sprrit, and end. Th<> Em-
peror never had any other desire; and, at
Constantinople, he never manifested any oth-
er, than to put an end to that unhappy strug-
gle in the most prompt, effectnal, afid satisfac
tory way to all parties. It is in this sense, and
only in this sense, that the Austru n Govern-
ment has constantly acted and spoken to the
Porte, and, and whatever difference of opinion
there may have prevailed from ti ne to time
between the Courts on the <hoic< of means,
every attempt to arrive at the desirid end lias
been put in practice by the Tmperi-1 Cabinet,
or has been supported by its Embassy at
Constantinople. One day all the European
archives, as well as those of Turkey will prove
this fact. v *

Private letters datedLondon, Jan J 5,menti°h
that it was rumoured that the Britii h govern-
ment were about to send Consuls to Greece
immediately, and that the Allies ae to take
forthwith, soms measures, of a still more effi-
cient nature for. establishing theii indpend-
ence.

'Mc de' Feroonais, Minister for Foreign Af-
fairs.

M. Martignac, minister of the Interior.

M. Portahs. Keeper of the iteils,.

M. , oyi Minister, of Finance,

M. Chabrol, Minister of Marine.

M le General Decnux, minister of war.

M. de Saint Crq. minister of Commerce.

M. Fraysinons, Bishop of Hermopolis, min-
ister of Religion— Public Instruction will it is
said, be sparated from his de'patment, and re-
stored to the ministry of the Interior.

It is asserted that m. de Poligriac returns to
his Embassy to London. , Nothing is yet
known concering the fate of the functionaries
of the upper Police.

[N.Y.Daily Adv.

SfeuntmarB.

Fouthful Benevolence, The Greek

Committee of Pittsburgh acknowledge the
receipt of a Silver Watch from Master J,
B. Toole, a boy of twelve years of age with
a request that the proceeds may be sent to

the Starving Greeks. Faithful public

Servant— Among the papers of. the late
John Mclntyre, Post-Mas er, in Marion
Ga. were found a great many Utters bro-
ken open, but containing money, one direc-
ted to D. D. Saunders, containing $475.
Mr. Mclntyre died for the public good —
Legislative Dignity — A member of our As?
sembly upon a Committee, addressed a wit-
ness under examination in the following po-
lite terms — u You arc a rascal and a liar,
and you stated what is false, and you know
it to be so.— —Postage — The nett amount
of postage accruing to the general govern-
ment for the year 1827, was Z>999,766,79.
of winch N.- York City gave D. 11 4,388 81
—Philadelphia, 77,446 04; Boston, jD.52-
067 31. One toion returned a net gain of

eight cents. Fire.' — A fire broke out

lately in Taunton, Mass. in a milliner's
shop. It ivas caused by depositing ashes
t under the counter in a band-box. It was
es to be io* I extinguished before much damage teas done.

time been in peaceable possession oft he N.
Haven battalion of Artillery, were found-
missing on the morning of the 4th inxt. T e
doors of the building in which they wire
stored, were found open, the guns were di eu
mounted from their carriages and hadgoitt

off'. Wolf caught — A \ wolf was caught

in Wilmington, Vt. It is said a number
more are prowling about in the vicinity. A
vyrcat number, of sheep have keen destroyed.
Whale — Thcw/.a e lately seen in Nassaga*
ret Bay, has been caught by some Nemport.
toh alers, and proves to be 44 feet long.

A letter from Constantinople^ at<jdNo v. 27,
•rates that the Wechabites, to the number of
50,000 men, are marching against tbks army of
Mahomet Ah, which is only 14,000 s trong. The
Pacha has sent his troops to join tiat army,
only leaving three battalions of infai try in the
camp near Cairo. '

Egyptian Cotton. • The accounts from Al-
exandria ;state, that no price has ye: b-en fix-
ed for the crop of cotton, which is computed at
150,000 bags.

, Paris Jan. 3.

The -report of minis' ry is confirmed. At
the close j of the council, to day, M. de phab-
rol transacted business with the Kin;, and the
ordonnances of nomination were com 'tersigned
by that minister the pne who-remai is to form
part <of the new administration. It appears
from the most outheniic accounts *h it it is de-
finitely composed as ifpllows :—

•Cheap " Wife.— -The Little Falls
Frietid mentions that a, man in that vil-
lage sold his wfefor the sum of 5 dollars
in cash, atid % dollars ty store pay.- —
New Period icvilWork-^> Messrs. Pierce Sf
William of Boston, proposes to publish by
subscription, a new periodical work,entithd
The Spirit of the Pilgrims. Foolish ex-
posure of. human life. — From the Montpc
Her Patriot, Maj. Geo. W. Collariier, of
Batrc, on the 1 4th t7ist. states that an apple
wfts shot from, the bare head of Mr. Ingham^
at the distance of '27 yards with d rifle.
Mr. Cvllamtr then took his turn, and Ing.
ham at the same distance shot an apple
from his head. It was done in the presence
of a number of respectable gentlemen, who,
after fnntless attempts to stop the parties,
had the satisfaction to set them rome of in
safety. - • • S. Carolina Lunatic Asylum.
It is expected this Asylum wilt go into op-
eration in May or June next. The build-
ing will accommodate at least 100 The
site is a square of A acres in a healthy and

pleasant situation. Suicide. — A person

named George Broion, \ House-Carpenter,
on Saturday 'evening last -about 11 o'clock/,
put an end to his existence in Philadelphia,
by discharging the contents of a pistol into
his ftepdyby which he was instantly Icilled..
The act was committed in an open street at
the intersection of Pine and Fifth Streets.
Accident. — We understand that on Satur-
day, a lad engaged in the printing office of
theSunday School Union, htid his kgs caught
under one of the large wheels connected
with the printing press,akd suffered a very
considerable injury before he was released.
Fire—;OnMondmy week[ the Soap and
Tallow Manufactory of Messrs. Sainton
and Bancroft, Wilmington, Del. was con-
sumed by Fire. The loss which these gen-
tlemen have sustained is estimated en* 3000
dollars* — -Caster Oil.— -The owners and
holders of Castor Oil dire now informed
that cold. pressed Cantor Oil is now selling,
in Nm York for 3 dollars per gallon. Far-
mers vould do well to ttirn their attention

to raising the Castor Bean -New Soci-

eiy'~~A bill has passed tfie Legislature of
MainS to incorporate tke Abyssinian Re-
ligion! Society in Portland, Daring

datihp for peiceable times^- Two of the
\ brass )eld pieces, whichhavej'or a long

The following is a ^y of bill No. 3*2,
on the file of our House of Representa
tives.

House of Representatives', Dec. 8, I$27.

An Act for the relief of George Banks.

Whereas, a certain George Banks, (co 1
loured man) of Fayette county, was con-
victed in the Court of General Quarter"
Sessions of the Peace in arid forjhe coun-
ty of Fayette, on the itfth day of January,
1813, on a charge of Burglary, . and was
sentenced , to the State Penitentiary of
Philadelphia, for a term of three years.
And, whereas, after the said George Banks
had served twenty-two months and four
days of said term, it was discovered that
he was innocent of the charge for which
he was then suffering.

Therefore be it enacted,. &,c. That tho
State Treasurer be and he is hereby au-
thorised to pay to the said George Banks
or to his order, the sum 20Q dollars, as a
remuneration to him for having suffered
innocently.

An incident of this kind, ought to mako
Courts and Juries cautious. What atono-
ment is it to the innocent man, to be told,
'after he has suffered twenty-two months ■
imprisonment, that the ministers of the
law are at length convinced of his inno-
cence ? Is the paltry sum of 200 dollars,

remuneration to him for ihavirtg^ffer-
ed innocently?" Is this any compensation,
to himself, his friends, and; his /family, for
the loss ofpeace of mind ?— Ptiila. Gaz.

New-Orleans, Eeb/7*
Notwithstanding the vigilance of the Police,
the most daring attempts are daily made to
fire the city. Two men were arrested yester-
day, who we understand" were .detected inset-
ting fire, in broad day light to: some houses in
the fauxbourg. Some strong; suspicions are
tertained, that the fire of Friday night last,
was the work of an incendiary,— Argus. ■

A late Providence paper contains an adver-
tisement of two schoolmasters, in which they
state, as a proof of their qualifications, that
« they had pupils of ordinary abilities, m 4
months, to perfect themselves in Latin and
Greek, and also in mathematics, as to enter
Yale College, six months in advance. —Lour.

At Port-au-Prince, (Hayti) on the 7th inafc
Mr. Bernard Celestin, of this city, aged 23.

In this city, Mr. Henry Harley.

In titis city, on Saturday lastyof a consump-
tion, John Brown.

MARRIED.
In this city, by the Rev. Mr. Paul, Mr. Ed-
ard Jackson, to Miss Ann Ball.

ADAM

CABINET MAKER,

Would acquaint his Friends and the
Public, that he his taken jthe House 166
Duarie Street ;j where all oirdera in his line
of Business, Will be thankfully' received
and punctually attended ^to. Also, olH
Furniture 'repiired at the [shortest notice
and on the most reasonable terms.

fjJ*N. |B. XOFFINS ijjadc to order at
a few hours notice, as low priced as can bei
made in the City. ; Feb. 29. .*3t.

POETRY.

PUNNING.

}$y T. Hoob— From the Christmas Box.
Caution to Youth of both sexes.

My little dears, who learn to read,

Pray early learn to shun
That very silly thimg indeed

Which people Call a pun.
Read Entick's rules, and 'twill bfe found

How simple an offence
It is make the self-same sound

Afford a double sense.

For instance, ale may make you ail,

Your aunt an ant may kill,
You in a vale may buy a veil,

And Bill may pay the bill.
Or if to France your bark you' steer,

At Dover it may be,
A peer appears upon the pier,

Who blind, still goes to sea.

Thus one might say, when to a treat,

Good friends accept our greeting;
; Ts meet that man who meet to eat

Should eat their meat when meeting
Brawn on the board'* no bore indeed,

Although from bore prepared;
Nor can the/oic? on which we feed,

Foul feeding be declared.

Thus one ripe fruit may be a pear

And yet be pared, again,
And still be one, which'seemeth rare

Until we do explain.
It therefore shonld be all your aim

To speak with simple care;
For who. however fond of game,

Would choose to swallow hair? -

A fat man's gait may make us smile,

Who has no gate to close!
The farmer sitting on his style ,

No stylish person knows.
Perfumers men of scents must be;

Some Scilly men are bright;
A brown man oft deep read we see,

A black a wicked wight.

Most wealthy men good manors have,

//owever vulgar they;
And actors still the harder slave

The oftener they play.
So poets can't the baize obtain

Unless their tailors choose;
While grooms and coachmen not in vain

Each evening seek the Mews.

The dyer, who by dying lives,

A dire life maintains;
The glazier, it is known, receives

His profits for his paines.
Uy gardeners thyme is tide, 'tis true,

When spring is in its prime ;
But time or tide won't wait for you

If you are tied to time

Then now you see, my little dears,

The way to make a pun ;
A trick which you through coming years,

Should sedulously shun,
The fault admits of no defence :

For wheresoe'er 'tis found,
You sacrifice the sound for some,

The sense is never sound.

So let your word arid actions too,
. One single meaning prove, '
And, just in all you say or do,
. ; You'll gain esteerh and love.
Xn mirth and play no harm you'll know,

When duty's task is done ;
But parents ne'er should let ye go
Unpunished for, a pun. g ..."

"JOB and'^ANCY Printing, neatly eie.
eM<*& ft?, titfe Office.

begs n
sutih

Mr. Harvest being- ; once, in
with Mr. Onslow in ab oat, I
a favorite Greek author with
theatrical gesture*, that his wig
the water, and so ! impatient was
that he jumded into the rive;

but, and was with dfficulty £
himself.V '

company
to read
/strange
fell into
he to get
to fetch
fished out

public

respectful
"ic gen-
Boarding
next, for
persons of

RICHARD JOHNSON,
ly informs his friends and the \
orally,- that he intends to open a
House on the fiijst day of "May
the accommodation of genteel I
Colour, at No 26 Sullivan-Street

R. J. assures his Friends" and
may favour him with their
no pains will be spared on his
dering their situation as comfortable as pos-
sible, j

Gentlemen wishing to engage
the above mentioned time will
call at No 114 Varick-Street.
. New- York Feb. 26. 1828

patronage,
* Vpata "

O: £& £. DEiiPSE.

(Coburcd Men.)
In Forest-street,: Baltimore, Manufacture all
kinds of Smoking and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappee, and ' MaccabauJ SNTJ FF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American .SE-
GARS. 1

N. B. The above gentlemen have sent me
a large Box of their TOBACCO fdr sale and
should the experiment succeed, they can sup
ply any quantity of all the articles . j

SA3j UEL E. COQNISH

those who
that
in ren-

qoard from
please to

RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends, and
he Public generally, that his HOUSE No.
J 52 Church-street, is still open for the accom-
modation of genteel persons of colour, with

B OARDING AND LOD01NQ.

Grateful for past favours, he solicits a
continuance of the same. His house is in a
healthy and pleasant part of the citjy ; and no
pains , or expense will be spared on his par-
to render the situation of those wlio honour
him with their patronage, as comfortable as
possible.

New- York, Sept. 1827. , 26— 3m

; NOTICE. j
THE " AFRICAN MUTUAL IN
STRUCTION SOCIETY, tdr the instruction
of coloured Adults, of both Sexes, r have re-
opened their SCHOOL on Monday Evening,-
October 1st, at their former School koom, un-r
der the Mariner's Church, in Roosevelt-street.
The School will be open on every Monpay,
Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at half
past 6 o'clock.! . ... -j . \

Those desirous of receiving instruction, will
be taught to Read, Write and Cypher, until
the first of April, ,1928, for the smfell sum of
one dollar, to be paid on entering the school.

An early application is requested as there
will be no allowance made for past .time.
Aaron Wood, . JamAs Mvebs,

WiLtrAM I". Johnson, ArnoiJd El2ie
E. M. Afbicanus, HsNRb- Kino,

j Trustees.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

"MR. GOLD, late of onneetkeut, takes
this method o£ informing the coloured popula -
tion of this city, that he teaches English Gram-
mar, upon : a ; new and improved, plan, by which
st pupil; of ordinary capacity, mar obtain a cor-
rect, knowledge • of the principles of\the En-
glish language, by attending to the ttudy^there
of two hours in a day in six weeks. Ho would
be willing to teach a class of coloured jjersdns,
either in the day or in] the evening (as nay suit
their -convenience ; ;). and his ' terms will :be
such, that nojone desirous tolearri vill have
cause to be dissatisfied with them; I i

Persons wi^hing\ to avail themselves of ihis
opportunity of learning EriglishGrMmar > will
please to call upon. the Rev. B. flail, Jfo; 6
York-street, or the Rev. P. Wfllim> . 68,
Cros^l.-afreet, ' wjth whom i^o,'ttje. |iaines,of
those who determine upon biec^ingpupils
Mr. Gold, will 1 b e left Nov. 16, I

School for Coloured Children of both Sexes.
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for
the admission* of Pupils.

Iu this school will be taught READING,
WRITING^ ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY
with the use of Maps and; Globes, and History,

Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.

Reference.— Rev. Messrs. P. Williams, S
E. Cornishj B. Paul and W. Miller.

New-York, March 14. 1

No. 551 , Pearl-street, near Broadway, keeps
constantly on hand, an assortment of
BOOTS & SHOES,
Also, a Superior Quality of * iquid Blacking,
free from the use of Vitriol, of his own manu-
facture, all which he will sell cheap for cash.

Boots and Shoes made to order, and repair-
ed on the most reasonable terms.
New-York/Jan. 25

TI E.

AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened on the 15th of October
next in the African School Room in Mulberry
street ; where will be taught
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY,
&c. Terms.— Three Dollars per quarter
payable in advance. Hours from 6 to half
past 9 o'clock. Sept. 18. 28

Li-lTD FOR

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, TWO THOUSAND
Acres of excellent LAND, at less than one
half its value, provided they will take meas-
ures to settle, or , have it settled, by coloured
farmers. The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city ; its location
is delightful, being on the banks of the Dela-
ware river, with an open;navigation to the city
of Philadelphia. The Canal leading from the
Delaware to the Hudson; river, passes through
the tract, opening a direct navigation to New-
York city. -The passage to . either city may
be made in one day or less.. The land is of
the best quality, and well timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his
brethren, who are capitalists, will at least in-
vest 500 or 1,000. dollars, in these lands. To
such he will take the liberty to say, this land
can be purchased for 5 dollars the acre, :by
coloured men,) though it has been selling for
25' dollars. He also takes the liberty .to ob-
serve that the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement,
formed by coloured families, would be condu-
cive of inuch good.. With, this object in view
he will invest 500 dollaj-s in the purchase,
SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New-York, March 20 r > .

N.. B. Communications on the subject, post
paid, will be received and attended to.

Economy is the Road
\ to wealth—- And a
penny saved is r
good as two pennyt
earned. Then calj
at the United States
I Clothe s Dressing
Establishment.

■ AFRICAN

r ?° ^'t^*™!* '"M of
Coloured Ciudren, are hereby jnformed, that a
Male and Female School has long been ciab
Ifchcd for coloured children, by the Mamnhis"
sion Society of this city— wjiere the pupils re-
ceive such an education as is calculated to fit
them for usefulness and respectability. The
male school is situated in Mulberry-street hear '
Grand-street, and the female school-jo William
street, near Duane street; both uuder the
management of experienced teachers The
Boys are taught Reading. Writing, Arithmetic,
Geography and Engish Gramm'ar-and the
birls, in addition to those branches, are taught
Sewing, M arking, and Knitting, &c.

TERMS OF ADMISSION

Pupils of 5 to fifteen years of age are admitted
by the Teachers at the Schools, at the rate of
twenty-five cents to one dollar per quarter, ac-
cording to the circumstances of the parents •
and the children of such as cannot afford to pay
any thing arc admitted free of expense, and en-
joy the same advantages as those who pay. •
Each school is visited weekly by a commit-
tee of the trustees, in addition to which a com-
mittee of Ladies pay reguiar visits to the Fe-
male school. Care is taken to impart moral
nstruction, and such have been the happy ef-
fects of the system pursued in these schools,
have although several thousand have ' been
taught in them since their esrablshmcnt (now
more than thirty years) there has never ^een
an instance known to the trustees where a pupil
having received a regular education has been
convicted of any crime in our Courts of Justice.
By order of the Board of Trustees.

PETER S. TITUS,
RICHARD FIELD.

Jan 10, 132 8. '

THE FREEDOM'S JOURNAL,
Is published every FRIDAY, at No. 152
Church-street, New-York.

The price is Three Dollars a Year, pay-
able half yearly in advance. If paid at t£e
time of subscribing, $2 50 will be received

CO- No subscription will be received for a
less term than one year.

Agents who procure and pay for five sub
scribers, are entitled' to a^s ixth copy gratis, for'
one year. .

No paper discontinued until all arrearages,
are paid, except at the discretion of the Edi-
tor

All Communications, (except those of
Agents) must be postpaid.

RATES OF ADVERTISING.

For over 12 lines, and not exceeding

22, 1st insertion, - 75cts.
" Each repetition of do. - - 38
"' 12 lines or under, 1st insertion, 50
" Each repetition of do. - - 25
Proportional price for advertisements,
which exceed 22 lines.

N. B. 15 per cent deduction for persoris ad-
vertising by the year; 12 for 6 months; and
6 for 3 months.

AUTHORISED AGENTS.

Who has removed from :4l 1 to 422 Broadway, ;
and continues as usual tpea.riy on the Clothes .
Pressing incorrect and systimatical style: ha-g ,
ing perfect knowledge df the business, havinv ■
been, legally bred to itj his. mode of cleaning j
£nd Dressing Coats, Pantaloons, &c. is by j
Steam Sponging, which is the only correct 1
system of Cleaning, which heAvill warranted '
extract; all kinds of Stains,. Grease--, ot*. 1
Tar,; Paint &e. or no pay will be taken.

N B The public arel cautioned ajranst the
impOstu.re of those who attempt the " Dresing
of clothes, by STEAM SPONGING, who
are totally unacquainted with the business as
there are many Establishments which have [
recently been opened in this citv. - !
n 0^ AU kinds of Tailoring Work done at;
the above place. i / 1
• All;cbthe^, left to be cleaned or repaired';
will be good for one year .and one dayr-if riot ;
claimed in that time, they will be sold at pub- ,
lie. auction. " I

Rev. S. E. Cornish, General Agent
Maine— C. Slockbridge,. Esq. North Yar-
mouth. Mr. Reuben Ruby, . Portland, Me.
Massachusetts -r. David Walker, Bos-
top ; Rev. .Thomas Paul, do.— Mr. John;
Remond, Salem. * .
Conneclmit^-Mr. John Shields, New-haven.

Mv. Isaac C; Glasko, Norwich.
Rhode-IsUthdS-Mr. George C. WUlis, ■Mi*.
a l dence. „ » ,

? i Pennsy lvania~T< Francis: Webb,, PWlWj}"
phia.— Mr. Stephen Smith, Columbia-^" 1
J. B. Vashon-^Carlisle.

Maryland— Mv. B'egekiah. Grice.BaltaP^. .
Did. of Cohmbia-Mr. I W. Prput, : Waf^V
ihgton— Mr. Thomas Braddock, ( Alexan-
dria. - " . • , . ;. .• : .'L ^

New- Forfc.— Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Albany.
Mr. R. P.W right, Schenjectady— Mr. A°*- ; .
Steward, Rochester— Rilv; W. P. W ilhanj.
Flushing— Mr.. George De Graase, BrooF
lyn, L.'£-Mr. Frederick Holland,^*^
A&e-Jersey.— Mr. Theodore WagTr
Princeton— M*. James '€.; ;Cotre«v JffJ^
Brunswick— RevJ B. F.| HUghe^, ,Newart»
Mr. Leonard Scott,, iWiiton
Virginia— Mr. W. D. ; Baptist, 1 m#*!&;
burg-Mr. Uo«epV - 'iS|%M!> -Mg^S'

Sa]lenv Mr. ^a^; t ;^^^ wb< ^
Lews Shc^idiam v EWethtdwn. .
K^tand-- Mr. Samuel Thomas,'4>i«rpo^
//^--Mr.W Jl. Gardiner, Poit-au-Prirc*.

FREE HO^if fitfflfi- MVRNAJj

" It ICHTEOU ; 5 » E S S EXALTETH A SATIOS."

the facts on which the various parts of the
n n»T,v-T« T r^^r ' case reste^. It has only been within the

BRI rlSH COLONIAL SLA VERY. last five years that the attentior "of parlia-
By the Rev. D. Wilson, Vicar of Hindoo *! ment has ^ een calIed ' d »stihotiy, *t<> the

° | question of the mitigation and gradti$f ab-

i r m „„ lln „ , • , , olition of tyest Indian Slavery itself/The

trarLTL. T^H* Whethe , r thG con - -time is still more recent since-ife ha* been
We^ undeniable -facit^ha^no

I f l! i S - b S e " wffinonllj materia! improvement of the. av J '
policy, r-crn^ IheTnj"^ ^!^- ^xpected^m^
volved m our present slave

VOL. L-

the cruelty, the injustice, m-j merVand 7he^

system, f West Indies. Now, at length, the' whole

tfcnVpf sla-
ifj ^J*ve. far
in the

have been exposed; but, perhaps, not
the directly antichristian spirit of it,—
its opposition to all the principles and ob-
ligations of the religion of Jove. At least
this view ,of it has not been dwelt upon
with the force which its paramount im-
portance demands. For if there be any
one thing which characterizes the reli-
gion of Christ, it is the tenderness which
it inspires. Its foundations were laid in
iove- the love of God, our heavenly Fath
or, towards lost mankind— the love of Je-
sus Christ, our blessed Lord, in dying
sacrifice upon the cross for us. Even in-
fidels allow that the meek and peaceful
spirit of Christianity, and especially the
character ofour Lord, is pure, and lovely.
In fact, the distinguishing badge ofthe re-
ligion of Christ— that by *hich all men
are to know that we are his disciples, is
Love. It is the boast of Christianity that
she has diffused aspirit of kindness amongst
mankind— that she has mitigated the hor-
rors of war— abolished the gladatoriai
spectacles— ameliorated the treatment of

caotivftsr-

anes for the sick—banished infanticide—
improved the condition of the laborious
classes^siet apart one day in seven for the
"Po*$F the body anil ttfe instruction of
the mipjl— softened the admin istratiori of
a&solute^gpvernments— changed, in short,
(he aspect of the - couritries where it has
prevailed.

How comes it to pass, then, that upon
800,001) subjects ofthe British empire, the
most bui thensomeofall yokes should still
be permitted to, press f flow comes it to
pans that Christianity has not abolished
the slavery in the West Indies, as it tri-
umphed over the slavery established in the
Roman Empire ? The answer is, that
-Christianity has never been brought to
be ar Upon the question in the way that it
should, and that it must, before the evil
«vill be abated. Christians have not yet
iilly considered the absolute unlawfulness,
ci" the present state of slavery to every
nan who calls himself by the name of
Christ.

It was late inr the 1 8th century before
the public attention was effectually called
to the condition ofour slaves, and the hor-
rors of the traffic by ryhich their numbers
were supplied. The first great object of
the friends of Africa was to obtain the ab-
ohton of the trade itself. During the 20
years exhausted in that contest, the atten-
tion of the public was not directed so im-
mediately to the opposition of slavery to
the Christian religion, as ; to the attrocities
<>f the trade between Afrka and the West
Indies— to the terrific cruelties ofthe mid-
ale passage— to the miseries of the captiv-
ity in which it terminated — to the impoli-
cy of pursuing so fatal a traffic— to the be-
neficial effects which its abolition might
produce on the condition of the slaves.
•Huch time was also of necessity consum-
ed m establishing, by irresistible evidence

case standsjout clear and prominent. The
solemn act of justice, whioh is to vindicate
the oppressed and injured Afr can rac e ,
must proceed from the mother country J
from the general feelings of Englishmen—
from the effects of decided puhlic senti-
ment upon the parliament and;tae govern-
ment. Nor pan this be brought about, ex-
cept as the jureconcileable hostflity of the
Christian religion to the drea< fui evil of
negro slavery is fully andl strongly shewn
This will awaken the public conscience
This will shake us from the torj or which
is apt to creep upon the mind after we
have become familiarized with ihe terms
and statements of a gre at question.

Nothing then can be more dir 3ctly con-
trary to the whole spirit of 01 ristlahity
than the inhuman and horrible' £ ysterh of
slavery. If one act of injustictj, wilfully
committed, id inconsistent With the char-
acter of a Christian, what mu; t be ten
thousand? If one injured and .cppres.sed
fellow creature cries against us lb * redress
to the Father 'of merajjesv and cr es not in

> trnA . A 7 • i — 7. T U1 w uie J a "ier pv mercies, and cr es not n

0 able Article is extracted by
Permission ofthe Editor, from a work entitled
The Amulet, or Christian and Literary; Re-

i^mhrancer, for 1828." ''

upon thousands effect ? If any b sessional
deed of cruelty, prompted by pass ion, is a
provocation in the eyes of a gracious Fa-
ther, what must a Cool, deliberate system
of cruelty be > If crimes affecting tlie^ealth
or 'property of i another, tlmugh ever so par
tially, be a breach of the divine command-
ments, what must injuries, be, affedting the
liberty— the whole future woll-beiu^— tin
children— rof hundreds of thousands of in
nocent fellow-creature* consigned' to hope
less slavery ?

Do we remember what are tlje plain
broad facts of the case . ; ' Is it not [unques-
tionable that the West Indian sla^e now
in our colonies,, were obtained by trie fraud-
ulent and unjust rapacity ofthe slave traf-
fic? Thus the first possession rests on an
act of injustice, which every subsequent
day of captivity continues and aggravates.
The English slave owner has njo more
right, in the eye of rehgion, to retain in
bondage the unoffending African, StHkn an
slave-owner would have to retain a number
of Englishmen, if he had made an incur-
sion on our coast, and had carried off pur
peasants with their wives and children
The poverty, the ignorance, the Uncivili-
zed state of Africa, its inability t!o cope
with our force and detect our fraufl, only
aggravate our enormous guilt ; and aggra-
vate it in the exact ratio ofour superior
knoweldge, attainments, power, a id ad-
vancement in thear^s ol* life.
. . Wia V a S ain » are the facts as to tie corj.
dition of these popr slaves, when landed cai
the West India islands ? Are they reated
like men^-like fallow creatures— like bro-
thers ? Are they instructed in the] Chris-
tian religion ? Is the Sabbath allowed them
as the day of repose and peace > j s
the institution of marriage encouraged ?
Is their labour moderated by their sjtrjength?
Are their c^haips softened and enlightened
py. -,M>e general kindness pf their -miters' ?
Are they placed under the equal pr*otectJoji
of their masters ? Are they placed I under
equal protection of the laws ? Are t^e4en-
der bondsofdojhestic charity respected and

preserved? Do they make advances in. reli-
gion, social order, happiness ? Do their num-
bers increase accofding o the usual progress
of population in other countries ? The answer
to every pfy; 0 f these questions— NO.

Our fellowJircatures, our brethren in blood,
they are treated as beasts of burden— are de-
livered oret to the absolute will of a slave-
driver--are compelled, in gangs, to their dail-
ly work— <ju their excessive and overwhelming
toil bythj/£art-whip— are exposed to punish-
ments tM moat cruel arjd debasing, at the pas-
SIOn an( t 6a P rice of another— are branded in
the flesh^vilh hofirons -^are sold as goads and
chattels the payment of theirmasters '^debts;
aroflepal-afed; the one part of their families
from another, and sold to distant owners ; are
debarred frbim religious instructions by the
Sabbath tieing the market-day, and the chief
time, allotted for cultivkting the patches of
land by which they support themselves ; mar-
riage almost unknown; cruel punishments and
overworking, especially in crop-time, with the
constant effect of indiscriminate licentiousness,
lessening £heir numbers : their testimony not
received in courts of law; their possession of
property Unprotected ; <he purchase of their
liberty made almost impossible; thus man is
the prey of man. The'inriotaent African,* first
taken from the land of his fathers, is pursued
by unrelenting barbarity through his shorten-
ed term of life, to adeath unrelieved By the

professors of t\ity religion which says, '' What-
soever ye wouW that men should do unto you,
do ye even so unto them. 5 And all. this is
done by those who acknowledge the Bible to
be the word of God, who read the continual
woes by the Prophets agains* those who op-
press and do unjustly — jwoes which fill the
sacred page, and which ehded in the Babylo-
nuh captivity. • All this is done by the follow-
ers ol that Jesus who canjie to proclaim peace
and mercy, and love ; who wept at the grave
of Lazarus ; who denounced his heavy threat-
-eoin'gs agamst the oppression and cruelties of
the Scribes dnd Pharisees?; and who accom-
plished his sacrifice upon the cross to redeem
all mankind, and breakdown all differences of
race, and teach us. that 4 in Christ Jesus there
is neither Greeknof Jew, circumcision nor un-
cirenmcisien, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor
freej but Christ is all, and in all.

AH this is done, again, i by those who read
the s econd great commandment of the law,
'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
_ who join, in words, in the prayer of the Psalm-
ist, ■* Let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners
com»J before ;' who hear the Apostle's com-
mand, 'Masters, give unto your servants that
wliiah is just and equal ; knowing that you al-
so have a master in heaven ; neither is there
respect of persons with him'— who hear his
exhortation, ' Kejoice with them that do re-
joice, and weep with them that weep: Re-
member those that are in bonds, as bound with
them, and them which suffer adversity, as be- j

ing yourselves also in th<j body'— who hear
him class ' men stealers,' .tjtfth ' murderers of
fathersj antt rhurderors of mothers'— and who
read his affectionate language concerning On^
esimus,arup-away,slave, .^hom he had be-
gotten to the ChrisLiah faith at Rome, as ' not
any longer a servant^ bOjt ■ above a servant \ a
brother beloved, specially to me,' says the A-
postle to his correspondent Philemon, 'but how
much more to thee, both in the flesh and in

the Lord; if thou count me therefore aa a
partner, receive him as myself.'

All this is done, finally, by those who pro*
fess to believe that at the lasl solemn day,
when masters and slaves will stand before Jhe
same tribunal of Christ; works of mercy will be
especially produced as the proofs pf faith and
love.-^-' For I was an hungered, and ye gare
me meat ; I was thirsty, and- ye gave me drink;
I was a stranger, and ye took me in ; naked,
ai d ye clothed me ; I was sick, and ye visited
mc ; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 5 .

And, what increase the girilt,-f|r tM§ is sup-
ported by* systematic oppositAii toreform in,
the Colonial assemblies— by AKurtful and in-
dustrious concealment and pension of facts,
false representations and coJ^pyTahle excuses—
by a pertinacity and folly wHich the authority
of the King and the resolutions of the British
parliament in vain attempt to subdue : and by
an infatuation, which beiirsfalong the West
Indian body in blindly defending a system in
open hostility with every principle pf humani-
ty, with every view of just policy] and with ev-
ery dictate of religion. But: this seems the
natural effect of great crimes. Obduracy is.
the justinfliction which follows habits of such
'a character.

It remains for a free and religious nation,
like England to look the dreadful evil in the
face, and to devise the efficacious remedy.

I do not stay to answer the objection that the
Christian religion tolerates such a slavery as

1/iw modified - -'tSe* Oomestid bondage ofew jy.,
times, and stripped it of its most fearful char-
acteristics—an objection which is the strong-
est possible confutation of itself. Nor do I
condescend to refute the cavil, that, because
the Apostles enjoined obedience on the first
converts who wete ofthe class of slaves, and
commanded them to be faithful to their mas-
ters, (which Christianity now does, oppressed
as the negro slave is,) therefore the injunctions
of mercy, and justice, and kindness, on mas- •
ters, and princes, and legislators, (which Would
at once unloose the chains which we so much
abhor) are null and void. Nor can I with pa-
tience hear the unworthy sophism, that be-
cause Christianity and some sort of bondage
have co-existed since the first promulgation of
the gospel, therefore, the most cruel and in-
hujmiah species of slavery ever known, admits
of apology as not inconsistent with the Chris-
tian faith. Christianity is indignant at such
an insi huation. As Well might all.the vices and
evils which have co-rexisted 'with i Christianity
because men have not received and obeyed
her precepts, be imputed to her as their de-
fender and patron.'

No ; the only real patron of West Indian
Slavery, is torpor and sehishriesfc of heart,fa!s e
vieWs of policy, fear ofthe power and wealth
of the West Indian body, the revenue ; the
blood-stained revenue ; . raised from the impor-
tation of Colonial produce ; the ignorance jn
which our catelessiness leaves so many Eng-
lishmen of the horrid facts, pf the case^ — and
the backwardness of man to discharge a duty
towards an absent and unprotected' class of
sufferers.

But these subterfuges are fast 'disappearing.
The public i mind' is more and more 1 ajrojosed.
, The indignation of' a generous 'people j> v fu f\ ot
suffer inucH .longer the greatest; instance of op -
pression to gojbnredressed. Tlje rising prin *
ciples of true Christianity will pervade .our }e- ;
gislature and our government. The ftar of

UGEDOMPS JOURNAL.

the divine wrath for a great national sin, will
overbalance the false fears of man, and)the
false calculations of a short-sigbted policy.En-
gland will awake to,its duty. All due consid-
eration, indeed^rill be given to the actual sit-
uation of our 6lave population, and the just in-
terests of the slave owners and merchants
hot the main duty of mitigating the condition of
the present generation, and preparing for the
manumission of the next, will be efficaciously
discharged. And the country, which is multi-
pljing its missions, and circulating its bibles
abroad, will no longer be reproached with the
monstrous inconsistency of neglecting nearly a
mjllion of its subjects in its own colonies at
HOME.

' So I returned, and considered all the op-
pressions that are done under the sun ; and
behold the tears of such as were oppressed,
and they had no comforter ; and on the side of
their oppressors there was power; but they
bad no comforter, Eccl. iv. 1.

''If thou forbear to deliver them that are
drawn unto death, and those that arc ready to
be slain ; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it
not ; d§th he that pondereth the heart consid-
er it F 5 And' he that kcepeth thy soul, doth he
know it ? Aj|d shall not he render to every
man according to his works? Prov.xxiv. 11,12,

Islington, August 1S27.

CONGRESSIONAL LOGIC AND

ELOQUENCE.

Mr. Weems (from Maryland) speaking
in relation to some captured Africans, un-
dertakes to point out to his enlightened
hearers, in intelligeut Congress, the Di-
vine origin of slavery in the following
Vords :

* Mr. W. said he would not go back to
the origin df slavery. The sin of ingrati-
tude by the ungrateful Ham towards his
aged father, after that father had, as the
favored instrument of God, saved him and
his family from that universal ruin intg
which all animated nature had been
thrown, with tbe exception of what, -under
God's directions, he had received into his
ark of safety, farther than by a reference
to satisfy those who will examine for them-
selves, that slavery was the decree of Hea*
ven : ' Cursed should be Canaan, a ser-
vant of servants shall he be unto his bre-
thren:" and that '8hem should be blessed,'
and ' Canaan shall be his servant/ and
that ' God would enlarge Japhethand Ca-
naan should be his servant / so the good
old Noah, and the sequel, so far as sacred
and profane history are to be received in
evidence, has proved that he knew and said
it prophetically, as he knew and spoke of
the approaching deluge before it came —
and who can unsay it ? /

' We are very far from denying in every
instance, the legality, policy, or moral in-
justice of slavery ; for whenever individ-
uals or nations become too indolent for
aelf preservation, or government, it seems
to be a natural and just consequence, that
they should , become subservient to the di-
rection of others, till sufficient energy is
imparted to their sluggish souls, to arouse
their moral and physical energies to self-
preservation. But that all the slaves which
have ever served an Egyptian, a Grecian,
a Roman, a Mahometan, a Pagan, or
Christian master, was,andis in consequence
of Ham having casually discovered the
body of his father exposed to nudity and
drunkenness, and that father having cur-
sed his grandson, is ridiculous enough.
Admitting servant to be synonimous with
slave, so as to read slave of slaves, the pre-
diction has undoubtedly failed of fulfil-
ment, and Mr. Weem's argument of course
fails ; bat unless Noah'6 imprecation was
of Divine permission, it might have been
a second error, equally impious with the
first, and as nothing can proceed .fromGod,
which is not stamped with the seal of jus-

W. in this occurrence for drawing so mo-
mentous a conclusion 1 Is not tl|e paren-
tal as great as the filial rcsponsi wlity t Is
it not as incumbent oil the parenj to exhi-
bit a good example, and precept ad it is for.
the child to obey them ? How cjnild Ca-
naan without inheriting fore-iknjowlcdge
know that his father was drunk, and con-
sequently avoid seeing' him as he Hid ? Cd-
naan may be Blamed for not bavitig cover-
ed his father ; buthis astonishmdnt at the
novel discovery, | might have precluded for
the moment, the course dictated bjj decen-
cy and prudence, for even admijtmg thai
topers were aB frequent among ithe ante,
as post diluviens, it is unreasonable to
suppose the father of the only family which
was worth saving from universaj destruc-
tion, was so much of a sot as to create no
surprise in one of his children who disco-
vered him in the situation described in the
text. The astonished son might have sup-
posed some strange and terrific disease the
cause of what he saw ; and perhaps noth-
ing was more remote from his belief, than
that his honored father, the preserver of
the human race, was drunk? But the bro-
thers of the. unfortunate Canaan, (who
must have blundered on.iiis fatal discove-
ry,) who were informed of thejr father's
situation, had more time to devise the
proper course to be pursued, and concili-
ate the paternal favor. However, it will
hardly be contended that Canaan had any
hands in making his father drunk. Then
take a parallel case ; Lot was tW|ice sedu-
ced into drunkenness by his daughters for
the express purpose of committing the re-
volting crime of incest ! It would seem, if
ever the Divine justice permitted the guilt
of the parents to descend on thi'lnnOCe^t
heads of their posterity, this was a case
c&Wug for such a visitation, btit it is re-
markable that the product of thfese inces-
tuous intercourses was the base of two
prosperous nations ! j.

It seems much more reasonable that
Lot should, some time before or after the
extraordinary fall : of fire and brimstone
from" Heaven, have informed his (laughters
that the destruction was only p irtial-^ and
not the entire human family thafl that No-
ah should have apprized Canaan that he
was going to get drunk and deprived of
his fig-leaves. And it would seem that Lot
must have strangely neglected the instruc-
tion of his own daughters, or they mast
have been the veriest dunces on earth and
their dullness could only have 'been ex-
ceeded by the extravagance of their con-
ceits, to have supposed the morali attributes
of God, would so far have extinguished the
human race, , as to render the worst form
of an adulterous intercourse, necessary for
its perpetuation !

But if it be argued that every act, how-
ever vitious it may seem to us, ; is right,
which has the Divine sanction, and the
act of Lot's daughters is in this predica-
ment such a doctrine would destroy every
idea of God's moral attributes, | and leave
us at a loss when vice or virtue is to have
a preference ! And if Canaan's accidental
discovery of his father's drunkenness and
nakedness, was such a high crime as to
call for the visible punishment o^f his inno-
cent posterity through all ages, jwhat pun-
ishment would not Lot's daughters require
who saw and made their good j old lather
so ! And that too not once, but twice, or if
the former is cursed while tlje latter is
blest, what is to become of our ideas of the
administration of Divine Justice ! Hive*

LETTERS

From a MAN OF COLOUR, j on a late
Bill before the 'Senate of Pennsylvania.

LETTER III. i
The evils arising from the bill before the
Legislature, so fatal to the rights taf freemen
and so characteristic of European! despotism
are so numerous, that to cohsidelr them all,

tice, and as there is no semblance of jus- ~ " ""' ." > i_L «

tice in a father's pronouncing the curse of \ wduld extend these numbers further than time
interminable slavery upon .the posterity of j or my talent will permit me todarry them,
the son, formerely witnessing the fath- i The concluding paragraph of my last number,
<?r ? e misconduct, what foundation has Mr. ! states a case of peculiar bardship, arising

from the second section ' of "this bill, upon
which I cannot refrain from making a few
more remarks. The man of colour receiving
as a visitcr.any other person of colour, isi bound
to turn inforrner. and rudely, repqrt to the Re-
gister, that a friend ami a brother, has come to
visit him for a few days, whose name he must
take within twenty four hours, or forfeit a sum
which the iron hand of the law is authorized
to rend from him, partly for the benefit oV the
Register. Who is this Register? A man, and
exercising an office, where ten dollars is the
fee for each delinquent, will probably be a cru-
el man and find delinquents where they really
do not exist. The poor black ^is left to the
merciless gripe of an avaricious Register,
without an appeal, in the event, from his tyr-
anny or oppression ! O miserable race, born to
the same hopes, created with the same feeling,
and destined for the same goal, you are redu-
ced by yoiir fellow creatures below the brute.
The dog is protected and pampered at the
board of his master, while the poor African and
his descendant, whether a ^aint or a felon, is
branded with infamy, registered, as a slave,
and we may expect shortly to find a law to
prevent their increase, by taxing them accord-
ing to numbers, and authorizing the Consta-
bles to seize and confine every one who dare
to walk the streets without a collar on his neck
— what have the people of colour been guilty
of, that they more than others, should be com-
pelled to register their houses, lands, servants
and children. Yes, ye rulers of the black
man's destiny, reflect upon this ; our children
must 1)C registered, and hear about them a
Certificate, or be subject to imprisonment and
fine. You, who are pending this effusion of
feeling, are you a parent ? Have you children
around whom your affections are bound, by
those delightful bonds which none but a pa-
rent can know ?. Are they the dclighfc-of your
prosperity, and the solace of your afflictions ?
If all this be true,to yon we submit our cause.
The parent's feelin s 'cannot err. By your
verdict will we stand or fall— by your verdict,
live slaves or freemen. It is 6aid, that the bill
does not extend to children, but the words of
the bill are, « Whether as an inmate, visiter,
hireling, or tenant, in his or her house or room.'
Whether this does not embrace every soul that
can be in a house, the reader is left to judge ;
and whether the father should be bound to re-
gister his child, even within the twenty-four
hours after it is brought into the world, let the
father's feelings determine. This is the fact,
and our children seat on our lawful business,
not having sense enough to understand .the
meaning of such proceedings, must show their
certificate of registry or be borne to prison,
The bill specifies neither age nor sex — desig-
nates neither the honest man or the vagabond
—^butlike the fretted porcapine, his quills aim
its deadly shafts promiscuously ?tt all.

For the honour and dignity of our native
state, we wish not to see this bill pass into a
law, as well as for its degrading tendency to-
wards us ; for although oppressed by those to
whom we look for protection, our grievances
are light compared with the load of reproach
that must be heaped upon our commonwealth.
Thestory will fly from the north to the south,
and the advocates of slave jy, the traders in hu-
man blood, will smile contemptuously at the
once boasted moderation and humanity: of
Pennsylvania. What, that place, whose in-
stitutions for the prevention of Slavery, are the
admiration of surrounding states and of Eu
rope, 1 become the advoeates of mancipation
and wrong, and the oppressor of the free and
innocemWTeil it not in Gath ! Publish it not
in the streets of Askelon ! lest the daughters
of the Philistines rejoice t lest the children of
the uneircumciged triumph.

It is to be hoped that in our legislature there
is a patriotism, humanity, and mercy sufficient
to crush this attempt npon {he civil liberty of
freemen, , and to prove' that the enlightened
body ^ho have hitherto guarded their fpllow

creatures, without regard to the colour of the
skin, will stretch forth the wings of protection
to that racej whose persons have been the
scorn, and whose calamities have been the jest
of, the world for ages. We trust the time is
at hand when this obnoxiousbill will receive its
death warrant, and freedom still remain to
cheer the bosom of

A MAN OF COLOUR. ,r

[For the Freedom's Journal ]

COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

. (Concluded.)
Let us now hear him speaking about the free
coloured people in the U. States. ' I wilt look
no farther when I seek for the most degraded,
ihe most abandoned race on' the earth, hut rest
my eye on this people.' And yet these are the
people so vicious on this side the water that
are to be sent to the other, to civilize and chris-
tianize the benighted Africans ; to be the
virtuous missionaries wlien in Africa; to awa-
ken remorse among the natives for their crimes
and idolatry. This part of the subject has
been most happily treated on in the piece to
which I before made mention, written by a co-
loured man of Baltimore and to such as may
not have read it, I cannot too much press it on
their serious attention. When I see men
treating kindly all persons, without distinction,
or regard to colour : hear them advocating the
cause of justice at home as well as abroad— I
believe them sincerely. But on the contrary,
when I hear persons who belong to this Colo-
nization ^Society, and it is not unfrequcnt,
speak of coloured people as brutes, deny to
them any improvement, even in our holy re-
ligion, and advocate, their exclusion from the
house of God, or at all events if there, their
joining the whites in their worship ; 1 confess
myself astonished, and wonder if they can so
far impose on themselves as to believe they
possess the holy humble.religion of Jesus
Christ. I have befen laughed at for taking ttiy
servant to Church, and blamed for leaving him
to read, while at the same time I was told, sal-
vation could alone be procured from a pern-
sal of the Scriptures. And after all this, shall
I tell the coloured pfeople to believe all protest
tations of humanity on the part of these wor-
thies ? Shall I join in ^eluding them, and driv-
ing them from their country and their home?
Never — I would sooner perish for telling
them the truth. But what greatly astonishes
me, and confirms my opinion as to the designs
of many of the colonization advocates, is their
indisposition to see the subject fairly canvas-
to find them even to withdraw their pot-'
ronage from your paper, and on this ground
alone. We can ascribe it only to passion and
prejudice; for respect is ever elicited from*
principle, if believing this society to he dead- }
ly hostile to the r interests of your coloured •
brethren, you had joined' with the popular ani}
influential party in rivctting the chains of sla<
very, and by*de'oeiving the less informed of
your colour or prepare them to migrate- to a
distant land, which you conceive equally ini-
mical to their health or comfort ? But suppose
you to be mistaken in your opinion, >d& uVy
well know, that correctness of principles does
not necessarily imply a correctness of. jwjg*
ment. How then as liberal men, did it be-
come them to act ? To reason wjth you on Jbe
subject, as with men, so obviously, sincwe
that nothing, not the loss pf the greatest pat-
ronage could tempt you to swervfc frotn a
course you conceived pointed' out by justice*
humanity and truth—But not so j they aban-
don anil denounce youi.tbereby proving to tbe.
World, that their aiiri was" nottq alter, bt»t to
force opinion. Such conduct must evenjnally
serve you. A liberal and enjighteDed pufrta
must respect principle, and^rely there eofll%
have been no other, .motive (tawkat^ «**
for^uth , impaled ^$AWiftVB!?& *P
ential characters iave been fdi aj^iwt

"By joining them, your popularity might have own consent) of such people of cpjour

been reserved for a time, hut when passion within the United; Spates as are already

and prejudice shall have passed away as "the free, and of such as the humanity of indi-

• i a i »u » a™, in v duals and theJaws of the different States

•mormng cloud, and the early dew ta n. ^ , ib8rat e.-Vl.*ll«)iiicle.

deed will your expectation be perfectly unas- 1 —-^—* mmnmm + mm-

salable to human malice or sinister feeling. Sbtt JRWRf

A reward alone for the virtuous lo enjoy. **• _ * )

I believe sincerely, the leading object with Stmm ]} of a.-LThe steam boat Robert

the greater number of this society is merely to B urn s,bouhd from Red River to N.Orleans

.get rid of what they consider a troublesome A ith,400 bales of cotton, took fire about 40

and disagreeable population. And this nc- miles from town. So rap d were the
complished ; that they would be satisfied, flames, that the passengers

while there are some few who have joined it
from humanity, but who I trust on seeing

time to save their persons aud baggage.

barelv had

Eagle — A grey Eagle, ivbose wing

more deeply into their views, will abandon this ^ ^ - nme -j nch ^ was kU £ d
society, and join with us in endeavoring to ar- - n ^vers, Mass. last week, '

; ' Post Office— A new post-office has
been established in the norfh part of the
town of Cicero— TVells CrunYb,P. Master.

rest its'fatal progress.

VERITAS.

FREEDOMS JOURNAL.

NEW-YORK, MARCH 7, 1828.

Steam Boat. — The Albany Steam Boat
Company have unanimously! resolved to
NEW-YORK AFRICAN FR£E SCHOOL' t0 ca u the Boat they are ahjout to build,
It is generally known to the public; that! the " DE WITT CLINTO^."— It is an
these schools, one for girls and one for boys, elegant compliment to the memory of the
■ deceased Patriot !

ftave been respectably kept up. urfder able tea-
chers, for a number of years,by the Manumis-
..sion Society .—The salutary effect to educa-
.tion upon the character of the coloured race in
Mhecity, has ben felt and acknowledged.
In order to induce as general an attendance
of the coloured children as possible, tee Board
of Trustees have engaged Samuel E. Cor-
Tiish as agent, to visit the parents, etc. of the
pupils of the two schools.; and it is with plea-
sure the Board can state, that his exertions,
ihus far. have been industrious, a nd consider-
ably successful in producing a be tter attend-
nnce. And, while the schools are thus bene-
".fitted, the influence which this measure has up.
-on tne minds of the parent and guardians, is
found to be most salutary. Encouraging pros-
pects open, and a hew impulse appears to be
: felt among the coloured people themselves.

An association of coloured females has late-
ly been foraied, the object of which is to pro-
cure by donation, s-Aeor.d^ian^ dctbjng, hats,
^hoes.&c. for the poor children, who are found
-or who may be found so destitute as to be un-
able to attend school. (7'he Agent has found
a great number in this situation.) The Asso-
ciation is called the AFRI AX DORCAS
ASSOCIATION, and is governed by a con-
;"Stitution drawn up for the purpose. Great good
may reasonably be expected to result f om
the -exertion of this laudable and novel institu-
tion. They are divided off into sewing classes
-•and each class is to nieet in turn once in two
-weeks, to alter, mend, and make up clothing
for the destitute boys & girls of these schools.

The following Trustees have been adpoint-
-ed a Committee to aid the above Associa-
tion, by receiving donations in cast-off cloth-
ing, shoes and hats, or cash, for the above
benevolent object ; and, it is hoped, the chari-
tably disposed will exert themselves in the
cause of a purpose so praiseworthy, and let
many a poor and destitute child hare cause to
say — " I was naked and ye clothed me."
JMAHLON DAY, 376 Pearl-street.
WILLIAM L.STONE, 58 Courtland-st
ISAAC HATCH- 341 Pearl street.
OG-Bonations may also be sent to the care
of Caroline Roe, Teacher of Girls' School, No.
245 William street; andC. C. Andrews, Tea
cher of Boys' School, JVb. 137 Mulberry^.
And the benevolent 'will please' to observe,
that these donations are not only wanted in an
inclement, but at all seasons of the yean

[Spectator.

Bibles. — The Females in! Windsor co.
Yt. who were destitute of the J5ible have
all been supplied.

Fire. — The clothing establishment of
Wm. Rathbun, at Albion, Orieansco. was
destroyed on the 14th Feb. together with
the office of the sheriff of that county.

Snake — The Schenectady Cabinet as-
serts, that on the Itli.Febj, Mr. George
Saunders, a respectable mechanic in that
village, ejected a Snake from his stomach
nine inches long. For a year previous, be
■- ; ' L _ gn'pfogpain,
ieved.

had been troubled with a
from which he is entirely re

Fnday, Feb. 22.~l n the Senate, M r .
Chambers presented the memorial of the
ilmerfcansociety for^olonizingthefree peo-
ple of colour of.the United States/'prayinff
for the immediate and effectual interposi-
tion of government tojprovide for the com-
mon defence, and to: promote the general
5veIfare ofthe country, by accomplishing
the removal to the coast ofAfrica( with their

Monument — It is in conter, iplation at Al-
bany, to Build a vault/ and

ment over it,
Gov Clinton.

to the memory of the late

erectatporiu-

olincello.

Fife /—The jail in Fredelrickton, N. B.
was set on fire Feb. 3, 11 o'clock at night,
by a prisoner who was under sentence of
death. It was soon extinguished, but the
wretch was nearly suffocated .

Fire /—On the '29th juati a fire broke*
out in the Carpenter's shop of Robert Hoe
& Co. in the rear of 90 Maiden lane. It
was soon got under. Damage estimated
six hundred dollars. I

Two females in Moutreal Goal, under and asked for n cold cut— at .the. same time,
sentence^ ! capital.crime8].haY^,yen dc- mating *«q I^ cc - fc| ., ' r _ . '•' '

",f 't *A'iLittw~k m«rir.an b'nlf dnl. Twenty-five cents,' replied mine
ec ed m Timt's rather high, returned**!* other, « m t

Jars in prison! Several of them they bad. vvanU ^ d cut „ „ No ^ f()L >

to visiters.

that," replied mine host," a meal.ii a nte<h>

t. «"c*«.L r^T~wI fl B rr.ndpd #l.ft I never charge leas then twenty : five cent?/"
Two Stearh Ms have ascended 1 the- „ jf ^ m m „ ^4 jfc tritr _

Allegany irom Pittsburgh to Kittaning ^ (i llA m ^ ^vea meal cooked, -

and one. passed on to Warren, crowded . iVcordingly the gridiron was placed ov& the

with passengers.

coals, and a stedk Of respectable dimensions,
was soon broiled and placed on the table.. The
stranger sat down and like a man who.

Gov. Lincoln, of Massachusetts, has is-
suedaproolamatipn appointing Tliursd ay [^'ff.^^^^^
the Jd April, as a day of fasting and pray- ; togethcr with tae accompaniments, and called
er," 10 that commonwealths ~ -

Experiments have been made at Wool-
wich, Eng.. on an extensive scare, of jiol-

for more, observing at the same time ....
is a meal, you- know^' Another steak of godly
size was forthwith cooked arid plac«d before
mi , - .him. This also disappeared, in a short time r ;

low snoT. The results. were considered m( \ yfit unsatisfied the' traveller bawled for
very satisfactory. It is said that if found ap- more, still repeating " a mealU a meat, sit"
plicable, as is expected, to naval warfare, A steak larger than either of the former, was
that hollow ^hot will create a new era in now cooked and wihout the least appeafrariqfc
the art of destruction. I of satiety in the eater, sent to accompany the

rr.L i-^T — ■ T- •; ! rest, and the demand was reiterated wr more.

The lifeless twJyof a female, name un- , accompanied aS „sual, with the unlucky phrase
known, wa« found ' floating in one of the : 0 f minfi host, " a meal in a meat, sir " Thus
docks in New- Ydrk} * few days ago* A let- i mine hostess was kept cooking for frill tiro
ter, in a mutilated * sta^, was found in the j hours, and steak after steak disappeared witl>
bosom of the deceased, directed to M. A,
Watson, N.' York.'

Curious Law &rit—At at a late ' court,
a man and his wife brought crpss actions,
each charging the other with haviug com-
mitted assault and battery. On investiga-
tion it appeared that the husband had push-
ed the door against the wife, and the wife
in turn pushed the door against her hus-
band. . A.gentleman of the bar remarked

that he could see no impropriety in
man and his Wife a-dbre-uis? each other.

The house of Mr. Merchant in Virgil,
Cortland co. caught, fire, while Mr. and
Mrs.M. were on a visit to n near neighbor,
and two children, the one t^hree, the other
five years old, were burnt to death.

Hymenial Copartnership— Mr. Wm.Ed-
wards, of New-Marlborough, Mass. hereby
gives rioiice to his numerous frierids, that
on Tuesday of last weeit, he entered into
copartnership, for better or for worse," for
life, with Miss Jerasslia Tobcy of West-
Music—X beautiful piece] of musid has Sldckbrid^e.

been publishsd.at Paris, entitled the^bat- —

tie ofNavarino- It is adapted' to 'tn*'^ HfcA..qawry,^f Qil^&ppes has been discov-
ano^forte, wjjh a duo for the) violin and vi- ered in^wry <5ouniy;^mo, which arc sard

Paper Kites — The recent accounts we
have had from England, of propellfeg car-
riages along roads by meant of kites, has
lead uome of the citizens .0f pastinp, to at-
tach boats to a kite string! . A Jew days
since, at that place, a . batt »aux with two
men Was dragged a|ainBt ? a* 'stronf Bead
ttde, ai3 <fkst, says thV ArfteUc&ri, a*3 tVro
men could have rowed her.

A fire broke out early on [Sunday morn-
ing, in a ))ui/ding on the sbufh side of Nor-
ris' a|ley, near Second strec t, and before
the flames could be subdued a carpenter's
shop, occupied by Mr. Jones, was entirely
destroyed. Mr.' J. looses considerable
work that had been prepared some lumber
and alt of his tools. A sho £ recently op-
cupied by a pai nter, \Vas ah 0 destroyed^-
the last tenant had just vaci ited the build-
ing-, . .

During the fire, a lady otic hundred and
six years of age,' was rerroved from the
an cieht buildings at the cor ler of Second
street and Norris' alley, int ) Mr. Sander-
son's dwelling, atthe Coffee House.

We understand that thei e is no doubt
the fire was caused by an incendiary, as a
carpenter's! shop, Jtfr. Ma itiei's' in tbe
same alleys was *6t on fire a iioiit the same
time, but wfcs fortunately sa red by a time-
ly discovery. Phi fa V 8. Gov

to be superior to the far-famed Turkey oil
stones, for sharpening razors, &c.

, , A wag who keeps .an oyster cellar in
Newark, N. J. advertizes, among other
things, " wild birds domesticated, ■. and
stool pigeons trained to catch voters for the
next Presidency— warranted to suit either
party.

A little girl hearing her mother say that
she was going into half mourning, inquir-
ed if any of their relations were half dead.

When in a village, be wary of any re-
marks upon persons, for three to one they
are all cousins.

iVwAAt^.-r-Forsake.not an old friend
jfor -"the* ridy is not comparable to him . A
{tijjw friend is as new wine, which when it
beoomes old thou mayest drink withpleas-
ure, A friend cannot, be known in pros-
perity.; anen^my cannot be hidden in ad-
versiiy.

In lihe 'fZionfs Herald," the Rev. Stith
Mead methodist minister, in Virginia,
thus describes a remarkable coloured
preaclier, who, attended hirh on his last
courstj . around his circuit;

."The Hew John Charleston is now in
his 61st year, jet black, between' 6 and 7
feet in height, weighing $30 pounds; has
sHprt hair ihcliHinjsf to gray. During 18
years of his life He would walk thirty miles
in a d^.andpr^ach^hree times. He could
not be stopped by trifles-would wade to
his neck thrptigh streams of water. He.
had - taught his dog to swipi riyers and
brooks, and carry his hymn book and bible
across, in his mouth, without getting them

> . : . A/mkal is,a meal. ,.

-A traveller, some time^agb, at a tavern in
Rhode fehuid^r at the.dedine of day,; When
his appetite > began fo be rather clamorous,

' ■ f$

the most appalling despatch,each time accom-
panied with that ifl omenedse'ntencej "<t meal i$
a meal, you know;" until at last the inn-keepftr s
hopeless. of satisfying his guest, and heartily
sick Of the operation of his own pule, told the
traveller, if he Would quit then ? he would
charge him nolhing for what he had eaten ; to
which the other, feeling, that he could not hold
out much longer,consented Without much show
of reiuctance, and merely added', as he was
washing downthe last morsel with a mug of ci-
der," amealis a meal, you will recollect."

f H JUGHT AND Ff itfi'S.
The best time for thought is between the
hours often and twelve, P. M. ; then, as you
sit with chair arid table at an angle of forty-five
degrees, with the Lehigh grate, you can think
with comfort ; if the wind blows a hurricane,
and sleets beat against the]} window, it will
be an advantage, for the thought of your own
comfort will beget, thought upon the subject
on which you are writing. The flickering
blaze that hangs over will r ignited Lehigh
coal, like beauty in a consumption, or the
sulphurous blue from the coal before it is well
burning, like a' frozen turkey's th%h, is pe -
culiarly adapted to help along one whose head
is none ofthe clearest. The poet may compare
the said blnze to any thing than is. beautifol,
and rhyme upon it by the honr together ; the
moralist may compare it to human life, and
moralize upon it ; but then, after"%oittg oun
the blazefcomes again, and human, life never
makes but one visit to one body ; however,
that is a difficulty easily remedied, for he can
mite life out of : a man when he warms one
side, and turns his back to the fire before he %
continues his reflection. A wood fire is best
for theatrical critics, because many puffs are
necessary to make all parties coriifor table; and
as ; the wood steams, and . sputters, and
smoke, and is sappy, it will remind the wri-
ter of the great body of actorSj and thereby be
a great benefit to him.

MARRIED
By the Rev. Benjamin Paul, Mr, Thomas
Smith, to Miss Ann Schank.

In this city, on the 3d irist. Mrs. Hagar
Teasman, relict of J\Jr. John Teasman,Tench-
er, aged 60 years,? moDths arid 2 daysi

In this city, on the 21st inst. Mr. ROBERT
ASH, Tyler of the Boyer Lodge. [Not
Charles Ash, as was stated in our paper of thfe
22dinst. ■_, " "

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
G. has- Ijeen received, and shall appear
in our next. : .

An Exhibition of the PtlptU of S. If-
Gloucester t and /. CBoweriijun. will tola
place on Wednesday \tkt. VZth inst. at 7
O'clock, in the evening :, in t]ie haU qcc^pie4
t?y the %d Presbyterian Congregation, in
Norris' Alley; Tickets 12 ty cents ;
Children half pricc>to\he had of Messrs Jno.
Bowers,Jacobr@ilin'QreiJames Preiser y and
Charles Short, and at thed(pr m tfy we-
lling of performance, after which, tlicre toill
be an address delivered fa \jnp. t Xt. Bowers*,
jun. and thirteen \ Silver i Medaltmd a tiurfa
%r ofpremiunis distributed to : the Children*
PhiladdpUa, March U

(GIMPS JOURNAL

POETR Y.

SYMPATHY -
What, wlicn the heart is sick with grief,
Wlien joys are gone that us'rl to be ;
Soothes us when all looks dark and drear :
Lady ? it is— Sympathy.

Whew long vruWe toil 'd our bark to steer
Of life far, far, from misery ;
But fail'd, and we were wreck'd on wo,
Lady ! what help like— Sympathy.

When with fond dreams of happiness
We sigh'd for what we wish'd could be ;
We clasp'd the phantom, but 'twas gone,
Lady! wethenpriz'd — Sympathy.

Oh ! be you e'er deceived by friends,
(For true one's we're long ceased to see) ;
There's nought allays the rankling wound,.
Lady ! like heavenly — Sympathy.

Etherjal balm ! of source divine,
Thou giv'st thy comfort willingly ;
And ev'ry heart with virtue fraught,
Lady! swells with sympathy.

ARION.

THE OLD MAN'S COMFORT.
By R. Southey, Esq.
. You. are old, father William, the young man
cried,

The few locks which are left you are gray ;
You are hale, father William, a hearty old
man,

Now tell me" the reason, I pray.

In the days of my youth, father William re-
plied,

I remembered that youth would fly fast,
And abused not my health and my vigour
at first,

That I never might need them at last.

You are old, father William, the y«>ung man
cried,

And pleasures with you pass away;
And yet you lament not the days that are gone,
Now tell me the reason, I pray.

In ; rhedays of my youth father William
plied, ■ \
I remcmber'd that youth could not last;

7 thought of the future, whatever Tj did,
That I never might grieve for tih e past.

You arc old, father William, the young man
replied,

And life must be hastening away ;
You are cheerful, and love to converse upon
death —

Now tell me the reason, I pray.

I am cheerful, young man, father William re«
plied ;

Let the cause thy attention engage —
In the days of my youth I remember'd my
God,

And he has not forgotten my age. -

ENIGMA.

An Enigma, said to have been written by
Mr. Canning — which for a length of time baf-
fled the skill of all England to solve.

xi There is a word of plural numher,

A.foe to peace and human slumber.

Now any word you chance to take,

By adding S, you plural malte;

But if you add an S to this,

How strange the metamorphosis :

Plural, is plural "hen no more,

And sweet, what bitter was before."

Solution— The word is cares, to which by
adding an 5. you have cores?.

RICHARD JOHNSON, jeanectful
ly informs his friends find the phbjic gen-
erally, that he intends to open su hoarding
House on the first day of Mat next, fo?
the accommodation of genteel gentlemen ojf
Colour, at No 27 Sullivan-Stree( '

R. J. assures his Friends, and those who
may favour him with their patronage, that
no pains will be spared on hie part in ren-
dering their situation as comfortable as pos-
sible.

Gentlemen wishing to engage board for
the above mentioned time will [please to
call at No 114 Varick-Street. i

New-York F eb. 26. 1823 .

CABINET MAKE^,

Would acquaint 'his Friends and the
Public, that he has taken the House 166
Duane Street ; where all orders in his; line
of Business, will be thankfully received
and punctually attended to. Also, old
Furniture repaired at the shortest notice
and on the most reasonable terms.

03^N. B. COFFINS made to Order at
a few hours notice, as low priced as' can be
made in the City. Feb. 29. \ *3t

S. P. Htf^HSS*

School Jot Coloured Children of both Sexei. :
Under St. Philip's Church, is now ready for
the admission of Pupils.

In this school wilt be Jaught READING,
WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY
with the use of Maps and Globes, and History,

Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.

Reference.— Rev. Messrs. P. Williams, S
E. Cornish, B. Paul and W. Miller.

New- York, March 14. 1

No. 551 , Pearl-street, near Broadway, keeps
constantly on hand, an assortment of
BOOTS & SHOES,
Also, a Superior Quality of l iquid Blacking,
free from the use of Vitriol, of his own manu-
facture, all which he willsell.cheap for c«sh.

Boots and Shoes made to order, and repair-
ed on the most reasonable terms. *
New- York. Jan. 25

ISl-TI

(Coloured Men.)
In Forest-street, Baltimore, Manufacture all
kinds of Smoking and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappee, and Maccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American SE-
GA RS.

N. B. The above gentlemen have sent me
a large Box of their TOBACCO for s:ale and
should the experiment succeed, they can sup
ply any quantity of all the articles. ;

SAMUEL E. CORNISH

T 9 WILES,' ■

RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends, and
the Public generally, that his HOUSE No.
152 Church-street, is still open for the accom-
modation of genteel persons of colouri with

BOARDING AND LODGING.

Grateful for past favours, he 'sol hits a
continuance of the same. His house is in a
healthy and pleasant part of the city ; *ud no
pains or expense will be spared on h^s par-
to render the situation of those, who honour
him with their patronage, as comfortable as
possible. !'

New- York, Sept. 1827. 26j— 3m

NOTICE.

THE " AFRICAN MUTUAll IN
STRUCTION SOCIETY, tor the instruction
of coloured Adults, of both Sexes," have re-
opened their SCHOOL on Monday Evening,
October 1st, at their former School Room, un-
der the Mariner's Church, in Roosevelt-street .
The School will be 6p6n on every Mo'j day,
Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at half
past 6 o'clock.

Those desirous of receiving instruction wiU
be taught to Read, Write and Cypher, . until
the first of April, 1828, for the.smaH supi of
one dollar, to be paid on entering the schc ol.

An early application ik requested, as I here
will be no allowance made for past .time.
Aaron Wood, • James Mte.js,

William P. Johnson, Arnold Ei,'; ib
E. M. Apricawus, : Henry Kiioi

'■ Trustee.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

MR. GOLD, late of onnecticut, t ike*
this method of informing the coloured pdf ula-
tion of this city, tha t he teaches English <5 an*-
mar, upbh a new aud improved plan, by w bich
a, pupil of ordinary capacity, may obtain, a; cor-
rect knowledge of the. principles of the En-
glish language, by attending to the study t lere
of two hours in a day in six weeks. He w- »uld
be willing to teach a class* of coloured pert ons,
either in the day or in the evening (as mat suit
their convenience;)- arid his terms will be
such, that no one desirous to learn will I ave
cause to be dissatisfied with them.

Persons wishing to avail themselves of this
opportunity of learning EnglishGrammar vill
please to call upon the He*. B; Paul, N >: 6
York-street, or the Rev.! P. William's 68,
Crosby -street, with whom also the names of
those who determine upi*i heewniiig pupil J of
Mr.Gojd, will be left. - Nov. 16, 1827.

AN EV ENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened on the 15th of October
next in the African School Room in Mulberry
street j where will be taught]
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR- 'GEOGRAPHY,
&c. Terms. — Three Dollars per quarter
payable in advance. Hours from 6 to half
past. 8 o'clock. Sept. 18. ^ 28

L-LITE ZTCE

1 HE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, TWO THOUSAND
Acres of excellent LAND, at less than one
half its value, provided they will take meas-
ures to settle, or have it settled, by coloured
farmers. The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 miles of the city ; its location
is -delightful, being oh the banks of the Dela-
ware river, with an ope n navigation to the city
of Philadelphia. The Canal'leadihg from the
Delaware to the Hudson river, passes through
the tract, opening: a direct navigation to New-
York city. The passage to either city may
be riTtade in one day qr less. The land is of
the best quality, arid well timbered.

The subscriber hopes that some of his
brethren, who are capitalists, will at least in-
vest fiOOor 1,000 dollars, in these lands. To
Suetfihe will take the liberty to say, this land
can; be purchased for 5 dollars the acre, (by
coloured men,) though it has been selling for
251 dollars. He also takes the liberty to ob-
serve. that the purchase Will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement,
fotrined by coloured families, would be condu-
cive of much good. With this object in view
he will invest 500 dollars in the purchase.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH.

New- York, March 20.

N.'B. Communications on the subject, post
paid, will be received and attended to..

NOTICE.-^-Parents And Guardians of
Coloured Chidren, are hereby informed, that ft
Male and Female School has long been estab-
lished for coloured children, by the Manumis-
sion Society of this city— where the pupils re-
ceive such an education as is calculated to fit
them for usefulness and respectability. The
male school is situated in Mulbcr/y-slrect,near
Grand-street, and the female school in William
j street, near Duane street ; both uuder the
management of experienced teachers. The'
Boys are taught Reading. Writing, Arithmetic,
Geography and Engish Grammar—and the
Girls, in addition to those branches^ are taught
Sewing, Marking, and Knitting, &c
TERMS OF ADMISSION.
Pupils of 5 to fifteen years of age arc admitted
by the Teachers at the Schools, at the rate of
twenty-five cents to one dollar per quarter, ac-
cording to the circumstances of the parents ;
and the children of such as cannot afibrd to pay
any thing are admitted free of expense, and en-
joy the same advantages as those who pay.

Each school is visited weekly by a .commit-
tee of the trustees, in addition to which a com-
mittee of Ladies pay reguiar visits to the Fe-
male sehooll. Care is taken to impart moral
nstruction, and such have been the happy ef-
fects of thie system pursued in these schools,
have although several thousand have been
taught in them sincetheir establshment (now
more than thirty years) there has never |been
an instance known to the trustees where a 'pupil
having received a regular education has been
convicted of an j crime in our Courts of Justice^ :
By orde v of the Board of Trustees.

PETER S. TITUS.
RICHARD FIELD.

•Jan 10, 19 #8.

Economy i s the Road
to Wealth — And a
penny saved is a
good as two pennys
earned. Then call
at the United States
Clothe s Dues sing
Establishmei it,

Who has removed from 411 to 422 Broadway,
and continues as usual to carry on the Clothes
Dressing in correct and systematical style; ha-g
irig perfect knowledge or the business, naviriv
been legally brad tp it, his mode of cleanin#
arid ^Dressing Coats, Pantaloons, &c< is by
Steam Sponging* which is the only correct
system of Cleaning, which he Mill warranted
extract ; all kinds of Stajns, GREASE-spote,
Tar^l&int &e. or no pay, will be taken.

N B ThelpubKc are cautioned aganst the
imposture .of those who attempt the Dresing
of clothes; by STEAM SPONGING, who
are totally unacquainted with the business ais
there are many Establishments which have
recently been opened in this city.

&3r AU kinds of Tailoring Work done at
the above place.

All clothes left to be cleaned or repaired
will be good for one year and one day— if npt
claimed in that tirii^, they .^vill be ; sold at pub-
lie auction

THE FltlEEDOMS JOURNAL,
Is published every FRIDAY, at No. 152
Church-street, New-York.

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Cs3~ No subscription will- be received for a
less term than one year.

Agexits who procure and pay for five sub
scribc-rs, are entitled to a sixth copy grafts, for
one year.

No paper discontinued until all arrearages
are paid, except at (he discretion of She Editor.

All Communications, (except those of
Agents) must be post. paid.

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cutcd at this Office.

AUTHORISED AGENTS
Rev. S. E. Cornish, General Agent.

Maine — C. Stockbridgc^ Esq. North Yar-
mouth. Reuben Rvby, Partlaud, Me,

Massachusetts — Mr. David Walker, Bos-

. ton; Rev. Thomas Paul, do. Mr.

John Remond, Salem.

Connecticut—iUfr; JohnMields, Netc-Ha~
ven, Isaac Glasko, Norwich

Rhode-Island — Mr, George C. Willis,
Providence.

Pennsylvania.— Mr. Francis Webb, Phil-
adelphia ; Stephen " Smith, Columbia ;
J. B. Vashon, Carlisle.

Maryland.-— Mr. Hezekiah Cfrice, BaUi*
more. . '

District of Columbia.— Mr. J W. Prout;
Washington ; Thomas Braddock, AU
exandria.

New-York.— Rev. Nathaniel Paul; Alba-
ny ; R. P. Wright, Scheoectady ; Au-
stin Steward, Boetiester. ; Rev. W. P.
Williams, Flushing; George Dt Grass,
Brooklyn, L. I. ; Frederick Holland,
Buffalo.

N. Jersey.-^ Theodore S: Wright, Prince-
ton ; James C. Cokse$, ; New+Bmnstmck
Rev. B, F. Hughes, Ntwarkf Le^
ard.Scott, Trenton.
Virginia*— W D. Baptist, Fredericks-
■ burgh. ; Joseph Skepar^ RUhmond; _
North^Caroliiia.-^&M Benskm, P *
^^tafewi ; John Ct^Stemiitf^ Hietobernt

England.— S&nuel Thomas, Liverpool
Hayti — W< M> Gardiner. Port-au-Prtnct^

M.RiOQTEaA-S.9SSS .12;X4.^TK.Ttt A NATION.''

BY JNQ. B. RUfcSWURM.

yEVVrjjj^JiH^AY^ MARCH 14, 1828

AFRICAN INSTITUTION.
(From fhe Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter.]
• The twenty-first Annual Report of this
Society has recently i>een gi?en to the pub-,
lie. It contains muchthat is of a highly
interesting nature, and we earnestly re-
commend it t<> general atteulion. We
must be satisfied*, at present,, with a single
extract, which bears more: directly than
any other part of it on the main object of
the AnrirSlavery Society^ It refers to the
trial of a Captain Young.

■ The "first trial which has occurred un-
der the act of parliament which constitutes
slave-trading a capital crime, took place at
the Admiralty' Sessions, held at the Old
Bailey, on the 524 th of October, 18%6. The
facts of the case were these. Thomas
Young sailed from 'Liverpool in a vessel
called the Alalia, to trade for the produce
of Africa." While trading in the river Ga-
boon, he took eight women on board, as
hostages for the payment of udvances of
goods made to .native chiefs v The debts
for which they were. specifically pledged
"being paid, they ought all, according to
African law, to have been released. Four
of them, however, were retained in custo-
dy, not on accountof any failure on the
part of the person pledging them to dis-
charge his obligations ; hut because an-
other chief oflho same place had contrac-
ted i debt due to Mr Yoang. which he had
neglected to pay. On this ground, fonr of
the women were detained in custody , and
when the Malta '.va* about to quit the
coast, they not hu«ing been redeemed by
their relations- were sold tfi a Spanish sla-
ver for about thirty dollars each. The
great distress of the women on the occa-
sion was given in evidence. The plea of
Mr Young, but unsupported by any evi-
dence, was, that he had not told these wo-
men, but merely transferred them to the
Spanish captain for the amount of his debt,
the Spanish captain engaging to restore
them to their relations on being repaid his
advance.* The jury appear to have given
credit to this statement, for they ret'umed :
a verdict of not guilty ; and it .is probable"
they gave the more weight to it, as this
was the first time that any prosecution; of
slave-trading as a capital offence had tak-
en place. Possibly also, in a case of this
Ivind, considerations might involuntarily
have obtruded themselves on the minds of
the most conscientious juror, to incline the
balance in favour of the accused. It
might occur to him, as an anomaly in our
law. that Mr. Young shoutd suffer death
for having done that on the cOast of Afri-
ca, which in our colonies, on the opposite
shore of the Atlantic, is done daily, not on-
ly with impunity, but legal jy. It might
seem to him not quite consonant to natur-
al justice, at least not quite consistent with
a rational legislation, that Mr. Ypung
should be hanged for the very same, act
(morally speaking) in one degree of longi-
tude, which many British subjects, of high
consideration in society, were allowed, in
a different degree of longitude, openly and
constantly to commit, without incurring
either penalty or discredit.

' Property, it has been said, is the crea-
tion of law ; still the '"era of law cannot
obliterate the traces ot natural equity; and
if we suppose a juror to have called to

mind, that some of the very individuals :oatrage on every principle of justice, hu-

who had framed the law which condemn-
ed ThomasToung to death, foHuying and
selling his fellow creatures in £frica,were
themselves in' the avowed %nd regular
practice of buying and selling! their! feiiow
creatures in the West Indie 9, he might
have been- led. without any very grave itri-
peachment of his integrity, to have shrink
from dealing out to this urihaapy in dividu-
al so unequal a retribution.

' But whether such a view cjf the subject
presented itself to the minds of the respec-
table jurors who acquitted Mf. Young, or.
riot, it is still one which lieu at the very
root of the whole question tf the Slave
Traijle- It is in slavery . thjuV the Slare

T/aijle has its origin ; it. is

manity, and true religion.'

QUESTIONS
,To Professing Christians; on the Use of Slave-
grown . Sugar, Coffee, &c. ,

Which crime is the worst, ?—-! st.: That of
stealing, men,. women and children and selling
them ? or, 2ndly, that of buying these stolen
men, &e. : and dooming them and their posteri-
ty for. ever," to a cruel, and hopeless bondage,
to interminable and uncompensated toil, (un-
der the lash of the cart-whip) and to moral and
intellectual degradation, andthe captivity, •im-
prisonment)' and 'death of the soul ? or, 3r(Hyj

* If the plea of the captain were true, it
would not render him less liable to the penal
sanctions of the act. He had, treated and dealt
with them as slaves ; and iF so vague a^ plea
were to be admitted as a sufficient defence,
British ships might visit the coast on pretence,
of trading for ivory ; exchange their merchan-
dize for slaves, under the name of hostages j
and then part with them for dollars to Span-
iards orlVfejwhjBen. {

provided by the slave-holder which fur-
nishes the direct incentive tot 11 the primes
of "a trade in slaves ; to the , murders and
.conflagrations which attend -tneir capture,;'
to the condensed' horrors the .middhj
passage which' follow it ; and jto the misje-
ry and despjation of a continent. And.if
so, is the conduct of Great Britain' quite
consistent, in cherishing, and even encour- ;
aging Slavery, with all its attendant sales
and transfers of human beings, in our col-
onies, while on principle slij) repudiates
and proscribes and capitally Punishes the
Slave Trade in every ' otlie) part of the
world ? Let it not be supposed, that it is
intended to blame the righteous zeal wliich
has bsen manifested in the suppression of
the Slave Trade, and which! jfas produced
such splendid results. But has . not our
own. success, with respect ^o the Slave
Trade, been greatly impedejl.jand is it not
now impeded, by the selfishj inconsistency
of our conduct in respect .to j slavery ? It,
may be doubted, whether therje be a single'
argument, which can be advanced for
maintaining slavery in our colonies for a
single day after it is in our pojwer to abol-
ish it, which will not be found to be as va-
lid a plea, morally considered], -or contin;
uing to strip Africa of her inhabitants, to
supply Cuba, or the Brazils, or even our
own colonies, with labonrers.j The atro-
cities of the slave trade may, it is true,
practically far exceed those ofplavery ; yet
the principle of both is identically the
same ; equally opposed, to, humanity and
justice, and to every principle} of the Gos-
pel ; and equally indefensibly on every
plea of financial arid commercial expedient
cy. And who, after all, will v 3nture to af-
firm, that viewed in the who! e range of
their results, the atrocities if the slave
trade,- though more palpable to observa-,
tion, and striking more directly and forci-
bly on the senses, outweigh,' it the sum of
misery they produce, the evils of* Slavery
—of a protracted and irremiidiable and
perpetual servitude, living thrc ugh the life
of the slave, and renewed in 1 is children, ,
to the latest generation? Let any mfjn
think but of the perpetually impending
scourge, the interminable toil , to which it
urges, 'the stocks, the blows, the contempt,
the degration, the hunger, the hssitude.ttie.
disease, the agony of broken and. bleeding
hearts, ahd 'all the nameless a:*d scarcely
conceivable inflictions which, iwait thpse,
whose' own destinies, and those of every
endeared r el ative~wj(e J f hiisbi hd, chilli—*
are bound up in the. will of ajij iudividual
who claims them as; his slaves, without any
effectual; ' nay, any possibje, .protection
from law against his tyranny ? nd cApriee.
Letahy one but thinlfc of a|J # is, ai&d be
will perhaps" see no very cogen reason for,
exempting the >layery^whic£ p ; in °ur
cronies, from a moral repro^ i^PU to.tjie.
fiill as severe as we pais ; on the S(ive
Trade, or fdr hot exhibiting it.sjpe &s ap

the, marked that of purchasing the produce of their toil,

and bribing the " Men-stealers ," or sellers, or
possessors, by paying them a higher "price (two.
millions annually in bounties, &c.*) than for
the same commodity produced by free labour?
or, 4thly; that of partaking of it when bought
by another, whom you have denounced as a
criminal for so doing ? Is the purchaser any
thing less than a receiver of stolen goods ? : Is
not the consumer, injthis'instance, a greater de
linquent, having condemned the thief, and
then become * partaker of his sin V . Does he
not sanction and encourage him, by sharing in
the spoil ? 'He that breaketh the law 5 in ' this
one^oint; is he not guilty of all ?' May he not
justly tremble at the word of God, which
threatens with an iteratiop very striking, to
take vengeance in kind on all injustice, cruel-
ty and oppression ? Does not he who neglects
to dissuade all over whom he has influence
from making use of the ' accursed thing,' in
liny form, and on any occasion, violate the in-
junction " thou slialt in any wise rebuke thy
neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him?" "He
that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to
him it is sin."
If the consumption of slave-grown sugar,pro-
cecdfrom UioughtlessnesSjfrom the fear of man,
of being esteemed singular or over scrupulous,
or of giving offence by virtually condemning
others, or from want of self-denial in gratify-
ing the taste, or from wilful ignorance of the
actual condition of pur own slaves, or on pre-
tence of its being a political question ; will
these or any such pleas avail before God,
when "judgment shall be laid to the line. and
righteousness to the plummet?" — —Isaiah
xxviii. 17.

Whatsoever ye would that men should do
unto you, tk) ye even so to them,", , If you,
therefore, were a slave what would you wish
me toxlo for you ? Is not that the measure of
our duty to' our fellow subjects, the "British
slaves? * * * ,* ( He that stealeth a
man arid selleth him ; or if he be found jn his
hand shall surely' be put to ' death."
Exodus xxi. 16. "\Voe to him that useth his
neighbour's service without wages, and giveth
hjm not for his work."— Jer. xxu. 13- ,* Menr
j»teaiers"t are classed with " ma&rslayew, and
murderers of fathers and mothers," fcc 1 . &e.— -
;Timpthy i. 10. An^ amphjec thpi^'-aesti^d'^;
be " utterly burnt with fire," are nanj^tf deal-
ers in slaves ^ an^. souls of ^eVMRW*.*viUil3;

; * Protecting Duty, IPs, per Cwtr^BdUnty
Together about two and ~a half million per *n- !
nujn. ' ■ ' ■ ■ : [ r ->''

t Bishon How^ey wfer^ that ; i^s Yfotfi

p^ye^.are. co^ua%«oW in : aHdtur*ug«r
Iwdtf. ■ ... ■ •••• "•

" O pen thy mouth for the dumb, in tbe <Mlic
of all such as are appointed to destruction.

" Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and
plead the cause of the poor and neetfjf V — Plb,
xxxvM. . .

"^hat if may please Theeto Jhaye mep^ ,
iipon all wpfiyes, an^l upon all U»t are dtsv-
tate and oppressed, upon [our captive*, a^ictdl
in body, mind, est^^^.^fW'^^^
to hepr m, good l>w4" „ : : ■ ; . ■■
From the African Observer.

THE SHELTER FOR COLOURED
ORPHANS.
The iman whose Virtues are more felttnan
seem.

Must drop indeed the hope of public praise*
But be may boast what few that win it can.

Cowper.

It Is a remark which is too old to surprise
by its novelty, but not so antiquated as to feie
unworthy of remembrancei that those who
'would effectually promote the reformation erf*
society must begin with the youth. If the
morning of life is permitted to pass away un- 1
improved, the habits, of thought arid action,
formed during that interesting period, mutt
present a very stubborn barrier (6 , advance*
ment i n usefulness and virtue during the sutee*
quent stages.

Tacitus, that eminent master of life and
manners, attributes the virtues of the ancient
Romans to the care that was bestowed upon
the youth. To cultivate the infant mind, was
then the glory of the female character. Wo»-
men of the most illustrious families, superin-
tend the education of their offspring.! In all
ages and countries, the character of the popu-
lation must greatly depend upon maternal care
Never , says an able writer, was a §reat mtfn .
known to be the son of a silly woman, and sel-
dom, he might have added, of a careless one.

The philanthropic Benezet did not overlook
the importance of education, in his efforts fi>
meliorate the condition of the coloured race.
The school to which he devoted so many year?
of his useful life, and to which he appropria-
ted the' principal part of his posthumous es-
tate, is; a lasting memorial of his solicitude ftfr
the welfare of this neglected class, and of MS
opinions "respecting the means; of promoting
their welfare.

There is still a portion of the coloured race;
who are peculiarly exposed to ^he evils of neg-
lected education and familiarity ^ with vicioul
example. Those Who lose .their parents dunng
the de pendent period of infancy, even if left in
possession of wealth, and surrounded* with fa-
mily connections fully competent te provide fi*
all their physical wants, are justly considered
as objects of cbmmisseration. With'u^
njime of an orphan, like that of a ■ .
among the Greeks, is at once a pajwpeH to
sympathy. But how seldom are pur. wwwe4
syn\paithies awakened in behalf pfthoje wlm ,
amDefcr ; d^stinep! to rnoy^ in a sphere widely
dife^f from our ownl W'cploured child,
whpfa | nature or oppression has deprived «f its
natuwil protectorsi is not unfre^ueoUy left to
work its way through, the world with httle ef
that s^patlietie care which we aoptdtoAiose
of bur '6wn complexion. V.ljit J^s dto^M»
class has recently ^^^eng»|^ flyi^thji.!^
awakened the exer^on^of^ptrt .of our V^S^ :>
fatioh; A number o^iiipi^uii^\.finiM i fi»".
ohieflir, if noi exclusively members of the reji».
gious society of Friends, hive associated fdr
the purpose of ptoviAog a. "sheher Ib^^olpur-

S0O

FREEDOM'S jrotJRJTAL.

cd orphans," from tlie merciless blast of moral
jjnd physical iijs.

Thisintereiling association, during fl»e five-
years wjiieh ha*e*ia$i*d since, it^ fbrmat^n^
has kept the noiseless tenor of its way, amidst
difficulty and discouragemenfs,that might have
checked a hardier band.' Intent on the accom-
plishment of their benevolent designs,and with
slender funds, collected chiefly by their own
exertions, these maternal philanthropists have
brought into successful operation a system
worthy of imitation, and deserving of extensive
patronage.' The enterprize merits a more .spe-
cific description." :

The plan appears to have originated about
tli$ year 1S14, with a pious woman, 0 who is
since removed "beyond the reach of censure or
applause. She at that time communicated her
prospect to some others of her sex, and made
efforts towards the promotion of an establish,
mentfor the reception of the class of orphans
above described ; but opt finding her philan-
thropic designs sufficiently encouraged, the
prospect was suspended, for a time.

The solicitude for the objects of her medit-
ated bounty, does not appear to have been re-
linquished. About the year 1820, she was
conversing with a female friend respecting the
probable issue of a disease which appeared to
hare fixed upon her frame, and which soon af-
terwards consigned her to the house appointed
for all living, when this subject was brought
into view. The friend expressing a belief,
that in case her own life was spared, the work
would be attempted, the former immediately
made a small appropriation to be applied in
aid of the institution, in case it should be for-
med within a limited time after her decease.

In the first .nonth of 1822; a more effectual
effort was made, to form an establishment foi
the "purpose originally contemplated. About
twentyt rfemale friends, hsving convened to
1o deliberate on the subject, agreed to attempt
an establishment, on a scale adapted to the
smallness of tlie number likely to be at first
entrusted to their care. Jlfeasures were adop
ted iu that and the succeeding month,£for the
regular organization of (he company ; for the
collection, of funds to meet the necessary dis-
bursements; for obtaining suitable persons to
take the immediate charge of the orphans ; and
for bringing within the reach of their bounty,
such children as were the proper objects of it.

The design was to accept of coloured or-
phans, between 18 months and 8 years of age;
to provide for their education and support dur-
ing their continuance in the shelter; and at
proper ages, to bind them out, with suitable
masters and mistresses, where they might
ceive the needful preparation to provide for
themselves. It was soon discovered that chil-
dren, of the description to be provided for,
were sometimes withheld from partaking of
their bounty, by the fears and jealousies of
connections. Those who were very ill quali-
fied to provide for the moral or physical wants
of their orphan relative*, were not always wil
ling to entrust their hopelsss charge to stran-
gers, whose motives of action they were unable
to appreciate. From this cause, combined
perhaps with some others,, tl/e association
were left to begin their operations with a soli-
iary incumbent.

A coloured man and his wife, of respectable
character, were engaged to take charge, under
the direction of a committee of the associa-
tion, of the orphans who might be admitted in.
to the shelter. The house in which they re-!
sided was fitted up for the' purpose, and fur-
nished with the heedful accommodations. The
first orphan was admitted into the shelter, on
the 7th of 8d month; 1822. But this incipient
institution was soon . deprived , of the services
of the matron whom they had engaged. Hum-
ble as was her station in life, and short the pe-
riod assignedto -her v 'serVices\in^'tLis;con^rii/

* The late AnnTsraalJ. :
- t That number has bees increased atseteri'
al times since the first meeting, and the asso-
ciation consists atpmm of about 85niember9

her sudden decease made a very^ienBihjte jm^tcourgings, which inflict wounds on the
pressionon the minds of her emjloyer|.
(heir notice ofS^^entJthcy haviglvti
ry short jut expressive testimony' 1

of Rosanna Jackson ,,. Qod „

concluded m our nex t. . ^ whose, feeling*,... unrefined by education
LETT EH S i j can better endure

From a MAN OF COLOUR, on a! late! "The prOud man's feontumely.

Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania. ] ? hc of office. and the, spurns,

; LETTER IV. ■ ■)• .| . That paUcnt merit of the unworthy takes.
I proceed again to the consideration df the ! The plodding ploughman and the mon-
bill of unalienable rights belonging to jblackarch, alike heave the sigh, and drop tlie
men, tlie passage of which will only tejnd to tear of, sorrow. The untutored savage
show, that the advocates of emancipation can , an d the man, whose feelings have, been
enact laws more degrading to the tree] man, ren d er ed acute by education, are alike
and more injurious to his feelings, than all the d ^ tQ ;imictioni But it ig in differ .

tyranny of slavery, or the shackles ot mfatua- ^ , '.u„.. > i „ „„„

ted despotism. And let me here remark, that. wit. degrees they feel ; and the sources of
this unfortunate race of humanity, although • &™ unhappiness are equally different,
protected by our laws, are already subject to j The vassal,, who turns tho layers of
the fury and caprice of a certain set of) men, I earth, at the approach of the. sun in spring,
who. regard neither humanity, law nor,|privi- 1 is taught to obey, and is submissive through
lege. They; are already considered, as ja dif- [ignorance ; he scatters the wholesome
ferent species, and little above the brute; crea- ■ see fo m the furrows, and sighs lest they
tion. They are thought to be objects fit for | shou i d fail t0 ve g Ctate but th j g partial sor-
nothmg else^ than lordly men to vent the jefter-, row . Momentary. It is not of that keen
vescence of their spleen upon, and to tyrannize „. > - u - . . ;„ A . - , „.„„ -, M
over, like the bearded Musselmaniver his , nat » re > wh, J h wisdom mdures when ,m-
horde of slaves. Nay, the Musselman, thinks i pudenoe and ignorance are combined and
more of his horse, than the generality otpeo- ! insult her. His mind knows no other
pie do of the despised black !— Are not men system of philosophy, than that which

of colour sufficiently degraded ? Wht then
increase their, degradation. It is a well k^iown
fact, that black people,, upon certain dap of
public jubilee, dare not to be seen after twelve
o'clock in the day, upon the field to enioy the
times ; for no sooner do the fumes of that po-
tent dovil, Liquor, mount into the brain,] than
the poor black is assailed like the destijoying
Hyena or the avaricious Wolf ! I allude par-
ticularly to the Fourth of July—Is it not' won-
derful, that the day set apart for the festival of
Liberty, should be abused by the advocd&sof
Freedom, in endeavouring to sully what they
profess to adore. If men, though they 5tnow
that the law protects all, will dare, in defiance
of law, to execute.fheir hatred upon the defen-
celess black, will they not by the passage of
this bill,believe him still moie a marx foij their
venom and spleen— Will they not believje him
completely deserted by authority, and subject
to every outrage brutality can inflict — top sure
ly they will, and the poor wretch will turin his
eyes arpund to look in vain for protection.
Pause, ye rulers of a free people, before you
give us over to despair and violation— we im-
plore you, for the sake of humanity, to sjriatch
us from the pinnacle of ruin, from, thatj gulf,
which will'swallow our rights, as fellow [crea-
tures-; our privileges, as citizens ; and bur
liberties, as men ! ! "

There are men among us of reputatiojn and
property, as good citizens as any .men can be,
and who, for their property, pay as heavy taxes
as any citizens are compelled to pay. All
taxes, except personal, fall upon them: and
still even they are not exempted from th is de-
grading bill. The villainous part of the com-
munity, of all colours, we wish to sec prnish-
ed^nd retrieved) as much as any peoph can.
Enact laws to punish them severely, but do
not let them operate against the innocent as
well as. the guilty. Can there be any gener-
osity in this ? Can there be any semblarce of
justice, or of that enlightened conduct which
is ever the boasted pole star of freedom I By
no means. This bill is nothing but the ignus
fatuus of mistaken policy.

I could write for ages on the subject c f this
unrighteous bill, hut as I think erough
has already fceen said, to convince every un-
prejudiced.mirtd, of its unjust, degrading,' un-
deserved tendency, . one more number shall
conclude the letters from

A MAN OF COLOUR.

Oh, TofroRAwcx.
Thou art fail'n manV best friend ! with thee
he speeds

In frigid apathy along his way^ •■■■<■ • -
And never does the tear of agony
Burn flown His scorching cheek, or the keen
"•' 'steel ''
Ofwonted feelings penetrate his breast.

Kirk White.
Speak not of Wisdom, says Reasor , for
how should! the ignorant accurately: d< eMe !
between her and Ignorance ! But thi ig-
norant are presumptuous and many ,w ords
are the offspring of ignorahpe. ' WWd )m*s
sources, are many ; and her outlets fe^ she
speaks few things, ihough conversant vritn
manyf The tongue, though little, is *
boaster, and from the mouth pro seed

teaches him the proper seasons for seed-
time, and all his faculties are employed in
developing the means most conducive to
increase his little stock of wordlf fortune.
His thoughts are occupied in anticipating
the result of the harvest ; he hopes for the
best, and is happy. Not so the monarch.
His happiness ia of a different nature, and
the sources of his sorrow innumerable.
Ambition and the grandeur attending up-
on opulence, lead to many paths, which
are iutricate, . as they ate decked with
thorns. If, by intervals, he enjoys a tran-
sient visit from serene and temporal hap-
piness, it is in the success with which his
ambition has been crowned. But ambi-
tion is an insatiate monster, and with what-
ever success it meets, it is still ambition
and its views being ambitious, it engenders
a restless discontent, which mars happi-
ness and is the mother of sorrow.

The savage heaves the sigh of sorrow —
( the Hottentot sheds the tear of affliction.
He is mortal, and the casualties of nature
also are at his door. That sentence pas-
sed upon man's disobedience visits his
race ; its mandates are unchangeable, and
are as rigidly inforced on him as upon the
most enlightened.

These are touching to humanity ; they
absorb the heart of man, however rude
may be its nature, or barbarous his state
of mind. But the . gem which has receiv-
ed the most finished polish, is the soonest
tarnished, as a rent is more readily made in
fabrics of the finest texture. That circum-
stance, which would rend the heart, which
has been refined and rendered actually
sensible by education, would fail to create
even a frown on the' brow of one less en-
lightened.

The affliction of the Hottentot is mo-
mentary ; for he knows not in what esti-
mation he is held, by those, who deem
themselves his superiors ; and thus, his
sorrows is as a midsummer's shower*- the
dark clouds of unhappiness being quickly
dispelled by contracted ignorance. But
net so he, the sensibility of whose heart
has its source in an enlightened and well-
informed mind. The.iirst impression^
which he received from education, ,was to
know himself. Reason j induced him to
compare his nature 1 with' others, aiid, as-
sured him they were ho better than he,
save in the idvantagles I deriv.ed from art, or
from those rules and regulations', which
had, their origin, either, ih the hearts of
the 'depraved; or^'eB^blished ' B^ - cruel cus-
tom.' He knows his superiprity even, oyer
many of those, who enjoying jhe privileges
of long established custbms, deem. :him
their inferior; ite TeelsJ/th'ait Tie^'is' '^lifFa-
ded j •' 'he. V|.t ' J<&$Moui,_'l t " is :: fbr t no crime
arid his soul' bows 'benealh unmerited ^con-
tempt:; ! Educatiqn^pQintS hihi ^o his r^hts,
at the same time; it mates him know the
want of tKetii' and bitterly jeellbis misfoif-
Jiiiio in being* prevented their enjoyrheiit.
The wants of the suvage are few and easi-

ly supplied- Ignorance requires but few
and simple things. But the* informed ri>ind
needs ^aSy, and tKeHitia^y ^ahts ot>iiim
that is.eniii^htejjued, cfiily iwrve^.as ray^fto
illumine the rugged path through which
he must pass ere he obtains little. That
constrained politeness which to the igno-
rant, is received with satisfaction, is to
the wefi-in formed even more poignant,
than distant contempt, for education gives
birth to self-respect and . observation h her
progeny. Thus the man of letters, wheth-
er black or white, too often discovers dis-
respect in too much familiarity, as in ab-
rupt language, and., again his soul bends
beneath that scourge, to which ignorance is
ever a stranger. G.

At a special ordination, held on Saturday,
the 16th of February, in Christ Church, Hart-
ford, Jacob Osoh, a coloured man; who has
been pr*p»ring under the direction of the Rev. .
Mc. Croswel I of New-Haven, to enter into
the service of the Domestic and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of our Church,- at Liberia,
wus admitted, by. the Ht. Rev. Bishop
Brownell, to the holy order of -Deacons.. The
morning service was read by the Rev. Profes-
sor Humphreys of Washington College, and .
the candidate was presented, and an apprapri-
ate address delivered, by the Rev. Nathan-
iel 8. Wheaton, Rector of Christ Church. —
On Sunday, the 17th, the same person was
admitted, by the same authority, to the holy
order of- Priests. Morning service by the Rev.
Professor Humphreys, the candidate presented
by the Rev. Mv Wheaton, and the Missionary
3ermon — from CoIIosssansiv. 17, Take heed, to
the ministry which thou hast received in ' the
Lord) that thou fulfil t'<— by the Bishop. We
regret to have been absent on this occasion,
but learn that all the services were highly im-
pressive. From the deep feeling with which a
crowded audience was pervaded, and from
the interest subsequently excited, we are led
to hope, that by the blessing of God, this may •
prove the beginning of better things in our
Church. Most: earnestly do we pray that she
may be filled With an overflowing of that
Missionary spirit, with which her divine Foun-
der animated the hearts of her first Bishops
and pastors, men who hazarded their live? for
the Lord Jesv* Cfo-ist. "Stewards of God
awake !" .

In the afterr;oon,a discourse in favor of Mis-
sions was delivered by the Rector of the Pa-
rish ; and fifty dollars were collected for the
personal use. of the Missionary, . in procuring
him an outfit. His zealous exhortations in the
evening, to the African congregation in the
city, afforded a gratifying proof, that the Com-
mittee of the Society have not made choice o**
an unworthy labou rer to send into that intei-
esting portion of the vineyard to'which he is
destined. We could add other particulars,
tending so show our c orifidence that he will
be found faithful ; but we shall do him, and
the cause in which he is embarked, a more es-
sential service bv asking for both, the prayers
of all who love; the Lord Jesus.- Watchmani.

"•Ah, let us be KEEN, let.cut a little ;

These locks are precious curls."

We last week copied from the Montpe-
Jier Patriot, a notice of a 'foolish adventure'
of a couple of sportsmen in- Barre; who
shot apples from each others heads ■: and
fopjish enough it appears in the seqUejl. . It
seems the young blades, in the. ardour of
pursuit after fame, did not .forget that 'the
better part of valor; is discretion,', for that
terrifying exposure which ; prompted the
kindly interference of gentlemen present,
proves to have consisted in , nothing more
or less, that each in turn squat beneath a
potash kettje, with a bole broken in its bo-
torn, through ( which was protruded an ap-
ple placed on, .the heads of the valiant
knights, who, thus esconced . put out
the fame of T JRLLV In ( tlus perilous situ-
ation, ' like Patience under a nut+shell grin-
ning, in security,' qur heroes bravely squat
outjsome half a , dozen fires; before the 'ape.,
pie, was W_ handsomely cut,' which poured'
out its finie-anointing jujice onithe conse- .
crated ^hair of the head, 1 monument of
the deed immortal ! What wonder that'th©
gentlemen witnesses had the satisfaction,
after attempting to stop the parties, to 'seb
them crawl out from under the potash ket-
tle' in 1 safety. Ambition need ^ np ton|^r
eswy tb\ 'climb the steep ffere Faine's
bright temple shines .afar/ / The goddess
will hereafter ihold her court beneath a pot-
ash kettle, where all true worjjhippeje^will
resort ,—<Vcrmmt Advocate,

FR&EDOtf'S JOURNAL.

NEW- YORK, MARCH 14, 1923.

From the Pennsylvania Gazette.
Jtligh Life below Stairs. -Black Ball

A joke of no ordinary magnitude was enac-
ted last night, by getting up a Coloured Fancy
Ball, at the Assembly Room, in Fourth-street.
At an early hour, carriages, in considerable
numbers, arrived, with ladies and gentlemen of
colour, dressed in character," in the most
grotesque style, Grandees, Princesses, Shop-'
herctesses, and so on. This excited the attend
tion of boys and idlers, collected upon the
spot, who, from mirth proceeded to mischief.
All manner of noises vveremadp; horses were
frightened, and some ofihe ladies insulted,and
their dresses torn. The mob at length be-
came unruly ? carriages were driven from the
stand, and many of the fair visiters were com-
pelled to return without alighting from their
carriages..

It is- worthy of remark, that many of the
coaches containing these sable divinities, were
attended by white coachmen and white footmen
It is indeed high time that some serious atten-
tion was paid to the conduct and pursuits of
the class of persons alluded to, and it may be
well to inquire, if matters progress at this rate
how long it will be before masters and ser-
vants change places.

We present our readers with the foregoing
lines from the Pennsylvania Gazette of the
G9th ult. We are really sorry that the fan-
ciful ideas of the Editors should lead them to
deviate so far from facts. The fancies of
men's brains may do well enough to speculate
and build innocent theories upon, but when
they go, directly or indirectly, to create and
excite prejudices (already great) against the
standing of a respectable part of the commu-
nity; it then becomes the imperious duty of
all unprejudiced and liberal minded persons
to lay a plain statement of facts before the
public.

To all unto whom we are strangers, it may
be necessary to premise, (how strange soever
tfte fact,) that we are not,and have never been
advocates for Balls, plain or " fancy" among
''the ladies and gentlemen of Colour." Pledg-
ing ourselves then, for the truth of the follow-
ing, we boldly assert the whole of the above
to have been published from the meanest mo-
tives— unworthy of " gentlemen" of the least
generosity and feeling. For admitting for ar-
that a "Fancy Ball did actually
take place, and that all things were as stated,
mght twenty thousand innocent persons to be
held up to public contempt, condemned unheard,
for the folly of one or two hundred young per-
wis who saw proper to amuse themselves vith
.dancing forihe evening 7

Arriving in Philadelphia on the day after
the Ball, and perusing the above statement in
the ' Pennsylvania Gazette,' we were naturally
h<i to make strict enquiries, with « determin-
ation, that if matters were not as stated in that
paper to publish a refutation immediately on
our return. From the information which we
have received therefore on the subject, we hes-
itate notm asserting/'tbat the idea of a ' Fan-
cy Ball, never entered into the minds of any
of the company assembled ; and from what
quarter the erudite Editors of the Pennsylva-
nia Gazette derived their lenowl edge " of la-
dies and gentlemen of Colour, being present,
dressed "in character" "in the most grotesque
style as Grandees, Princesses; Shepherdesses,
and so on-" we know not; except from the ima-
ginary /anete* of their own " buttered brains."

We do not deny that a plain, subscription 5
Ball tookplace at the Assembly j&oom in Soutb-
street ; buf we have unable to learn that any
pari of the disturbance, which happened at
the door, could be attributed^© the company.
If carriages were driven from the stand, and
many of the ** fair visitors" compelled tb re-
turn without alighting who Were 1 in fault ? Was
it not the duty of every good citizen to see
that the peace was kept even 'to wains' our bre-
thren f Was tt not likewise his &Uy to order

home his disobedient son or wi rd; and instead
of calmly looking on, to use eyei ysndeavdur to
disperse the unruly throng ;?' If some 'were
thrown into the gutter, and oticrs nad ;th*ir
head dresses and dresses torn,* ho. was blame-
able ? The noisy mob, or tW.&i dent and repu-
table persons who composed Jie assembly

We assure the public that not one of the
" fair visitors" of Messrs. Geo. Taylor & Go's
imagination, appeared in any" 'dress whieh
could with propriety be termed a ' Fancy' one
on that evening. The Manag* r was the, only
person who in any manner could be. considered
in " fancy dress," (being in uniform .merely as
a mark of distinction,) but that redid not view
it in that light, is manifest from his changing
it to dance at the request of several vshile gen-
tlemen who were present as sp ictators. We
see no reason why so much circ llation should
be given to the. follies of our people, while ma- j
ny things to the discredit of other members of
society are studiously kept .out of view. From
a Vriend, in whose: word . we ha^e iinp\cit be-
lief, we learn, that at a Ball given by persons
who were not coloured that same evening, in
the said city of Philadelphia, the company
commenced quarrelling and fighting, and one
or more broken heads were the result of their
broil. But how comes it that the ever watchful
and overscrupulous Editors of he Pennsylva-
nia Gazette, are silent on the subject — tohy
tlieywere not coloured people, an i are therefore
unworthy even of a passing notice. ■

The obloquy and contempjt which have
heretofore been heaped upon i%, as a body,
for our much and continual daijcing, will, we.
hope, cause many who are persons of reflec-
tion, to think some upon the propriety of spend-
ing so many valuable hours in tbjis amusement.
While we are no advocates for dancing, we do
not consider it criminal to indulge in it, occa-
sionally, once or twice a year. Dancing may
be considered an art of great antiquity. It is
viewed as apart of religious worship by the
industrious Shakers ; in the same light, it was
used by the more polished aatio is of antiquity.
The Apostate Israelites dancec around their
Golden Calf; King David affected with the
most lively joy at the .return of he sacred Ark
from captivity, danced before it. Great cau-
tion and self-denial should hovever be prac-
tised by all the lovers of this Urt, as many
amusements, which, Iphen! properly conducted,
might be made conducive to the! happiness and
hilarity of this life, are by an abuse of them,
the sources of much misery, not only to our-
selves, but also to all with w^om we stand
connected. In pur humble opinion the mania
which many have for dancing, iia sure indica-
tion, in most cases, ofi a mind uncultivated and
unaccustomed to reflection. j

We confess, that we have been much tried,
during the past winter,' upon hearing the daily
accounts of balls, cotillion pairties, &c. in
which many of our respflctible. coloured
friends have seen proper to mdi tlge in this our
city of New- York. Were a fei r moments de-
voted to counting the cost, waste of time and
injury to health, many who are sow great ad-
mirers of Balls, &c. would in t notber winter,
we believe, be convinced that all this waste
of time, and hcalta, and money, is highly
impolitic, and might easily be dispensed with ;
and in the stead thereof, be Willi igarid anxious
to devote, their, leisure hours to the more im-
portant subject of self-cifltiratib j, in the more
solid branches of eduda.tidn.

" Trutb, though son dimes clad

In painful lustre; yet is a| way » welcome,;

Dear as the light that shows tl e lurking rock;

'Tis the fair star that ne'er ir to the main

Descending, leads us safely through stoi my

life." V ; .:' ' ., • :. ;t

TO THE! CHRISTIAN
A PoiCait ofthe htte 1 JEREjjflAH
CESTER, of Philaiiejphia
cond African Pres%teriai» Chij-ch
ty, haying been ta&en a short

PUBLIC

GLOU-
; of the Se
in said ci-
previous tp

tine

his death, by Or, Lawrence, a celebrated Por- [ Fatal accident — At Varenne»,on Tfeyr*
trait Painter^m that place, ithas been iritima-j day last, ajnan \C)&ffi t : ; MjM*
ted to his'fatnily, by, some of Wfriends that if i oiling ^^^^i^Ki^xtMm,
an engraving simUar in size (* that published n ™ Tib ? the the milL. was

ofhis^

ceased, was made and printed from the Por- j ^ hea(J Q * tbe floor The wfatfam
ttiiit, that it . would meet with a ready saje and » man wa8 taken ^ dead . With his skull
the proceeds might be such as torender some .: fractured in a shocking manner. He b&e
assistance to bis widow and children. ' left a wife and four children to lament his

Under this impression his brother is desirous . untimely end.

to have the engraving made ; and the. proceeds

• ■ j . , . j • n ~ . ■ , i Distressing. — The. wife and -five children
apphed as above stated, ^uffic.ent sub W ip- ol . Mf ^ ^ rosiM ^ n the shorc

turn can be obtained,T-The price will be one '

dollar on delivery. The likeness is skid to be
excellent. j ' .

STEPHEN H. GLOUCESTER.
For the information of all friends 'of the d Cr
ceased and family, we beg leave to state, that
Mr. Fubbord, the Agent, to procure subscri-
bers for the engraving is now in this city, and
in a few days will eall upon many of our friends
for their subscriptions. The Agent can be
seen at Mr. Wiles' Boarding House, No. 152
Church-rstreet. — Ed.

Neto Coloured Church— From our friend
Mr. Reyniond,we learn that our Coloured
brethren in Salem, Mass. are proceeding
with a praiseworthy spirit in the erection
of a house of Worship ; having erected
the frame and covered it some time since.

Ncio Organ.--' -The Congregation of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Tbo-
mas, Philadelphia, (Coloured) have lately
purchased a neat and elegant Organ ' for
the use of the said Church.

Fire — On Wednesday evening last, be-
tween the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, a fire
broke out in New-street, a few doors from
the corner of Beaver, in the house occupi-
ed by Messrs. Conklin and Franklin, as a
workshop in the upper part, and below as
a blacksmith's shop, which was entirely
destroyed; together with the three adjoin-
ing buildings, three* stables on the oppo-
site side, and Several small buildings in
the rear ofBeaver-street.

i^Vfi— The United States (Phil.) Ga-
zette says, that a fire brpke out .. on Satur-
day evening in. the Tract .Society's De-
pository, but by timely discovery and great
exertion it was extinguished' without much
damage.

A man in Georgia recently drank a
quart of raw whiskey,and died shortlyafter.
The Coroner's jury returned a more sen-
sible yirdict than is usually given by such
iuries, viz. u premeditated death by Whis-
key." ■, •

On Monday last week, the cashier of
the Worcester pank, entrusted , to bne
Furnad, the -driver of one of the accom-
modation Stages,' a package of money
containing abbu^ $jJOOO^:to. be deliver-;
;ed to a gentleman in Boston. • Oe.Jjis ar-
rival in Boston, the driver, upon some pre:':
tehee, immediately settled with his »m«
ployers, left their servicej and as it after-
wards appeared, absconded with the raottt
ey. The frand was discovered on:Wedn$»»;
day. He was pursaed and on Friday. -Was
apprehended in the interior of Neiw-Hamp-
shire, and the money recovered.

Wor. Yeoman,

of Lake Erie at the mouth of Otter Creek,
were lost on the evening of the 5l7lh nU.
in consequence of the freshet- Mr. C Was
absent; his wife and two chiwrcn were
drowned in the house, and three of the
children froze to deatjh after leaving it. The '
only person who Escaped was a youltg
woman. The mother, after leaving the
house, returned to save the two children
left behind, and perished with theai.

Acquaintance Table. — The following
clever statistics we find in an old Maga-
zine of many years antiquity, but the nu-
merical statements apply as well now as
then. -

2 Glances make 1 Bo\? .

Bows make 1 How dye do.

G How d'ye do's make 1 Conversation.

Conversations make 1 Acquaintance

Fire.— The grist, clover and saw mills,
with 100Q bushels of grain and 60 bushel*
of clover seed,the property of George Hoff-
man, were lately destroyed by fire in Chcs*
ter county, Pennsylvania. The dwelling
house of Mr. Hoftman, also in Coventrf ,
towmship was destroyed by fire.

Whipping. — The Legislature of Ohio
have bad before them, again, the question
of incorporating the punishment of whip-
ping into their penal laws. It was postpon-
ed,, after debate, to the first Monday in.
Ddcember next — yeas 36, — nays 34.

Bachelors. --In the Telegraph priiitfe ^
at Cadiz,. Ohio, a meeting of Bachelor*
was called on the 22d inst. The notice was
for "a special meeting of the male, inhabit- *
auts over the age of twenty-three, who have
hitherto strictly obeyed 'the precepts of thefe
beloved founder, St. Paul."

The Somerset Journal mentions the com*
nailtal to person in Norridgwock, of Ade *
line Joy, a girl 14 year* ©Id, a pauper, fat
murdering a child t pf Mr^ ; . Andrew Lovcll,
in Starks, 3 years e|d, /She was left in care
of the child, while th^-parents and all the
others were from home; she attributed the
murder to an old man, a stranger to her;
but she was suspected at the time, and hat
recently confessed thaVsIw killed the child
by a bl ow wjfrh aq ? xe< ,

Fatal affair— A reconS*' "toiA place at
Little Rock Arkansas; itf the printing
office of Mr. Woodruff, iii which John
F. Garrelt lost bit . lift.,. It appear* that
Garret had repeatediy'threatened tbe life of
tiol C. Ashley, armed himself whh
a'cowhide and lomde^ pistols. He fired hit
pistol* at Avowing to Woodntf* in-
terfeirence, the, baljDi were lodged inrortlie
wall. Ashley also :fired his piiitol itt Al.
but yet it is not' «i\*ih that A'* pistol wn
the one which 'gave nit deirtfcw«t»»d. In,
the conflict, W. received a ^lltbrMgh th>
fleshy part of the arm. / ."■

Earthquake— k terrible Earthquake
took place in Popayan, in the Republic
of Co^mbiaij on ithe,i6th o;f, Noyer^herJ
which continued for several days. Nearly
every, building^ in a whole district, Wjis
rebiiered . unhabitableT--t^e riter*, wa* r <jljp-
Med "np andf'^^'.^eir: tbe vaIIiea»formink
riast laket and covering several tp^rnsj tev
era! hundred ^'r80Dt : 1^8t Ujieir jives.

• . &tiaw Papieri—Sp^imens of paper
made from ttraw, ii Cat. Ma^awV'mill,;
Bear Meadville, Pa. have been shown ar>
H^rfgDurg. The paper is somewhat rouih
brit can be written on withbot' sizeiog ' s
will probably malfti* ^ 9

f wrapfirigr paper.

mm.

In this city,* . ori Ttiesday last, Jiff*
CraBong Lewis, ^ed 6l;yea'rs.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
JR. in our nezt—Lipet frm ^rtnetten,
ias soon as^ovr limi?'wUl''i&o»; ■■ '11% «c-
khotvkdgi ikc rctiffion ^ of
Sttduf s ^W^rk^on Slavery, from J Ifr.Xt-
i>0t. Harmon of Philadelphia. The donor
mour th^s. : ':^^'' : ^ ^ r O---

fart of Hot$n|iq. 15

icw-Ydrk; Marcb W; ifijS.

202

POETRY.

For the Freedom's Journal.
TQ S. L.F.
raaewell! my deartfiendMt'I leave you with
sorrow,

And regret pains my breast that we ever must
part ;

For in youth Ilook'd forward with hope to the
morrow,

T-hat should give and bind to me a soul with-
out art. - > .

I^found thee congenial,myhearthail'd the trea
sure,

That would solace its griefs in its woes ever
share,

That would still be the same, in the bowers of
pleasure,

'Mid the dark scenes of life,as its brightest and
fair.

How hard then to pa*t with the boon of kind
Heaven,

Be remov'd far away from the friend we hold
dear ;

And to feel, and to know, that perhaps it is
given ;

No more to eDjoy this communion sincere

Adieu ! but I'll think of you oft with emotion,
While musing at eve as the moon sweetly
gleams ;

And the hour, and the scene shall awake such
devotion,

As erst when we rbv'd by its silvery beams.

ARION.

£For the Freedom's Journal ]
THE TEARS OF A SLAVE.
Adieu, to my dear native shore,
To toss on the boisterous wave ;
To enjoy my kindred no more,
But to weep— the tears of a SLAVE !

~B y the sons of freemen I'm borne,
To a land of the freeand the brave ;
From my wife and children I'm torn,
To weep—the sad tears of a SLAVE !

When, I think on mother and' friends,
And the joy their countenance gave ;
Ah ! how my sad bosom it rends,'
Whifo weeping-r-the tears of a SLAVE !

Ah ! now, I must labour for gold.
To pamper the pride of a knave ;
Ah ! now, I am shackled and sold
To weep— the sad tears of a SLAVE \

Keen sorrow so presses my heart,
, That often I sigh formy^rave ; .
While feeling the'lash -cruel smart!
And weeding— the tears of AVE !

Ye sons, of the free - and the wise,
Your tender compassion I crave ;.
Alas! can your bosoms despise ?
The pitiful tears of a SLAVE !

Can a land of Christians ; so.;pure J
Let demons of slavery rave !
Can the angel of mercy endure,
The pitiless— tears of a SL AVE »

Just Heaven, to thee I appeal ;

Hast tiiiou not the power to save ?

In mercy thy power reveal,

And dry— -the sad tears of a S LAVE. ' ....

. AFRICUS.

CONUNDRUMS, , .

Why is a man about to put his . father in a
sack, like a traveller oB;hls'w?y to a, city in
Asia ?— Because lU ij$ %o\R^jo p(ig Bad.

What are the iieiVs^es 'for. wet weather ?:
Tptimps.

; * ptfGLISH GRAMMAR.

MR., GOLD, late of Co^npc^uLtakes
this method of informing the coloured i opula-
tion of this city, that lid teaches English Gra m-
mar, upon a, njefr and improved plan; by which
a pupil of ordinary capacity, may obtain] a cor-
rect knowledge of the principles of tl En?
glish language; by attending to the study there
of two hours in a day in si* weeks. He would
be willing to teach a class df coloured persons,
either in the day Or in the evening (as may suit
their convenience;) and, his terms will be
such, that no one desirous; to learn will have
cause to be dissatisfied witb them. '*"

' Persons wishing to avail themselves of this
opportunity , of learning Engli&hGramni ar will
please to call , upon the Rev. B. Paul, No. 6
York-street, or the Rev. P. . William's 68,
Crosby -street, with whom also the mimes of
those who determine upon becoming pi pils of
Mr.Gold; will be left. Nov. 16, 1827.

NOTICE.

THE « AFRICAN MUTUAL IN
TRUCTION SOCIETY, tor ^instruction
of coloured; Adults, of both Sexes," have re-
opened their SCHQOL on Monday Evening
October 1st, at their former School Room, un-
der the Mariner's Church, in Rooseveltjstreet.
The School will be open on every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at half
past 6 o'clock. j

Those desirous of receiving instruction, will
be taught to Read, Write and Cypher J until
the first of April, 1828, for the small sjim of
one dollar, to be paid on entering the school.

An early application is requested, as there
will be no allowance made for past time
Aaron Wood, James Myubs,

Wilijam P. Johnson, Arnold Eizie
E. M. Africanus, Henry Kfau,

Trustees.

RESPECTFULLY informs his Friend*, ami
the Public generally, that his HOUSE No.
152 Church-street, is still open for the accom-
modation* of genteel persons of colourj with

BOARDING AND LODGING.

Grateful for past favours, he solicits
continuance of- the same. His house is| in a
healthy and pleasant part of the city; ajid no
pains or expense will be spared on hia! par-
te render the situation of 'those, who honour
him with their patronage, as comfortable as
possible. i
New -York, Sept. 1827. 26—Sm

(Coloured Men.)

In Forest-street, Baltimore, Manufacture all
kinds of Smoking and Chewing TOBACCO,
Scotch, Rappee, and Maccabau SNUFF,
Spanish, Half Spanish, and American SE-
GARS.

N. B. The above gentlemen have sent me
large Box of their TOBACCO for sale and
should; the experiment succeed, they, cas sup
ply any quantity of all the articles.

SAMUEL E. CORNISH

the

ADAM STJ^'SB

CABINET MAKER

Would acquaint his Friends and
Public^that he has taken the House 166
Duane Street ; where all orders in his ine
of Business, will be thankfully received
and punctually attended to. ;• Also, j old
Furniture repaired at the shortest notice
and on the most reasonable terms. j

flJ^N.'B. fOFFINS made to ordei; at
a few hours notice, as low priced as carl be
made in the City . ' Feb. 29. *3t

Economy is the Road
to wealth— And a
penny saved is a
good, as tivo pennys
earned. Then call
at the United States
Cloth e s Pressing
Establishment]

ZJLUtZ CHJSEE*,

Who has removed from 41 1 to 422 Broadway,
and continues as usual to carry-on the Clothes
Dressing incorrect "-and systimatical style; ha-g
ing perfect knowledge of the business, l.avinv
been legally bred *o it, his mode of cleaning
and Dressing Co^ s. Pantaloons, Sic. is by
Steam Spom;jno, which is the only correct
system of Cleanino, which he A\ill warranted
extract all kinds of Stains, GitEASE-9|'0t*. ;
Tar, Paint &e. or no pay will be taken.

N B The public are cautioned aganst the.
imposture of those wlio attempt the Dresing
of clothes, by STEAM SPONGING, who
are totally unacquainted with . ihe business as
there are many Establishments which have,
recently been opened in this city.
, All kinds of Tailoring Work done at

the above place.

All clothes left to be cleaned or repaired
will be good for one year and on 3 day — if not
claimed in that time, they will be sold at pub
lie auction.

THE subscriber is authorised to offer to his
coloured brethren, TWO THOUSAND
Acres of excellent LAND, at less than one
half its value, provided they will take meas-
ures to settle, or. h;ive ii settled, by coloured
farmers, The land is in the state of New-
York, within 70 mi'es of the city ; its location
is delightful, being on 'the bnnks of the Dela-
ware river, with an open navigation to the city
of Philadelphia. The Canal leading from ilc
Delaware to the Hudson river, passes through
the tract, opening ,a direct navigation to New
York city. The passage to either cily m;r
be made in one day or less. The land is of
the best quality, and well timbered.

The' subscriber hopes that some of . hi<
brethren, who are capitalists, will at Ieast„ in-
vest 500 or 1,000 dollars, in these lands. To
such be will take the liberty to say, this land
can be purchased for 5 dollars .th* acre, (by
coloured men,) though it has been selling for
25 dollars.' He also takes the liberty to ob-
serve that: the purchase will be safe and ad-
vantageous, and he thinks such a settlement,
formed by coloured families, would be condu-
cive of much good. With this object in view
he will invest 500 dollars in the purchase.

SAMUEL E, CORNISH.

New-: York, March<20.

A r . B, Communications on the subject, post
paid, will be received and attended to.

RICHARD JOHNSON, respectful-
ly informs his friends' ; arid the public gen-
erally/ that he intends to' open a Board Ing
House on' ihe first day pf'j'.M/ay next, tor
the accommodtLtion bfgenteelgentleiheit of
Colour, at No 1 ^ Sullivan-Street: ' ; V-

R. 5: assures his Friends and those who
may favour ^irW with ^ their pattoriage/t lat
no pains will . tje, spared on his Vpart in r< af-
derihg thei?sit^fttion,as ^, comfortable, as p
eible. ] ..... < - ; ' . ,>•••; ,-.

Gentilemea ; to .eagag^ boardi for

the. above,
call at No;_ ...
New-York Feb'. 36.

rneni-ioned time/: will please

NO VICE

AN EVENING SCHOOL for persons of
Colour, will be opened on the 15th of October
next in the African School Room in Mulberry
street; where will be taught .
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY,
&c. 'Tekms.— Three Dollars per quarter
payable in advance. Hours from 6 to half-
past S o'clock. Sept. .18. - 28

AFUl AN

NOTICE* -Parent and Guardians of

Coloured Chidren, are hereby informed, that a
M,ale an<i Female School has long been estab-
lished, for eo loured children, by the Manumis-
; sion Society of this city— where the pupils re-
ceive such an education as is calculated to fit
1 them for usefulness and respectability. The
male school is situated in Mulberry-«treet,near
Grand-street, and the female school in William
street, near Duane street ;\both wrier the
management of experienced teachers. The
Boys are taught. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic,
Geography and Engish Grammar—and the
Girls, in addition to those branches, are taught
Sewing, Marking, and Knitting, &c. °

TERMS OF ADMISSION

Pupils of 5 to fifteen years of age are admitted
by the Teachers at the Schools, at . the rate of
fwehty-iive cents to one dollar per quarter, ac-
cording to the circumstances of th« parents •
and the children of such as cannot afford to pay
any thing are admitted free of expense, and en-
joy the same: advantages as those who pay.

Each school is visited weekly by a commit-
tee of the trustees, in addition to wbicha com-
mittee of Ladies pay regular visits to the *V
male school. Care is taken to impart moral
instruction, and such have been the happy ef-
fects of the system pursued in these schools,
have although several thousand have been
ui ughl in (hem .since their establishment (now
more than thirty yeahs) there has never >een
an instance known Co the trustees where a pupil
having received a regular education has been
convicted of any crime in our Courts of Justice^
By order of (he Board of Trustees.

PETER S. TITUS;
RICHARD FIELDv.
Jan 1Q, 1S28. ' '

THE FREEDOM'S loURNAL^
Is published every FRIDAY, at No. 152
Church-street, ' New- York.
The price is Thhke Doi-lars a Year, pay
able hall yearly in advance. If paid at the
time of subscribing, 82 50 will be received

Ce3~ No subscription will be received for a
less term tlmn one year.

Agents who procure and pay for five sub
scribers, are eniitled to a sisih copy gralisjor
one year.

No paper discontinued until all arrearages
are paid, except at, the discretion of the Editor-
All Communications, (except those of
Agents) must be post paid.

RATES OF ADVERTISING.
For over 1 2 lines, and not exceeding

22, 1st insertion, - - - 75cls.
" Each repetition of do. - - 38
" 12 lines; or under. 1st insertion, 50
" Each repetition of do. '' - - 25
Proportional price for advertisements,
which exceed 22 lines.

N. B. 15 per cent deduction for persons ad-
vertising by the year ; 12 for 6 months; and
6 for 3 months.

.¥«■ P.; JQHlf §01T S

No. 551 . Pearl-street, near Broadway, keeps
constantly on hand, an assortment of
BOOTS & SHOES,
Also, a Superior Quality of • iquid Hlacking,
free from t^e use of Vitriol* of his own manu-
facture, all which be will sell cheap for cash. .
7 Boots and Shoes made to order', and repair-
ed on the most' reasonable terms]
New-York, ; !Jan;-25 : : !

S chool for Coloured Children of both Sexes..
Under. St. PhiHp's. Church, is now.ready for
the admission of Pupils.

In this school will be taught READING.
WRITING, ARITHMETIC,
ENGUSH) ORAMMAlil, » GEOGRAPHY
with the use of JMaps and Globes, and History,
.V. Terms from two to four dollars per quarter.
' : Reference.— Rev. Messrs. P. Williams, S
E. Cornish, B. Paul and W. Miller.

New-YorkTMarch 14.;-/./ - i

JOB andFANCV Printing; nfeatly eie-
ctited at this Office.

AUTHORISED AGENTS.
Rev. S. F.. CoitwisH, General Agent.
Maine — C. Stockbridge, Etq. North Yar-
mouth. Reuben Ruby, Portland, Me.
•Massachusetts — Mr. David Walker, Bos-
ton; Rtv. Thomas Paul, do.—-Mr.
John Remand, Salem.
Connecticut — Mr: John Shields, Nuo-Ho

ven, Isaac Giasko, Norwich -
Rhode-Island- — Mr. George C. Willis,

Providence.
Pennsylvania.— ?ilfr. Francis. Webb, Phil-
adelphia ; Stephen Smith, Columbia ;
J. B. Vashon, Carlisle.
Maryland.— -Mr: Hezckiah Grice, Balti-
more.

District of Columbia.~iH/"r. J W. Pmt,
Washington ; Thomas Braddock, ■ Al-
exandria.

New- York .--Rev. Nathaniel Paul, Alba-
ny; R. P.G, Wright, Schenectady t Au-,
stin Stetvard, , Rochester ; Rev..- W. P.
Williams, Flushing; George De Grass,
Brooklyn, L. ' I . ; Frederick Holland,
Buffalo. - : ■ " V"

NStersey.^The'ddorc Si Wright, 'Print**
ton ■> James'- Cl Cowes, N^Brimsufick;
Mr. B - F. Hughes, Newark; Lew
ard $mtt, Tfrentm* >•■ v > : ,

Virgini^rrtil-K . ,p. .Baptist,, Fredericks-
burgh Josepli, Shepherd,, jRichmond, .

North-Carolina.— &*A Henshtyi P,>vM»
tfew-Salem ; JohnQ StWeif , Neuber)t; :

Engi^id.— Samuel Tfoihas, Liverpool
Havti— W. M. Gardiner, Port'cm-Prlncc.

AFRICAN ■

. KOriCE.^^Jt'arentg and, Guardians ojf
Coloured Chidreri, are hereby ihformeaYthaf a
Male and Female School has" long Beeh eStabi-
listed- for coloured <^hildreni by- the 'Manumit
sion Society of this ciiy—wMere the pupils re-
ceive such an education as is. calculated tp, fit
them for usefulness ami respectability. The
aaale school is situated in Mulberi y-street,ne 1 aV
tSrand^streeti and the female school in Williaiti
street, near Duaner street ;.both uuder the
management of. experienced 'teachers. '.. The
Boys are taught Reading, Wrfcinir, Arithmetic",
Geography and' Engisli ..' Gramrndr— and the
Girfs, in i Addition : to those branches, are taught
Sewing," Marking, and iKriitting,- &c;.

TERMS OF ADMISSION.

Pupils of p to fifteehsyears of age are admitted
by the Teachers $ the Schools, a t the rate of
twenty-five cents! to onejellar per quarter, ac-f
cording to -the circu thstunces; pi* the parents ] ;
and the childreaof such* a| cannot afford to pay:'
any thing are' admitted free of expense, aii'd en-
joy the same advantages as those who pay.

Each school is visited weekly by/a i- commit*
iee of;j|ji^^tAes, in addition to ,..wbicb.k. cdm-
.mittfte^pl^S^pky regular visits to the Fe-
male school; pare is % taken to impart moral
instruij^on, an« such hatfc been the happy ef-
fects oi the system pursued, in these schools
have although several thousand have been
taught in them since their establishment (no ty
onore than thirty years) there has never been
an instance known to the trustees where a pupil
having received a regular education has been
convicted of any crime in oorCoit; oi - justice.
By order of the Board of ; Trustees. ;

PETER S. TITUS,
RICHAKD FIELD.

„naJ 10, 1928.

you

UAW FOfc/SAtjE,, /.

Acr63 yj

half iits^u'el'^iWvid'e^tHey'iWll "'teke' 4l nfe : as-
«tes r td'ieftfe5 of have 5 it iettfed^ by cdlbht'ed
fatmersJ "Tdie land is Hi Hlltf -state' 1 oP'New'-
^drk, within -70 mit&? Oihhe city b its I'o&rtfori
is delightful, being on the banks jof the: Dela-
ware (river,- with an 4>pen navigation to the city
of Philadelphia^ , il'heX 1 anaHeat&rigfrom 'the
tyelaWarerip v the Hudsojid'iy ej',ipa^sej»; through
thej ttiict, ppeiritjg i: a djflect ,na>figatipjh jto, New-
York .city.., v ^|e , ; j)H c ssage to ^U|je^c,ity, ( in,ay
pc made i^ pne day m. Jess. The .land is of
'the bes't''qu'aIilVj. and* well.. timbered;' 1 ' .

'T\v suuvrib-r 'hope's that Mine of his
brethVehVwho^

Vest >6ti0 1,000' dollar^ father mtiftsi 1 * To
such he will tal^e'the' liberty to say, this land
can ;hs purchased for. 5) doJlars 't^iacrey;:(by
coloured :men,) thought it lias >beeni selling; for
25 ; dpliiars*. He,'a|lsP 'takes the libfey to pb?
se.r-ye j,tia,t.the jp^Tchase , will be ; s#je anfi ; -,jidr
^ani9geou?.,iaa4^e ( tiunJi9? such •.^fe^ttienjent,
formed.by cpJp.ui^d/a^iiHeRV wouM^.e copdur
cive oYlmucn good.' '.' witH this' objicjt In vie\f
he will invest 5^0 dbll^'lh 'th^purjehase). '

SAMUED E; CORNISH.
•Newi-York, March-20. ■ •■ • j •;<■''
N. II. Communications on the" 'subject, post
paid, whT be received tond attended^ toi; • *
" \;r.

Economy is the Road
to wealth— -And a
penny saved' is a
good as two pennys
earned. . Then call
at the United States
Clothes Dressing;
Establishment, .

JAMES ©ILSaE^i

-Who has removed from 41 L to 4*2% Broadway,
and continues as usual "tp. parry on the Clothes
Dressing in correct and syslimatical style; hav- (
ing perfect knowledge of the business, having-
been legally brecTtp it,. his mode, of cleaning:
and 'Dressing Coats, Pantaloons^ istc. is byi
Steam Spon&jng, which is the only" correct
system of Cleaning, which he' will iwarf ^anted
extract' all, kinds of Stains, GajEASET?;*otb'.
Tar, ^Paint 8te: or no pay wili, be taken. . i; ■

N B The, public are cautipned^aganst the^
imposture of those who attempt the Dresing!
of clothes; by STEAM SPONGING: who
,are totally unacquainted with the business as
there are many>;Establishment% -which haye
recently been opened in this city. • . , |

fc^- All kinds of ^^I^l^nng Work done at
Hie above place. ■ • . ,

All clothes. left ; tp be'cle'aned .or^irepaired
will be good for one ye.ar and one day^iftflpt
•claini^df m that tihie, they will be sold at pul>.
lie auction. ■ - ■:.:>.<?-; •

. ,\ jjoicf,:,. ,

AN J^i^fNG S;^OOLr'fpr^ W s.. : of
Colour, will, be .op^ed on„tbe Iptlf oT .October
next in lt|Ve 'African 'St iiool Rb^rn jp Mulberry
s'creet"; :|.v.here ^iHriie taught ' f ' ' ".
ii\?M\mi\ WRtTINd; A&ITHMETJCi,
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY,
8tc. 'I'miMs.-^T hree Doli*r* per; quarter
payable t in., advance. ^Hours;; (torn 6vto; half
pastS oicloc.ki- Sept. 19. ■ v. r:..,. . K -58

No: 551, Pearl-»street, near Broadway; keeps
constantly ott hand, an assortmehf of
•.i!BOO.TS-:&' SiiOES^. ,;
Also, a; Sjuperidr Quality of : -iquid Blacking,
free from] top use oi" Vitriol, of his own Manu-
facture,; id) whieh he v?ill«ell cheap fc r. c^eh.

Boots ; ^n ( d; (Shoes made, to, or^er, ,anc .refiaip-
pd on the most 4-e.afconable terms.' '
New-Yofk, Jan.;25

■ RESPECTFUi£Y mfornis bisj^ends, ; and

v; the Public generally, that his HOUSE No.;

I :i.{»,(2lwi!ch-6tree^ k$fflnpm^MX&£afr\

| snodatioa of genteel p^pns;(of colour, withf

f Graceful lor °pa«f : faVorirs, he sticks '"'a:
.1 y<yartiatt«we ofd&&s*m*$Ji'Hii boufte-ls'in
| Jb^th^vfiid; pj^as^ypwt, ftfi,the city

l to render, ffie sitnatjon. of those who, honour
| ; lmnr 'fctifo' tlfeir ^tifehage, 1 as camfortahte !L is
I YtMftie.?:-:.. y/h-^i ^- . ' ■ \ > v.
fe. tt^l 0 ^ -,o^ «6— 3mi

New-York, Sept" 1827.

ENGM8H GRAMMAR,
MR: ' (?b/^!ate ■ 'of 'Cphriecticutj tikes
this methed of ihfdriTiing'tiie cbtoured : ] jopdla-
tion ofthis cit^ that-he teaches Englisli Gram-
mar, .uptiin a:riew and inipfoved plahj b> « which
a pupil pf.prdinary capacity, ma.y pbfein.aj cpij-
rect , knowledge ,.pf the ^principles of , de
glish language, bjj?,attendui|g.tp the s/udk.th.ere
of twp"jnpu;'rs iii a, $ay- in six' weeks, 4Tef wqiild
be willing | p teaeh H c^ass pf "coloured person's,
eitherin tile* day 'pr in evening (as jtrfay suit
th^ir conVe^ienc^ ';) and his 1 terms' will ^
such; that- rib one' desirous to learn 1 Wij » MsYe
causePtobe iiissatisfied with tfa<
-Peraonfi ^ wishing taarkilitheAiselvesI if this
oJt learning EiOgljih^rawwiivwiJl

pleaspjtb c|ill pppn, tiie, $ev. B. : ^ul, | Np,.-.6

Under St, ; xhilip.'s ,Churcb, - is-now rea< ly for
! .Iff.t^is sclwo^^illjbe AbtvftK^RlG,,-,'

ENGLISH ».GRAMMA»,1 GEQuGRA'
Witt! t'he h use 'of^SrijtiA ahd^Gldbei, "«nd i"* 1

Apply ^w>? &wm&*sm>f^& T-f-^

^lew-York.Miufchia,!^ 51

'• 4?r [From' the 'African 'ObsoH-er;!
! life SHELTEk foifi' COLOURED

;. " ".y 'oRPiu^;. ; >: ; i; .

. .(Concluded.);,
In ;j jthe i fourth nibnth a ''cbhstitutiPn/ Whs
1$opie<t. jheWe>nnb|G to whjeh is given, as-il-
j u,s trat \yfc qJf } ^ feciin^gs by whi ch ; the proiho -
ters of this ios^ution'.vv^e actuated-

l% If any apology, be necessary fprjptroduc-
ing to the noticR of «.he :humane this obscure
class' of dependents- upon, public bounty, we
trust that apology May be foutid upon atense
of justice due to*, people who have endured
the .oppressive b'uidep -of Slavery for many
generations, ^usfaining . in tlie estiinate of pub-
lic opiajtafl, the odium , pf ai 'chara^teristip . v ^fi-
cienpy of n^en);;d .capacity, and pra^ti^de^aujt
of moral' pWpJiiple. ; , th^ unhapgy result, of the
cbmbfnedi influence of Jong cpfttinued ignor-
ance, poyertyj neglect, and, evil example. •

51 The rulipg niotive of the association, is.to
provide a place ,'of refuge fCr such of - -the - off-'
spring oft his i people, who, beitag orphansfjhave,
a dduDle. 'cjafni 'u^pn cKaritabfe munificence ; .
a claim A\hiph musi be^ioweti in itsc^.lp be
equally valid f« 6m whatsoever cause they arc
deprived of porejtital protection ; whether tKeir
natural guardians have beeh removed by the
inevitable' strbkb of deathj or 'in the more de-
^Ibrable' eyyht \vhich sometimes occurs, 1 that
the bonds. or alleetion mc yiolatcti, and puronts
severed from their chiljiren by ,,the relentless
hand pf avarice, and. cruelty./'

'■In the terilh .month, the ; asspciation having a
prospec* of sfevieral additidhal. incumbents, re-,
moved their furuitnre to a house in JYbble
street, which they rented for the. purpose, at
ninety. ; dollars a year,; and. settled 'a famii :
there, ready ifor thp ^ec.eptjipn: ,pf .such coloured
orphans as might be ed^ihisted to their direc-,
tion and dare. ; O WrilteH hiles Were provided
for the; government bf^he family , ! in which strict'
attentibn was, enjoined to' tnb'physicki comfor 1 !
of the cliildi'cp and care, to establish regular
moral 4iabits.\ '- .j. .. ■u..-. : \ : , i . l . . .
•■> 'The; 'proceedings of ;this association, is. the!
Orgarii^aHpnjand subsequent- management oT
this.' totetestiffg . institution*/ evince a degre^e 6^
devotion to tbe'eftuse in which they were r ehgk-
ged^ an'd V^'jiiagAajfent'tP conduct the concern
with propriety^ highly de.spry'iflg of t^ie ^orifi-
denc^.and,8i(pport ; of the wealthy and b^manC'
;Ihthe Eighth month, 1884,, a ; pew Ipcatiq^ p 1
ttie shelter .was.effected, . The family ; was ■.. (re-
moved to No. 166, Cherry-street, where it stijli
^on^lnues.;;,', '. , ; , / ,

..lj'rpm .the account p^.r^ceipte^nd^expendi-
tures^whlch^e exhi^ited^ ip '^e.^nuai.state-i
mentipf.the.tregisMrer's!4CfiOupt4 #iis easily-in-'
ferrfed that : the; funds have been well jeconom-'
ised \ yet the unavoidable disbursements still
presThird^u^Pn i tW%ek^'ob^^\y, i The
attMion of t^e ; P^'lic T»aS en r frVore tlVanj
dn^'c^ie^..|6°'^e sdbjeb't, : ib| ^ces & ' thV j*e- '.
ri^d^is - of "Jii 'fe^!l«^fej^vte
faj}ep, : tp , th^^^cjat^ v b^t 0 Xhe; /unds* : are
pr^pcjp^vfiP&P^ oLdppatipRs, and annual
StttecribtionsV; .; .... -

: <" i "'Ip !< -ihe spring' of 1835, ; a donation of one huP.
dre^dollarslwas made % the '•! associitlbn, by a ;
fcPsty otcolPire^ ^pn^jVjbo \$>m&$&l

i*totei(fc ,6^6% 9rt*T W^4: 1.% iousj female
ljjtnd*:<(i Theiri donation \ fas vested J; in a city
water loan, on which interest is receivcable at

six. per cent ;ri»is (Ss^lig^ )>fg^
ning oi'a fund for the purchafofof a permawmt

lofcavkm for the shelter; i.' ,u : . ■ ,

It iis f i'ery desirable^ that tfii enterprise of fb |
noble a character, so well calculated, hot Wily
to prortioie the ( impfoVeini€h't• ! Pf -an^^p^eiiaetl
and' dcgraded,race^ jbuVfe'' dimiWs6 ! the' $jmiijs
expenses of gbve'ta^^ be piacei

yond the re/ichpf pecuniary ,'e^barrs^^e^V
The very class, whom t\ipse benevolent. feoiaies
are ehde'avouring to mould into^uspful pEMiWr
bers of society, are t he children, with . whom
i f they continue tb he negledted, we nitty r«t-
soP'ably expect; at a futtire,' bur jails and peni-
tehtiaHes to. lie crowded; ' If society .can Ife
cur^Jby 'the education b
depredations of lawless and: untutored man--
hood, certainly pbhey, no '{ejps ^isL^w^^* :
dictated ihe. co.ursejto be pursued. . If any. Pf
those who are entrusted With an abundance pf
wealth should feel disposed, in makihg their
final arrangements; < ; tb remember the shelter,
their jwsthumous liberality may proba'bly ! foe a
blessing fbf.'ages to come', 'and cah' scarcely,
withintliie reach of possibility, be- produce
of harm.

Ii,^1*T.lt3fiS",' :
From a MAN' OI* 06LGt?R, ;'on a ! Uto
Bill before tliB^Serifite o^Pehn^ylyapi^
". ,.LIiTTE,R;V.'.".' .."
' A few more remarks upon the bill. which
has been the subject of mf preceding num-
bers, shall conclude theses Letters, whiph
have been written in my . own clause ais-an
individual, and ray brethren: as a pattof
the community. They are the-slmple djc-
tales of nature and need ho apology.- T^hey
are noi 1 written in the gorgeous. 'style of a
scholar; nor dressed in the garments of
literary perfection. They are? the impulse
of a mind formed , I trust, for feeliiig, and
smarting under all the rigours which ?the=
bill is calculated to ! pljodnpe. • •: c: •

By the third sectiorf of this; bill, .'; which
is its peculiar hArdB.hip, the police officers
are authorized to apprehend: any; :blaci,
whether a vagrant or a man; of reputable
character, who cannot produce a Certifi-
cate that he 'has been ygiste'redv; He:ia'to
be; arrayedi before^a justiocwhof thereupon
is to commit llim to prison!: .Tlie. jailor is-to
advertise;, a; Freeman, ;and at the expira-
tion of six months, if no owner appears for
this degraded black, he ,is tp be. exposed, ta
sale, ^ and' if ribi sold to be' con fined at'haM
labour' lor : «even' years l^lSfan; of 'feeling,
read • this ! — No - matter . ! who; " no -matter
where. The rG6&8t%DJe;i.^ho«ranti^flty
generally 1 i|zainse the bl<pk ii tery 'frtat,
will- take Jmffop^n&ikp of hurting J hkr
feelings! PerKaps-; he Bees hjritty f at a diiterise
m& i hWiri^i r min'd"(o rkit^ this beyininihtie
in4<Gry agiiift'st ^i^-.-etiftilfeiWi? ^PW
fetop m Negrdt'^W'IWy* delighting
in ( -the ^pprt;^ ^'iminedia^ly be#a<*td*Wiit
hini; aiid 'imroedii^^feytt r huWifiBd
tongues, -yiiMmery^m^^

oe cdnceiVe<l more l degtadibW<t» n1Mim^
eafe^atfytniii^^be^bn^e'^^W
the'^incipalof^Wil'M
arriving^iroiii 1 'ano'ther rftaf^ignotalrt W]flic
e^isfenPe ' of su'ch'a liJ? ii®fti® &
td'ifi ! c : rue'r6i^^d' : Bflf1i^
vehised;-' ! aofi' if no" owner

in'd'fete«« r ^

6ekrfe n n^ ^X^e^r fa«e.^bal f %|RH
man%cW/&unW

;/for;l

wiffo'6tfheftieiffin«ble^ „
his peer?, doomed to the drew? wftlfcrfltf*

FK.Ktt.DO

30V UN A U.

prison lor the term of seven te<iiou? yearss!
MyGodwhat a situation is his. Search the
legends of f«M«ny arid find npt^edent. No
example cai^e found in -aiphc' reigns of
violenii^n|^|)pr^ion^}phhave^f Ic-
ed the lapse of time, Tt stands alone. It
has been left for Pennsylvania, to raise
her ponderous arm against liberties of the
blacks, whose greatest boast has been, that
he resided in a State where Ciril Liberty,
and sacred Justice were administered alike
to all.-r-r What must be bis reftectons now,
that the asylum he left form mancipation
• has been destroyed, and he is left to suffer
like Daniel of old,with no one but his God,
to help him! Where is the bosom that does
not have a sigh for hisfall,' unless it.be cal-
lous/ to every sentiment of humanity and
mercy"? ,

, The fifth section of this bijl, M ajso per
cu.l.iajrfy f baVe,inasmuch as it prevents free-
rnenfrom jiving where they please— Penn-
sf Ivaniahas ahvaysbeen aVefuge from slave-
ry,andto this state the/Southern' black j when
freed,has flown for "safety. Why does he this!
When masters iii many of the Southern
states, which t'fray- frequetly- do, free , a
particular blapk,unles& the . black lea ves the
state in so many hours;any person r esident
of the said state,; can have, him. arrested
and again sold to Slavery:: — The hunted
jakek is obliged to flee or remain and be
again a slave. I have known persons of this
discriplion sold three times after being first
emancipated. Where shall he' go? Shut eve-
ry state against him, and,, like Pharoah's
'kine, drive him into; the sea.-— Is there no
«pot on earth that will protect him! Against
their inclination, his ancestors were forced
■from their homes by trades in human flesh,
and even under such circumstances, the
wretched offspring are denied the protec-
tion you afforded- to brutes.

It is in vain that we are fprmingsocieties
of different kinjds jfp ameliorate the condi-
tion of our unfortunate brethefn, to correct
their morals -and to render them hot only
honest but useful members to society. All
our efforts, by this bill, are despised and
we are doomed to feeHhe lash of oppres-
son -.—As well may we be outlawed, as
_ well mayrthe'glorious privileg e of the Gos-
pel, he 'denied us, and all endeavours used
to cut us off from happiness hereafter as
well as here!-— The case is similar, and I
am much deceived if this bill does not de«
stroy the morals it is intended to produce.

I have done. My feelings ■< are acute,
^nd I have ventured to express them with-
out intending either accusation or insult
to any one. An appeal to the heart, is my
intention, and if 1 have tailed, it is my
great misfortune, not to have had a power
of eloquence sufficient to convince. But
I trust the eloquence of nature will suc-
ceed, and the law-givers of this happy
Commonwealth. wilj yet remain the Black's
friend, and the advocates of Freemen, is
the sincere wish of

A MAN OF COLOUR

THE ECCENTRIC STEPHENSON
A person of the name of Stephenson,
who'died at Kilmarnock in Scotland, in
1817, came originally from Dunlop, and
was brought up a mason ; during many
of the latter . yeafs of his life |he. wandered
about as a beggar. -His wife and himself
had been separated thirty years, upon these
strange conditipnsi— -that the first who pro-
posed an agreement should forfeit 1001.
This singular pair , never, met again. Ste-
phenson was much afflicted, during the last
two years of his life with the stone. As
his disease increased, he-was fully aware of
his approaching dissolution ; and for this
event he made the following extraordinary
prepvation : He sent for a baker, and or-
dered twelve dozen of burial cakes, and a
great profusion of sugar biscuit, together
with, a corresponding quantity of wine and
spirituous liquors. He next sent for the
joiner; and ordered a coffin decently moun
ted, with instructions that the wood should
be quite dry, and the joints firm and , irh-
jtervious to the water. " Tihe grare-4igge>
• was' next sent for, and asked if he .thought
Tb« could rind a place to put him after he
^as. dead. The spot , fixed: upon was iij
"ebuTeh ^'aria "of Irticartonl a vHlage

abouthalf a iniie|distant Hecnjoined (the
sexton to be sure and malfe^his gijave
room^and4n-a. dry.*cornfortablo corjier,
and he ahquiu M well re warded for his ^aie
and trouble^ J^virig rmide these arrange-
ments/ he ordered the did woman .Jthati at-
tended him to go to a certain nook, land
bring out- 01- to j be appropriated to defray
the funeral <Dharjges. He told her, at) the
same tifnti igpt to be fcrieyed, that he had
not forgotten her in his' will. In a few
hours, afterwards, in the most excruciating
agonies', Tie eVpiredi- A* -neighbour- aid a
professional -man. were instantly sem for,
to exafrrirte and seal tip his effects. The
first thing .'they.' found \vaB a bag, coritain-
ing-large silver, pieces, such as crowns half
crowns ant^idoljaijs, ta!a large ahiouh ; in
a corner was secreted, amongst a vast quan-
tity of musty ra£s, a great numb of gui«
neas and seven .shilling pieces. In his
trunk was found . a^.bqnd .lor UOQl. ai\d other
bonds and securities to the. amount of 900f:
By his will twenty pounds were left to his
housekeeper, and the rest of his propeirty to
be divided ambngst- his -distant relations.
As it required' some time to give his rela-
tives intimation of his death, and to {make
■preparatiopsforj hisfuneraljhe lay inthis state
four. days,-. during which the place resem-
bled more an jirish wake, than a, deserted
foom where the Scots lock up their j dead.
The invitations, to his funeral were! most
singular!' ; Persons were not asked individ-
ually/ bm whole families; so that, except a
few reiatiyesdressed in black; hisobsjequies
were attended by tradesmen in their] work-
ing clothes, bare-footed boys and;gi|-ls, an
immense orow/d of tattered beggars ;J Jo the
aged among whom he left sixpence,]and to
the younger threepence. After'thej inter-
ment \ this motley . group retired, t to a large
barn fitted up for the purpose, where a scene
of profusion and feebnety Was exhibited
almost without a parallel. ,; •

AN^CDOt^S OF PATRIOTISM
The.love of our cpuntry is a strong and
sublime passjon, which', in some respects,
divests a man of his nature, and makes him
love his country preferably to any other
consideration.' It ' was. this ' passion that
prevailed! over Decius' to make a sacrifice
of his lifijj Fabius his honour, Camjllus hia
resentment, and Brutus and M animus their,

children.

The- Lacedemonian' Pederetes, a^ we find;
it recorded iti the history of Lac^demdn
; presents' himself for being admitted of the
Council) of Three? Hundred, ; and ib, reject
ed. ■ . fl^i returns, home, overjoyed tl at three
hundred; men were found in Sparta >f great-
er, worth than himself.

A Spartan woman had five sons' in the.
army, and impatiently expected ne-i tk of the
-battle. She! asks this news, tremt ling^ of
a messenger ithat? returns from .tl e camp.
" Your five sons are kiUed\"r~"V le. slave!
did I ask you. . that ?"-—" ,,We hay ? gajned
the victory.*' ( The mother runs,to the tem-
ple^ and' gives thanks to the gods!

Ahcjther Spartan woman 'sees, in : a siege,
her 1 eldest son, whom s she had'placed in a
post; fall dead' at her feet. " 0»H his bro-
ther (cried 'she immediately^ tojtake his
place. ' ■■ ■■ . ; •

into this thick battalion. ' the; Auslrinns,
troops^vere conqnered, the weight of their
arm? becoming ; (jual to them.

/ . f—^' -r~

At the siege of Turin by the French ar-
my, in a serjeant of the Piedmontese
guards signalized himself by a singular ex-
ample of patriotism. This sergeant guard-
edj'witn some soldiefs, the SUbtefifaBeous
parts of a work of the citadel ; the mine
wascliarged, and there Was nothing want*
ing but what they called a sausage, or pud-
ding, to blow up ^several companies of gren-
adiers that had seized upon the work, and
'ppsted themselves there. The loss of the
work would have accelerated the surrender
of the piafce, The, serjitant, #ith' great res-
olution,' orders thy,spldiers he commanded
to retire^ pra^ing. them tp desire the king,
his ^nasteiyto protect his wife and children;
he then, strikes off a piece of brick work,
sets, fire to the powder, and perishes for his
codfitry:

In the history of China, we meet with
the example of a Chinese/ who, justly irri-
tated on account 'of the oppression of the
great, fppnd, acces8 : to' the emperor with
his complaints. . c( I cpjne," said he, " to
present my self id, the punishment to which
like remonstrances ; have brought '600 of my
fellow citizens ; and I give you notice to
prepare for new .executions. China still
retains 18,000 good' patriots, who, for the
same ckusea|$fi?foJlow each other to ask
the a^mtft^MAJ'-- 'The emperor's cruelty
was rt^t ^ pr4p^gn' iij'st so 'much intrepidity ;
ho grarrte<l]tHis virtu6'us. man, the reward
that bleas^d him best,'' the puuishmeht of
thejjuilty, and suppression , of the imposts.

. ^be saraeSliistory furnishes us, in a mo-
ther, with another striking example of love
of the country. A n Emperor, pursued by
the victorious arms of a citizenywould fain
avail himself of the blind respect a son in
that country has for the commands of his,
mother, ; ih order '-to oblige that citizen to
lay down his arms. He deputes to the
mother an oflicer, who with a dagger in his
hand, tells her she must choose either tp
die or to obey.- " Does thy .master think,
answered she with an it dignant smile ' that
I ant ignorant; of the tacit,' yet sacred' cou,-
ventions, that unite people to their sover-
eigris, whereby :< the people engage to obey,
and the kings to make them happy? He was
.the first to violate those conventions. Base
executor of the orders of ,a. tyrant, learn
from a Woman what in such 'cas^e is owing
to thy country !" I^ith these words she
suatches the dagg;er .6ut of the officers
hands, smites herself, and says to him,
" Slave^Lif any; virtue still remains in thee,
carry to my "son 1 this bloody dagger : and
tell him to.revenge his nation* ;' let him
punish the tyrant ; \ he: has, nothing more to
fear fr.om.jine, uothing imore to respect
heis now at full liberty to exert his virtue.

The Swiss will always honour i fie mem-

King Charles II; asked Stillingfleet, how-
it came aboutj^hat he always read Ins ser-
m'dnS, befbre him, when he Was informed
he^ altyays' preached ' withdu't book else-;
where'!' He told tbi '% ing, tjiat the ' a^e
of sp noble an audiepce, when ! he' saw np-
thing.that.was not greatly superior to him,;
bu^; chiefly the seeing before him. so great
and wise a prince, made hiar- afraid . to trust
himself; with svhich answer the king was

6ry6fArudla ! ofWihkelreid, x^\emm: v *%"f^
of thd couhty of Uhderval. In 1 this f ™m&W, l " *myp^
virtuoui? citizen seeing, ^at the battle of ,? e ^e to ;^7po ; a ^8^dn-;too'f Why dp;
Sempach, tbatuhis . cbnntrymeti tould not I ou fe ?0^

attack ! the' Austrians,. because thefc, com- non , e ^ff ! ■:■ " 'Wf'Mfc*!®'

nd dismountingtio form s tor ' ^P™* King, "your Question is a ve<

pletely armed 0 and dismounting
close battalion, presented a froi,
with iron,. and barricade^ 'with |a ices an^

close battalion, presented a fr/mlf cpyered Jf^w«^<»^ V< «>^iH bemy answer.
- 3 L 1 'Ices and * li ^- w *^

recomniendr .to.yott is my frmily.-

many c^theimkes as h^cdald tt^ bdl<i of ;
and then, falling 'on the gti& t fj(ieMu>
those that followed him a way foi piercmg

FOREIGN NKWS.

The packeU fifritanniav Kew-Yei^' and
James (^rOppert hare arrived from Liverpool
bringing Londan dates to the 16th Feb. The
information ftitrtiUhed by these papers is so
a bundaut that we must content ourselves with
giving a few of the principal items, instead of a
general abstract of the whole, as we commonly
do. The most impor tant events are—the Jon
matiori of an entire New Ministry, uhde*r the
Duke of Wellington—the Kjng*i Speech— ah" d
the proceedings in PirKjimerit —The first and
second subjects will be found in their p^ppcif
place -, anil we subjoin arf epitome* of the par-
liamentary procee dings, as almost every ifbpic
of importance has be en discussed in either*
House of the grand Legislature of the Nation. :

The addnss to his Majesty was moved bV
the Earl of Chichester,, ahd' seconded by TLbrct
Strangford. Boih these noble Lords regretted
the occurrence of the bat tlcof «A"avarino. .'T^e
Marquis of Londonderry • expressed similar
sentiments. Lo r^ Hollsrid' fyoke in favour of
the battle, and denied, that Turkey was ;4he
faithful and ancient .ally thai.had- ,beeti ailegjtl

Lord King 'agreed with the term ' of the ad-
dress,, but regretted that no allusion hadibeen
cna(|e to the Gorn Laws.

The Duke of Welhngton then stated,' that
he had great pleasure in saying, that it was the /
intention of His Majesty ? s tJoverhment, during \
the -Session of Parliament, to propose a meas- /
ure with regai'd to, "^heCoro Trade,, fpundied up w /
on the principles of the Bill of last Session The'
Noble Duke then replied to tbeio^iectwns that
had been taken to tlie word .untoWarqy Employ-
ed in the Royal Speejsh. He m'eant to^a^lj^t ^
he thought the affair was untoward, bpcause
the dreadful alternative of that battle w as not
contemplated in the Treaty of July S^nd had
an embarrassing effect on the neigojiations
Constantinople. To prevent, and not to cause
the eflusiorrof blood, was the object of the al_
lied interposition. His Grace, however, atu .
solved Admiral Godrihgton from all censure.

The .Marquis of Lah 'sdowne. said that there
wasnoact of the late government, which be
should not be prepared to defend, when tbe •
proper titoe for sd doing, arrived! Lords Go*
derich and Dudley !roade the sjime declaration.
; Ilouse of Lords, Feb. 1.-— -—The Marquis
of Londonderry called ; the -attention ol* the
House to l!he violent and outrageous condoet of
the Gatholic Associs'tioi^ which body had de-
clare d,that they would consider as ah enemy to
Ireland, any. member of either House , of Ep. (
liament, r who should direc tly or indirectly sup-
por ? the administration having' the Duke of
Wellington, or any other man of similar princi-
ples as its head; JPl^is act the noble jAfarq^s
considered as intended las a sort of iotiroidati»
of Parliament, andcaljed upo n the House to (
join, with' him in' expressing its reprehension
improper proceeding^ , ' ->.

Monday, Feb^lt^TheEsrl of Bsrnley,
wished tt 'knbif^fhethetit wai^the i intenHonof
iniinasi«jr»^|tiTO^-forw a;r^ : -an^%i^nro w^s*"
ever forbeMwafc^^^ j
not. he wouWjr at some early .f^r, oioye fsr the \
appointmeftt^f a cOihmill6ej6b like .
.ideratioirtlujlstate of^liiutry, and
measures

T^lHikcof WeU^.^ft^
fibt^^ewjop; of ^ei^i^ w^pr! 0
that House, any measures resr*ctiof ''IwM*"
Soine m^sureg w oi^Id, however, in the eoorse- ,

«o J i

:Ho J u§e,'- Invofving those : '^cpW^Pf'!^;

iv Follow--' WiW#**'i^TlN?^ - , ,

rne,aa<Isxt,byo ft ^

tb^Wor*,^ . ^

of a triang%j of which himself o^ Lor
pbinf,: and so marches' on to tfce.enemy. die* •'" " (SM^wt^l'''''
^ lose tip With them; ^ he 'WmtiWis' '* —

itowsn of the boo* 1 ©RfiECJt J^B imm^J^B^t^-
■ " .vsiiou "^F ; 'KJrVAllt!fO>

Tha %W* of «<*

Whf Ua 4tii, lika a
on X Beoawiw ja t bi^o^a f

h oj, vf ni-

pert ConM«ted mthihtmmttatm^bm^^
«o«nby in coajugetkm #Wf *

By -

nomerout precedents, i* i*kk

4

had interfered "'with I 'the subjects of allied pow-
ers, in conclusion, lie moved, that " an hum-
ble address* he presented to his Miyesty> pray-
ing that his J$ye>ty be graciously pleased to
direct'tthat copies of all < instructions agreed to
by the- Ambassadors of the three allied powers»
and transmitted to the Admirals of the cpmbin*
ed fleetspf Erance, ftursia, atid England, up
to the 29th October; 1327, be, laid upon the ta-
ble of the House." Also, " 'that tHere be laid
upon the table of the House, copjes of all des-
patches received /rom Sir Edward Codrington,-
br.fromany other source relative to the -recent
events at Navarino." ; •

The Earl of Dudley objected td the produc-
tion of papers, 1 as it would betray the" cbnfi,-,
dence placed in the'pru^enee of 'this country by
oar allies • and wottld defeat all the objects nig
^majesty's Minister? Had in view, .by exposing,
prematurely, to hostile powers, -what should at
present be kept from view. Such production
was not necessary to vindicate the conduct of
the; officers commanding at Nava'rino ; no
blame was iattacfted to them ; and those who
had newr beeh attacked needed no- defence.
He then alluded to the late treaty, and avowed
,t to' be the object of governmen t to observe the
late treaty, not only to the letter, but also to, the
spirit. When the proper - time came he would
not shrink from inquiry.

Viscount Goderich then explained at a great
length, what led to the dissolution of the late
ministry. From the statement of the Noble
Lord it appears that the principal; if not the on-
ly cause of that dissolution -'arose 'out of the
disagreement between Mr; Huskisson and Mr.
Herrie'8, as to the appointment of the Chair-
man of the proposed ;Fihance Committee. Af_
ter describing the rise and progress of the differ-
ence between those gentlemen, and the failure,
of his attempts to remove it, the Noble Vis-
count went on to say. that under the circum*
stances, he thought it his duty to lay before
his majesty a statement of the dilemma in which
he was placed. His Majesty then conceiving
himself entitled to act as he thought proper -for
1 he good of his country, communicated bis di-
rections for the forming of a new administration
to the Noble Duke now at the head of it. His
Lordship, in conclusion, expressed concurrence
i n the reasons which had been assigned for the
■non-production of the papers mqved for*

The Earl of Eldon objected to the produc-
tion of papers, which it might be 'detrimental
to the public service to have laid upon the ta-
ble. ' • . . ; ' .

The Duke of Wellington avowed it to be
his intention to carry the treaty of July, 1827,
into the fullest effect. Jtfuch had been said,;
there and elsewhere, on the propriety pf one:
state interfering in the internal affairs of anothv
er; but he trusted that, in this instance, it
wob.ld.be admitted— a case of the very highest
necessity had arisen. The' treaty. '.had' been
equally the work of the three contracting ' pow-
ers. With respect to guarantees having oee^i
given for the pursuance of any particular meas-
ures, hjs Grace stated that none fcyft had been
either asked o ri received, be^d those afford-
ed by hi* own charac^r ^principles; every
member of the Cah^' Md entered it j rce a8
air. He objected to ihe production of papers,
on ihe groun^tKaVfcy related to a transaction
not yet cpncl;^ [ . and that such production
m ? ht ^e prejudicial tofhe allies. , "

f he Marquis of Lansdowne, in a speech at
considerable length, expressed bis coneuren ce
in the reasons adduced by Lord Dudley for
ivbii-production'of papers; and bis reasons for no t
e^teringjnto a dysteraatje'opposition to the pre-
sent government, He would carefully ; watch
its proceedings, to learn whether it was ; worthy
<bf confidence or' j-ot. The Noble Lord conclu
*ied thus ;•— "I shall watehevery thing that taken
place, as a member of the legtslatuae of my
rcountijf ; and 1 can Assure tbi Noble Dttke,
that ! wish him the most fortunate . sue^s.ip
5u> administration ; J jbnt before 1 I sit' down,
•heg leave to assure >im, wmch I do with firm
conviction of its tnfthjthat whateye^ ^maj.be
A ble tbaehtevei there is <oe«)^:''ffb^^ b .

|C*£" Our Agents would be loing the thing
n«!edful,by exacting payment fr )m delinquents,
aijd by giving m$ ptfomatiorlo)' all from whom
thtreis no probability of ever rt tewing. one cent
/ojc our year's labour.

aill his military success, he m ver can achieve
and against which I warn. hhsH—^et him re-
member, that y may coneilii te, '"felt that he
cilh kv«r eoi^dieir freM'toi.*'
1 Tb% 8arl i"f^tr^ : -iilic''
ri<lt press this morion. Itwai^'a l ( cording with- ,
drawn, arid tbe'Hottse abMourhed.^iWon.

NEW-YQRK, MARCH

our own eoircE»m

! 1 Cr>- 'A* this Number concIuHes the Vohi me 1
for tbefirst year, we hope all oW> Subscribers
wiill see the immediate ' Hfeeess tyofbatatfcffig
their accounts. !

CELEB # A TI^NS.

On Monday last, the j7tb insi
AlricanWoolmahBenevolentSp
their An nive'rs ary .About 1 Ob 'clo
assembled at the nevy Hall h
tin} Society, and at 12 o'clock,
cemon to theWesleyan Church
iyhere a ssuitable, address was ddivercd'by Mr
Francis Thompson.

21, 1828.'

the Brooklyn
( :iety, celebrated
ikjtheMembprs
tely erected by
walked in pro.
in High-street,

. %* 'On Jtfbhday hext|. the 24t a i'nst! the New

York;A/ricari MutuaiR'efe

bnate their Anniversary in' ^ioi ''Church. "

; GENIUS OF U. EMANCIPATION.
.We are sorry to perceive by (ihe last number
of that Journal, that the JSdiW, of that highly
useful and ably edited paijerj .'s till ' has to en-
counter nume'rdus difficulties ir hi? career o^
usefulness. It .is i pur eahditf be lief, thai much
mre ought to be donihy our br elhren towards
its. support. It is identified . wit] i, the cause o^
thi; free coloured population in the United
States, and, wc firmly helieve, it.jwould be high,
ly injurious to the, ci^use of Emincipa^qtii for
itS;friends'to suffer, even a. temporary suspen-
sion of Atr. Lundy's labour^ ? ( For where
through this extensive continent; shall we find
anftther^Lundyto bear the bufletjngs and seems-
of an unfeeling world, for the. s^ke, of injured!
humanity? Who has heard the (recital of . Mr.
Lundy's labours.in ouf vcausej .ca.n, for one mo.
me nt doubt the , purity of his naotives? Who
han heard the recital of his travels, (not amid
the burning sands of AfricRj) but in the heart of
thtt more inhospitable slave hilding states-^-
hisiperils by water, alone on the broad Jtfissisip-
pi--rhis perils hy iahd, ht/ngty and naked in this
landofplenfyj ; airfor the cause ^ justice, can
he«itate one moment about extending a helping
bai>fl to support the feebleveausi of justice and
suifering humanity? We trust every mhn of
C'clour wi)l ; ffeel it his imperiptr duty tp sup.
poirt the Genius jpf .Universal Emancipation..
s JlThe remarks jof Bfe; Lundy are so. much to
th<i pointy that wig cannot .refrain from present-
ing our readerswith an extract ffojn them.

; ;< t And Whi^e ^.e mpstsbcerely . express our
thanks. to tboSeiwho jba^e iiui^itsli^d ^»roft^? i ;.of
their desires ferlhe success .plj 'tfcs'iyorki we
are eonstrained to say, 'flat tfciere are'jjjaby--^
too many, ^ who manifest a , dMposltioB .'w with-
hpld. from the labourer the ;i;eyjard. of bis toll)
an«l extend to him a )^ o(^r\^ge,^ore to
be deprecated thah the open enmity of his
mcist virulent opponents ! th, short, there are
m8,ny , who are so ttw^ndess, dr so disbioiiett*
year to year, .

as to increase ou^' ,txpenslw'
under the prpujise bf Vein
.contributing oif, ; '^^ikfk,\ ' eveji' '.intending; to
coiotribute" an; iota T towa^s it| ^o'f wh, we'

fiiidYPty^wq wish them tpjbr^'ip Afeff
'i^^rtaMf 'fr^'de^i ^'jtefae-'iSf ^

^nceitoo^l^.aWsed.-' ' "''V" |" '

Vpiaries' of ftiimhrfy

purely benevolent principles are dosomed to en-
dure U)e' < bulQfetiagjg of ScoWling misanthro^
awUce hearted avarice; ai^id the -gripmgs of
portly and the pangs of di^reis. TheirXate
has, in ali ases, been 'registered in the calen-
dar of suffering, with the pen of persecution*
or the pencil of ingratitude. , . WhUe a Shylpck
fe'Asts sumptuously, a Howard^may .starve, for
all'the world cares i while the forcliy tyrant Ve; f
Iposes ottihe^d;bfdbwfiy ea«e,thc.hum.ble t .aj*
vocate of justice may , lie. on the hard floor, or
the damp^ earth, (no matter which.), a stone for
his joilld'W, ai)d his covering the starry canopy^.
The harpies of tne. human race, revelling arnid
the tears, the groans, and even the very blood
of rlieir speciesj'are countenanced, encouraged
and suppdrted V while those' who labour and
strirej and wear out their lives,in alleviating ^he
pains bfn)iser|,'i09thing m^ poignancy of dis-
tresjf', exjposihg the 1 arts of, cruelty, a^pd erecting
barriers against the encrpachments pf oppres-
sion, are neglected, denied a reasonable sup.
port in surh of their uridertaki^i ( as are even
highly 'ektolled and honoured w;lh^the publi
aplifbbafibh, 'lind-feft' th^irWeali, or ,'aj
least, compelled to aband'on tneiVwo'rks, heart_
broken and in despain This deters many
from engagirig.in the labours of philanthropy:
and hence the slow progress hiade by its advo-
cates. Men,in g-eneral, are unwilling to indtfre
hardships arid privations, for the benefit of othr
ers, withfaut recompense 6r1hank6» rind vice
advances, triumphantly, while virtue remains
sta&ftiary, or moves with" retrogressive' step.

Subscriptions for the; Genius of Universal
Emancipation, redeived by Mr.- Mahlon Day,
876 Pearl street^ and at. our. office. Tetriis
Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, payable in ad-
vance. >. • •/.':'

; " i»#i^tf?Si^^|riUsir: Couau!
jat frfi*fg% Atohtored,

joh th«;94;Dfee. bjhit pw» i^ftttts, natives
jbf thi|..f!||^^li<i^:6bjeci wii'to rob him
'of his irfdtife/.^ 1 ; ■•'-',

:tium— An Ind/B4i.Qhief.Qfthe Nova Set.
tia tribe, , has, in "person, . presented a peti-
tion to the ; Ipplatn.re : 9j , N. ; & praying tha*
thte selling of Rura to the Indians may be
prohibited.

>■ ,.FFim OR SLAiVE LABOUR.
s - ffee; Committee appointed undenihe follow-
ing, resolution of ;the American Convention for.
tlte Abolition of Slavery ^ifiwif at its last session!
requests all persons $jb|p ma.y be in possession
of the desired inform*tion, to- communicate.the ;
same to either of its members, as soon as it^nay]
be convenient. The Committee will i be ex^
pected to repprt toithenextsession of the Con-
venlionyto he held at -Baltimore, on -the first
Monday of Ndvemherj 1828. The names of
the members of the Committee, with ihfi place
oftheir.re.sidence,*re as. follows : J
: .B^ Lundy i Baltimorei
Thos* Shipley,. Philadelphia.
Jos. Parker, . ido.
Wra. Kelsey,Ba)Maidre» ;•,
: D. Sehplfield, Salem, Colombia county

; Ohlpv , ;■!,; M : ; '

COPY OF THE RESOLUTION.
SUspjyed, That a committee be appointed
to enquire andrepprtto the next session, what
exjyerjimetjts: have .been heretofore made, and
aje now making, on the American continent and
islands, in relation to the cultivation of ^Cotton
Rice, Sugar, Tobacco, $>c. by free labour, or
by slaves Whose condition has beeh so melior-
ated as to approach that of free men, shewing
what afi' tha relative advantages of ^ree or
: $Iaye Labour.— Genhu of V, Emancipation. '

Oh Simtfay evening last, (captain &>*
binson of; the sipop Bolivar^ outward bound
for St, ^Johns^JBast Florida, sailed on Sun-
day, was seized by his crew, and tbtttwii
overboard, when oppositeMarcusHbok;those
who saw the trapsaction.put off in boats to
rescue the jcaptaiii, but before they could
reach Him he sunk for, the lis.tiiine! ; I'he
erew of the sloop were arrested) and after
having hearing before Justice Btrtratn,
were committed to the jail of Delaware
ition, wititouti county at Chester,, The sloop lies at Mar-
cus Hoot.— [Franklin Gaz Phil]

■ InquisinVe people are the funelii of conver-
sation ; they do not take in any thing for their
own use, but merely to to pass it to anptben

AJway* act in the preience of children with
thfc utmost CircKa^peCdon. They, mark all
you do, and saost of thettt are more wise than
you imtfgfne. 1

Earlkqnake^Ai slight shock of an eaffti-
quake was felt: at Washington' City, on Ihe
inst. It was -stroqg enough: to* shako

furniture in the ho*wes,- •■ .; ; . t ;

Accident— On Friday afternoon, 7th ihst
a building in SenVy stteet; which had re-
cently been moiretf 1)ae , k' i lr6 r m 'thd street^
fell downed <oti& of the workmen, Mr. Jo*-
s eph Eldridge, .was killed j arid one or ttt'O
persons slightly injured.

Riqt—rA-, riot took place at Trenton on
WtEdnesday and , Thursday of last week.
The Governor of the Statcf, and New-
bold, a member of'tne'Co r uncilj were burnt
in effigy, for their opposition to the Defa*
waie a nd Raritari fcariaj Bil l. ,

Grcefer-The. Qreek .Gpmmittee, of N.Y?
iiave resolved, among . other measures, to
apply to all the churches thronglibut tiie
state, and request them to make coll<^^||9
in their, respective corigreg^ioris in iid^f
the suftering Greeks.

Bible — A Society of young men has Jbediji
formed in Philadelphia for distributing
.Bible in South America .,

j^Yc— -We>" regret to. 'state, (says the
\Vhitehall Republican ) i hat on Saturday,
the lst ihst. tlie Bap'tisi meeting house in
Hampton, took fire^and was entirely cbrr-
sniiaedV ; : ■■

The Wilmington Del. Advertiser says
-?. W* are^aformed that yesterday/niorn-
idg, 5 th inst, before /lay-light,^ ten prison-?
ers made their escape I'ftom. the' county
jail ' a't NeVc'astle. It i» auppdsed they
weire assiste'd by persons front Avithou't"

L < '

Melancholy-r-iYftule two spnydf Capfc
Obadiah Newton, of Hamburgh, , N. York,
weire felling trejes in the woods, the young-
est about twelve years, was cauglt beh^aw
a tree] and instantly killed;

/n/an<tdrfc*--Fanny West was commit
ted to thejftil of Fredericksborg, Va. on
the 24th ult. for the murder of her new*
born infant. She had cutoff one of its
legs and arms.

A certain clergyman in the west of Ea-
jland-beingat the point of death, a neigh-
bouring brother who had . some interest
with his patron; applied to him for the"
next presentation ; upon which, the former,
who soon after recovered, upbraided him
for a breach of friendship, and said he
wanted his death. 'No, no, doctor, says thO
other, 'you quite mistake, it was your Uv»
i»^LwanJe4/

I

MARRIED.
•In this city, by the Kev*. Thomas ( Miller,
Mr. John Wells, to Miss Jtfary Ann Nerthprp.

B p.thft- same, -Mr.j Joseph Henry, to Miss
Ma ry Ann Willis.

In; this cfcyj bn;,^ieth 'inst, isr. Richard
Gepifge Taylor^ formerly of tha Island of St.
Kittik, aged 54.

to correspondents!

Hi and R. lbay&been receivedi and ar«
under consideration. Our ^respondent
R.oisght to bear in mmA thttdimtktiers
require double, postage.

AND R. DRAPkk- "
- (Cbionred Men,) . . .
In iForestietree't, Baltimore, Manufacture,
all kinds of Smoking and Chewing Tobac-
co, Scotch, Rappee, and M8^c*bau Snuff,
Spanish Half Sptnishi and ABerieati SE-
GAES: •,

N, B. The above gentlemen nairg seat
me a large Box of their tobacco for Sato
and should tho riaperimnht ntwiim, Utej

206

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,M. ;

POETrttY.

For the Freedom'-* Journal
TO ROSA.
Sweet minstrel, take ti>y harp again,
And breathe upon its chords of fire;
I claim one warm irespoosive strain
Of holy friendship from thy lyre.

No bri^hter-theme can poet asV,
That fountain of Platonic love : ; ,
Then sing, for thou art meet the task, • 1 1
Thy^draughtofpure Castalian prove.

Hail ! Friendship, source of joys refin'd
What sweet delights are sprung from thee '
Thine altar is imperial mind ;
Then glows this consanguinity.

Pale sorrow finds in thee a friend,
To wipe her hot obtrusive tears,
Her fate were woe ! didst thou not lend
Thy holy light her heart to cheer.

B&atfce Lady, then again the song
Thy magic shell should seldom ; sleep;
And zephyrs fleet shall bear along
Rs ochoes toning sweet and deep. FRERE

For the Freedom's Journal.
STANZAS..
<$i haste thee, haste thee, the wreath will fade ;
We have twin'd to. deck thy hair ;
Come, quickly come, too long thou hast staid,
For the gay, and the happy are there.

We havenam'd thee, Queen of the fairy ring,
We wait but to crown thy brow ; .jg
And wilt thou come, like a bird on the^ng,
To join thy playmates now ?

Eachfiowerwe'vecuUed with the choicestcare
' They're the sweetestthat. love could bring;
The garland was formM for the fairest fair,

dn thy brow the wreath we'll fling.
These roses are emblems of love weknow,
They're thebrightest the spring doth.yield ;
Then bend thee maiden, on thee we bestow
The lovliest flowers of the field.

A faded wreath thou. shalt not wear
* Oft thy smiling 'brow. to-day ; •
But this blooming one as efweet as rare,
Shallbedecktb.ee, Queen of May.

ADAM SUDER,
CABINET MAKER

Would Acquaint his ;F%^attd^e
Public, that he has taken th^B^uee^
Duane Street ; where all orders in bis line

Sid punctually attended to, - AlBO,.old
Furniture repaired at the shortest notice
and on the most, reasonable terms.... .. .

B. COFFINS made to order at
afiew hours hotice^as lowpriced as can be
made in theCity- Feb. ^ y •»
HOARDING. "

mCHA&B JOHNSON, respectful
*y informs his frierids and ^p^c|en- :
orally, that he intends to ^n a
House on the first day' of -|fajr ne)rt, for
the accommodation of gietitewgetitlemeno
C^oir,vat^No ^ SuUivan-Str^. . ■

E. J. Msures'his Friended those who
may favour <Tiim with their
Q0 pains will be [spared on h^tpart.An Ke-
ttering tbeir'situation as comfortable as pps-

^Gentlemen wishing to engage *^#r
%he- above mentioned time will please to
etdl at No 114 Varick^Street.
iS^Yorfe Feb. 26^1 828

A Fragment—- Page 'b~-f Anecdote of| Thorn -
as Paine, 1 6— African ^ucaHon, £c. jSociQty,
lS~Africa, 1 4r- African Magnanimity 21—
Amb'itipn, 21-^Aboitfibn pf'fflwert, 22,30,
; S7-— 'Alj^can'Free' Schools in the \J. S..S3,
47.— — Abjbe's ' itevengc^ 4l.— —Alexandria
Benevolerjf Sociaty, 41, 45, 4^S8^A$olr
ogy for Pnaroah, 61, 65— -Affecting exit, 65
— Awful diccurreh.ce, 32— African, ifie^ealogy,
90, 9'1— dourtship; 12$— Animal Sag icity, 1 33
—Abolition Society ofetark Co. Ohf >, 153 —
African Proverbs, 154— Animal Gratitude, 169
— American' Convention, 177, 1.Slj 18 >, ,189. —
Afrieau Institution., 191— African frre e School
New-Vori:, 1^7. African institution, 191.

: :,: .v.:.. B - ; ' " .' ' : ., ..

Baltimore Celebration, ipage '74.— business,
81— Buried Alive, 89— Bishop Allen's Letter,
131.— Bishop Alien, 191. ! .

\, .. ' !>• • |

Oojmmon Schools in New York, riagc, 1.—
Cas« of Gjlbtrt Horton, 2— Cure for Drunken-
ness, 9— Children, 21— Christian Pfaaanthro-
^e^Colomzation, 196; 38, .77, 134, 137;
139,141, 142, 145*150, 154, 162, 193,— Colo-
nization Society, 50, 66, 94, 106, 109,jll4, 117;
115, 118, 122, 126, 130— Castle, of Cieithe, 53.

-Children, ,70-rColombia, 73— Clerical Le.
a jnd, 85— Criticus, 142— Case of j Jonathan
Strong, 149^.Case of Somerset, 150— Christ-
mas, 162— Cuba, 149— Congressional Logic $>-
Eloquence, 196.

D.

Deaf and'Dumb, page 2— Duelling, 42, 45
-Different modes of Salutation, 54|-Duty to
Parants,. 58, Drunkard's Will, 78, (District of
Colombia, l54—Dedic&tion,174

e. j. •

Effect of Sight, &c page : 2 j-F.flecls of

Slavery, 4 — -Extracts from HurSvitz's He-
brew Tales, 10; Education, lOj 14,. 18, 34*

t lS7— -Extract from Dr.'Spring's Sermon, 57
—European Colonies in America, 69, 73, 77
— — Extract from Dutcher s Oratfdn, .74, Ex-
tract from Austin - Steward'*/ Addrefes, 78—
Eccentric Gander; 81— Extract jf a Letter,

96. Eccentric Character, i3C| -Emily

jtfulburne, 133, 187, : E«ects oflnsinity, 153.

F. ..•..-■'■-I
Freedom's Journal, page'S- v -Kiel savings
Fund, 43 ; Foreign News, 51; '68^ fa, 89, 387,
75.79, S3, 87, 91, 7,43, 103, 111, 1
163, 167,27,31,'35^^^reedom's . t

Fratelli De La Misericordia,^, -33, n Fr6e ^ Co-
loured Virginian, 66; 1 Frederibksbi ^Celebra-
tion, 70 ; Family government 81; (Fascination
of Snakes 82. 1 '

G.

Governor Butler, page 1 6.

H "

Music, 130 ; Magnanimity, 130.;. JJ/arie An r
toinette, 145 : Methodism and .j-.^ery, 146 ;
'Matrimony, .166 ; ; .Mahmound, il, |70,; Maria
De.Carmo, 173,..i.77, 181 j 185,, 189 ; Man .of,
Colour^i 90, 192. .1964 Memoirs. of Capt.Paul
Cu^ee.vi ^a^li; 17.; ii^«OB»to Africa, 2.}
Mary. Davis, 2; i Marin^ List, 7 ; ;1 1 ; 27; 31 ;
;35 ; Mutabihty of Human^Affairs, 15; 18; 23;
!Moral,25.; Meeting bf the People of. Colour
;26 ; Masaniello, the Fisherman of Naples. 29
33 ; Jfadame Chriitophej34; Men raised by
Merits .42 j ( Major. .Laing,-, 58;, Melancholy
caseiiof matrimony; 58; Muta,78 ; Meeting of
the months, 81 ; Matilda,: 86 ; Mordecai, 90^
Marriage Customs, 109,1 13, 117 ; Dr. Jl/iller,
110; JlJiser's Will, 121 ; Marvellous Doctor;
125,129/

N..

New Way of Raisilig the Wind, 14; NewAn-
ti Slavery Societies, 15 ; Ned, 34; 50; Need-
less, 82 ; Nature's difference, 126 ; N. Y. Af-
rican Free School, 133.

O.

Observer, 90, 94, 102, 107, 118, 130,134, 133 )
142; Ourang-Outaiig, 121 ; Old maid's Diary,
134'.

P.

People of Colour, 5, 9,158,183, 13, 17, 2l,
i>5; Pbst^cnpt, 7 ; Phillis' Wheatley, 6 ;
Philanthropy of Miss Wright, H4 ; Perbuse.
fate of La, 42, 45; Particular People, 54;
Persian mode of Tamiug a Shrevr, 74 ; Pro-
crastination, iiO; i rincess of VVolfenbuttel,l57,
Persian Anecdote, 158; penn. Ab. Society, 166.

Queen Elizabeth's Fanaticism, 170. Ques-
tions, 191. •

II.

Rev. Abra. Thompson, 2; Remarkable Fact)
: Rer. O. P. Hoyt's address, 83 ; Reflec"

can, 103. Stanzas, 10,?. Mafiiac, 1 lld.^ Stanzas.
112. To %— ,.l92,Enial ^elicitT,!!^, 1,^
MoT 116 • f The Pass ofDeatf, Hymn, 120.
, To-G**e*e,'I2>i;' • Tfra^W'JfW Gfri,
1241 .Stanzas/ 128. uy-Counlry, 133. ' ; Ljirieij
1 \2>%. i\$wAlfr Weep Emeli6ft r Weep,
1 136., i :hc, 1 N>gro : ; ; Bo.y, 130. Hymn to
Humanity, 140:. ^lymn to the Mofniny,
140; The Dream, 144. Ta Caroline,
14§- Jiere wr^ three have met ag^in, 14.
Slanzks, 152. Lines' on a deceased friend,
152. Impromptu, 162. Adieu to tnee,
xm. behave lyouVself before folk, 58. On
viewing the lifeless remains of-^, &c. ISO.
Meeting and Parting, 66. Lines to Lady
Byron, 156. Song of 'Emigration, 160.
Stanzas, 60. Via Cnicis yia Lucis, 160.
The peniterit profligate,, 164. . The homes
of Englan d, #4. Chnairnas address, 164.
Hymn for . the Infant ScHpol, 164. Kin-
dred Hearts, 64.' 'Carrier's address, 168.
Gondola Glides; 169; Slave, 188. Thft
Bride's Farewell, 68. Reflections oh the
pant yeax, 172. To the Bride, 172.
Adieu, 17-2; Thonghts -of Sadnes^, 68.
ReV. Jeremiah Gloucester, Ji76. Lines on a.
young Lady,, 176. Stanzas, 180. The
Gipsey Girl's Prophecy. 72. Lines to a Sis-
ter, 180. Lines, 184. A Dirge, 184. The
Young Ihdian's song, 72. Punning, 104-..
Sympathy, 198. The Old Man's Comfort,
198. Enigma, 198.

CONUNDRUM.
t Why is a very little devil sitting on tha
the top of a cow-house, like a man who fats
squandered all his property ? — Because he
is Imp over a shed.

H^aylien'RerQlu^on, , page 14 ; ii^vi, ,** ;
High Way and' Bye Ways, 22 ( fi ayti, 26 ; .62,
122; SO, 54 ; History of Mavery, 69, 73, 77,
$l1 ; Hamilton's; Oration, 70, -pst: .Hodgson's
Lefteri '.B&i .89, 95, 101, 105;. Haw-Ifcpme to
tbia? 85 : ; Hardened Convict, 150 [ Ho'rrniraof
Slavery, 186.

!.

Hayti, 22

fantSclwoisilSS.

182.

1 ^«ng^ge allow yd

Labmirere, : 66i K-^tMpi
■ • L. "
Lion Hunt, 5S ; Lettew , 82, 8$
107, »38 ; Late from Europe, 18&-

tions on a Skeleton, 150 ; Rev. M. Hart,
153. Shelter for Coloured Orphans, 191, 205.
S.

Saturday iEvenirig, 17, St. Philips' Church,
^(Lj Society in New-Ha^en, 27 ; Slavery w
the West Indies, 34 - Seymour Cunningham,
41; Sea serpent, 49 ; Serious Thoughts, ;62 »
Stream of Life, 65 ; St. John's Day, 70 : S-
86,158. '

T.

To bur Patrons, 1 ; Tooth- Ache, 186 ; The
Dean uf Banajofci 14 ; 17 ; The Revolt in
•Texas, 22 : The Discontented Pendulum, 25;
The 'curse of Cain, 29 : Tbuisant L'Ouver.
tore 30. 33, 37- The surprising influence of
prejudice, 37 ; Thetwo-GraVes, 46 : Temper-
ance, 46 : - Tiger and Alhgator, 50 : Tardy the
Pirate, 61: The Ghost, 62; Timd to Stndy,T0.
Tompkin's Letter, 70 v Thomas, Prihgle.Esqs.
Letter, 133; Thoughts, j^e. 154!: Theresa,
170,174, 182,136 : Trinity Church Yard, 174.^
' , • V; • ' • •'. ' ^ 1

' Ver-Vert, 165,169.

■ '-W.
Worthy of Imitation, 18: What shalll'cat ?
82; 'What* does': your 1 sugar-cost ? 39 ^5]\
Wilberforce, 101 ; ' Welt- IMes' 106 tt? :i 3
! Turkey; 121 : Washington City,' 142.

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i'fcme I never sighed, 16 :;Emblems 5 20 .

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. %M men^24V ^he DeadTrumpeW, 23rHiiman
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,4^.5 lef$hfe& ; ; Inte^p^^. i osi^aiid, 6| ; • • ^ 32 / ' T he Pugrim's Soul,'36 : WaAi-'
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